Moon finally arrived at his destination—The Grand Horizon, a vast hunting ground known for harboring so of the most powerful creatures in the First Sanctuary.
[You have entered a five hundred life death zone.]
The notification confird what he'd expected. This was serious territory where even experienced S-rank awakeners could lose loads of lives if they weren't careful.
The landscape before him was a mixture of expansive flat plains dotted with scattered hills that provided excellent visibility across the terrain. Unlike previous zones where dense trees or rocky terrain made spotting beasts difficult, The Grand Horizon offered clear sight lines that allowed hunters to identify targets and threats from considerable distances.
Creatures of various sizes could be seen moving across the massive landscape—so traveling in packs, others roaming as solitary predators confident in their own strength.
With his specific hunting objectives in mind, Moon deliberately flared his aura as he approached the first group of creatures he encountered.
The mont the beasts felt his presence, they imdiately scattered with their tails between their legs, fleeing in every direction to escape what they instinctively knew was an apex predator.
Most of these creatures were below A-rank, and feeling Moon's terrifying aura radiating power that far exceeded theirs, they knew that confronting him would lead to only one outco…a swift death.
Moon's approach was perfectly executed. He had no intention of wasting ti engaging weaker opponents that would only waste his ti and provide minimal rewards. His focus was entirely on S-rank targets, with perhaps a few A-rank encounters if they presented themselves conveniently along the way.
He couldn't afford to spend precious ti on creatures that would only yield a few thousand dollars and a maximum of five lives per kill. The tournant deadline left no room for such hunting, neither was he entertained by it.
Moon urged his Direhorse forward across the plains, scanning the horizon for a powerful beast.
After spending nearly half an hour traversing the expansive plains of The Grand Horizon, Moon was pleasantly surprised when he finally located his ideal targets, he had found them much faster than he had anticipated.
Instead of finding a single target, Moon discovered two massive S-rank Tusked Boars feasting on the scattered remains of what had clearly been a large pack of A-Rank beasts. The smaller beasts had apparently attempted to challenge the boars for dominance, but given their corpses that were currently being devoured, they had obviously failed in their ambitious mission.
Moon imdiately dismounted his Direhorse. The distance separating him from the two beasts was approximately six hundred ters—close enough for engagent but far enough to plan his approach.
The massive boars noticed Moon's presence and ceased their feeding, lifting their bloodstained snouts to release thunderous roars of anger at the human who dared interrupt their al. Their tusks were like sharp ivory spears, easily capable of impaling tal.
Moon felt no intimidation. He activated [Heaviness], reducing his body weight. His agility imdiately increased, but at the cost of a relative deduction in his strength.
Moon's figure streaked across the landscape like a bolt of blue lightning, covering imnse distances within seconds as he rapidly closed the gap toward the charging boars whose massive tusks promised a gaping hole to anyone foolish enough to et their charge directly.
When only a hundred ters remained between them, Moon closed his eyes briefly and hurled a prepared blinding rune toward his opponents.
The eyes of the two boards montarily followed the rune—
The inscription exploded with a powerful light, that temporarily disoriented both creatures as their eyes struggled to adapt to the sudden, unexpected mini sun that had suddenly been summoned.
ROAR!
Moon took advantage of their closed eyes, and disoriented state. Moon's sword crackled with lightning energy as he activated [Bird Dance], while simultaneously unleashing [Ignite] from his left hand toward the montarily blinded and confused boars.
The fireball struck the leading boar directly, flas imdiately beginning to consu its body as it squealed in pain and rage.
Moon's [Bird Dance] skill turned him into an unpredictable bird that danced around the boar, his blade tearing through its body in a whirlwind of attacks. Each strike was precise, coming from unexpected angles that made blood flow.
The sword carved deep, smoking wounds across the first boar's flank before Moon spun away from its retaliatory strike, imdiately repositioning to slash at the second creature's exposed neck. Lightning arced from every cut, adding more damage to the physical injuries as his blade found vital points.
The burning effect of Ignite did not stop eating at the first boar's flesh while Moon's blade work created a ballet of destruction. He moved like flowing water, weaving through the beasts' desperate attempts to impale him with their tusks, each perfectly tid evasion creating an opening for another crushing strike.
The combination of flas, lightning, and piercing swordwork proved overwhelming. Both boars collapsed within monts, their massive bodies hitting the ground with earth-shaking impacts as life left their eyes.
[You have killed the level 25 S-Rank Tusked Boar]
[You have gained 900 Lives]
[You have killed the level 25 S-Rank Tusked Boar]
[You have gained 800 Lives]
Moon stood atop their two bodies, his breathing slightly heavily but otherwise uninjured. The entire battle had lasted less than a minute.
Moon stored the bodies of the boars and A-Rank beasts in his storage ring before sitting down on the grass.
As he rested for a minute, his direhorse that was watching from a far began to approach, finally finding it safe. Once the direhorse arrived near his body, Moon stood up from the grass and rode it.
"Let's go, this place is big, we still have many beasts to slay." Moon gave the direhorse a gentle nudge.
The direhorse increased its speed in response to Moon's nudge. Although Moon had been nice to it, it didn't dare act complacent, afraid that it would be the next prey that fell to Moon's powerful spells, or piercing sword.
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