Chapter 16: The Bloody Road (4)

The valley had many caves, large and small. Kayra made great efforts to drag the wolf into one of these caves.

It was in enemy territory.

If he opened the inside of the wolf in the middle and investigated, he would reveal himself.

He had no choice but to hide himself and the corpse.

"The Red-Eyed Grey Wolf, his blood and eyes are extremely precious. But there's something more important..."

Kayra dragged the wolf deep into the cave and closed the entrance with a large amount of orchid leaves that he had taken out of his bag. Wolves hated the smell of orchids. So much so that if there was an orchid nearby, they would not pass by, they would change paths, no matter how dangerous it was.

The reason for this was unknown, but it wasn't that important.

He collected a few pieces of wood from outside and lit a small fire to illuminate the cave. All the necessary materials were with him. He had taken everything from flint to expedition bowl, from rope to flask to flask.

After Kayra lit a small fire, he approached the wolf's large body. He drew the Ruined King's Sword on his waist and activated his sword ki.

When he felt ready, he stabbed his sword into the wolf's heart.

[The Ruined King's Sword Ki sucks up the White Essence of the Red-Eyed Grey Wolf...]

[Your life force is being renewed...]

[Endurance is an increased.]

[The wounds on your body are completely healed.]

When Kayra's hidden wounds were completely healed, she felt even lighter than before. It was the power of absorbing life force from another being. It was such a sweet feeling that he felt it could go on forever.

"What's going on?"

When the pleasure she received reached dangerous dimensions, Kayra bit her tongue and recovered thanks to the pain. His mind, drunk on pleasure, suddenly recovered and caused him to draw his sword.

'I almost lost my mind of pleasure.'

This was something completely different from normal pleasures. He seemed to have taken more drugs than he could handle. If he had continued, he would have either lost himself or his body would have exploded.

"All my wounds are already healed. No need for more.'

The Magic Power began to automatically regenerate when Ak Öz became Kara Öz. He had nothing else to worry about right now.

So he sheathed his sword and pulled a hunter's knife out of his backpack. It was a special knife consisting of a strong steel. It was sold for 40 Karma Points in the Gun Lounge. Although it was not a large amount for Kayra, it was very expensive for novices.

He turned the knife in his hand and lifted the feathers from the wolf's large head.

Fosh!

When he made a deep cut in his throat, a large amount of blood spilled on the floor. The smell of blood was disgusting. But Kayra endured it and carefully held the Ruined King's Sword, inflicting a deep wound on the wolf's chest from the inside.

He then magnified the wound inflicted by the knife and put his hand on the wolf's chest as blood spilled. He accidentally touched an organ and soured his face because of the disgusting texture.

'Hang on... I will have to face much more disgusting scenes in the future. I have to get used to it.'

He thoroughly scratched the wound as he consoled himself. When his arm went up to his shoulder, he finally felt him touch something like glass. He immediately pushed himself and pushed aside the pieces of flesh around him.

'Are these lungs?'

He grabbed the glass and went out with all his might.

'Disgusting.'

A plum-sized glass ball wrapped by pieces of flesh came out. Kayra extracted the pieces of flesh around the glass and wiped the blood on the wolf's fur.

He held the glass ball against the fire and looked at the blood-red liquid inside.

'It's a Mana Heart.'

Mana Heart. The area where monsters accumulated the power of nature was called the heart of mana. This heart would often be the size of a ball, and there would be variations in color depending on the type of monster.

'It's also the most valuable part of monsters. When it falls into the hands of a skilled alchemist, it can be turned into an elixir, or it can be for a special technique.'

The task he received from the Task Board was related to this core.

[Capture the Mana Heart of the Red-Eyed Gray Wolf]

Difficulty: B-

Description: Red-Eyed Grey Wolves are a rare species born with special abilities. Mana Hearts are also very special because of this. It can enhance the effect of a large number of potions, become the main source of special techniques.

Reward: The limit of the reward is balanced by the Heart of Mana imposed.

-1 Mana Heart: 25 Karma Points

It took him half an hour to find it among hundreds of missions. Since this was the only task that matched his purpose, he chose his difficulty without caring.

"The best part is that the prize is unlimited."

In short, the more hearts he carried, the more rewards he would receive.

Of all the missions, he was one of the most difficult and the most rewarding. In fact, Kayra saw the prize as unlikely. Hunting the Red-Eyed Grey Wolves was not simple.

Kayra took out a pouch from her bag and carefully placed the heart in it.

'Now it's next...'

The wolf he had cut looked into the red eyes of his head. It was almost equivalent to the Heart of Mana. He was only one degree below him.

'It's going to be pretty troublesome.'

The wolf carefully raised his head and stabbed the knife into his ear. Then he carved the flesh in it and repeated the same process on the other side.

