Chapter 166 - A Small Reward (1/2)
Evan was pleased with the unexpected reward. He hadn`t even thought he would be able to learn the skill of an evolved monster. The skill had already been transformed into a Magic Circle, so all Evan had to do was learn it and practice a little. It shouldn't have taken long.
<This all happened after I`d got the Rat Sigil. Being able to get monster skills is really nice, but...I shouldn't be trying to make friends with every monster. It just doesn't make sense.>
Humans and monsters had always feuded, Evan and Reykar were just the exceptions to the rule. The young man himself didn't know how it all worked out, so there was no point in Evan trying to learn the skills of other monsters.
First of all, he didn't even know if it was possible to make friends with other monsters, and trying to make contact with every monster he encountered was too dangerous. Secondly, even if he found a monster that wouldn't attack him, it was unlikely that Evan would be able to make a contract with it. He and Reykar had saved each other's lives several times and only then did their level of trust become sufficient to make the contract. Thirdly, it would be preferable for Evan to strengthen his bond with Reykar than to look for his replacement.
”Okay, now we need to look around the warehouse and get as far away from here as possible. Reykar, you stay here, okay?” Evan said calmly looking at the flying raven.
Caw!
”Fine.”
The next moment Evan was already in the real world. He quickly made his way back to the underground base, jumped off, and found himself in the warehouse. Unfortunately, most of the materials had been destroyed. A huge monster and then Reinier`s attacks had turned most of this group's booty into rubble.
Nevertheless, there were plenty of monsters` skins left that could be sold for a decent amount of money. There wasn't much room in Evan's spatial ring, so he couldn't take everything. But, he did take the skins that weren't badly damaged.
There was nothing of value in this underground shelter besides the warehouse, but Evan had something else to pick up.
Before he left, Evan decided to check every room in this underground base. He knew that other than the contents of the warehouse, there was probably nothing of value here, but he had to see for himself. When Evan got to the room where he had killed the group commander, he immediately noticed his sword and decided to take it back and sell it in the city.
Whoosh.
The big sword moved into Evan's spatial ring and the young man headed for the exit, but suddenly he noticed something strange.
<Hmm? Does it just seem to me or is there some kind of red glow under the ground?>
Evan hadn't noticed it before, but now with his enhanced vision, he could clearly see that there was something going on right under his feet.
<The ground layer is pretty thick and I have almost no mana... Reykar, can you help?> Evan asked in his mind and the next moment a raven was sitting on the young man's shoulder.
Evan jumped aside and pointing to the floor, calmly said: ”Do me a favor and make a hole here.”
The raven nodded, and a violet glow appeared from inside its beak. With each passing second, it grew brighter and brighter until it became a deadly, purple beam. It reached the right spot at the speed of sound, and there was a deafening explosion.