บท 4: Chapter 4

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[Name: ーーー]

[Titles: Sole Survivor, Natural Hunter, Juggernaut]

[Age: 3]

[Race: Wendigo - Titan]

[Strength: Mid-Ultimate Class]

[Skills: Blank, Bulk Up, Can't Catch This, Growth, Illusion, Immortality, Inventory (small), Mana Impact(variant), Map, Mental Protect, Monstrous Being, Observe, Selective Evolution, Special Snowflake]

[Equipment: ーーー]

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Slightly mesmerized by the glow the window was giving off, the Wendigo was a bit dazed. Regaining it's wits when unknown knowledge was trying to invade it's mind, the Wendigo readily shut it out. It wasn't unfamiliar with abilities that could mess with minds, even if nothing had ever gotten through it's mental barriers, the Wendigo had seen alot of fights which ended when one of the participants started suddenly spinning on the spot or fiercely glaring into thin air at nothing. Also being able to use illusions, even if it rarely did, preferring to actually make physical contact with it's enemy, the Wendigo was well aware of the dangers of not protecting it's mind.

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[Host, Plea-...]

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The Wendigo now on guard instantly acted when it saw that the window changed, using it's enormous mental prowess it latched onto the trail of whatever was trying to invade it's mind and tugged. Being extremely careful and always keeping the 'line', of invading thought from touching anything, the Wendigo started gradually destroying it, ripping it into pieces and slowly consuming the now scattered thoughts. Eventually feeling something else approaching from the other side of the line, the Wendigo sped up, having decided that the less mental power whatever was approaching had left, the higher the chance it had of emerging victorious.

Now able to see the approaching invader, the Wendigo idly wondered if all beings capable of invading minds looked similar, not that it had seen anything like this before. Approaching the Wendigo's barriers was a sphere of glowing neon blue light, the line the Wendigo was gradually consuming seemingly connected to it's center, getting dragged closer and closer. Determining it was close enough and not wanting anything substantial entering inside it's mental barrier just incase, the Wendigo slowed before concentrating. A few moments later, a slightly transparent mental construct of the Wendigo's head gradually appeared, encasing the core of it's mind within. The construct looked slightly ethereal in nature the outlines being the only thing looking 'solid', paired with it's slightly glowing eyes trailing it's movements and the light it gave off highlighting it's sharp contours, giant horns and jagged teeth, it gave of the feeling of a predator inspiring fear in others.

The invader seeing the Wendigo had stopped tugging at the link making it stop just in front of the constructs mouth was slightly relieved thinking it had avoided the danger by not fighting back. Deciding to try again to communicate with the beast, though it didn't get far before...

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[Thank-...]

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*Chomp*

The Wendigo feeling the invader trying to do something through the mental link again, acted by instinct. The gigantic contruct's maw immediately shut, the neon blue sphere not having a second of thought before the sphere seemingly 'popped' from the power of it's bite, the only thing left of it being the pieces of mental power now floating around inside it's 'mouth' gradually getting absorbed while nurturing and strengthening the Wendigo's mind.

Emerging from the mental battle, having already assimilated the mental power and gained some scattered knowledge seemingly buried inside it, the Wendigo sat down to sort out it's thoughts having already scanned for anything else connecting to it's mind not finding anything. Deciding to comb through it's newfound knowledge the Wendigo got to work, looking for anything useful. Not much later the Wendigo had learned a few things... The 'Status' was basically a way for it to gain knowledge about itself, it even showed things it didn't know about.

Apparently, deciding to seek personal strength instead of looking for it's 'pack' was the right choice back then. As it now found out, there weren't anymore of itself left alive.

It had also apparently gained some new abilities, even if it didn't know how much a few of them would actually help with it's current lifestyle. The [Inventory (small)] seemed convenient enough, it wouldn't have to carry it's hunt back and potentially attracting other predators with the smell of blood, [Observe] could help discern the strength of the various other powerhouses around it's territory, even if it would rather trust it's instincts, knowing how others fought would definitely make things easier and lastly, [Map] could be used for alot of things such as finding prey or locate others.

Having looked through most of the knowledge it recieved the Wendigo brought up it's status board again. Looking it over the Wendigo found that something was bothering it, a nagging feeling of something missing, scrutinizing the floating window closer it was eventually drawn to it's name. It felt surprisingly upset at the blank space it showed, even if it didn't know what was so important about it, having just recently found out what a 'name' was. Eventually deciding to think of something later, the Wendigo stood up.

Stretching a bit with a slight rumbling sound then slumping slightly, the Wendigo walked towards the entrance of the cave. Greeted by the light slightly shining through the foliage into the clearing and reflecting off of the water, the Wendigo appreciated the view for a moment before lumbering into the forest set of finding breakfast.

While walking, the Wendigo was fiddling with it's newfound abilities, using observe on various things along the forest trail, occasionally putting rocks or twigs into the inventory. The Wendigo had decided that while the map skill was convenient it wouldn't use it that much, feeling like it took something away from the hunting process, it didn't feel as 'real' somehow eventually deciding to use it while exploring rather than hunting. It wasn't that long until it started hearing sounds in the distance, gradually slowing down to a stop the Wendigo tilted it's head in thought, by how distant it felt and the sounds it had a feeling it wasn't just random beasts fighting. Letting curiosity take over, the Wendigo gradually approached the sounds taking care to stay hidden.

[A/N:Auxilary chapter up describing the skills and a few other things.]