Chapter 12: Soul Feeding

After their delicious dinner Gael and Fortis left the kitchen and headed straight to their room, they sat down on the bed, Fortis is sitting in front of Gael with his back facing Gael, Gael then placed both his hands on Fortis' small back and a surge of colorless energy started to enter Fortis' body, the colorless energy came from Gael's body to Fortis, the strange phenomena lasted for ten minutes.

The strange thing that Gael performed on Fortis is 'soul feeding' he transfers a part of his soul to Fortis to increase the strength of Fortis, it gives the same effect as eating the whole body of a monster, soul-feeding cost the Tamer a part of his or her soul but they can recover that lost soul by meditating that is why Gael meditated every morning and when he can.

After a few minutes Gael removed his hands from Fortis' back, he breathed heavily and lay down on the bed, exhausted while the small Goblin is feeling refreshed and energized, seeing the exhausted Gael, Fortis jumped down the bed to let Gael rest.

Fortis has his small bed beside Gael's after Gael performed soul feeding Fortis decided to sleep since he doesn't have anything to do, and also Gael forbids Fortis to train at the night, although he likes Fortis being a hard worker he still needs to sleep and take a rest.

After a few minutes of resting Gael stood up and he saw the sleeping Fortis, he walked out of the room to take his bag, he picked it up and took something from it, it is a thick book with a leather cover, he headed towards the kitchen and sat down in front of the table he placed the book on the table, it is an encyclopedia that contains specific information about monsters, there are images of monsters drawn on every page with their corresponding information, he looked for the page that contains information about Goblins.

There is a sketch of a Goblin and its detailed information.

Goblin

Small humanoid Creatures that live on the outskirts of most forests are mischievous, greedy, and naughty monsters, they wreak havoc every time they decided to move they often attack human settlements, especially small and isolated villages.

Goblins have great speed and agility they are also one of the few monsters that can wield a weapon, they lack strength since their bodies have small frames that cannot accommodate a great amount of power. But with their superior speed and craftiness, they can live in the wild despite their lack of strength, one of the traits of the Goblins that makes them dangerous is their high reproduction rate, although they can only get pregnant with one or two children at a time, the duration of their pregnancy is only three to five weeks and after that, they can get pregnant already plus female Goblins can have no menopause meaning they can get pregnant no matter how old they are, with the advantage in number they attack their enemies in groups and when they attack villages it is similar to a small beast tide causing swift destruction to their target, that is why kingdoms perform regular beast clearing operations to control the numbers of Goblins and other monsters.

After reading the description and other information about Goblins, Gael learned new things about them and is thinking about how can he apply his new knowledge to Fortis' training, he turned to the next page and saw the list of Goblin skills.

The encyclopedia also has a list of the 'known' skills of every monster in the book, I said 'known' because there is still a slot of things humans don't know about monsters and the information written in the encyclopedia is only the basics, maybe in a more developed kingdom, Gael can find deeper information about Goblins and other monsters but here in the Nubis Kingdom the book in his hand is already the best and most detailed, he bought it from a travelling merchant using the money that the Crown Prince gave them, it is also really expensive.

[Goblins Skills]

Dash – moving forward at a great speed.

Scratch – using their sharp nails, they scratch their opponents which causes bleeding.

Enhanced sense – it is the innate ability of Goblins to have heightened senses, their species developed such ability to perceive incoming danger increasing their chances of survival.

Bite – the Goblins use their sharp teeth to bite their enemies' flesh off, their saliva also contains a toxin that can paralyze their opponent for a few seconds.

Green Slash – wielding their weapons, Goblins can attack someone midrange, this skill releases an energy slash with the cost of soul energy, and the more soul energy used the stronger the energy slash. It is the strongest skill of the Goblins and only Red Cap Goblins can use them.

Red Cap Goblin is the Goblin's second evolution, meaning Fortis can only use it once he reached his second form.

" that's it? Goblins only have five skills and the strongest is currently unusable " Gael turned the page over to look if there are more skills on the back of the page but to his disappointment there is none

" Enhanced sense is really useful though, hope is not lost " Gael is really satisfied with the enhanced sense skill and it is also a passive skill meaning it can be used without exerting any effort it is a skill that boosts all the senses.

" We are still a long way to go before we can use Green Slash, we need to work hard " Gael whispered to himself.

After he finished his reading he closed the book and went back to their room, he sat down on his bed and mediated for a few hours. His earlier reading has given him a lot of inspiration for Fortis' future training.

Gael stopped his meditation then he went to sleep, there is a tiring training tomorrow waiting for him and Fortis.

The morning came and Gael and Fortis woke up early to start their training as usual Fortis started running laps on the open plains while Gael is silently meditating under a tree, this peaceful and repetitive training of Gael and Fortis continued for a week.

" Today I will add a new training in our schedule, " one morning Gael said standing in front of Fortis.

" kiik? " Fortis asked him about what is the new training.

" it is skill training we will now start developing your skills, " Gael said.

" kiiik kiiik " Fortis said excitedly, it is clear that he is getting bored from doing the same training routine for weeks, though Gael slowly increased the volume of Fortis' training, his growth is extremely fast that his body is now ready to train skills, Fortis is starting to develop stronger bones and muscles and he is also getting bigger his loose clothes are now a perfect fit for him.

Usually, the Goblin's parents are the ones that teach their children their skills but in this case, it will be Gael, despite not being a Goblin he equipped himself with knowledge about Goblin skills, and also the Tamer teaches his familiar monster skills is not a rare occurrence it is a common practice for Tamers since they tame their familiars at a young age.

Gael formed activities that will help Fortis learn Goblin skills, the first skill he wants Fortis to learn is the enhanced sense since it will be a great help for his future training, and it will also be of great help to Gael.

" Today I will help you learn one of your species' skills which is the Enhance Sense, you must follow my orders you understand? " Gael asked.

Fortis didn't say a word and just nodded heavily, he is looking forward to learning a skill.

" Okay, sit down, close your eyes, try to listen to the sound of your surroundings " Gael ordered Fortis, he watched as his familiar sat on the ground quietly, he wants Fortis to develop his hearing first by not using his eyes to see instead use his hearing to perceive his surroundings, he is trying to use the same principle as how blind people have a more sensitive hearing and nose than those who can see.

But unlike blind people Fortis doesn't have to train his hearing for years he just needs to unlock the ability lying dormant in his body, he just needs a little push.

" can you hear me? " Gael walked away from Fortis for a few meters.

Fortis nodded,

Gael asked the same question from a further distance and Fortis still nodded meaning he can still hear him.

Gael moved further away and then asked the same Question but Fortis didn't nod, he cannot hear Gael anymore. Seeing that Fortis cannot hear him anymore Gael walked back to where he was earlier.

" Okay, open your eyes, " Gael said when he arrived in front of Fortis.

Fortis slowly opened his eyes hearing Gael's words.

" The maximum distance of your hearing is two hundred meters, though that is quite a long distance, it is not enough, so you will continue to close your eyes and listen to your surroundings concentrate on hearing as if it is the only sense you have, understood? " Gael gave Fortis further instruction for his skills training.