《Philippine Lore》 BK1: Prologue "Welcome to the first ever Virtual Reality Game in Earth; [ Philippine Lore ]! World of [ Philippine Lore ] released in XXXX by ABYSS Company. As characters become more developed, you will gain various talents and skills, requiring the player to further define the abilities of your character. - Myths, Legends, Stories and Gods circling in Philippine Mythology... meet them one by one and adventure to your hearts content... Now, let us meet in the very apex... where all possibilities converge. Welcome players and enjoy the world of [ Philippine Lore ] " "This is amazing!!" Rain read the game description written in the cover of the game box. "I''m already excited! I can''t wait to play this..." --- ---- ¡°Sitan! What are you doing?!¡± A man with a long beard cried out. ¡°How could you open the three doors of Kasamaan!?¡± ¡°Amang Bathala¡± The man smiled as he pointed his sword at Bathala. ¡°The mortal had lived too long in prosperity. And because of this they had forgotten who their real master was¡­¡± Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. ¡°Savage? Animals? Men are more than that. You should have already seen it, Amang Bathala! Men became too full of themselves, thinking that they had the rights to be superior. And now ¡­¡± ¡°As a guardian of Kasamaan, now is my time to reap my rewards~¡± --- ---- ¡°Am I the only who¡¯s suffering this misfortune ¡­?¡± Rain mumbled to himself as he slowly backs a few steps. ---- ---- Ah, Kuuu¡ª¡ª!?¡± The sudden shock that pierced through his body brought his own consciousness back to reality. What happened?! His timing should¡¯ve been almost perfect! --- --- What exactly happened to his body, he completely did not know. --- --- Wait for me... [ Philippine Lore ] And so, a new legend is about to be created ... BK1; Chapter 1: [ Logge In! [ Philippine Lore ] ] March, 2XXX. It was a sunny day. It was already evening by the time Rain Villaflores walked out of the school with his backpack. Arriving safely at his house, Rain excitedly threw his backpack on the top of his bed. Four years of high school finally came to an end. Smiling ear to ear, he could not hide the excitement he was feeling. However, graduating wasn¡¯t the real reason he was that overly excited but because of the upcoming launch of the first ever VRMMO game in history which would be held in the Philippines. The holographic virtual network era, once considered a mere fantasy, or something only seen in novels had finally and suddenly descended under inconceivable circumstances. Holographic virtual networks, which would soon replace traditional networks. A historical event that might change the whole world; with Philippines as its center. As a Filipino ¡­ why could he not be excited about it? The world was stunned at the same time excited by its appearance. Excitement come after shock, and doubt come after excitement. America, Japan, Korea and even China became crazy upon hearing the sudden news. A sci-fi like event; a goal for most of the scientist and engineers in the whole wide world. [ Philippine Lore ] Holographic Virtual Game! These countries send people to investigate but came out with nothing. [ Abyss ] the company who made [ Philippine Lore ] was a very secretive and mysterious company. No one knows where this company came from or its core members. They just popped out from thin air and suddenly declared the existence of the Game. However, one thing was for sure. The owner of the company; [ Abyss ] was a Filipino. Julio Flores. Julio Flores appeared in every television to advertise the game and explained its mechanics. Thus, every people in the world know of him. But that is all. Apart from his appearance and name, nothing was known of him. Julio Flores guaranteed that the Game was safe and sound. There won¡¯t be any mishaps such as things out of fantasy novels where players were trapped in the game would happen as he boost of its ¡®Security with no loopholes¡¯ and ¡®Absolute Stability¡¯. Though most of the people seemed to be overjoyed by the declaration but it seemed like there were still some that were disappointed by it as they voice out their thoughts in Facebo*k and Twitte*. What a bunch of idiots. Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed inwardly. Is it because they wouldn¡¯t be able to experience something that was out of fantasy novels? That¡¯s just mere stupidity. Reality and Fiction might have a narrow gap but it was still not something that was easily to break. Besides, why would they risk their lives for such stupidity~ Scattered beams of light peeked into the house through the open window, giving it light. The beams of light revealed not piled up things such as furniture¡¯s and scattered things as one would expect from a normal boy¡¯s room, but cables and cables of red and green, attached to several radiators and large-screen displays. Inside was a boy carefully stroking a metal helmet as if it was his own son. ¡°This holographic virtual helmet¡­ is wholly seamless! It¡¯s obviously made of metal but its weight is less than that of plastic. How the hell was this made? This must be some black sorcery born of technology.¡± Rain looked at the glowing helmet in his hands. It had a faint metallic luster. It¡¯s practically a work of art! A sigh escaped his lips. Beep! At this moment, a sound rang out inside the room. Rain raised his head and looked at the screen but as soon as he saw the message reflected in his eyes, he couldn¡¯t help but frowned in annoyance. ¡®Find anything about the [ Abyss ]. I will give you a good compensation.¡¯ A very short but precise message. That¡¯s right; Rain was a programmer and at the same time ¡­ a hacker. By hacking at a specified network he can find out something from it. However, [ Abyss ] was like an Impregnable Fortress. He once tried out of curiosity but unexpectedly he could only breach two to three doors but more than that is impossible. As expected from the one who made the first ever Holographic Virtual Game, their firewalls was no half-assed. Rain had lost count of how many requests he had gotten at this moment but this was of no concern to him. He had no thoughts of accepting this kind of requests. Aside from the reason that it was near impossible to do it, Rain was also looking forward to this game. Why would he do something that would trouble it? It might even be the reason that will make the Game launching cancelled, and that was something he couldn¡¯t allow. Besides, with the advent of the era of holographic virtual networks, the people rejoiced, jumped for joy and buzzed in excitement. Why would he be the one to become the demon to destroy it? ¡°Anyway, I still have some time before the game officially starts. I should buy some necessities first to prepare~¡± You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. ----- [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s official launch is at 5pm tonight. Rain looked at the time and saw that there was still an hour before the opening. At this time, there would definitely be hundred millions of game crazed people who would be wearing the game helmet to watch the opening. There would also those people who wished to become legendary player, were probably twiddling their thumbs together waiting to enter the virtual world. Entering a certain address, Rain opened his Facebo*k account and as expected, it was filled with activities. And the sole topic was; [ Philippine Lore ]. Logging out, he then opened official website instead. There were more than 500 million people online on the website. With so many people online on the night before it officially opened, this game could be the most anticipated game ever! Having spent almost an hour reading some information regarding the game, Rain¡¯s head began to spin. With his astonishing concentration, he forced himself to remember everything. But rather than analyzing them individually, he memorized bits and pieces of the important information. After reading, he turned off the computer, took the helmet, and looked at the game¡¯s slogan¡ª¡ª An unpredictable country as your very own stage! Stand up and rise! Stand up and rise? This is really interesting! [ Philippine Lore ] has a magical fantasy background based on Philippine Mythology, however, there were still some cultures of various other countries mixed in to livened up the game. There are also many hidden quests with concealed conditions needed to be met in order to activate them. With a faint smile, Rain looked at the time while playing around the helmet for a while, and then finally lying on the couch. Holding the metallic helmet, he closed his eyes and put on the helmet. Instantly, the metallic helmet briefly flashed a bright light as his irises were scanned by the helmet¡¯s visor. At this moment, his identity was checked! In front of Rain became a white space, his mind dazed for an instant and then suddenly brightened. A new scene started to appear as he entered the game¡¯s registration interface. Scene of a desolate and blood drenched land, suffering from countless wars and endless battles appeared in front of his eyes. Forests had withered and human civilization had fallen into ruins. ---Then the camera panned in the sky and a big sun shined viciously down upon him. However, this wasn¡¯t all. In the sky, there were some people fighting. ¡°Sitan! What are you doing?!¡± A man with a long beard cried out. ¡°How could you open the three doors of Kasamaan!?¡± ¡°Amang Bathala¡± The man smiled as he pointed his sword at Bathala. ¡°The mortal had lived too long in prosperity. And because of this they had forgotten who their real master was¡­¡± ¡°Savage? Animals? Men are more than that. You should have already seen it, Amang Bathala! Men became too full of themselves, thinking that they had the rights to be superior. And now ¡­¡± ¡°As a guardian of Kasamaan, now is my time to reap my rewards~¡± At this moment, in the foot of the mountain, neighs of horses could be heard. However, these horses had a human body, standing in two legs as they neigh towards the heavens as if agreeing Sitan¡¯s claim. ¡°Sitan! You!¡± Bathala couldn¡¯t do anything but glared hatefully at Sitan. Looking at the foot of the mountain, Bathala gritted his teeth and then shout; ¡°Fight!¡± This as a signal, countless human soldiers charged ahead, swinging their swords. There were also those who seemed like mages which hid in the dark and cast complicated spells, unleashing balls of flames towards the enemies. The battlefield only became more ferocious with time as war cries shook the mountain. The air was filled with a thick smell of pungent blood. Roar! In the midst of the roar, a huge body towered over the humans, casting a shadow down on them. Giants. One eyed giants, long bearded giants that were smoking and humongous monsters appeared one after another. Fresh blood dyed the ground as the warriors turned into cold corpses one by one. Then in the sky, both Bathala and Sitan charged towards each other, their unleashed ultimate attacks collided together and produced an explosion that shook the heaven and earth! ¡®Bang!¡¯ The sound of swords clashing reverberate in Rain¡¯s ears, and then the scene slowly shrank and turned blurry as two big words appeared in the sky ¨C [ Philippine Lore ]! This game¡¯s art was truly breath-taking! Supposedly, this was the opening scene. BK1; Chapter 2: [ Character Registration ] Rain sucked in a deep breath. What a mind-blowing opening scene! [ Philipping Lore ] was indeed worthy to claim the name of the best VRMMORPG with 99.5% realism. Just a mere opening scene had excited us to such extent! As he floated in the air, a very nostalgic song echoed in his ears and the entire Philippine map was shown below him. [ Lupang Hinirang ] Bayang Magiliw, Perlas ng silanganan, Alab ng puso Sa dibdib mo¡¯y buhay, ¡­ ¡­ Philippines were known as an archipelagic island. Meaning, it includes both sea and islands which geographically be considered as an independent whole. --- It is also one of the largest archipelagos in the world. The Philippines comprises an archipelago of some 7,107 islands located off Southeast Asia, between the South China Sea on the west and the Philippine Sea on the east back in the real world. ¡­ ¡­ Lupang hinirang, Duyan ka ng magiting Sa manlulupig di ka pasisiil Sa dagat at bundok, sa simoy At sa langit mong bughaw, May dilag and tula at awit sa Paglayang minamahal Ang kislap ng watatwat mo¡¯y Tagumpay na nagniningning, Ang bituin at araw niya, Kailan pa ma¡¯y di magdidilim. ¡­ ¡­ Seeing his own beloved country, Rain couldn¡¯t help but be moved. As what was written on the [ Philippine Lore ]¡®s official website. The entire Philippines were the game board. And this place was his beloved country! One country. An entire world! ¡­ ¡­ Lupa ng araw ng luwalhatit pagsinta Buhay ay langit sa piling mo. Aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi Ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo. ¡­ ¡­ Just like the in the real world, this game map was composed of three main parts; Luzon in the north, Visayas in the center and Mindanao in the south. However, what¡¯s different was that this game map ( Philippines ) was over ten times or maybe even larger than that of the real Philippines. Philippines was supposedly had the total land area of approximately 300, 000 sq km or 115, 831 sq mi; including about 298,000 square kilometers of land and about 2,000 square kilometers of water. However, according to the [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s official website, this game map ( Philippines ) was expanded to over ten times as to accommodate all the players in the world. --- --- As Rain was moved by the sudden view, suddenly¡­ - Hello, and welcome to Philippines! A sweet female voice entered his ears. This sudden voice caught him off guard and made him suddenly froze for a moment. Although the sweet synthesized voice was pleasing to the ear, it was missing a sense of humanity, which was breaking the emersion of the virtual reality. The voice was beautiful but it lacks emotion. As if the speaker was in a play or something, it doesn¡¯t have any emotion within it ¡­ or so what Rain thought the moment he heard the voice. Not far from him, a beautiful young woman was standing while looking at him. Although she was beautiful but for Rain, her beauty seemed ethereal. However, this was natural for this girl was only a computer AI and not a real girl. --- Starting initial operations. --- Scanning for necessary personal data. --- Unregistered user detected. Ding! ---Please register a new account. There was a soft sound and character creation options appeared before Rain¡¯s eyes. --- Race: Human ( Default ) --- Please pick you character profession! ¡°What are the professional options?¡± - [ Philippine Lore ] is divided into a total of seven standard professions: Knight, Warrior, Mage, Rogue, Archer, Beast Tamer, and Priest. Along with the synthesized electronic female voice, seven different figures and illustrations appeared in front of Rain. In [ Philippine Lore ], humans was given various powers and abilities by Bathalang Maykapal to fight the appearing monsters. Bathalang Maykapal gave them something that which was called ¡®Mana¡¯ and thus the birth of people with different powerful professions such as Mages where elements represented by various colors wrapped around their bodies, enabling them to cast powerful spells and magic. Aside from the famous Mages, there were also other professions as well. Riding a horse while wearing an impressive and brilliant looking armor and sword; the guardian of all was the high-spirited Knight. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. Holding a broadsword preparing for battle was the Warrior. Dress in brilliant black clothing, the embodiment of darkness, holding a dagger was the Rogue. Wearing leather armor with a golden bow was the Archers. Squatting beside a beast was the Beast Tamer. And lastly those who were dressed in pure white while holding a scepter while exuding a holy light around their body was the Priest! One by one, he looked at the variety of professions in detail. Knight specializes in defense, a human shield or commonly known as Tanks. Warriors were vanguards, belonging to the doctrine profession. Mages are long-distance fighters, able to go against the wills of the heavens; however, they are actually relatively weak. Rogues are a type of Assassins, coming and going without a trace, focusing on sneak attacks and agility. These types of assassins were the best suited to be Lone Rangers. Archers are also long-distance fighters, but compared to Mages, they are physically stronger, have extremely supple skill, and use the layout of the area to create traps. They can also be referred as Hunters. Beast Tamer are able to call forth monsters whom they have formed a contract with, but their fighting ability itself is not very outstanding, however, they can use buffs to increase the abilities of their summons; making them as someone not to be trifled with. A Priest is a healer and they can increase the abilities of their teammates by using buff skills, but their most important aspect is their healing capabilities. Thinking while touching his chin, Rain looked at the illustrations page after page after which he smiled. There¡¯s not much to talk about here, the class he wanted was already been decided by him beforehand. Mage! The most common and famous type of class in fantasy games. People that could use powerful magic and AOE type spells. Rain held a special type of affection for the Mage-profession. After all, boys adored magic. Powers going against the wills of heaven. It¡¯s a man¡¯s romance~ With a helpless smile, Rain made the decisive choice of being a Mage! --- Congratulations on your success of choosing your profession! Now, we¡¯ll scan your body to determine the stats of your character! Following after, a red light scanned his body. --- Scanning, please wait¡­ Rain stood still and let the unknown rays sweep all over his body. He waited nearly three minutes before the light gradually dissipated. Soon after, a character dressed in leather bearing a similar appearance to Rain appeared in front of him. --- The state of the appearance shown is scanned from the user. If you wish, you may change your appearance, or sex. However be warned, each account is limited to one character. Once the character has been created, you may not alter or delete your character. Please think carefully before deciding. A limit of one character per account. This was not a rare restriction for a virtual reality game. In the [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s official website, there is a point that is clearly described, that is in the world of [ Philippine Lore ] there is no chance to restart, saying it more straight forwardly, it is that there is no saying of being able to delete your account and re-level like in previous computer games. Regardless of nickname, initial stats, or class, once picked it can never be changed. So, before entering [ Philippine Lore ], it becomes necessary to think about the direction of your class, because there is no second chance to pick. Rain thought for a while as he looked at the hologram that looked completely like him. Rain was not considered a very handsome man like those models in magazines or in television. If one would scale his looks on one to ten, then it would definitely be five. Yeah, just so-so. Even still, he had never been dissatisfied with his looks. Appearance changed in the passing of time, what¡¯s more important isn¡¯t the cover but the content inside of it. And so, he didn¡¯t change anything and just let it be. After confirming his choice for a second time, the system continued to do a system check on his body, numbing his brain. Like a mosquito bite, his blood had been analyzed by the system ¨C At this moment, Ding~! A sound rang out. - Oh?! The beautiful AI¡¯s poker face seemed to crumble for a moment as he cast her two eyes on Rain¡¯s body. BK1; Chapter 3: [ The Inheritance ] Surprise, Astonishment, Amazement. These kind of things seemed to have been reflected on her two beautiful bright eyes. How¡¯s that possible? I mean she¡¯s an AI ¡­ right? For a moment, Rain seemed to have been confused and surprised at the same time but seeing that the girl¡¯s poker face returned as if her reactions just a while ago was nothing but an illusion, he held back his thoughts and didn¡¯t planned to pursue the matter any longer. I must have been mistaken ¡­. I mean she¡¯s an AI, maybe there¡¯s a bug or something~ - Based on system check, you carried very ancient bloodlines. However, the next words she spoke made Rain dumbfounded. Ancient bloodlines? Noticing Rain¡¯s confusion, the beautiful AI smiled faintly: - In your blood runs a very ancient bloodline. A very distinguished bloodline ¡­ a bloodline of a hero. A hero ? Rain shook his head in disbelief. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± - Not just one but two ¡­ no, four unexpectedly. At this moment, Rain was getting even more confused. For him, it seemed like the AI in front of him was talking in Chinese or even in Japanese as he couldn¡¯t understand her anymore. Just what is she talking about? Hero? What Hero? And why is she looking at me like I¡¯m some sort of an alien or something. Is he a new strange animal species? ¡°Ahm, hey can you talk in Filipino please, I can¡¯t understand you ¡­¡± - I apologize for my misbehavior. Anyway, in your blood carried the bloodline of four ancient Filipino heroes. ¡°Ancient Filipino Heroes?!¡± - Yes. Indeed. ¡°Ahm, I heard my great-grandfather always said that our ancestor was a great hero. But ¡­ heroes? I mean, I thought that was a joke?¡± The AI didn¡¯t answer Rain¡¯s question and instead looked at him with a faint smile. However, her expression was already way different than before. Sadly, Rain never noticed this as he was immersed on his thoughts. - As the one carrying the bloodline of a Hero and a very pure one at that you are qualified for the inheritance. ¡°Inheritance?¡± said Rain, his mouth gaping. How could there be a word so pleasant to the ears? It was as if the girl you had a huge crush on for a whole twenty years suddenly told you; ¡®Hey, I love you! Let¡¯s get married tomorrow~¡¯ What sweet words. ¡°Wh-What are you talking about? What inheritance?¡± Rain managed. He tried to sound calm about it, but sadly it failed. His excitement was reflected from his eyes that seemed like it would emit laser beams like Cyclops of X-men in any moment. The AI didn¡¯t seem to mind him as she just calmly looked at him. - Inheritance. Just from the word, it meant that someone possessing a specific bloodline can take the inheritance left by his ancestors, The AI explained. After a moment, she finally started to explain to him what she meant by ¡®Inheritance.¡¯ As he listened to her explanation, his eyes slowly began to glow brightly. According to her explanation, players who possess ancient bloodlines especially those with the higher rarity which was [ Hero Bloodline ], they will be able to receive that hero¡¯s equipment or even his skills. This was what you call ¡®The Inheritance¡¯ However, the extent of that good fortune depended on how high the luck of that player was because the inheritance can¡¯t be chosen directly but was randomly given. Because of this the chances of inheriting good skills or equipment is low. According to the beautiful AI, there were already players who managed to receive inheritance but could only receive normal equipment or skills. Though these skills would definitely be better than the skills acquired in the early stages of the game. There were only 10% chance to inherit the hero¡¯s innate skills, 8% chance for the best equipment and 2% chance for godly skills and equipment. But still, I had some chance~ Even so, Rain remained optimistic. - ¡­normally, players who possess these kinds of bloodlines or ¡®The Inheritors¡¯ is what we call them was only given two opportunities, but you are different¡­ The beautiful AI explained. ¡°Different?¡± - Yes. As the one who possess four different ancient hero bloodlines, you can receive two things from each of your ancestors. ¡°T-Two ? And I had four, right. So it means ¡­ wait, I can get eight things?!¡± Seeing that Rain seemed to be paying rapt attention to her, the beautiful AI couldn¡¯t help but showed a faint yet gentle smile. She continued on to explain in further details, not concealing anything at all from him. What she didn¡¯t know was that Rain was actually only half paying attention to her. The other half of his attention was focused on the things he could inherit from these so-called ancestors. Damn! What the heck is this feeling as if I was starving for a whole week when suddenly out of nowhere, a still hot, juicy meat pie fell in front of me? This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Oh my god! And this meat pie was actually not an ordinary meat pie but a meat pie baked by a goddess! He suddenly felt an icy feeling tingling up his spine. This is what I call a Cheat! The more he thought about it, the more his excitement comes out. Nonetheless, he couldn¡¯t help but subconsciously rub his right hand as he thought about the things he could get. - However, you can only receive one inheritance after every five levels. Oh? So I can¡¯t take all of it immediately? What a pity, oh well at least I had something I could look forward to~ - At this moment, you can only take one inheritance. The beautiful AI continued. - Goddess Alunsina, Hero Dumalapdap and his beloved wife Lubay Lubyok Mahanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan and Hero Aliguyon. Which one of these three will you choose to inherit first? Having heard the explanation up to this point, Rain¡¯s eyes flickered. Wow! These names were freaking familiar! I never heard I had such blood? Is this real or not? Alunsina the virgin goddess of the eastern skies! Dumalapdap; A demi-god! Son of Alunsina and Datu Paubari. Hero Dumalapdap¡¯s beloved wife and the goddess of the night breeze; Lubay Lubyok Mahanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan! And lastly, the famous invincible hero Aliguyon; Hero of the Ifugao or Hudhud! And these four were my ancestors? Damn! So cool! I never thought I had a blood of a demi-god! If this is real then ¡­ What should I do?! Nothing ¡­ I guess. Not like I had some special powers in real life anyway. And I lived for almost seventeen years to confirm that! Thus, let¡¯s quit day dreaming and face this first. However, who should I pick first? For the early stages, Hero Dumalapdap and Hero Aliguyon would be the best choice because they were both great warriors. Addition to my class as a Mage¡­ then Hero Aliguyon seemed better. ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± Rain thought about this for a moment. Oh well, I guess I¡¯ll choose him~ ¡°I¡¯ll choose Hero Aliguyon first then, please.¡± - As you wish. Hearing her response, Rain¡¯s eyes began to gleam with anticipation. Then a virtual wheel appeared. There was a needle and a button. On the wheel were the words, ¡°Item Category¡±, ¡°Consumption Category¡±, ¡°Skills Category¡± and ¡°Special Category¡±. Each category had a respective color and its own region. The four regions were different in size. The Consumption Category took up a large portion of the wheel ¨C nearly half of it. Next up were the Skills and Item Categories. It took up nearly the other half of the wheel. The smallest region was the Special Category. It only took up a tiny region and was nearly invisible. Above the virtual wheel, words suddenly appeared! Category Explanation: [Consumption Category]: One-time use disposable consumable item. These were often in the form of food such as fruits, crystals or even magic scrolls. [Item Category]: Items and equipment personally owned and used by the Ancestor. [Skills Category]: Skill''s owned by the Ancestor and can be passed down by his/her own descendant. [Special Category]: Unknown things. Rain was confused but still he held some expectations. As for the special category, although he doesn¡¯t know what it is but because it was there then it should be a good thing. Without hesitation, he pressed the button to begin the inheritance. Ting! The virtual wheel began to rotate. The needle on the wheel kept moving as the wheel rotated clockwise extremely fast. After a few seconds, the needle slowed down and finally landed on the biggest area on the wheel, the Skills Category. A skill!!! By this point, the anticipation in the AI¡¯s eyes was incredibly strong. The first inheritance was completed! A tiny golden treasure chest appeared. The prize was automatically in front of him. How do you use it? Rain tried stretching his hand into the chest. His hand actually entered as if the golden chest was just an illusion. Then, with a flash of golden light, the treasure chest disappeared and a ¡®Ding!¡¯ sound could be heard ringing out. System Notification! You have learned ¡®Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance!¡¯ Hearing these words caused Rain¡¯s eyes to gleam with admiration. He was obviously quite pleased to hear such news. Seeing Rain¡¯s excited expression, the beautiful AI who was looking at him on the side couldn¡¯t help but showed a gentle smile. - Congratulations on your success! Now then, to finalize the character registration, Please select your character¡¯s name. BK1; Chapter 4: [ The birth of Lagim ] Rain had already thought of this long ago. TouchMeNot! Ding! - The name you selected is already in use! Hearing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but clenched his fists tightly, saying: ¡°What in the world, such a weird name and it¡¯s already taken!¡± It¡¯s fine, I thought of a backup name just in case something like this happened. HugMePlease! Ding! - The name you selected is already in use! WTF! Again a system notice, Rain¡¯s heart almost shattered into pieces, this is too hard, and all the names he wanted are taken! DeathBone! - I¡¯m sorry, that name is already taken! ¡°¡­¡± When the notice prompted, Rain was a little surprised. This one too?! Continuing on, Rain let out another yet another name. This time, he made it less cool-sounding and more native. ¡°T-Then ¡­ Lagim.¡± - Successfully created character name. The character [ Lagim ] has been created. - Wow¡­ what a domineering name, [ Lagim ], I like your name. Taking a long breath, Rain couldn¡¯t help but subconsciously wipe his forehead. He didn¡¯t think coming up with a name would be such a tedious process. Oh, finally. I managed to select a name, who cares about anything else? - Naming is a success! You can now view your basic stats! Open Status Window! [Lagim] Level: 0 Class: Mage Strength: 6 Stamina: 5 +10 Agility: 7 Mana: 12 Stat Points: 5 Skill Points: 1 Magic: Fire: Lv0 Water: Lv0 Earth: Lv0 Wind: Lv0 - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv0 0/100% ¡°Phew¡­¡± Looking at his stats, Rain breathes a sigh a relief. In [ Philippine Lore ] the maximum points a stat could have in the beginning was 5, and he was lucky enough to get 6 points in strength and 7 in agility. Although these stats were determined by the player¡¯s own physical condition, the rest was random. As for mana, he got 12 points because of the class bonus which was 5 points. And thus, his normal mana points should¡¯ve been originally 7 points. Warriors had 5 points bonus in [ Strength ]. Knights in [ Stamina ]. Rogue and Archer in [ Agility ] and Mage, Priest and Beast Tamer in [ Mana ]. These were the base stats for every player in the beginning of the game. Furthermore, at Level 0, the system gives you five stat points and one skill point. Rain took a glance at his status window. Not bad. A little bit above in average~ Although he smiled faintly, Rain did not become compliant even the slightest. - [ Lagim ] was successfully named. Then, next up is the initial stats choice.¡± After the AI¡¯s voice, a wide stat page floated in front of Rain¡¯s eyes; on top were listed strength, stamina, agility, and mana these four options. - Each player has 5 initial stat points, they can freely distribute them to strength, stamina, agility, mana these four basic stats. Within, strength affects physical attack strength, stamina affect vitality and defense ability, agility affects speed, hit rate and dodge, along with bow, pierce related class¡¯s attack strength, mana affects magic attack strength and use of spells. Each attribute has different influences towards different classes. Please choose wisely according to the path that you wish for your class to go. 5 initial stat points, which also mean that there are only 5 points that can be freely distributed. Standing in front of the stat page, Rain thought for a long time, taking a step forward, increasing strength to 3, 1 in agility and mana. Stamina remained at 5. In most games, especially [ Philippine Lore ], the class he picked was a powerful class however it had the lowest defense compared to the other classes. Mage¡¯s have what could be said as the strongest AOE battle strength; they can take several lives in an instant without leaving a trace. But the flaws of the mages are also very evident¡­ That is their weak vitality, physical attack and defense. But this evaluation is for normal mages. With his newly acquired inherited skill; [ Aliguyon¡¯s Battle endurance ], he couldn¡¯t be compared to an ordinary mage player. Because of this, he had finally decided the path he was going to! That¡¯s right; this is will be my original fighting style. I¡¯ll fight the world with my ability as a mage and my strength as a warrior. I will become a Battle Mage! This is the true way to success! As for the skill point, he put it on the Fire magic without hesitation. As a mage, Rain could cast magic. However, his Fire and other elemental magic was still only Lv0 and could only summon basic spells. Fire Lv0; Little Fireball Consumption: Mana: 2 Fire Lv0 can cast a small fireball with the size of a baseball. Can I even cook a fried chicken with that? Seriously... This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.Water Lv0 can summon a ball of water the size of a baseball with the same mana consumption. Uh, yeah, for drinking purposes ¡­ maybe? Wind Lv0 can summon a light breeze. Yeah nice, summer is freaking hot. This can help you relax at all~ Earth Lv0 can turn the earth into mud. Circumference: 1 meter. Mud wash?! This magic spells all had the same mana consumption which only required 2 mana points. Because of this pitiful initial spells, Rain had no choice but to invest the remaining 1 skill point into his Fire magic upgrading it to Lv1. As for his inherited skill; [ Aliguyon Battle Endurance ], it doesn¡¯t seemed to have a need to level up at this moment. [ Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance ] Unique Skill; Lv0 0/100% A skill owned by the Hero of the Ifugao, Aliguyon. He was once known for his great endurance and invincibility in battle. Effects: The damage received during battles with be reduced by 5%. Give additional 10 points in stamina. ¡°Status¡± [Lagim] Level: 0 Class: Mage Strength: 9 Stamina: 5 +10 Agility: 8 Mana: 13 Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv1 Water: Lv0 Earth: Lv0 Wind: Lv0 - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv0 0/100% --- --- - Initial stats successfully distributed. Next up is the pain reception rate option. The pain reception rate, is the amount if pain felt when a player is hurt in combat. Pay attention, it is only in combat, non-combat related bodily or physical contact will not be affected, and will only affect pain reception, no other senses will be affected. The choices for the pain reception rate ranges from 10% ¨C 100%. High numbers are suitable for players looking for excitement and realism, but when attacked it will really hurt a lot, so please be warned, those afraid of pain shouldn¡¯t pick it. Low ranges can reduce the pain to very low, but there are also disadvantages from it. Such as when being attack they will be unable to perform quick reactions, what is your choice? ¡°10%.¡± Rain replied without any hesitation, he was entering the game to seek enjoyment, not to suffer, only someone sick in the head would pick a high pain reception, and then torture themselves to death in a game world of fighting and killing. - As for the last part of the registration. Which part of the Philippines would you like to begin? - Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao. Well, No matter which place you select, all the choices were similar. Filipinos are generous and hospitable~ ¡°Visayas.¡± Visayan Islands, also called Visayas or Bisayas. A collection of islands large and small in the central Philippines, and was considered to be the cradle of the country. In reality, the Visayan group consists of seven large and several hundred smaller islands clustered around the Visayan, Samar, and Camotes seas. The seven main islands are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Masbate, Negros, Panay, and Samar. These islands and their smaller neighbors make up the central group of the Philippine archipelago. High mountains characterize most of the Visayan Islands with the exception of Samar and Masbate, which are exceedingly hilly. As for why Rain choose to start in Visayas ¡­ There were two reasons. First is because this was his hometown. He was living here and he loves this place very much. The second reason was that of historical value. First of all, it was here that Ferdinand Magellan laid a sovereign hand on the archipelago for Spain and began the process of colonization and Catholicization that shaped so much of the nation¡¯s history. The islands were also the scene of some of the bloodiest battles fought against the Japanese during World War II, and where General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore to liberate the country after his famous promise, ¡°I shall return¡±. And thus, for Rain it could be seen as one of the very important part of the Philippine history. - If you would like a more detailed explanation about the place... "No need." All game have similar introduction such as this. In the beginning stages actual knowledge about the game doesn''t help much. Besides, Rain had already learned enough information about the game from the official website. Above all, experience was the best type of knowledge. After canceling the tutorial, Rain was enveloped in a bright light. - Do you want to enter the game world immediately? ¡°Yes!¡± - Well then, Hero Lagim, please be careful on your journey and hope that we meet again in the near future. Shua! A flash of light blinded Rain as he was enveloped by the golden light. At the same time his characters eyes moved and he was absorbed within it. The novice adventurer, Lagim was born. --- --- BK1; Chapter 5: [ The First Encounter ] When Rain noticed, he was already in the outskirts of some forest. Looking at his surroundings, Rain noticed that behind him there were only trees standing side by side, and at front an extremely vast forest. This is¡­ the game world? Rain had an astonished look on his face. Rather than saying this was a game world, this world seemed like a real world. The smell of the air, the light breeze, the touch of the rough ground ¡­ all of this seemed life-like! He was surrounded by trees, plants mountains and forest. Is this really a game world? Is this game really the work of a human? Such thought came to Rain as he watches his surrounding in amazement. It felt like reality, but wasn¡¯t really a reality which made the situation all the more difficult to believe. This is amazing! I know this is a virtual reality, but I can¡¯t believe it¡¯s a game. Computer games used to be solely based on online games; meaning can only be experienced by watching the computer screens. But now ¡­ Now I understand why people especially gamers are so excited to play this game. This is a different world, this place. Ah, now is not the time to be doing this. Rain, who had his mouth wide open, wiped his drool. Okay! Let¡¯s do this! First of all, let¡¯s check the Items I have. Items 3 Gold [ Camping Set ] Normal leather Clothes, Boots, Knife Current garments are a gray hooded leather clothes and jeans, footwear are black colored boots. The clothes are a bit stiff but the fabric is strong. It had a primeval era design. The boots look pretty ordinary. But the size fits perfectly. It¡¯s described as Normal Clothes, so maybe they won¡¯t stand out in town. The Camping Set has a water canteen which was refilled with water magic to quench his thirst. After checking his things, he was finally able to calm down. After checking the things he currently had, Rain proceeded to move his body. Although he was just connected to this world by that metallic helmet, he actually felt as if he was actually moving. What¡¯s more, he noticed that his movement is far lighter compared to his real body in real world. Amazing! Done checking, Rain the investigated the system window. ¡°Status.