Four days had passed ever since the hunting party gave their home their last look. The hunting party members took the items they could salvage on the pile of rumbles. However, most of the items, such as cooking utensils and other weapons they stored in the house, suffered degrees of damage, making them unusable. Some are even beyond repair.
Now, they are on their way to cross the bridge and face the beasts on the other side of the bridge, also the outskirts of the Quincy Mountain Range.
Caleb called out his status as they neared the bridge. As long as he reached the realm of Grade 2 Taboo fighter, he would have more confidence to go through their journey.
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Name: Caleb
Race: Human
Age: ???
Rank: Taboo Energy (Grade 1) 778/1000
Physique: 10 [Strength, Stamina, Endurance, Agility, Flexibility, Power, Etc...]
Spirit: 6 [Mental Strength, Mental Resistance, Reaction Speed, Perception, Five Senses, Dynamic Vision, Mental Energy, Intelligence, Energy Recovery Rate, Soul Def, Soul Strength, Etc...]
Abilities:
-Passive Skill-
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They traversed the bridge, which had low visibility. Ten minutes pass, and the hunting party and the four teenagers haven't encountered anything yet. Caleb thought they would meet various obstacles, yet there was nothing.
"Disappointed, are you? Did you think we would encounter something?" Athena on the side chuckled.
Caleb rolled his eyes and stared speechlessly at her. What disappointed? Who would be disappointed to not encounter enemies? Not to mention, with the current state of his arm, he won't be able to fight even if he wants to.
"I can't even lift my left arm right now. I would be glad if we didn't encounter anything. It would just delay the recovery of my arm."
"If you say so..." A grin emerged on her face and she focused again ahead of them. She felt satisfaction when teasing the young guy.
'It might be because he looks like my dead younger brother in the past?'
"We're nearing the other side. Prepare yourself at all times. Keep your defense and don't falter when you guys see a bunch of wild beasts."
'Curses!' Caleb felt the hair on his skin stood up, a shiver ran through his spine. Because he saw hundreds of small dots not far away from the other side of the bridge. Silhouettes with various shapes and forms.
Obviously, they are hundreds of wild beasts. Cannot be described with the word 'Bunch'. Although reluctant, he gripped the Odachi tightly with his remaining arm. Then channeled taboo energy on the blade and let it flow freely. It was worth mentioning that the blade imbued with taboo energy was sharp enough to penetrate the nape of a Tier 9 Apokalip. So it would be safe to say that cutting through a bunch of wild beasts be a lot less challenging? Of course, it might be also because he used 50% taboo energy at that particular attack.
Now, he was just infusing a lot less amount. Ten units of taboo energy per minute so he would be able to maintain it a lot longer with a reduced boost in its sharpness as exchange though.
"It seems we will have to fight through our way. Remember, we don't need to kill them all. We just need to get past them. If we fight them all to death, we would be exhausted before we could even enter the mountain. We don't have a chance for a battle of attribution with our numbers. So, spend less energy when fighting, and don't engage with them as much as you can. Our goal is to bulldoze our way. Understood?" Jin said, acting as the think tank of the group once again.