Tyrant's Eyes! (3)

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[Answer accepted!]

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The moment I select the option yes, the book flies out of my hands and begins to float in front of me

The book slowly begins to turn into a blue haze, which quickly enters my head

When that happens, a flood of new information appears in my head

After a few seconds, processing this information I finally wake up from my daydreams

Then I hear a beep, followed by notifications

[New skill acquired successfully!]

[Tyrant's Eyes!]

Seeing this, I quickly open my status, with the intention of checking out this new Skil

<Tyrant's Eyes> (Level 1)

[Acquisition Method: Skills Book]

[Type: Active] [Cooldown: 60 Seconds]

[With this Skill, the user is able to emit an aura that puts all targets that look at him, in the state of <Fear >]

[Cost: 250 Stamina / 25 Stamina per sec] [Activation Condition: Think or Say the Skill name]

(Note: The higher the skill level, the higher the skill scope. The user can freely select who is or is not affected by Skill. The efficiency of the skill will depend on the difference between the user's Willpower in relation to its target.)

"Wow, this looks very strong! Okay, let's test it!"

I look at the monsters around me and slowly I say

"<Tyrant's Eyes>"

The moment I say this, the air around me seems to get heavier and I start to emanate a feeling of oppression

Right after that, I hear a little beep, followed by the notification

[Success!]

With that, all the monsters within a radius of ten meters that are looking at me start to shake with fear

I slowly start walking towards one of the frozen monsters

However, unlike before even with me being just inches from him, he didn't try to escape

He can't move a muscle and is frozen while looking at me in fear

I slowly reach out my hand and using my finger, I lightly nudge this monster's head

The moment I do this, the monster leaves the state of <Fear > and quickly moves away from me

I look around and realize that everyone else is still standing in the same place while looking at me in fear

"Oh, this is interesting! Therefore, if something physically interacts with beings under the <Fear > state, they wake up!

That means, I can only attack once before they wake up! Well, depending on where you hit, in most cases, an attack is more than enough to finish your target! Anyway! Now that I've tested Skill, let's take my shower!"

Having reached this conclusion, I concentrate my mind on disabling Skill

When I do this, the feeling of oppression around me disappears

With that, all the monsters that were frozen quickly move away from me full of fear

While ignoring their gaze, I slowly grab my clothes and then start walking to the riverbank

When I get to the river, I put my things on the ground and look at my reflection in the water

I see that my hair is so sticky, that my bangs are practically glued to my face

Besides that, I also notice that my scarred body is completely stained with dried blood

"Damn it! I already knew it was stained with blood... However, I didn't think it was that much!

It looks like someone threw a bucket of red paint at me! Huehue- wait what is that?"

The moment I laugh, I notice an abnormality

"What the hell! Why are my teeth as sharp, just like Monnct's?"

I hold the corner of my lips with my fingers, and I pull to the side, so I can see my teeth

When I do that, I realize that all of my teeth are sharp just like a shark

"The last time I came here at Icarus Falls, my teeth were still normal! So... when did this happen? Did that happen, after I increased my Attributes? Yeah, that makes sense! After all, the stronger I get, the more monster I become! Well, I liked that, so whatever!"

I start looking at my improvised loincloth made of leaves

After looking it for a few seconds, I take off the loincloth and put it aside

I take a few steps back to get a boost and start running

Then, with a big jump I dive into the river

After being submerged for a while, I appear on the surface

"Phew! Great, the water is at the perfect temperature!"

I swim to the riverbank, take a piece of wolf fur, which I had already cut

Then I start cleaning the dried blood that has stuck to my body

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After about thirty minutes I leave river, I look around

I do this, to see if the reaction of the monsters has changed, now that the blood is gone

However, I soon realize that they continue to avoid me and that nothing has changed

"Interesting! Therefore, it's not just because of the smell of blood! Possibly, their instincts warn them that I am dangerous!

Well, this is good! After all, this means that from now on most monsters will avoid me!

With that, I can finally concentrate on exploring! Since I won't have to worry about monsters chasing me!

Also, if I need food or XP to level up. I just need to come here!"

Having reached that conclusion, I take another piece of wolf fur and wipe the water off my body

After getting completely dry, I put on my new clothes, and then open my status, to check my Attributes

Health: 6.255 -> 12.788

DEF: 45(42) -> 92(42)

"Huh? What's going on? Why did the set give me 50 Defense? Wasn't it just 40 Defense?"

After spending a few seconds thinking about it, I finally realize what's going on

"Oh, I understand! So, the bonus I got for equipping the set was 20 Defense and not just 10 Defense!

Apparently I get 10 Defense for each of the two equipped Items!"

Being satisfied with that conclusion, I start walking towards the Mana Orb that is on the ground

"Hmm? Has he always been so transparent? Well, whatever!"

I take the Mana Orb, walk to the river and then dive into the water with the intention of cleaning it

However, before I can wipe the blood off its surface, a change occurs

The water in the river starts to heat up and shake

Realizing this, I quickly try to get my hands out of the water

However, I can do this as if something is holding my hands

Right now, I notice that the water seems to be absorbing all the golden light that the Mana Orb emits

About a minute later, the Mana Orb is completely transparent and stops emitting light

When that happens, the river water calms down and I finally get my hands off the river

I look at the Mana Orb in my hands

"What the hell was that?"

At that moment, I hear a beep ring in my head followed by the notification

[Drained Mana Orb detected!]

[Does the user want to start the Merger?]

[Yes! / No!]

Seeing this message, I involuntarily think and answer yes

[Answer accepted!]

[Processing...]

[Starting the Merge!]

"Ah shit, here we go again!"

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