¡± [Lagim] Level: 0 Class: Mage Strength: 9 Stamina: 5 +10 Agility: 8 Mana: 13 Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv1 Water: Lv0 Earth: Lv0 Wind: Lv0 - --- - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv0 0/100% - Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) Hm? What¡¯s this? Seeing the strange skill, Rain couldn¡¯t help but feel bewildered. Hyper Intuition ( Passive ) A unique innate ability sleeping on the user¡¯s blood. It was accidentally awakened by some unknown reason. You can¡¯t upgrade nor assigned skill points for this skill. Oh? Is it some kind of Bonus skill or something? Rain was excited and felt as if he just won a jackpot. But what is this [ --- ]? Is it a bug or something? Oh well, maybe it¡¯s just really a bug¡­ ¡°Fu~ Amazing. I never thought that it would be so beautiful. Anyway, for now; let¡¯s take a look around this place.¡± Though he roughly understood everything from the information he had gathered so far, in the end, it was only some general knowledge. From now on, he wanted to see with his own eyes to make sure. ¡°Games are the conscious simulations that give our young children (animals and human) the ability to soar¡± ¨C Plato And just like what Plato said, now would be his time to soar! --- --- Exiting the large tree, Rain saw an animal trail. As expected from a forest, it was a lush and dense forest. Fortunately, sunlight still streamed through and he could still see clearly. But I never thought that I would be sent directly inside a forest. Usually, players would start inside a town or a city and take some quest ¡­ but who would expect that this game would be so sadistic. As a game which boast 99.5% realism, this game focuses on the player¡¯s survival skills. And thus, there¡¯s no beginner town where players could slowly level themselves up and begin in a safe start. In this game, you will be the one to find the city¡­ Inside of the forest, the air was clear and nicely warm. When Rain tried scouting the area, there wasn¡¯t anything that could really be considered an obstacle. Really, what a dense forest. I can''t even feel heat around here, so it wouldn¡¯t be weird if anything popped up. In an environment like that, Rain held the knife in one hand as he started the first day of his survival life in this new game. However, this is what adventure really means! So with that type of self-assured attitude, Rain ventured deeper into the forest. His game life had just begun. --- --- The first action he took was to take care of the necessities to sustain a human lifestyle. The highest priority was placed on securing food. To his luck, he once opened a website about plants and animals in the internet. There was a list of various edible plants there. Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.As Rain remembered this, he began using that info to its fullest, and he carefully perused the various plants growing at his feet as he proceeded forward. He wandered deeper into the forest. Looking for anything he can use while feeling vigilant for monsters or dangers lurking around him. While he wasn¡¯t that far from the edge ( rather, he was still at shouting distance from the place he first started ), he still had to stop and pause for a minute. At the current generation, forest and wildlife such as this had already become scarce. Tall buildings, cemented streets, golf courses, parks these things appeared one after another as the technology became even more advanced. It should be wonderful, wasn¡¯t it? However, with the technology advancing at incredible speed, Mother Nature was also infected. Forest and mountains, wild life and nature, these things reduced into a pitiful state. Mother Nature got the end of the stick. You can even say that she was slowly dying. But even if we had realized the cause ¡­ can we change something? Can we stop the rapid advancement of technology? The answer ¡­ No! That is why the vast forest and beautiful mountains such as this had become scarce in the real Philippines. Because of this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but stop every now and then to marvel. He couldn¡¯t help but to appreciate the wildlife in front of him. Here and now, amidst all its glory, Rain couldn¡¯t help but more or less understand the fervor some wildlife enthusiasts had. Tall coconut trees can be found from time to time. There were also big acacia trees and tall bamboos. The sound of cicada hissing and the gentle breeze that sways from time to time. Although the bugs were pesky and the humidity of the forest irritated him sometimes, at least the scenery was something pleasant to the eyes. As he ventured further, taking in the environment, his attention was eventually taken by the wildlife. He took in his surroundings, momentarily forgetting about the fact that he was inside the game, the task of collecting food and especially ¡­ he was inside a dangerous forest. The forest was immense to say the least. It was huge beyond comparison. From up close, Rain could completely appreciate their size. The trunks of the trees were thick and wider than the arm span of two grown men. It was also covered in thick, rigid bark colored in a murky shade of brown. The coconut trees were very tall, as if they were touching the heavens. Rain tried touching some of the bark and felt its rough surface press against the skin of his finger. Really, if he didn¡¯t know, he would really think that this was a real world. Rain continued observing the forest. The duff layer, which contained dead branches and leaves, was rather dark. Aside from the fact that the ground was originally a layer of brown covered in more brown, a large reason for its darkness was the dimness of the whole forest. This was most likely due to the shade created by the canopies above. They denied all entry of sunlight, keeping the forest dark. Although they failed to do anything substantial to the humidity. As Rain surveyed the surroundings enthusiastically, a cute white ball-like animal with long ears appeared in front of him. A rabbit. Yeah, it was a pure white rabbit with red eyes. So this game world¡¯s rabbits came in such cute shapes? The pure white rabbit swayed its long ears, widened its crimson-colored pupils and watched Rain who was in front of it. As if curious, it then tried to get slightly closer to him but was suddenly frightened by Rain¡¯s movements. Immediately, it hurriedly shrank back, curling up its body. The blood red eyes actually carried an extremely pitiful look as the cute rabbit eyed Rain. ¡°C, Cute ...¡± With a stiffened body, Rain stared at the small white rabbit in front of him that appeared totally harmless. He did not dare make the slightest move. Swallowing his saliva, he asked blankly in his heart, ¡°I, I thought that there¡¯s no normal animals in this world anymore¡­ but¡­ but what about this cute rabbit?¡± The white rabbit¡¯s body was covered with fluffy looking white fur and its crimson eyes had a faint bewitching feeling. The small fur ball did not appear to be vicious looking but it was beautiful to a ridiculous extent. This kind of beautiful living creature may well cause many ladies to forget about their selves and immediately hugged this cute animal. ¡°H, Hello.¡± The small rabbit did not make the slightest response to Rain¡¯s cry. It simply blinked its ruby like pupils, swayed its body and gradually swam over to Rain. Seeing its action, Rain could only remain on the spot quietly while his heart felt jittery. However, When the small rabbit was almost two meters away from him, its body suddenly shined a golden light and then ¡­ Boom! Lightning came out from its shining body and suddenly flew towards Rain. Danger! When he noticed it, Rain immediately jumped aside with all his might. The place where he was just at a moment ago exploded like a cannonball had just struck it. It gouged out the ground as it detonated. BK1; Chapter 6: [ The beginning of his adventure ] Rain rolled while the earth rumbled, and stopped with his backside on the floor. He retreated from the epicenter with a pale face. Wh-What the f*ck!? Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed out. [ You have been attacked! ] Do you think I didn¡¯t know that?! [ Thunder Rabbit (Unique) Lv--- ] Because of the sudden turn, Rain couldn¡¯t believe his eyes. He rubs his eyes many times. Hoping that this wasn¡¯t reality. However, as they say ¡­ Reality Su*ks! Holy sh*t! Reading the notification window reflected on his iris, Rain felt someone poured cold water on his body. That cute rabbit was?! No, it¡¯s a lie!!! A large amount of cold sweat streamed down on Rain¡¯s face. The once cute rabbit but now became a very terrifying demon turns its head like a machine that wasn¡¯t oiled to the sound. Its ruby red eyes then narrowed as it caught sight of Rain. Now I¡¯m really in some deep sh*t¡­ ¡°Mommy, tell me it¡¯s a lie.¡± How can I carelessly approach a harmless-looking animal without precaution? And now, all of a sudden, my adventure looks pretty bad¡­ Rain who was still stiff can only give a dry smile. Isn¡¯t this really dangerous? It was still a cute and adorable looking rabbit but for some reason, it seemed like a very scary monster with two horns on Rain¡¯s eyes. He couldn¡¯t help but froze like a frog hypnotized by a snake. Alarms bells started to go off in his head and his soul told him to run for his life, but his body did not listen to him. Finally, the rabbit that had only been looking back at Rain with his head, orientated its whole body towards him. It started to pour energy into its legs. ¡°It¡¯s coming!¡± He instinctively knew that. Rabbit no, the cute but terrifying demon exploded towards him, it dashed at him at an absurd speed that left afterimages behind it. Sh*t!!! That¡¯s not cute at all! Damn it! Moving his body by instinct, Rain moved, and shortly thereafter a golden colored lightning struck down where he had been standing. The lightning easily crushed the ground, and created a deep crater. If that had hit Rain it would have been, needless to say, really bad. ¡°Ah!? I''d die if that hits me!¡± The attack took Rain by surprise, but as he looked at his attacker his jaw dropped. When the dust cleared, Rain could see the white rabbit¡¯s ruby like eyes looking at him while tilting its little head. However, Rain could somewhat noticed the annoyance of missing its target on its crimson eyes. This, this furball! For a cute and beautiful animal like this to be a bloodthirsty monster ¡­ anyone would be surprised. Surprise¡­ indeed very surprised. Rain¡¯s surprise was fast reaching the point of extreme shock¡­ This not only surprised him¡­ It gave him a shock like being struck by lightning. Even now the cute but terrifying monster was once again preparing for another attack. It wriggled its ball-like body to take the dusts and dirt from it. Opening its crimson-colored eyes, the small rabbit stared at the young man¡¯s face. An extremely human like feeling of being at a loss flashed across its pupils. It straightened its body and blankly stared at Rain in this manner. This scene was really cute and adorable to the point that Rain became mesmerized. No, no! Cut it out! Seeing the strange action of the small rabbit, Rain¡¯s heart pounded. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.He knew that if he was caught by it would mean certain death, this fretting caused him to unconsciously step back. He knows that he was no match of this adorable but scary rabbit. Seeing Rain steeping back once again, a golden light flashed on the white rabbit¡¯s eyes and once again prepared to attack. I need to run! Now! Without hesitation, Rain immediately turns around to escape. However, At this moment, ¡°Roaaar!¡± A wolf with grey hair jumped out and growled at the rabbit. Yeah, a wolf. However, more than a beast, that¡¯s a monster, isn¡¯t it? The grey wolf had two tails and was about the size of a large dog. It has a long horn on its forehead. It had blood-shot red eyes, and Rain could see sleek fangs in its growling mouth, and most importantly, something impossible for a normal life form¡­ there¡¯s fire overflowing from its throat. - But this isn¡¯t something to be startled about if it was compared with monster rabbit. Besides, it¡¯s nothing different from the normal imaginative delusions I occasionally have, and I think I do fine in those. Look, isn¡¯t almost identical to what I always imagined what a monster wolf looked like? Well, never thought it¡¯d actually happen though. As Rain thought about that inwardly, the situation around him suddenly turned worse instantly, causing him to tremble in fear. After that wolf jump out, three more wolves jumped out from behind the trees to join it. What¡¯s worse, there were two other wolves in front of him. This is really bad! Just what the heck is going on here? I just entered the game, damn it! Just how sadistic is this game?! Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed inwardly as he grips the small dagger he was holding. He doesn¡¯t have a choice anymore. It¡¯s Do or Die! He was already surrounded. Six wolves and one scary rabbit. Gritting his teeth, Rain felt cold sweats dripping on his back. ¡°Am I the only who¡¯s suffering this misfortune ¡­?¡± Rain mumbled to himself as he slowly backs a few steps. As he did this, the two wolves in front of him unleashed a low and guttural growl. It was warning him not to move. He froze and stared back at the wolves. They had a silent stand off as each of them predicted, anticipated and tried to bait the other to take action. ¡°....¡± ¡°....¡± ¡°.....¡± Then behind him, the rabbit moved. --- --- ¡°Kyu!¡± A cute cry leaked out behind Rain, causing him to turn around. The white rabbit shined a golden color and turned into a lightning as it smacked towards one of the first grey wolf. Boom! The collision generated a sound that wasn¡¯t thought possible. The small rabbit got a clean hit to the wolf¡¯s head. Gogya! There was a resounding echo and Rain could see that the wolf¡¯s neck had been bent into the wrong direction. Seeing this situation, the other five started their attacks. Two of the wolves rushed towards Rain while the other three towards the small rabbit. ¡°Damn it!¡± ¡°Grrrrrrr¡­¡­!¡± The first thing I¡¯ll have to do is get out of this situation, right? --- --- Pinch just after entering the game! This is the moment, Rain¡¯s adventure really started. Even though it continued with a lack of common sense until the last minute¡­ However, From now on, in this world¡­ Rain never thought the he would end up spending his days so wildly¡­ BK1; Chapter 7: [ First Kill ] Rain looked at his weapon. A small dagger. I don¡¯t get the feeling this toy would be able to take down that monster. This is too short, isn¡¯t it? The moment I get within four paces of it, it¡¯ll have moved, and that large frame¡­ I¡¯ll bet it has quite a bit of power. Worse is, Rain get the feeling that one hit from it will certainly kill him. ¡°!¡± At this moment, a black shadow passes by him at a frightening pace, as that beast circles in front of him. This is quite bad. With a yelp, Rain dodged and felt claws slash the air next to his ear. [ You have been Attacked! ] [ Big Grey Wolf Lv2 ] The grey wolf spun toward him with a murderous look in its eyes. Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but trembled in fear. What should I do? His knees were jelly. His hands were shaking so bad he almost dropped the dagger. For additional information, Rain¡¯s hands are not shaking because of the cold. His stance is that of a novice. No, worse than that. His back is hunched and there is no power in his hips, he looks like he is going to turn and run at any moment. Even a child playing around will have a straighter stance. ¡°Grrr¡± The grey wolf snarled at him. And then one of the grey wolves rushed straight at him. Absolute terror ran through Rain¡¯s body. Although he knows that this was only just a game but the feeling you got when a monster was coming to kill you isn¡¯t something to laugh about. Even if you know that you won¡¯t really die in reality but seeing death before you ¡­ is just too scary. Thus, Rain couldn¡¯t help but did the only thing that came naturally: He swung the dagger. The metal blade hit the grey wolf¡¯s stomach and passed clean through its body as if it were made of water. ¡°Gurrr¡± The grey wolf drop to the ground while growling painfully. Blood spurted from its gaping wound that seemed to be 30 cm long. It tried to stand up but then fell in the ground while wailing painfully. Seeing this, the other wolf stop its movement for a moment as it looked cautiously at Rain. Its eyes reflected some fear. In reality, wolves won''t attack easily when facing foes that approach them instead of running. Rather than calling them smart, they should be described as cunning. They won¡¯t fight a strong opponent. They would first gauge the opponent¡¯s strength and only close in when it is sure of its victory. Just like what the wolf in front of Rain was doing. Wh-What did I do? Looking at the fallen wolf which was trying to stand up, Rain become confused. He thought he was already done for but then... Rain looked at the dagger on his hand. His hands were still trembling, but the blood dripping from the dagger¡¯s blade answered his question. He did that. He actually managed to fight the wolf! The injured grey wolf growled, pawing the ground. Rain feeling danger raised his dagger, turned, and saw the grey wolf who managed to stand up. His blood-red eyes glowed with hate. Rain swears, its body reeked like rotten meat. It then roared at him and charged, those razor-sharp claws aimed straight at his chest. The fear in his stomach made Rain want to bolt, but that wouldn''t work. Rain could never outrun this thing. So just like what happened a while ago, he held his ground, and at the last moment, jumped to the side. The grey wolf stormed past like a freight train, then bellowed with frustration and once again turned at him. This time, on its eyes was a crazed intent to kill. At this moment, the other grey wolf joined the fray and jumped on his back. Compared to Rain, the monster definitely had the faster movements. Its four legs nimbly kicked the ground, as it drew near him. It brandished its claws and swiped at Rain¡¯s neck. Rain was slightly caught off guard by the sudden ambush. But still Rain was somehow able to keep up with that move by instinct, and block the claws with his knife. ¡°GRAAAAH!!¡± ¡°Uu¡­ gu¡­!?¡± However, his arm didn¡¯t have the strength to contain the impact. Rain was sent flying, knife and all. His legs left the ground as he flew sideways. He collided with a nearby tree. ¡°Gu¡­ Owow¡­ just how much power does that thing have?¡± ¡°Grrrr¡­!¡± "Damn! I have no luck, haven¡¯t I?" Seeing the two wolves slowly approaching him, Rain could only lament in self-mockery. ¡°So I get game over on my first day of gaming¡­ there¡¯s a limit to unfairness¡­¡± Rain talked to himself as he leaned against the tree he had forcefully become acquainted with, and squatted. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. His back had made some ominous sounds upon colliding, and a single man who didn¡¯t even lift wouldn¡¯t be able to stand any more attacks like that. In novels, the protagonist will certainly stand up and then turned the tables towards him in an unexpected fashion by having a sudden power-up, am I right? Rain pondered this as he looked at the beast. ¡°Good grief¡­ This is not fiction ¡­ but reality.¡± ¡°¡°GRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!¡±¡± ¡°¡­¡± Rain tried to crack jokes to put him at ease, but the monster¡¯s roar makes him swallow his words. He thought he would rely on the slight chance of victory, but impossible things remain impossible. He couldn¡¯t even ward off its direct attack. There was no way a frail human would be able to beat a monster like this. One knife. No fighting experience. But ¡­ ¡°But still¡­¡­! I can¡¯t really¡­ give up yet¡­!¡± ¡­ I guess I¡¯ll give it a shot. As long as there¡¯s the slightest chance of victory, I won¡¯t give up! Rain could say something cool like that. ¡°Come at me, damn beast.¡± I¡¯ll give it a go¡­ I don¡¯t want to become a man who was killed after arriving in this game. I couldn''t allow that. Anger replaced his fear. Newfound strength burned in his limbs---the same rush of energy he¡¯d gotten when the grey wolf attacked him before. He stood up on his unstable legs. This was merely desperation. He expected a miracle to come in the very end and tried to go on without giving up. But that was the best decision he could make. Facing the moment that had yet to come, his gaze fell to his hand. The five fingers were tightly gripping the small dagger. This dagger only had a 20 centimeter blade, it was also the only weapon he had. The hand holding onto the handle had sweat coming out of it. Listening to the two echos of the beastly roars, Rain tried to calm himself down and take a deep breath. Fuuuu Haa, taking a deep breath. After which, as if he had found his resolve, he raised his head and looked at the two approaching monsters. ¡°If you think you can kill me, just try it.¡± Rain raised his right hand and points it towards the two wolves. ¡°Fireball!¡± Instantly, his right hand glow in crimson light and then a basketball size fireball shot out from within. Boom! It struck the two grey wolves but Rain knows it wouldn¡¯t do anything against the two monsters. When the smoke appeared from his attack, Rain immediately sprung to action. ¡°Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!¡± ¡°Gruaaa?¡± By the time the two wolves caught Rain¡¯s presence, he had already rushed towards them with his desperate cry. As the reflection inside the pupil of the wolf in front of him gradually become larger ¡ª¡ªStab! His dagger entered the opponent¡¯s body. That was the first one. Rain had aimed at the already injured wolf first. After seeing the unexpected scene of what happened to the wolf, the other wolf was shaken. However, Rain¡¯s actions and momentum did not stop and disappear there. He pointed his left hand onto the wound he made and once again shot a fireball. Boom! ¡°Gruaaa!!!¡± Accompanied by the explosion, the grey wolf cried in agony before its eyes finally turned dimmed. It¡¯s dead! One of the grey wolves finally died! What¡¯s more he¡¯s the one who killed it! ¡¾Lagim Level up¡¿ Then he heard a voice. It was an inorganic voice similar to recordings. He had leveled up! From Lv0, he was now Lv1! However, he has no time to celebrate it as he noticed in the corner of his eyes; the other wolf had already rushed towards him. With a crazed look, Rain used the wolf that he had killed as a shield; he then rushed towards the other wolf, throws the corpse into it and then rolled onto ground. ¡°G...GAAAAAA!?¡± ¡°Fu!¡± ¡°GROAAA!?¡± The wolf was forcibly pushed onto its backs because of the corpse Rain thrown, so he used this time to swiftly stand up. Turning around, he once again pointed his hand towards it and casted---Fireball! Boom! The fireball exploded on the wolf¡¯s body. But it didn''t happen like what Rain expected. The wolf dodged to the right before the impact and then charged at him. The monster wolf charged too fast, its claws out to grab him whichever way he tried to dodge. Time slowed down. BK1; Chapter 8: [ No Justice in this world! ] Rain¡¯s legs tensed. He couldn''t jump sideways, so he leaped straight up, kicking off from the creature''s head, using it as a springboard, turning in midair, and landing on his back. How did I do that? Rain didn''t have time to figure it out. A millisecond later, the monster''s head slammed into the tree and the impact nearly knocked his teeth out. The wolf staggered around, trying to shake him. But Rain believes he couldn¡¯t go down so he locked his arms around his neck desperately to keep from being thrown. The desperate will to survive was burning in his eyes. The smell of rotten meat burned his nostrils. The wolf shook himself around and bucked like a rodeo bull. I need to survive! Rain¡¯s will filled him like high-octane fuel. Raising his right hand, he gripped the dagger tightly and stabbed it on its neck with all his might. The wolf tensed, gave a surprised grunt, then-snap! The wolf screamed and flung him through the air. He landed flat on his back in the grass. Rain¡¯s head smacked against a rock. A mage with poor defense and vitality would have been done for in that situation, but surprisingly, Rain only felt a little pain. But this wasn¡¯t the time for him to think about that as he immediately tried to stand up, his vision was blurry. ¡°Uugh!¡± His whole body was in pain but surprisingly he could still move. The beast looked at him with absolute hatred. Seeing Rain¡¯s ragged condition, the beast bared its fangs and lifted its large claws. Rain didn¡¯t close his eyes and didn¡¯t look away. He didn¡¯t give up on life either. ¡°GRAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!¡± It was at that moment. In front of Rain and the monster, something flashed. Both of their visions were clouded by pure golden light, and the beast¡¯s lowering arm was shot down. ¡°GYAAH!!?¡± The beast raised a loud cry and took a large leap backwards. Seeing black smoke rising from its own front leg, it kept vigil to the light as it¡­ retreated. As the beast disappeared from view, Rain let out a sigh of relief, as his behind dropped to the ground. He no longer had the power to stand. ¡°¡­ what was that light? ¡­ I would be screwed if it were an enemy¡­¡± Rain stared at a glimmering object not far away from him, as he muttered it in a daze. However, his face immediately turns stiff as he recognized the one who helped him. Not so far away from him, a small white cute rabbit was standing while looking at him with its beautiful ruby like eyes. Behind it were two burned corpses that looked like wolves. Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed inwardly. F*ck! Is that rabbit so terrifying?! Two wolves became barbecue? ¡°Kyu¡­¡± The white rabbit looked at him before shaking its small white head left and right. Then as if mocking him, the white rabbit pointed it small paw towards him then to the last remaining wolf while shaking its head. This bastard!!! Seeing this, unimaginable fury wailed inside Rain. He was actually mocked by a small rabbit?! What the heck is this world? Is there no justice in this world?! Burning with fury, Rain stood up. His body shaking, and was still as damaged as ever. He leaned himself against a tree to stand up and held his side. But he bit his tongue in frustration. He¡¯s not that athletic to begin with, and there¡¯s no way he can beat a high spec beast meant to have abilities exceeding humanity in a direct confrontation. But all of this vanished on his mind. The only thing he wanted to do was to slap back the tiny rabbit who was mocking him by defeating the wolf in front of him. ¡°Just you watch ¡­ you bastard!¡± Saying that, Rain kicked off the ground. ¡°!¡± ¡°GOOO!?¡± The wolf that was frozen stiff due to the attack finally started moving again. Swinging the small dagger, Rain decided to end it immediately or else he would be the one lying on the ground. The beast charged. Like Rain, the beast also resolved itself and attacked him with a body blow. Without thinking, Rain rolled to one side and came up kneeling. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. It was fairly quick, but Rain was able to dodge it. It was a kind of movement that was impossible for the previous him. As the monster barreled past, the sharp dagger he was holding on to grazed the wolf¡¯s neck, becoming a mortal wound. Rain dodged the incoming claws once again and took that time to kick the head of the wolf like a soccer ball. Then the sound of a broken neck rang out. Without stopping his momentum, Rain pointed his hand and immediately casted---Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!!! The beast roared in agony. It flailed; clawing around like a kid throwing a tantrum, then fell to the ground twitching and died. The beast was gone. ¡°I won!¡± A declaration of victory. Rain almost teared up. He smelled like livestock and his knees were shaking. His head felt like it was splitting open. He knows that he was really weak and scared and trembling in fear. He wanted to lie down and cry, but then he remembered the abominable white rabbit. The white rabbit was looking at him while tilting its head cutely. Its long ears swaying from the wind and its ruby like eyes were watching him attentively. Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but hold his tears up. He puffed his chest in pride. ¡°See that? I can do it if I try ¡­ idi~ot.¡± ¡°Kyu!¡± The white rabbit seemed annoyed as it snorted. ¡°Wh-What?! You want to fight?! I, I¡¯ll fight you!¡± Seeing the white rabbit¡¯s actions, Rain trembled. He knows that he wouldn¡¯t be able to win against this abominable little thing and unconsciously step back. However, unexpectedly the white rabbit didn¡¯t attack him and instead turned around. It wiggled its cute butt toward him before vanishing off in the bushes. Seeing the white rabbit gone in a flash, Rain felt complicated. However, this is not the time for him to feel that. At this moment, he could finally felt relieved. Against the wolves that stopped moving, he quietly sat down. Although it was his first time facing that many enemies...... it was lucky that he escaped from the danger. Although he was injured pretty badly but it wasn¡¯t that grave, so in conclusion he did pretty well on his first battle. Perhaps there are a number of ways to do it better than what he did. However, as a man that didn¡¯t have a teacher to learn fighting from, it was impossible to order me to do things that he didn¡¯t know of. Although self-learning sounds nice, in reality, he was still a rookie, noob, a newbie. Thus, for the current he, saying self-learning could only be heard as unreliable proof. Shaking his thoughts, he gaze fell into the beast beside him. It was a wolf. According to the information he gathered about the game, inside [ Philippine Lore ] aside from the famous monsters such as Tikbalang, Mananggal, and other Philippine famous monsters, there were also monsters turned from animals. Where do you think these monsters came from? The answer was, it was breeded or mutated by miasma from the place with high magic density. Former is affected by heredity. Most of the monsters are born by either breeding or mutation. And this so called high magic density came from the three doors opened by Sitan; the doors of Kasamaan. --- --- Well, hello guys~ I guess most of you guys are already expecting some Philippine monsters but sadly to say, they will be introduced one by one. Rain won''t fight them at this stage because if he does, he would surely kick off the bucket. Tikbalang and such monsters are high ranking monsters so they shouldn''t be defeated that easily, am I right? Oh well, anyway I''m planning to build his strength only by fighting beast monster for now or what you call animal monsters ... oh this isn''t a plot hole, there is a reason why other high ranking monster don''t show up in that forest... you will know it later on~ Hope you enjoy [ Philippine Lore ] guys~ BK1; Chapter 9: [ Big Bad Wolf ] ¡°Status¡± [Lagim] Level: 1 2%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 10 Stamina: 16 Agility: 9 Mana: 14 Stat Points: 3 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv1 5%/100% Water: Lv0 Earth: Lv0 Wind: Lv0 - --- - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv0 15%/100% - Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) - Dagger Mastery (New) Ooh, my level and status both increased. In every level up, the system will increased the player¡¯s base stats by 1 and will generously give 3 free stat points. It¡¯s very difficult to get free skill points. In order to receive 1 free skill point, the only way is to promote the level five times. In other words, Rain had to wait till he was promoted to level 5 before his next free skill point. This free skill point can be said to be quite precious! I finally broke through the level 0 barrier and became a level 1 mage. In [ Philippine Lore ] 10 stat points was a threshold, having less than 10 attribute points would be in the scope of being an ordinary person; having higher than 10 points would be equal to being in the ranks of super-humans. Right now, Rain had finally broken through in that boundary. He can now be considered as a super-human. Although only bit above ordinary humans. But what caught his eyes the most wasn¡¯t the status increased but the new skill he acquired. [ Dagger Mastery ] I never thought I could acquire something like this when my class is a mage. [ Dagger Mastery ] - Because you showed an amazing skill in using a dagger, you had acquired [ Dagger Mastery ] skill. This skill allows the user to use dagger smoothly and perfectly. Rain took a glance at his status window. And without hesitation, he added two points in Strength and one point in Mana in order to make himself more durable. From the fight a while ago, Rain realized that a Mage is really weak. Especially now that he was all alone in this forest, he needed himself to stand in the front lines to survive. And he wouldn¡¯t be able to do that if he just increased his mana. He needed to have stronger and sturdier body. Standing up, Rain headed towards the corpses of the wolves. Facing their corpses made his conscience take a bit of a blow. Well, after all except for mosquitos and bugs, this is the first time he had killed something with his own hands. He still felt uncomfortable. But he shook his head and lifted the dagger once again. In one breath, he waved the dagger downwards, and dug out the heart. Ignoring the ragged body and the scattering of the blood, he immediately took the shining purplish fragments located at the center of its chest. That is the According to the guide sites he had read beforehand; from monsters, you can obtain crystals filled with magic. As always, he was not quite sure about the details about things because he had just read contents written on the guide sites. All in all, these crystals have incredible powers, and you could use this thing to exchange money at the Adventurers guild. Yeah, there¡¯s an adventurer¡¯s guild located in towns and cities. According to what he had read, these magic stones can be made into magic artifacts such as; magic swords, armors, accessories and many other things so these things are pretty valuable. Although only people with specific professions were the only one who can make something like that. After digging out the magic stones from the two monsters he had killed, Rain cast his glance at the four barbecue--- I mean, four burned bodies of the wolves that the white rabbit personally killed. He once again began to repeat the same work. It would just become a waste, might as well take it, thus he did not have time to take a break. Now, on his hands were six bean-sized purple magic stones. Purple, yellow, orange, blue, black and red. Aside from the size, magic stones were also categorized by colors. Purple color magic stones were the lowest grade of magic stones and the highest would be the red colored. These things on his hands were only the size of a finger nail. According to what he verified, what you obtain from low level monsters should only basically be this size. The exchange rate was extremely low. Looks like the larger the Magic Stone, the valuable the stone and the more expensive it is. Exhaling a sigh, Rain took his dagger and tried to skin the wolves. He wanted to get its pelt and some meat to eat. He wasn¡¯t a professional and this was the first time he did this in all his life but still, everything has a first time. Rain took his time learning how to skin. He once watched a video on youtu*be about skinning animals and such so he had some theoretical knowledge about it. But the thing is, doing it in practice is really difficult. Rain took almost two hours to separate the skin. Looking at his masterpiece, he was quite disappointed. It was done very clumsily, but all in all this was his first time after all. Although he can¡¯t use the end product because of the cuts and tears on the skin, it was still good as a practice. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Well, this can still serve as a good experience for me. With renewed enthusiasm, Rain took another wolf to practice. This time it took him over an hour. Though it was still in a pitiful state but it was certainly better than the previous one. His movements became smooth as he got used to it. His dagger dance as the point of the blade went along the internal of the tendons and muscles. Although the speed of the dagger is slow but it was still quite smooth. At this moment, A ¡®Ding!¡¯ sound rang out, surprising Rain who was so focused in skinning the beast. What happened? [ You have acquired the skill; [ Corpse Disassembly ] ] A new skill?! Rain never expected that he would actually learn a new skill! [ Corpse Disassembly ] - Because of your amazing concentration in learning as well as your admirable learning speed, the system rewarded you a new skill; [ Corpse Disassembly ]. A-amazing. Unbeknownst to him and the other players, this game could be considered the closest to reality ever. The mental aspect like attitude and spirit all took a major step forward, and additionally, you can create your own skills and styles inside the game. As long as you have unwavering will and perseverance, you can create unique or special skills whenever you wanted. Well, whatever it is, one thing would never change; this game is a heaven for game addicts. --- --- ¡°Fufufu, that is a very interesting human.¡± When Rain left the place, a voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere. ¡°To meet the thunder rabbit and survive, and most of all challenge it in a competition¡­ was it stupidity or¡­ just plain confidence?¡± His sudden arrival inside this forest shouldn¡¯t be a coincidence¡­ Is this what they meant about the people from another world? Interesting~ ¡°However, the person who makes the first move wins the game¡­ Am I right?¡± --- --- After walking for a while, Rain found a different beast from before in front of him. Rather than a beast, this one looked like a bug. Its appearance was that of a spider, whose height exceeded 2m. Honestly, he didn¡¯t want to have to deal with it. If possible, he wanted to pass peacefully. Luckily, spiders didn¡¯t use their sense of smell to catch prey. While it had eight eyes, as long as he hid and stayed a distance, there wouldn¡¯t be a problem. ¡°Uwah¡­ It¡¯s creepy.¡± - But, aren¡¯t spiders usually predatory animal that lay in wait with their webs? Why is this one walking around as if strolling in a mall?! Besides, it seemed really strong! Looking at the scary spider, Rain remembered something; ¡®A wise men is like a pin in his head that keeps him from going too far.¡¯ And thus, Rain doesn¡¯t have any choice but to hide, praying that the spider wouldn¡¯t saw him. Although he doesn¡¯t know how strong that spider was but still it should be stronger than him. Even fresh and wet firewood would burn if placed near the flame. Rain hid in the thickets as he waited for the spider to pass by. He gazed at its movements as he concentrated as not to make a sound. Suddenly a growling sound could be heard behind him. Because of this, Rain suddenly a felt a chill on his back. As he turned his head, he found a wolf that looked like the wolves from before behind him. However, this one seemed really different. The grey wolf still had two tails and was about the size of a large dog. However its hind legs were heavily muscled. The ¡°wolf¡± also had several dark red lines running along its body like blood vessels, the lines also pulsated like a heart. That was very creepy. Clearly, it was a dangerous demon. Rain did not know whether it was hiding in the shadows of the trees and bushes, or it might have followed him all the way here but something like reason wasn¡¯t important anymore. Gripping the dagger again, he place his vision onto the constantly intimidating wolf that was revealing its fangs and placed the Pelt containing some meat he had gotten from the wolves before on the ground. Unbeknownst to Rain, the Big Bad Wolf followed his movement with his eyes and as soon as it saw the pelt on the ground, the anger and hatred on its eyes intensified. The reason the Big Bad Wolf found Rain was none other than its skill; [ Pain of Kin ]. A skill used by Grey wolves to identify their enemies, especially those people who hunt their kinds. Right, I can¡¯t be hasty. Even if I do not take risks, the forest is still filled with dangers. Didn¡¯t they say many times that thinking of ¡°Well, so be it¡± was the most dangerous thing? No guts, No glory! In the front, the spider, and behind, the wolf. But it truly was a desperate pinch. ¡°GRRRAAAAAAAAAAA!!