Chapter 167: Tracing

'Ding'

[ The skill Pain Nullification has been disabled temporarily ]

[ Give a command phrase for the activation of the skill ]

The system probably heard what Shin was thinking in his mind.

He wanted the system to enable a function that would let him re-activate the skill whenever he desired so that its effects can again take over him.

Of course, the system heard him and asked for a phrase so that it wouldn't take too long for him to re-activate when needed since even a second would matter during a harsh battle.

"Activate Pain Nullification." - was what Shin murmured.

'Ding'

[ Activate Pain Nullification - is identified to be the activation phrase for the passive skill Pain nullification ]

[ With the analysis conducted, the word 'Activate' is considered to be the keyword ]

[ The word 'activate' will be set as the keyword for reactivating the passive skills ]

Active and passive, were the two categories into which all the skills were divided or scattered in.

Active skills would get activated almost immediately as soon as the user calls it. Of course, the system can activate the said skills if utmost danger is sensed.

Passive skills were something that would keep on producing an effect on the host or user.

Yes, the passive skills couldn't be deactivated or reactivated just like that since their effects were considered to be prolonged and it was something that the body would develop on its own.

That is why any beast or monster having passive skills cannot disable it.

Shin was different, he could deactivate even the passive skills - basically destroying the boundary that nature and the world had set on the limited skills.

Yes, this difference was due to the presence of the system. It was precisely because of the said thing that he could do tons of many other things that normal beasts would otherwise fail.

In any case, now he disabled the skill and even set an activation phrase for them which would save a lot of time for him or would at least save little but important time!

In the end, it was beneficial for him that he got rid of the skill for now. It would be better for him to activate that passive skill only during times of need.

That was the first thing he learned. The second was about the system. He observed that despite the use of the passive skill, the system still showed its effects. It was as if the system was unaffected.

'Is the system not a part of me?', was what he asked himself.

For a long time, he had a belief that the system was a part of the wolf's body. That was because he gained that system only after getting in the pup's body.

However, if he thought carefully, there were many things that didn't match up and now was one such moment which he realized.

Though, he didn't waste more than five minutes in thinking and doing everything that he had to.

Of course, the time was used for resting as well and the amount of fatigue that he had accumulated decreased a bit.

Now he could continue again.

He walked further and soon arrived near the hut, however he was still exhausted.

Needless to say, the rest wasn't enough but oh well, he finally arrived at the edge of the place from where he had departed earlier.

*sniff sniff*

'Uh...'

'I can't find her scent at all...'

He had a running nose for some reason. His sense of smell had decreased a bit due to that.

"..."

"Wait a second, I can use the system to find her, can't I?" - was what he realized all of a sudden.

"Hey system, can you find Aella?", he asked.

'Ding'

[ Searching... ]

[ Detecting the traces of Aella ]

[ Footprints found ]

[ Tracing the route taken ]

The system started to search almost immediately without answering.

'Ding'

[ Aella found ]

Shin thought that it would take the system longer to find her and was trying to rest.

However, the system found her almost immediately.

"What the-"

"What did you say?", his eyes were shaking.

He could hardly believe his ears. He checked the system's notice twist and licked his eyes twice to ensure that this was no hallucination.

"Where...?"

"Where is she?", he wasted no time in asking that.

'Ding'

[ Aella's traces lead to the village of the Goblins, towards the south, 41 km away from your current location ]

"The village of the goblins...?"

Shin finally understood that the mission which he was given earlier had everything into consideration.

It was as if the mission was based on the future which startled him a bit.

*gulp*

Shin swallowed a large amount of dry saliva because of the sudden revelation.

He could wait no more, he thought that he would search for her near the areas and would return before the sunrise, but after finding out her location, he could no longer refrain from running again!

All the fatigue and retarded sense of smell that he had, vanished all of a sudden. More adrenalin started to pump which suddenly increased his blood pressure and inspiration rate.

His widened eyes returned back to normal while emitting a faint green glow of light.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Dash ]

[ You have used the skill Wind Run ]

The moment he did that, he vanished from the spot. He moved quite fast and in an instant, passed through tons of trees.

Running fast doesn't ensure that you can dodge each and every obstacle that lies on your path. Shin knew this very well since he had to face such things way back.

Because of that, he never forced himself to use the skill 'Dash' and 'Wind Run' at the same time near tons of trees because that could end up slowing him down instead of actually increasing his speed ultimately leading to a wastage of time.

'Wait for me Aella. I will be there soon!', he said to himself and dodged every tree with ease.

It was as if his reflex kicked in or multiplied all of a sudden.

"..."

To be continued...