Chapter 24: Immense Speed
David sighed in relief when he saw the notification. He knew that he had once again survived a calamity, thanks to the experience of killing the black bear.
He willed the Primordial Source to show him his Template. While also telling it to Level him up once again.
As for why he knew such information without Damien explaining them, it was because The Primordial Source never shies away from telling people instructions during the trials.
Damien just never bothered asking. Hence, David not only knew how to open up his Template, he also knew how to Level up, as well as how to treasure the abilities he had.
Of course, he already had the ability of the bear, [Thick Skin], which passively increased his Endurance by ten times. At that point, he was unaware that Abilities could be kept.
Now, he was just hoping he still had more opponents to fight, because if that was the case, he might still have a chance to obtain higher quality abilities.
[ Name: David Gray ]
[ Epithet: None ]
[ Class: Lvl 4 Classless ]
[ Sub-Class: None ]
[ Life Essence: 11 ]
[Alignment: None ]
[ Stats: STR - 5,8 || AGI - 0,29 || END - 28,4 ]
[ Ability(1): [Thick Skin(E)] ]
[ Equipment(2): Gig's Hammer(Superior), Bear Coat(Superior) ]
[ Resources: Tier 1 Beast Core(×1), Tier 1 Giant's Bone Marrow(×1), Tier 1 Giant's Blood Droplet(×1), Tier 1 Treasure Chest(×2) ]
His status finally manifested before him, and David wasted no time checking out the information of his newly obtained treasures. As well as the old ones.
[ Gig's Hammer (Superior) - A Hammer treasured by the giant, Gig. It is of superior quality, and enhances strength by 30%. Has a very high chance of stunning the opponent ]
"Not bad." David thought, as he watched the oversized hammer shrink to accommodate his size. Treasures within the trials will automatically fit their user's needs.
[ Bear Coat (Superior) - A coat made out of the Black Bur's thick fair, capable of defending sword thrusts. It increases physical defense value (END) by 50% when worn ]
"Great as well." David thought. The current him already wore the black, fury cloak. No, to be more precise, it was hanged over his shoulders and made him look neat.
The hammer was bolstered over his shoulder. He then moved on to the resources that he had.
[ Beast Core (Tier 1) - Core of a beast capable of creating Tier 1 remedies, portions, poisons, artifacts or the likes. It can also be used to create Tier 1 arrays or formations. Has a lot of energy ]
[ Giant's Bone Marrow (Tier 1) - The liquefied bone Marrow of a giant found within Gig's pouch. It has no use for it, but can permanently increase the strength of other racial beings by 10% ]
[ Giant's Blood Droplet (Tier 1) - Blood Essence of the giant, Gig. Once drunk, can permanently increase the overall physical condition of a person by 5%. Applies to all beings below the First League ]
[ Treasure Chest (Tier 1) - A treasure chest containing random Tier 1 resources that are exclusive to the growth of the user. Once used outside, the resources within are no longer exclusive ]
David stared at the definition of the resources he had. And without any hesitation, he drank both the <Giant's Bone Marrow> and the <Giant's Blood Droplet>.
He felt his his strength increase by 10%, followed by yet another 5%. Then his speed and defense also increased by 5% as well.
He was becoming more and more monstrous, and was slowly, ever so slowly, becoming obsessed with this thing his son introduced to him...
"..."
He then stared at the treasure chests floating within his Template's resource tab, and then immediately canceled the thought of using it.
He would open them up once he was completely done with this whole thing.
Because right now, another opponent of his just made its entry. It was a gigantic lizard, stretching for five meters long, and being two meters tall.
It had orange scales, and golden eyes. Sharp black claws, seemingly capable of easily piecing through a human with minimal efforts.
"Lizards..." David thought to himself, watching the lizard carefully. He did not have a good review on Lizards, especially fire breathing Lizards like this one.
"Hiss~"
The Lizards flickered its tongue towards him, while blowing out flames out of its mouth. The fire was not too strong, as it was just a puff of breathe.