¡± ¡°......H, Hi?¡± The only word Rain could utter. This roar signifies another dangerous battle. Damn it, Can¡¯t you give me a break! A truly big pinch! --- --- BK1; Chapter 10: [ Clash of the Titans ] The sudden arrival of the Big Bad Wolf didn¡¯t go unnoticed by the big spider. Because of this, Rain was really in quite a tight spot. Rain looked back and forth between the two monsters, and let out a sigh. So this is what it means to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. He offered a carefree thought, even in this situation. ¡°Good grief, this is the worst.¡± At this moment, Rain let out an unexpected sigh as held his two hands towards the upcoming monsters. ¡°WAIT!¡± He cried out. ¡°I know you want to eat me but I only have one body. And so, who will be the one to eat me?¡± Well, this seemed to be a really stupid action. But, as they say ¡®Where there is a will, there is a way.¡¯ More like, Rain bet a gamble. He gambled whether these monsters could understand him or not. Although it is still a foolish act but he had no choice. Looking at the monsters, each of them exudes a strong presence. It means that these monsters were certainly stronger than him. And now there are two, his survival chance was less than zero. And because he doesn¡¯t have a chance of survival anyway, let¡¯s just play a gamble ¡­ as dangerous as this. He planned to choose which was the lesser of the two evils in front of him and side with it. ¡°Who would get the Lion¡¯s share?¡± Rain taunts the two monsters. What Rain wanted to do was like what the donkey in the fable ¡®The donkey and a foolish Wolf¡¯ did. Rain liked that story since he was a child. A donkey who managed to trick a starving foolish wolf and won. A very good story. When faced with danger, one should try to remain calm and act wisely. Not letting the fear rushed into your head. This was what Rain learned from that story. And now, he needed to use this in practice. Although it was still a foolish act in others point of view. As expected, the wolf didn¡¯t pause for a moment and slowly advances while letting a threatening growl towards Rain. Baring its bloodied sharp fangs, he looked at Rain as if he was already a dead man walking. However, contrary to the Big Bad Wolf, the big spider unexpectedly paused for a moment. Seeing this, Rain¡¯s eyes couldn¡¯t help but lit up in joy. A chance! ¡°Mister Spider ¡­ ah no, Miss beautiful spider! Look at him; he wants to eat me alone!¡± Like a spoiled child, Rain immediately went to action. ¡°What a selfish bastard!¡± He ran towards the spider with open arms but at this moment seeing him move, the Big Bad Wolf finally acted. He jumped towards Rain and brandished its blade-like claws. Ding! [ You have been attacked! ] [ Flame Grey Wolf ( Mutant ) Lv6 ] Damn! As expected, this bastard is really strong! Why are the monsters inside this forest so strong?! Is this what bullying a noob means? He managed to parry the claws with his dagger in a timely fashion. However, he was lacking in strength. And thus, he was sent flying towards a tree like a cannon ball. ¡°Screeee!!¡± Seeing the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s attack, the spider was angered. It then rushed towards the Big Bad Wolf and shot a thread like thing and binds the beast. The Big Bad Wolf wasn¡¯t a pushover either. It opened its jaws and launches a flamethrower, burning the thread binding its body. It then cast a hateful glare towards the spider. How dare this bug interfere with his meal!? The spider let out a threatening screech while crawling slowly towards the Big Bad Wolf. Its eyes saying ¡®You¡¯re a bully, I hate you!¡¯ ¡­ And then the two entered a battle. --- --- Just as Rain anticipated, some monsters really do possess amazing intellect. This was what he bet for. Rain realized this point after meeting that abominable little rabbit. Although the spider wasn¡¯t as smart as that animal, however it was still intelligence enough compared to the Big Bad Wolf. However, this was still a problem. More like nothing changes. Rain was still a prey ¡­ no, I guess it did change something. Rain wasn¡¯t a mere prey anymore but a prize. A very special prize! Seeing the raging battle in front of him, Rain slowly and quietly back a few steps and sat on the ground while leaning on a huge tree. Rain didn¡¯t think of escaping because he knows that he wouldn¡¯t be able to. Besides, if he did and was noticed by these two monsters, he believes he was done for. Might as well, rest and regained his lost mana. Just what else could be done so that he would survive? Rain couldn¡¯t make anything out of it. No matter if it¡¯s the Big Bad Wolf or the Spider; he believed that these two monsters will be able to catch up with him no matter how fast he was. So it¡¯s naturally futile to run at this moment, might as well watched the ¡®Clash of the Titans¡¯ for free. This wasn¡¯t something that could be seen every day. If someone was there and asked him why was he so calm even though he knows that he would not survive? Rain would certainly answer without hesitation. ¡®It¡¯s not that I¡¯m calm. It¡¯s just that even if I get nervous, I can¡¯t do anything. So I¡¯m just doing what I can while eating popcorn.¡¯ He wanted to enjoy the battle, unfortunately there¡¯s no popcorn if there was; it would have been a good show. The two monsters in front of him were both carnivorous beasts, and in this world, they were both life forms classified as [ Magic Beast ]. If a normal human were to run into them, then that person would definitely be forced to resign himself to death. Even the weakest of Magic Beasts were able to devour dozens of humans individually, much less the two monsters in front of him. Meeting one of them was the same as meeting the death god on his current level. Now it¡¯s both of them, what kind of luck was this? If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. The Big Bad Wolf, [ Flame Grey Wolf ( Mutant ) ] was a mutated version of the Flame Grey Wolf. Of course, because of this they were far stronger than the normal [ Flame Grey Wolf ]. According to what Rain knows, a mutated monster¡¯s strength almost doubled that of a normal monster. As an example, this [ Flame Grey Wolf ( Mutant ) ] was a Lv 6 monster, but it was a mutated monster and so its current power should be equal to that of a lv 10 ¨C 11 [ Flame Grey Wolf ]. Freaking scary isn¡¯t it? This beast was most likely a BOSS monster. In addition, this monster has a special organ within its body; it could give birth to high-heated flames. Yeah, like a natural born flamethrower. Its defining trait was its fire attack. From said trait, its skin and innards developed fearsome resistance to heat, and it might even be able to swim leisurely even through a bubbling magma. Scary. As a current Fire mage, this monster is Rain¡¯s greatest arch nemesis. That¡¯s why he wanted this beast to die and get killed by the huge spider. If not, he would surely and without a doubt ¡­ die. And thus in this fight, Rain was betting all his money on the spider. According to the appearance, the spider should be the [ Red Back Arachne ] an [ Arachne ] type monster. Yes, it was the monster version of the Red Back spider, a very venomous spider which is allegedly the only poisonous or venomous spider in the Philippines. In real life, this kind of spider was indigenous to Australia, it has now found its home in other countries like Japan and the Philippines. This black spider has a bright red mark on its back with an hourglass coloring on its stomach. And for additional information, this spider was a very close relative of the black widow spider. According to the information Rain had read, [ Red Back Arachne ] has a max body-span of 5 meters. As a spider, it could use the adhesive threads produced within its body to capture targets or could personally run after them itself. Its bite held a paralyzing poison, so after being caught once, be relieved you will be saying goodbye to your lonesome life~ --- --- Suddenly, when Rain was closely observing the fight, he noticed something on the spider¡¯s giant back. Although it certainly has a bright red mark but inside the bright red mark was a large cross-shaped mark. [ Red Back Arachne ] doesn¡¯t have such thing. Even in the images Rain saw while reading various information about the game, [ Red Back Arachne ] doesn¡¯t have one. So what¡¯s happening here? As Rain was quietly observing the monster¡¯s characteristics and their battle, the two monsters fight had reached the climax. To Rain¡¯s displeasure, the Big Bad Wolf was the one holding the advantage. It spewed fire after fire like a crazy arsonist. With its nimble body, the spider couldn¡¯t keep a hold of his position clearly. Worse is, the thread the spider let out was easily burned and it seems like the spider itself was afraid of fire as it couldn¡¯t approach the Big Bad Wolf easily. This is bad! Seeing this, Rain cursed the hundred gods he could think of. Level wise, most likely the spider was higher level compared to the Big Bad Wolf. Even if it was certainly in disadvantage because of meeting its arch nemesis, which was fire, it was still holding itself quite well. It was stubbornly spewing sturdy thread after another while brandishing its scythe-like feet. ¡°Screee!!¡± ¡°Groooaar!!¡± The two monsters, each with frames surpassing two meters, glared at one another. They kicked the ground and collided once again, entering a more heated battle¡­ Clash of the Titans! It certainly was one. Even Rain that should have been filled with anxiety and fear was¡­ ¡°That! That hit! Oh, so good! Go beautiful spider!!¡± ¡°Ah no, not there! Dodge, oh so close! Damn it, try it again!¡± ¡°Woah, a side slash! What a good hit!¡± ¡­ Was feeling it for a different reason "Oh my god, miss beautiful spider keep this up, that wolf has no chance of winning this, unless maybe a safe falls on your head!" "Look at the redness around the wolf¡¯s ribcage; it looks like he''s been barbecued." Rain for some reason forgot that he was still in a very dangerous situation as he commented as if he was a boxing commentator. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s a nice hit! A perffeeeeect hitttttt!¡± Feeling worried if the spider was hit. Feeling happy when the spider got a hit. Rain cheered like a girl watching her crush scored a three pointer. Unexpectedly, the spider seemed to understand that Rain was cheering for it. It sometimes follows Rain¡¯s advice and sometimes it would even wave its sharp foot towards him. In addition, the louder the cheer, the spider seemed to be even more enthusiastic to attack. ¡°Screee!!!¡± However, contrary to the spider¡¯s feelings, the Big Bad Wolf was certainly annoyed by Rain¡¯s voice. It would shot numerous fireballs towards him just to shut him up. ¡°You damn beast! Where do you think you¡¯re aiming at? You s*ck at aiming, damn it, I was nearly barbecued! Aim properly idiot!¡± If the wolf can talk it would definitely cursed at Rain and say; ¡®I¡¯m aiming at you, you big idiot!¡¯ Rain seemed to forget that he was also the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s enemy and its real target. ¡°Awoooooo!!¡± At this moment, the Big Bad Wolf couldn¡¯t endure it anymore. Rain¡¯s annoying voice and the spider¡¯s stubborn attack, it howled angrily at the sky and flames appeared from the ground. ¡°Screee!!!¡± BK1; Chapter 11: [ Desperate Moment ] Because of this, the spider was hurt pretty badly as it didn¡¯t expected the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s desperate move. Sh*t this is bad! Seeing the change in the situation, Rain¡¯s heart felt cold. Oh no ¡­ The spider tried to stand up in difficulty but its feet were already burned. Holding the pain, the spider made low scree and opened its mouth wide. Spewt! The cross-shaped mark on its back glowed lightly and a purple colored sword-like thing shot from its mouth. Bam! ¡°Gruaaa!¡± Haven¡¯t expected the spider¡¯s desperate counterattack, the Big Bad Wolf couldn¡¯t evade at the right moment and was impaled by the purple colored sword. It then wailed like a dying beast and trashed in the ground like a child in a tantrum. The purple sword-like thing that penetrated its body melted as if it was created from liquid and left a gaping wound from the wolf¡¯s body. The wound was dyed with a purple color and it¡¯s as if it was alive as it spread through the whole body, causing the wolf to howl in agony. Was it poison? But it only lasted a second as the wolf exerted all his strength to stand up. Its wound which was now becoming purplish in color was suddenly ignited in fire. Was it burning the poison inside his body? What a crafty fellow. Seeing its desperate attack couldn¡¯t kill it, the spider fell with a ¡®Thud¡¯ as its crimson colored eyes slowly dimmed. It was breathing heavily and its body was trembling. But ¡­ ¡°An opening.¡± They heard a voice. Before they could turn to the direction of its source, a low ¡®Boom¡¯ sound could be heard in the distance. --- --- ......haaa¡± Breathing out a sigh, Rain once again gripped tightly onto the dagger. He couldn¡¯t use his Fire magic and thus, only the dagger on his hand was the only thing he could rely on. Rain had estimated he had reached a state where if he was not able to completely defeat the wolf at this moment, it would become complete despair. And so, Ignoring the instinct that was warning him, he rushed out to fight the foolhardy battle in front of his eyes. --- --- A single step. Kicking off from the ground with his strength, his body shot like an arrow. ¡°Ahhhhhh!?¡± With all his strength, Rain swung the dagger towards the open throat of the wolf. ¡°......¡± ¡°Kuuuu¡ª¡ª!?¡± The soundless attack was a deadly attack. The seemingly glowing blade was reflected at the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s two eyes. Its heartbeat increased, wanting to jump above it and avoid the attack, but he could not do it because, right now, he was already gravely injured and the poison inside his body had a paralyzing effect on it. Although it couldn¡¯t completely stop him from moving, it was still enough to slow his body. On the other hand, Rain was surprisingly calm. Once he noticed this, he calmly breathed out. ¡ª¡ªWhy Although it was a bit late, but he felt his own sense of anxiety was raging, at the same time, it was a strong and uncomfortable feeling. His poor ability to think was startled by his sense of crisis, which allowed him to retrieve a little bit of cool; finally he could confront the current situation. And for some reason, at this desperate moment, an unknown feeling rushed inside of him. Suddenly he felt that his life was in danger. For who knows when, the wolf had actually managed to raise its right claw towards Rain. Bang! ¡°Ah, Kuuu¡ª¡ª!?¡± The sudden shock that pierced through his body brought his own consciousness back to reality. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. What happened?! His timing should¡¯ve been almost perfect! An attack that was like a clenched fist hit his body. His entire body followed the flow of the attack and flew away, the strong impact made him drop the dagger in his hand onto the ground. Damn! I failed!? His only one weapon issued a crisp sound on the ground. ¡°!¡± However, before he could grieve, his right arm suddenly extended to the ground and then with all his strength, rotated like a spinning top. Bam! Once again, his body shot towards the beast. Eh? But before he could register what had just happened in his brain, his body used all the strength it could gather and move his body once again. Jumping up from the ground, he used his right arm to attack the eye of the beast. Boom! Even if though his body was screaming in pain, he still used all his strength to fully grasp the fist in his right hand and attacked towards the enemy¡¯s face. What was heard next was a dull clashing sound. ¡°...... , ......!?¡± The fist that contained all his power connected to the wolf¡¯s jaws. The Big Bad Wolf was in a state where it had a little spasm, its entire body lost its strength, and slowly fell to the ground. ¡°¡ª¡ªFuuu!¡± His mind was being disturbed. His body was barely standing. His awareness barely endured. It was the limit. But he could not stop now. Taking it as an advantage, Rain immediately picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground, and --- slashed! The swaying body of the Wolf tried to open its mouth to attack, but unfortunately Rain reached it first, so he won. Instantly his dagger. Towards earning another victory, sliced off the enemy¡¯s wide-open throat. ¡°Groa---!?¡± A low growl was the only sound it could emit as it finally fell in the ground and ¡­ died. Rain, which drew the dagger out, remained at that spot, after looking at the corpse of the Big Bad Wolf lying on the ground, he suddenly lost his strength and began to gasp. ¡°Ha¡ª¡ª, Ha¡ª¡ª, Haaa......!¡± Allowing his lungs to violently breath, he stared at the sky. Once the tension of being nervous was cut off, the fatigue appeared from his body. Needless to say, this was certainly a very dangerous battle. Gently opening his eyes, Rain listened to the sound of his rapid heartbeat. What exactly happened to his body? The enemy that was definitely had a level higher than him and which he was not supposed to kill, was defeated by him. This overturned common knowledge, was it because of the rise of his ? ¡­ Just what happened to me a while ago? My body suddenly moved on its own. Was this [ Hyper Intuition ]? What exactly happened to his body, he completely did not know. Problems that continued to appear one by one, made him completely unable to respond to it, suddenly it feels that his leg was about to break, seems like he had reached his limits. He stopped thinking about these issues and began to move his tired and tattered body. Right now, I should escape as soon as possible. There was still the big spider; I doubt it will die just like that. As if he was being pulled by my re-awakened reason, he immediately tried to escape. However, Bam! His body fell to the ground. His eyesight blurred as he fainted. --- --- BK1; Chapter 12: [ Louise ] [ Emergency alert, emergency alert. A serious problem has been discovered from the user¡¯s mental condition. The user will be forcefully Logged out¡ª¡ª¡ª ] Ding! [ Cannot log in for 24 hours. ] ¡°Ughh......¡± Along with the uncomfortable sensation that made all of his five senses go crazy, his consciousness was removed from [ Philippine Lore ]. When feeling came back, and his sight was restored, he wasn¡¯t inside that forest anymore. ¡°...My... room¡­?¡± He took off his gaming headgear, opened his eyes, and stared at the ceiling above. It has been a while since he last got up. Looking at the ceiling, Rain couldn¡¯t help but gave a wry smile as he touched his neck. He was covered in sweat. D*mn it, to think I met several ridiculous monsters on my first time in the game!?Can it even get any better!? Thankfully, he had the wisdom of the ancients and managed to somehow survive! But still ¡­ "Haaa." Looks like he was really completely worn out mentally that he was forcibly kicked out by the system. Rain, couldn¡¯t help but let out a sigh in bitterness from having to be kicked out by the system instead of dying. He was already prepared for death at that moment, so he wasn''t in the least concerned about having lost his life, but who would expect he actually won and survive against that stupid wolf. Just what happened to him inside the game? His body just move on his own and most importantly his movement were so amazing he couldn¡¯t forget it. Did the game alter their body and turn it to a superhuman? Or maybe .... did it possibly have to do with his so-called Ancient bloodline that AI was talking about? That can¡¯t be ¡­ Oh well. Rain got of his bed and fiercely stretched his back and waist. He couldn¡¯t affirm his thoughts and so, he doesn¡¯t want to think about it any longer. Besides, he had a very good time inside that game. It was just too real. The sensation, the interaction, the fight, the anxiety, fear and excitement, as well as the monster¡¯s behavior and attitude; all of these were too real to the point of absurdity. Just how can a human create something like this? After lying down quietly for a long while, Rain touched his sticky body and felt unbearable. After twisting his body, he then got out of his bed, took off his clothes and went for a shower. After bathing in the ruthlessly cold water for a long while, Rain finally emerged out of the bathroom feeling refreshed. He threw his dirty clothes into the washing machine and turned it on. He then changed into a set of new clothes as he opened the window and looked at the darkened night sky. The busy streets were far from his home, and because of this, Rain sported a light smile. A quiet night calms a person¡¯s heart! After spacing out for a while, Rain rubbed his wet hair; it was about dry. ¡°But still, I¡¯m really unlucky meeting those monsters ¡­¡­.¡± Muttering, Rain turned on the computer. The computer buzzed to life. As soon as it connected to the internet, as routine, he accessed the game¡¯s website. [ Philippine Lore ] --- --- At this moment, the [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s official chat room had exploded. - F*ck I died! - Me too! - I died just after entering the forest lol >.< I met a very strong snake! - This game is too sadistic!!! I couldn¡¯t even last for two minutes after entering the forest!! As expected, chat room is in merry. Various curses and swearing about their deaths piled up like a mountain on the chat room. Rain looked at all the comments and suddenly felt a bit better about his situation. It seems like I¡¯m not the only one who met misfortune~ - Man, being a mage suck! I¡¯m alone and was killed the moment I met a monster. - That same goes for knights, f*ck my defense was like it was made from paper. Three hits, no four hits ¡­ I died! - Just like what I¡¯ve thought; Mage, Priest, and Beast Tamer was a stupid choice in the start of the game. If you have no companions then you are literarily a goner! This class is good if you have someone with you! - I agree with this view. Although these class will certainly become a powerhouse after leveling it high but for now, the game had just began, class with good defense and offense like knight was still better. - 100 Likes for you. - Holy Sh*t, what the heck is this game? I was actually killed the moment I stepped inside the forest? Is there no justice in this game? *Flips all the tables* After that, the opposing side came out. - To the previous poster: This was not the game¡¯s fault. In my opinion, the game was just too real that is hard to believe. It¡¯s too godly if you ask me. I¡¯m even wondering how someone can create a game like this ¡­ amazing. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. - Godly reply from the one upstairs! - +10 Like - That¡¯s right! This game was just too real! That is why we can be killed by strong monsters we just met. This is not fiction or stories like those in fantasy novels, this is reality! - This shows how hard reality is! What a godly game! - Ditto! - That¡¯s right! How can it be so realistic!? It isn¡¯t scientific! Really too unscientific!¡± - Ditto+100! - Ditto+120! - I agree! That is why this game is so much fun. I¡¯m looking forward to my next enter; I¡¯m definitely not going to get killed easily! - Cheers for the post upstairs! A heated discussion exploded! Everyone started to heatedly discuss. The center of focus was none other than [ Philippine Lore ] This game was pretty scary and bizarre after all! The game was just too difficult but still gives very new and exciting experiences as well as adventurers. --- --- Dinner was sumptuous. It was fresh noodles with egg. Of course, it was the ¡®Lucky Me¡¯ branded instant noodles. Not like Rain has no money, it¡¯s just that Rain had gotten used to eating instant noodles as it was easy to prepare without exerting any effort. Add water then ¡­ done. Rain eats the noodles heartedly but he suddenly heard someone rang the doorbell. ¡°Who is it?¡± Rain asked. ¡°Rain, its Louise.¡± ¡°Oh, I¡¯m coming,¡± Rain raised his bowl and swallowed the remaining soup. He got off the sofa, walked to the door and opened it. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± A beautiful girl was standing outside the door. She was holding a pretty big basket. Louise flicked her hair charmingly, ¡°Came to deliver some of these~¡± She smiled as she raised her hand showing a basket of food. Inside was cooked rice, Kaldereta, and Chicken Adobo. Kaldereta was a goat meat stewed with vegetables and a liver paste. Vegetables may include tomatoes, potatoes, olives, bell peppers and hot peppers. While Chicken Adobo involves of course chicken meat, and vegetables marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic which is browned in oil and simmered in the marinade. Not waiting for Rain to respond, Louise entered her way inside, closed the door, put the basket on top of the table and sat comfortable on the chair. ¡°Are you hungry?¡± ¡°I just finished eating¡± Louise glanced at the bowl on the table and made a wry smile. ¡°Instant noodles again?¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong? It¡¯s good.¡± ¡°Whether it¡¯s good or not doesn¡¯t matter. The problem is, eating too much instant foods is dangerous to your health.¡± Listening to her scolding, Rain only shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Fine, sit down there. I haven¡¯t eaten yet so join me.¡± ¡°But¡­¡± ¡°No buts, come on. Aunte asked me to look out for you so no questioning.¡± Without any choice, Rain once again sits down. This was already a normal occurrence inside his room. Rain had known Louise for many years, and between them they have already formed some sort of close connection. Besides, his and Louise mother were very close with each other and so they couldn¡¯t help but spent their childhood together. Rain and Louise¡¯s lives were intertwined for more than 16 years. Although they weren¡¯t lovers but they were certainly more than a sibling. They know everything there is to know about each other. Because of this, Rain¡¯s mom fully trusted Louise and asked her to take care of him when Rain wanted to separate and live alone. Rain¡¯s mom was a quite a worrywart. Because she felt that Rain leaving alone was quite dangerous, she urged her husband to buy an apartment in the high-rise building. She said she wanted the apartment for her and Rain to live together and take care of each other to give their parents a peace of mind. And because of that, Louise was now living in the second floor, above Rain¡¯s room. Why did their parents think they could take care of each other? Didn¡¯t their parents feel since they were adults, an unrelated and unmarried male and female living together was a concern? But Rain didn¡¯t actually refuse. For him, Louise was like a sister so why not? Rain¡¯s carefree childhood years and his awkward adolescent years flew by and cemented in his memories was an image of the girl who shadowed him. BK1; Chapter 13:[ Is this SARCASM? ] ¡°Have a taste.¡± Louise said confidently. The aromas woke up Rain¡¯s appetite. He didn¡¯t say anything, grabbed his spoon and began eating. Although he doesn¡¯t want to admit it but Louise truly was a good cook. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s delicious.¡± ¡°Really? Thank you.¡± Seeing Rain¡¯s satisfied expression, Louise replied happily. Intrigued Rain looked back. Louise¡¯s cheeks were slightly red and accompanied by a big smile. For a moment, he was captured by that smile, so he averted his gaze in a rush. What a lethal weapon. Rain couldn¡¯t help but be amazed. Louise was really a beautiful girl. Back in high school, she was very popular, however for some reason; she always rejected those boys who confessed to her. Although those boys included popular and handsome men. She must¡¯ve high standards~ Ring, ring, ring. Louise¡¯s phone rang. She turned her head sideways to Rain and smiled. Then she picked it up with a smile, ¡°Hello, mom.¡± On the other side, Louise¡¯s mom said, ¡°Are you asleep yet?¡± Louise said, ¡°Not yet. How is Aunte?¡± ¡°She¡¯s fine.¡± Louise¡¯s mom answered, ¡°How¡¯s life there? Are you living well with Rain?¡± Louise smiled, ¡°Yep. We were just eating right now. You want to speak to him?¡± ¡°Nah, its fine, I¡¯m going to hang up soon anyway; I just want to check up the both of you.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°Anyway, I want to ask you when are you returning home this year.¡± Louise pointed at the Chicken adobo, motioning for Rain to try that dish. She then said into the phone. ¡°Hm, I think we both plan to visit before the first day of April.¡± ¡°Oh, then I am going back earlier than you¡­ Alright, I¡¯m going now. See you there; ah right congratulations for your graduation. And please pass my congratulations to Rain as well.¡± ¡°No problem. Take care mom.¡± ¡°Hm, you too. Take care of Rain okay.¡± After hanging up, Louise smiled at Rain and began eating as well. ¡°How¡¯s auntie?¡± ¡°She¡¯s good. She wanted me to pass her congratulation to you.¡± ¡°Hm¡­¡± Suddenly, Louise held out her hand and put a piece of meat in front of Rain¡¯s mouth. ¡°Try this.¡± Rain ate the piece of meat Louise fed him. ¡°You tried the game, right? How is it?¡± ¡°It¡¯s amazing.¡± ¡°Haha, I know you will say that.¡± Louise ate a spoonful of soup. ¡°But it¡¯s really too hard and the game was just too real. I almost fainted from fear when a giant boar rushed towards me.¡± Seeing her dejected expression because of the game, Rain, for some reason couldn¡¯t help but grin in joy. Haha, I¡¯m still better. When Louise saw Rain¡¯s smug face, she couldn¡¯t help but feel wronged. ¡°Hey, why are you grinning like an idiot? Did I say something funny?¡± ¡°Nope.¡± ¡°Then why?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± Louise licked the oil in her lips and pouted: ¡°Hmph, idiot. Anyway, how about you?¡± ¡°I¡¯m doing fine. I¡¯ve already reached Level 1.¡± Louise stopped her hand in mid-air. He face was shocked and her mouth was gaped, ¡°No way.¡± ¡°Yes way.¡± Rain rubbed his nose, embarrassed by her reaction. ¡°Do you know how hard it is to level up!? Wait, don¡¯t tell me ¡­ you killed a monster?!¡± ¡°Yeah, some smelly wolves.¡± ¡°Oh my god!! Rain, you ¡­ you¡¯re not joking right?! You actually killed a monster. What¡¯s you¡¯re class?¡± Louise looked at Rain with shock. She really didn¡¯t expect Rain to kill a monster at this early stage. She knows how sadistic this game was and most importantly she already experienced the horror in entering that scary forest. She really didn¡¯t expect for someone to level up and immediately killed a monster. How did Rain achieve this thing? It must be his class ¡­ right? But all the standards class was all the same. Too weak, then ¡­ how? ¡°A mage.¡± Rain answered nonchalantly. ¡°Im ¡­ impossible. No, wait tell me, you didn¡¯t cheat right?¡± By cheat, Rain knows what Louise was talking about. Louise had long since known that Rain was a hacker and was an amazing one at that. It¡¯s understandable that she would suspect. So knowing that, Rain didn¡¯t get mad and instead gently answered. ¡°Of course I didn¡¯t. You should¡¯ve known that [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s system is almost impossible to breach.¡± Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.¡°But, mage is just too weak at this point of time. You should haven¡¯t ¡­¡± Rain nodded and smiled, saying, ¡°What can I say, I¡¯m a talented man~¡± ¡°Keep bragging~¡± Seeing her childhood friend¡¯s smug look, Louise couldn¡¯t help but shake his head and smiled wryly. The dimples on her face never look this cute. --- --- It was very late. Other households were slowly switching off their lights. After eating dinner, Rain lay on his bed and began to brag, ¡°Louise, you may not know, inside the game I was amazing. Did you know how formidable I was? Eh? In the beginning, I was haphazardly swinging my small dagger but then I suddenly got a power up and mowed my enemies down. Those little smelly wolves couldn¡¯t even touch me ¡­ haha, I really can¡¯t help but be scared of how talented I am!¡± Louise found her childhood friend annoying so she playfully smacked him in his head, ¡°Stop bragging.¡± She then pushed the cabinet door open and began to keep Rain¡¯s newly washed clothes inside; hanging them up, and those that could not be hung up were neatly folded. Currently, she was wearing a very homelike sportswear. It looked old on her, and the colors did not look good. It was probably her old clothes but for some reason, it still given her a tremendous boost in charm. The old dress seemed to be still beautiful at this moment. Really, they might say ¡®Clothes make the man¡¯ but sometimes, ¡®Woman makes the clothes.¡¯ ¡°I¡¯m sweaty. I¡¯ll take a shower.¡± After organizing Rain¡¯s cabinet, she went into the bathroom and closed the door. ¡°You have your own room, right? Go take a shower in your room not mine.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine. I¡¯m too lazy to climb upstairs, besides I¡¯m already here anyway ¡­ what, don¡¯t tell me, you¡¯re embarrassed?¡± ¡°I¡¯m still a man, you know.¡± ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter. We¡¯ve already taken a bath together.¡± ¡°That story is over 10 years old!¡± ¡°Come on! If it¡¯s with you, then I¡¯m certainly safe. I could even bet that you do not even dare to take advantage of a girl who was sleeping next to you. Being next to you is very, very safe!¡± This #%$$%@@! Is this SARCASM? Rain could hear a small giggle inside the bathroom. Shaking his head, he pulled the blanket on his body and pouted. Louise would sometimes take a bath inside his room and there was even a time where she would just walk around the room with nothing but underwear. She really acts as if this was her own room. Although Rain would always reprimand her behavior but she was just too stubborn and so he couldn¡¯t do anything but ignore it. A moment later, the sound of flowing water could be heard. Maybe she was feeling the comfort of showering, which resulted in the whistling sounds of Louise coming out of the bathroom. A while later, the fragrance of roses and flowers that could make bees drool, could be smelled from inside the bath. Rain couldn¡¯t help but took in a few delightful breaths of the fragrance. Then, clang! Louise had finished her shower and, seeing that Rain was still awake, she looked at him, ¡°Not going to sleep?¡± Rain gave a wry smile, ¡°If I fall asleep while a beautiful woman is taking a bath next door ... then I¡¯m not a man.¡± ¡°Stop flattering me.¡± ¡°No I¡¯m not.¡± After smiling mischievously, she added on, ¡°Alright, I¡¯m not going to care about you. I¡¯m tired, so I¡¯ll sleep first.¡± ¡°Then go, lock the door when you leave.¡± ¡°What are you saying? Without a word Louise walked towards the bed. Still wearing a mischievous smile she tightened the towel on her body, went to the other side of the bed and slipped into it. Then she turned with her back facing him, ¡°Good night.¡± Holy sh*t! Seeing this unexpected development, Rain cursed inwardly. ¡°Why are you sleeping here?! And wear damn clothes properly!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be noisy, I¡¯m tired.¡± WHAT IS THIS PERSON SAYING!!? --- --- Hello, guys~ Sorry for the late chapter. Anyway, I just want to notify you that creedstory.com is already gone, although I don''t know why... Anyway, right now my fictions were held in Royal Novel; RoyalNovel so please visit them if you ave time. I will be posting another chapter there~ Thank you in advance!! (^-^)V BK1; Chapter 14: [ Captive...? ] ¡°Wai¡­ wait a minute! No matter what¡­ this is pretty bad isn¡¯t it!!?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. Or what? You hate it? Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re a, you know, what they call a herbivorous guy?¡± ¡°Who are you calling a herbivorous guy!?¡± Louise covered her mouth giggling; her natural charms were all showing, ¡°Well, you don¡¯t look so happy that you can sleep with a beautiful girl like me. And so a herbivore, however, if you aren¡¯t one and really happy to sleep together with me then shut up and let me sleep, okay? We¡¯ve already sleep together for almost eight years.¡± Don¡¯t call yourself beautiful! ¡°Just what I had said earlier, that story is already old! We have already graduated from high school and can be called proper adults. Something like this ¡­ Anyway, I¡¯m happy that you believe and trust me but this is still bad in all sorts of way.¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I believe in you, that¡¯s all.¡± Louise¡­ Louise¡¯s trust moved Rain¡¯s heart. However, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I trust you because the truth is¡­ even though you put on such a tough act all the time, you¡¯re actually just a really spineless guy¡­ that¡¯s all.¡± ¡°NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!¡± This girl! I take back what I had said before¡­ this girl is a demon! ¡°Hmph, so be it. Not like I¡¯m interested in such things, do whatever you want.¡± ¡°Ah, so you are really a herbivorous guy? No interest in the opposite sex and as a human being, disgusting. In short, they should just go and blow up somewhere ¡­ is that right?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s way too harsh! Do you have some kind of grudge against herbivorous guys?!¡± ¡°Enough joking and sleep. I¡¯m tired, I don¡¯t want to sleep in my room, it¡¯s too lonely and didn¡¯t you know I just experienced my first death today.¡± This girl ¡­ Only then did Rain notice. Louise seemed to be shock by her first virtual reality experience. But it seems like she was also extremely tired. ¡°Haa, fine. Good night.¡± However, that is that and this is this. Calling me a herbivorous guy was a mistake. This bro knows how to take advantage. Rain pulled the blanket and entered. His hands touched Louise waist under the blanket as he hugged her. Louise did not shirk away from him. ¡°Hey.¡± Louise uttered. Rain did not dare breathe. His hands were still by her waist, and his leg was still on hers. Louise smacked her lips, ¡°What are you doing?¡± Rain did not know how to answer, so he did not speak. ¡°Don¡¯t go around touching and sleep.¡± But outside his expectation, Louise only reprimanded with a sentence. Rain¡¯s body had been tightened, awaiting her fury, but he never expected those words. What did it mean? Why didn¡¯t you beat me up? Why were you so calm? Louise wriggled around while her back was facing him. The towel on her body slipped even more. Now her entire smooth back was revealed but still, she carried on sleeping. The bed was filled with the fragrance of a woman, which of course came from Louise. Her body¡¯s warmth was even constantly emitted, so it would be a wonder if Rain could carry on sleeping. His heart began to turn itchy like a cat¡¯s claw. Rain¡¯s heart was beating, but he was also emboldened. This time, he began touching on purpose. He was moving his palm on the girl¡¯s waist! Flesh! The feeling was really good! Louise remained motionless, but she said, ¡°Sleep. Stop messing around. I¡¯m sleepy. If you don¡¯t stop, I¡¯m going to tell Auntie what you¡¯re doing.¡± These words were like buckets of cold water that extinguished Rain¡¯s hot body. Hearing this threat, Rain had no choice but to obey. Who is the scariest in the world? Is it the monster wolf or the spider from the game? No! Without hesitation, Rain would answer; it was his mother! And so, he just held Louise body on his embrace and decided to sleep. Before closing his eyes, Rain couldn¡¯t help but looked at Louise¡¯s beautiful, quiet and gentle face. If this could continue forever, quietly staring at her, growing up together with her, having children together, growing old together, how good would that be? However, such things were still too early for both of them. In the end, Rain gradually fell into a deep sleep. