Chapter 31 It Was Me

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Flowing Fist Technique: Skull Smasher.

CRAAASH!

Using my fist alone, I crushed the wolf's skull with a special technique that dealt extra damage against skulls, specialized in one-shotting low-level beings. The wolf couldn't even give a pitiful scream as it died on the spot, its entire head exploded into pieces, however…

[You gained 100 EXP]

[You gained 100 EXP]

[You gained 1000 EXP]

Oh? 1000 EXP?

So such a strong opponent rewarded me with ten times as much EXP than a normal Gray Wolf… Alongside that, I also collected the EXP from Eleanora's hunt. After three minutes of waiting for her, she came back with both corpses in her hands.

"They ran away several meters, so it was hard to catch them, but here they are!" she said, throwing the corpses alongside the other ones.

"Excellent, good job." I said, as I petted her head.

Eleanora blushed a bit as she seemed happy to help.

I quickly decided to collect the Spirit Orbs and we continued moving forward after covering the corpses with plants, so they wouldn't get picked at by other predators. Like that, we hunted down a few other wandering wolves that were alone but couldn't find any other Alphas.

However, in the way, we also eliminated a group of ten Walking Mushrooms, led by a bigger one named Walking Mushroom Queen. The battles were not as interesting or challenging as the Alpha wolf. The Walking Mushroom Queen was a joke and just died after 8 rocks in the head.

When it was already 4 AM, we decided to move back with all the loot we got, mostly carrying a dozen wolf corpses back home, and leaving them by the backyard door this time, where people wouldn't be able to see them so easily if they wandered by.

I sighed in relief as I moved back to my room and changed clothes. I had roughly over 30 Spirit Orbs now, should I absorb them all and see what happens, or wait to see how much they cost?

Hm, I am better off waiting for now, money could afford more things at the end of the day, however, if the prices are disappointing, I will consume them and acquire more power.

But for now, I dozed off, I was exhausted. A human's body is not a vampire's body after all.

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I practiced inside of my Spirit Orb with Eleanora, mostly gaining more Skill Proficiency, until I was awoken up after 3 hours of sleeping by my father.

"Blake, wake up, remember that we have to go sell the pelts early this morning." He said.

"Ah… Okay…" I sighed. I really shouldn't had gone to hunt last night now that I think about it…

Lazily, I went to take a bath and then wore clean clothes, until I heard something.

"W-What is this?!"

The voice of my mother scared me, as I ran downstairs, finding her and my father looking at the pile of wolves.

Oh that was it.

They weren't surprised yesterday so why now of all times?

"M-More wolves? This is the second time already!" said my mother in shock.

"W-What is going on? Who is doing this?" wondered my father.

"It must be… someone very nice!" I said, acting childishly as I moved near the corpses.

"Wow! Look at this, father, a big wolf!" I said.

"Eh?!"

My father's eyes opened wide as he looked at the wolf.

"I-It can't be… T-That's an Alpha! Its head is missing but still! This thing often costs… a gold coin!" said my father.

"Huh? That much?" I asked.

"W-Who would even gift us such a thing?" wondered my mother.

"Perhaps they just forgot about them and left them here for some time to later pick them up?" wondered my father.

"Yeah, there's no way anyone would leave such things here… It is clearly not something normal…" said my mother.

"I will bring them to the village and ask if anyone left them near my house… I cannot simply accept this generous offer so easily… this is a lot of money… If that person comes back, I will be in trouble if I have sold it all!" said my father.

"Yeah, dear, it is better to act responsible." Said my mother.

Huh? Why are they so…

Sigh…

Should I reveal to them that I hunted them down? There's not much point in hiding it now, I don't want them to sell off my prize. It might come out as shocking but there's no other way. My parents accept me and love me, I know I can trust them on this secret. The secret of my great and amazing strength compared to anyone in the village of my age.

"Sorry… mom, dad, I lied, I was the one that brought the wolves yesterday and today." I said.

"WHAT?!"

They both looked at me in shock. The disbelief was very clear in their eyes. They couldn't believe that a little five-year-old boy such as myself did such a feat. It was easy to tell they thought I was bullshitting my way through so we could keep with the money ourselves. So I had to show some evidence, of course. I took out my leather bag and showed them a pile of over 30 Spirit Orbs. They were once more left speechless.

"I butchered them off the wolves… I went at night when you two were sleeping. I just wanted to try out my power. It seems that Eleanora and I are very strong, so it wasn't so hard to hunt wolves…" I said.

"T-This can't be… My son… Y-You're really this strong?!" asked my father.

"Blake? A-Are you… for real?" asked my mother.

"Yes, please believe me… I am just trying to get used it so I can join my father in hunting in the future…" I sighed.

"My son…" sighed my father.

"But… this is…" muttered my mother.

"He's a Hero."

Suddenly, the voice of my grandmother resonated behind my parents.

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