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Chapter 132: Training the Young Ones

Ed spent almost four days before traversing the forest. He had hunted a lot of monsters, but he wasn't satisfied. None of them gave him a challenge. This meant that the experience points weren't satisfying either. On the other side of the forest was a wasteland. It seemed similar to a land that dried out, with only some plants that could survive in such conditions. A line was formed between the forest and the wasteland. The line seemed as if it was the marker that divided life and death. A green forest filled with colors that represented life. And the wasteland that lacked any colors.

"Let's the hope the monsters here would be better." Ed thought as he moved ahead. In a couple of minutes, Ed noticed some red dots moving towards him. More than ten of them were moving at a high speed. 'I can't see anything.' Ed squinted his eyes and looked around hoping to catch sight of these enemies. The enemies were very far, but Ed still tried to catch a glimpse of them. Not seeing anything coming from the distance, Ed waited. In a couple of seconds, his sharp senses felt something approaching and he looked up.

Oversized Condors were descending at a high speed. Their wings spanned over ten meters while their length was over four meters. Ed scanned them to make sure they are condors. Their size and bulky structure made them look like ostriches instead. The condors were a species called Thunder Birds. Each one of them would reach Heavenly Establishment level 5 at full maturity. Many of them simply stay at such a level, while others manage to get stronger. The ones targeting Ed have a lower cultivation, which meant that they were training.

Many monsters would send their young ones to hunt weaker opponents. This was to familiarize them with hunting and also to pick out the strongest one among them. 'If I kill them all, I'll probably be hunted by the adults. Perfect.' A smile crept up on Ed's mouth while he prepared to intercept them. Adding Ed, his group had seven members in total. They could easily fight against a small group of birds. The Condors used many tactics. Some of them tried to wear out the opponent. Others used their thunder to disable them.

Ed and the others didn't waste much time with them. Most of the Condors were Heavenly Establishment level 2 monsters. And, their grade was definitely not Legendary. The difference in difficulty between them and the floor bosses was something to laugh at. The fact that some of them tried to electrocute Raikou and Sieg actually made Ed chuckle. Even though their names had 'Thunder' in them, they couldn't be compared to Raikou and Sieg. Both of them used simple Lightning magic, turning the condors into fried chickens.

Ed actually noticed that Suika bound one of the condors and chocked the life out of it. Yet, he chose to erase that part of his memory. Suika was in her human form, a little girl, and she snapped the neck of such a huge monster while laughing. Almost everyone who noticed that got a chill.

Ed stored the bodies of the birds he hunted. He wasn't planning on eating them as he knew condors would usually feed on dead bodies. They were known as the scavengers of the wild. He planned on exchanging them when he visits the village in case it was possible.

Once again while traveling in the wasteland that looked like a Savannah desert, Ed noticed a group of red dots coming his way. Although Ed thought that the wasteland looked similar to a Savannah, it was from it. The Savannah desert still had some patches of grass and vegetations. This wasteland was devoid of such things, as even the cracked ground could be seen.

Ed didn't need to squint his eyes this time. He saw a group of big cats running towards him. A pride of lions took interest in Ed's group and approached them. Both male and female lions were going to hunt this time. Each one of them had golden colored fur. Even the manes of the other lions were in such color, except for one them. That one had a crimson red mane, making him look distinguished. 'I guess that's the Alpha of the pride.' Ed thought to himself.

As soon as they got close enough, Ed and his companions retaliated. "Human, you dare to defy us?" The crimson-colored lion spoke to Ed. He had a cultivation of Heavenly Establishment level 5. Same as Mehen. However, his rarity was only Epic. "You try to hunt us, and we can't fight back?" Ed amused the Lion by answering. "It should be an honor for you to be hunted by us!" Same as the name of their group, the lion was full of pride. "I have no need for honor," Ed answered him as if it was obvious.

The group of Lions had over forty members, vastly outnumbering Ed's group. Yet, they couldn't overwhelm them. Gobuta, in particular, was doing an outstanding job. Every time he swung his blade, the black tattoos on his arms would shine, giving him what seemed like a power boost. Each member of the Lions couldn't handle his strikes, as many of them were split in half by just one swing. Halfway into the battle, more enemies joined the fight. It was another group of Condors.

These ones were the same as those from before, simply young ones trying to learn how to hunt. Ed guessed that the adults wouldn't appear until they exhaust Ed. Now a three-way battle took place. Ed could see that some condors were killing or being killed, which made him angry. In his eyes, all the monsters present were precious experience points that belonged to him. "Everyone, kill them all quickly!" Ed gave the orders to his companions who turned serious after hearing him.

Everyone did what they could do best, kill. Sieg who could fly relentlessly pursued the Condors, killing them in cold blood. Those who were on the ground took care of the remaining lions, while Ed fought off against the leader. Seeing his pride being killed, the Alpha got angry and fire surrounded his body. Ed used his Water magic to conjure water and kept it focused on him. Ed's Water magic was still low leveled so it couldn't damage the lion, but that wasn't his plan. He was aiming to confuse the lion, as the water vapor thickened around him, blocking his sight. After one second of the Alpha's hesitation, Ed appeared on top of him and swung his sword. The Alpha's head rolled down.

"Let's go." Once again, after storing the bodies, Ed ventured further into the wasteland.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Enjoy.