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡ª ¡ª Morning. It was a brand new day. Rain got out of his bed. He did not do anything last night, so he could not suppress the fire in his heart. Alas, this was life. Loneliness was where the shoe pinched! Rain pulled the blanket and found out that Louise was gone. After checking the surrounding, Rain secretly moved the pillow to his nose and smelled it. It was filled with the fragrance of a girl¡¯s sweat. Of course, it wasn¡¯t really especially fragrant, but it was a smell that made his heart at ease. Then, Clang! He then heard some sounds coming from the kitchen. It seems like she had also woken up earlier than him and was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. After sleeping as much as he needed, when he woke up and came to the kitchen, the meal prepared by Louise was producing steam on the table. ¡°Louise.¡± ¡°You are awake?¡± ¡°Yeah, what are we eating?¡± ¡°Fried egg and longganisa.¡± ¡°Nice, then I¡¯ll go wash up.¡± Hm, being taken care of is really not a bad thing. Now that he finally experience living alone, he was touched at something very trivial. Moreover, it wasn¡¯t empty words whenever he said it was delicious. He felt sorry but it was definitely more delicious than his mother¡¯s food. The meal was nutritiously balanced and at the same time tasty, so it was a perfect meal. And if she just acts like a proper girl, then she¡¯ll be number one wife material. ¡ª ¡ª The air was freezing. The cave was quite dark and eerie. Still, there¡¯s only one question Rain wanted to ask, and that is: Why did I end up in a monster¡¯s nest when I woke up? Going back from the moment he logged inside the game, Rain couldn¡¯t help but become confused. ¡ª ¡ª Because Rain was forcibly logged out inside the forest, he should have also respawned inside the forest¡­. Right? That should be the case, however ¡­. Where am I? ¡°This place is¡­!?¡± When Rain opened his eyes the moment he entered the game, all he saw was darkness and when he closed it, all he saw was¡­ darkness as well. Why is this? The first thing that popped into his mind was that he had become blind or something. Or maybe it was some sort of side effect from the thing happened to him when he was fighting that Big Bad Wolf. Of course, he couldn¡¯t rule out the possibility of him being enclosed in a small dark room. However, the thing that he was assured of was that something was binding him. Although he couldn¡¯t see anything but it doesn¡¯t mean that he wouldn¡¯t be able to feel anything. His body can barely move. He felt that his two arms were tied behind him. Even if it could, there¡¯s nothing he can do. To be honest, having both of his arms tied behind him was a first for him. The feeling was uncomfortable and hard to describe¡­let¡¯s just say that it makes you feel that you would die through no blood circulation instead. Then fear hit him relentlessly as he panicked. That couldn¡¯t be help. Unless you¡¯re a blind man yourself, anyone would panic when they were in a completely dark environment. As soon as he realized that, his body started trembling. ¡­Cold. So cold. Maybe it was due to his sense of sight being robbed, but his sense of touch, hearing and smell became keener. ¡°Is anybody out there?¡± He tried to call out, but didn¡¯t get any reply other than his faint echoes. ¡°I repeat, is there anyone out there?¡± He tried to call out again, this time with a louder voice. Then, a screeching sound could be heard from somewhere. A sound that could make anyone felt a chill whenever they hear it. ¡°Screee¡­¡± It was a reply like he wanted but ¡­. Unfortunately, it doesn¡¯t seem like a positive one. Then a weird bad stench assaulted his nose coupled with creepy rustling noise. What was that?! Whatever was that, Rain knows that it was not good. ¡°¡­Dammit. Don¡¯t get cold feet!¡± He scolded his frightened mind. BK1; Chapter 15: [ Sister Spider ] No! Be optimistic! At least, the fact that I''m alive is already fortunate. The worst that could happen is that he would lose his life and wait another day to log in again. --- But it seems like right now it is far from the worst. Rain was trying to calm himself down but, it was only inevitable to fall into a depressed state. Encouraging his heart that wanted to curl up, he reared himself to look around at his surroundings once again. Scree. Then that sound rang out again. This time it was closer. Just what is happening? He was afraid. Who wouldn¡¯t? First was the horrible stench. It was impossible for a human to emit such smell unless they had an intention to. Next was the creepy rustling sound. It didn¡¯t sound like someone was out there making the sound but it sounded like it was from his surroundings. Furthermore, as long as you were a human, your footsteps would make sound. With sound in mind, Rain also didn¡¯t hear any door opening. This means that he was in an open area, and not in an enclosed space. I¡¯m a genius at reasoning! I think I can be compared to the high-school detective who was reduced to a kid now. Still, what¡¯s the point of knowing this stuff? Furthermore, based on this knowledge, didn¡¯t the possibility of the opponent being not a human become higher? Still, not being in an enclosed space was beneficial to him. As long as he could get these ropes off, he had a chance to escape. Ugh, I should just save my brain power. Maybe I can use it later? Suddenly, as if it heard his thoughts, the creepy sound once again assaulted his ears. At this moment, fear suddenly surged inside his heart, because he felt something sharp tracing at the side of his head. However, Rain suddenly noticed that the place where the sharp thing was located didn¡¯t feel painful at all. And then, another good thing happened¡ª¡ª He saw a light! Right! The sunlight! God said let there be light, and so there was light. Hoho, I love you my sunlight. Please don¡¯t ever leave me again! The sunlight was so strong that it made him dizzy for a moment. Even though he may be an idiot, he was not blind! Thank the heavens; his eyes were properly executing their duties! Then he looked at his body and was surprised. He was floating one meter from the ground--- Correction, he wasn¡¯t floating. Something was wrapping his waist and arms. This something was quite sticky and was hanging from the ceiling. Then Rain confirmed his surroundings once again, and found out that he was in a cave. It¡¯s quite wide. Below his body, a rough but still traversable floor exists. Around him was full of familiar looking thread like thingies--- seeing these things, a suspicion formed inside his mind. That can¡¯t be ¡­ right? Most of the things around him were the skins of animals that he didn¡¯t recognize. Also, most of them were either brown or black in color. Looking at the side, he saw a cocoon-like object. From inside the cocoon, he could see something familiar. ---The Big Bad Wolf. It was certainly the Big Bad Wolf he managed to kill. Then¡­ As if answering his guess, a ¡®Scree¡¯ sound rang out above him. A very familiar looking giant spider was hanging down and was looking down at him with its eight eyes in close range. Isn¡¯t this my old friend, Miss Spider? ¡°Hi¡­?¡± Screee. Now, Rain finally figured out everything. Apparently he was brought into the Arachne¡¯s nest. --- --- ¡°Miss Spider, wait, let¡¯s call you Sister Spider to be more intimate¡­¡­ why am I in this situation? I thought that we had already formed a closer connection with each other after fighting that selfish, evil, hateful, ugly and traitorous Big Bad Wolf together. Aren¡¯t we friends?¡± Rain immediately appealed by badmouthing the wolf. As they say, ¡®The enemy of your enemy is your friend.¡¯ So following that amazing logic, aren¡¯t we friends? ¡°That wolf really deserved to die. He¡¯s too selfish and evil. Haa! He got what he deserved.¡± Rain had already forgotten that he tried escaping by leaving the injured spider after the battle. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Wow, you¡¯re looking good Sister spider. You have become quite ¡­ Uhm, sexy, right.¡± Seeing that the giant spider was just quietly looking at him without letting any sound, Rain changed his strategy from ¡®Badmouthing a common enemy¡¯ to ¡®Flattering¡¯ But, there was still no reaction from the spider. ¡°Uum¡­ Hello.¡± Seeing the spider¡¯s lack of reaction, Rain became dispirited and became a half-dead man. Not talking anymore as he could only sigh ¡­ Haaa~ such misfortune. Sister spider didn¡¯t utter a single sound as it quietly became a spider who had tied up a half-dead man. The animal fur underneath him on the floor didn¡¯t utter a single word. The warm sun shining down on him didn¡¯t utter a single word. An unending dripping noise from somewhere was the sound of water. Thus, silence still persevered between them. --- --- Hanging for almost half an hour, Rain couldn¡¯t endure the silence anymore. He wriggled his waist towards the spider, hoping it could be magnanimous as to untie him. ¡°Friend, untie me please. I¡¯m really not going anywhere ¡­ please¡­¡± Rain started pleading like a little child. Coupled with his sincere eyes, it was a perfect plan. Hearing Rain¡¯s pleas, sister spider once again looked at him. The spider¡¯s eight eyes staring directly at him were giving him a slight creepy feeling. Then as if sister spider looked like she had thought of something, its eight eyes looked at his stomach. Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but rejoiced inwardly. Is she going to release me now? Come on, sister spider is really smart isn¡¯t she? How lovable~ However to his disappointment, the giant spider turned around and left. After a while, it returned, bringing two pieces of raw meat and threw it towards him. Sister spider, do you think I could eat that? Although Rain wasn¡¯t a picky eater, after looking at the bloody pieces of raw meat, he couldn¡¯t even muster up one teeny bit of appetite. ¡°No, no, my beautiful sister spider. I¡¯m not hungry. What I want you to do was to release me, okay! R.E.L.E.A.S.E. me.¡± ¡°Screee¡± ¡°Scree¡­ee?¡± Rain blindly repeated its words. No, he didn¡¯t do that deliberately. But for some reason, he just wanted to. ¡°Screee!¡± ¡°Scree¡­e?¡± They repeated it. Rain couldn¡¯t but smiled mischievously. This seems fun! However, sister spider seemed like it didn¡¯t like it as it suddenly bared its sharp pointed fangs at him. Spiders differ from insects in a variety of ways. Insects, for one, can chew, courtesy of their mandibles. Spiders lack mandibles for chewing. They make up for that with their chelicerae -- jaws with sharp edges, their mouthparts. They have a mouth part shaped like a short drinking straw that they use to suck up the liquefied insides of their prey. Seeing the spider¡¯s reaction, Rain¡¯s body trembled like a sieve being shaken. He could literally feel the chills going down his spine. Sister spider, you¡¯re so serious. The giant spider saw that Rain was now obedient so it extended its sharp front feet and slowly cut the thread wrapping Rain¡¯s body. Rain was overjoyed. After being freed, he immediately stretches his hands and feet. Currently he had two choices. Either run and escape, or¡­¡­just surrender quietly to the monster in exchange for its trust. Without hesitation, Rain chose the latter. He perfectly knows he wasn¡¯t a match against the spider, so like an obedient child; Rain sat in the ground comfortably and sent a smile to the spider, as if it was natural. He then grabs the raw meat in front of him. It felt kinda slippery, yet it wasn¡¯t cold. Most importantly, it smelled horrible. So, Rain casted a small fire. Seeing the fire, the spider started began to act vigilant so Rain had no choice but to send another smile towards the spider and gestured that he wasn¡¯t going to do anything bad. Cooking the meat took him three to four minutes. When he tried eating it ¡­. Yeah, it was bland. He didn¡¯t taste anything. Well, as long he could eat then all is good. Taste doesn¡¯t matter~ --- --- BK1; Chapter 16: [ Talents ] After eating, Rain patted his stomach comfortably. Then, as if he had thought of something, he looked at his status. ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 2 35%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 11 Stamina: 17 Agility: 10 Mana: 15 Stat Points: 3 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv1 89%/100% Water: Lv0 Earth: Lv0 Wind: Lv0 - --- - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv1 2%/100% - Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) - Dagger Mastery Lv1 43%/100% - Corpse Disassembly Lv0 5%/100% - Acrobatics Lv0 15%/100% - Self-Regeneration Lv0 3%/100%
As expected, Rain¡¯s stats and skill proficiency rose up a considerable amount. But this wasn¡¯t what got his attention. Awakened two talent¡ª[ Acrobatic] and [ Self-Regeneration ] ¡­¡­ New skills! That¡¯s right! He got two new skills; [ Acrobatics ] and [ Self-Regeneration ]. Rain was slightly shocked, and remembered that he had once read about awakening of individual¡¯s talent inside the game. [ Philippine Lore ] said that every individual has some hidden talents that was waiting to be discovered and thus, in this game of life and death, this talent would certainly bloom while facing dangerous situations. They also said that, because [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s difficulty is quite high, the game system would help every player to awaken their sleeping talents to help raise their chance of survival. But [ Philippine Lore ] also assured that although there were many different types of talents, their effects were still mediocre. So this was my talents? I had two hidden talents?! Rain¡¯s talent was [ Acrobatics ] and [ Self-Regeneration ] [ Acrobatics ] This skill enable the user to become master aerialists and climbers who use their skills to vault across the rooftops, trees and walls with seemingly effortless grace. Acrobat skill can cause the user to climb and cling to any surface, giving them a unique way to approach both movement and combat. Characters with acrobatic skills can also double jump, run at a fast pace, climb buildings with their hands, grapple hook up and to the sides of buildings, and glide from great heights. In higher level, this skill can even enable the user to glide across the sky after leaping from vast heights. [ Self-Regeneration ] The ability to heal rapidly from any physical injury. Minor wounds such as cuts, bruises and light burns heal faster than normal. It can also help the user to recover from minor to moderate blood loss. However, critical wounds such as lost limbs, damaged nerves, and internal organs cannot be regenerated, as wounds would simply close up faster and lost organs remain lost. At higher levels, the user can rapidly regenerate. In other words, they recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs, sometimes slowing, or even stopping, aging. This also gives them immunity to diseases and infections, undoing any unwanted symptoms, as well as provides a form of self-sustenance, forgoing the needs for oxygen and food intake. In Max level, the ability will cause the body to cease aging as the cells are regenerating and dying in equilibrium, granting immortality. Holy sh*t! Is this what they call ¡­ Mediocre?! If this was ¡®Mediocre¡¯ then all the skills in the world was trash!!! What the heck is this?! Isn¡¯t this cheat too balance breaking!? Is this okay?! Sadly, no one could answer Rain¡¯s question. What Rain didn¡¯t realize was that, the game system only helps the user to awaken their so-called hidden talents not giving them that talent. As for the system calling it ¡®Mediocre¡¯, of course it only refers to normal humans. How could humans have such abnormal talents? Even if they were hidden talents, they are still, after all, based in human standards. --- --- ¡°Man, I never thought I could be so amazing.¡± Staring at the entrance of the cave, Rain started mumbling to himself. ¡°Now then, what should I do now? No , scratch that, I need to become even more stronger. I need to level up!¡± Renewing his resolve, Rain looked at the spider looking at him with fangs full of blood. She was staring at Rain the moment she had finished her meal. ¡°So that¡¯s that sister spider. I need to go outside to leve¡­ no, to hunt. Is that okay with you?¡± Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. Though due to the language barrier, Rain couldn¡¯t express his needs to the spider. She, who have had her fill of food, was surprisingly sitting calmly just like a spider before hunting. Even the rustling sound that came from her has already disappeared. Maybe it¡¯s because she had never seen a human before, or maybe for some different reasons Rain didn¡¯t know, she just stared at him for a long time, making him feel a little embarrassed. ¡°If you could understand my words, or vice versa, at least we could reach some understanding.¡± But the spider has still no reaction as it still keeps staring at him with its eight eyes. Haa~ language barrier sure is troublesome. Still, it wasn¡¯t important to him, because he can only depend on the spider for now. If he can take the spider¡¯s trust and cooperation, then without a doubt his leveling would become a walk in the park. But right now, he needs to do something about ¡®Communication¡¯ between them. Forget about cooperation, if he couldn¡¯t even converse with the spider he wouldn¡¯t be able to befriend it. If words failed then there were still gestures. Language and gesture are highly interdependent systems that reciprocally influence each other. For example, performing a gesture when learning a word or a phrase enhances its retrieval compared to pure verbal learning. Actually, gestures are a form of non-verbal communication that includes movements of the hands, arms, and other parts of the body. For example; Children, they can use gesture to communicate before they have the ability to use spoken words and phrases. In this way gestures can also prepare children to learn a spoken language, creating a bridge from pre-verbal communication to speech. And so, Rain has no choice but to use this form of non-verbal communication. ¡°I. Need. To. Go. Out.¡± Rain stressed every word as his hand pointed from his self, then to the spider and lastly to the cave¡¯s entrance. --- --- Rain did this for almost half an hour until he was exhausted but the spider was still keep on staring at him making him dispirited. Ugh, plan B failed! Adding to the discomfort created by the awkward silence, Rain¡¯s frivolous heart ached to do something stupid once again. Without a choice, he walked towards the spider, patted its head and points the cave¡¯s entrance. ¡°I want to go out.¡± It would be a lie if Rain were to say that he wasn¡¯t scared. He even felt like running away. What if this spider actually took it as him attacking it and become angry? Besides, is this spider really a friend? What if it just took him here to become food reserve? But he couldn¡¯t do anything else. If he just brazenly steps outside without the spider¡¯s permission, he was pretty sure that it would go ballistic on him. You still can¡¯t understand it? Then I will drag you towards the entrance. Let¡¯s see if you still can¡¯t understand it! And so, with a fed up face, Rain grabbed the spider¡¯s front leg and started dragging it towards the light. Haa~ I should really stop this frivolous attitude of mine. But then, since he has already said that he was going to do it, he couldn¡¯t very well stop now. Who cares if I die? I¡¯ll just start everything again from scratch~ ¡°Sorry¡­¡­if you understand what I¡¯m saying. Then, let¡¯s go.¡± At this moment, the giant spider unexpectedly began moving on its own. With a metallic clang, its sharp looking feet moved as she crawls at the entrance of the cave without Rain¡¯s help while looking at him. Rain didn¡¯t think much of it and just let out a relieved sigh, smiled widely and quickly tried to catch up with it. --- --- The vegetation outside the cave was very thick, yet the number of insects was surprisingly low. At the same time, Rain noticed that the Spider¡¯s cave was situated at a slightly protruded piece of ground at the foot of a mountain. The spider slowed down as he was enjoying the rare beautiful scene. Although he had no idea what it was thinking but the scene outside was really a fascinating sight for sore eyes. Looking at the expanse of the forest, then looking towards the bountiful growth of greenery, Rain couldn¡¯t help but be marveled at how wonderful nature was. This is life. This is nature. This is earth. And so, the adventure of a man and a spider began! --- --- BK1; Chapter 17: [ The Sarangay ] Erm, according to my mental map this direction is North. The sun rises from the East ¡­ which means it is still morning. Time flowed differently in Reality and inside the [ Philippine Lore ]. According to the game¡¯s official forum, 1:3 was the time ratio. It means, 1 hour in reality was 3 hours inside the game. Although he couldn¡¯t tell the exact time, Rain was confident that it was still morning after seeing the position of the sun. Like words from the Father of Bourbon, it would be different altogether if the sun rises from the West, but there would be no end in sight if he began doubting everything. ¡°Sister spider¡­ where do you think we are right now?¡± As he walked, Rain glanced at his side. There, a giant spider over two meters tall was quietly walking beside him while looking around. As if answering his question, the giant spider let out a ¡®Scree¡¯ sound. It had already been an hour since Rain and the spider left the cave. During this time, they had already encountered several monsters; a black bear, a boar with a horn and the all too familiar; wolves. As what had Rain expected, the spider was really strong. She was the one confronting these monsters and easily binding them with its sticky webs. After this was Rain¡¯s job. As a mage, he cast fireballs after fireballs to raise his skill proficiency. Then if he was already out of mana, he then wields his dagger and start slicing. Though he still hasn¡¯t leveled up again and was still Lv2 but his skill proficiency was rising like a rocket. ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 2 55%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 13 Stamina: 10/17 Agility: 10 Mana: 6/16 Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv2 12%/100% Water: Lv0 2%/100% Earth: Lv0 10%/100% Wind: Lv0 3%/100% - --- - Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv1 21%/100% - Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) - Dagger Mastery Lv1 63%/100% - Corpse Disassembly Lv0 60%/100% - Acrobatics Lv0 33%/100% - Self-Regeneration Lv0 6%/100%
Just like in the past, Rain had added two points in strength and one point in Mana. As for his fire magic, he can now cast two fireballs as the same time with the size of a basketball. Its strength compared to when it was still Lv0 was like heaven and earth. Now, he was really walking towards the path of becoming a strong Battle Mage! He had also harvested a considerable amount of monster parts. If he were to be compared to the other players, Rain was confident that he was now richer compared to them. Rain and the spider continued to walk all the way towards the north. The two stopped talking. Their pace wasn¡¯t considerably fast as if they were just strolling. At this moment, the spider suddenly sprang up. ¡°Screee!!!¡± It let out a very anxious shrill and immediately bit Rain¡¯s hem and slowly dragged him backward. ¡°Hey, what are you do---¡° Rain was bewildered by the spider¡¯s action and struggled but then suddenly he felt something. It¡¯s as if thousands of bugs were crawling from all over his body. Chills!! Because of this, Rain immediately realized what happened, causing his heart to sink like the titanic; his instincts were commanding him to run! Rain wanted to run away as far as possible, but it seems like it was already too late. With his improved hearing, Rain could hear a noise coming from the bushes 10 meters away from them. --- According to the presence he was feeling, if they chose to flee, they would definitely be slower than this creature. However, if he chose to fight, he would be extremely small and fragile in front of the one exuding this overbearing and terrifying pressure. And so the only option would be ¡­ Realizing this, he immediately tackled the giant spider at the side and hide. ¡°Scree?!¡± ¡°Sshh, I know what you want to say but we can¡¯t run anymore. It would surely see us the moment we scurried away and chased us. Fortunately, it doesn¡¯t seem to notice us yet, so we could still hide¡­ understand?¡± Rain squatted on his heels with the spider after as they hid in nearby bushes. With the size of the giant spider, it should¡¯ve been near impossible to hide her; however, fortunately the trees and the bushes were far from normal as they were far bigger compared to the real thing. Cutting some branch and long grass with his dagger, Rain immediately made a suitable camouflage for her. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Clenching the dagger tight, Rain carefully observed the surrounding through the grass. Just what is this thing that was giving him chills ¡­ ¡°Scree!¡± ¡°Sshh, I know it¡¯s moving slowly towards us.¡± Rain nodded and held his breath. Rain knew that even the slightest breath could reveal them to monsters that possess acute sense. Although he wasn¡¯t a hunter but a mage, he had seen some movies and videos of hunters in hunt in the past and learned some theoretical knowledge about it. Although he doesn¡¯t know if this half-assed knowledge was enough but he doesn¡¯t have a choice anymore and could only try it. But still, a small excited smile appeared from his face. This game was fun and exciting because of thrills like this. As this thought struck him, Rain couldn¡¯t help but deeply sighed at this time. How could I think something like this at this situation? He was troubled by his craziness but he couldn¡¯t deny the excitement he was currently having. The spider didn¡¯t let out another sound but its eight eyes wasn¡¯t looking anywhere but Rain. A complicated feeling flashed across its eyes as she keeps staring at his figure. How could this human still smile when there was clearly a strong monster coming towards them? Is he not afraid to die? The spider only followed Rain until now because of curiosity. And now, this curiosity gradually deepens as a new feeling slowly growing inside. --- --- Time passed by and Rain coped with his nervousness and excitement before the hunt by counting his own heartbeats. Eight meters, seven meters, five meters¡­. When it reached three meters, Rain saw the grass at the far front slightly shake and then one figure showed up. ¡®What the $&%*$#!?¡¯ Seeing the creature in front of him, Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed inwardly. He almost let out his voice, thankfully he managed to hold it. A half-man, half-bull! ¡°A Minotaur?!¡± The creature resembled the Minotaur of legends. However something was different. Seeing this, Rain finally realized what the creature was really called. With shining jewels that could rival diamonds and rubies hanging from its ears, Rain guessed that this monster was the [ Sarangay ] [ Sarangay ]can be called the Philippine Minotaur. It had the appearance of a half-man, half-bull mythical creature which was said to be of Ibanag origin. So why is it here? It doesn''t make any sense!? Was this the game''s mistake? Or maybe... there were some purpose for it to be here? The [ Sarangay ] usually dwells in the wilderness and uses its scary reputation to protect its habitat from the coming invaders. They were some rumors saying that the jewels hanging from its ears were sacred and possess superpowers. However, it was said that no one had managed to steal it from the [ Sarangay ] as all the people who tried it only ends in one way; Death in cold blood. --- --- Seeing the creature, Rain remained still and refrained from moving even a little bit. He could only forcefully swallow his saliva. He then looked at the spider next to him and stared at each other, finding fear and horror in each other¡¯s eyes. He knows that he could never beat this monster at his current level. Even if there was sister spider helping him, fighting that bull monster is nothing but stupidity. And although he was certainly crazy, but craziness has also its own limits! The Bull-man¡¯s eyes were bloodshot as if it will slaughter any people reflected on it. This scared Rain. Its face was grim and its limbs were stout. The Bull-man¡¯s teeth were exposed in the air and every single tooth was as long as Rain¡¯s finger. From a single glance, Rain knew that if he were to fight against this monster ¨C he would be torn apart! And so, Rain had no choice but to hide in the bushes and tuck his tail like a cowardly dog. This event caused a huge spark inside Rain¡¯s mind. He now realized how weak he still was. He could only grit his teeth in frustration and hide like a coward. Thinking like this, Rain gradually felt sadness overcome his heart. This wouldn¡¯t happen next time! As he slowly accepted this fact, his sadness slowly turned into solemnness. --- --- BK1; Chapter 18: [ I will become strong! ] Crouching in the bush, he took a few deep breaths and started to imagine the scene of the sky and ocean that cooled him down. He took quite the effort to suppress his racing heartbeat from his fear and anxiety. One¡­ two¡­ After the third long and silent breath, Rain finally restrained his emotions, and his heartbeat gradually slowed down and his body no longer trembled after the surge of epinephrine wore off in his bloodstream. He entered a relatively calm state. Pass, go on¡­ nothing is here idiot. Go away! Hm? Wait a minute, this part of the forest must be its territory. Is it patrolling the area? A spark of mixed thoughts flared in Rain¡¯s mind, but as soon as he came back to reality, fear filled his heart once more. Although he really wanted to see the rumored jewels himself, but now isn¡¯t the time. As long as that Bull stays inside this forest, he would have numerous opportunities in the future. I need to become stronger! That jewel is MINE! This moment could be said to be the important point in Rain¡¯s life, because it was at this moment where his thirst for strength finally started. The unquenchable thirst that would become the foundation of the new legend! I want to become strong. I want to become so strong that no one can make me hide like a coward anymore. Not just to stand above the masses but to be able to do anything I want without obstruction! Like an eagle flying freely in the sky! He wanted to become strong only for his freedom. For the first time, he thought that. ---The gears of fate had finally started to move. --- --- After that is a very boring period of waiting for the [ Sarangay ] to leave. Rain could swear, this must be slowest ever twenty minutes in the whole world. Why is it that time crawl like a snail when you are awaiting something and seemed to fly when you are doing something you love? Haa~ Life is really ironic. Rain¡¯s body became stiff as he spent a long time hiding without moving even single muscle as he observes the monster surveying the area. When the [ Sarangay ] finally left, Rain and the spider cautiously check the surrounding and when they finally deemed that the area was completely safe, they immediately left and returned to sister spider¡¯s cave. As if something was chasing behind them, they used their fullest speed to run away. They were scared that the [ Sarangay ] might return and found them, they used all their strength to run away. Without even resting to take a breath, they ran to the cave like mad. They burst into sister spider¡¯s cave and slid to the floor with their backs side-by-side, leaning against the wall. Rain and the spider were quite nervous and they could only breathe a sigh of relief after arriving at the cave, their bodies shedding cold sweats. After releasing a huge breath, they then looked at each other¡¯s face and... ¡°...ha.¡± ¡°Ahahahaha hahahaha¡± ¡°Screeeeee!!!¡± Both of them started laughing at the same time. They looked outside the cave and know straight away that the bull-man monster hadn¡¯t returned and found them. ¡°Ahahaha, ah¡ªwe ran away really fast!¡± Rain laughed in an exhilarated tone. ¡°Man, that monster is really scary.¡± ¡°Scree!¡± ¡°I know. I need to get stronger! No, I will get stronger and I will take that jewel. That thing is mine!¡± Rain declared. Seeing this, the spider could only look at him with speechless. Thankfully the spider couldn¡¯t talk if it could it would certainly smack Rain and scold him nonstop. Is he crazy? He knows how terrifying that monster was and yet he wanted to fight it?! Worst, he immediately declared the [ Sarangay ]¡¯s jewel as his own? This human really has some guts! ¡°But I can¡¯t do it with only this dagger¡­¡± Rain shook his head and sigh dejectedly. ¡°If only I had some stronger equipment, my leveling speed would skyrocket.¡± Noticing Rain¡¯s sad expression, the spider seemed to have thought of something and immediately stand up. Using her sharp pointed fangs, he bit the hem of Rain¡¯s leather clothes and dragged him deeper in the cave. At first Rain was surprised but he didn¡¯t panicked. He had already trusted the spider that it wouldn¡¯t hurt him so he let himself get dragged by her. They entered a seemingly dimmed cave with a small entrance that could barely fit sister spider. And as expected, the moment Rain saw where the spider brought him to, his jaws couldn¡¯t help but slack and his eyes were wide as it can be. Following that, he was frozen solid by what he saw¡­ Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°This¡­This is¡­.don¡¯t tell me¡­ ?!¡± Rain swallowed his saliva and the words that were about to come out of his mouth. ¡°Scree!¡± ¡°This¡­¡± In front of him was a piled of weapons and some armor. Though some seemed to be a bit old and rusty, it was still much better than his current small dagger. ¡°A-are you giving this¡­ to me?¡± ¡°Scree!¡± The spider nods its head like a human. Seeing this, Rain began to tear up and started trembling. During this whole time they were together, the spider¡¯s intelligence clearly changed. It was as if, the more it interacted with Rain, the smarter it gets. Although Rain seemed to not realize this fact as he just treat this change as wind passing by and continued to interact with the spider like with the other human being. While trembling, Rain slowly walked towards the spider. ¡°Scree?¡± ¡°¡­.---¡± *Dong* Rain suddenly leapt towards the spider and hug its head that was as big as a basketball. ¡°I love you sister!!! I really love you!!!!!!¡± Woo~Ga~? Rain was hugging the spider¡¯s head tightly while twirling around and making weird whooping noises. The spider too froze for a moment, although she was overwhelmed with the sudden burst of emotions from Rain, she quickly calmed down after feeling Rain¡¯s masculine body. Rain was laughing like a madman while gazing towards the small cave¡¯s entrance seemingly viewing something that was distant. --- --- From just looking at the stuff, even a genius like him couldn''t decide what trash is and what''s worth keeping. However, compared to his dagger, all this items was still much better. With such a carefree mood, Rain thought that he really found a treasure trove. And a fairly large one at that. Although he doesn¡¯t have any appraisal-type skill that could analyze items and shows their exact details but still seeing the items in front of him. None of that mattered anymore. He could just use and try everything. There were; 4 Rusty iron sword. 8 Bowie knives. 1 Iron battle-axe. 3 bows. 25 Iron Tipped Arrows. 31 wooden arrows. 2 Wooden Round Shield. A Damaged Breastplate. 3 pairs of leather gloves. 13 bottles which 7 of these were containing pink colored liquid and other six contained bluish purple. Rain knows what they are because he had already seen them in the game forum. The pink ones must be Health potions while the bluish purple should be Mana potions. It was written that when the Health potions turned completely white or the Mana potions turned black then it means that the potions have gone bad. If they only turned pink and bluish purple like this, then it means that they can still be used, albeit inferior to the red and blue colored ones. However, this was still the best thing Rain could ask for at this moment. In the game¡¯s current state, even a single Basic Health Potion was an expensive luxury. When going over it, Rain found treasure after treasure. Yeah, it seems this place truly is a treasure trove. Although he doesn¡¯t know how the spider possesses these things but it might have been from her prey; of course human warriors. Among the items inside the cave, what caught Rain¡¯s attention the most wasn¡¯t the weapons or the potions but two backpacks and one field pack. That¡¯s right; these three are no ordinary items. They were storage bags! Despite its size, Storage bags are capable to carry a large amount of items with ease. According to what he had read before, a backpack had only a dozen of cubic meters inside while a field pack possess two dozens of cubic meters and can store double the amount that a normal back pack can. With these, Rain believes he had acquired a true treasure. Then Rain examined the weapons. Comparing the small dagger he had been using till now with the bowie knives, their blades were longer and their edges sharper. The blade is single edged, and only at the tip is it double-edged, Rain suspect it''s meant to be used as a hunting knife, so he took the knives. Eight knives might be a lot, but since he doesn¡¯t know what would happen in the future, there¡¯s really no problem. He might use it as throwing knives in the future, if the situation became drastic. He also took one rusty sword, a bow and the arrows, a pair of gloves and lastly the potions. Looking at the things in his hands, a faint smile appeared on his face. I will become strong! --- --- BK1; Chapter 19: [ Flame Armament ] In the fresh and clean air of the forest, Rain was on his stomach while hiding in the grass; the dried leaves atop his body allowed him to be safely hidden, making great efforts to suppress his breathing to the lowest extent, his breath seemed to completely vanish. His body as still as rocks while his eyes penetrated the grass and stared unwaveringly at the giant deer which was slowly walking towards his direction. Today was already the 21st day in the game world since Rain had gotten new items and equipment. Seven days or one week had also passed by in the real world. During these days, aside from essential routines such as eating, sleeping and taking a bath, Rain wouldn¡¯t exit the game for no apparent reason and spend his time training and leveling inside the game. This causes him to get scolded harshly by Louise. However, he just ignores it and continued to play like a madman. During this one week, Rain had learned a lot from experience, especially hunting. Rain even spend some time to read some books and watch videos about hunting, martial arts and even books about surviving inside the jungle as to be able to learn faster and become used to it. He didn¡¯t waste even a bit of time and did the things he could do. In these past few days, Rain¡¯s body showed some improvements. He became more robust and his perception slightly improved as well. As he planned, he went out hunting every day. Because of this, his leveling speed can only be describe in one word; Terrifying! As he got used to the life of a primitive man, living in a cave and hunting for livelihood, his life in the game had somewhat improved. Killing monsters that surpassed him in level became much simpler with his new items. Each and every weapon would deal real and genuine damage more than his old small dagger. They were also times where he ended in him fleeing for his life. If not for the giant spider protecting him, he might have already been killed at most twelve times. However, although he ran many times, the life and death battles with the monsters helped Rain to emit a sense of genuine blood thirst¡­ His reflexes and battle sense had drastically improved by a huge margin. Thus, despite the dangers he continued to move about and brave the dangers from monster¡¯s attacks as he continued his cautious ways of survival. And now, Rain couldn¡¯t help but become excited as he looked at his new prey. It was a rare animal ¡­no, monster. The giant deer in front of Rain was a matured three-eyed spotted deer. It was the monster version of the Philippine spotted deer. In reality, the Philippine Spotted Deer can be found on the island of Panay and Negros. It is one of threeendemicdeer species in thePhilippines. It was also called Visayan spotted deer, Prince Alfred¡¯s sambar, Sambar de Prince Alfred,and others. Just like in the real world, the Philippine spotted deer is easily recognized by its namesake spots. The overall coat color is a very dark brown; although sometimes, it has reddish highlights, but the sides are covered with a smattering of white or buff spots. These spots are largest over the hips and grow smaller and fainter towards the shoulders. The undersides and inside surfaces of the legs are white, as is the underside of the short tail. The head of the Visayan spotted deer is rather pointed. The head is paler than the body and the forehead and muzzle are dark. Rain could guess that this deer was a Male because of its thick and bumpy antlers with three tines on each. Normally this kind of adult deer should have the size of 125 to 130 cm long from head to the base of the tail but this animal was a monster. Its size almost doubles the normal size of its kind. Its antler that should¡¯ve been short was long and almost easily bypassing the 30 cm mark. Although this deer is considered to be the most endangered deer anywhere in the world but because it was now nothing but a monster, Rain has no qualms in hunting it. When Rain entered his hunting mode, his mind was highly concentrated and the sound of his footsteps became unnoticeable. The pores on his skin were closed through involuntary contraction, helping him to hide his scent. The experience these days had allowed him to adapt to rhythm of hunting, and his body also responded to such adaptation by enhancing the strength of certain muscles.