Aguirre!

<Psych Core Detected>

"Psych Core?" Link frowned "Inside of him?"

<What's wrong? The Psych Core is not like a Mana Core, since Psychic Powers are not something you gain but you're born with, so a Core is formed>

"No no. Hold up. I'm not going to consume that thing, i'll pass" Link waved his hands, taking a step back.

<I don't understand. You consume Beast Cores Without a problem, why did it become one now?>

"He's Human, Zero. I can't, it feels wrong" Link said.

<I still don't understand, but you have nothing to worry about. You're not going to consume it>

"Then what am i supposed to do with it?"

<You do not have any Psychic Powers so you're gonna have to awaken it and this will be a good start>

"I thought you said Psychic Powers are not something you gain but you're born with"

<I did. But that applies to people who have no control over their brain energies, the system can take care of that for you>

"Whatever, i'm not going to put him inside my inventory and cut him up for the Core. Don't want human body parts in my inventory" Link said.

<Do you have any idea how rare this is? If you miss this now, god knows when you'll get another opportunity>

Link and Zero went back and forth, each trying to convince the other. To Link, having a cut up human body in his inventory is disturbing, even if he threw it out later he'll still have the Psych Core that will be absorbed by him. But Zero is seeing that he is looking into it too much, she kept saying that Power requires sacrifices, and that there are cults, and many other people that sacrifice their own to rise in power a little, so why can't he do this much?

Link put Lyrius's body inside his Inventory for now. He agrees with her but the thought of doing something like that disturbed him a little.

"Thanks for the heads up by the way" Link suddenly said as he was walking to Kal's body.

<What do you mean?>

"If it was not for the message you sent me when Lyrius attacked. I would have been dead" Link said.

<That was not me>

"What?"

<I believe that was the Skill 'Instinct'>

Link thought about it for a second and sighed. He did not know what that deer was but the Skill saved his life.

As he was looting the bodies. Link felt a light breeze caress his face.

"What was that?" He was confused. There was no way for a gust of air to pass through all the pathways and turns and hit him. Link started looking around for the source. That's when he saw it. A small hole in the wall..

It was the size of a fist. If it was not for the fight then Link wouldn't have noticed that another space was behind the wall.

He summoned his Ruby Python's Beast Soul Glove and punched the wall as hard as he could.

Boom!

It caved in, revealing another path going deeper.

"What is that? Should we go in?" Link muttered.

<There is air currents coming in so i think it leads to the outside>

Link thought about it for a bit then started heading that way, wearing his Beast Soul Armor. Just to be sure, Link activated his Ambush and Shadow Walk skills.

With Link's eyesight he had no problem seeing in the dark. He kept walking until some light shone from around a corner.

<Careful>

Link tiptoed his way there, and took a quick look. He saw trees and grass, protruding from an opening. It looked wide enough to fit him.

"Should we go look outside?" Link asked.

<Why do you keep asking me about everything. Go look, i don't care>

"I figured out that i always rush into things and rarely plan, but you're the opposite so i started to ask you first. F*ck you" Link shook his head and started walking towards it.

After making his way through the grass and bushes, he stood with his mouth open.

He was inside a forest, but what surprised him more was the town walls and giant gate, with buildings and people walking to and from. It was a good distance away, Link was on top of a hill that looked down on the place.

"How is there a town near the Academy? And what flag is that? I've never seen it before." Link looked at the flag that was hanging on the gate. It was red in color with 4 circles inside of each other with a star in the middle.

<That flag does not belong to any of the kingdom flags we've seen in the books. How far is the Academy located>

"Let's go check it out then" Link said excitedly.

<No stop. What if that Town is related to the Academy somehow, how will you explain yourself or what if they see you as an enemy and attack? Let's just go back for now>

Link sighed and turned back, but he didn't forget to mark the cave entrance and town on his Map Window.

As Link was heading back, he looked at his Skills, Status and Beast Souls tabs.

