Chapter 34 - Beast Herd & Fate Strikes Again

Among the distant mountains of Steel Armor Shelter, near a canyon.

A black figure over five meters tall was moving swiftly, its body so fast that it seemed more like a shadow in motion. Even with the sun illuminating the entire area, it was still difficult to see its true form.

This figure was approaching the canyon at a terrifying speed, seeming like it would fall into it at the slightest carelessness. But just as it was close to the edge, its enormous body jumped. With over 200 meters separating one side from the other, it was hard to imagine reaching the other side.

Jump!

"ROAAR!" With a fierce roar, the figure effortlessly crossed the entire length of the canyon, its imposing form fully revealed on the other side. A beautiful black panther was unveiled, with a figure sitting atop it.

“Haha, it seems like we won this time!” Han Sen took off his hood and looked up as two figures flew over him.

Swoosh! x2

"Roar! Rrr!" A black dragon with a white diamond on its head landed in front of him, releasing a creature from its mouth and growling in complaint. Nhil seemed to be sulking because she had lost the race.

"Raar!" Anothe black dragon landed shortly after, releasing two creatures it had in its mouth. Unlike his sister next to him, Drako was proud and staring at Han Sen defiantly.

Han Sen, seeing the bodies of the creatures, looked at Bastet, who just shrugged when she saw that the two dragons only lost because they were hunting as well. With the eyes of the panther meeting with the ones of the shameless human, they secretly nodded at each other.

"We won anyway, no one said you should have wasted time hunting!" With absolutely no gratitude in his heart for having three new mutant beasts to eat, Han Sen openly admitted his meritorious victory.

"Hunf!" x2

Already accustomed to their master's shamelessness, Nhil merely rolled her eyes and flew back to the skies, ready to hunt down any creature large enough to feed her. Drako also looked at Han Sen with a hint of anger, but soon brushed it off and flew in search of Sacred-Blood beasts for his master.

"Can you see, Bastet? They are good pets and have already gone to work. You should be more like them!" Han Sen slapped the giant paw of the panther and complained. The giant cat only knew how to eat and sleep all the time, leaving the hard work to others.

"Roar~!" With a lazy roar, Bastet just lay down on the ground still in his giant form and started sleeping again. He would wait for Nhil's return and ask her for meat.

Walking up to the three bodies, which Han Sen already knew were mutant creatures due to the notifications that sounded after their deaths, he quickly went to work dissecting them. They were sheep-like creatures and their Beast Soul was a useless Shapeshifting.

Making a bonfire and eating roasted sheep meat, Han Sen analyzed the gains he had in the last 10 days of non-stop hunting. He used the EXP obtained to further improve his remaining skills, and with two dragons hunting all the time, it was much easier to collect points. He also hunted some mutant beasts that Drako and Bastet managed to find, while Nhil had a different role in the group, so she didn't worry about finding one. There were a total of four different species and six in total, counting these three sheep here (1+1+1+3, to avoid confusion).

He managed to accumulate a total of approximately 18,000 EXP in this relentless hunt, having no qualms about going far from the Shelter, as Bastet would be able to find the way back. He was now traveling back, and it was only a few days' journey away. But if he had to rely on his own legs to return, then those days would turn into weeks.

From the expenses, only a little over 2,000 EXP remained, which he left stored for now. In the end, this is how his status and skill panel turned out.

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⌠Status⌡

│Han Sen│

│State: Unevolved│

│Life Span: 200 Years│

⌠Evolution⌡

∫ Ordinary Gene = 100 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Primitive Gene = 100 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Mutant Gene = 70 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Sacred Blood Gene = 41 Genetic Points ∫

∫ Super Gene = 0 Genetic Points ∫

│Evolve: 100 Genetic Points│

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⌠Skills⌡

∫ New Martial Arts (Level X) ∫

∫ Cooking (Level X) ∫

∫ Short Blade Skills (Level X) ∫

∫ Throwing Skills (Level X) ∫

∫ Spear Skills (Level III) ∫

∫ Software Engineering Skill (Level VIII) ∫

∫ Hardware Engineering Skill (Level VIII) ∫

∫ Stealth Skill (Level X) ∫

∫ Hunting Skill (Level X) ∫

∫ Business Skill (Level VIII) ∫

∫ Crossbow Skill (Level X) ∫

∫ Sex Skill (Level X) ∫

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With his Throwing Skill now at Level 10, he would easily be able to use anything around him and throw them in the desired trajectory as much as he wanted. He doesn't want to test the maximum, but he managed to split a leaf in half that was above Bastet's head 1km away. All of this with a stone. The accuracy was such that it didn't even touch her fur. The Crossbow Skill had exactly the same applications, and he could shoot as much as he wanted and would never miss.

