EXPLORATION DONE! TIME FOR A COUNTERATTACK!

Daily monster report! Woot! (Happens at the same time as intense petting obviously)

- Rank 4 overwolf. Boss level. No need to fight it.

- Rank? Giant ant army. Individual power rank 2-3. Group power = strong as fuck. Status will fight it eventually, but not yet.

- Rank 3 teleporting mantis. Mean. I might stand a chance against it.

- Rank 3 deer. Best pet ever. ^_^

- Rank ?? bloodsucking vines. Seeing as there are no creatures in that area …danger level over 9000! Biggest Nope!

- Rank 2? Shadow fox. Properties seem to be darkness magic, looks as weak as playful. Strong contender for weakest creature on this list. Haha.

So, what now?

Exploration! Exploration! Exploration!

Why thrice? Cause important things must be repeated.

I'm discover the hell out of this forest before I challenge it!

[Onward my loyal companion! To infinity and beyond!]

*Nod ˃́ꇴ˂̀ Awooo! *

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Snake! ～>) ～～～～～

One squiggly line for every meter of length! Body itself seems to be 10 m. White scales. Scaly version of wolfie. Or I could just call it albinos. My bet is it's not as weak as my companion, however.

This one feels unique for some reason.

Let's see 10 m long is usually a rank 4.

However!

A snake is naturally long!

Because of this!

This snake is probably a rank 3.

It looks to be slithering around pretty fast.

Not sure what it's doing.

Hum let me observe a while longer.

...

[Wolfie we'll wait here a bit. There is a little snaky in front.]

...

Ok so turns out it really seems to be a rank 3. However, all the other nearby monsters seem scared of it. This wariness can only be explained because of its strength. If my guess is not wrong this monster is not so simple.

I bet it can use magic. Example the rank 3 mantis that toyed with me. Other example yesterday's rank 2 fox.

Because of this I won't be challenging it …not now anyway.

Do you know what kills people the most?

It's not the lack of strength. Or a lack of brains.

I'd say most deaths should be caused by a lack of wisdom.

People getting arrogant after accomplishing a little and thinking themselves invincible.

Well that's a theory of mine.

I just gotta remember it…cause you know sometimes I get carried away.

Anyway.

Tactical retreat time! f(ಠ‿↼)z

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I feel like walking around everywhere is not heroic enough.

It takes me a while to convince Wolfie to let me ride it.

But it is worthwhile.

8 hours well spent.

Yes, that's the convincing time required.

If this was a videogame, I'd have gotten plenty of Speech XP from that.

Sadly, I can't gain any. Honestly, this would be so easy if I could slaughter monsters to become stronger.

Kill some rank 2. Level up.

Kill some rank 3. Level up.

Kill some 4. Level up.

GG. Motherfucker. Ah…*sigh*

Wish I had a system right about now.

Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers.

If anything, I'm lucky enough to be able to use divine energy.

Oh well.

Either way I'm riding a fucking wolf right now!

How epic is that!

Really epic.

Only thing that beats that would be riding a dragon maybe?

*Added to the bucket list*

What's that in front?

A boar. OMFG! A BOAR ON FIRE!

You know what this means?

MOTHERFUCKING BARBECUE IS BACK BOYS!!

Hum it looks to be pretty strong. Around rank 3. 7m long. Big ass tusks.

Flaming mane. Not an expression. Literally on fire. What's weird is that it doesn't seem to put the surrounding forest on fire.

I'm guessing the charging power of that thing is over the top.

Wait …fire? That gives me an idea!

*Evil Chuckle*

[MUHAHAHAHAHA]

(⚆ _ ⚆) (☉_☉) *Wolfie*

[This is gonna be fun! So much fun!]

Okay. Dealing with that creature is now a priority on my list!

[Come here little piggy! I'll be your opponent!]

MC used taunt. It's super effective!

A bit too fucking much effective!

OH GOD IT'S PISSED!

But it's fine! C'mon charge! I'll just evade like a matador!

I got this!

HOW THE FUCK IS IT SO FAST!

I somehow evaded. *CRASH* That was fucking close!

Wait…what was that noise? It just fell an archaic tree 1 hit KO! 0_0

Can't let that hit me….at all!

FUCK.

[WOLFIE! TIME FOR THE ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE! ＮＩＧＥＲＵＮＤＡＹＯ!]

┏( ゜) ਊ゜)┛

This boy is out! I can somehow survive giving it my all. But I'm nowhere near ready to fight it.

Wolfie seems confused…. oh, right I never taught it the meaning of that ultimate technique.

[BACK TO BASE! RUN!]

*CRASH*

MOTHERFUCKER.

*CRASH*

He's persistent.

*CRASH*

I'm thinking of opening a lumberjack business now.

*CRASH*

[I'M SORRY ABOUT EARLIER. THE ANCIENTS TALKED ABOUT LIVING AND LETTING LIVE! HOW ABOUT IT ?!]

*CRASH*

Welp. Never mind. Gotta keep running. I'm glad I worked on my speed.

*CRASH*

Yep the previous me would have been turned into a pancake already.

*CRASH*

God, I love pancakes. But I don't have the ingredients. Also, it takes fucking fire for that!

*CRASH*

I may be running away like a bitch now, but this won't be the end of it!

*PANT* *PANT* *PANT*

I'm finally back to safety.

I swear this barrier around the dilapidated house is the best.

No matter the beast none dare pass it.

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Exploration! Exploration! Exploration!

Okay that's weird.

I've been walking around for around three weeks now. And I haven't spotted a single monster catching my interest.

Granted I'm just moving about in the inner region of the forest right now. Still I feel like I've covered a lot of ground especially considering my sensing ability.

Seriously I would have expected there to be a hidden boss monster.

Frankly speaking the strongest monster I've seen ever is the overwolf. While it does look strong, I've never fought it. But still I really don't understand.

It doesn't seem strong enough to protect the entire zone alone. Why then are humans only active in the periphery of it?

My guess is there is some hidden protector that only appears when slaughtering the other beasts.

While I'm really curious about it, I feel no need to forcefully trigger its appearance.

After all I've come to realize killing monsters has no value whatsoever for me.

At first, I was thinking that eating meat from strong monsters would help me become stronger. That is also a way most people seem to progress in this world.

Hence the rank 3 meat when I was in the Lunar Keep. I think my potential of 0 is holding me back. But whatever I eat doesn't fucking change my strength.

Pretty pitiful when you think about it.

One could ask why I even bother hunting then? Cause it tastes good. Obviously ^_^

Anyway.

EXPLORATION DONE! TIME FOR A COUNTERATTACK! (◣_◢)ノ