Chapter 32: Title!

He asked, not out loud, the system, 'System! What's a guardian?'

Just like every other time, no reply came~

His curiosity was at its peak, but he didn't have any method to find out except talking to the system who has been unresponsive. Just as he was about to give up, a notification popped up.

[If the Guardian wants to satisfy his burning curiosity then complete the task at hand and become stronger.]

'But I barely have any knowledge about battle masters!'

Whittaker smacked his forehead, realizing that at first, this was a blessing but in the end, it became a misfortune disguised as a blessing. In a month, he must become an E-ranked battle master, or else he will lose most of his magical powers.

'Thinking is not helping! Since the situation is as such, I will give it my all to become an E-ranked Battle master in a month! For now, let's help Shadow.'

Determination filled his eyes and he stood up, with Blood Drinker gripped in his hand and the Frost Spellbook above his head, from the snow piled up to his sides to slay the rest of the snow wolves that circled Shadow.

With Whittaker's assistance, Shadow started to take down one snow wolf after another. This is where their instinct kicked in!

They turned tail and tried to run away while growling threateningly, but Whittaker was not gonna let his wealth escape. Six Ice Shields formed in the surrounding area, trapping the wolves and the two boys. Then Frost Bolts followed by the slashes of a Sword and a Dagger rained out on the Snow wolves.

When they killed the tenth wolf, a strange message popped up in Whittaker vision,

[You have acquired the 'Title: Magic Beast Slayer (F-ranked)]

A title that is given to a Guardian who is skilled in hunting beasts. When Facing magical-beasts, all of your stats will increase by 5%]

[Kill 100 E-ranked Magical beasts to upgrade the title to E-rank: 0/100. Once the title is upgraded to E-rank, all of the guardian stats while fighting against magical beasts will increase by a total of 10%]

'A 5% bonus boost to my stats when fighting magical beasts, it's good indeed, and it's only F-ranked! If the damage increase by 5% every time the title ranks up then how much would it be?' He felt excited just by thinking about it. The hunt continued.

Some minutes later, Shadow and Whittaker sat upon the snow, gasping for breath while laughing.

"I am sorry. I didn't think a Luna Wolf would hunt in the winter, otherwise, I would have given you another Diabolic Flintlock." Shadow expressed his apologies to Whittaker, who was slightly dazed.

Normally, during winter, the winter wolves mate with Luna wolves, and impregnate them, due to which, the Luna wolves don't join in on the hunting. This time was simply an unfortunate event.

"Everything is fine, so it's alright, anyway, we took them down in the end. Let's get the things you were talking about." Whittaker said, staring at the headless and bloody carcasses of the wolves with love-filled eyes. Thinking, 'Treasure equates to money. Oh wealth, here I come!'

"Before that, you should hide your sword, as it will bring you endless trouble if someone is to see it," Shadow said with a stern face and a mysterious vibe. His head turned to stare left and right, in his eyes, a black dot was flaring with a baleful aura that diffused in the surrounding. Just looking at it caused chills to crept up on Whittaker's spine. Shadow was using a top-notch innate ability that only pure-blooded descendent of the Shen Ze Yi Guild possesses.

[Dark eyes (One-Dot): Detect all signs of life in 100 meters around the User. The range increases with the usage of the ability.]

The way he said that and his actions were too serious for Whittaker to ignore the warning, so he recalled Blood Drinker into the Soul space.

After a while.

"Phew ~ luckily, there's no one near our surroundings," Shadow exclaimed, feeling relief filling up his body.

Whittaker asked Shadow with uncertainty,

"Care to explain?"

Shadow's eyes thinned in melancholy, "The Temple of light won't allow an irregularity like you to exist."

Whittaker felt confused and surprise. He pointed at himself and asked, "How am I an irregularity? Is it because of possessing two Class Weapons?"

Shadow looked him in the eyes and said with an angry tone,

"Nope, it's because your weapon has a blood attribute. Because of the 'Ruined King', the templars hate people who have blood attributes class weapons, and you have the highest degree of it. If they somehow know about it, the templars will either imprison you or publicly execute you with your family in the name of hypocritical justice!"

The temple of light was the number one righteous group in the world, a holy place, and they only hunt down the bad guys. While templars are those who enforce the rules of the temple of light and execute the command of the higher-echelons in the name of justice.

Whittaker gulped his saliva, his heart palpitated with concerns. Shadow's words would have traumatized him but his passive ability helped him stay rational and calm.

[Gamer's Body (Passive): Helps the guardian stay rational. Grants the Guardian with a body that allows him to live the real world like a game. After sleeping in a bed, it restores HP, MP and cures all status effects. The guardian can still feel pain or lose his limbs.]

"Just possessing a blood attribute weapon makes me a bad guy?" Whittaker muttered with a downcast face. He looked at Shadow and asked, "Who is the Ruined King?"

"One of the seven great Evils!" Shadow placed his hands on Whittaker's shoulders to comfort him for what's to come. Then he continued,

"This temple of light is just one of your troubles! For three of the Seven Great Evils of the awakened continent will do anything to obtain you!"