A Strange Man (1)

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After almost an hour, Icarus finally arrives at the place where he is building his base

"Tsk! This took a lot longer than I expected!"

Icarus took so long, as he was forced to make a series of detours before finally reaching his base

During his tragedy, he encountered a series of monsters

Thanks to his improved vision he detected these monsters, when he was hundreds of meters away from them thus not being detected

Besides that, after absorbing Monnct, Icarus' sixth sense became a little strange

In addition to being able to detect danger, he is now also able to estimate the strength of monsters

The stronger Icarus's desire to fight them, the stronger and more dangerous these monsters are

Using that feeling, along the way Icarus was able to estimate how strong the monsters he encountered were

Most of the monsters Icarus encountered were not very strong, and they should have about the same strength level as he

However, a few were so strong that when Icarus caught sight of them, their instincts became somewhat restless

If it were someone else in this situation, given the intent of the will to fight inherited from Monnct's instincts

That person would not think twice before running towards these monsters while shouting 'Fight me!'

Just to end up being easily killed and eaten, thus having a tragic and somewhat pathetic death

However, this is not what happened to Icarus, because thanks to his monstrous willpower

After just a few seconds, Icarus was able to easily control himself and overcome this feeling

In fact, along the way Icarus didn't just avoid the strongest monsters

He avoided any and all monsters, regardless of whether these monsters were strong or not

Most people would avoid these monsters, because they were afraid that if they attacked these monsters, they could end up getting hurt or even dying

However, this is not the case for Icarus, he avoided all monsters just because he was afraid that if he decides to fight them

In the middle of the battle, the log that he was carrying so carefully, could end up being damaged

That way, wasting the time he used, to find, cut and get that log

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Icarus walks over to the two large trees and carefully places the log on the ground

After doing this, he unties Rushed-Panther's body and puts it aside

So, he quickly takes the log and aligns it on the pile of logs

"A little further back... and that's it, it's completely aligned! Well, at least on that side. Huehue... Man, I didn't know that aligning a pile of logs would be so addictive!"

Having finished aligning the log pile, Icarus nods with satisfaction and decides to rest for a few minutes

He sits on the floor while wiping the sweat off his forehead with his hands.

"Phew! I have a new level of respect for all blue-collar workers!"

After resting for a few minutes, Icarus remembers something and reaches into his clothes

He quickly takes out a small yellow sphere, which is all covered in blood – the Mana Orb he picked up earlier from Rushed-Panther

The moment he picks up the Mana Orb, a notification from Elizabeth rings in his head

[Wind Mana Orb detected!]

[Does the user want to start the Merger?]

[Yes / No!]

Seeing this notification, Icarus doesn't think twice before responding

"No!"

[Answer accepted!]

While ignoring Elizabeth's notifications, Icarus looks with a big smile at the sphere in his hand

"With that, I'm finally going to increase my mana capacity! Although, I don't even know why I'm so excited about it. After all, the only Skill I have that uses my Mana is <Improved Regeneration>. Well, whatever!"

Having nothing to do, Icarus decides to clean the blood of the Mana Orb, using his clothes

After taking some of the blood from the surface of the sphere, Icarus realizes something strange

"Huh? Wait a minute... I'm pretty sure that when I took it from Cat's chest, the color of that sphere was darker than it is now! Why is it lighter? Although I remember something like that happened to the Light Mana Orb. Why is this happening? "

Icarus is momentarily lost in thought, while trying to think of a reason for it

However, even after thinking for a few minutes nothing comes to mind

"Sigh! Well, whatever. I think I'll take this to Icarus Falls, to see if I can absorb it!"

Icarus puts the Mana Orb inside his clothes again, and slowly gets up

While, he stretches his back Icarus looks at Rushed-Panther's lifeless body

"Hmm... Okay, before I leave... what the hell do I do with this? Sigh! Before, I was so happy that I had a Mana Orb, that in the heat of the moment, I ended up bringing this monster's body with me. However, I'm not hungry now, and I'm pretty sure if I leave it here like this, it's going to end up attracting food thieves. I don't have a problem if they take this monster and leave, the problem is if they decide to stay, and wait for fresh food. In that case, the fresh food... it's me. I'm not exactly in the mood to turn anyone's lunch!"

While busy thinking about what to do with the monster's body, a certain image passes through his head - a small lion cub

When he thinks about it, Icarus's eyes shine with anticipation for a moment, but he quickly calms down

"Ahem... well, I don't think it's okay for me to take this monster to those guys. After all, it's on the way to Icarus Falls. So, I won't be wasting my time. I'm definitely not doing it this, because I want to see this cute cub again. No, I am doing this because it is an efficient way to solve my problem! So... I'm doing this for efficiency! Yeah, it is definitely just for the efficiency!"

While lying to himself, Icarus takes the body of the Rushed-Panther and starts walking in the direction where he last saw the lions

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