Chapter 85 - Cyril's Skills

"That kid… He's impressive." Vanessa muttered after observing Cyril and Myrtle's battle against the Hobgoblins.

Myrtle was skillful with her boxing skills. Her movement was filled with confidence and there was no hesitation with her intent to kill.

Unfortunately, her Aura couldn't keep up and was slowly emptied after a few rounds. It was then taken advantage of by the Hobgoblins.

On the other hand, she saw that Cyril appears to be very calm in this situation as if this wasn't his first life and death battle.

He wasn't missing his beat with every reload of his Goblin Musket and he knows when to pause to use his short-sword to attack the enemies.

His attacks were accurate and hit the vital parts of the Hobgoblin.

"Hmm… He's indeed impressive for a newbie. I think he has already been trained by his family."

One of Vanessa's bodyguards similarly praised the young man. He has neatly combed black hair and sunglasses as he stood straight behind the lady.

"Whoa~ So even Sir Max is impressed? That's quite new. You didn't even praise Johnson and Layla on their first exploration." Vanessa commented as she looked at the man with an amused face.

The two Awakened she mentioned were part of the Strauss Family who was supposed to be elites in their batch. It means that this guy here is stingy with his praises.

Max chuckled but he didn't explain himself and only said a few words.

"Watch how he manipulates his Aura…"

Right now, Cyril and Myrtle were already facing the Metal Wolves who have been waiting and hiding in the bushes for a long time.

"Aura?"

Vanessa wasn't too focused on that part since she was mainly interested in Cyril's combat techniques.

However, now that Max mentioned it, she quickly probed Cyril's Aura Manipulation.

Then, perhaps she had overdone it, Cyril seems to have noticed what she was doing!

'This… Is he already that good?'

Vanessa was shocked. When she was his age, she could never know whether other Awakened was trying to probe her and observe her Aura…

However, Cyril definitely sensed her careless attempt of probing him. If she knows that he's that sensitive, she would've done this as covertly as possible!

"Hey! You didn't tell me that he's that good. I think he discovered me."

Vanessa complained to Max but the latter only smiled.

"Ugh… He might be thinking that I couldn't properly hide my Aura or I have weak probing skills."

"Pfft… Ehem… Don't worry about that, miss. I think he will just think that you're attempting to save them. Look."

As soon as Max said this, Cyril was attacked by three remaining wolves completely ignoring the weakened Myrtle.

The wolves are probably thinking that as long as they killed Cyril, Myrtle would just be a helpless rabbit waiting to be eaten.

However, the human male they're attacking suddenly burst with killing intent!

It was only momentary… It was as if the wolves were facing a Hunter that has killed thousands of them… In this brief moment, Cyril took the opportunity and finally showed his impressive martial arts.

The Metal Wolves' skull and fur are all sturdy… However, they still have a weakness, their throats… Cyril targeted this which his Short Sword as blood splattered everywhere.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The wolves dropped to the ground, lifeless.

Myrtle, who was carefully watching everything from the start, almost saw a heroic figure behind Cyril when he executed that final attack.

"Incredible! I didn't know B-Ranks are this cool!" Myrtle shouted as she couldn't help but admire Cyril's bearing.

"Ugh… You will be disappointed if you see other newbies at B-Rank." Vanessa thought it was funny after hearing what Myrtle just said.

In truth, even A-Rank wouldn't be this impressive in their first exploration.

After all, in the beginning, their only advantage was their powerful Aura and Artifact. They would all lack battle skills, experience, and perhaps even decisiveness to kill at this point.

However, Cyril has none of that… He was fully in control of the situation from the start.

No wonder that the stingy Max would praise someone like him.

"I wonder which team he will be sent to."

Vanessa muttered referring to the internal Exploration Teams within the Awakened Association.

Max didn't comment on this as it will be all up to Cyril to decide which team he'll join after this trial.

***

"Let's continue?" Cyril asked seeing that Myrtle was filled with energy when praising him.

"What? No, not yet! Let me rest for at least 10 more minutes."

Myrtle immediately showed how tired she was as she slumped on a nearby stone.

Cyril chuckled as she let her rest for now. As someone who has been an F-Rank before, he knows that what Myrtle did was already something incredible.

He had seen thousands of F-Rank and E-Rank Awakened already… There were only extremely few of them that would still stand out even if they are faced with the reality of being a low-rank forever.

If Myrtle would remain working hard and could develop safely, she would certainly become one of the finest E-Ranks someday.

"Let me check if they have some magic cores then…" Cyril said as he checked each wolf. He also collected his daggers and his boomerang that was unable to return after being stuck on the Hobgoblin's body.

These physical type wolves almost had zero chance to have magic cores so Cyril came out empty-handed. At the very least, their furs and fangs should be useful for crafters.

However, Cyril had no time of collecting them since it wouldn't give them much anyway.

Only Myrtle looked at the corpses with regretful eyes.

"Don't worry, someone from the Association might even collect it after our task here. Who knows, they might give us a percentage for that."

Cyril comforted.

Their main focus is the treasures after all.

Right now, they only have the Common Potion Recipe Book and the Rank F - Mysterious Drunkard's Canteen…

Cyril then looked at their third treasure, the five Arcanite Fruits, and picked them up…

After this, the two continued with their adventure at the nearby lake.

However, because of the stench of blood spreading throughout the forest, it attracted many creatures, weak or strong, as the two had to constantly fight them and barely has room to rest!