Chapter 107 - Arrived At The Lian Plains

Shin finally walked out of the dark forest. The sunlight that was being blocked since earlier was no flashing on his face.

'Ding'

[ You have exited the great forest of Thuren ] 

A system notification popped up after hearing which he was sure that he was out of the forest. Not that he required a separate assurance from the system.

"The sky…"

"It looks beautiful.", he mumbled.

No tears, no sadness, just a sense of loneliness lingered in his heart.

After gazing at the beautiful orange-colored sky, he started to walk towards the grassland that was a few miles ahead of him.

It was evening and the light that flashed on his face was of the sunset, the scenery was beautiful indeed, not that he was able to see the full sunset.

'I wonder how far the Lian Plains are from here…', a thought suddenly rose up.

'Ding'

[ 3 miles to go ]

The system answered him almost immediately.

Shin was lonely and precisely because of that he was asking the system these kinds of stuff even though he knew about it.

At least, the system acted as a companion to talk with.

There was a grassland in front of him.

Grassland -> A large stretch of land mainly populated or occupied with grasses and some other shrubs.

It didn't seem that unusual to him because he had seen the pictures of such places in the past life. He needed no explanation about this from the system either.

Well, one thing, the system notified him regardless of him wanting it or not.

'Ding'

[ You have entered the Swampy Grassland Of Lian ]

[ Due to the title – Ruler Of The Swamps – Your authority will be increased ]

[ All beings in the swampy areas will accept you as their leader ]

Indeed, this notification seemed a bit different from just notifying him about the entrance or exit of someplace.

When he walked in the grassland, his legs seemed to get wet. In 2 minutes, his fur already seemed to be brown in color.

Of course, not the entire fur, only the fur of his legs had become brown. Thankfully he wasn't running.

He had one doubt though, in the beginning, when he had acquired the title of Ruler Of The Swamps, then did that mean that all the swamps in the world were under him?

Obviously, there were tons of swamps, he couldn't possibly be a ruler of each and every swamp just by killing one lizard!

But, it seemed like the title which he got acted that way.

One could possibly say, this was another cheat of his – the third cheat!

The first was that he had a System for aiding him in his adventures and all situations, the second was that he could practically call anyone with their names no matter how strong they were, and the third one was that the titles which he gained were universal until and unless they were specified.

He discovered these three cheats out of the many more that were left undiscovered for now that is.

Also, he actually checked the effectiveness of the title.

How?

He purposefully encountered a gigantic frog that was just minding its own business!

'Ding'

[ Beast identified ]

[ Poison Swamp Frog ]

[ Rank: A || Max. rank: A ]

[ Level: 35 || Max. level: 50 ]

[ Fear: 75/100 ]

[ Respect: 80/100 ]

'Ding'

[ Poison Swamp Frog is under the effect of the title ]

[ It was identified you as the ruler of the swamps ]

[ You won't be attacked by it ]

Now Shin definitely knew what amazing effects the titles could give.

Swampy areas were places where Lizardmen or reptile-like beasts or monsters resided the most. 

This gave him a further advantage because of another title which he had earned earlier – The Reptile Killer.

Perhaps, these things were planned and for a reason, he had encountered the Lizard beasts earlier which were so weak that he could kill them even in his imm.a.t.u.r.e form!

But, how were they weakened? What were they doing in the deeper parts of the forest when the swamps were outside the forest?

Had someone weakened them and tossed them where Shin was resting and recovering?

Well, the story for these questions is left for another time.

Anyway, the frog just bowed in front of him as if it had no chance of winning against him. The fear and respect stats automatically spawned.

Shin just moved forward and found that there were many rodents and small lizards all around.

A thing to note was that all the beasts that bowed in front of him were weaker than him, their levels were quite less when compared to him.

So a doubt spawned in his head – 'Will a beast, having a higher level than me, be affected by the title?'

He kept wondering that and when he finally snapped out into reality instead of being lost in his own world, he realized that he had already crossed and left the Grassland.

Of course, that was because of the system and a change in scenery!

'Ding'

[ You have exited the Swampy Grassland Of Lian ]

'Ding'

[ You have entered the Swampy Plains Of Lian ]

He just traveled from one zone to another of the same place. While the grassland was not that vast, it did take him some time to cross it.

In addition to them, the moonlight aided his vision.

The vast land that laid in front of him looked beautiful because of the white light of the moon. It was as if the entire land was bathing in the moonlight and the reddish-orange clouds made it look like it was wearing an item of exquisite clothing.

As exaggerated as it may sound, it looked that beautiful.

In any case, Shin had finally arrived at the Lian Plains. While he thought that he came here to search for Aella, it seemed like fate had brought him here with an entirely different purpose!

"…"

To be continued…