"Everyone!"
Riku suddenly blocked the path of the candidates, who were packed three layers deep.
"Kid! You..."
"Hehe, big bro, what's the aning of this?"
"Brat, are you planning to... wuwuwu..."
"Boss Riku, don't mind him, my brother is an idiot and doesn't know how to speak. Please, just give it to us straight, we will follow your lead!"
...
This sudden roadblock almost incited public outrage.
But after witnessing the terrifying power of Riku's "sixteen years of accumulated power" punch at the gates, all the candidates present had beco significantly more well-behaved.
Although there were still so guys whose eyes showed intense displeasure towards Riku.
For example, the wrestler Todo or the blowdart user Geretta. They all seed to be calculating how to get rid of Riku.
But having just witnessed Riku's sheer strength, no one wanted to be the first bird to stick its head out.
They could only patiently wait for Riku to speak.
Gon-kun and the others, however, were incredibly tense, because Riku's actions were essentially provoking the anger of the entire crowd.
"Ahem. I have heard about this Biska Forest before. The 'pigs' the examiners ntioned... there is actually only one species of pig here, and they are incredibly difficult for ordinary candidates to deal with."
"I only have one request. When any of you spot these magical beast pigs, please notify imdiately. I will personally step in and subdue them for you!"
"If anyone takes it upon themselves to kill these magical beast pigs, it ans you refused to listen to my words."
"And if you can't understand my words, then I will just have to use my fists to teach you."
"Alright! Everyone, let the happy hunting begin! And rember my friendly warning!"
Riku clenched his fist tight.
Charging a heavy punch!
[Monstrous Strength] (Gold)!
Boom—
The ground beneath his feet instantly exploded, blasting open a massive crater five ters in diater.
This sudden display of power instantly drained the color from the faces of all the candidates present.
Even those who had been itching for a fight, like Todo and Geretta, instantly wilted like frostbitten eggplants.
They tucked their heads in like frightened quails.
Damn it!
Is that the physical strength of a human?!
If that punch landed on a person, wouldn't they instantly be blown into a mist of blood and at paste?!
"R-rest assured, my lord! We will absolutely follow your arrangents!"
"Right, right, right! Boss Riku! Hello, Boss Riku!!"
"We absolutely won't disobey! We will notify you imdiately, Boss Riku!!"
"Boss Riku is mighty!!"
"So Boss Riku was actually doing this for our own good! This forest is too dangerous, Boss Riku is such a good person!"
...
Sure enough.
Wherever your fists are the biggest, people beco very easy to talk to.
The vast majority of the candidates beca incredibly polite to Riku.
They even started calling him "Boss Riku"!
Of course.
People on the level of Hisoka or the Pinhead Illumi naturally wouldn't care about Riku's words.
But that didn't matter.
At the very least, he could guarantee that he would be the one killing the vast majority of the pigs in this entire forest!
"Riku-nii... what are you doing...?"
Gon-kun and the others were completely bewildered.
"You will understand once you see these magical beast pigs. I just don't want to see innocent people losing their lives in this world."
Riku sighed with deep emotion, looking as if the words 'worried for the country and the people' were written right across his face.
"Ah! Boss Riku! Boss Riku, save !!!"
Suddenly.
The terrified scream of a candidate echoed from the distance.
Everyone imdiately turned to look.
They shockingly saw an ingredient pig ant for hunting charging right behind the guy.
But the mont they laid eyes on this pig.
Any thought of hunting these ingredients completely vanished from the candidates' minds, leaving only a single thought behind.
Run!
It was the size of a one-story house, completely crimson, with a massive snout that possessed elephant-like tusks.
The trees along its path, thick enough to require a person's full embrace, were directly snapped in half!
It ca rumbling and stampeding forward, looking exactly like a heavy tank with the gas pedal slamd to the floor.
Trying to take one of these things down was about as difficult as trying to pull a tiger's front teeth out barehanded.
No wonder those two dog-examiners had such sinister smiles when they left!
A few unwilling candidates thought about trying to attack the wild boars.