And it easily dissipated a few centimeters before it. "Great. At least I get to kill another lizard for you, old friend. And this one, might be the toughest out of all of... them!!"
David finished his monologue with a ferocious charge towards the lizard, his speed at its maximum and his strength riled up to the core.
Gig's Hammer in his hands only made his monstrous presence even more frightening.
"Roar!!!"
The lizard also let out a powerful roar, and shot out a canon blast of lava-like flames towards David. The man easily avoided the attack, as it's lethality was beyond even his defenses.
Immediately as he avoided the canon blast of lava-like flames, he hurriedly smashed the hammer towards the lizard's head, unprecedented strength flowing out.
Boom!!
The air exploded out, as strength of over forty tons smashed towards the lizard.
"Roar!!"
The lizard though large, easily managed to roll over and avoided a barrage of attacks from David, who was slowly reverting back to a madman out for blood.
And one thing that could be said after that was, everything became a bloody mess. One that David would never forget for the rest of his life...
For the joy brought by slaughtering these Lizards, was incomparable to anything on Gaea.
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Esther's Trial.
Within a forest that was quiet and almost peaceful, a region where the calm autumn breeze added a fresh feeling to the atmosphere... a large, yet slim wolf, crawled along the bushes and plants.
"..."
It's nose was almost planted upon the earth, atop the healthy green grass, sniffing here and there for its prey, yet to no avail.
It's ears were perked up, showing its vigilance and caution as it moved along. And from time to time, the wolf would raise its head to survey the aoroundings.
Silence blanketed the forest.
And since it's nose was not working as perfectly as it remembered, it would use its sight and hearing to cover up. Unfortunately for the wolf, even that did not help.
Meanwhile, up in the sky, a large eagle flashing with a spark of lightning flew by. It flew along the serene sky, gliding across with the autumn gentle breeze.
"..."
It was quite large, having a wingspan of six meters, and powerful golden eyes. It's fur and feathers were black and white, yet with a tinge of blue to it.
It's beak was pure golden, having a small lightning mark on the left side.
It flew through the skies of the small forest, surveying for any signs of prey. Yet to its dismay, could find no hint whatsoever.
It had been here for three minutes so far, and yet, had not even seen the visage of the opponent it was supposed to battle.
Not even a glimpse, or what gender or race they were. Let alone it, even the wolf down there had no idea of how the prey/target looked like, let alone how they smelt.
So even after six minutes of survey, both from above and below, they still could not find any hints of their target whatsoever.
And it had to be known, one was a Tempest Wolf, and the other was a Thunder Eagle. Both nicknamed Storm Chasers, with how fast they were in their respective fields.
By now, they should have explored the whole forest. Yet they found nothing? How did that make any sense?
It did not.
"..."
Well it did, simply because they were up against a professional assassin. A hunter among predators. A cold-blooded woman.
~~~
Sniff~ Sniff~
The wolf sniffed the ground once again, yet found no traces of what it was looking for. The only scent it caught was the herbal scent of nature, or the serene scent of fertile soil.
But those two scents were not what it was looking for. Instead, it's targeted scent was anything not 'forestry'.
In other words, anything foreign.
Yet everywhere it went, was nothing but the scent of the wild, of the trees, the herbs and other greenery around it.
Which dulled the wolve's mood.
By now, it was getting impatient and annoyed. Working for so long, and finding no clue or a leeway, would annoy anyone. Especially so, as it was a wild beast.
"..."
Above it, the Thunder Eagle flew past the Tempest Wolf for the nth time, and cast its disdainful gaze upon it, before flying off.
The Tempest Wolf ignored it, and raised its head to survey the soroundings once more, then with a foul mood and drooped ears, lowered its head to continue its sniffing.
Yet at this moment, when the Thunder Eagle just flew past, and the Tempest Wolf was just about to lower its head, a black flash moving at instantaneous speed collided into it.
It was fast, yet silent.
No sounds were made, and everything occurred instantly at that.
...!!!
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone