Saiki thought he had seen wrong, but as he approached, he saw that it was indeed the red eyes shining like jewels of a rat trapped between two stones, almost completely crushed.
'How lucky of you to get caught in the 'crossfire', huh?'
[Lv.21] Spiritual Rat.
Pointing his finger with the thumb raised, a beam of light came out from the tip of his finger, hitting the rat's head.
[Critical Damage!]
[You inflicted 51.874 damage]
[You obtained 3.894 EXP.]
Besides five orbs, he saw an item being dropped.
'A ring!'
[Spiritual Ring]
He tried to use the ring, but before he could do that, a warning appeared.
[It is not possible to stack the effect of the Spiritual Ring.]
'I knew it... There's no way something this good would work... If at least it were possible to fuse them...'
Removing his own Spiritual Ring from his finger, he started tapping one ring against the other.
Is it really not possible to fuse them?
[A new Skill was created due to a specific action.]
[The Skill [Synthesis] was created.]
[Synthesis (Active) Lv.1 EXP: 0.00%]
[Transforms two different targets into a single object.]
[The chance of fusing two different targets increases according to LUK, WIS, INT and the Skill level.]
"Motherfucker!" He let out a swear word.
'Synthesis!' Saiki's heart beat hard against his rib.
Although he wanted to create something like this, he didn't have much hope.
Holding the two rings, he saw a number right above that indicated "99%". It was easy to deduce that it was the chance value of fusing the two.
"Synthesize!" Saiki tapped one ring against the other.
The two rings disappeared. Soon, a sphere in front of him began to shine and, from the shine, he heard the sound of something hammering something metallic.
[Successful Synthesis!]
Seconds later, the shine disappeared and floating, he saw a ring of simple yet elegant appearance. It was mostly gold, with a line in the middle, circling the ring in purple color.
[Apprentice Sage Ring]
[Origin: Obtained after fusing two Spiritual Rings.]
[Effect]: +20 Wisdom → +35 Wisdom
[Effect]: +10 Intelligence → +20 Intelligence
[Effect]: +50 MP → +150 MP
[Bonus Effect]: <Mental Attack (Active)>: Causes 380% mental damage and increases mental defense by 30% for 30s. Cooldown of 30 seconds. Cost: 50 MP
"Wow!" He let out a surprised sigh and thought: 'It turned out really good!'
Saiki used the ring.
'With a mental attack of 380%, it should be possible even to kill a green wolf, or at least cause high enough damage to make it an easy target.'
'I wonder if it's possible to fuse two orbs? If so, what's the result? Will it become more potent? Is it worth it?' Several doubts and ideas began to pop up in his mind.
Taking a deep breath, calming down, he thought: 'Leave that for after I get out of here. For now, I'll hunt as many orbs as possible, then do new experiments with this skill.'
Excited, he picked up the orbs from the ground and prepared to continue hunting wolves.
Saiki's wings beat noisily against the air.
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Several minutes later.
[Level Up!]
[you received the title "Apprentice Wolf Hunter".]
[Apprentice Wolf Hunter]
[You have talent and special interest in exterminating Wolves!]
[30% increase in damage against Wolves]
[30% increase in defense against Wolf attacks]
[+5 in all stats when attacking Wolves]
As soon as Saiki killed 100 wolves, this appeared.
'Wolf hunting, huh? Well, for now, it's better than the rabbit hunter title.'
With that said, he replaced the title.
'Status.'
[– Saiki Kurogane –]
[Race]: Human
[Job]: The Gamer
[Title]: Apprentice Wolf Hunter
[Gender]: Male
[Level]: 30 → 45 – Next Level: 32,38%
[Age]: 18
[HP]: 8,870/8,870
[MP]: 4,385/4,385
[Strength]: 355
[Vitality]: 349
[Dexterity]: 349
[Intelligence]: 325 (+20)
[Wisdom]: 322 (+35)
[Luck]: 288
[Attribute Points]: 75
'Just 5 more levels and I reach level 50.'
Thanks to his increase in power, it became much easier to level up. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
"Oyah?"
A wolf smell, but different, hit his nostrils.
Saiki wanted to hide, but he was in the air and, that which smelled like wolf arrived in front of him.
It was a creature similar to a wolf, wearing armor and possessing a pair of demonic wings. It had a horn on its head.
[Lv.???] Armoured Winged Horned Wolf.
If it weren't already enough that this wolf was larger than a five-story building, Saiki who was at Lv.45 wasn't even able to see its level.
"What the hell-"
Suddenly, the wolf opened its enormous mouth. From inside it, an endless darkness hit Saiki.
All of Saiki's senses were lost. He no longer knew if he was still alive or dead.
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"Ahhhhhhh!"
Saiki opened his eyes suddenly.
Sitting up on the bed abruptly, he was panting heavily.
But, the nightmare that that wolf caused him was not little.
He activated the skill "Gamer's Mind".
Little by little he began to calm down.
His face was still a little pale with sweat running down his face.
'Did that title attract that boss wolf to me?'
Somewhat ironic if that's the case. He used the title precisely to be able to hunt the wolf more easily and effectively, only to end up being killed by a large vengeful boss wolf.
Actually, he tried to think on the positive side.
'At least I didn't feel pain when dying, only terror. Being deprived of all my senses was terrifying.'
This might also be linked to his luck. And, it was right after he got the title. It's as if it was waiting for him to fulfill a certain goal. Isn't it adorable?
'No, it's not. I preferred not to have died, obviously.'
With that said, he went to the bathroom to take a shower in the shower.
...
Minutes later he returns.
Sitting on the bed, he murmured: "My gains this time weren't small..."
This time, he managed to get 89 crystal orbs. With that, he'll be able to raise the skill "Wind Manipulation" to a very high level.
There was also an absurd amount of red orbs, more than 3 thousand normal ones, even the ones with more intense red light, there were almost 499.
And there were the purple orbs. The normal ones, there were 266, as for the passion fruit sized ones, there was a total of 677.
'Three free days.' Saiki thought: 'In these 3 days, how much will I improve?'
This time, he tried using the common red orbs directly without needing to remove them. It didn't take long for him to succeed.
When he really tried, he found himself from an overhead point of view and all the orbs, as well as the rabbit meat, inside a white "room". There, there were separate piles of orbs. He only needed to "touch" with his mental power and absorb directly instead of removing.