Stealth doesn't need any explanation. He could disappear from sight in broad daylight and no one would know where he is, even if he was right in front of them. He now understood that it was a combination of reduced presence and finely controlled movements that would blur the vision of others when they looked at him in the sunlight.

Hunting Skill was something he was hesitant to buy, but its true purpose was even better than he thought. The way he could track and find beasts was much improved compared to before, and just by passing through a hunting ground, he would know if there were mutant beasts or not, or if there was any Sacred-Blood beast nearby.

"I did not expect Sacred-Blood beasts to be so difficult to find. No matter how much I search, it seems like they just won't come in any way..." Complaining about the almost monstrous lack of these beasts, he realized why Qin Xuan, Son of A Rotted Pumpkin, and Fist Guy needed to spend so many years in the First Sanctuary. The scarcity was significant, and the demand was high.

After he finished eating and was ready to take a nap with Bastet as his bed, he felt a slight tremor on the ground. Bastet also sensed something and her ears perked up, turning her face to look in a specific direction.

"Beast herd?" Han Sen stood still as he felt the ground shaking more and more, his ears picking up the increasingly loud noise of enraged beasts coming in this direction.

When he was about to call Nhil and Drako to join Bastet and eliminate this pile of free EXP, a figure suddenly appeared running towards him, his face panicked and desperate.

"Help, help!" With tattered clothes and dried blood spread across his skin, it was obvious that this man had been through a lot. He was running hopefully towards this fellow human he had just encountered when he saw the enormous panther by his side. And his heart almost jumped out of his mouth.

Han Sen did not respond and simply looked at the mountains around him. On one of them, he saw Drako returning quickly with some kind of egg in its claws, and a smile spread across his face. He didn't dare to question his fate anymore, knowing that someone was controlling things behind the scenes.

"Friend, please help me! I'll give you money, as much as you want!" The man shouted as he ran. Even though he was scared of the panther, he realized that it must be a Mount or a Pet Beast Soul, since it hadn't attacked him yet.

Seeing how the man he called did not answer and just looked around, he began to get desperate. His life was hanging by a thread with the herd coming towards him. To his greater despair, he saw the man climbing onto the panther, and shortly after, the dispair disappeared and his heart filled with happiness when he saw him reach out his hand.

"Quick, hurry!" Han Sen pulled the man and Bastet started running in a certain direction at the same time, "Whistle!" He then whistled, and Drako stopped in mid-flight and turned around. That was a command for him to put what he found back in place.

"Friend, thank you so much for this favor! You are literally saving my life right now!" As if a blade had been removed from his throat, the man's sigh of relief was deep and sincere.

"I wouldn't thank you just yet if I were you," Han Sen laughed and looked back at the herd of Mommos, mammoth-like creatures, that were angrily chasing them. "You must have killed one of their young to make them so furious.”

"A long story, it's a long story..." Being caught in the act for having done exactly that, the man scratched his head in embarrassment. It didn't even seem like there were a hundred assassins chasing him now.

"Hold on tight!" With a warning shout, Han Sen grabbed onto Bastet's fur, just as the man did, and felt the panther leap a tremendous height all at once and climb up a cliff. Drako had just placed the egg back and quickly left as well, searching for the owner of the egg to have a one-on-one conversation.

As soon as they stood safely above the cliff, the sound of footsteps and the trembling of the earth came to warn of the enormous amount of beasts that were there. It was impressive how the whole herd became furious because of the loss of a member.

Summoning Bastet back to his Sea of Souls, he saw the man lay on the cold ground of the cliff and breathe heavily, as if he was about to have a heart attack.

"What the hell kind of cub did you kill? It must have been their only hope of having a mutant beast among their ranks..." Han Sen commented after looking down and seeing the still roaring beasts. He could call Nhil and Drako to eliminate all of them at once, but it's not like he could reveal all his cards to someone he had never met.

"Do not mention that. Worst luck of all." The man calmed down, took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, lit one, and offered another to Han Sen. "You saved my life, and I, Lin Beifeng, will always remember it. I will show my gratitude after returning to the shelter.”

"Well..." Seeing how the guy did exactly the same thing as in the novel, he wanted to laugh about it but restrained himself. "We'll see when we get there, Lin Beifeng.”