"Wait, I forgot about this" Link said. Looking at the Dire Wolf's Beast Soul.

<Dire Wolf's Beast Soul> <Pet> <Basic Level 2>

"What is a Pet Beast Soul?" Link muttered to himself as he summoned it.

A grey wolf cub appeared in front of him, it jumped around and started looking up at Link.

"This little guy is so cute" Link said as he picked it up. It looked like a puppy, he kept walking as he played with it.

He managed to get back to the Hall like spot where the bodies were. Now that he got a better look at the place, it was all destroyed. Craters and broken walls and ceiling, debris and blood was everywhere.

Link started walking away when the Wolf Cub jumped out of his hands and ran towards Kal's body.

"Hey hey, don't eat that" Link said as he ran after it.

<Don't stop it>

"What?"

<Pet Beast Souls are used for all kinds of things. Ones are used as mounts, some are just kept as pets while others are either for combat or carrying loot. But before they become of any use they must be raised. This Wolf cub is still a child, It'll grow as long as it eats, be it human, beasts or whatever. As long as the thing it is eating had Mana>

Link sat down, watching the disturbing scene as the wolf cub ate Kal and Gunther's bodies and moved to Esprin's.

"If you judge based on his looks. You would never have guessed that it can eat 10 times its own size" Link said.

<It's not a real creature. All the things it consumed was turned into energy to help it grow>

Link took the Psych Core off of Lyrius and threw his body to the Wolf Cub as well.

"Might as well get rid of this guy now"

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"Ugh. That F*cker" Aguirre held his head while attempting to get up. His head stopped bleeding while his back was charcoal. He managed to get himself up and cast a Healing spell.

He sat on the ground in a lotus position as he started to slowly recover.

"I will make him pay for this i swear" He muttered to himself.

He had a faint memory of what happened to him. He remembered what Lyrius had done and his friends leaving him to his death there. He got angrier and angrier the more he thought about it.

Aguirre did not want to leave the cave yet, he was not in any condition to defend himself if any Beast came for him out there.

As he was sitting with his eyes closed, Circulating his Mana, he heard someone.

"You're not dead?"

Aguirre was startled, he stood up and looked behind him.

"Link?" He was shocked. "Did Lyrius and the rest fail? What happened?" He thought to himself.

As he kept looking at him, he saw blood stains on his shirt and shoes.

"He killed them"

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-- Beast Souls :

<Wind Wolf's Beast Soul> <Dagger> <Intermediate Level 1>

<Sky Turtle's Beast Soul> <Armor> <Basic Level 3>

<Ruby Python's Beast Soul> <Glove> <Basic Level 2>

<Water Fox's Beast Soul> <Halo> <Intermediate Level 1>

<Dire Wolf's Beast Soul> <Pet> <Basic Level 2> <25 / 1 000>

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-- Status :

<User: Link>

<Race: Divinity>

<Level 1> <2nd Tier>

<9 400 / 15 000 Exp>

<HP: 55 / 55>

<MP: 1 963 / 2715>

<Strength: 13>

<Agility: 15>

<Stamina: 10>

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-- Skills :

<Shadow Walk> <Active Skill>

<Counter Instinct> <Active Skill> <2>

<Blink> <Active Skill> <1>

<Wind Blade> <Active Skill> <1>

<Consume> <Active Skill>

<Instinct> <Passive Skill>

<Heal> <Active Skill>

<Air Boost> <Active Skill>

<Ambush> <Active Skill> <2> (10 Minutes)

<Heat Vision> <Active Skill> (1 Minute)

<Soul Possession> <Active Skill>

<Shadow Clone> <Active Skill>

<Dungeon Search> <Active Skill>

<Alertness> <Passive Skill>

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-- Martial Arts :

<Viper Sutra> <0 / 200> <2>

<The Story of Genes> <0 / 2 000> <3> <Apex Predator>

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-- Quests :

<Main Quests :>

<Reach Level 10> <Second Tier>

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