Chapter 144 - The Savanna Once Again 2_2

"Hiegh!" Zebril made a sound. A moment later, it moved its legs ran away.

It wanted to escape from the battle after realizing that it couldn't beat us. yes, I'm running after it. I who is faster than the two of us have no desire to let the monster go.

"[Crimson Impale]"

My spear shot quickly, leaving a trail of red lines in the air.

Then, blood is shed along with the torn skin and meat. My spear pierced the monster's left chest.

"HIEGH!!" With a loud voice, it rebelled.

The monster tried to kick me but it didn't manage to land its attacks. I saved myself by pulling my spear out and then taking a few steps to keep my distance.

A moment later, Zebril's dead. 

This monster became the fifth we killed today.

< Agility stat up! AGI +4 > ×5

< Because a skill has been obtained from this monster, the absorbed Magic Stone will be converted to EXP for the skill. > ×4

Yup! The other five monsters and I will finish dealing with Zebril. Therefore, let's stay heated to hunt down these monsters until the afternoon comes!

Time passes...

My wish came true thanks to the help of the cuke kids and lovely Ruciel.

< Agility stat up! AGI +4 > ×5

< Because a skill has been obtained from this monster, the absorbed Magic Stone will be converted to EXP for the skill. > ×5

< Long Runner, level up! 1 to 2 >

< Stat Points and Exp for Skill cannot be obtained from this monster again. >

Zebril is the past. So, knowing that, I turned my eyes to a monster called Devil Horn Buffalo.

I wanted to immediately put my hand on the meat and the Magic Stone of that monster but I couldn't.

As I've said before, the afternoon has come and night is right behind it. More than that, we are exhausted, hungry (not me of course), and we want to rest.

So, we went back to the village.

We visited the clinic to see Diana and we found the woman sleeping deeply. We didn't want to disturb the woman so we went back to the inn.

Time passes quickly. We, or rather I, didn't feel it and another morning greeted me.

We put on our hunting gear. After that and again, we visited the clinic. We found Diana eating her breakfast and yes, something she owned and I would call a curse from now on, didn't affect Kimi, Alan, and Chloe.

Seeing that a second time, an assumption appeared in my head suddenly.

The curse may not work on children. And if I had to be more specific, the curse didn't affect people under the age of fifteen.

I made a confirmation to Diana and yes, the woman said that other children never bothered her. They are more likely to ignore or stay away from the woman.

It's pitiful but the woman herself didn't mind it. So we don't have to say anything unnecessary.

We put our feet on the savanna after we leave Diana and the clinic where she was.

Our playground this time is close to the river and small pools. It was the favorite hangout of the Devil Horn Buffalo.

Devil Horn Buffalo. The monster had silver skin with a texture and shape like pineapple skin. Its body was large, filled with muscles, and looked so tough. The monster can be said scary because it had a pair of huge black horns. And not only that, but the monster also had red eyes that hid the intention to kill.

So, to hunt the monster, we decided to lure it out of the river or pond. If the monster did play there while we hunt it, we will stand in mud and that was dangerous.

I handed the task to lure the monster to Ruciel.

But, who would have thought, Ruciel's invincible-looking light arrow couldn't pierce through the monster's skin. 

Yes, it surprised me.

But anyway, the monster came and we had to prepare to fight with and then kill it.

Kimi and Alan attacked from the side. I faced the monster head-on. 

Children will launch surprise attacks on the weak parts of the monster's body from its blind spot. As for me, I'll distract and keep the monster's attention to me. I'm going to use different kinds of powerful attacks to do it.

I thought we were going to defeat this slow monster easily but I was wrong.

The monster's silver skin was too tough!

Our weapons can't tear and even scratch the monster's skin. Our weapons kept bouncing every time we landed an attack on the monster's body.

And yes, Spells didn't bring much change either.

My Water, Wind, and Light Magic are almost useless and can only give small scratches.

Ruciel's light arrows could only give minor injuries.

Alan's Earth Magic had absolutely no effect.

As usual, Chloe was able to tie up the monster and weaken it. She did a great job but it didn't come with any damage.

Kimi can injure the monster with her Fire and Shadow Spells but we can't rely on my little sister. She has a small Mana capacity.

We tried our best but we can only make a little progress.

We're exhausted but the monster isn't.

It is getting faster and...

"Buffoo!"

"[Swift Movements]"

The monster ran up to Alan quickly. The monster's black horns emitted disaster. And yes, I who moved three times as fast saved Alan by pulling him aside.

The boy wanted to block the horn with his shield but I knew, it was a careless act.

His shield was low quality, it's my fault, and he wasn't strong enough. Blocking the attack directly would definitely have an impact that couldn't be said to be small.

"Sis Eclaite, I can block that monster attack!" The boy told me.

To that end, I shook my head and told him, "Say that to me after you have a better shield."

Our fight continued and in the end...

We managed to defeat the monster using the fog and poison liquid I made using Venom Essence.

I spat in the monster's face many times to kill it.

< Level up! 24 to 25 >

My level went up and I got a question from Ruciel.

"Tell me, what liquid do you always spat out?"

"It's a poison and it's, as deadly as a Crystal Cobra poison."

The girl froze for some time then uttered firmly, she forbids me to use the poison on her.

And it made me wonder, why should I poison Ruciel?

yes, I didn't get an answer to that question.

Now, this fight made us understand, we had to upgrade the weapons we used. Poor quality weapons will limit us in hunting.

"Hunting this monster takes a lot of effort. Not only that, this monster was quite dangerous. It's good if we change the target of the hunt. We will hunt this monster after we get a better weapon," Ruciel explained her reason to us.

So, those of us who understood the meaning of her speech well never uttered rejection. We agreed to hunt down another monster and we, set our eyes on the monster by the name of Girgraffe.

Before we hunted the monster, I...

< Acquired a skill! Medium Strength |Lvl 1 >

< Degenerated version of Medium Strength detected. Lesser Strength |Lvl 3 will be converted into Exp for Medium Strength. >

< Medium Strength, level up! 1 to 2 >

< Medium Strength, level up! 2 to 3 >

[Medium Strength | Lvl 3] [Passive]

[+ Permanently give 75 points to STR.]

< Strength stat up! STR +4 >

Well, that's new. This time, I got extra on Strength and quite a lot for it.

With that, we hunted for a target that become our new hunt beginning.

We approached Girgraffe who was eating the leaves on a high tree that resembled an umbrella.

One word that came up when I saw Girgraffe was tall. For the first, the monster had legs that were twice as tall as ours. And that, too, included its neck at the same tall. In the end, the height of the dark red furred monster easily touched eight meters.

Our plan to kill the monster was to cut off his leg. And yes, our weapons worked well this time.

We could have injured Girgraffe but had a hard time landing an attack. Ignoring the monster figure, it was so agile and quite fast. 

Easily, it gave counterattacks in the form of kick after kick. It dodged our attacks while keeping its distance with light jumps. More than that, the monster could use Earth Magic.

The stones it shot so many times put us into an extremely dangerous situation.

We had to use all our ability to save ourselves.

High Jump played a big part in this fight. Using that skill along with Arte and Venom Essence, I managed to corner the monster.

Make a wound then cover it with poison. It was a dirty way of fighting but it worked well.

Within minutes, the monster fell to the ground.

The monster's life ended after Kimi stuck her Fire Sword into the monster's head.

With that, we got out first Girgraffe for today.