Lukas returned to the Whitewood Inn first, wanting to get back to peak condition before moving out again. Since he didn’t want to waste six hours straight just ditating, he chose to accelerate his star‑energy absorption by using the Blood‑Streaked Qilin Potion, cutting the recovery ti down to just three hours.
With that, the single Blood‑Streaked Qilin Potion he had was gone.
Hmm, I shouldn’t feel too bad. It exists solely for this. I can buy a couple more later... Lukas mused while looking around his room. His roommate had yet to return, probably still swinging her sword sowhere.
After a brief mont of distraction, his thoughts once again returned to the original topic.
I wonder if the effect of the Blood‑Streaked Qilin Potion can be stacked...
At that, his heart unusually sped up. If the effect could be stacked, then instead of "wasting" three hours doing nothing but absorbing star energy, he could use the sa ti for sothing more productive—like hunting monsters.
Lukas however had a feeling chance of that happening were quiet low, otherwise the star energy absorbtion thod wouldn’t be as highly priced as they are now.
While thinking about all this, he walked out of the Whitewood Inn, his eyes unconsciously scanning the interior. Compared to before, a stifling energy enveloped the room. Awakeners with their heads hung down huddled together, their voices low and filled with evident tension.
"This is the first ti I’ve seen special‑grade monsters attacking in the first wave..."
"I have a very bad feeling about this. Whatever monster is behind this horde is no ordinary beast like in the past..."
These words caused Lukas’s ears to perk up. He had finally found sothing useful.
This was not the first ti Roaring Dragon Settlent had been attacked by a horde. They had managed to defend multiple tis already, and those few veteran awakeners who had been living in the settlent for years were already familiar with the battlefield.
As such, they were also the first ones to notice sothing amiss.
This discussion only caused the sense of urgency in his heart to increase.
I can’t waste ti gawking around here. Lukas silently decided in his heart and headed out.
...
Outside the Roaring Dragon Settlent, thick ropes were wrapped around Cotfang Wolves’ bloodied bodies as they were dragged deeper into the settlent, pulled by a group of low‑level Body‑Refining awakeners for a few star crystals.
The pale yellow earth with a few spotted patches of grass that stretched to the horizon was now completely unrecognizable. The yellow soil had turned deep crimson, fed by the blood of thousands of living creatures, and a strong scent of iron perated everything.
"Hey, youngster, you look like soone with good physical‑ability talent! Would you like to drag these twenty Cotfang Wolf corpses back to the Night Phantom Guild? We will pay you handsoly—full total of a hundred star crystals!"
Holy damn... Lukas almost had a sudden change of heart after hearing the offer from the Night Phantom Guild agent.
A full hundred star crystals—that was sothing a weaker awakener would earn only after putting their life in danger multiple tis on the battlefield, and now for the simple job of dragging corpses they were being paid so much.
Lukas was caught off guard. However, upon deeper thought, it made sense. Right now there were simply too many wolf corpses waiting to be processed while manpower was limited.
As Lukas was thinking, suddenly a question popped into his head.
Wait a minute, why do they even need manpower? He was sure there must be soone with a suitable talent who could solve this problem easily.
Lukas felt it was strange, but he didn’t want to think about it too much anyway. He wasn’t going to take the job.
Although money was important, it was not as important as his own strength.
With this thought in mind, he continued moving toward the Iron Tree Forest, ignoring all the job offers.
While moving, Lukas’s thoughts moved like lightning, a plan for his next set of actions forming in his mind.
Both right now and in the future, it’s very clear I’ll be moving alone. So taking the path of an assassin is the best for ...
"Although Traceless Steps is a good talent, it is only rare‑grade. If I am not careful, strong guys at the Body‑Refining Realm Rank 6 and First Rank monsters with epic or above‑grade talents can notice . To increase my survivability, I need to upgrade this talent or replace it with sothing better..."
This was sothing he had noticed from the last few battles. It was only because of sheer luck that he had escaped detection.
While thinking, whether because a massive battle had just been fought so hours ago or sothing else, Lukas encountered far fewer star monsters than usual.
This caused a frown to appear on his face. If there were no monsters to hunt, how was he supposed to upgrade his talent?
Should I venture deeper into the forest...?
This thought occurred to him. However, as soon as it popped into his head, he shook his head to get rid of it.
No, absolutely not. Going deeper at this ti is plain stupid. Unless Traceless Steps is upgraded, I’d better stay near the edges.
The situation in the forest was highly volatile. Who knew what might happen next? The next wave might co at any mont.
So it was absolutely important that he hunt in the outer fringes.
Lukas continued to move at a snail’s pace, watching his steps carefully, making sure he didn’t accidentally trigger so trap.
Traceless Steps was already active at full effect, trying to erase his presence as much as it could.
Lukas moved without making a single sound.
Just then, his ears twitched. The sound of a monster chewing on fresh at ca from the distance.
Following the sound, Lukas soon found a wild star monster resembling a pitch‑black boar on Earth, tearing into the body of a poor Cotfang Wolf with its long pincer‑like sharp teeth that jutted out of its mouth.
Greedily eating away, enjoying the feast.
It seed lost in its al, but in reality it was as alert as ever, scanning the surroundings from ti to ti. However, even with such cautious nature, it failed to detect Lukas’s presence moving ever closer.
However, maybe the beast’s sense of death was too sharp or sothing else, but the mont Lukas was just a few ters away, the boar jumped, letting out a forceful grunt.
"Too late," Lukas muttered under his breath and allowed the Gravity Pressure to finally cover the boar’s figure.
Suddenly a purple bubble appeared around the boar, this was gravity pressure completely aid at the monster, having its weight doubled out of nowhere, the boar collapsed on its four limbs, a surprised cry echoing out of its mouth. Lukas, however, wasn’t allowing it another chance. With the most imnse speed, he rapidly crossed the distance between them and pierced its head with the newly bought sword.
Following a shower of blood, a head rolled onto the ground.
Without waiting any more, he summoned Tommy and handed the skull to him.
The soul fla in Tommy’s eyes flickered with intelligence, first glancing at the skull in his hands then back at Lukas. Then he nodded.
rely in the blink of an eye, the skull was completely absorbed.
[Ding! Your skeleton Tommy has assimilated the skull of Rare‑grade Bloodthirsty Boar.]
[Would you like to learn the Rare‑grade talent "Blood Sense" or sacrifice the talent?]
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