The skull was large and milky white. Due to its size, there was a large amount of blood and pieces of flesh in it. It took him more than an hour to just peel off his skin. Then he cut off the wolf's palate. He was pretty much done.

It was the turn of the last and most important part.

He placed the ruined King's Sword in the wolf's Mastoid bone. Although her bloodied skull looked frightening, Kayra was extremely calm.

Click!

When he struck the handle of the sword, the jaw and the upper part of the skull were separated from each other.

As soon as they were separated, a ball of magenta-colored blood appeared. Two blood-red eyes were enslaved by many nerves while standing in their eye sockets. Kayra pulled out his brain and cut the nerves in one fell swoop with his knife.

A pair of red eyes fell into the jar. Kayra had not removed her eyelids because it was dangerous. He had just put a fine scratch around it to separate it from the piece of skin.

Kayra closed the lid of the jar and wiped the blood on the wolf's fur.

Oddly enough, he never once vomited while doing this disgusting act.

"I'm adapting."

He had no difficulty in accepting the terrible truth. He would have to do such things in the future, what would it change if he did it now?

[You examined the skull of the Red-Eyed Gray Wolf.]

[Your knowledge of the Red-Eyed Gray Wolf increased by 5%.]

[Check them out and get to know the Red-Eyed Gray Wolf.]

Kayra laughed after reading the notices in front of him.

"The Akasha System seems to have been created to support and evaluate the user in all areas. I can understand from the receipt of my data. I don't know what the Akasha System is like, but it must contain a lot of data, like a huge information network."

He collected not only his own but all people's data and transmitted them to them under the guise of the 'Akasha System'. These were usually 'number' values, such as the statistics in the Character Window.

"As I understand it, it is possible for me to use the system to my advantage. If my level of knowledge about the Red-Eyed Gray Wolf increases to 100%, I will be able to find all its weaknesses."

The most important rule of war since ancient times was to know the enemy. Even military geniuses like Sun Tzu said, "If you know your opponent and yourself, you don't have to worry about victory even in a hundred battles. If you know yourself but don't know the opponent, you win and lose one. But if you do not know yourself and do not know your opponent, it is inevitable that you will be defeated," he said , drawing attention to the importance of the subject.

Kayra knew very well about herself and what she could do. Throughout his life, he had taken the time to know himself as well as to try to get to know others.

He was well aware of his limitations.

He would not have survived without the ruined King's Sword Ki and the clothes he was wearing.

"It's time to challenge myself."

In his short sixteen years of self-defiance, he had challenged himself many times. Whether it's improving yourself, confessing to your love, or accomplishing anything difficult... His life was full of wars against himself.

"I will have to fully use my intelligence and skills. But even so, my odds of living will always be less than 20%."

Although he knew he was resourceful, his challenge this time was a bit dangerous and crazy. Even though it had only been a day since he came to the Land of the Star, he understood the rules of this world.

It was a game board where the most primitive desires would awaken and people would eat each other. Everything would be done for the sake of survival, and if necessary, the brother would stab the brother and turn his back on the friend.

Of course, this was not the case for him since he was not acquainted with anyone, but the conflicts between them would affect him as well.

'There are also those Kings and Overlords. Although cooperation is important in such a place, there is no point in the existence of such people. Are they trying to create a competitive environment? But Star Land is already like an arena. One has no choice but to develop."

A wild forest where the strong ate the weak was also trying to survive.

The competition was at the highest level.

'Kings will definitely stand out. Since there are at least thirteen towns, there should be a minimum of 26,000 people here. Given the rarity of kings, they will not cross the finger of one hand...'

The number of the town he left was thirteen. So he could assume that there were at least twelve more towns.

The current town had close to three thousand people. They were all distraught as they left the examination area. And perhaps Kayra was the only one who left town. It would take at least three days for people to accept the situation. But it took them at least three weeks, maybe a month, to get used to it and get back on their own two feet.

"Soon an issue will arise that concerns the Kings and their overlords. Hmm, is it right that I did it? Maybe I should work to get the loyalty of others.'

But he immediately shook his head.

He did not have the qualifications of a leader. If there was a possibility of seeing a slight benefit, he would not hesitate to sacrifice his subjects. According to him, the bonds formed by love or friendship were very unreliable. If it were reliable, the concept of 'betrayal' would never have emerged.

Only mutual interests had irreparable ties.

What coincided with his interests would be destroyed by him himself.

'The question is how can I get the most out of this...'

He looked at the wolf corpse on the ground.

The blood began to form a small pool on the ground. Soon the smell would spread all over the place and suppress the smell of orchids.

"Damn. This is a bloody road where if I win I will be a king, and if I lose, I will be a bandit."