Chapter 21: Night Hunt


    Under the howl of the full moon, within the forest hunting grounds by the outskirts of the Vige of Parm,


    Thuck Thuck Thuck...


    "Take this...!" Frey rushed forward as she let out a loud holler, quickly closing the distance between her and two nt-like monstersGalvins.


    The Galvins were nocturnal monsters that had a shape resembling that of a Chayote, a fruit grown best in semi-tropical climates. Though unlike its fruit counterpart, the Galvins wererge monsters like the size of a watermelon, with its rough surface and it''s angry sleep-deprived eyes, just wanting to sleep for once. They were nicknamed, [ Sleepless Squashers ] by the townspeople and the general yer base due to their behaviour of staying up all night as they try to drift off into sleep. They would attack anyone that neared them so that they could find peace to doze off into the night.


    Their body was bulky and huge enough to squash anything that they deem a nuisance to death, thus they were formidable foes that would crush you into smithereens if you weren''t careful.


    Frey took heavy steps as she closed the gap between herself and the monsters as she prepared to use a skill, her fists lit a tinge of orange showcasing the activation of an ability,


    [ Blitz Fist Lv 1 ] [ 45 MP ] [ Cooldown: 5 Minutes ]


    Protrudes a raging force of energy towards an enemy, quickly dealing 500% physical damage through five hits. If all attacks were sessfullynded on the target, you may instantly connect it with another skill under the Brawler''s skill tree.


    Just as Frey initiated her attack towards the Galvins, in that moment of time, the monsters swiftly leapt up into the sky, quickly going above Frey''s head in that instant.


    Noticing that the monsters were leaping up, Frey hurriedly looked above her as she saw that the Galvins were about to drop down on her. Frey let out a shrieked as she couldn''t react in time, with her skills in the procession.


    From behind Frey, Shinto who was watching the scene unfolding before him scurried towards Frey''s aid quickly unleashing a skill as a divine white light protruded from his hands, sending it over towards one of the two Galvins.


    [ Hallowed Crest ]


    As the light enveloped on one of the two Galvins, Shinto shouted out towards Frey, "Hey! Change the trajectory of your attack and aim for the other monster!"


    Hearing Shinto''s cry, Frey hurriedly changed the direction of her attack over towards the other monster, which hadn''t been hit by Hallowed Crest. Sessfully hitting the target, the Galvin was quickly knocked back down to the ground.


    As she sessfully hit the target, Frey diverted her attention over towards the Galvin which Shinto had attacked. Just like the other one, this monster had fallen down as well.


    The monsters cried out meekly as Shinto sent out a veil of shadows over towards the two monsters which had fallen on the ground.


    "Go!" Shinto ordered as he rushed into the veil.


    Heeding to the order, Frey rushed forward as she attacked the enemies, punch, kicks and the like were sent by her until they turned to grey ash. Sessfully finishing up the battle.


    [ You have defeated Galvin! ]


    [ You have defeated Galvin! ]


    [ Your level has risen to level 7! ]


    [ Your Shadow Stat has risen by 1 ]


    [ You have obtained 10 stat points. ]


    Shinto looked over towards his notification window as he let out a sigh, ''Alright... So far, my shadow stat has risen by a bit from the few battles we went through.''


    From the start of Shinto heading into the forest and to now, his shadow stat has risen by 3.


    ''Looks like the only way for me to gain the shadow stat is through using my shadow skills more...'' Shinto opened his status window as he looked over towards the number on his shadow stat, 4. ''Though... Although my shadow stats have risen significantly... My divinity stat didn''t raise at all.''


    Shinto had been using both his divinity skills and shadow skills as much as he could, though, with the long regeneration of his divinity gauge, he couldn''t use his divinity skills as much as he wanted topared to his shadow skills.


    ''With it taking five minutes for my divinity gauge to fill... It''ll be a hard time raising it in the night from what I''ve tested out...''


    Shinto looked up towards the sky as he saw that dawn was about to break.


    ''Looks like we''ve been here all night... I think we should call it a day too.''


    Lost in his thoughts, Shinto heard a familiar voice from the distance walking up to him.


    "T-Thanks for the help back there, Shinto..." The voice meekly said as it breaks Shinto out of his thoughts.


