Chapter 8: Battle Outside of the City

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Squeak squeak squeak!!!”

A calf-sized shovel-headed rabbit was making an ear-piercing screech at Hughes.

Although the screech did not cause any substantial damage to him, it still made Hughes very upset.

Hughes recalled the introduction of the shovel-headed rabbit in the ‘Demon Beast Manual’ that the principal gave him yesterday.

Shovel-headed rabbit! A low-level demon beast the size of a calf!

It got its name because its head is shaped by a mutation that was very similar to a shovel.

Its body was agile. Compared to ordinary demon beasts, its attack power was not to be underestimated.

It did not have any special abilities. It only had the instincts of a mutated beast.

Ordinary low-level mages needed to form a team to kill it.

Although Hughes did not expect the battle to come so quickly, he was not afraid of it.

“Shovel-headed rabbit, right?

“Very good, today I’ll use you to test the power of my chained light arrows.”

Hughes snorted coldly and slowly spread his palm.

A magic array quickly took shape in Hughes’ hand.

As the magic array quickly took shape, the golden light in the air gradually appeared.

Soon, a golden light spear appeared in Hughes’ palm.

“Whoosh!”

A golden light flashed past and instantly pierced through the shovel-headed rabbit. The golden spear was still charging towards the shovel-headed rabbit’s back.

Rumble!

Wherever the golden light passed, all the trees were pierced through and fell to the ground.

After flying for an unknown distance, the golden spear finally stopped charging and slowly dissipated into the air.

“Woah! The power seems to be a little too strong!

“Could it be that the magic has succeeded?

“According to the power today, my house would have collapsed yesterday!”

Looking at the power of the chained light arrows, Hughes was a little confused.

[Ding, you have successfully killed the shovel-headed rabbit. Obtained 10 mana points.]

A melodious mechanical voice sounded in Hughes’ ears.

Killing a demon beast, he could really obtain mana points. This was awesome! This was really f *cking awesome!

Hughes’ expression was filled with excitement as he opened the system’s attribute panel.

[Host: Hughes]

[Realm: Low-level mage (intermediate)]

[Magic attributes: Light Magic (SS), Dark Magic (SS)]

[Mana points: 10 points]

[Magic: Chained light arrows (intermediate)]

[Contracted demon beast: None]

Hughes opened his attribute panel and observed carefully.

Very quickly, he saw that his mana points had increased from none to 10 points.

Moreover, he seemed to have found out why the power of the chained light arrows today had become so great.

It was because the proficiency of the chained light arrows had leveled up.

Recalling the tremendous power of the chained light arrows just now, Hughes did not hesitate to add all 10 mana points to his magic proficiency.

Very quickly, the chained light arows’ proficiency rose to a high level.

Seeing that the chained light arrows’ proficiency had risen to a high level, Hughes licked his lips, somewhat satisfied.

Sure enough, the system still felt good!

…

Half an hour later, Hughes encountered another demon beast.

Because Hughes had already entered the depths of the wilderness. Therefore, the demon beast he encountered this time was a mid-level demon beast, the highland bat monkey.

“Mid-level demon beast?”

Hughes’ eyes focused.

For a demon beast of this level, even if an ordinary mage were to form a team, it would be very risky.

After all, this demon beast was mid-level, and it was the most agile highland bat monkey among all the mid-level demon beasts.

However, Hughes was not worried at all. On the contrary, his face was full of fighting spirit.

“Just in time. I’ll let you try my high-level spell!”

Hughes said in a low voice as he slowly spread out his palm.

A golden light began to gather rapidly in Hughes’ hand.

Soon, four golden spears were formed in Hughes’ hand.

Then, the four golden spears showed Hughes the reason why this spell was called chain arrow.

“Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!”

Three rays of golden light sped towards the highland bat monkey.

The highland bat monkey saw the golden light charging towards it and hurriedly jumped towards the other tree.

However, the chain arrow of light was too fast. Even though the highland bat monkey managed to dodge it in time, its arm was still scratched by the chain arrow of light.

“Roar!”

The highland bat monkey let out a painful howl. Its arm, which had been injured by the chain arrow, was now charred black. It looked extremely miserable.

However, the charred wound did not make the highland bat monkey feel fear. Instead, it stimulated its ferocity.

It roared and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground. Under the effect of its ability, the handful of soil turned into hard rock.

Then, he threw the rock in the direction of Hughes.

The rock made by the Highland Bat Monkey was not very big, but when the rock approached Hughes he finally saw the rock clearly. It was about the size of the shovel-headed rabbit that he had just attacked earlier.

Seeing that the rock was about to hit Hughes’ head, the highland bat monkey had already let out waves of cheers from the tree.

However, three golden lights suddenly appeared and turned the rock into dust.

Then, it charged in the direction of the highland bat monkey once again.

Seeing that the three golden lights were about to arrive, the highland bat monkey jumped ahead of time and prepared to dodge.

However, just as it jumped into the air this time, it was pierced by a golden spear.

The golden spear was insanely fast and carried the monkey into the air. No one knew where it had flown to.

Looking at the current situation, he dismissed the last golden spear in his hand.

[Ding ~ successfully killed the highland bat monkey. Obtained 10 mana points]

[Ding ~ obtained special reward: Tier 3 light spell, ‘light sword of punishment’]

[Obtained mission: Kill 20 mid-level demon beasts or higher within two days]

[Mission failure: No punishment]

[Mission reward: Lorelei’s secret tome]

After hearing the system’s notification sound, Hughes felt that there was an additional method to use light magic in his mind.

However, he was still unable to use it at the moment because the mana in his sea of consciousness was not enough for the consumption of this tier 3 spell.

Thus, the 10 mana points he had just obtained were directly added to his spiritual mind.

Very quickly, he felt that his spiritual mind had become much larger than before, and it could also hold more mana.

This kind of upgrade was really satisfying. If he were to follow the basic meditation technique, he would probably need to meditate ten times before his spiritual mind could become as big as it was now.

But now, he had only killed one demon beast.

“Lorelei’s secret tome! I’m determined to get it!

“Isn’t it just twenty demon beasts at mid-level?

“Let’s do it!”