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. From downwind, Rain lurked as a cat, his feet making no sounds while he moved, he leaned forward to ensure the direction of the wind was correct and he entered his hunting zone. While he marched forward, he locked an arrow into his bow, and adjusted his position so that he was at the downwind direction all the way to the front of the prey. Although Rain was certainly a mage but he can¡¯t use magic while hunting because it was just too flashy and eye-catching. And so, he had no choice but to familiarize himself in different hunting weapons such as the bow. Human Beings are really creatures need to be feared. Their tenacity, will, perseverance and endless possibilities are really frightening. At first, Rain doesn¡¯t know left and right about Bows. He couldn¡¯t even perfectly hit a target 6 meters away from him. But just over 10 days of mad-likepractice, Rain had somewhat learned some basic skills to shot a bow. He could now hit the target over ten meters away. ¡°Humans are really tenacious.¡± Rain couldn¡¯t help but lamented. ¡ª ¡ª Looking at his prey, Rain quietly drew his bow to its limit. The bow looked like it was going to break any second, as the arrow on the bow looked like a rough handicraft. The arrowhead was nothing but a sharpened end of the arrow shaft. Although Rain had acquired 25 Iron tipped arrows, however, he was appalled in using such good arrows just for hunting and so he brace himself to use only the wooden arrows. Even though it¡¯s only like that, it still possessed enough power to kill. With the diameter of the arrow being around 1 cm, whoever got shot would certainly feel their as* flowering. However, the hand that was drawing the bowstring back did not release it yet as Rain still looked at the three-eyed spotted deer, eyes glued to the sight and the bow was stable as though it were placed over a holder. If there was someone present there and saw him, they would certainly feel an indescribable kind of feeling, Rain had yet to fire the arrows, but they would feel as though the arrow will surely hit the target. Rain at this moment was like a lion crouching in the bush waiting for his prey, releasing an awe-inspiring aura. ¡ª ¡ª The surrounding area was as though there is only one person, Rain. The look he had on his eyes was as though an eagle is waiting to catch its prey. Rain¡¯s still slightly significant tender cheeks, firm look, and gestures gave others a feeling of ¡®Lake without depths¡¯. He then solemnly says, ¡®Alright¡¯ and gathered his determination. Rain took a deep breath. Calm down! Calm down! Rain! Remember the Goddess of Victory is always on the side of Justice! Rain breathe a mouthful of air and then, ¡ªHe let it loose. Just like that, the arrow silently disappeared without a trace. The arrow turned into a black shadow, flying through the air and going straight to the target. Whoosh! The bolt that left turned into a white light, gracefully flew quickly. The angle that Rain targeted is just exactly the blind spot in the three-eyed spotted deer¡¯s sight. The arrow was so fast that Rain¡¯s dynamic vision only captured a touch of black light. And because the arrow was so fast, within a blink of an eye, it flew right to the target¡¯s head. While Rain was delighted by his accurate aiming, the three-eyed spotted deer suddenly turned its head towards the approaching arrow and immediately jump away. This instantaneous action nearly caused the arrow to fail to hit its target. Fortunately, the deer noticed it too late and was still hit on its right hind leg. However, Rain was still petrified. His aiming and timing was excellent but it was still perceived by the deer. Who wouldn¡¯t feel vexed?! ¡°!?¡± The spotted deer that was hit fell onto the ground and struggled violently. It then looked towards Rain¡¯s location and opened its mouth. ¡°Grraaaaaa!!¡± Boom! A long-transparent blade constructed entirely of air was fire from the deer¡¯s open mouth and launch towards Rain¡¯s position. F*ck! Seeing this, Rain cursed inwardly as he immediately dived to the side. Bang! Rain immediately raised his head and looked at the position he was in before and was dumbstruck. He saw only a thin slice at the huge tree¡¯s thick bark as the other plants and bushes around it fall to the ground, split into two pieces. [ You have been Attacked! ] [ Three-Eyed Spotted Deer Lv3 ] Rain¡¯s eyes were wide in disbelief as he subconsciously touched his stomach. If he was late in jumping, his body would have been the one split two. Without hesitation, Rain immediately moved. His body suddenly slightly arced, maintaining his position for a little bit. Then, like a drawn bow, he shot out from the ground like a flash of lightning, causing the dried leaves to fly up and fill the air before slowly floating back down. Time waits for no one£¡ Although Rain was in panic, he didn¡¯t lose his pace. He couldn¡¯t let the monster attack again or else he would be deadmeat! Rain¡¯s body passed through the falling leaves to arrive at the back of the giant wolf. Tightly clenching his fist, flames sprouted and instantly covered his whole arm. This was his original skill; [ Flame Armament ]! When his fire magic finally reached level three, he found out that he could actually control his fire magic. Although not as freely as he wanted to but still it was incredible. Controlling the flames for the first time made Rain ecstatic. And then suddenly an idea struck him. Maybe he could use this for many things? As a Filipino, Rain always admired powerful superheroes and even super villains. One of them was Pyro, a super villain that possess a psionic ability to manipulate flame by shaping it as he desires, increasing or decreasing its heat, intensity, and size. Although he was a villain but his powers can really make anyone drool. And so, Rain didn¡¯t waste any time and began training his fire magic. As a result, he created a new skill; [ Flame Armament ]. Rain managed to do it on his fifty-third attempt. It was really hard causing him to fail each time. However, an improvement finally appeared at the thirty first practices. And at the thirty-ninth practice, the flame was no longer flying from his hand. Instead, it appeared above his hand. And at the fifty-third time, he was now able to cover his arm with fire. His first original magic; [ Flame Armament ] ¡ª ¡ª Hello guys, I''m sorry for the long absence... Busy with part-time jobs here and there~ Anyway, as an apology I will post 4 chapters for today! P.S Don''t forget to visithttp://royalnovel.com/I''m posting another one or maybe two chapters there~ BK1; Chapter 20: [ A strange phenomenon ]

The three-eyed spotted deer saw Rain¡¯s figure with his flame covered arm and was immediately alarmed. It quickly opened its mouth to once again attack with its sound blade but as it was too slow, Rain was already in front of it. Rain¡¯s fist smashed heavily onto the head of the Three-eyed spotted deer. ¡°Eat this!!!¡± As the echoes of the inward shout faded, a huge flame caused the spotted deer to whimper as its body was ruthlessly swept for over ten meters across the ground before finally smashing into a tree trunk. Everything fell within Rain¡¯s predictions. The spotted deer convulsed for a few times and tried to jump away from its position and escape, but the last jump was also its last dance step; it spun in the air then fell back on its back. It¡¯s four limbs stiffened as it tried to fight back before eventually, unwillingly softening in defeat. The blood kept oozing out from the mandible and it was twitching involuntarily. It was dying. With the soles of his feet stepped heavily on the ground, Rain let out a long sigh. Having stayed in a creeping position for a long time, his arms and legs had become slightly numb. Hm? At this moment, Rain felt something painful. Looking down, he found his left leg was covered in blood. Wha-!? The extreme sensation flooded his body and mind. He was actually injured?! When? As they always say, when humans were in an intense fight, their epinephrine accelerated. They often wouldn¡¯t be able to feel the pain until everything wrapped up. And now, after seeing his prey became lifeless, Rain had loosened his taut nerves completely. Because of this, the pain that had been repressed came back to him violently¡ªhis attention was directed away when he was battling with the spotted deer, but he was relaxed now. No way at that time?! Since the beginning of the fight?! The intense burning pain came from his leg, making him scream hopelessly. Thankfully, this was just a game. The pain reception rate was at most at the lowest percentage, if not he would have already fainted from pain. However, as experiencing such pain for the first time, Rain couldn¡¯t help but feel shock and frightened causing him to overreact a little bit. ¡°Ah¡ª¡ª-!¡± This sudden pain caused him to scream and his scream was shrill. Rain felt as if someone had cut his leg off. ¡°Screee!?¡± Hearing his scream, the spider hiding from somewhere immediately rushed towards him. During hunting, Rain always asked the spider to hide somewhere and will only come out if he was really in danger. ¡°Scree?!¡± The spider cried anxiously after she saw he was suffering. ¡°I¡­I¡¯m fine!¡± Rain immediately took a pink colored bottle from his waist and drank it. Instantly the pain receded after a Lipovitan-like taste spreading inside his mouth, and like magic, the cut on his leg slowly close up. Seeing this, Rain finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although he had [ Self-Regeneration ] ability but it wouldn¡¯t be able to instantly heal his wound and he doesn¡¯t want to endure a pain like that even a second. Carefully patting his leg which was now healing in an incredible rate, he slowly stood up and gently stretched it.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°Sorry for making you worried.¡± Rain said towards the spider while gently stroking its head. ¡°Scree¡± ¡°Hm, thanks.¡± Twisting his head about, he quickly walked up and drawing the small dagger from his waist, he cut the spotted deer¡¯s head open. Suddenly, a tiny pale purple crystal appeared before his eyes. ¡°Another one~¡± Rain gazed happily at monster core. Soon after he happily extracted it, not caring even the slightest about the blood and gore he cleaned it against his clothes. At this moment, Rumble! The ground suddenly began to shake ever so slightly. Based on the rumbling rhythm, Rain surmised that it should¡¯ve been caused by something walking or worst case¡­ fighting! Tap! ¡°¡ªHmm? It¡¯s raining?¡± Raising his head to look at the sky, Rain suddenly found the sky darkens. Soon grey clouds appeared and covered the sky like a heavy curtain. ¡°Raining? No, that¡¯s not it.¡± The birds and flying beasts in the sky disappeared! I¡¯m sure there were a lot flying before! Rain¡¯s head was filled with doubts and he felt extremely baffled. This place is usually exuberant, yet it is so quiet, not even a bird could be seen. Black and thunderous clouds roiled about, blocking off all sunlight. A darkness that resembled a curtain of death fell down. With a flash, a dense and frightening aura began to fill the air. Within the turbulent, black, and death-like clouds, bloody waves soared everywhere, emitting a violent and gorgeous red flair from within the black clouds. The Heavens and the Earth were deathly quiet, creating a frightening atmosphere. Not a sound could be heard, not a movement could be seen. No, this situation ¡­ is it happening again?! Just as Rain realized this, a ¡®BOOM!¡¯ sound could be heard from somewhere. BOOM! BANG! It was then followed by terrifying explosions followed out by horrifying roars. ¡°Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!¡± ¡­¡­At this moment, waves of rumbling sounds could be heard from the forest, and the oppressive noise was directly transmitted to Rain¡¯s ears. When he turned his head to assess the situation, his complexion immediately paled. All the colors on his face seemingly drained out. It was pale as a sheet of paper! Usually, there would be roars of beasts and monsters within the depths of the forest that could be heard from time to time. Just as it signifies, this is forest was really not a ¡®Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss¡¯ but should be called ¡®A den of Monsters¡¯! Rain had already known of this ever since the beginning. He accepted it and even welcomes it; however, a few days ago he realized that he still hasn¡¯t experience real terror yet. Although he doesn¡¯t know what kind of monsters caused this commotion but this kind of thing happens sometimes inside the deepest part of the forest. Somewhere in the forest, there would be terrifying roars one after another, causing everything in its vicinity to shake violently. It was mighty! It was extraordinarily earth-shattering! ¡­At the same time scary! Rain couldn¡¯t be helped but be shaken to his core.As expected, this forest was not that simple! Even though there was still a long distance between him and the ones who caused this roars, Rain could already feel bitter waves of demonic aura. Who knew how many monsters and creatures had already fallen prey to this terrifying monster! Besides a terrible wave of danger surges whenever he tried to walked towards the sound, so he can¡¯t move forward. What is there; what kind of monsters possesses this kind of danger? His sense of danger warns him to not proceed forward; there is only a dead end, even if he had 10 lives he would still die. Rain was very rational. He got up to his feet, fixed everything up and immediately turned around. As they say, ¡®Curiosity kills the cat.¡¯ And he certainly doesn¡¯t want to be the Cat! ¡°Sister spider, let¡¯s leave!¡± ¡°Scree.¡± Together with the giant spider, Rain returned to the cave immediately. The next few days will be an incomparably dangerous period! ¡ª ¡ª Louise silently walked into Rain¡¯s room without permission. She just finished playing [ Philippine Lore ] inside her room a while ago. Her class was a warrior. Although compared to someone abnormal, she can¡¯t yet be called an expert. However, she was still confident to be rank among the average players inside the game. Lv2 and almost approaching Lv3. Her first death experience almost gave her some trauma but she still hold up after seeing her childhood friend¡¯s enjoyment. She doesn¡¯t want to be left alone so she persisted and finally after several deaths inside the game, she managed to kill a monster. As they say, ¡®Once bitten, twice shy¡¯. After experiencing her death, she became even more cautious from her surroundings and uses all the things she could use to survive. Ambush, hit and run tactic, and laying traps. She did all she could to win. And finally all her efforts pay up as she finally managed to level up to 2. She was doing fine until some tiny bastards showed up while she was aimlessly wandering around. Although she couldn¡¯t see the attackers, she still knows who they are by the game system¡¯s help. [ Laman Lupa ] [ Laman Lupa ] or Gnome in English. They are invisible little people who own the land and can only be used by persons only under certain conditions. They lives in communities, follows human trails out of hills, receives offerings before and after planting & harvest, partakes of proficiency gifts from humans. However, sometimes this little people can be mischievous and scary at times. They liked playing pranks on people they met and when angered, can kill without mercy. Louise has no idea why she was suddenly attacked by them and because she was caught off guard, she was immediately killed. In [ Philippine Lore ] when a Lv0 player dies, he wouldn¡¯t suffer any consequences but it was different for a player who reached Lv1 and above as 20% experience points will be reduced once they died. Although 20% seemed little and insignificant but this was still painful for the players. Imagine 20% of your effort has been lost just like that and besides, leveling in this game was really hard and arduous. However, what¡¯s done is done. Louise is not the type to linger in the past. There is no use to cry over a spilled milk might as well drink a coffee instead~ BK1; Chapter 21: [ Hidden Feelings ] Without anything to do, Louise went towards Rain. He must still be playing right now. The room was kinda dark and dimmed because of the curtains drawn. Turning her gaze towards the bed, there she saw Rain lying while wearing the VR helmet on the bed. As expected he was still inside the game, playing. Lying on his back, he looked like he was just sleeping soundly. His expressionless face looked more childish and carefree than his usual one. Louise couldn¡¯t help but stared at his sleeping face. After a while, she slowly put both of her hands on the bed. Rain was between her arms as her body neared him. Just like that, Louise slowly neared her face towards Rain¡¯s. ¡°I always wanted to kiss you like this?¡± Louise low voice revealed her emotion which she had struggled to hide. But how can I make you look in my way? Why do I feel that you¡¯re too far away when you¡¯re just right next to me? She did not want Rain to see the pain in her eyes when he wakes up. Louise lowered her head again and put her face next to Rain, their breathing intertwined. Aren¡¯t I the one who is always close to you? Why can¡¯t you see that I have always loved you¡­ Even though we haveknown each other for a very long time, why are you always treating me like a sibling? Why can¡¯t¡­¡­ At this moment, Louise commanded herself to stop thinking further. At first, she was quite satisfied by their relationship but then, for who knows when it started, she gradually hopes another thing. Was this greed? When she noticed some girls trying to befriend him, her heart couldn¡¯t help but burned in fury. She was the only one who had the right to stand next to him! Was this jealousy? She knows him more than anyone else. He knows her even more than the one who give birth to her. So, isn¡¯t it only right for her to claim that he was hers¡­? Was this pride? She wanted for her to be even more intimate with her and deepened their love. Was this lust? When she saw some girls trying to flirt with him, she had the urge to rip them into pieces. Buried them in the ground or throw them into seas¡­ was this wrath? She embodied five of the seven deadly sins¡­ then does this means she was a sinner? A devil? It doesn¡¯t matter. Louise didn¡¯t care how sinful she was as long as she can claim him. Was she twisted? Maybe, but doesn¡¯t love itself twisted? At first, she thought that if Rain found a friend then he wouldn¡¯t be alone anymore. But Louise realized sadly she could not think like that. She cared very much.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. Rain might not be the most handsome guy around but still he didn¡¯t look that bad. Although his looks were not that handsome to the point where he could make people faint on the spot just from a smile, his charm was like a mushroom. It grew on people. People would like him more and more the more they look at him. Besides his handsomeness belong to the ¡®bad boy¡¯ type and was well worth a second look! Furthermore he had a good head over his shoulders, a good personality although sometimes mischievous and cunning and most of all, he was well-off. And thus, many people specially girls¡¯ hovered around him like flies above a cake. And this annoyed her. Desperation, Anxiety, Love, Obsession, Sadness, Loneliness, Anticipation, and Longing at other times; she wastormented by all sorts of complex emotions. I like you a lot. Why couldn¡¯t you look at my way? I¡¯m here! Will you be my boyfriend? Aren¡¯t we suitable for each other? If we don¡¯t even start, we won¡¯t know the ending, right? ¡­¡­ These feelings were constantly filling her mind. She wanted to shout out loud but couldn¡¯t. What if he won¡¯t accept her¡­ what would she do? In the end, I¡¯m nothing but a coward. ¡ª ¡ª Rain still breathed evenly. And then¡ª¡ª¡­¡­ ¡°¡­¡­Ngh¡± When he opened his eyes, he saw Louise who was looking at him with eyes filled with complicated emotions. What happened to her? ¡°Louise? What happened?¡± ¡°Are you awake?¡± ¡°¡­¡­Yeah¡± Rain replied to her just like he usually does. In response, Louise behaves just like she usually does¡­ ¡°I see, let¡¯s go outside~¡± She said with a smile. Taking off his VR-Gear, Rain lightly brushed his hair down. Then, he immediately stared at her and became lost in thought. Did something happen? Noticing his confusion, Louise only let out a faint smile and holds out her hand to affectionately touch his head and says in a very gentle tone: ¡°It¡¯s nothing, come on, I¡¯m bored here~¡± ¡°Oh¡­¡± ¡ª ¡ª Rain didn¡¯t say anything else again and went to the bathroom to take a bath. Although slightly confused by her strange behavior, nonetheless he still obeyed her without asking any questions. After a while she got bored and so she looks around the room to find something to do. As if she reincarnated as a personal maid, Louise fixed the bed, wiped the table, picked littered things and cleaned the whole room. After a while, she went and switch on the computer, wanting to log in to [ Philippine Lore ]¡¯s official forum. After logging in to [ Philippine Lore ] forum, a lot of the avatars are flashing. Threads about their adventures, personal experiences, fights and many more were being posted. Then, in the midst of all the popular threads in the forum, Louise suddenly discovered an article that caught her attention. [ Finally reached the City!!! (£þ^£þ)©g (£þ^£þ)©g (£þ^£þ)©g] A player posted in the forum a few minutes ago and immediately became viral. Oh my god! So there was really a city? Well, of course there was. According to [ Philippine Lore ], there are several cities established in different regions. There were many benefits in staying inside the city. Safety from monsters, learning new skills, acquiring items and most of all quests, these were just the common benefits one would get when they were inside the city. However, because they were sent in the wild and was dropped cruelly, letting them fend themselves, they had already forgotten about this fact. So someone had finally reached the city?! It was not only Louise¡­ The excitement level of every person who was present in [ Philippine Lore ] was rocketing off the meter. ¡°Hey! Is that true?! Tell me where!!¡± ¡°You¡¯re not joking right?! Am I right? Which part are you? Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao!¡± ¡°Oh god! Can you post some pic of the city!¡± ¡°Hey Buddy! Are you for real? This is not fake right?¡± The screen below was continuously scrolling down like flowing water, so quickly that the comments were unreadable. It was just posted not less than five minutes had elapsed¡­ and there were¡­ there were¡­ more than 300 replies¡­ This was really amazing!!! Louise interest was immediately picked as she looks for any information about the city. She was already sick in dying continuously and so, she wanted to find a city as soon as possible because staying in the city is much safer than living inside the forest. However, Louise find pretty difficult as the comment box was scrolling by with remarks coming in like the tides. Oh come on. Is this a fraud? A lie? Why is no one saying about the location of the city? Although [ Philippine Lore ] is a very sadistic game however, it was still quite humane. The reason was because the game developers built a map feature for the players. In the Map, you can see the exact coordinates of the place to see where you really are. In addition, as long as you put a specific coordinates, then the map will show you the way towards the place no matter where you are. But still no one had put a specific coordinates in the forum, even the one who posted that he had reached the city. Was that guy being selfish and was trying to horde the information? After boasting ¡­ How shameless. The number of replies was still rapidly increasing. Besides expressing all forms of jealousy, envy, doubt, and rage, still the most common reply was, ¡°¡­¡­ Please be magnanimous.¡± ¡­It was then followed by; ¡°That¡¯s right! Please share!!! *showing cute puppy eyes*¡± ¡°God said share the bread, and so the bread was shared. God said share the place, then let us share the place! Please be magnanimous *biting my hankie*¡± ¡°Hording is bad!!!! ¡Ü( *?* )¡Ý¡± ¡ª ¡ª BK1; Chapter 22: [ A date... ] At this time, Rain have finished showering and came out of the bathroom, seeing Louise in front of the computer and seemed quite serious, he raised his eyebrows and silently stood behind her. ¡°Oh, so someone finally found the first city.¡± ¡°Yes, it seemed so. Though I don¡¯t kn¡ª?!¡± Hearing Rain¡¯s voice behind her, Louise smiled. However, after turning around she froze. Because in front of her, Louise could see her childhood friend¡¯s godly figure. Why was it godly? Simple, because in Greek Mythology, the gods were not wearing any clothes, only pieces of cloth. And her beloved childhood friend in front of her has only the lower part had a bath towel around him. Rain that had just finished bathing was using a towel to wipe dry his wet hair with one hand. He is wrapped in a bath towel but his upper body is bare like a gleaminghawthorn fruit. His whole body is emitting the after bath sweet scentwhich is filling the air. In addition, a few sparkling and translucent crystal droplets of water from his dripping wet jet-blackhairfall onhis seemingly skinny yet strong chest and slide along the delicate skinall theway below ¡­¡­ ¡ú_¡ú Gulp, ¡ú_¡ú Louise subconsciouslyswallows back hersaliva. She didn¡¯t dare to look further anymore, as she was deeply shock by this sacred image. She felt her blood boil; her mind was blank, while her pair of embarrassed eyes didn¡¯t know where to look. It was often said that a man who has taken a bath is themost lethal¡ª- which is indeed true! Looking at her crush after bathing figure, even someone with a thick skin like her, also cannot helpbut have her cheek burning hot! However, her eyes continuously blinked, exposing the uneasiness of her heart. Seeing this,Rain couldn¡¯t help but curvehis lips and was actually felt pleased secretly. Of course he noticed Louise embarrassed expression. They had already spent so much time together and so he had already become extremely familiar with her. In order to take revenge on Louise for her past crimes, he purposely exaggerated his movements, sometimes even slowing his motions. Taste my revenge! Hehe, this bro was also doing some gym you know~ Then, he slowly walked towards his bed and took the already prepared casual clothes. During this moment, he pretended that it was an accident and loosens a bit of the towel that was wrapping on his body. His actions made the young girl¡¯s heart rise again, and her cheeks, which were pretending to face another way, were red like a tomato. He then once again glanced towards the dumbfounded Louise and used a laid-back expression staring at her. ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± Woken by a rustling voice, Louise forced herself to look at him, ¡°N ¡­ ¡­ N-Nothing¡­¡­¡± Oh my god! I was actually dumbstruck!? He¡¯s not even as handsome as Papa P¡­ Louisesuddenly felt butterflies in her stomach. For some reason, in her eyes, Rain¡¯s messy wet hair look seemed sexy. His infinite black eyes under hishair and the seemingly soft indoor lighting which seemed to had a strange dark glow¡­ evenhisAdam¡¯s apple appears so nice¡­ ¡­ Gulp! ¡ª¡ªbeautiful enough to feast the eyes! ¡°Ok.¡± Satisfied by her reaction, Rain returned to the bathroom to change. In his lips wear a soft faint smile. ¡ªThis round, is my victory~Stolen story; please report. ¡ª ¡ª When Louise closed the door, for her amazement she suddenly saw Rain wearing black colored casual clothes, riding a bike that is parked just behind her. His well-proportion slender fingers are on the handlebar. His shiny dark eyes are directed at her. Rain was stepping on one foot to the ground and said: ¡°Get on.¡± Get on? In the bike? Louise rubbed her eyes and finally couldn¡¯t help but ask: ¡°Wait, where¡­. where is your car?¡± Rain smiled and pointed to the bike he was riding: ¡°Isn¡¯t it here?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Louise was speechless, she didn¡¯t think Rain would use such an interesting way to start their date ¡­no, this isn¡¯t a date! ¡°Ding ¡­¡± A string of pleasing bell sound rings. Rain looks at her with a faint smile, ¡°Hey. What are you waiting for? Get on the bike.¡± The dumbfounded Louise couldn¡¯t help but lament, a bike¡­ date?! Is that romantic? But even so, right now¡­ ¡ªSkirt, she was currently wearing a skirt! This fact pulled Louise soul instantly back into her body. Looked at the bike, looked at Rain. Louise started stammering; ¡°This, this, I ¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°What?¡± Rain frowned slightly. Louise focused, ¡°¡­ ¡­ I¡¯m riding with you, on the bike?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°This, this isn¡¯t very fitting, is it. My skirt¡­¡± Louise tried to tactfully refuse, her ears started to turn red. ¡°Skirt?¡± Did he still not understand? Louise was reduced to forcing herself to explain clearly, ¡°Right now ¡­ I¡¯m wearing a skirt so if I rode the bike then the wind will blow it away¡­¡± Rain silently stared at her and didn¡¯t speak. Louise started to get nervous ¡­ ¡­ she didn¡¯t say anything wrong, did she? Just as she started to get even more nervous, finally, and with a smile Rain slowly spoke: ¡°Its fine. I have my jacket, wrapped it around your waist. That should be fine.¡± Uh. That can¡¯t be ¡­ ¡°Why can¡¯t we just use the car instead?¡± ¡°Eco-friendly.¡± Ugh¡­ Rain, oh my Rain¡­ How can you be a nature lover all of a sudden?! Hearing his reason, Louise couldn¡¯t help but frowned. However, she suddenly realized something. If we use a car, then we can sit side by side. Indeed, that¡¯s quite good. But if we use the bike, I can ¡­ hug him without embarrassing myself, right? After a long while, emotions surged up from the bottom of the heart. Complicated and extreme feelings arose. But coming back to it, her initial position was to sit beside him. Now that she can hug him with the bike as a reason, if she didn¡¯t accept, didn¡¯t she lose that way? Accepting was a great loss, not accepting was also a great loss. This was ¡­ ¡­ Louise tried to brainwash herself, not realizing her ears were going up in flames. She pretended to be composed and met Rain¡¯s gaze: ¡°Since there isn¡¯t enough time, let¡¯s bike then.¡± Steeling herself, she got onto the bike. She pats on his back and say, ¡°Let¡¯s go. We can leave now.¡± But then, without feeling any special feelings, she started to regret it. Because she just realized, if I hug him suddenly ¡­ he wouldn¡¯t think that I was taking advantage¡­ right? Ha¡­really, as they say ¡®Women in love is troublesome. They are creatures difficult to understand.¡¯ Sitting behind the bike, Louise started to feel uneasy. She was afraid she¡¯ll accidentally fall down, but she also didn¡¯t dare to reach out to embrace Rain¡¯s waist. What should I do? When Rain step on the pedal, he suddenly noticed something and couldn¡¯t help but tilts his head slightly, ¡°Your hands.¡± Louise body jerks slightly. ¡°What about my hands?¡± ¡°The way I ride the bike isn¡¯t very stable. Now that I put it this way, you understand what I mean, right?¡± Hearing his words, Louise lowered her head and nod. She then stretched out her hand and grasps the hem of his sweater, carefully clinging onto into it. Rain frowned but didn¡¯t say anything anymore. Louise might have been feeling embarrassed but he couldn¡¯t do anything about it. He can¡¯t just say that the car¡¯s engine malfunction because he mistook the cola he was drinking a while ago for the engine oil, and thus, couldn¡¯t be used. Well, this is fine. Eco-friendly~ The bike moves forward unhurriedly, as the trees on the side of the street retreat. Accompanied by the gentle breeze by her ears and the sunlight from above, and the gentle warmth gradually soften and lift her mood, causing her to become a lot more relaxed. Suddenly, Rain said: ¡°Hold on tight, there¡¯s a downhill approaching.¡± Before Louise could react, the bike jolted and sped down the slope. ¡°Ah!¡± The frighten Louise anxiously embraced Rain¡¯s waist and even tightened her grip on it. Speeding down the slope, the speed accelerated, the bike became slightly unstable, riding in an S shape pattern. Louise was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her throats, ¡°Be careful!¡± ¡°I know~¡± Rain answered calmly. ¡°¡­.¡± Louisecouldn¡¯t resist, andclosed her eyes. She didn¡¯t know whether it was psychological reaction, but she continued to embrace Rain¡¯swaist, her face was glued onto his back, her heart suddenly felt a sense of security and her nervous tension was so strain. And because she had her eyes closed while tightly holding onto his waist, she also didn¡¯t know when the road became to feel smooth once again. When slowly opened hereyes, as expected a smooth road appeared in her vision. ¡°!?¡± Then, finally she noticed her two hands tightly embracing the young man¡¯s waist. Rain¡¯s clothes emanate a light fragrance of a pleasant clean smell. She cannot help lowering his head, resting her face lightly on his back once again. She then feels that he leans his head a bit and looks at her unconsciously for a brief moment. Then he continues to focus on riding the bicycle. At that instant, she found that the corner of his mouth had curved up slightly and in the eyes that were looking at here, there seemed to be a hint of laughter. --- --- That was a long one~ Anyway, here''s the Chapflood! Hope you enjoy it~ Please Visithttp://royalnovel.com/if you have some time~ P.S as for the Hero Chro. Everyone, please look forward for it 2morow!!! XD Spoiler for Hero Chro. Enemies finally appeared!!! The plot is starting to move! BK1; Chapter 23: [ This is not my first date!! ] Their bike continues to move forward. With her arms tightly encircling his slim waist, she can feel his breath. Suddenly she feels joy radiating from the bottom of her heart. ¡°Rain.¡± She started. ¡°Mm?¡± ¡°You logged out ¡­ does it mean you died in the game?¡± Louise asked as she leaned her head on his back. ¡°Nope, I just logged out.¡± Louise asks curiously, ¡°Why? Did something happen inside?¡± He shakes his head, ¡°Nope, but I think I wouldn¡¯t be able to continue hunting¡­¡± She doesn¡¯t understand, ¡°Why?¡± He answers seriously, ¡°Because, it was raining and my movements would be severely restricted so I decided to stop leveling for now.¡± ¡°Is that so, no wait. You¡¯re also in Visayas like me, right? But I think it wasn¡¯t raining when I was killed. There wasn¡¯t even a squall¡­¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know ¡­ anyway, something is happening inside the forest I¡¯m currently at and from what I can guess, there were strong monsters fighting with each other. And so, I deemed it dangerous to go hunting for now.¡± ¡°I see ¡­¡± That game is really too realistic that it was already unscientific~ The summer breeze gently blew over. The bike travelled through the rays of the sunset, past trees burdened with blooming greenery, riding along the wide road ¡­ ¡­ Everything seemed so perfect. Louise thought, I have to be more courageous. There was a small slope not far away. Louise licked her lips, raised her hand and gently, tightly, grabbed onto the clothes of the person before her. The bike suddenly slowed down. The corner of Louise lips rose, her other hand tightly hugging the young man¡¯s waist. The bike moves forward in the streetatan unhurried pace. Unlike a car, they were not encased in a metal like cage, so when the wind blows,her face feels cool and comfortable. Then, Rain took his cellphone and played a light emotional music. When she raised her head, from the small side mirror, shecan see his face fullof smiles. At that moment, the bike stops in front of a man wearing a polo, dark-colored pants, dark-colored shoes, and a cap with the MMDA or LGU logo in front. This man was certainly a traffic enforcer. In Philippines there were many traffic enforcers. Traffic enforcers are people who enforce traffic rules and safety standards. At times they may also be called highway patrol officer. They detailed within neighborhoods or local police station or any nearby posts. There also other MMDA personnel. There are those wearing red called Anti-Jaywalking Unit. Although their unit name only mentions jaywalking, they could also apprehend other violations. As good Filipino citizens, of course even if they were just riding a bike they still need to stop and wait. Rain and Louise patiently waited when suddenly a small girl wearing a tattered shirt and dirty face, seizesthis opportunity to come over and extended her hand. She looks at Rain and politely says: ¡°Sir, for food¡­¡± Looking at the little girl¡¯s pitiful appearance, Rain took out his wallet without saying anything. He takes out some bills and putthem into the little girl¡¯s hand. Louise can¡¯t help but smiled wryly. Indeed, it is true thata man lookshandsomewhen he isdoing a good deed!Stolen novel; please report. ¡°Ah ¡­¡­ Thank You!¡±The little girlwidens her eyesin surprise, quickly bows and happily returns to the other side of thestreet. Then, the traffic enforcer waved his arm towards them. Seeing this, Rain immediately started pedaling again. Along the road, they saw some famous establishments such as Hotel Essencia and Silliman University. They also passed Quezon Park, Saint Catherine Cathedral and the old belfry which are all within walking distance from each other. Then they drove pass Rizal Boulevard¡ªa 700-meter seaside avenue where Philippine national hero; Jose Rizal is said to have once walked. Suddenly, a flash of white light made them turned their heads and saw someone taking pictures. Two students, who appeared to be girls and probably tourists, were taking pictures to keep as souvenir in the Rizal Boulevard. Rizal Boulevard was a tourist spot and so you can see numerous foreigners walking around and enjoying the sea breeze swept by the wind. The place was dazzling; sea side, calming breeze and a place good for relaxing and calming the mind. Anyone can stroll along the shoreline by day and eat tempura or balot at night. In conclusion, Rizal Boulevard was a very popular spot for more than historical reasons as it was easy to make people feel captivated. Rain drove the bike slowly, passing by the elderly, couples and kids and enjoying the peacefulness in the midst of relaxing sea breeze. Several minutes later, they arrive together in a high-end shopping mall located in the heart of downtown. Lee Super Plaza. It wasconsidered one of the biggest Department Store and Supermarket in Negros Oriental. Famous brand men and women¡¯s clothing store, food court, gadgets and devices and many more, a place where you can buy and at the same time relax while killing time. For security reasons, as they entered the mall, men and women were checked by the security guards as to ensure no dangerous weapons allowed. Bypassing the door, Rain and Louise walked together. But since the place was bustling with people, Rain took Louise hand before she could react. Although it was intentional but it didn¡¯t have any other meaning behind it and more like the result of knowing each other for how many years. However, for a maiden in love, such thing was a huge case. His hand was very large, almost wrapped her entire hands, only using a little bit of strength she has followed his footsteps. Her face turned red to the point like a ripe persimmon red ¡ªthough she didn¡¯t resist even a little bit as if letting nature took its course. They strolled around the place, looking at various things including people. After walking for a while, Rain suddenly stopped and looked at her helplessly. ¡°Louise, what¡¯s wrong?.