14 Thrill of the hunt

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Rein stood up at the same time Fenrix did. His energy is running on 70/460, with his health not fairing much better at 110v/420. Blood leaked from the cuts on his body but still he stared into the eyes of the exhausted wolf and took a step towards him.

Boom*

Rein was hit with a swipe to his face, which he brushed off and delivered a fierce punch covered in dust back at Fenrix jaw. this exchange went on for a few rounds. Fenrix went for another swipe but before it could connect his head was went with a headbutt with full metal body focused of his head.

Fenrix fell back dazed then received a kick to the gut covered in fire. 10 seconds left on holy mark I have to win, Rein used to redetermine each attack. Fenrix was now sitting on his ass with his back against the wall continuing to stare at Rein, but his body was trembling. He no longer had any strength to fight back.

Rein wasn't fairing much better as time was up on the holy mark, and his blood was mixing with his sweat and each body part ached with pain. That's when he finally heard.

"That's enough it is clear who the victory is" A gruff voice said.

"Yeah, Congratulations cub Rein on your hard-fought victory." A sweet domineering voice said, this was Omeria's voice, echoing throughout the arena. Rein was confused until he saw that Fenrix eyes were fully closed, and he had knocked out.

Ding*

[defeated an enemy 40 levels higher than you]-reward: 20 stat points, 5 skill points, rare skill- instinct-

seeing that notification brought Rein to his knees, his whole body was tired, and waves of pain constantly assaulted him. Till Elara cast healing onto both of them. Omeria went to pick Rein up and put him on her back. her fur was so soft Rein was in complete comfort, so he relaxed his body and immediately passed out.

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It was nightfall when Rein finally awoke his body had been fully healed. Above him stood The Dread wolf who was looking down at him as if he knew he would wake.

"Hello young cub you've proven yourself and are ready to begin training." The Dread wolf said coldly with absolute power "first thing you will do is train your human body to till it breaks or grows." Rein was confused one second he was in Omeria's warmth and now he's on a cold bed with an nightmare wolf was standing above him.

"You will hunt all night till you have caught 100 beasts, then find your way home." The Dread wolf ordered bluntly with a voice so deep it caused Rein to shiver. He disappeared suddenly and an echo of his terrifying roar said "EAT THE BEASTS!"

Rein got up and ran out of the cave to see where he had gone, but he couldn't find a trace. What he found instead was a group of giant rat-squirrels, there was 8 and each of them were eyeing Rein with red eyes he couldn't make out what they looked like under the cover of the giant forest.

He quickly decided to put all stat points into strength bringing it up to 80, and he activated his blessing.

They all suddenly leaped at him, and before he even thought about it his body had moved to the side, as he threw a punch covered in crimson flame ripping through 3 of the rat-squirrels and knocking the fourth one into the fifth. The other 3 tried to leap at Rein again and were meet with two fists smashing down on their heads then a knee to the torso of the third. All one-hit kills.

After he wiped the blood off, he looked at the bodies of the rat-squirrels and the orbs that came out of them and quickly devoured them all including the cores and his energy was overflowing and felt like it was seeping into his skin plus his gluttony leveled up. The ravaging hunter set allows Rein to track anything he has eaten before and move through the forest with ease. He could feel more Rat-squirrels north.

Rein was moving towards his prey till he crossed paths with a jaguar-like beast, with black with gray lines, moving swiftly through the trees. It Immediately pounced towards him releasing black flames that produced no light across the gray lines on its' body. Rein instincts kicked in as he meets the jaguar with a hellish flame kick to its stomach sending it flying into a tree. This only cause cracks across the tree, while the jaguar had slumped down breathing heavily. Rein quickly ran to eat the fire across the dying creature's body.

the flames keep returning as he continued to gorge on them until he heard a sound.

ding*

[First soul obtained- advanced Dark flame jaguar] {consume to learn three skills}

'Wow I can get three of that jaguar's skills I hope they are good'

Rein thought as he agreed to consume the soul. After a minute of intense burning Rein saw three new skills.

[Predator Vision] {see the body temperature, and outline of living things}

[Dark Flame manipulation] {manipulate flames of the shadows}

[Forest Agility] {move with great efficiency through forests and woodlands}

After checking the skills Rein ate the body of the Jaguar and felt his body being strengthened by it. He finished the rest including the core which was all greedily absorbed by every cell in his body. This devouring body was upgraded to lvl.4 and all the skill of the jaguar went up by 8 levels, making them lvl.9. fire eater also went up by a level.

Rein wasted no time in activating this dark flame manipulation and combining it with his mom's flame spear, creating a black almost invisible spear. Then he moved through the trees with the spear on his back toward another black jaguar.

- as soon as he could see the second jaguar, he leaped up and brought his spear down on the jaguar's spine, bringing them both to the ground. He began to quickly eat the dark flame off the jaguar till he heard the ding. He decides to consume this soul too but unlike the last time he only got 2 new skills and his other jaguar skills leveling up.

[Jaguar serrated claws] {sharp claws created on your hand}

[Feline Reflexes] {Gives you the reflexes of a wildcat}

he ate the body again and after he was finished, he leveled up to level 49. He got 5 stat and skill points and put them into control bringing it to 67 and 3 into the hunter set and two in the full metal body. Rein was thrilled with how well he could hunt these jaguars.

Suddenly Reins instincts and reflexes kicked in, Sensing danger from behind.