Chapter 72 - 72 : Hunt 1 (2/2)

Stamina infinite Stamina Regen ????

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Creation : 10

Attack: 17.01m Defense: 16.8m

Magic defense : 2.9m

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Enigma abilities : Telekinesis / Ancient Threads / Sixth sense / ARK??

Mental Power : 844

Elemental Resistances:

Fire: 100%

Water: 75%

Wind: 35%

Earth: 75%

Light/holy: 5%

Shadow: 30%

Lightning: 100%

Ice: 30%

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His stats were really unbelievable, what's more amazing is his 'Mental Power', his guesses were that once he reached 1000 in Mental Power, then he will breakthrough to the Immortal Realm, and he really wanted that to happen because he knew that the difference between the Immortal Realm and the Deity Realm is much bigger than the Deity Realm and the Heavenly Realm, heck! He and Lucy barely managed to kill Tensui, taking in account that their stats are overpowered, if it were 2 normal people in the Deity Realm, there is no way in hell they could have done that.

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The trip was peaceful and without any problems occurring in the middle of it, they didn't travel at full speed, more at a moderate one, and in just one day, they were already on the borders of the Western Continent.

The first thing Arthur saw was a barren land, almost like a desert, but with no cliffs and mountains of sands, the weather was a bit hot compared to the other continents, and there were no sights of cities or towns, it's literally like a deserted land, well, he expected that much when he read lots of books about it, the problem is, where will they go now? Do they roam randomly or search for living beings and question them?

The Western continent is known to be the biggest one albeit it being a wasteland, too many wars occurred in it making it dyed red with the blood of countless races, it's also the continent which contains the most dungeons, furthermore, it is widely known that almost all the dungeons here are the most dangerous, they contain high levelled creatures, even Anastassia warned him not to enter dungeons recklessly.

Although she warned him, he didn't care much about that warning, he got Lucy with him and if it's not someone in the Immortal Realm or higher then they could deal with it easily, hopefully.

Arthur and Lucy decided to roam for a bit and search for any living being, then they can question him/her about the location of a city or a village, after all, they have to start from somewhere.

If he can only get his hands on a higher up from 'Medusa' then he can use 'Soul Search' on him, although it's a bit risky, it's worth it, he'll be able to know the whereabouts of their HQ and it'll save a lot of time.

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Fortunately, with their overpowered speed, it didn't take them much time to find someone, approximately after an hour or so, they found some people, or what appeared to be beastmen.

Normally, an hour is enough for him to travel thousands if not millions of kilometres, yes, it's insane, but he and Lucy were not travelling, they were inspecting every corner of the wasteland, if not, they would miss something, so that's why it took them that much time, although, it's considered a short amount to other people.

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Jackob was currently fighting an Earth Worm, it's the most common monster in the Western Continent, and probably the most annoying one, it never gives up on it's preys, it will even die trying to catch their food, they have large frames, probably 2 meters in height, plus, they are 4 meters long, their appearance is too disgusting, and their mouth contains hundreds of sharp teeth.

Right now, he was on an expedition with some other clan members to secure some medicine, although it's called medicine, it's just the saliva of the Earth Worm, as apparently, their saliva is an important material for alchemy crafting and can be used to heal curses or diseases.

His mother was a bit sick, and the only way to cure her is by an expensive Elixir or the saliva of the Earth Worm, it was not only his case, several other clan members needed that saliva for personal reasons, so they formed a small party and went for the hunt.

What they didn't expect though, is getting ambushed by 4 Earth Worms, they are not particularly strong if fought individually, but if you got surrounded, then it's troublesome to deal with them, plus, Jackob and the other 3 were not that strong, their LVL was only in the 60, as for the Earth Worm, they were between 50 and 70.

He wielded a two-handed mace, it was rusty and hard to wield, but that's all he could procure, as for the rest of the members, they had either bronze swords or bronze lances, poor weapons but they got used to them after countless battles.

Since youth, they fought for their survival, so having poor weapons didn't mean they are weak, in fact, some beastmen can fight bare-handed and tear the Earth Worm into pieces.

”HAA”

Jackob jumped to the side and smashed his mace on the side of the Earth Worm, it was not an accurate hit but it dealt some damage to the Earth Worm, the disgusting creature dived into the ground after being struck, but he didn't dare relax as another Earth Worm came at him from behind.

With almost perfect reflexes, he kicked the ground and jumped backward in a cool manner, the Earth Worm's sharp teeth struck his previous location and some green toxic liquid came out of its big mouth.

It was its poison, it was not deadly but it caused the 'paralysis' status for 10 seconds, which was more than enough for the Worm to devour its prey.

As he was delighted to have dodged that poison, he was caught off guard when another Worm came flying at him from below, since he was in the air, he couldn't dodge or do anything besides block with his mace, but it was too late as some of the green liquid already landed on some of his body, making him unable to move.

His jump was quite high and amazing, but the fall was pitiful and full of despair, he couldn't move, so when he hit the ground, he just layed there, motionless, but now that he took second and thought about what happened, it seemed a bit weird doesn't it?

I mean, they got ambushed by 4 Worms, so why the hell did 3 attack him? Where were the other 3 party members? Surely they didn't die, they were not that weak to die in just seconds.

As he was thinking about that, his eyes happened to land on running figures about 70meters away from his location, they were indeed those 3 party members, each held a fist-sized bottle filled with transparent liquid, he could already guess it's the Worm's saliva, and by the look on their faces, he knew they abandoned him, however, he didn't hate them or became enraged.

In this land, each has to take care of themselves, that was an untold rule, so what if they abandoned him? Each must only care about his own life, why should they sacrifice themselves for something as absurd as camaraderie?

Jackob's only regret is his inability to procure the saliva for his mother, nothing mattered apart from that, he layed their motionless, unable to move because of the saliva, and look at the incoming Worms which dived toward him like hungry dogs, their mouths were wide open as if they were going to tear him into pieces.