Hunting Beasts

Shian left the room and made a mental note of the location. He walked out of the building and chose a direction to go.

As he walked he reminisced about his life with his father and neighbours, unknown to him as he thought about them, a smile crept up his face. He thought about how they all took care of each other like one family, but it all got ruined for him when his father died, the smile in his face slowly faded and was replaced with a frown.

"That's why I need to get stronger, so I will be able to take care of myself and those around me. I will awaken my ability no matter what and become the strongest human in the world, or even the universe."

As Shian finished his thoughts he looked ahead of him and saw a lake in the distance, he rushed towards it and got down on his knees and began to gulp mouthfuls of water. He hadn't realized that he was that thirsty until he saw the water and after drinking to his fill, he brought out his flask and refilled it.

He took off his amour and clothes and dove into the clean water. He didn't go too deep for fear of encountering a beast, he didn't even want to enter the water in the first place but he had to so that he could remove all the filth that had accumulated on his body.

After cleaning his body, he felt refreshed, he stepped out of the lake and put on a new change of clothes. As he put on his clothes he turned to the lake and took a good look at himself.

His hair which was previously black was now white. Truly Shian was really handsome, he stood at six foot tall, his skin was free of all blemishes and had a nice shade of brown, his eyes were pure blue and looked to be slightly glowing like sapphires, his facial structure looked like it had been carved by Hephaestus himself, his arms where not large but his muscles were prominent and he had abs that looked to be forged out of steel.

"Damn I look good" Shian reveled.

As he was basking in his handsomeness, he failed to notice the ripple in the water on time, he looked at his reflection one more time and what he saw made him jump back.

If he hadn't reacted in time, then his head might have been bitten off.

A creature that looked like a shark jumped out of the water and began to crawl towards him swiftly, it had two pairs of human-like arms.

Shian didn't waste time and thrust his hands forward, it looked like his hands were not going to reach the beast, but midway thrust, a black trident appeared in his hands and the tips pierced the beasts head, killing it on the spot.

Shian sat there still dazed about the fact that he could have been killed if he looked into the lake a second too late. He immediately got up and retrieved the beast crystal in the beast.

Unfortunately or fortunately, the moment his hands touched the crystal, it shattered into tiny fragments and flowed into his body. Shian was shell shocked.

"What just happened!?, that crystal contained enough energy to at least power the portal and it just...just..broke." Shian said almost crying.

[synchronizing system with user]

[6% synchronized]

Shian was so angry, he didn't notice the subtle change in the notification.

Shian picked himself up from the ground, he steeled his resolve and left with his trident in his hands.

An hour later Shian could be seen standing with his trident in his hands, the trident which was previously black was now painted red with his blood, Shian himself was covered in blood. His armour which consisted of a pair of pauldrons, a breastplate, a pair of gauntlets and boots were soaking in black and red blood. Shian was already feeling weak from too much blood loss.

Although the current humans were more tenacious, they still had a limit to how far they could go.

"Why does this keep happening?!!"

Shian had killed a total number of seventeen beasts, yet all their crystals crumbled right before his eyes and he had no idea where their energy went to.

Shian sat down on the ground with his head down. He seemed to be broken.

"No, I refuse to let this happen to me, I'll go back no matter what it takes!"

Shian stood up abruptly and turned in all directions, looking for the next place to head to to hunt down beasts.

Shian looked north, east and west but not south because that was the direction he was coming from. In the process of searching he noticed the words in his front had changed, he focused on it and it enlarged. Shian had found out that he could do this, he could move the words to a corner of his vision so that they won't obstruct him when fighting. Shian read the new words that he saw.

[93% synchronized]

"I seems like this is where all the energy is going, what will happen if it reaches hundred percent" Shian thought. "I don't think I want to know what will happen. I better not let it reach hundred then"

Shian walked to the east, some minutes later he had killed two beasts and had sustained more injuries.

"Okay, let's test a theory" Shian said.

He carefully carved out the part where the crystal was and picked it up using a cloth.

The crystal didn't break.

"Yesyesyes, I did it." Shian said. "Now let's see how you are going to steal this crystal from me"

Immediately Shian said that, the crystal crumbled into several fragments. Shian quickly checked and saw that the percentage had increased

[96% synchronized]

"Ah shit, me and my loud mouth again." Shian cursed inaudibly. "Let's try something else."

Shian went to the next beast and carved out the crystal and this time, he held it with his trident, he was happy when the crystal didn't break. He made a makeshift bag with his cloths and balanced it on the prongs and began to walk back to the base. He was attacked by some beasts on the way and had to stop to deal with them. Although it was annoying, he couldn't change the fact that he got more crystals that way.

Shian continued this for a whole week. On the last day, when he was bringing the last set of crystals, Shian walked into the scene of a beast feasting on the crystals he had accumulated over the week.

"Are you for real" Shian screamed out loud.

The beast turned around began to flee. Shian was so angry he threw the trident so hard it impaled the beast and pinned it to the wall.

Shian bent down and gathered the remaining crystals on the ground, he placed them in a box and left to go and get more crystals. He retrieved his trident from the wall and removed the crystal from the beast and left.

"Now I have to start all over." Shian said through gritted teeth.