¡± Why did you suddenly became quiet? ¡°N-Nothing,¡± Louise shakes her head. Rain shrugged his shoulders: ¡°Oh well, what do you want?¡± I want you ¡­ /(¨Òo¨Ò)/ But she just can¡¯t say that so she only answered with a simple ¡®Anything you want.¡¯ ¡°How about an ice cream?¡± Rain stopped at the food court in front of an ice cream shop. Louise looked at the ice cream andblankly stared at it. In this world there should be only two things Louise cannot refuse¡ª¡ª Rain andice cream. CurrentlyRain is holding her hand while walking around and looking like they were on a date and then he asked her if she would like to eat ice cream, facing such a powerful temptation, who would refuse?! Only a pig would do so!!! Licking her lips, she resolutely nodded, ¡°Okay~!¡± The scorching summer season, her right hand was holding a giant ice cream, while her left hand was pulling her beloved childhood friend, such treatment not any ordinary person can enjoy. At this point,Louise embarrassed and shy mood was swept away, she licked the ice cream while smiling with joy. Seeing all of this, Rain could not help but laugh. This girl witha pair of anemic appearance, merely an ice cream, she can be so happy as if she has won the lottery, he really do not know what¡¯s inside her head. Thinking of this, he reluctantly shook his head. After a while, they killed the time by wandering around the place. The place had become a lot livelier; shops were all around the place and different kinds of people walk here and there. They strolled along the beautiful shop windows and occasionally stopped to buy some snacks, then continued walking aimlessly. At this time, Rain still pulled her hand and continued to walk. But unlike before, Louise mood had finally stabilized. Louise slavishly followed; her current mood is completely different. She felt the heat from his hands, it was hotter than the summer weather, she could feel her palm continuously sweat and moist. ¡°So, enjoying our date?¡± Louise teased. Hearing her words, Rain finally felt relieved from the bottom of his heart. It seems like the Louise he knows finally came back. ¡°Yep¡± He answered happily. He only came here and accompanied her to cheer her up. Although he doesn¡¯t know the reason but he had noticed her downcast mood all along and hate to let it be without doing anything. Now that she¡¯s finally alright, Rain felt that his action was successful. ¡°Are you really that happy to have a date with me?¡± ¡°What? Is there something wrong?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing¡­¡± Louise happily shrugged her shoulders as she gave her a smile. ¡°Well, I guess you¡¯re telling the truth. This is your first date after all~¡± Huh? Why do I feel humiliated? Rain suddenly felt a little embarrassed: ¡°Th-This is not my first date!¡± Rain fought back. Yeah, if it counts walking around with ¡­ my mother? No, wait! Is walking with my mother count as date with the opposite sex? No, what about Louise? We¡¯ve walked and shopped together since time immemorial. ¡°Oh¡­ really?¡± Rain didn¡¯t noticed Louise face which instantly changed fromsunny to cloudy, an overcastwith astorm coming. Her faceturns cold and asks again: ¡°Who¡¯s the bi¡ª I mean, who¡¯s the unlucky girl?¡± ¡°She¡ª, yeah, she¡¯s a very beautiful girl. Now that I think about it, she¡¯s a very important woman in my life.¡± ¡°You guys have a good relationship?¡± Rain nods his head. ¡°Of course.¡± However, after he finished speaking, he glanced at the young girl beside him and felt that her expression seems slightly ¡­ dark. Eh? Did I say something wrong? BK1; Chapter 24: [ Crafting ] Shecontinues to ask: ¡°Who is the girl?¡± I am finished, finished, though I don¡¯t why I¡¯m finished but certainly I¡¯m done for! ¡°Eh¡­ that is¡­. Ahaha, that clothes seemed good, let¡¯s go¡­. Ahaha¡± He tried to change the topic but, ¡°Speak. Who is she?¡± ¡­ Unfortunately there¡¯s no class teaching how to change a topic in conversation during his high school life and he ultimately failed to do it. Gulp! ¡°Um, she¡¯s¡­ she¡¯s a friend¡­¡± Sure enough, once you tell a lie, you need ten more lies to cover the lie. Rain is having a headache. But calling it a friend is also the truth. Whether it was his mom or Louise, they¡¯re his closest friend¡­. So he didn¡¯t really lie didn¡¯t he? = = Rain subconsciously wants to open his mouth again to soften the mood, but suddenly realize this dialogue is not quite right. She isonly his closest and very best friend but nother wife nor his lover, so why must he tell her about something personal. Moreover, she is usingthis kind ofinterrogation tone! Having thought about it, Rain willno longer obeyblindly so he submissivelysays in a low voice: ¡°That ¡­¡­ Louise, that¡¯s my personal matters and was therefore confidential,¡± At that moment, she does not speak anymore and just looks at him deeply with her eyes wide open as if suffering the shock of her life. Rain noticed her face looks somewhatgloomy making himfeel numb and absolutely horrified¡­¡­ Did I say it harshly? ¡°I¡­ I see¡­sorry¡­?¡± Louise immediately apologized as she lowered her head. Her body started trembling. Seeing this, a pang of pain suddenly pierced Rain¡¯s heart. His guilt and consciousness began shaking. Because of this, Rain couldn¡¯t hold it any longer and told her the truth: ¡°Um, Actually, I¡¯m talking about you and mom¡­ I¡¯m sorry.¡± After his confession, Rain feels the world has come to a standstill. He dares not look at the young girl beside him. Although there were many people around them but for some unknown reason, Rain felt the place they were at was very quiet as if there were angels passing by. Hearing his words, Louise expression is swinging from gloomy to bright, changing unpredictably. A long time later. ¡°Is that so.¡± Her voice is neither soft nor loud and seemed like she was not asking a question but just stating a fact. However, it contained uncontainable happiness. ¡°Y-Yeah¡­¡± ¡°Now that I think about it, you¡¯re always alone back in school so that should be the case. Moreover, if it wasn¡¯t for me, you would have stopped going to school a long time ago~¡± Louise said happily. Her expression compared before was like heaven and earth. ¡°What do you mean I would stop going to school. That¡¯s just nothing but exaggeration¡­¡± ¡°Hm? Why? I thought that a high school male without a girlfriend like you would be too lonely and thus not be able to come to school alone¡­¡± ¡°APOLOGISE!!! Hurry up and apologize to all those high school males without a girlfriend in the country, no in the whole world!!!¡±Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°Eh? Am I wrong?!¡± Louise responded with a smile. Then, she linked her arms to him and began dragging him. ¡°Anyway, I¡¯m in a good mood today, so I¡¯ll treat you¡­¡± What¡¯s with this girl? Did she have some loose screws in the head? ¡°Oh right, didn¡¯t you think that shirt is good? Let¡¯s buy it~¡± Haa~ Forget it, girls are creatures difficult to understand. They are impossible even for the death god¡¯s disciple who¡¯s good at deduction~ ¡ª ¡ª In the world famous brand men¡¯s clothing store, Louise stand in the middle, surround by the new luxury men clothes and look with expectant eyes at Rain who has just came out from the fitting room. He looks more eye-catching than the elites and celebrities in Louise perspective. That well-tailored suit accentuates his tall and slender figure. He smiles slightly, appearing cultured and refined and asks: ¡°How do I look?¡± Louise finally recovers her composure, say happily and with flattery: ¡°Very nice ¡­Let¡¯s take it.¡± Then he takes another set of casual clothes into the fitting room. Not much later he comes out, looking like the friendly, kind and gentle boy next door. He looks at her smilingly and asks again: ¡°How about this one?¡± She once again nods her head: ¡°Yep, very nice, ¡­Wrap it up.¡± This happened one again and again before they finally get tired and went home. That wonderful and happy afternoon ended for the two young people. Although their personal feelings slightly differ from each other, however for the other people who looks at them, they were nothing but a happy couple in a date~ ¡ª ¡ª It was still raining when Rain logged inside the game. It was a downpour. Thus, with no other choice, he tried manufacturing some things using the raw materials he acquired before. Disassembling the spotted deer¡¯s corpse, he skinned the pelt first, washed it with hot water and then hanged it to dry. Right now, although he was still not as skillful as he wanted him to be, his disassembling skill was still barely passable. This can be considered as a result. However at any rate, the giant spider beside him seemed to be strongly insisting on something by staring at him with round and cute eyes while uncontrollably drooling. Well, it¡¯s not like I don¡¯t understand her. While the other predators would have eaten the captured spoils on the spot where they caught them, but because Rain wanted the monster¡¯s body to practice his skills, the giant spider refrained itself from eating it immediately and waited for him to return. That¡¯s why Rain felt pleased and understood why she would get hungry. Oh well, It can¡¯t be helped. After removing the pelt from the spotted deer, he threw the meat towards the giant spider. ¡°You can eat the meat but leave the bones for me.¡± Rain asked. The giant spider were for some reason staring blankly at him after receiving the meat, slightly bending her head to one side in puzzlement. Rain noticed that the spider was now more thoughtful compared to the time when they first met. After living and fighting together with him, within these past few days, she had grown quickly in terms of wisdom and understanding. At the start, other than understanding simple gestures and expressions, her way of thinking was not even as high as that abominable white rabbit. However, right now the current her, was even smarter than the average monster. Although she still hadn¡¯t learnt how to speak, in terms of wisdom or emotional feelings, she was no different than a human. Rain guessed that she was wondering what Rain would do with the bones. ¡°I¡¯m going to try making it a weapon or something.¡± After looking troubled for a while, the giant spider wrapped it with her sticky thread. Smiling faintly, Rain waited for the deer¡¯s pelt to dry. Without anything to do, he opened his status. ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 4 89%/100% Mana: 19/21 Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv4 23%/100% Water: Lv2 93%/100% Earth: Lv2 45%/100% Wind: Lv1 88%/100% ¨C ¡ª ¨C Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv2 31%/100% ¨C Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) ¨C Dagger Mastery Lv2 55%/100% ¨C Corpse Disassembly Lv1 23%/100% ¨C Acrobatics Lv1 34%/100% ¨C Self-Regeneration Lv0 32%/100%
Rain was currently level 4. Furthermore, he only had 11 percent EXP left to go until level 5. His different skills proficiency was rising steadily; although with the exception of the [ Self-Regeneration ] skill which was still Lv0 and was rising at a turtle speed. However, this was still good. [ Self-Regeneration ] was a balance breaker skill so it was understandable that it would really take a long time to level it up. Rain felt bored waiting for the deer¡¯s pelt to dry and so he took another monster parts he had finished drying before. It was the bones of his old friend; The Big Bad Wolf, [ Flame Grey Wolf ( Mutant ) ]. After eating skinning it and eating its meat, Rain boiled the bones and left it lying in the side. He still has no idea as to what to do with it. Now, looking at its skeleton, Rain suddenly got an insight. He took the damage breast plate he had acquired from the giant spider¡¯s treasury cave and places it on the ground beside the wolf¡¯s skeleton. Using the giant spider¡¯s sticky thread he had asked before, he then put the damage breastplate and the wolf¡¯s bone ribs together. Now, with a bit of imagination, he sews the two together and mostly succeeded in closing any gaps. ¡ªAnd now, the finished product? It looked like bone armor with a metal breastplate. With this Rain have finally ranked up his defense, from the worn-out leather clothes to creepy bone armor. BK1; Chapter 25: [ Intruder ? ] To add its exotic appearance, Rain made it a set item. He also created a mask by using his old friend¡¯s skull, and some wrist, knee and leg guards using its bones like claws and limbs together with some wolf¡¯s pelt. The ¡®basic form¡¯ knee, leg and wrist guards that looked like ninja hand claws because of the wolf¡¯s claws were finally complete. Although it only appeared as if Rain was only attaching a complete wolf skeleton on his body when he was wearing it but it was still good in his eyes. Especially when looking at the reflection of his figure after equipping the Wolf¡¯s skull mask that he made to fit his head, he thought that he might look quite cool. Looking at his own masterpiece, Rain felt quite satisfied. Although it was easy to think that it was crude due to being a product of a simple work, but the armor as well as the protectors that Rain made were created to fit him, so it looked quite, considerably good. At this moment, a ¡®Ding!¡¯ sound echoed in his ears. [ Congratulations! You have made a Set Item! ] [ Please choose a name! ] Oh so, there¡¯s also something like this? Mm, anyway a name¡­ Bone armor? No, too ordinary¡­ AH! ¡°Please name it; The Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End!¡± [ Would you like to name it [ The Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End ]? ] ¡°Yes.¡± [ Congratulations! You have successfully named the Set Item. You are the first person to create a Grade D Set Item in the entire server; do you want to disclose your identity? ] Grade D Set Item. In [ Philippine Lore ], items made by players were graded from E to SSS, of course SSS being a godlike item. Having created a D set item in this early stage was almost a miracle as it was a Set Item and not merely an ordinary item. As for the Set Items, it couldn¡¯t be said anymore as it would really be difficult to make it. One would need to make sure that the other items would commend the other items. But Rain didn¡¯t realize this point and only thought it as an inferior grade and so he only answered ¡®Whatever¡¯. Ding! [ Congratulations! Player [ Lagim ] has created a Grade D Set Item! ] Currently, the whole server was chaotic but obviously, Rain didn¡¯t notice that. [ A great armor! You have completed the Set Item [ The Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End ]. As the materials used to make it held some deep emotion serving as a connection with the creator it was given a skill! ] What¡¯s this? A deep emotion? Connection? I mean, did that wolf really see him as a friend? Rain at this moment was overjoyed. Who would not? It was a free skill after all! However, as soon as he saw the skill description, Rain¡¯s face couldn¡¯t help but twitch. [ Set Item Bonus Skill; [ Anger of Deep Hatred ]! ] Just by the name of the skill, Rain had immediately guessed what his and the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s connection¡­ Haa~ This wolf isn¡¯t a cute at all. [ Anger of Deep Hatred ]! A flame type skill that would let the user cast a black colored flame and shot it towards the enemy. This black colored flame was considered a cursed flame and will burn the enemy slowly, giving the enemy great pain. The greater the user¡¯s hatred, the stronger the flame that can be fired off. I repeat, this wolf certainly isn¡¯t cute at all. So it really hated me to the bone? Did I kill his family or something? Rain complained inwardly while forgetting the fact that he really killed several of its kin. Oh well, this skill is amazing and now it¡¯s mine. Big Bad Wolf, take care in heaven~ Rain really didn¡¯t expect to create something as good as this. Looking at his creation, for some unknown reason, Rain could faintly feel that the bone armor emitted some warmth.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. Once again, Rain gently caressed it with his palm when his expression suddenly changed. In a flash, he withdrew his hand and appalled, he hoarsely said, ¡°What was that?¡± Rain possessed an amazing skill; [ Hyper Intuition ] that was extremely outstanding and could be considered as a sixth sense. When he was touching the bone armor, he could distinctly sense a dangerous, brutal and berserk feeling was hidden within the bones. Don¡¯t tell me, the Big Bad Wolf¡¯s anger towards me was deeply engraved within its bones? That couldn¡¯t be! Sadly, he didn¡¯t have any appraisal type skill and so, he could not appraise and see the armor¡¯s details. When he touched it again, he couldn¡¯t feel anything anymore and so, he brushes it off as an illusion. Anyway, I was already satisfied in creating this armor~ ¡ª ¡ª The night gradually darkened. Rain was quietly immersed in his work that he had already forgotten about time. After successfully making the [ Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End ] Set Item, he seemed to have gotten some encouragement from the previous success. Because he had hunted several monsters these past few days, there were many materials waiting for him to work on them! From creating the [ Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End ] Rain had found some tricks in making some useful items, so counting just the form creation, it took a third of the time compared to the first time he made it.Then by basing it on the ideas inside accumulated by his rich imagination, he created several works. Although it¡¯s unfortunate that other than the [ Big Bad Wolf¡¯s End ] Set Item, the other created items were not as good as expected. For some reason, he couldn¡¯t create anymore Set Items and most importantly, the following items were only Grade E. However, Rain wasn¡¯t discouraged and continued working as a means of practice. Even while receiving the giant spider¡¯s strange gazes, Rain immersed himself again in his works. Whether you can call it fortunate or unfortunate, but all humans had something called ¡®Talent¡¯. According to the presence or absence of this talent; there were people who wouldn¡¯t be able to achieve something no matter how much effort they put into it; and there were people who would achieve a world record by just trying once; and lastly there were also people who achieved as much as they put into it. Just like Rain; who no matter what happens will do anything he could do to do something he wanted to do. Was it because of talent? There were people who once said that; ¡®Human beings were based on God¡¯s image that is why they possessed unbelievable possibilities!¡¯ As long as they put their will, time and effort to it, anything is possible no matter how long it takes. Rain was in no way a genius that mastered a technique by just trying once. However, as he steadily put more effort, his ability was increasing. Slowly, but never stopping. Even man reached the moon, without wings could fly in boundless skies and can even cross oceans. Human beings possessed endless possibilities. ¡ª ¡ª Just when Rain was about to put the monster bones and leather together, he suddenly sensed a peculiar feeling. He immediately put away what he was holding and looked at his surrounding with alertness. A strong wind blew through the entrance of the cave. ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡± Rain coldly barked as he peered outside. It was dark out there, without the shadow of a single person. Rain suddenly sensed imminent danger. Although it was currently raining outside and was normal for it to blow some strong cold wind and gale but¡­ for some reason, Rain felt his skin tingling. Fear flooded his insides causing him to get restless. So if this wasn¡¯t a normal cold wind, then it only meant one thing¡­ But he couldn¡¯t see anyone outside, nor could he sense the trace of anyone nearby. If he wasn¡¯t mistaken then this proved that the other party possessed strength that far surpassed his own. He had no idea where the other party was hiding themselves but he needs to prepare himself immediately. Just what is happening here? Could it be¡­? Was there a monster capable of stealth? But why go inside this cave? Besides, how strong could the monster be to be able to erase its presence completely!? Rain raised his perceptions to its limits, with his senses on full alert. But he still couldn¡¯t sense the other party¡¯s presence! Traces of sweat beaded on Rain¡¯s forehead. He was already almost Lv5 and by his class as a Mage, he should have sense the slightest movement of anything as long as it used mana within 10 meters of himself, even if his opponent was at a higher level. However, the other party could still manage to conceal themselves from his perception! What does this means? That meant that his opponent right now had higher level than him; worst, a higher existence! He couldn¡¯t sense the other party¡¯s presence. However, thanks to his skill; [ Hyper Intuition ], he felt a strong sense of danger. Rain slowed down his breathing and coldly swept his eyes over his surroundings. As long as the other party struck first, he would definitely return with a counterattack! In addition, he wasn¡¯t alone¡­ Looking around, Rain tried to find the giant spider but for some reason it was gone. What happened? Don¡¯t tell me something happened to Sister Spider? ¡°Ho¡­ you actually detected my presence, not bad~¡± Just as Rain was at a loss with this matter, suddenly, a feminine voice echoed inside the dim cave. Her voice was sharp and carried traces of seductiveness. ¡°Who are you?!¡± ¡°Hm, you can certainly feel my presence¡­no, it seems like you¡¯re only relying on your instinct. Am I right?¡± What-?! What¡¯s this? I couldn¡¯t feel even a little bit of intent? Just how high is her stealth? ¡°A bestial¡ªno, calling it a bestial instinct is wrong. Is that the innate skill of every hero?¡± ¡°!?¡± ¡°However, it¡¯s useless. Just relying by instinct you wouldn¡¯t be able to see me. Your sight, your hearing and even your sense of smell is not working¡­ that is why you can¡¯t see me.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not fair! Show yourself!¡± Rain hurriedly looked around the whole place nervously, but he couldn¡¯t see anyone at all. ¡°Huhuhu, it¡¯s useless. Even if you try to guess my position from my voice, you still won¡¯t be able to catch me. This is my domain. Even if you are a hero, you are still a human. If light was robbed, you won¡¯t be able to do anything but fear the darkness.¡± Hearing those words, Rain felt cold sweat running down his back. What should he do? No, what can he do? Tsk! I don¡¯t have a choice; I need to use my magic now! For Rain, his ability to use magic was one of his trump cards. No one would expect that he could use magic when he looked like a warrior. But it seems like his current enemy for some reason knows him and so, not using it would only be detrimental. Just as he cast his fire magic, he once again heard the voice behind him accompanied with the sound of applause, ¡°Oh, not that one~¡± Then he felt an invisible energy locked into him. BK1; Chapter 26: [ Anggitay ] Wha-!? Rain tried to jump in fright but it was already too late. Boom! The moment he moved, two other invisible energies wrapped themselves around both of his hands. It was then followed by a surge of energy which was pounded on his wrists, sending a sharp pain. His limbs were tightly bound by that invisible energy, was lifted into the air, and had his limbs pulled in all four directions, until he was spread-eagled. [ You have been attacked! ] [ ¡ª¡ª¡ª- Lv¡ª¡ª ] Rain didn¡¯t have the slightest power to resist his enemy, nor did he know where in the room his opponent was currently hiding themselves. All he could do was smiled bitterly. It seems like his opponent¡¯s strength wasn¡¯t something he could match. ¡°Who are you?¡± Realizing this thought, the fear surging inside him gradually calm down as he stopped struggling. ¡°Oh, are you giving up?¡± The voice sounded playful. ¡°Giving up or not, it¡¯s already no use. Because I know that no matter how much I struggled, it¡¯s already game over for me. I¡¯m certainly no match for you.¡± ¡°¡­ Oho, you¡¯re quite rational. I never expected you to be a level headed human.¡± Hearing Rain¡¯s words, the owner of the voice seemed shocked as he answered with some astonishment. ¡°I¡¯ll take that as a compliment. Anyway, there¡¯s just something I want to ask¡­¡± ¡°Go on, treat it as my service.¡± Taking a deep breath, Rain stared in front of him coldly; ¡°Where¡¯s sister spider? Did you kill her?¡± At this moment, a pair of golden eyes shining with mysterious light appeared in front of him. The eyes give Rain a chill but he still held his poker face. ¡°Ho, so you still have the composure to worry about a monster, quite a praise-worthy human being.¡± The voice held some kind of mockery. ¡°For me she¡¯s not just a monster but a friend. Anyway, I just want to warn you that if you touch her, I will surely hunt you down.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± The owner of the voice was obviously startled as she couldn¡¯t say anything. ¡°You might be able to kill me now, but remember this; if you killed her, I will crawl from my grave and return to this world to hunt you down!¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°Pfft¡­ Ahahahahahahaha¡± Laughter echoed within the cave. There¡¯s no killing nor malicious intent but only a pure laughter. Rain guessed that base from the sound that looks like bell¡¯s ringing; the owner was probably a beautiful woman. Suddenly, a figure materialized in front of him. The figure wore a black long cloak. Even her face was concealed under the hood. This person¡¯s aura felt as though it¡¯d been concealed in a void ¡ª entirely undetectable. Looking at the sudden appearance, Rain couldn¡¯t help but be surprised. The figure was very close to him yet he still can¡¯t perceive her presence. She was certainly standing there but he can¡¯t sense her at all. She was like a mirage, no an illusion. That person slowly walked towards Rain. In every step she took, her beautiful figure gave off an astonishing charm. A strongly fragrant scent wafted over. ¡°It seems like my little sister and I wasn¡¯t mistaken. You are really different from other humans¡­¡± The black cloaked figure started. Little sister? ¡°Who are you? And what little sister?¡± ¡°Please don¡¯t be afraid, I don¡¯t mean to hurt you, I just came here to meet and talk with you.¡± Heck, was this a way to tell people you want to talk with them? Rain swallowed his fear and held his retort. Under her threat, he could only give way to the pressure and do whatever the other side wanted.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°Where is sister spider?¡± Rain asked. His voice already calmed down but still held some hint of chilliness on it. ¡°Oh, don¡¯t worry about her. I just did something a li~ttle bit to make her sleep.¡± ¡°Something? No, anyway, as long as she¡¯s okay then it¡¯s fine. So what do you want?¡± Learning the spider¡¯s condition, Rain finally felt relieved as his tone of voice gradually eased a bit. Kill me? Go on, I can just return tomorrow and train again. The next time I find you, I will certainly take my revenge! There¡¯s a saying, ¡®Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to get his revenge.¡¯ I will surely without fail return this favor! ¡°What I want? Hm, what if I say I want you?¡± ¡°¡­¡­.Huh?¡± Rain¡¯s mind short-circuited. He could only stare dumbfounded at the hooded figure in front of him. ¡°What did you say?¡± ¡°I said I want you.¡± She repeated. Rain immediately replied, ¡°That¡¯s not possible!¡± The hooded figure was clearly displeased as she coldly snorted. ¡°Do you think that you have a choice? Why don¡¯t you look at your situation?¡± This was a hanging threat. Rain tried to ease the mood, ¡°W-Wait. What do you mean by you want me?¡± ¡°I mean what I mean, or is there another meaning in your human language?¡± This ¡­? Rain¡¯s mind was getting messy by the sudden turn of events. Did he just have a confession? However, one thing for sure, he wasn¡¯t the least bit happy. If someone gets jealous by his position, Rain without hesitation, would certainly change spots with him. Besides, how realistic was this game supposed to be? Getting confessed to by a super scary chick made from computer data¡¯s isn¡¯t funny at all! But still, with this development, I could somehow see a path of survival; though it¡¯s a little bit narrow. ¡°Then, let¡¯s say that I¡¯ll take this confession on its face value. What do you want me to do after that?¡± ¡°Hm, simple, stay with me¡­ and do everything I wa¡ª.¡± ¡°I decline.¡± Without hesitation, Rain let out his answer. ¡°Oh? Aren¡¯t you the funny one, human.¡± ¡°I ain¡¯t kidding! And it¡¯s not acceptable for me to end up with someone I just met for the first time in my life, much less someone whose face I couldn¡¯t see.¡± ¡°Ah, you have a point!¡± The black clothed person removed the hood and her long hair fell like waterfall. ¡°But you don¡¯t need to worry about that. I do not look that awful.¡± As he had expected, she had a devastatingly beautiful appearance; mature yet charming. She was far more than ¡®not that awful¡¯, you could simply only call her beautiful¡ªRain thought. She has a single white spiral-style horn in the middle of her forehead. But there was something odd about her body. Although she certainly had a fiery figure which alone was enough to mesmerize countless men, until they were head over heels for her; especially her chest which displayed extreme temptation. However, that wasn¡¯t the problem. When she took off her cloak, her waist kept getting longer. At first, Rain thought she was wearing very long, white velvet skirt or something maybe a dress, but as she kept rising out taller than any man, Rain immediately realized that it wasn¡¯t a velvet dress but a front of a very familiar animal, muscle and sinew under coarse white fur. Then a leg came out, long and knobby-kneed, with a huge polished hoof; then another front leg, and then the hindquarters. ¡°You¡­¡± ¡°Surprised?¡± She asked. Her beautiful face wearing a smile. Rain nodded dumbly. Seeing Rain¡¯s surprised expression, the beautiful woman let out a faint smile and with a ¡®Clop. Clop¡¯ sound, she approached closer. ¡°Seeing my true appearance, are you disgusted?¡± ¡°Ah, no, no I¡¯m just¡­ quite surprised. Although I had already expected you to be a monster but still seeing your real appearance was still a shock.¡± Rain answered honestly. ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Un,¡± Because he still can¡¯t move, Rain nodded his head while looking at the beautiful woman in front of him. Reflecting in his eyes was neither disgust nor fear but rather¡­ curiosity. ¡°I think I¡¯ve heard about your kind before. You are not a [ Tikbalang ] but an [ Anggitay ]. Am I right?¡± The beautiful woman¡¯s body trembled. Rain felt excitement in his heart. Could he have guessed correctly? [ Anggitay ] [ Anggitay ] are female creatures who are half-horse and half-woman like centaurs in legends. [ Anggitays ] can grow horns, like Unicorns, and are typically slightly smaller in stature than the centaurs. They have a lively curiosity when it comes to all things shiny, valuable, and precious. When alive the [ Anggitay ] is easily persuaded or distracted by jewels, precious metals (especially gold), crystals, and objects of value. However, what¡¯s more amazing was that they are excellent seekers and would go great distances in search of legendary treasures. They are clever, energetic and adventurous! Legends say that the [ Anggitay ] appears on the event that rain falls even with a clear sky. ¡ª ¡ª Human beings are creatures filled with curiosity. Seeing something unknown in front of them, especially creatures seen only in legends, they would immediately forget what they are doing or thinking as they were immediately consumed by their desires to know it. Rain wasn¡¯t an exception. His fear and anxiety vanished in thin air the moment his eyes laid on the beautiful woman¡¯s real appearance. ¡°Ha ha ha!¡± The beautiful woman issued a series of light laughter, ¡°You¡¯re quite knowledgeable.¡± ¡°So I guessed right?¡± ¡°Yeah¡­I¡¯m an [ Anggitay ].¡± ¡°I see this is my first time seeing someone like you¡­ what can I say, beautiful.¡± Rain voiced his thoughts. ¡°Sure enough, you¡¯re not afraid of me.¡± The beautiful woman¡¯s voice sounded a little happy, ¡°I have already seen those people who react differently compared to you¡­ Humans hate us and tried to kill us because they are afraid of us and especially because we look different from you humans. I can see the fear in their eyes but in you¡­ ¡° She couldn¡¯t help herself, she had to reach out and gently stroke Rain¡¯s cheek, ¡°Human, I only see curiosity. ¡° With this intimate action, Rain couldn¡¯t help but embarrassedly coughed twice, and then moved his head away from her hand. Hey, don¡¯t change the atmosphere so much, just now aren¡¯t you still threatening me. How can you so suddenly completely change your style? ¡°Uhun, anyway¡­ um, your name. What¡¯s your name?¡± Feeling the ambiguous atmosphere, Rain immediately tried to change the subject. ¡°I do not have a real name, but my sisters call me Leyla.¡± ¡°Leyla ¡­¡± ¡°Now then, I have fulfilled your request. And so you will become mine.¡± ¡°No!¡± Rain was taken aback causing him to impulsively refuse. BK1; Chapter 27: [ Eternal Bond of Union 1 ] But it seems like the beautiful woman; Leyla didn¡¯t care about his refusal because she was still as calm as a still water. ¡°Why? Although I¡¯m not entirely human, but my upper body still looks like that of a human girl, so what¡¯s the problem? And besides I don¡¯t think I¡¯m that ugly for you to refuse.¡± Well, that¡¯s not the problem¡­ isn¡¯t it? ¡°Uhun¡­ Actually I like freedom and peace. I dislike being forced to do things. And most importantly, what I can¡¯t stand the most are threats based on violence¡­ like what you are currently doing.¡± ¡°I see. I¡¯ll keep that in mind~¡± Leyla chuckled. ¡°Then can you le¡ª¡° ¡°Not yet.¡± ¡°But didn¡¯t you hear me? You even agreed with it.¡± She looks calmandnods her head. ¡°I said that I¡¯ll keep it in mind, but I didn¡¯t say I¡¯m going to release you.¡± ¡°You¡¯re such a ¡­ nevermind.¡± ¡°Huhuhu, if you really want to be free then promised to be mine.¡± ¡°No thanks, I¡¯ll decline.¡± Thinking about Leyla¡¯s hateful threats, Rain¡¯s tone of voicebecomes impolite. Surprisingly, Leyla does not mind Rain¡¯s attitude; ¡°I will give you time to reconsider.¡± ¡°No need. I¡¯m pretty sure I won¡¯t need any room for consideration.¡± ¡°Oh come on, its fine. Although I¡¯m not fond of stalling but I like pointless discussions where people are indecisive. They are fun to watch.¡± ¡°Wow, that¡¯s the first time our opinions are in sync.¡± ¡°Hahaha, even if you refused me but you can¡¯t deny that we get along quite well, don¡¯t we, human?¡± ¡°Stop calling me human, I have a name. It¡¯s Rain, call me that.¡± Rain said as he shrugged his shoulders helplessly. ¡°Rain¡­ nice name. Looks like our compatibility is quite good, huh?¡± ¡°What do you mean by compatibility?¡± ¡°Did you already forgotten, I¡¯m an [ Anggitay ]. A monster born in a rainy day¡­¡± ¡°Now that you mention it.¡± ¡°Huhuhu, Anyway, let¡¯s start out by testing various things about us.¡± ¡°Various things? What do you want to do?¡± Suddenly, Rain feels an imminent danger. The hands that was bound mid-air trembled slightly. ¡°When I say ¡®Test¡¯ there¡¯s only one option, right? Our physical compatibility!¡± What, what? Rain takes a long time to react. What kind of development is this?! Rain is stunned for a while, and then only comprehends what she is saying, but obviously her speech is not able to keep up so he foolishly screams: ¡°Wait, wait, wait stop! This game is turning into an R-rated game isn¡¯t it? Please stop! A novel with that kind of setting is bad for children under 10 yrs. old!¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Why are you screaming?¡± Leyla¡¯s gaze darkens, and displeasure rises in her chest. ¡°Wait, first of all let¡¯s make things clear. That was just a joke right?¡± With a calm and collected face, Leyla softly declared: ¡°I don¡¯t make pointless jokes.¡± ¡°Er, wait¡ª, I get it. It was funny though¡­¡± ¡°Currently this season is the time where we will look for our appropriate mate. In addition, I was just thinking about wanting to make a family. So, if you¡¯re horny enough to be down for it, I don¡¯t mind giving birth to your kids.¡± Seeing Rain¡¯s unwillingness, Leyla had no choice but to start explaining.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡°Why me? There should be a lot of your kind out there¡­ why choose me?¡± ¡°A good question.¡± She nodded, ¡°Actually I¡¯ve already saw you ever since the day you came to this forest. And in fact I know already what you are. A [ Tagangmundo ] a man from another world, am I right?¡± ¡°Since then¡­?¡± Rain frowned. ¡°That is right, but I did not show myself to you. At that time, I wanted to chase you out like I did with your kind but¡­ ¡° ¡°My kind? You mean, there were also people like me inside this forest? How come I didn¡¯t saw even their shadow these past few days?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t I already tell you, I chase them out.¡± ¡°Chase? How? You mean you killed all of them?¡± ¡°No. I know that your kind will just resurrect the day after so there would be no point in killing you. So, I used my magic to get them astray and let them out on my territory. Who cares where they end up to¡­ but you are different.¡± So that¡¯s why I feel like I¡¯m the only one in this place. And here I thought that the game system put me to some high level place alone¡­ ¡°Different?¡± ¡°Yes. In your first day, you met that abominable thunder rabbit and actually survive. So I got curios and leave you alone for some time. Then stuff happened¡­¡± ¡°Wait, you mean that white bastard?! Is it actually really super strong?¡± ¡°Well yeah. That thunder rabbit is one of the local bullies here. And so, I watched you and seen everything you have done. Although I do not quite understand why you are not showing the usual malice against monsters like your sister spider, I decided choose you to be my mate.¡± ¡°Everything he had done was seen by her?¡± This implied that she was always following him,but he was completely unaware of her? She, wasn¡¯t she too powerful? Rain¡¯s heart twitched. ¡°Anyway, I refused. I think you are a very nice person¡ªah no, monster, but I¡¯m not interested in our having a sexual relationship. It is still too early for me.¡± ¡°But you have no choice~¡± This woman! Listening to Leyla¡¯s threats, Rain couldn¡¯t help but raise his eyebrows slightly. ¡°Terrible. Kids these days are such horny creatures~¡± Rain lamented. Don¡¯t tell me, I will get assaulted inside this game? Wait, this is a game right¡­ so does that mean that there¡¯s a possibility that it won¡¯t happen? No, from my experience up until now, this game is too real! Don¡¯t tell me¡­ Ah my chastity which I painstakingly protected for hundreds of years¡ªah just kidding, it¡¯s only for several years. But still, to lose it inside a game is really¡­ T-T Tears are flowing in Rain¡¯s heart, surging forward into the sea, never to return. ¡°Who are you calling a kid? I¡¯m certainly older than you!