Vultures of the Desert (Part 3)

( After many times of training and torture.)

< Congratulations, Astral Player Shiro... >

< It seems you have completed all of your training. > The System says as Shiro completes all of it.

" Of course, it doesn't look so hard," Shiro says as his Status increased exponentially at the time.

< Training complete >

< Rewards: All status +55 Points. >

< Status: >

Strength: 72 (+55)

Agility: 68 (+55)

Sense: 75 (+55)

Vitality: 70 (+55)

Intelligence: 63 (+55)

Soul: 72 (+55)

" Based on my current status, so it means that the chance of me getting a lot of EXP in my first leveling will be increased by 60%, is it not? "

< Of course, your status is now significant to help you on your first leveling. >

" Really? so I'm ready now to take off from this place? " Shiro says as he expects that his hard training will be rewarded with an instant and constant Leveling that could make him immediately powerful in the Astral Player.

< Not quite, Astral Player... >

< The training you have done here for some time is just a [Tutorial Training] that I had formulated for you. > the System says which made Shiro angry as he felt betrayed after doing a lot of crazy and rigorous hellish training and torture (if he fails to do so) for some time which almost destroy his weak mentality immediately after hearing such a statement.

"( My pain was not enough, it was only the beginning. )" he asks himself as the System then tells him that after he exits the System Space, he will be welcomed by other Spirits that already noticed his very presence since the beginning.

< Yes, and your trial has just begun, for the other Hollow Incursors had waited for your release in the Astral World. > System explains and shows Shiro the condition outside the System Space where it shows Cráneos Buitres, the Hollow Incursor's pack leader, ruler of the 'Devorador del Desierto' (Desert Devourer), one of the Hollows Paquetes (Packs) that ruled these parts of Hueco Desierto.

As he sees that, Shiro was shocked for he sees the Spirits that had larger bodies than him as he sees his body that looked like a six-year-old child.

" You've gotta be kidding me, system!!!? " Shiro says as he sees the very situation outside through the System's Screen for he sees the Hollow Paquetes looked like a giant compared to him and not just that.

" Those giant Hollow Spirits also had weapons, weapons so large they could immediately kill me in without any effort! " Shiro shouts and comments on the System, but at that very moment, he was immediately silenced Shiro before giving other comments again.

< You mean these? (-_-) > System immediately replied to satisfy Shiro's stress for it then gives a choice.

< Choose Your Main Spirit Weapon. >

< 1) [Mantis Cutting Scissors] >

< 2) [Mantis Severing Scythe] >

< 3) [Mantis Blade Sickle] >

...

< All of them have the same Weapon Status at the beginning. >

< ATK+10 >

< CRIT DMG +0.1 >

...

Seeing those weapons status, Shiro immediately go wasted for his mind really didn't get how was he supposed to survive in this very place.

" System, you're telling me to survive in this place, using basic weapons, against those level 23 Spirits!!! " Shiro angrily shouts at the System as he sees the level of his enemies, especially the [Paquete]'s leader Cráneos Buitres who is at level 25.

As he comments about it, System just ignored what he says and deactivate's the System Space Barrier that shields him from outside disturbances, making him finally appear in front of the [Incursor]s.

" So you finally show yourself, unknown spirit... " Cráneos says as he looks at Shiro's Hollow Spirit body.

Right after all of them see Shiro's body, they immediately laugh as hell for they mock Shiro's body which looked like an insect in front of them.

" Oh by the Monarca!!! "

" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! " They all laugh, especially Cráneos who sees Shiro and then lowered his head to him.

" OHOHO..., hello there little Hollow. " he greets Shiro at the time, making him pissed.

" I'm sorry for thinking you're some kind of an outsider, I hope you can understand for *giggles* "

"( He's pissing me off... (\ _ / ) )" Shiro thinks in his mind while seeing the Status Screen that he can personally see.

< You have chosen your Main Spirit Weapon. >

...

While Shiro went into silence, Cráneos approached him, entering almost his private space as he mocks Shiro for having such a small Spirit body in the Astral World.

" AHAHAHAHAHA, O look at you, having such a small Spirit Body, even for a Hollow. " Cráneos says.

" I don't know how did you die, but I can immediately say that you died at such a Short Age. " Cráneos says as he also tells that in the Spirit World, the age of one's death can also affect their form in the Astral World, for the Spirits as an example, the higher their age before death as a monster then the bigger and more powerful their form are in the Astral World.

" How unfortunate for you then, young hollow!!! " Cráneos says as he then grabs Shiro and picks him up.

" After seeing that Barrera or Cortina that you just made, I thought that you might be from the Higher Rank of Spirits. "

" But it seems that I am wrong and my time here is totally waster after the disappointing reveal. "

" For earlier, I thought you're an Ascender (a Spirit Rank above Raiders) Spirit you know. "

" Hybernating using their Barriers and Curtains here in order to rejuvenate their Core's strength for a time after the battle. "

" Which is the perfect time for a Raider Spirit like me to strike and feast it in order to ascend my Rank. "

" But after seeing you, a mere hollow, inside that very barrier earlier, makes me pissed. "

" For seeing you immediately insulted my very status as the highest Depredador (Predator) in this part of the Desierto...!!! " Cráneos says in his very disappointed, for he then angrily says to Shiro that he was so very hungry earlier before after expecting an Ascender inside the Barrier but instead the reality gives him a Normal Spirit inside the Barrier, a normal Barrier so small that could even bare to give his and his Paquetes a kick inside their stomachs.

After Cráneos says his protests, Shiro who only hears his protests without even commenting at all remembers some things from his past, from his lifetime, as he remembers seeing this kind of anger.

"( His anger, reminded me of them all... )" Shiro says as he remembers those people from his Region that always looked so angry when seeing him as he remembers those people.

" You bastard, because of my disappointment, today I will eat...- "

*SLASH*

Without any minute, Shiro severs Cráneos's beak, wounding him and his HP badly which shocks the other Incursors at the time. As he does that, Shiro then reveals his Chosen Weapon.

" You assholes... "

" Reminded me to them... " Shiro says as his eyes stare at them.

< Weapon: [Mantis Severing Scythe] >

" Now, since I'm also pissed. "

" I want to kill you all. "

" Now. " Shiro says calmly.

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Extra:

Spirit Ranks:

There are four Astral Spirit Ranks in the Astral World, based on their evolution and forms.

[ Normal Spirit --> Raider --> Ascender --> Monarch ]

for Hollow (the titles are translated into the Spirit Race's base language):

[ Ordinario --> Incursor --> Ascendente --> Monarca ]