The Hunt

The crimson wolf immediately sensed End's approach and bared its fangs at the approaching enemy.

End paying no mind to the deadly fangs leapt at it with firm resolve burning in his eyes as he brought his small dagger toward the red wolf's eyes.

The beast sensing the danger coming towards it dodged to the side before leaping back at End with fangs bared to bite into his neck.

End quickly ducked down to avoid the beast's maw as he took the opportunity to stab his knife into the wolf's chest.

The wolf howled in pain as it tried to get away from the knife in its chest, but unfortunately for the beast, the movement only managed to push the knife deeper into its chest and managed to pierce its heart.

When the knife pierced the wolf's heart, the beast started convulsing for a few seconds before its movements stopped.

[Low Tier-1 Red Mane Direwolf Hunted]

[Echo obtained]

[War Rune refined]

Feeling the influx of aura into his War Rune End smiled brightly while covered in blood, but soon his blue eyes turned red staring at the beast corpse before him somewhat hungrily.

Feeling his Bloodline start to show itself in the sharpening of his teeth End chose to sink his fangs into the wolf's corpse and drink its blood before it all spilled out on the ground, and to End... the taste was heavenly.

With the consumption of the blood, End could feel his body being refined and becoming stronger, and with that feeling new notifications from the System.

[Tier-1 Blood consumed]

[Bloodthirst is refining your body]

Soon the body of the red wolf had been completely sucked dry leaving the beast's body perfect for preservation with all the blood already being drained.

'This Bloodline is going to be realllly helpful in the future...' End thought for a moment before laughing at the newfound convenience.

With no more blood to be drank End pulled up his Status to check on the new echo he obtained.

Name: [End]

Species: [Human]

Bloodline: [Bloodthirst]

World Trait: [Unawakened]

Realm Trait: [Unawakened]

Evolution: [Unevolved]

Echos: [Dungeon Shell] [Midnight Blade]

Seeing the new Echo in his Status he quickly summoned it in a flash of summoned it in a flash of blue sparks while checking its information at the same time as a jet-black sword appeared in his hand.

Echo: [Midnight Blade]

Type: [Weapon]

[Tier-1]

Beast: [Red-Mane Direwolf]

"Hehe" End chuckled seeing that he had gained a new weapon, and it was Tier-1 no less...

Even though it was considered common sense to be able to defeat a monster a tier above your level if you had enough martial prowess End was still overjoyed to have a Tier-1 weapon on him since it would be a great benefit in his future fights.

Having checked on his new Echo, End turned his attention to the forest hanging above him with his mind going overdrive thinking about the details for the shelter he was planning to build.

'It'll have to be similar to a treehouse, but it's going to have to be in a denser area of trees so that no one can see it from below...' Ends mind started thinking.

Taking his new sword End sought out some trees that he thought would be convenient to cut down to use as supplies for the shelter he planned to build.

With his sword in hand, End quickly climbed up a tree before using his sword to slash at its base before jumping to a nearby tree as its trunk started to fall.

Seeing how his sword sliced through the tree like butter End decided to change his plan and make a bigger shelter than he originally planned.

After cutting down more than two dozen trees from around the forest he started to use his sword to cut the trunks into usable pieces that he would soon bring to a denser area of hanging trees where he planned to build his shelter upon.

Using the Red Wolf's fur to make strings and ropes, End was able to quickly start putting his shelter together towards the roof of the cavern near the base of the hanging trees.

The planks of wood were drilled into the trees so that they could be used as a base for the new shelter, and the area End chose to build his shelter had around a dozen trees within it that he would use to keep it floating above the ground of the forested cavern.

After he finished building what was to be the floor of his shelter which was around thirty feet wide with many trees poking up through the floor holding it up in the sky End breathed a sigh of relief that his floor plan worked.

'For now, just building a floor would have been fine, but I need the walls and ceiling for the System to recognize it as a shelter and gain the benefits...' End thought.

With that thought motivated him, End managed to build stable walls and a roof by the end of the day. He even added a hidden ladder in one of the trees leading up to the shelter that would grant easier access.

The entire time he was building the shelter End was keeping the idea of keeping his shelter hidden at the top of his mind so that in the end if someone looked up at it they wouldn't even notice it, it would just look like another part of the forestry.

End smiled at the completion of his shelter as it was quickly recognized by the system.

[Shelter has been built]

[Please name your shelter]

End hesitated a moment before picking a name that matched the area.

[Shelter has been named: Hanging Forest Shelter]