Chapter 239 Self-Harming Attack

"What have you come here for, Lord of the Swamps?"

This was what the Mountain God asked. He was definitely not your average beast, Shin could say that after looking at its stats.

Though, he was surely curious as it seemed like the Mountain God knew who Shin was.

"Do-"

"Do you know me?", Shin asked.

"Haha, who doesn't know about you?"

"The one who became one of the rulers, the one who destroyed an entire human kingdom and the one who has Dragons as his slave…", the Mountain God said.

When he actually said this, Shin recalled Terran's original stats.

Even Terran wasn't level hundred but that didn't mean he couldn't reach that level. Yes, his maximum was in fact Lv.110.

This meant that if he were to grow stronger, he could eventually break through the threshold and further level up by another ten levels.

However, it was true that until now, there was not a single beast that Shin had encountered who was level hundred.

And while thinking this, he suddenly thought something, 'What if he is a Celestial?'

There was a high chance that the beast in front of him was actually a Celestial. That was because the titles usually shouldn't be having the word 'God' in this world.

Yes, God actually meant Celestial while the real Gods, who ruled from the heavens were Supreme Celestials.

If nature went ahead and granted someone the title of Mountain God, it could essentially mean that the being is either a Celestial or someone who is Celestial Caliber!

Though, Shin smirked as he heard the mountain God praise him.

"Then why don't you guess why I came here?", Shin asked the beast.

The beast stared at Shin as its eyes started to glow with red light.

"So, you too came to kill me…", the beast said.

What it said wasn't exactly correct. Shin did some here to defeat the beast, but he didn't have to actually kill it.

That was because the system said something else. If he were to defeat the beast then it would become his subordinate and thus, in the end, Shin would be the one who would grow stronger from this by having another being by his side.

Shin glared back at the beast. His eyes were glowing with faint green light.

It was as if both were having a staring contest. Yes, their eyes were locked on each other.

'He is definitely stronger than me…'

'However, his HP is less.'

'If I can somehow reduce his HP…'

And just as Shin thought this, he remembered that he had a skill that would eat away the foe's HP and transfer a bit of it to the host.

He smirked in confidence.

*Ding*

[ You have used the skill HP Eater ]

Just as he activated the skill, the beast's HP started to drop.

The beast flinched right after which it lept towards Shin with its mouth wide open.

An orb of white light formed around its mouth which then blasted away towards Shin.

The attack was fast, but not fast enough to prevent Shin from escaping it.

However, Shin still got hit by the attack.

Yes, he did try to run, but something weird happened.

*Ding*

[ Due to the foe's skill, the Host's stats have been reduced by 50% ]

'Huh…?'

*Boom*

The orb hit Shin right on his chest and blasted him away.

The shadow wolves who were inside his shadow were terrified since earlier. They could feel the beast's aura and have concluded that Shin's aura was at least ten times lesser than the beast's.

Even if they came out, they would fail to protect Shin so they let Shin handle it. Also, since Shin seemed confident, they thought that he had some plans to defeat the beast.

On top of that, Shin had forbidden them from exiting his shadow. So they remained inside.

Because of that, Shin was hit by the attack.

'Damn.'

Shin felt that attack.

Since all of the beast's stats were maxed out and considering the fact that Shin's stats were halved, the hit was critical.

Shin coughed a lot of blood as he closed his eyes and stopped himself from getting pushed back any more.

The orb was no more since all it did was explode and send Shin backward.

Shin opened his blurry eyes to look at his HP.

'You've got to be kidding…', he thought as he widened his eyes.

[ HP: 139/2000 || Max. HP: 9999 ]

He was baffled by the decrease in HP.

*gulp*

'Did I overestimate myself?', Shin questioned himself.

He then raised his head to look at the beast only to end up being surprised yet again.

"He…?"

The beast did leap towards Shin, but after that, it didn't move even a single step. Instead, it was unconscious and was lying on the ground.

"What the…?"

*cough*

He spat some more blood as he looked at his HP decreasing.

'My HP is still decreasing…?'

"…"

'Looks like my internal organs have been damaged greatly…', Shin thought.

*Ding*

[ You have used the skill Heal ]

His HP now slowly started to recover.

He then looked at the beast's stats only to be shocked yet again.

[ HP: 893/9999 || Max. HP: 9999 ]

"…"

Shin then walked towards the beast and looked at him.

'A tiger…'

He knew that the beast was a tiger after looking at its race and rank. Yes, he knew since the start, but despite that, he went ahead to battle with it.

'If Alira were to grow, would she look like him?', he questioned.

He asked this because the tiger in front of him was a white tiger too – the so-called mountain God.

But he was unconscious and in front of him.

"Sigh, look at you lying in front of me…"

"If I were some ruthless animal, then you would have been dead by now.", Shin murmured.

Well, he would have killed even if he wasn't a ruthless animal. Just that, because of the system he stopped.

'He might end up harming me if I heal him…'

'But if I don't then he might just die.', Shin thought.

"…"

*Ding*

[ You have used the skill Heal on the foe ]