Kaiser of the New World

Damn abominations... (25)

Training... is hard.

Two and a half days have passed since Noelle's duel, but Kai has only gotten to level twelve.

Noelle even reached level 15 this morning and told Kai and Sofia she got another skill selection. Both Umbra and Sofia reached level 14 as well. Sofia's extra way to level up was something to do with being quick, while Umbra told him moon beasts only have one way to level up but its about as good as having two or three.

Kai on the other hand still has no idea as to what his other level up technique is. So how is he leveling up you may ask.

Aldred mauls everything and allows Kai to get the last hit.

For the last two days that has been their routine. Wake, eat, fight, sleep. It's honestly shocking how quickly Kai got adapted to not having a mobile phone anymore, he was the type of person to always be on it before the Flashing.

Looking back, he realises its probably due to Nonchalance, the uncommon skill coming in clutch once again in this damn world.

The skill has honestly been a gift so far, be would probably be dead without it after all. The white room, the wolves, Beefcake and Creepy, all those are situations where he should've died. If he ever gets the chance to upgrade his skill, he want Nonchalance to be upgraded first.

Over the last few days, Kai has grown closer to Aldred, even through the wolf will calls him Catalyst. The gray wolf also shared what the world was like before the tutorial.

It was the exact same.

Ginormous trees, shadows everywhere, abominations threatening the forest constantly, it was an extremely dangerous place.

Not to say that it hasn't gotten better though. After Aldred weakened the dark side of the moon demon, he went on a purge of the weaker abominations. Unlike the demon, the gray wolf was unsuccessful in purging all the gibbous moon abominations, but he killed a large amount of quater moon ones instead.

Currently, the boy and wolf are walking through the forest while looking for some abominations to hunt, Umbra would've been with them except that Aldred convinced the wolf scouting team to let her train with them, something about familiarity helping her grow quicker.

"How many are we going to hunt today?" Kai asks as he follows the gargantuan gray wolf who walks calmly through the dark forest, utmost confidence is his steps that nothing can harm him.

"Just the one" The wolfs voice is gruff and deep, but has a certain charm to it. "One of our former allies decided to abandon and join the abominations forces, a quater moon bear that was level 24 last time I saw them."

Kai follows but thinks to himself, remembering the bear who attacked them during the week before they reached the dome. He chuckles and says;

"Well, they're level 25 now, but... why care so much about a level 25? I'm sure most of the beasts in the dome are stronger."

"Never underestimate anything, you will die if you do. Think about Noelle and Wa'rak's duel, if Wa'rak went for the kill right from the start he would've won the fight in a single attack, but he was cocky. Over the last few millenia, the beasts have grown complacent due to the abominations falling back while the demon healed. They will deeply regret it in the coming weeks, while they grew lethargic and weak willed, the abominations must've been planning and training.

I know something bad is coming soon, and my intuition is never wrong. One thing I learned about myself is that the reason full moon beasts are so rare is that they each have special abilities. My nose is able to sniff out things that should be unlercievable. Lies, bad omens, even the future can sometimes be smelled.