    "Ah, it''s no problem. Though, you shouldn''t have been careless." Looking over towards Frey, Shinto replied.


    "Yeah, I got too careless there..." Freyughed awkwardly as she tried to brush off her mistake.


    "Don''t worry about it, we all make mistakes here and there," Shinto said, "Though, next time, you should look to see what your enemies would do before rushing in, especially if you''re a melee ss like a brawler."


    "Aha... I kind of forgot about doing that..." Frey nervously scratched her head. She had been too excited fighting against new enemies that shepletely forgot to test the waters, though, did she ever tried to do it?


    "Anyways, I think it''s best we call it a day. We''ve been fighting against the mobs for quite a while now that it''s about to break dawn," Shinto said as he looked up towards the sky.


    "Yeah, we''ve levelled up quite a bit!" Frey joyfully eximed, "What''s your level right now?"


    "It''s level 7."


    "Oh! Just one level away from me! Ahh! I''m jealous!"


    "Huh? How so?" Shinto tilted his head to the side.


    "Well... You could easily handle those wolves that jumped at you earlier, and those nt monsters too! Unlike me..." Freymented.


    "Aha, it takes practice and time to get used to handling the monsters, I guess," Shinto said.


    "I''m curious! How long have you been ying?" Frey asked, "Because you seem like the type of guy whose been ying for so long but... Why are you only just level 7?"


    "Ah, well..." Shintoughed nervously, "There was a situation that made me like this."


    "Oh? What is it?" A tint of curiosity showered over Frey''s eyes.


    "Well you could put it in a way that it''s a game mechanic, I guess," Shinto shrugged, "Though, I''ve been ying since the start of the game if you wanted to know."


    "Oh?! So you''re like... One of those veterans I''ve heard so much about?! An expert?!" The curiosity in Frey''s eyes gleamed brightly.


    "Well yeah, if you put that way, then yeah," Shinto responded modestly.


    "I am honoured to have a presence such as a veteran by my side!'' Frey joyfully said, "Hey, hey! Can we add as friends?!"


    "Hmm... Sure, it wouldn''t hurt."


    "Yay!"


    Wasting no time, Frey hurriedly opened up Shinto''s yer profile as she quickly sent him a friend request.


    [ yer ''Shinto'' currently isn''t epting any friend requests. ]


    "Huh? The system won''t allow me to add you!" Frey said regretfully.


    "Ah right, let me send you a request instead."


    Doing the same thing as what Frey had done, Shinto sent the friend request over to Frey, as she received it, she instantly epted it.


    Shinto had forgotten he disabled receiving friend requests from people. He was of course originally ced first in the rankings and thus he would often get a mountain of friend requests which made Shinto wanted to cough up blood.


    Within a single minute, he had received more than 100 requests which showed how everyone would like to talk to him or something along those lines.


    Shinto didn''t have the heart to turn the requests down all the time and he just ended up disabling friend requests in his settings as a whole, thus no one could send a friend request unless someone personally asked him to add him.


    This same thing applied for his whispers too. He had received way too many random whispers and threats that he could only sigh and disable them and only allow messages from those he frequently talk to or on his friend list.


    "Alright~! Yay! I have a veteran in my friend list!" Overjoyed by the eptance of her request she looked over towards Shinto, "Can I ask of you for a favour?"


    "A favour?" Shinto asked.


    "Mhm! Since you''re a veteran... Would it be alright for you to teach me how to fight? Seeing you fight makes me want to better myself! And what more would it be than to have your teachings!" Frey''s eyes gleamed brightly.


    "No problem, I can teach you since we''ll be partying up frequently right?"


    "Woohoo!" Frey smiled brightly.


    "Though, why do you want me specifically to teach than just looking for videos online or to go for a trainer?"


    "Well, because of your a veteran of course!" The excitement in her eyes continued to gleam, "And what''s more worth it than to personally learn from someone?"


    "Hmm, I guess you''re right."


    "Anyways! Now that, that is done, I guess we should be on our way to rest up?" Frey asked.


    "Yep. I''m going to log out now," Shinto nodded his head as he opened up his settings window.


    "Alrighty, see youter~!" Frey waved goodbye as Shinto logged out of the game.