Chapter 98 [Bonus chapter] First skill: [Fire Claw]

‘Arcane silver’

[Absolute penetration]

As soon as he finished his words, Leo summoned his rank 8 silver-coloured sword and activated the weapon’s skill.

Since his talents were useless against a rank 9 mutated beast like Amberwolf king, Leo decided to use the technique to kill it.

‘Slash’

The rank 9 amberwolf king only saw a silver light before it felt its entire surroundings start spinning.

In actuality, it was not the surroundings spinning; instead, it was the wolf’s head that separated from its body and turned in the air before falling to the ground.

‘Ding,

The host killed a rank 9 amberwolf king.

‘Ding,

The host gained 500 [Promote Points].

‘It looks like I will get more [Promote points] for killing king-type monsters or mutated beasts.’

Looking at the system notifications, Leo silently thought in his head.

[Absolute Devour]

Soon, he placed his hand on the rank 9 beast corpse and used [Absolute Devour] for the first time.

‘Grr’

In the next second, a round mouth filled with teeth appeared on his palm and started devouring the corpse.

In less than a minute, the entire corpse was devoured by the mouth on Leo’s palm, not leaving a single remnant of the beast.

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured a rank 9 amberwolf king.

‘Ding,

The ‘one percent effect of the talent has been triggered, and the host awakened a skill [Fire Claw].

‘What?’

Even though Leo aimed to awaken a skill or two with his [Absolute Devour], he didn’t expect to awaken it in the first attempt.

It had only a one percent chance. So, he was shocked to awaken a skill just like that.

‘Check’

Nevertheless, he controlled his excitement and checked the information on the skill.

‘Ding,

Skill name: Fire Claw (Level 1).

Element: Fire.

Effect: The user can condense an elemental claw on his hand that can not only slash through the enemy, but it will also leave ‘Burn Damage’.

‘Fire Claw’

After checking the information, Leo used the skill, and soon, a light red-coloured transparent claws appeared around his fist.

‘Even though it seems weak right now, it looks cool. I should upgrade it. Moreover, since I awakened the skill from [Absolute Devour], I can increase its level by continuous devouring.’

Leo knew the skill would become very powerful when it reached level 8 or 9. Also, he didn’t forget that he could increase the levels of the talents or skills awakened from [Absolute Devour] with the continuous usage of that talent.

‘Let’s see how much these rank 8 amberwolves can increase the level of my skills.’

Leo silently thought about the 10 amberwolves lying on the ground and walked towards them.

Since he had turned the nearly 90 rank 7 amberwolves into ashes, Leo could only devour the 10 rank 8 amberwolves.

‘Grr’

With a low growl, the mouth on Leo’s palm started devouring the rank 8 amberwovles one after another.

‘Blurp’

After eating the ten amberwolves, the mouth licked Leo’s palm and disappeared.

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured ten rank 8 amberwolves; however, it triggered no effect, and no skill has awakened.

Leo was not surprised at the fact that he didn’t awaken any skills even after devouring 10 rank 8 beasts.

Instead, he was a little surprised by the subsequent system notification.

‘Ding,

The host’s skill [Fire Claw] has been upgraded to level 4. It can now leave the damage on even rank 5 and rank 6 beings.

‘Level 4 already? Isn’t this speed a little too fast?’

Suddenly, Leo felt the talent [Absolute Devour] seemed more powerful compared to his [Talent swallowing ability].

Even though he could swallow a new talent every six months, he could not upgrade the talents he awakened with that ability.

However, with the help of a [Absolute Devour], not only did he awaken a beast skill, but he also upgraded it to level 4 in a matter of a few seconds.

‘Ding,

The reason for such a rapid increment was because of the Divine Comprehension Pill’s effect.

‘Oh. The effect of that pill can even help me like this?’

Leo didn’t expect that; however, when he remembered that the skills and talents were the same, he was not surprised anymore.

‘It’s decided. I will completely focus on the [Absolute Devour]. Not only can I gain new skills but I can also increase the level of [Fire Claw], and at the same time, repeated usage of [Absolute Devour] will eventually upgrade its level.’

Previously, Leo used [Talent Promoter] to upgrade the [Absolute Devour]; however, he didn’t forget the continuous usage of the talent would give the [Experience Points].

Moreover, he wanted to use the Divine Comprehension Pill’s effect to increase the [Experience Points] gained by 10 times.

….

Time continued to pass, and in a flash, five hours passed, and there were only a couple of hours before the sunset.

As Leo and his undead summons were grinding for the [Experience points] and the [Promote points] without resting, an old man was rushing towards the ‘Solitary forest’ at an incredible speed.

‘He dares to enter the Solitary forest with his strength?’

That old man frowned when he sensed the scent of the two supreme-grade eggs was coming from the Solitary forest.

‘No wonder ignorance is bliss.’

He scoffed at Leo.

However, deep down, he was worried that other rank 9 monsters with good sensing abilities might sense the supreme grade eggs.

‘I hope that doesn’t happen; otherwise, it will cause a lot of trouble for me.’

The old man increased his speed and rushed into the Solitary forest.

….

In the outskirts of the Solitary forest,

Even though Leo was powerful and had enough trump cards, he didn’t dare to enter deeper into the [Uncleared Lands].

It was believed that supreme rank monsters and mutated beasts live in the depths of the [Uncleared Lands].

Whether it was true or not, no one knows; however, no one took the risk to enter the depths of the [Uncleared lands].

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured 12 rank 8 monsters; however, it triggered no effect, and no skill has awakened.

‘Ding,

The host’s skill [Fire Claw] has been upgraded to level 6.

‘Phew’

Looking at the two system notifications, Leo heaved a sigh of relief.

Even though he was cursed at his luck that he could not awaken any new skills despite hunting the monsters and the mutated beast for the last five hours, he was at least satisfied with the upgrade in the [Fire Claw]’s level.

‘In the beginning, I thought I could easily upgrade [Fire Claw] to level 8 or level 9 today; however, from the looks of it, it’s going to take quite a while to upgrade it to level 9.’

Leo bitterly smiled and decided to take a break.

‘I should try to upgrade this skill to level 7. Only then, I can cause some damage to the advanced heroes.’

While taking a small break, Leo set a small goal for today.

Once a skill reaches level 7, it becomes an advanced skill capable of causing damage to advanced heroes.

Moreover, he had already planned to erase the Ambermane family. Hence, having an advanced skill would not be a bad thing.

“Slash”

Suddenly, a silhouette flashed from the corner of his eye, and he felt a sense of danger.

However, the silhouette was so fast that even if he used [Space manipulation], he could not possibly dodge it.

‘If I can’t dodge it, I can only face it head-to-head.’

Leo tightened his grip around the Arcane silver and hurriedly tried to block the attack.

‘Slash’

Before Ajax could even move his hand, a sharp blade slashed Leo’s abdomen deep enough to bleed lots of blood.

‘Damn it.’

Leo cursed and hurriedly used [Mighty combustion] to lightly cauterize the injury to stop the bleeding.

“Huh? You have experience of surviving in the wild. No wonder you dare to enter the [Uncleared land].”

The old man licked the blood on his dagger and praised Leo.

“Anyway, let’s not waste our time and discuss business.”

The old man walked toward Leo with an evil smile and asked, “Give me the two supreme grade eggs, and I will give you an easy death.”

“It’s not going to happ….”

However, before he could finish his words, Leo fell to the ground with a shocked look in his eyes.

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