¡± ¡°W-Wait, wait. I kinda understand this now. So in other words, you will kill me if I really refuse, right?¡± ¡°Un,¡± She then looks deeply at him again,her tone iseven more serious than before: ¡°If you won¡¯t accept me, I won¡¯t just kill you once but also each time you revive.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°I know that you will surely resurrect at the place you were killed so finding you is certainly not a problem.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± At this time, Rainbecomes completely silent. Kill me each time I resurrect? Damn that¡¯s just too brutal! Too sadistic! I will return to Lv0 in no time if she did that! Damn it! Did this world hate me or something?! In order toavoid either he become extremely angry or go out of control andstrangle the beautiful woman in front of him, Rain decided if he can, he won¡¯t talk to her. That¡¯s right! It is best if he won¡¯t talk to her! Just thinking like this, Rain became very depressed. This is clearly bullying!! When he raises his head, he can see her beautiful face is fullof smiles. Hence,he became even more depressed. Oh good lord, what have I done?! Why hast thou forsaken me? ¡°But, but I¡¯m just a weak human. I¡¯m even unarmed and you¡¯re planning to torment me just because you are strong? Aren¡¯t you just being a bully? A gentleman uses his mouth and not his fists!¡± ¡°Worry not; I¡¯m going to do it gently. However, if you really want to fight me and need any sort of weapon, shall I give it to you?¡± ¡°Then give me a pen and some papers. I want to write my last will and testament for this world.¡± Well, I don¡¯t have any choice. However, if push comes to shove, I will still fight until last breathe! If you think that I¡¯m just a pushover then try to bite me! ¡°Stop blabbing. It¡¯s giving me the chills!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care!¡± ¡°Do you really want to die?¡± Leyla squint her eyes, her tone sounding slightly unpleasant, and her face plainly saying ¡°object me and die.¡± This is pretty bad¡­ I¡¯m really writing a will¡­ why did I have to prepare to die from the first volume¡­? Rain lamented inwardly. But he still steeled himself and ignores her. Shaking his head left and right, he then look up to the sky and began reciting; ¡°And so it has arrived ¡ª the fatal instant, the dismal injunction of my cruel fate; so it has come at last ¡ª the moment, the date, when I must separate myself from you. Goodbye, Leonor, goodbye! I take my leave, leaving behind with you my lover¡¯s heart! Goodbye, Leonor: from here I now depart. O Melancholy absence! Ah, what pain!¡± ¡°My name is not Leonor but Leyla. Why are you so dumb? You can¡¯t even get it right.¡± ¡°Who said I was talking about you? This was the national hero; Jose Rizal¡¯s [ Good Bye to Leonor ]¡¯s poem! I like it so I will make it as my last will.¡± ¡°You-!¡± ¡°I¡¯m not resisting, you know? So be gentle~¡± At this moment, Leyla¡¯s expression suddenly changed. She narrows her eyes.A familiar oppressive feelingdescends on Rain. ¡°I don¡¯t have time for this. Oh well I change my mind, whether you like it or not, I will make you mine¡­¡± ¡°What are you planning?¡± Hearing her words, Rain¡¯s body immediately trembled. BK1; Chapter 28: [ Eternal Bond of Union 2 ] ¡°If you¡¯re bent on taking my life, then I have no choice but to fight you until my last breathe!¡± ¡°Hmph. I guess threats weren¡¯t enough for you. But if you¡¯re wise, you¡¯ll realize that you are no match for me, even if you call for help.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care! However, I¡¯ll figure something out after!¡± ¡°After?! Hahaha you surprisingly don¡¯t know when to give up, do you? But I like that in a man. However, let me tell you something, Rain. I know you love freedom so much but that¡¯s difficult to have¡­¡± Especially so for this world. ¡°If you are weak, you will get swallowed. This is the truth in this kind of world. I don¡¯t know what kind of world you grew into but in this world, strength means everything. And right now, I¡¯m stronger than you¡­¡± ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± Rain immediately replies in a serious tone, ¡°You¡¯re certainly absurdly powerful, I admit that. However, there are tons of things you can¡¯t just settle through fighting and killing!¡± Leyla looks at him in surprised for two seconds. ¡°Oh, by your words, are you afraid of dying?¡± ¡°If I was afraid of dying, I shouldn¡¯t have played this game in the first place. And even if I won¡¯t resurrect again anymore, it still won¡¯t change anything. Living beings die off sooner or later; making it early doesn¡¯t change a thing.¡± ¡°¡­Impressive way of thinking, however, you are wrong. I have already said this before Rain. You are mine and will always be. However, I also know that even if I kill you, nothing will change. You will just resurrect, so I won¡¯t kill you, I promised you that. Besides I don¡¯t like hurting my mate¡­¡± ¡°Then¡­¡± ¡°So you can rest assured that you won¡¯t get hurt. But that doesn¡¯t mean that you can escape from me¡­¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°My family is one that has killed for over millions of years. I¡¯ve been living in the dark side of human history. There¡¯s no way, I¡¯m letting you go.¡± ¡°Then what will you do? Take me into a captive? Put me into a cage somewhere, like a slave or a livestock until I agreed?¡± Just thinking of spending the time inside the game by becoming a captive princess, Rain couldn¡¯t help but become apprehensive. This isn¡¯t a fairytale for heaven¡¯s sake! I am not a damsel in distress and most importantly I am so not Rapunzel! Looking into Rain¡¯s murderous eyes, Leyla only smiled mischievously and stroke Rain¡¯s cheek gently: ¡°Maybe¡­ but if I did that, you will just hate me even more.¡± Rain snorts. ¡°Hmph. You understand me too well, unexpectedly.¡± Leyla ignores Rain¡¯s sarcasm and continued speaking. ¡°Besides, I don¡¯t know why but I can sense a very familiar and nostalgic feeling coming from you. And because of that, I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t let you back into a corner.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°In truth, I can feel something similar with the heroes of the past from you. They experience various tribulations and survive, becoming even stronger, more monstrous. I might be able to step your head for now, but I¡¯m afraid in the near future, you will easily surpass me, change this situation and escape from my hand. I can¡¯t let you do that, you are mine Rain. Mine!¡± Rain looks up. Leyla was looking at him sharply, causing him to tremble a little, what is she trying to say with her eyes ¡­¡­ why is he scared == ¡°W-Why are you so fixated on me, anyway? Although I don¡¯t want to admit it but I¡¯m neither handsome nor strong yet, so I don¡¯t know why you¡¯re so adamant on choosing me.¡± Rain felt a little bewildered, why does this girl likes him so much? He¡¯s just a human, much less not an outstanding human. Just why did she want me so much? Leyla looks at him andlaughter flashes in her eyes. Immediately her faceturns cold andshe says indifferently: ¡°The one I want, is you, it¡¯s something that¡¯s impossible to change. For you, even if I have to fork out everything I have, I will not hesitate to do so.¡±This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Rain is dumbfounded. Why? Don¡¯t tell me this scary chick really fall in love with me? Just what is wrong with this game? Leyla paused and thinks for a moment, then makes a decision, her eyebrows relaxing. ¡°Rain, in this world, there is light and darkness. And for a million years, these two are completely separated¡­¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°In other words, those who are living in the light will stay in the light and those who are living in the darkness has no choice but to hide their ¡®Forms¡¯ and disappear into ¡®Darkness¡¯¡­ who do you think is pitiful? The one¡¯s blessed with the light or those beings of shadow that had no choice but to embrace the dark?¡± However something had happened. And the day and night was mixed. ¡°What do you want to say¡­?¡± Rain looks without blinking. Looking at a bewildered Rain, Leyla¡¯s mood suddenly improves: ¡°¡­My kind, has always been living in the dark¡­that includes me as well. That is why; I couldn¡¯t help but longed for that light which was our hated adversary. The one we could look at but never have¡­¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°Even if our greatest dreams and desires have finally been fulfilled; where the day and night was mixed and so we can finally show ourselves without concerns, do everything we wanted; kill, plunder and step upon other corpses. However, that¡¯s just that. The path we walk will never change ¡­ it will always end in nothingness.¡± ¡°Knowing nothing other than battle and bloodshed. We had become too used to the cold battlefield while building our nests where the soft warm light couldn¡¯t find us. But little did we know that in the end, we will, with our own hands destroy everything we desire¡­ and then just like always, we ended up alone. Truthfully I¡¯m sick with this all; I want someone to stay with me, to be my light¡­ However, I realized, even if we are now free to do what we want¡­ it was all worthless.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°We are feared, hated and despised. Fighting without end, and here I thought that we had finally freed from the darkness but in truth we are still the shadows. We are still the beings of darkness that will never mix with the beings of light.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°However, if I managed to have you, a man who was shining like the golden sun, then it would mean that I would finally grasp that which we couldn¡¯t have. And to do that, even if I will become your greatest hated monster, I will do anything I can to have you.¡± After finishing her speech, Leyla let out a hateful voice, still wearing a smile. ¡°¡­That is why; I want to apologize in advance¡­ my light.¡± Rain instinctively trembled. She will do something! Rain thought and became even more fearful. But Leyla was almost indifferent to his reaction. Her body¡¯s aura swelled and she inhaled powerfully. ¡°Let the rain swept away your sadness. Let the rain fall to cover your tears. Let the rain be the witness for our union¡­¡± ¡°What are you doing!?¡± Rain shouted dumbly. But he realized his voices seemed faint and non-existent, and that shout became the final sound he heard. His vision narrowed and his perception thinned. His heart accelerated ¨C he seemed to feel that, but the feeling also began becoming murky. Then suddenly, Rain¡¯s entire body even started to burn. Enveloped by blazing fire, Rain¡¯s whole body turned into a mass of flame, suffering the onslaught of super-high heat that almost drove him insane. Hot. Hot hot hot hot. Turned into a burning effigy, Rain screams his lungs out! ¡°Ahhhhhhhhhhh!¡± Just as Rain was struggling in pain, the girl¡¯s voice could be heard overhead. ¡°This is just normal because the fire element inside your body is a little bit strong compared to the other elements and so, this was what happened. But no need to worry, this will just take a short while in order for you to be baptized by the spirits.¡± Rain heard the familiar voice echoing inside his mind but he has no time to care for it. All his attention was focused inside his body. He has no idea what is happening to him. But he was assured of one thing; he couldn¡¯t resist, as if his consciousness was being forcibly stripped from his body. He didn¡¯t know if he was still hanging in the air or if he had already collapsed. All of his senses left him, and the only thing left around him was the buzzing, resounding incantation and the aura surrounding him. Stop¡ª Would that word he wanted to give voice to be able to become sound? Rain, who endured the pain, started swaying and soon fainted after shouting ¡°Ah¡±, collapsing powerlessly. ¡ª ¡ª ¡°¡­Ugh, what happened to me?¡± Rain woke to his own voice. His vision was dim. It seemed he was in an exceptionally large space. It felt as if he was outdoors¡­eh, outdoors? Looking around, he realized he was indeed in a dark place. And most of all, it seemed like he was inside a cave. I can¡¯t remember anything before falling to sleep. What was I doing? With a heavy head, he woke his body up. ¡°Why¡­am I sleeping at such a place?¡± He murmured to himself, tilting his head. His body was as heavy as a lead block, for he was sleeping on a hard place. It did not seem as if he had just napped at all. ¡°You¡¯re awake.¡± A clear, beautiful voice rang could be heard from behind, ringing his head that was yet to be fully awake. He looked back, and saw an angelic face just inch from him, and inadvertently reared his head back. Her gold dazzling eyes of precious stones were staring right at him. Seeing the breath taking beauty beside him, as if struck by lightning, his memories linked together. ¡°¡­ L, leyla¡­¡± With that, Rain recalled everything. At this moment, he finally realized his current predicament. With a ¡®Hiii!¡¯ scream, Rain¡¯s body jerked back while protecting his head. Needless to say, this was all reflex actions. Recalling how terrifying this girl in front of him despite of her out-of-this-world beauty, Rain¡¯s body couldn¡¯t help but trembled in fear. Leyla look Rain¡¯s reaction with an amused expression. It seemed like she doesn¡¯t mind it even a bit. ¡°Are you okay?¡± I¡¯m not alright. I¡¯m not alright at all. To his heart that was currently constantly jumping, as if it was about to shatter, you cannot consider it alright at all! And how much shamelessness do you need to have to ask that when you were the one who caused it? How thick is her skin to ask as if it was nothing? BK1; Chapter 29: [ Eternal Bond of Union 3 ] Wait¡­ I¡¯m still alive. ¡°You don¡¯t have any injury but is there any place hurt?¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem like I¡¯m hurt anywhere. Moreover, Leyla what did you do to me?¡± Rain finally managed to calm his raising heart and glared at the beautiful girl in front of him. He struggled hard to adjust his posture, but unfortunately¡ª was it the recoil from the long period of lying on a cold, rough ground, he immediately stumbled and fell down. His body was aching, as if he just ran a marathon and he fell from in the ground causing the back of his head slamming into the rough ground. ¡°Ah, you shouldn¡¯t move just yet. Your body took a lot of damage.¡± ¡°OOOUUUUUCCCCHHHHHH!!!!¡± And as Rain was groaning away, cupping his head in agony, a lovely voice rang in front of him. ¡°See? Ha~ be careful, geez. What kind of idiot suddenly got up after waking up?¡± A soft hand touched the back of his head and gently strokes it. It felt smoother than he thought it would be, although Rain still felt a slight pain it was covered by the comfortable feeling he felt from the hand. Then, the hand emitted a small, white light followed by the pain completely disappearing. ¡°!?¡± ¡°Now it should be okay, but you should still be careful next time.¡± Leyla warned him as she continued stroking it gently. Seeing Leyla¡¯s intimate action, Rain felt complicated. What is she doing? Stare¡­ ¡°What are you staring at me for? It¡¯s rude you know?¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­ = =¡± ¡°I said, hey! Don¡¯t be staring at a young lady¡¯s body like that, you lecherous whipper-snapper. What? You want to do it? I won¡¯t mind you know~¡± Leyla joked as she crossed her two arms in front of her bountiful mountains while smiling mischievously. However, Rain ignored her provocation and continued to glare at her. ¡°What did you do to me?¡± Shrugging her shoulders, Leyla smiled wryly. ¡°Simple, I claimed what¡¯s mine.¡± ¡°You!¡± Hearing her answer, Rain immediately jumps back. He then looks at his body and saw that he was still wearing his leather clothes and felt somewhat relieved. Looks like he was still as pure as spring. ¡°Hey, don¡¯t cry out and cover your chest. Thinking a man is doing that is just creeping me out~¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say that!!¡± Looking at his funny reaction, Leyla let out a small laughter. ¡°Anyway, you don¡¯t need to worry, I¡¯m a reasonable woman. I won¡¯t do that when my partner is unconscious~¡± Reasonable woman? You think yourself reasonable? If you¡¯re reasonable then all the people are unreasonable! ¡°What¡¯s with describing yourself as reasonable, stop that. Because of you, I almost died.¡± ¡°You too, stop saying those deplorable things. In the first place, it was due to your own inexperience. Firstly, you should be lamenting over your own weakness.¡± A calm reply to Rain and the mood became heavier. ¡°You¡¯re still weak, but you don¡¯t have to worry because as long as I¡¯m here nothing will happen to you.¡± Leyla continued with a smile and gestured Rain to come over. But Rain ignored her gesture. ¡°Hey, tell me one thing.¡± ¡°What is it? Speak your mind.¡± ¡°What did you do to me? I don¡¯t think that you will just free me without doing anything.¡± That¡¯s right. She didn¡¯t kill him nor captured him and instead set him free. She said she had claimed what¡¯s hers¡­ what does she meant by that? Rain felt a dangerous forbidding but he still held on himself and tried to calm his jumping heart. Just what did she do to him? ¡°About that ¨C ¡± Her response to Rain¡¯s question was a simple faint smile. As though she were assessing him, she stared at him intently. Her eyes were like that of a predator eyeing its prey. No, not ¡®like¡¯ because she was a predator, after all.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°No matter how I answer it, there will be things that you cannot comprehend. But indeed, I did something to you¡­ look at your chest.¡± Rain was feeling perplexed; however, he still opened his leather clothes and looked at his chest, only to find a mark. ¡°This ¡­¡± ¡°Did you finally notice it?¡± As Rain nodded, Leyla¡¯s smile widened. The mark looked like the mark of a black cloud surrounded by tribal flames. This unidentified mark was carved on Rain¡¯s chest like a tattoo! Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but gasped out of surprise. ¡°Wh-What is this?! I don¡¯t remember having this!¡± ¡°That is the mark of our bond.¡± Leyla said casually. ¡°Bond?¡± ¡°Yeah, with that you won¡¯t be able to kill me nor betrayed and leave me. It¡¯s like a curse, see.¡± Leyla explained as she opened her chest and shows him the same mark branded on Rain¡¯s chest. ¡°You can¡¯t kill me because if you do you will also die. Even if you can resurrect again, you will still suffer the curse consequences, though I can¡¯t say how¡­ but that¡¯s just how the curse is. Although we can be separated or you leaving me behind, but if you tried to betray me, the curse will activate and you will suffer.¡± Leyla slowly walked towards Rain who was dumbstruck and couldn¡¯t move due to shock. Smiling lightly, she embraced him. ¡°The curse works the same with you too so you don¡¯t need to worry. It is impossible for me to harm you, because I won¡¯t be able to live the moment you die.¡± ¡°¡­I can¡¯t hurt nor betray you. So it means, you are mine and I am yours¡­ forever.¡± ¡°That¡¯s¡­¡± ¡°With the help of the mark, you will also know where I am or if I am in danger, it will summon you forcefully at that time, same goes for you. And this will be to your advantage, because right now, you¡¯re still too weak. So this will help me protect you better.¡± ¡°I-if that is really true, then you will die if I die right?¡± ¡°Hm, maybe~ though I¡¯m not quite sure yet because you are an immortal. If you died, you won¡¯t actually stay dead so, maybe there¡¯s some change with how the curse works if it was used by someone like you.¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°Well, anyway, this will also give you some benefits you know.¡± ¡°Benefits? Is there still others from the one you told me about?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± Leyla smiled sweetly. ¡°Because that mark is like a contract between us, if I became stronger then you will also improve, vice versa. And because right now I¡¯m way stronger compared to you, then you should have acquired some improvements.¡± ¡°R-Really?¡± ¡°Un.¡± Leyla nods her head while smiling faintly. ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 4 89%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 17 (+10 ) Stamina: 19/19 (+10 ) Agility: 13 (+10 ) Mana: 21/21 (+10 ) Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv6 9%/100% Water: Lv2 93%/100% Earth: Lv2 45%/100% Wind: Lv1 88%/100% ¨C ¡ª ¨C Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv2 52%/100% ¨C Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) ¨C Dagger Mastery Lv2 55%/100% ¨C Corpse Disassembly Lv1 23%/100% ¨C Acrobatics Lv1 34%/100% ¨C Self-Regeneration Lv1 0%/100%
  • Condition Status; [ Cursed ]
¨C [ Eternal Bond of Union ] ¨C Counterpart; [ Leyla ] ¨C Effect: Received +10 points for every status. +Enable to use the counterpart¡¯s basic skills: [ Treasure Hunter ] [ Rainfall ] [ Stamp ] and [ Good Luck ]. ¨C Passive Effect: [ Currently Locked ] ¨C Other Effects: [ Unknown ] ¨C Passive skill: [ Bond of Life and Death ]
This seemed not ¡­ bad¡­? Or wait, wait I¡¯m losing my senses! Sh*t! To think that I will lose myself because of some increasing stats! Pull yourself together Rain Villaflores!!! But this stats¡­urgh, w-well, isn¡¯t this okay? I mean isn¡¯t she beautiful? So I guess¡­ no, no no¡­ Urk! Such honey trap! ¡°D-don¡¯t think that I, I have f-forgiven you¡­ o-oka¡ª¡± ¡°Shh.¡± Leyla brought a finger to her lips. ¡°Don¡¯t say anything. All I want is for you to always remember that you will not be able to escape from me no matter how much you tried. You are mine, and always will be¡­ Got that?¡± Rain¡¯s mind went blank. It was like cold water had been splashed on his face, and he was immediately aroused from his stupor. He looked at Leyla¡¯s stunning beauty. That¡¯s right! She¡¯s an anomaly; this girl is an angel in appearance, but a devil underneath. Haa, as I thought ¡®Joy is always guarded by sorrow¡¯. But what should he do now? Become an obedient husband? Hell no, but what can he do? Should I jump into this pit? Wait, first of all is it really okay to trust this woman? But even if he didn¡¯t like it, what can he do? He was already branded by this mark¡­ Hm, is this what ¡®Cooked rice¡¯ means? ¡°I¡¯m going now.¡± Leyla saw that Rain was deep in thoughts. Although she can¡¯t read minds but she had already guessed what he was thinking¡­ or maybe hesitating is the right term? Though she hate to part from him without doing anything but right now, Leyla think that she should leave Rain for now. Besides, even if he runs away she can still find him. And so she bid him farewell. ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± Hearing her farewell, Rain turned around and looked at her. His face revealed his complicated feelings. And what should he say? Bye? Um¡­ ¡°I¡¯m really going now¡­¡± Leyla once again said this on her mouth, but her legs didn¡¯t move a single inch. ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°Hey, I said I¡¯m going now.¡± This time her voice contained annoyance. ¡°Uh¡­um, I-I¡¯ll send you off!¡± Rain stammered. His face red. Damn! Wh-Why is my face going red?! ¡°Good, good! That¡¯s what you should do~¡± Leyla suddenly laughed. Her laughter sounded very unique. Her whole delicate shoulders tremble uncontrollably as her body move animatedly. Seeing this, Rain suddenly felt weird. Her smile particularly warmed his heart. Why? Is this the [ Eternal Bond of Union ]¡¯s side effects? Uugh¡­ ¡°Well, I¡¯m just kidding. You don¡¯t need to and just rest here.¡± Leyla turned around and gave him a smile. Her smile was silent and didn¡¯t really show in her expression. However, her two eyes that was as clear as spring water was smiling, immediately filling his heart to the brim. Uh, don¡¯t tell me¡­ no way! I think I¡¯m going insane!!! Rain never thought that her smile would have such a powerful charm over him; Conquering his heart in an instant. ¡°Wait a minute, where¡¯s sister spider?¡± At this moment, the spider¡¯s image suddenly appeared on his mind. He almost forgot about her! What kind of a friend is he? ¡°Don¡¯t worry about her. As soon as I left, she will appear.¡± Leyla answered with a faint smile. ¡°Anyway, always remember, I¡¯m always watching you¡­¡± Hearing her last words, Rain¡¯s heartbeat suddenly accelerated by a hundred more beats per minute. --- --- Sorry for the late chapters guys, busy-busy here XP Anyway, just like always, if you want another chapter then just visitroyal novel. There''s a bonus chapter there! Hope you enjoyed it, guys~ BK1; Chapter 30: [ Player鈥檚 Ranking ] He felt like she was his first love. He always wanted to talk to her, but his mouth would stammer and he couldn¡¯t say anything in the end. He could only look at her dazedly. Ah, that can¡¯t be right? I mean this is a game! I should know how to separate game with reality¡­ Damn it! I¡¯m losing it!!! Leyla turned around and waved her little, snow-white hands lightly, bidding her farewell. As a light breeze flowed from her body, she disappeared from Rain¡¯s sight¡­ She was just like a Wind fairy that came and went soundlessly! Rain watched her leaving him with somewhat reluctance in his heart. And as expected, the moment Leyla disappeared, the whole space around Rain seemed to distort and then, ¡°Scree!!¡± In front of him, a giant spider was looking at him anxiously. ¡°Sister spider!¡± ¡°Scree!!¡± When Rain approached, the spider immediately and gave a happy cry. ¡°What¡¯s this? Sister spider I¡¯ve only left you for a moment and¡­ How did you become like this?¡± Rain talked while stroking the giant spider¡¯s back¡­ ¡°Did you become thin? Look at your face, why do I feel that it became smaller?¡± Rain worriedly caressed its huge head as if stroking a child. ¡°Scree!¡± Always staying beside Rain, the giant spider seemed to have grown attached to him and became quite dependent as she rubbed her head against Rain. ¡°Scree!!¡± This gesture, like a pampered cat, made him instinctively pet its head while smiling. He then continued to pet its head a bit more. While petting the spider¡¯s head, Rain unintentionally stopped and looked at it in its entirety. ¡°Scree~?¡± What¡¯s wrong?¡¡The spider seemed to say as it tilted its head to one side. He directed his line of sight to where it was leaning. Should he tell her what happened to him? Hm, maybe it would just needlessly get worried¡­ Nah, let¡¯s do that another time~ ¡ª ¡ª Inside a widely dense forest, a white furred leopard was grooming its white fur in satisfaction. This white leopard was named as the [ Frost Leopard ] and its strength could be considered average. ¡°Bang!¡± Following a muffled noise, leaves around the [ Frost Leopard ] suddenly shot skywards and rained down onto the animal. This sudden change caused the [ Frost Leopard ] to retreat in panic but as its body moved backwards, a human figure surged outwards from within the leaves and the branches. The human figure appeared behind the [ Frost Leopard ] was wearing a creepy bone armor while wearing an exotic looking animal skull as a mask. The human figure raised his hand and smashed it down with full strength. A punch that held a savage and enormous force, severely smashed toward the Leopard¡¯s brain. This savage force caused the fur on the [ Frost Leopard ] to stand on end. In its horrifying fanged mouth, there was a howl followed by a crimson white ice energy being shot out madly. That white ice energy tried to encapsulate the human figure for a brief moment. However, this time, the white ice energy didn¡¯t achieve its desired effect. The human figure was a little bit petite and nimble, and most of all, he was lighter than the leopard by many times. The human figure elegantly somersaulted in the air and gracefully landed on the ground. The [ Frost Leopard ] tried to hit the human with countless icicles but it was useless. It was all dodge by the human successfully.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Seeing that its Ice magic had no effect, the [ Frost Leopard ] quickly turned and fled for its life. However, the human figure rushed out and looking at the desperately escaping Frost Unicorn Wolf, he coldly snorted. His feet suddenly strangely twisted before stepping on the ground again while he softly shouted from his mouth, ¡°Stamp!¡± Accompanying that shout, a pale, yellow glow actually emerged from that human figure¡¯s feet and with the lightly glowing yellow right foot; he heavily stepped on the ground. Bang! At that moment, an explosion like noise sounded from where the feet had been in contact with the ground. And the ground beneath them trembled as if it was having an earthquake. Because of this, the leopard¡¯s posture broke and helplessly fell into the ground. Seeing this as an opening, the human figure immediately moves. Like an arrow that left the bow, the human figure charged towards the fallen leopard with an insane speed which greatly surpassed that of a normal human. Leaping over the animal¡¯s fallen body, that figure spun his body and raised a sharp spear-like bone of an animal and savagely stabbed it at the leopard¡¯s head. At that moment, the [ Frost Leopard ] movements stalled and with a muffled noise, the tough leopard let out a cry of agony for one last time and then fell motionless on the ground ¡­ dead. Using only one stabbed to neutralize the [ Frost Leopard ], the figure raised his head, exposing the clear look of a youth. It was Rain who was doing his hunt. Today¡¯s Rain, compared to a few days ago, had an additional tough feel to him and there was a bloody feeling permeating his body. He exudes a powerful feeling which was comparable to the him before. Of course, Rain knows the reason why he suddenly felt different. [ Eternal Bond of Union ] which Leyla forcefully did, gave him a great boost in strength and power. His body strength increased a whole new level and his speed was incomparable from before. Such thing, who wouldn¡¯t feel excited? Although Rain was currently feeling a bit complicated about it but after seeing his enhanced strength, all hesitation vanished in thin air. Let the river flows and swept his boat¡­ anyway, he had gotten some benefits so why complain? Ding! [ Congratulations! You have leveled up! ] [ You are the first player in [ Philippine Lore ] to reach Lv5 and successfully unlocked the [ Player¡¯s Ranking ]. As a reward, you will received 1 [ Gold Achievement Chest ]! ] [ You are ranked no.1 in the [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] chart. The system will release a global notice; do you wish to hide your personal information? ] The sound of system notifications rang beside his ears for a long time¡­ Undoubtedly, in this instant, he had risen from an insignificant level, to the highest in all of [ Philippine Lore ]¡­ LV5, right now this is a level that regular players simply cannot reach at this moment. Whoa, I was ranked no.1? This¡­ Ding! [ The system will release a global notice, do you wish to hide your personal information? ] Not gaining his answer after a long time, the system had to give another reminder. ¡°Y-Ye¡­¡± Because of the excitement, Rain¡¯s replied was slow. For now, he wanted to avoid getting famous immediately and just want to raise his level. However, ¡ªBefore he could finish his sentence another Ding! Sound rang out from his ears. Looking at the notification window, Rain¡¯s smile froze and his eyebrows couldn¡¯t help but twitch. [ Because you took a long time to decide, your counterpart [ Leyla ] had chosen [ NO ] for you! ] THAT DAMN WOMAN!!!!!!!! Ding! [ Global announcement! All players in the world please pay attention! Player [ Lagim ] had finally reached Lv5 and successfully unlocked the feature [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] an achievement worthy to remember. As the no.1 player in [ Philippine Lore ] his achievement has been recorded into the World Hall of Fame. Player [ Lagim ] gains system reward: Gold: 50, and bonus status points: 5 and skill points: 3. May all players continue to work hard, creating even more glorious success. ] Ding! [ [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] was now successfully unlocked! Players may now look at it. ] The first time the global notification sounded, the [ Philippine Lore ] world fell into a death like silence, and then went into complete mayhem. ¡ªAll because of one player; [ Lagim ] Lv5? Someone at this stage had actually reached Lv5? Wha, what, wait, how, what, what kind of joke is this!! What kind of leveling speed is this?! ¡ª ¡ª [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] chart. Rank 1: [ Lagim ] Lv5 The newly unlocked [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] only has the player [ Lagim ] all alone written on it. Players who have reached Lv5 can be said to be proper and distinguished players or experts and so, only Lv5 and above players have the right to be listed, other players below simply do not have the qualifications to be listed. In this moment, the only name appearing on the ranking not only attracted Philippine¡¯s but the whole world¡¯s attention¡­ because no other country around the world has unlocked the [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] chart. ¡°Lv5¡­ this.. must be¡­a mistake! How is this possible!?¡± ¡°Holy shit, a Lv5 player! I¡¯m still even Lv2 how can someone reach this level at this early?!¡± ¡°He is called [ Lagim ]? How come I never heard of him?¡± ¡­¡­ Within one hour, the entire [ Philippine Lore ] website and official forum was completely flooded with heated discussions. The name [ Lagim ] was already known by countless people. At this stage being a Lv2 is already good, being a Lv3 is enough to have people be killed over in jealousy¡­ But this time what they heard is¡­ the appearance of a Lv5 player. The shock towards their minds was practically like an earthquake. Until now, there are still many players that still didn¡¯t believe their ears, or thought that maybe there is some kind of problem that has appeared in the system. But how can that be? The [ Player¡¯s Ranking ] only showed the Lv5 player; [ Lagim ]! The current highest player inside [ Philippine Lore ]; [ Lagim ] ¡ª ¡ª BK1; Chapter 31: [ The Inheritance again!! ] Looking at the global notification in front of him, Rain couldn¡¯t help but cursed Leyla nonstop. He was planning to go low-key but this damn woman ruined it all¡­ Wait a moment, Leyla is not a player so does it mean this is also the effect of [ Eternal Bond of Union ]? Don¡¯t tell me she can also see a notification window now? Well duh, she could choose ¡®NO¡¯ for him after all¡­ Hmm¡­ Just as Rain was immersed on his thoughts, ¡°Hey, I know that it was you~¡± Suddenly a cheerful voice called out behind him. Surprised, Rain couldn¡¯t help but jump away instinctively from his position and quickly made his fighting stance upon landing on the ground. But Rain¡¯s expression quickly turned shock with some bewilderment as he verified the owner of the voice. ¡°Wh-Why are you here?¡± The AI which he had met when he was creating his game account smiled while looking at him. ¡°Why are you asking something like that? Did you already forget?¡± ¡°Forgot what?¡± ¡°Haa~ What a stupid hero. Of course it¡¯s your [ Inheritance ].¡± ¡°Ah!¡± Now that Rain thinks about it, she did say that he will get one after every five levels. So it means it¡¯s time for that roulette again¡­? Just thinking about make Rain¡¯s blood boils in anticipation! ¡°¡­But I never thought that it would really be you. You are really one of a kind, Lagim.¡± The AI smiled brightly. However, it¡¯s only for a brief moment because her smile suddenly turned stiff. Her eyes looked at Rain¡¯s body as if she was examining it, then with a grave voice she spoke to him angrily: ¡°You are marked!?¡± Hearing her raising her voice as if she was scolding him made him scared out of his wits. ¡°I¡­¡± What did I do? Rain asked inwardly. His back shedding cold sweats. ¡°Who marked you!? Answer me!¡± The Ai angrily grabbed Rain¡¯s collar and shook him. ¡°This aura, don¡¯t tell me! Is it a monster?! You are marked by a monster aren¡¯t you!!¡± ¡°Th-That is¡­¡± Right now for some reason he doesn¡¯t understand, Rain wanted to cry! ¡°Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist. Understand?¡± Seeing her death glare and feeling the ¡®Say a lie and I¡¯ll debone you¡¯ expression, Rain didn¡¯t know what to think about this sudden development. Just what is happening here? ¡°Y-Yeah¡­¡± ¡°What kind of monster did it?¡± The AI slowly let go of Rain¡¯s collar. She then looked at him while gritting her teeth. ¡°It¡¯s me. What are you going to do about it?¡± However, before Rain could answer a feminine voice rang out. The tone of voice was gentle but held some provocation. Out of nowhere, Leyla¡¯s figure appeared from the bushes. She was wearing a smile as she slowly walked towards Rain¡¯s location. ¡°An [ Anggitay ]¡­¡± ¡°That is right, servant of the Gods. So can you take off your hoof from my husband~¡± ¡°Husband? Haha, I¡¯m impressed, a monster like you knows some quite difficult words. However, it seems like you don¡¯t know its meaning.¡± The AI¡¯s voice was filled with mockery. ¡°Hoo~ you don¡¯t need to worry about it because I know full well the definition of that word. And that man is none other than my husband¡­¡± Leyla caught the AI¡¯s gaze and smiled fearlessly.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Rain simply looked to the distance while shedding beads of cold sweat. Looking at Leyla and the AI talking, he couldn¡¯t help but feel scared. What¡¯s wrong with this game? Just why did they put so much realism into it and even to the point of giving the NPC¡¯s and AI such unique characters? This is really scary no matter how you look at it. Cannot win against Leyla in argument, the AI¡¯s deathly glare once again turned towards Rain who was keeping quiet all this time. ¡°You! How long do you think you are playing?! Huh? It doesn¡¯t even reach for a full month in your world¡¯s time and yet, you had already made an eternal contract! And in addition you did it with a monster! Is it that! You like monsters! Are you a maniac?!¡± ¡°T-T-This isn¡¯t what it looks like! This is a m-m-misunderstanding just let me explain!!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry~ I¡¯m sure I¡¯m not misunderstanding~ I¡¯m just a little angry~~¡± A little angry? You call that little?! ¡°I, I can¡¯t do anything. She¡¯s just too strong how do you think I could beat her?!¡± The AI suddenly paused after hearing what Rain said. She then turned her gaze back to Leyla who seemed to be displeased. Though she didn¡¯t do anything nor corrected him. ¡°Do you mean she forced you?¡± ¡°Y-Yeah¡­¡± ¡°I see.¡± After hearing Rain¡¯s confirmation, the AI¡¯s atmosphere somewhat soften. ¡°However, even if I know that I don¡¯t have the ability to undo the contract¡­¡± ¡°Y-You mean the contract can be undone?¡± Rain asked curiously which earned a death glare from Leyla. ¡°Of course not.¡± Leyla answered with a displeased expression. ¡°This is an eternal contract, and so you and I will always be together even after death!¡± ¡°E-even after death?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. We are already bound together by one shared fate. Hence, you won¡¯t be able to separate from me~ Bound together by one shared fate. Perhaps indeed that was the case. ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s true. Although I don¡¯t know where did this ugly monster learn the eternal contract¡­ This kind of contract should have been lost a long time ago. Even the Gods couldn¡¯t remember how to do it, much less for a mere monster.¡± The AI shot a reproachful gaze towards Leyla. Feeling proud, Leyla shrugged her shoulders happily. ¡°I have some means; however you don¡¯t need to worry about it because I don¡¯t think many monsters have the capability to do it. What I have is one time use only so you can go report to your master that this wouldn¡¯t happen again~¡± ¡°Tsk!¡± The AI cursed inwardly. ¡°Anyway, what are you trying to do?¡± ¡°Nothing~¡± ¡°Don¡¯t lie to me monster. Do you think that I can¡¯t kill you because of this damn duty? If you ever touch my bottom line, I will make sure to rip you apart in many pieces.¡± Ai¡¯s mood suddenly turns dangerous. Her eyes glowing red as she stared at Leyla with an angry expression. ¡°I¡¯ll keep that in mind. But you really don¡¯t need to worry because I don¡¯t have any ulterior motives. I claimed him because I want him, that¡¯s all~¡± ¡°Do you think I¡¯m dumb to trust a monster like you?