Chapter 133: It Should Be Your Honor

The sun went down and Ed created a pocket dimension. Not much time was left until the system gets back. Ed was getting excited thinking about what kind of different upgrades he would be getting.

Ed prepared one of the boars he hunted in the forest. The boars weren't that different in anatomy compared the pork Ed knew, so he decided to try barbecue. He never did anything similar to barbecue before. Thus, he decided to work by memory and recreate the best dishes he knew about. Things like ribs, and braised pork belly among other things. He also did his best to create a sweet barbecue sauce with tomatoes and herbs. The dishes proved to be very popular with his companions, so he decided to note them down.

As per usual, Ed and the others trained. Every day, Ed was testing how long he could keep the dimension up. He was now at twenty hours inside the dimension with no signs of it breaking down. This meant that Ed could keep it up for ten hours outside. This gave him more time to train or relax compared to before.

After having their fill of sleep, Ed left the dimension and started his search for the adult Thunder Birds. It would be foolish to keep waiting for them to attack every time. Ed has more or less figured out the location of their nest. Thanks to his Map, he could see a canyon looking area near him. He had read about condors living in such areas back on Earth. And without any mountains nearby, this was the best possibility. No, it was the only possibility.

On the way, Ed killed two waves of young condors. He was now curious about the behavior of these Thunder Birds. They were sending more and more young ones to die on his hands. 'They either have a surplus of children, or they simply don't care' Ed thought to himself. In half an hour, they reached the canyon. Ed couldn't see the end of it, as it was very deep. It was better to call it an abyss instead of a canyon. Confirming things on his Map, Ed headed towards the largest group of red dots he could see.

The closer he got the more condors he saw. Some of them were circulating in the sky above him, but never approached him and his companions. 'Maybe they only attack if they are ordered to do so.' Ed thought while studying their behavior. After a while, one approached from afar and swooped down. Ed was ready to kill it, but he didn't feel any killing intent so he stopped. As he thought, the Condor that came didn't do anything. Instead, it stood in front of Ed and signaled him to follow after him. Ed didn't hesitate at all and followed him.

The condor flew down the canyon and entered the cave. Ed recalled everyone except Sieg. Raikou entered his shadow, while Ed and Sieg flew down. Inside the canyon was a much bigger condor. The biggest Ed encountered so far. He scanned him and found that his cultivation was Heavenly Establishment level 5. Exactly how an adult should be.

"You're the one who has been killing our young ones?" The condor spoke to Ed with a harsh tone. He didn't move an inch while speaking, and even his eyes were shut. 'Is he sitting? Standing?' Ed didn't know what to make of the position of the condor. He couldn't see his feet, but it felt like he was doing some feet exercises, making him look like he was sitting on air.

"If you mean the ones you sent after me, then yes." Ed also closed his eyes, crossed his hands and answered him.

"How dare you kill them?! It should be your honor to be hunted by our young ones!" Similar to the lions, the condor's leader gave an absurd reasoning.

'What is wrong with these floors? In some of them, monsters try to spit on me. Here they tell me it would be my honor to die?' Ed was finding this floor ridiculous. Still, he didn't open his eyes and spoke, "Well I don't need such honor!" Ed felt that the leader's eyes opened as he stood up. Ed also opened his eyes and looked directly at him.

"Well then, you can only die to achieve you unneeded honor!" He didn't give Ed any time to think and released a lightning bolt inside the cave. Ed and Sieg teleported outside easily and flew to the ground. Ed summoned his companions, and all of them started fighting. The condors started attacking them after noticing the war declaration made by their leader. Soon enough, even the leader got out of the cave and joined them.

"Die!" The leader charged himself with lightning and struck Ed and the others. Ed teleported in front of the attack and did something. The lightning bolt disappeared from in front of Ed and appeared above the condor leader.

"Do you think I'll be hurt by my own attack?!" he said proudly.

"I see," without losing his cool, Ed changed the target of the attack. He targeted a couple of condors, and due to the difference in cultivation, they were hurt badly. The condor opened its mouth in disbelief.

"How dare you?!" He shouted in anger.

"What do you mean? That's your own attack, you know." Ed stated the obvious.

A battle continued to rage on between the seven members of Ed's team, and the hundreds of condors. As expected, even Ed couldn't defeat such a large amount of monsters without being hurt. However, thanks to his potions he could keep up with the damage. Of course, their own healer, Suika did an awesome job at healing those injured while using crowd control skills to mess with the condors. As the battle was reaching the climax, Raikou used his Shadow magic on a large scale. Many hands came out of the giant circle of darkness. Any condor that was caught would be dragged inside, and in a couple of seconds be thrown out lifeless.

"What is that thing?!" It seemed like the condor leader never saw anything similar to Raikou's skill.

"You don't need to know." Ed equipped his three-sword and pointed them at the condor's leader. "Gyuki: Yuzume(Bull Demon Brave Talons)!" The swords hit the condor with great impact, sending him spiraling down in great speed. The condor wasn't killed, and Ed knew this very well. So as soon as he tried to fly again, Ed sent a flying slash at him. "108 Pound Canon!" The attack that was much stronger now thanks to Shusui's upgrade and Ed's power-up, left a circular hole that wasn't any less deep than the canyon.

"Ah, we lost a precious body." Ed looked in despair as a Heavenly Establishment level 5 corpse was lost due to his attack. Sighing, he looked towards his companions and spoke. "Let's head back and look for the village."


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Bonus chapter as per usual^^

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