But their efforts quickly turned into miserable screams. Without exception, they were all blasted away upon impact.
And then they were trampled over by a surging tide of wild boars.
Turned into at pancakes on the spot.
The faces of the other candidates present instantly turned stark white.
At this mont, everyone achieved sudden enlightennt.
The Great Demon King Riku truly was doing this for their own good!!
"Boss Riku, save us!!"
"Boss Riku, help!!"
"Run!! Damn it—"
...
Terrified screams rose and fell in waves.
The most terrifying part was that these magical beast pigs lived in herds.
The mont you provoked one, the rest of them would co rumbling over. It was like a literal battalion of tanks rampaging through the forest.
No wonder there weren't any other magical beasts to be seen in this forest.
There was a ninety percent chance they had all been slaughtered by these pigs!
Moreover, not far away, they could even see so corpses that had been gnawed down to the bone.
Fuck!
These things are omnivores! They even eat people!
In an instant.
The previously excited and high-spirited crowd of candidates completely threw away their armor and dropped their weapons, scurrying away with their heads in their hands, screaming non-stop.
"Hurry up and run! Riku-nii! There are too many of them!!"
Gon-kun's expression also changed drastically.
"Let's go!!"
Even Killua dropped his skateboard, preparing to run away with the group.
"You guys take care of yourselves, I will handle this!"
Riku, however, was thrilled.
Especially after clearly seeing the traits floating above these creatures, he beca even more excited.
Na: Great Stamp! Traits: [Imnse Strength] (Blue), [Thick Health] (Blue), [Reckless] (Green), etc.
It actually has Imnse Strength!
Imnse Strength is the lower-tier trait for Monstrous Strength!
How incredibly satisfying!
"Lend your swords for a second!"
Riku casually snatched two swords from the waists of a passing candidate.
Back during the halfway-up-the-mountain exam phase when he beat up the old grandma, he had acquired [Swordsmanship] (Blue). Paired with his masterful, perfected fish-butchering techniques...
This was not going to be difficult at all.
Swimming against the current!
While the vast majority of candidates were fleeing in panic and terror.
Riku charged out from the crowd.
Heading straight toward the rumbling herd of magical beast pigs.
Swish! Swish!
Cross Slash!!
Beautiful!
The pig at the very front had its blood spilled instantly.
A perfect cross.
It sliced cleanly right through the creature's hardest cranial bone.
[Ding! Congratulations, you killed a Great Stamp. Randomly plundering [Imnse Strength] (Blue) trait. Detected that you already possess the higher-tier trait [Monstrous Strength] (Gold). Automatically converting into EXP to fill the progress bar...]
A surge of warm energy flooded into Riku's limbs and bones!
This was the effect of [Monstrous Strength] being amplified!
Even among Gold-tier traits, because the progress was different, the effects were entirely different.
The massive herd right in front of him was just a swarm of traits waiting to be harvested!
It felt too damn good!
Without yielding a single step, Riku plunged directly into the herd of magical beast pigs.
His dual swords slashed down madly!!
One magical beast pig after another let out agonizing wails before collapsing. Their imnse montum caused their heavy bodies to slide forward for over a dozen ters before finally coming to a halt.
But when the other candidates saw those neat, perfectly severed wounds, they couldn't help but gasp in cold air.
Even the hardest spinal columns and skulls had been sliced apart with flawless precision.
It was too terrifying!
Eventually, the blades of the swords completely shattered and snapped off.
So he just switched to brutally beating them with his bare fists!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
A scalp-numbing barrage of heavy, muffled impacts echoed out.
Accompanied by the sound of shattering bones and the pained, muffled squeals of the wild boars.
The entire area fell into an eerie silence.
All the candidates present seed to be admiring a visual feast.
Everyone watched Riku's performance with almost blank, stupefied expressions.
Barehanded...
He was brutally hamring over a hundred magical beast wild boars!!
anwhile, on Riku's end.
The system chis for trait drops were ringing non-stop like a boiling pot...
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