Chapter 218 A Last Mission Before Evolution

"Why the heck do you want to be my servant?", Shin asked.

"…"

The serpent thought for a few seconds and then said, "First of all, I will die because of my weak state."

"So, if I am your subordinate, you will definitely protect me."

"Yeah, I heard that earlier.", Shin had a dumbfounded expression.

That was because he was looking for some different answer and the real reason, which he suspected to be something else.

'I wonder why such a strong beast gives up its ego and pride to be protected by me.'

'As far as I know, no matter how weak a beast becomes, it will never lose its pride.'

'It would end up dying rather than being protected, so I am sure, there must be a totally different reason.', Shin said to himself.

'Well, Terran is an exception in my mind.', Shin branded Terran as an exception to this case, probably because he thought that Terran had similar goals as him – hate towards humans.

"And since I have to help you three times, staying around you will give me those three chances earlier."

"Not only that, but when your skill evolves and you will be able to erase the curse, then I could just ask you to do it immediately. You won't have to come and search for me, nor do I have to keep searching for you."

Raka did have a point there. However, little did he know that Shin's skill had leveled up enough that he could erase his curse anytime.

Shin looked the other way when he mentioned the last reason. For the time being, he accepted such half and weird-spirited reasons.

"So, will you be following me from now on?", Shin asked.

"Yes.", Raka nodded his head and accepted that.

"…"

Shin thought about explaining his situation first and wanted Raka to think carefully. He didn't want to put Raka into unnecessary trouble.

"I see."

"So, you have to take part in the Clan Wars…", Raka murmured.

"Yes", Shin replied.

"Aha, alright master. That's not a problem. I will still be under you from now.", Raka said.

He had already started to refer to Shin as 'Master'.

'Sigh looks like somehow I ended up gaining another ally.', Shin smirked.

This time, it was purely because of luck. The serpent seemed a bit too weird because the entire conversion has been flooding in a different direction since the beginning.

Whatever now, Raka was part of the crew and swore his loyalty to Shin. Of course, he did say that as soon as all the curse was going to be erased, he would leave Shin's side too.

Shin then started walking down the same path. He had some more work to do and a little more to train. He wanted to reach level 80 before participating in the Wars because it would help him a lot.

Also, more than that, he was expecting his skills to evolve. That way, there would probably be no wolf out there that could stand up to him.

"Raka, do you know where other strong beasts live?"

"I have a mission to kill them.", Shin said.

He wasn't lying, there really was a mission given by the system for this task.

[ Mission: Kill 100 beasts that are above level 60 (57/60) ]

[ Rewards: ]

[ -> 1500 Exp ]

[ -> Evolution ]

This mission popped up exactly when Shin had reached level 78. Since then, he has killed a lot of level 60s, but his exp hadn't risen much. That was because he was far too strong to gain any exp by killing low levels.

Of course, the level 60 beast is a strong beast in this forest. The three strongest beasts that existed nearby were Raka, Terran, and the Volcanic Phoenix.

Other than these three, which are near the threshold of leveling, that is, level 100, all other beasts are way below level 80.

Of course, when the system mentioned slaying beasts that are above level 60, it meant that Shin would have to kill any and all beasts that are stronger than the lowest threshold.

So, it could be a beast of level 80 or even 100, it didn't matter, all he had to do was kill beasts above level 60 and till now, all the beasts that he had killed were in their sixties.

17 more were to be hunted and this was a good opportunity for Shin to hunt them, since Raka might have a better idea about his part of the territory where Shin hadn't visited.

"Yes, I do know a place where some strong beasts reside, or rather, those bastards reside there."

"Bastards?", Shin was surprised after Raka used such a term.

"Yes, I think, there are 3 ape beasts if we move a little further", Raka said.

'Keke, those bastards who dared to make fun of me when I was trapped will soon be killed by master.', Raka said.

Shin smirked and said, "What are their levels?"

"…", Raka fidgeted his head a bit as if he was trying to recall.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "I think their levels were somewhere in the upper 80s."

This meant that those beasts were above level 85. Shin has yet to reach level 80, so this could be a good challenge and a way to gain some extra Exp.

He smirked and said, "Upper 80s…"

"Cool, show me the place.", Shin said.

Raka, without wasting any time, started to lead the way and Shin followed closely.

He wasn't sure about this and had to think again while walking because he wasn't going to face a single beast, but a total of three, and all of them were in the upper 80s.

'Man, I am really being foolish yet again.', he said while smirking.

Yes, he was being foolish right now, but whatever, he just needed 3 more beasts to finish the mission. After that, he could safely move towards level 80 and could then evolve and get stronger.

'Alright Apes, just you wait, here I come!'