Published
at 10th of July 2019 10:34:24 PM
Chapter 25
['Swift steps' has reached lv . 3]A lush green scenery engulfed my surroundings, unlike the other two parts of the forest, this place was the only part that looked like a true jungle . Vines falling from around the trees, insects buzzing around, howls of beasts roaring through the wind and such were everywhere . However, my reason for coming here wasn't to admire the scenery, it was to finish achieving all my objectives in this part of the forest with the lowest amount of time possible . As such, to make stuff as clean as possible I decided to go scouting around this part and surprisingly all it took was one week, such was only possible due to 'Mental Map' . ['Mental Map' has reached lv . 2]
Although this part of the forest was about 2~3 times larger than the swamp sector, it only took me the same amount of time to finish this task . 'Mental Map' was like a unit with data saving RAM, all I had to do was to was check a part once to make a part of the map accordingly, and while this was possible using my photographic memory, I had to check several places to make sure I won't make a simple error to achieve an almost perfect map . The unexpected part was the slow growth of 'Swift Steps', as it took me the whole week to barely reach lv . 3 . Nonetheless, I was able to collect all the information that I required from this part . The hierarchy in the central forest was quite simple . At the very top of the food chain was a true monster called the 'Thunder Lion' while a small population of lightning tigers and leopards .
The next on the ladder were wind wolves and battle apes, the battle apes' fighting ability was slightly lower than the wind wolves but in exchange they had larger numbers . All that was left of my quests were quests that asked to collect wolf pelt so normally I would avoid fighting apes and directly target the wolves . But, I had personal objectives as well, while the wolves were also more powerful than I might be able to take on, especially that they travel in packs most of the times . All of these beasts' information were found in the beast encyclopedia that I found on my house, which was to be expected as my parents were supposedly hunters . As such I decided to hunt the minimum of 100 battle apes before targeting the wolves entirely to prepare and strengthen myself as much as possible . There were roughly 300~400 apes in this jungle, so hunting 100 of them should satisfy the criteria of the first quest, no?>>>>In my new home, which was simply a huge tree which had an opening inside, I had widened it and camouflaged the opening to appear as natural as possible . I put on a new suit of armor, as my first suit of leather armor had grown tattered and full of unguarded places . Thankfully, I had brought a spare suit of armor, but I decided to fortify it somehow yesterday before I slept .
I had added light croc scales in the vital parts that needed extra protection to add another layer of safety . As my battle plan this time had a new variable . Although I had the [Lightning Cloud] sword which had enough sharpness to penetrate through the apes' tough muscles, as they were a bit too huge to go down with one or two hits . So, I had to use a new style of battle to achieve the extreme amount of damage I would be able to . The answer to that was to use a 'Dual wielding technique', the only similar skill I could acquire was 'Dual Swordsmans.h.i.+p' . Luckily, I had brought a spare sword with me and thanks to my improved stats I was able to use [Lightning Cloud] more easily . However, although I had already maxed my only sword skill, fighting with a new style was bound to be dangerous especially against monsters who were 'lv . 20' at the very least . Thus a fortified armor was a must in this dangerous venture… . .