¡± ¡°Even if you are, nothing will change.¡± Leyla shot a meaningful smile. ¡°Besides, do you think that you can kill me? If I die, Rain will also die, even if not he will still suffer the curse¡­ forever¡± ¡°Damn it! Is this what you wanted?¡± ¡°Think what you want to think, you are free to do so. However, what I want to say is that, servant of Gods, your battle against Master Sitan, I don¡¯t want to partake in it. All I want is Rain, that¡¯s all~¡± The AI glared at her and didn¡¯t say anything anymore. She then turned around and walked towards Rain who was standing like a child who had done wrong and was waiting for his mommy to scold him. ¡°It¡¯s fine, Lagim¡­ this is not your fault.¡± Seeing Rain¡¯s flustered behavior, the AI somehow felt sympathy causing her displeasure to disappear in an instant. ¡°¡­however, haa~ I understand. You really didn¡¯t follow any of my instructions at all.¡± ¡°Ehh!? No, about that¡­¡± What do you mean by instructions? You didn¡¯t give me any at all!!!! ¡ªThough if I say that, I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be able to keep my head¡­ ¡°¡­ I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Haa~ It¡¯s fine¡­¡± Anyway, some events, once started¡­ ¡­ Can¡¯t be stopped no matter what¡­ ¡ªAnd this is one of those. ¡°Th-thank you and s-sorry¡­ though I don¡¯t know why but I¡¯m really sorry.¡± ¡°You have nothing to apologize for. Actually, you¡¯re a victim here, and that ugly monster is the one and only criminal. Anyway, let us proceed with the [ Inheritance ]. Who do you want this time?¡± ¡°Ahm¡­¡± Rain fell into a deep thought. He had already chosen the Hero Aliguyon first so now, he wanted to choose another. Though who would he choose¡­ Alunsina the virgin goddess of the eastern skies! Dumalapdap; A demi-god and his beloved wife and the goddess of the night breeze; Lubay Lubyok Mahanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan! Or maybe the Hero Aliguyon¡¯s last inheritance? Who should he choose next? ¡°Take your time, ah right! How about I give you some advice~¡± ¡°Advice?¡± ¡°Hm,¡± Seeing that Rain was sincerely listening, the AI¡¯s mouth corner slightly turned upwards. ¡°¡±From what I can see, you should choose the goddess; Lubay Lubyok Mahanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°You are a mage and currently your fire magic is the greatest out of the elemental magic. Fire magic is indeed the most powerful in terms of firepower but you also need to improve your other elemental affinities such as water, wind and earth.¡± Fire magic is certainly strong offensively. It possesses fierce firepower and can deal tremendous damage. But water has healing properties which can be more useful in support. While wind gives the individual free movements and actions, gives various support or deal heavy damages. And lastly, Earth is heavy and truly powerful, gives best defense support but it¡¯s slow. These are the four basic elemental magic. ¡°And in order for you to improve your wind magic, I think the goddess Lubay Lubyok is your best choice¡­¡± BK1; Chapter 32: [ Flute of the Raging Winds ] That makes sense¡­ I¡¯m basically a mage so I also need to improve my other magic. However, Rain was a little confused. Why would she help himself so much? If he became stronger, what benefit would it be to her? Of course, he didn¡¯t think that it was a bad thing¡­. It¡¯s just that, it was a little bit fishy. Besides, after coming to this game world, all the girls he have met up until now seemed to be helping him in their own ways¡­ don¡¯t you think it¡¯s a little bit suspicious? ¡ªBut, all of this might be just my own imagination and all of it was just a mere coincidence. Hm, In the first place, ever since I played and enter this game world, so many weird things have already happened¡­ Anyway, he has no way to verify the truth might as well accept what has offered and just think about these things afterwards. I guess it¡¯s been decided¡­ ¡°I¡¯ll choose the goddess; Lubay Lubyok Mahanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan!¡± ¡°Okay~¡± And just like before, a similar lottery wheel appeared in front of Rain. With a rub of his hands, he pressed on the button that began spinning the wheel! It began! The needle was moving very quickly on the spinning wheel! ¡°Skill Category! Give me a Skill Category!¡± Rain muttered to himself. However, seems like just only bit of good luck befall him. The needle stopped and was pointing towards the Item Category. Ting! The second inheritance was completed! The lottery wheel disappeared and was replaced by a tiny golden treasure chest which was floating in front of Rain. Extending his arms, Rain touched the golden chest to receive the prize. [ Congratulations! You have acquired [ Flute of the Raging Winds ] ] It was a wooden flute with a simple yet magnificent appearance. On its wooden surface, there was some leaf-like image engraved on it making it feel gentle like a morning breeze. ¡°It¡¯s the goddess personal flute! Congratulations Lagim!¡± Seeing the flute, the AI was ecstatic and immediately congratulated him. ¡°Hehe thanks¡± Seeing her excited expression, Rain couldn¡¯t help but feel bashful. However, only one person no, monster felt annoyed by it. ¡°Isn¡¯t it only a simple flute? Look at how happy you become. Come, let me, your Beautiful Wife give you a more beautiful flute. If you want I can give you a flute filled with sparkling gems¡­¡± Looking at Rain¡¯s excited face, Leyla felt very jealous in her heart and even stressed out the word ¡®Beautiful Wife¡¯. Isn¡¯t it just a simple flute? Hmph, this big sister has many beautiful flute all adorned with shining jewels and gems! ¡°Shut up! Scram you filthy monster!¡± The AI¡¯s cold voice rang out. ¡°Who are you calling filthy you ugly servant!¡± ¡°You b*tch!!¡± When the two had almost started fighting, Rain immediately used the flute to try it. And as expected, as soon as he blows hard on it, a raging whirlwind appeared between the two girls, stopping their movements. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right Lagim! If you want to try the flute, try it on this monster instead!¡± ¡°Behave!¡± Hearing their screams, Rain got annoyed and ordered. ¡°Why are you always fighting? Remember, Love and the Peace!¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡± ¡°¡­ ¡­¡±Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. The two girls became dumbstruck when they heard Rain¡¯s words. Their bodies stiffened as if they became petrified. At this moment, Rain suddenly felt embarrassed. What did I say? Guh, so embarrassing. Rain was struck with embarrassment and immediately tucks his tail between his legs, turns around and fled. He couldn¡¯t look at the two girls directly. On the other hand, the AI and Leyla looked at Rain¡¯s back speechless. It¡¯s not that they were shock about what he said but for some different reason. This was the first time Rain raised his voice¡­ ¡ª ¡ª ¡°¡­man, I really did something embarrassing back there.¡± Rain scratched the back of head embarrassingly. ¡°Though from the absence of any sound, it should be alright to presume that those two didn¡¯t fight with each other¡­¡± I guess, that would be for the best¡­ ¡°But still,¡± Looking at the wooden flute in his hands, Rain¡¯s eyes couldn¡¯t help but showed some astonishment. ¡°¡­this flute is amazing!¡± Should I say, as expected from a goddess flute? ¡°Oh right, I think I still have one golden chest¡­¡± Rain searched for his back pack and as expected, there was a tiny golden colored chest inside it. It was a small chest, the size of his fist. ¡°This was an achievement reward, so it should be good, right?¡± When Rain tapped the chest, it suddenly glowed a golden light and then¡­ [ You have acquired [ Book of Minor Telekinesis ] an outside magic system skill! ] [ [Minor Telekinesis ] is anabilityto move objects with their mind through force of will. Do you want to learn it? ] Seeing the reward, Rain¡¯s eyes almost jumped out of its eye sockets. What the heck?! A Telekinesis skill? ¡°Yes!¡± [ Congratulations! You have learned [ Minor Telekinesis ]! ] Holy! This is amazing! ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 5 0%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 28 Stamina: 30/30 Agility: 24 Mana: 32/32 Stat Points: 8 Skill Points: 4 Magic: Fire: Lv6 9%/100% Water: Lv2 93%/100% Earth: Lv2 45%/100% Wind: Lv1 88%/100% ¨C ¡ª ¨C Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv2 59%/100% ¨C Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) ¨C Dagger Mastery Lv2 55%/100% ¨C Corpse Disassembly Lv1 23%/100% ¨C Acrobatics Lv1 40%/100% ¨C Self-Regeneration Lv1 1%/100% ¨C Minor Telekinesis Lv0 0%/100% Condition Status; [ Cursed ] ¨C [ Eternal Bond of Union ] ¨C Counterpart; [ Leyla ] ¨C Effect: Received +10 points for every status. +Enable to use the counterpart¡¯s basic skills: [ Treasure Hunter ] [ Rainfall ] [ Stamp ] and [ Good Luck ]. ¨C Passive Effect: [ Currently Locked ] ¨C Other Effects: [ Unknown ] ¨C Passive skill: [ Bond of Life and Death ]
Seeing his extra stat and skill points, Rain felt he had instantly become a rich man. He really felt he had arrived in the seventh heaven! Without hesitation, Rain put 3 points in his [ Mana ], 2 points in his [ Strength ], 2 points in his [ Agility ] and lastly 1 point on his [ Stamina ]. As for the Skill points, he put 2 points in his [ Self-Regeneration ] skill, 1 point for his [ Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance ] as well as [ Minor Telekinesis ]. ¡°Status¡±
[Lagim] Level: 5 0%/100% Class: Mage Strength: 30 Stamina: 31/31 Agility: 26 Mana: 35/35 Stat Points: 0 Skill Points: 0 Magic: Fire: Lv6 9%/100% Water: Lv2 93%/100% Earth: Lv2 45%/100% Wind: Lv1 88%/100% ¨C ¡ª ¨C Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance (Passive) Lv3 59%/100% ¨C Innate ability: Hyper Intuition (Passive) ¨C Dagger Mastery Lv2 55%/100% ¨C Corpse Disassembly Lv1 23%/100% ¨C Acrobatics Lv1 40%/100% ¨C Self-Regeneration Lv3 1%/100% ¨C Minor Telekinesis Lv1 0%/100% Condition Status; [ Cursed ] ¨C [ Eternal Bond of Union ] ¨C Counterpart; [ Leyla ] ¨C Effect: Received +10 points for every status. +Enable to use the counterpart¡¯s basic skills: [ Treasure Hunter ] [ Rainfall ] [ Stamp ] and [ Good Luck ]. ¨C Passive Effect: [ Currently Locked ] ¨C Other Effects: [ Unknown ] ¨C Passive skill: [ Bond of Life and Death ]
Looking at his inflated stats, Rain immediately became confident. He was not a noob anymore but a beginner expert~ Along with his increased in strength, he can now crushed a fist-size rock with his hand alone. He can even lift a boulder twice his size. As for his agility, he¡¯s confident that he can win the gold Olympic medal without breaking a sweat. What moment does a man find the most exhilarating? It would definitely be the moment when you feel you are very, very strong! Rain used [ Minor Telekinesis ] to try it out. Though it was still not as strong and amazing as he expected, this skill was still good on its own way. He can use this skill only at a single object; meaning he can¡¯t control multiple objects at once. In addition, there was a limit in the weight of the object he can control. From his experiments he found out that he can only control up to 1 ¨C 2 kg. of weight. ¡ªAnd the lighter the object is, the more freely he can control it. But still, he can move a fist size rock and some other things without touching, disregarding gravity. It was a man¡¯s romance~ And so, Rain has no complain in having this kind of ability. Most importantly, when he tried using it on his dagger, it really did fly and most of all he can control it freely. Right now, he felt as if he had a third arm swinging a dagger~ All in all, it was a good skill to have. ¡ª ¡ª BK1; Chapter 33: [ First encounter with a Player! ] ¡°¡­¡­ No matter how many times I see it, this place is really quite amazing. Wherever I look, it was covered by plants and trees¡­ really, all around me was covered by primeval forests.¡± After taking a glance at the large trees that were around him, Rain pinched a bit of the soil off from the ground. The dark brown soil felt slightly damp. It¡¯s the moist soil unique to the forests. ¡°No cement and no gravel, only soil.¡± Rain silently admired. ¡ªAbundant and calming, the greenery provided people with a place to rest their minds and bodies. Looking around him with gusto, Rain suddenly flashed a strange smile with the corner of his lip, and then turned around to look behind him. ¡°At any rate, where am I?¡± That¡¯s right¡­ Rain was currently lost. ¡°I just run away without thinking, forgetting that I¡¯m currently inside a huge forest¡­ I wonder, am I still inside Leyla¡¯s territory?¡± Even though he was walking aimlessly, Rain¡¯s footsteps were light. Since he have no idea what this place was nor what kind of monsters inhabited this part of the place, if he won¡¯t be careful and proceed with caution, he might meet a very terrifying monster that would make his as* flowering. Being extra careful, Rain had more room to check his surroundings. ¡°Still, what kind of tree is this?¡± As Rain looked at his surroundings again, he noticed that the forest was strange. He had only just now realized that he had never seen any of the types of the trees in this forest. He then turned his eyes down to his footing, and he couldn¡¯t remember seeing any grass growing there. ¡°What a strange forest¡­¡± But still, I really need to go back quickly or else sister spider would get anxious if I wouldn¡¯t return immediately. Ha~ I shouldn¡¯t have acted tough saying I could now hunt alone, oh well what¡¯s done is done. With his head tilted, Rain continued walking forward. He couldn¡¯t find anything that he had seen before. He felt like he was seeing a CG forest in a movie. However, his surroundings felt far more realistic than a movie. What a strange realistic game as usual~ ¡°I wished I wouldn¡¯t meet a strong monster¡­¡± Though I hope I didn¡¯t jinx it. While Rain was thinking about that, he could hear something above him. Kruaaaaaa!!! A large bird flew past Rain while crying. It must have been at least 40 centimeters large. ¡°W-What is that!?¡± The moment he saw the bird, Rain glance was fixed on it and his jaw dropped open. At first glance it seemed like a bird, but upon closer inspection, it was a reptile with the appearance of a bird. ¡°It looks like a small dragon¡­ or maybe a dinosaur. Hm, I think it was called pterodactyl or something right?¡± That was an apt description of this flying reptile. The reptile completely ignored Rain and continued flying. By spreading its large wings, it grabbed the air like a bird and flew far away in a short moment.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°Some weird place¡­really¡­¡± At this moment, Rain was struck by a thought. I think I¡¯m already outside Leyla¡¯s territory¡­ am I? Although he was still scared of Leyla, however, he was certain that she won¡¯t hurt him and will protect him. Of course his confidence came from the contract between them; after all she will die if Rain died. And now that he was outside her territory¡­ ¡°As I thought, I have a bad premonition again.¡± ¡°Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!¡± At that moment, Rain heard a woman scream from afar. ¡°¡­What¡¯s that?¡± Rain turned his head in the direction of the scream, and he could then hear other sounds, but not as well as the scream. And since the sound was getting absorbed by the forest, he couldn¡¯t even tell what kind of noise it was. ¡°Aaaaaa¡­.¡± Another scream. The voice seemed more desperate than before. Despite that, it wasn¡¯t as loud as before. ¡°Sounds like trouble. Should I go?¡± In anime and manga this kind of scenario would certainly make the protagonist fight something abnormal, right? Although they would win with an amazing knock-out at the end but the fact is, this is not a fiction. What if I met a really strong monster that I couldn¡¯t defeat? But even so, I¡¯m getting used to this, so a little danger shouldn¡¯t hurt me. Besides, running away is very unmanly! ¡ª ¡ª After confirming the location of the sun above him, Rain began to make his way northwards into the primeval forest. His destination was the place where the screams came from. Whether or not he can help, only fate knows but as long as he was a man, he had no choice but to go. People who have never been to a jungle or forest would never know the danger within it. There were many deadly dangers in the jungle. The most common dangerswerepoisonous snakes, mosquitoes with malaria parasites, fleas which caused typhoid and rash, poisonous spiders, fierce wild animals, dangerous insects and so forth. Besides the animals, there were also toxic plants, as well as the deathtrap of the bottomless swamp. ¡­More so, if this was just a natural and normal forest. However, the place Rain was currently located wasn¡¯t. Monsters, wild beasts that was even stronger than nuclear weapons, and strange plants, this world is truly absurd¡­ The more Rain entered deep into the jungle, the more he encountered strange looking insects, plants, and other animals. Some were harmless, and some were intolerable. So then, almost every few steps he took were cautious as it could be. Roooooaaaarrr!! ¡°Wha-!? What was that just now? Just like a TV monster¡­ impossible, maybe by chance¡­ maybe I entered an amazing monster¡¯s territory again?¡± Should I turn back? Ugh, what should I do? ¡°Damn this virtual game, why did they make it so realistic!¡± Rain¡¯s little temper began to act up again and he started to complain about the organizers of the game. Well, whatever, who cares if it¡¯s a nest of dragons or cave of tigers, I will just give it a shot. Whatever should come, will come sooner or later. And so, Rain decided to move forward but there was still lingering fear in his heart. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a fierce battle in the forest ahead so he followed the noise and walked towards the scene. Not too far away Rain saw a clearing in the forest. There were 2 to 3 humans who are fighting some kind of a ¡­ ¡­ tree. That¡¯s right! It was without a doubt a tree. What the heck is this?! Looking at it carefully, Rain immediately guessed that it was a [ Makopa ] Tree. The reason was, because the fruit of the tree was quite peculiar in shape. A bell shaped fruit. Seeing how the tree trashed its enemies, Rain suddenly felt scared. Without any doubt, the tree was stronger than him. Seemed like the things happened in manga and anime could be trusted sometimes. Should I go back? No, for now let¡¯s see the situation. With a cautious jump, Rain leapt 7-8 meters up. He somersaulted in the air and his legs slowly passed through the dense leaves before landing on the branch of one of the large trees. Breathing deeply, he began tree-walking his way towards the scene of the battle. Upon arriving, Rain surveyed the battle from his position on the tree. There were two men who was already lying in a pool of blood lifelessly and not so far away from him, one male and female, blood spattered and pale-faced, standing protectively in front of a young woman in her late teens. She was beautiful. Although not really that beautiful compared to models and such but if you look closely, you would know that she was not a Filipino but a foreigner based on her skin and blonde hair color. So they were players, Rain guessed. The beautiful girl was wearing a bronze armor while holding a long steel sword. Good equipment for a noob. ¡ªThis equipment was not something you can just found anywhere, so they should have already found a city and went there. However, she seemed to be in a very miserable situation. Her face was also pale, and filled with a miserable expression. Rain took a look around, other than himself; there were no other people who could confront the tree monster anymore. Hm, a pity but even if I fought that monster I would just get owned~ --- --- Don''t forget to visitRoyalnovel. There are 2 bonus chapters I posted there~ Hope you enjoy it guys~ BK1; Chapter 34: [ Ill give you war! ] The man protecting the young woman gruffly cried out, ¡°I never thought that we would meet such a monster this early! What should we do?¡± The young woman¡¯s face was already pale, and blood oozed from her mouth. There was despair in her eyes but also determination. Turning to the two people protecting her, she said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me and leave while you can!¡± The two people looked nervous. They were about to say something when the young woman glared, indicating that they shouldn¡¯t speak. ¡°I can only stall this dumb*ss for a couple of minutes, use that time to escape!¡± She was squatting on the ground and breathing heavily, her pretty face was as white as the snow. Hearing the young woman¡¯s orders, the two player¡¯s body trembled. They seemed to be hesitating whether they would stay or run away. Standing on a tree branch, Rain was watching them with full interest. He wanted to know if the other two would really abandon the young woman or stay and to the bitter end. This is not something you would see every day in the real world~ ¡°I¡¯ll bet 100 pesos that they will certainly run away leaving that woman¡­¡± Just as Rain finished his sentence, he suddenly frowned and felt something coming from behind him. He jumped aside unconsciously and escaped an attack from behind. Phew! What attacked him was a cane branch, whichlooked like tree branches, but thicker.It was glossy red and covered with barbs; it truly was aferociousweapon. And then not long after, Rain once again heard a short scream while he managed to escape. The man beside the woman who seemed to have made up his mind and turned around was pulled up by a branch onhis ankle. He was then hung upside down and soon disappeared in the fog. ¡°Michael!!¡± Witnessing the man being towed away, the other girl could only scream the man¡¯s name. However, unlike the other girl who was screaming her lungs out, the woman wearing a bronze armor raised her head in Rain¡¯s direction and saw him and was stunned immediately. ¡°W-who, who are you?!¡± ¡°Just a passerby~¡± Rain shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly as he gracefully landed to the ground like a cat. Looking at his appearance; a creepy looking skeleton armor while wearing an animal skull mask¡­ the young woman didn¡¯t know how to react. What kind of get up is that? Can that still be called as armor? But it really looks like a high level armor¡­ who was this guy? ¡°A-are you here to help us?¡± The other girl beside the beautiful woman asked anxiously. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Rain paused for a moment and then said: ¡°Nope, I¡¯m just buying soy sauce~¡± ¡°¡°Eh?¡±¡± --- --- Rain stood there silently for a moment before turning to leave. He had no desire to participate in what was happening. Considering they were neither kith nor kin, it would not be worthwhile for him to take any action.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Besides, he wasn¡¯t completely confident in being able to take on that horrifying monster. That was especially so considering that this tree monster gave him the same sense of danger that the Big Bad Wolf and Sister spider had. This tree monster shouldn¡¯t be that simple. Although he certainly came here to save someone if he could, however, the monster is just too much for him to handle. His own life was still more important compared to some people he didn¡¯t know. As for the two girls, their shock expression was beyond incredible. After all, although they don¡¯t know who Rain was but most girls have a little hero worship plot, and they were not the exception. They also longed for a hero they don¡¯t know but still saved them in the midst of danger even a little bit. But who would have known that the man in front of them would say such thing without hesitation. ¡°W-what did you say?!¡± The other girl seemed to have received a fatal blow, and she flailed her limbs in indignation. The beautiful woman was much calmer than her. It seemed like she had somewhat expected Rain¡¯s response and could only bit her lower lip in frustration. Rain ignored the two and began walking but on his third step, he suddenly heard something from the ground. There are noises in the ground. No way! His heart thumped loudly, and he immediately turned around the two girls who was crouching in the ground and yelled: ¡°Scatter, scatter now!¡± At first, the two girls was surprised by Rain¡¯s cry, however, it seemed like the beautiful woman noticed something and instantly pushed the other girl to the sides, and the two of them separated from each other. From their respective positions, two thick vines sprang from the ground. [ You have been attacked! ] [ Makopa Monster Treant! Lv 8 ] The Makopa Tree did not expect the insects in front of it to foresee its attack, and the roots received Rain¡¯s attack without being prepared for it. Rain held his rusty iron sword and cleaved into the center of the vines that were as thick as a bucket. It bit deeply into them, and crimson flames immediately burst forth, burning them with a crackling sound. The Makopa Tree trembled in pain from the attack, and the entire valley reverberated with a buzz. Rain only focused on attacking and didn¡¯t see the two girl¡¯s expression. It was a face of surprise to the extreme. They really didn¡¯t expect Rain¡¯s prowess. His attack was flawless and all of it exudes enormous power. Looking at the retreating vines, Rain immediately breathes a sigh of relief and then continued walking away. He really didn¡¯t want to fight that monster so might as well immediately escape. ¡°Y-you¡¯re really leaving?!¡± A voice reverberated behind him. Hearing the question, Rain turned around and faced the two girls: ¡°Of course, I¡¯m no match for that monster. I¡¯ll just be seeking death fighting it~¡± ¡°B-But you are so strong!¡± Rain shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Even if I am missy, however, that monster¡¯s tentacles are very difficult to deal with. I¡¯m not a princess knight who wanted to get harassed by tentacles, I¡¯m just a normal passerby you can find just about anywhere~¡± ¡°W-wait!¡± Rain ignored their pleas and took three steps, then suddenly looked back at the beautiful woman. He saw the despair and complex emotions in her eyes, as well as the pain. The look caused Rain¡¯s mind to suddenly tremble. Sighing, he once again faced them: ¡°Why can¡¯t you just run away from here anyway. If it¡¯s now, then escaping should be easy.¡± The beautiful woman looked at him and then turned towards the dead bodies of her friends. ¡°They died here so their save point would also be here. Once they revive again, they would still get killed by that damn monster! I can¡¯t leave them here!¡± ¡°I see, so that how it is¡­¡± Now that she mention, I haven¡¯t seen any kind of monsters around here. Does it mean that this place was the Makopa tree¡¯s territory? Well, if that is the case then I guess reviving here would be pretty bad as you would instantly get attacked by that monster¡­ ¡°Hoho, interesting¡­¡± Hm? Again?! Rain instantly jumped away from his position and as expected, two thick roots came out from the ground. ¡°Damn this monster!!¡± After the roots, it was then followed by the thick vines but it was useless. As long as Rain could see the vines, he could certainly dodge it by hair¡¯s breath. Looking at Rain¡¯s movements while watching him dodge the vines gracefully and even countered by slashing onto them, the two girls couldn¡¯t help but get impressed. However contrary to their expectations, Rain was already reaching his limits. He just can¡¯t dodge forever! He finally made a decision! Fine! If you want war then I¡¯ll give you war. BK1; Chapter 35: [ Vs Makopa Monster Treant ] Besides, even if he falls into a dangerous situation, Rain guessed that Leyla would certainly appear and help him. Although he found the idea of being protected by her appalling but he had no choice. He said nothing, but his eyes suddenly began to shine brightly. He wasn¡¯t sure why he would trust her, but in that instant he made a decision. The killing intent inside of him instantly shot up. ¡°I¡¯m coming for you, you bastard!¡± Rain groaned slightly, before chopping off the vine that was attacking him. The remaining stump lost its vitality and sank down lifelessly; the place where it was cut off was burned black. As if responding to Rain¡¯s provocation, the vines that previously retreated went after him again, but he just easily severed it into two. He did not dare to stay in one spot and proceed forward. The movement below the ground was loud enough that he could even hear them, proving that the tree monster wasn¡¯t being obedient underground. Bing, bing, bing- numerous veins and branch flew at Rain like rain drops in a storm, there were even sharpened vines coming on his back. Seeing this, Rain couldn¡¯t help but snort in disgust: ¡°There are two things in this world that I can¡¯t stand.¡± Rain pulled his sword out and cut an incoming vine whip into two. ¡°One is when my favorite manga suddenly got a hiatus when it was already in a very exciting climax!¡± Rain desperately attack anything he saw; Vines, Roots and branches. Swinging his sword, he then took out his dagger made from an animal¡¯s bone and slashes it forward. ¡°¡­ and the other is when someone wants to stab me in the back.¡± At this moment, Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Countless arrows flew towards the huge monster tree from behind Rain. He turned around and realized that the two women didn¡¯t back off, but rather approached the tree monster while returning fire. Well, at least they have some use. Rain jump backwards and took a safe distance to rest. He adjusted his breath and leaned over in the grass at a snail¡¯s pace. However, when Rain observed the tree monster up close, he noticed something bizarre. Behind the guard of the glossy red wickers, there was a humanlike face on the trunk ¨C it wasn¡¯t exactly a face; it was more like a lump that commonly grew on old trees. But now, he saw a bloodshot eye on the lump that only humans had. What the heck is that?! Rain¡¯s face distorted. It was as if he just saw a ghost! Oh my god! Sh*t just got weird! (¨s¡ã¡õ¡ã)¨s¦à ©ß©¥©ß Rain really wanted to find a table to flip! Just what the heck is this? So scary¡­ As Rain was terrified, ¡®Rain, aren¡¯t you so good at getting into life and death situations.¡¯ A familiar voice suddenly rang out from inside his mind. ¡°Leyla?!¡± Rain was surprised that his action stilled for a moment and almost got hit by a root spike. ¡®Yup, it¡¯s me~¡¯ The voice answered. ¡°You can use telepathy?¡± ¡®Of course, were connected after all¡­ anyway, you really like getting yourself involved in something dangerous, aren¡¯t you?¡¯ ¡°I don¡¯t have a choice! Even if I look for someone to fight, why should I go my way to find a tentacle monster? Do you think I¡¯m the type of guy who wants to be the receiver, hell no! I would like to be the attacker!!¡± Rain hacked the tentacle-like vines and branches while moving with a pale face, but the strands of vines annoyingly agilely chased him. He could slash them apart if he swung his sword and dagger with all his strength, but ¡®they¡¯ came out endlessly from the surroundings and assaulted him. ¡°Can you help me?¡± ¡®Hm, yes I can, however, if I did that it won¡¯t be beneficial to you.¡¯ ¡°Why do you say that?¡± ¡®Don¡¯t you know fighting in a life and death battle can make you stronger? And so, let this become your training. Anyway, that [ Makopa ] isn¡¯t that strong so be sure to defeat it~¡¯ ¡°What if I died?¡± Rain suddenly asked. ¡®Don¡¯t worry, I will intervene when the time comes, so fight to your heart¡¯s content!¡¯ ¡°I see¡± Rain faintly smiled. ¡°I¡¯ll trust you for once¡­¡± ¡®Hmph, you really not cute at all~¡¯ Contrary to Rain¡¯s condition, the two girls were in much more trouble. They were not as fast and strong as Rain and so, dodging one or two vines were almost the limit. Fortunately, Rain was the one standing in front and taking most of the agro but even so, there were still several attacks coming towards them.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°Shit!¡± Rain knew they were in trouble. ¡°Get back! Quickly!¡± Rain yelled at the two girls when he saw them, signaling them to back off. However, it was a bit late. The tree monster seemed to notice that the two girls seemed to be weaker compared to Rain and immediately a terrifying tentacle rain that could be seen in manga and anime covered them as well. Only the beautiful woman was wearing a bronze armor while the other girl didn¡¯t have anywhere near the armor that she and Rain had, nor did she have a shield. Although she tried to dodge the vines and roots spikes, a few of them still pierced her body. Blood started flowing out of her wounds and quickly stained her leather armor as she motionlessly fell into the ground. It seemed like she couldn¡¯t stand up anymore with all the damage she received up until now. Similarly, the beautiful woman was also hit tremendously. The arrows were still penetrating her body. She was sweating a lot due to the unbearable pain. Her face was pale, but her expression showed determination. She shook her head and bit on her beautiful red long hair to endure the pain. Her armor was getting soaked in her blood, but she was like a Goddess of War that just wouldn¡¯t back off. There was no fear on her face, but rather hatred and anger in her eyes. But at this moment ¨C ¡°Crackle !¡± A thick root spike appeared from the ground she was lying on. A life threatening root spike hit her accurately, penetrating her abdomen. The beautiful woman¡¯s body shook. She almost cried out in agony. ¡°Oh man, I¡¯m so not doing this again!¡± Rain ignored the vines flying at him and sprinted towards the beautiful woman who would certainly become a skewer if the incoming vine hit her and immediately held her in his arms. ¡°I can¡¯t act like a hero all the time! Becoming one is already enough, I never thought that this would be so troublesome~¡± Rain smelled the light fragrance from the beautiful woman¡¯s body, but he had no time to enjoy it at all.Using his [ Stamp ] skill, the ground shook for a moment causing the vines to become still. Lastly, he kicked the ground to accelerate his jump and immediately somersaulted. And while jumping off, he put his arms around her back and the back of her knees to make sure of her safety while landing In that position, with a ¡®bam¡¯ they landed. The back of Rain¡¯s legs numbed for a moment but did not mind. Hugged with a princess carry, the beautiful woman was shaking in his arms, making her body small, trembling. Rain looked towards the beautiful woman in his arms, who was still in extreme shock and gently laid her in the ground. With her large widened eyes and mouth open, at this moment she was actually more beautiful than before, but also a bit silly. Rain smiled and asked, ¡°Are you okay?¡± The beautiful woman hastily shook her head, ¡°I-I¡¯m fine, and you?¡± Rain just wiped away the blood in the corner of his mouth and said, ¡°I¡¯m fine, just some internal injuries.¡± Seeing Rain¡¯s amazing actions, the beautiful woman began to feel unprecedented interest in Rain, and asked in curiosity, ¡°Why are you doing this?¡± ¡°Because protecting girls is a natural thing for guys.¡± Rain answered coolly. Hearing Rain¡¯s answer, the woman couldn¡¯t become speechless. Eh, what did he say? Slightly blushing under his mask, Rain coughed once and said; ¡°Anyway, you should escape from this place.¡± What I said was pretty cool¡­ maybe too cool? ¡°¡­take that friend of yours away, she looks pretty bad. I don¡¯t think I would be able to protect you while fighting that thing¡­¡± Besides, I can¡¯t go all-out with you here. Rain had once decided to make his mage identity hidden. Because right now, he looks like a warrior no matter what angle you look at him, he intends to hide his magic from others. Having one or two trump cards can let someone live during a dangerous situation! ¡°No! I, I will stay.¡± But the beautiful woman seemed to be more troublesome than Rain expected. ¡°No! I can¡¯t defeat that thing especially with the two of you here. You¡¯re a burden and you won¡¯t be able to help me at all.¡± Rain said in a cold voice. In any case, he doesn¡¯t know this two so why should he talk to them politely. A beauty is a beauty. Annoying will always be annoying. The beautiful woman seemed to be in shock and couldn¡¯t find anything to refute him. She just lowers her head and grits her teeth in frustration. -Hm, I somehow felt guilty. ¡®Why bothered saving them, might as well let them die.¡¯ -Because I¡¯m a man. ¡®Tsk! What a hypocrite.¡¯ -Then so be it. When Rain and Leyla was having a conversation telepathically, the beautiful woman began shaking her head and looked resentfully at Rain. Her eyes were filled with humiliation and anger. ¡°I won¡¯t leave no matter what you say! I¡¯m not the type of person to leave my companions behind!¡± What a troublesome person! ¡°Suit yourself.¡± Rain didn¡¯t argue with the beautiful woman again as he noticed the tree monster was already preparing its next attack. --- --- Looking at his monstrous enemy, Rain slightly felt fear. His heart throbbing madly and was beating very fast. He then raised his head. In his left hand, a bone dagger and on his right hand was a rusty iron sword. The body of the blade was covered with green ooze; the tree monster¡¯s green colored fresh blood was dripping nonstop from the tip of the sword and dagger. At this moment, he was on his own. He doesn¡¯t want to rely on another person. He had no other choice. But, even if it would cost his life, Rain wasn¡¯t planning to back away from the fight for even one step! His blood was already boiling, he was very excited, and it was an unprecedented feeling of excitement! --- --- When the tree monster started its attack by sending its vines and branches, Rain immediately followed. His observation was very keen as he watched where the vines would sweep. He watched the vines carefully, letting it pass by, and when it did, he then grabbed tightly onto it¡ª The Tree monster apparently did not expect that. It tried to curl up the vine and shook it back and forth, trying to throw Rain away. But Rain held tightly onto it as if his life depended on it. Rain bobbed up and down as the vine tried to shake him off, but it was a futile attempt. The monster finally got impatient and raised the vine up high, gathering momentum, managing to throw him backwards. Yet Rain utilized the momentum from the swing, somersaulted in the air like a professional stunt man and with a cat-like dexterity, he gracefully landed not so far away from the face-like thing which was located on its trunk. ¡®That¡¯s right, this kind of tree monster had a face and that was its weakness.¡¯ Leyla¡¯s voice resounded from inside Rain¡¯s mind. ¡®Normally, as a plant type monster, its roots should¡¯ve been its huge weakness however as of this moment, it wasn¡¯t the correct choice. Tree monsters like this one had an [ Instant Regeneration ] ability. Even if you cut its roots it would just go back unless you cut it all at the same moment¡­but that is almost impossible, especially in your current level.¡¯ ¡®But there is another weakness and that was the small bell above its face. You should attack it continuously until it died, although it¡¯s a little bit dangerous because of the vines and branch whips but it¡¯s your only last chance.¡¯ Rain nods his head as he listened to Leyla¡¯s every words. Although it was impossible for a player even if it was on the same level as him to dodge the death scythe like vines and branches and successfully arrived in front of the tree monster, Rain has no problem executing it. His high stats in strength allowed him to possess several times the strength of a normal human, while his nimble agility and [ Acrobatics ] allowed him to handle the tree¡¯s sudden movements, and his skill [ Aliguyon¡¯s Battle Endurance ] enable him to absorb the impact and still move on with minding the pain. Even his [ Hyper Intuition ] and [ Dagger Mastery ] was pushed to its limits. His [ Self-Regeneration ] skill was slowly healing his wounds during the fight and even his new skill [ Minor Telekinesis ] was used as an harassment by flinging stones and branches to distract it even a moment. At this moment, it could be said that all his skills were used to their greatest potentials.