Runes

On the way to the shelter, he veered off to fetch his backpack. The people following him looked at him with doubtful looks, wondering what he was doing.

Brandon dug out a mountain of sand and pulled out his backpack, covered in dirt. Turning his back to the people, he took his mask from his jacket and put it inside the backpack.

"Sorry for the delay, we can continue," he said as he smiled at the group and continued to indicate the direction of the shelter.

Something strange he had noticed about the group was that they were all latecomers.

There was no official student among them. It was unusual, but also normal, since they hadn't brainwashed them like the newcomers. The shelter was already in sight and everyone arrived without problems.

Brandon noticed a group of people standing at the door of the shelter, so he lowered his head a little while walking among the students.

They had made a sketch of him while offering a reward. 'Fame would eventually come.' Even so, his mood was the most optimal, after all, he managed to steal something that could be considered invaluable.

He also noticed that they were checking the belongings of the other races, but not those of the humans.

He remembered that he had told them "Humans," making them believe that he was not human. Despite stopping some races, they could not do it with everyone, because if they kept doing this, their group could gain the enmity of many, and it would not be convenient for them.

Brandon decided to go to the clothing store. He wanted to buy more so that he wouldn't have to keep buying every time a garment broke.

He decided to keep the same style of clothing he was wearing. Dark hooded jacket, black jeans, and another pair of black boots.

But his real goal was not to buy clothes. Being alone in a fitting room, he took off his T-shirt and discovered a scorpion rune on his right side.

He could feel a connection with the rune, and he immediately imagined imbuing energy, and it was immediately activated. Information began to flow into his brain, quickly understanding how to use the tattoo.

He needed to sacrifice an object to give it physical form. For example, if he wanted the tattoo to take the shape of a sweater when activated, he would have to sacrifice his sweater.

He didn't think much about what he was going to sacrifice, so he took off his mask, and the tattoo immediately reacted to his will.

Detaching from his body and adhering to the mask, the tattoo changed shape and returned to Brandon's body.

Activating the tattoo, a mist in the shape of a scorpion covered Brandon's face and formed the devil mask. This tattoo had the advantage of creating an aura to cover the user's original one, therefore, he lost nothing by giving it to the mask, and he could move better through the shelter.

He could use his ability to cover his identity whenever he wanted. It was a pity that it had no additional effect.

He took off the mask and left the place with the clothes he had bought. He was headed to the inn to leave the clothes, but he decided to divert to a place without people and activate his mask.

Soon he arrived at the inn, but he felt eyes watching him. He expected this since they were offering a reward for his head, but only a fool would dare to cause trouble inside the shelter.

He spent that day and the next inside the shelter, not out of fear, but because he wanted to see what the group would do against him. On the second day, he realized that the pirates were also watching him, but they were not as interested as James' group.

On the second day, he realized that the pirates were also watching him, but they weren't as interested as James' group.

When he had the chance, he took off his mask and searched for the group he came with. Luckily, they were also looking for him.

"Brandon, where have you been, man?" asked one of the group while smiling. Brandon had treated them well and showed them the way to the refuge, so they were grateful.

"I was running some errands, but I'm free now. I was thinking about going hunting, what are you guys up to?" he asked.

"What a coincidence, we're also going hunting. How about we join forces?" Aaron asked. He was the leader of the group.

"Sounds good to me, it'll be easier to hunt as a group," he said. But deep down, he just wanted to gain credibility.

He couldn't be coming in and out of the refuge without anyone seeing him. He needed someone to say that he focused only on physical skills and had a support ability.

The group left the refuge and after a while of walking through the desert, they came across a group of spiders the size of tires like those used in old vehicles.

The group formed a formation. They had three warriors, two elementals, one fire and one wind, and Aaron who was an assassin. The group began attacking the spiders. But the elementals were the ones who made the best team.

In the battlefield, the fire elemental sent a blast of fire while the wind elemental scattered and controlled them in the best way.

Brandon was at the front with the warriors and Aaron, who were amazed by his fighting ability.

They knew he was strong because when they found him, he was alone in the desert and had survived, but what they saw was too much.

The beasts were basic, but he killed them as if he were in a game.

Although it took him several hits to kill a spider, what amazed them was his free style of wielding the sword and attacking more than one spider at a time, reducing the time to kill a group of spiders.

The group finished fighting the spiders. They had annihilated a total of 23 spiders.

This time, the bodies were not wasted because the group had three support people who tied the spiders together and moved them.

The group continued hunting for a few hours while accumulating more and more corpses. A total of 83 corpses were made which would be distributed among the 9 people.

The group had hunted about 8 medium-level beasts and all the others were basic.

Brandon was given a medium crystal and eight basic crystals. Brandon knew that if he hunted alone, he could get more, but he needed this.

The group returned to the refuge, but when they arrived, they discovered something interesting. There was a group of students wearing the Pandora school uniform.

But none of them belonged to the free hunting group, they were official students, even accompanied by school soldiers.

The group split up and scattered around the shelter. Brandon wanted to know what they were doing here, but he didn't think much of it and decided to leave. He would eat the 9 cores and the level 2 core he still had saved.

He got lost in the crowd as he put on his mask and made his way to his shelter.

[Basic Level 2 Sand Worm Core Consumed]

[1 to 20 attributes will be obtained]

[+20]

[Medium Level 1 Arachnid Beast Core Consumed]

[1 to 10 attributes will be obtained]

[+7]

He finished eating the cores and got a total of 51 points, adding to the 13 points he had previously after consuming the snake, he had a total of 64 points.

He wanted to distribute them to his resistance and control, but if he wanted to maintain his identity as Brandon, he also had to get physically stronger, so he distributed the points differently this time.

[20 points allocated to Strength]

[20 points allocated to Agility]

[10 points allocated to Energy]

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════════Data Panel════════

Name: Brandon Sanchez

Race: Human

Social Class: Lower

Awakening: Digitized (29%) [...] Thunder (5%)

══════════Attributes══════════

Health: 10 (500)

Strength: 55

Agility: 55

Resistance: 20

Energy: 40 (800)

Control: 30

Attitude: 210

══════════Skills══════════

Cold Mind Level 2 (73%)

Lightning Manifestation Level 1 (60%)

Looking at his information, he realized that his compatibility with his Thunder Awakening had increased. He already felt that controlling his ability was becoming easier in his recent battles.