Aariv was panicking.

He was flying through the forest as fast as he could, away from the black mist, considering what he had just seen. The mist was chasing him, leaving husks behind. The closer the mist got to him, the more fear and despair he felt.

It was faster than him and one of the only reasons it hasn't turned him into an empty husk was because it got distracted by other monsters nearby and rushes toward them.

Also, Aariv could only see the mist when he uses [Mana Sight], he has to concentrate when using it and Aariv can't concentrate very well while being chased by the mist.

However, [Danger Sense] help him tell where the mist was.

After a while of [Danger Sense] not going off, Aariv turns his head around to look behind him and active [Mana Sight].

"Where is that damn thing?" Aariv asks, nervously. He turns his head and didn't see any trace of the black mist causing him to relax a bit, but still kept his guard up.

"It's gone?" Aariv didn't waste a second and start flying away from the area as fast as he could.

However, he wasn't so lucky. Aariv felt himself being slammed to the ground, he felt his heart beating against his chest as he opens his mouth to scream, but no sound came out.

He could feel a weight holding him to the ground.

Aariv saw insects crawling all over, then fire burning him, he could smell burnt flesh and feel the heat. He felt knives being stabbed into him. Pain was starting to take over his mind and the life being drained out of him.

Despair was all Aariv felt as he accepts his fate.

Then all of a sudden, his mind began to clear.

"Huh?" Aariv force himself to stand up and the screeching could still be heard. The screeching could be described as sounding like many people screaming all at the same time, distorted.

Then he looks up.

What he saw was something that he could only describe as beautiful.

Her face was delicate, looks like it was sculpted out of marble, eyes shut, and it had a peaceful expression. Hair that was golden blonde. She wore an armor that was exquisitely made and she shines more brightly than the sun itself.

She was simply...beautiful.

[Passive Skill: Eyes of the Beholder] - Lv. 1 acquired.

Aariv shook his head, taking his eyes off her, and saw that he was full of energy. Taking the opportunity, he took off, flying as fast, never looking back.

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After hours of flying, Aariv was in a tree hollow, catching his breath. He was tired but was experiencing a sort of emotion that he couldn't describe.

"What was that?" He asks. Aariv was unable to answer his own question, he decides to just open up his stats.

Name: Aariv

Species: [Incognita] - Lv. 27

Skills:

[Peck] - Lvl. MAX

[Passive Skill: Flight] - Lvl. MAX [Passive Skill: Night Vision] - Lvl. MAX [Stealth] - Lvl. 12

[Appraisal] - MAX [Pain Resistance] - Lv. 9 [Peck] - Lv. 5

[Scratch] - Lv. 9 [Hypnosis] - Lv. 9 [Will] - Lv. 2

[Ice Magic Mastery] - Lv. 1 [Ice Manipulation] - Lv. 6 [Forest Magic Mastery] - Lv. 2

[Forest Manipulation] - Lv. 5 [Earth Magic Mastery] - Lv. 4 [Earth Manipulation] - Lv. 7

[Water Magic Mastery] - Lv. 1 [Water Manipulation] - Lv. 8 [Wind Magic Mastery] - Lv. 5

[Wind Manipulation] - Lv. 8 [Ice Arrow] - Lv. 8 [Ice Claws] - Lv. 5

[Stone Claws] - Lv. 7 [Vine Whip] - Lv. 8 [Stone Spikes] - Lv. 7

[Stone Wall] - Lv. 3 [Ice Wall] - Lv. 3 [Barkskin] - Lv. 5

[Stoneskin] - Lv. 6 [Roots Strike] - Lv. 3 [Wood Wall] - Lv. 2

[Fog Create] - Lv. 2 [Water Bullet] - Lv. 8 [Wind Bullet] - Lv. MAX

[Gust] - Lv. 8 [Bubble] - Lv. 6 [Ice Spikes] - Lv. 7

[Passive Skill: Danger Sense] - Lv. 1 [Blood Mastery] - Lv. 1 [Blood Manipulation] - Lv. 2

[Blood Armor] - Lv. 5 [Mana Sight] - Lv.1 [Fire Magic Mastery] - Lv. 2

[Fire Manipulation] - Lv. 5 [Mana Manipulation] - Lv. 2 [Cooking] - Lv. 7

[Skinning] - Lv. 8 [Fire Resistance] - Lv. 5 [Fireball] - Lv. MAX

[Passive Skill: Lesser Regeneration] - Lv. 2 [Moderate Fear Resistance] - Lv. 8

[Passive Skill: Eyes of the Beholder] - Lv. 1

Stats:

[Available Stat Points: [34]

[Strength]: 345

[Endurance]: 298

[Wisdom]: 402 (+35)

[Agility]: 398

[SP]: 632

[Mana]: 745

"[Eyes of the Beholder]?"

[Passive Skill: Eyes of the Beholder] - Lv. 1 - Beauty is in the eyes of the beholders. Individuals will be considered beautiful due to how they glow. The brighter they glow, the greater their fate is.

"...the greater their fate is?" Aariv did understand what the description said about the skill, only that it made him some people will be considered beautiful to him due to how they 'glow.'

He looks around saw monsters running around although, to his surprise, there was also normal animal, though they look like livestock.

However, there was something about them that bothers him, and he doesn't know what it was. Then, he realizes what it was.

They all had some sort of glow to them, just like her. Wait, what her name or her species was, though, he wasn't sure if [Apprasial] would work on her.

Anyway, they had some sort of glow similar to her but it was more dull, bland, unlike the bright and beautiful glow that she had.

The livestocks' glow was duller than the monsters, but the differences weren't much.

He turns around, seeing more monsters that had the same dull glow as the other. Then he heard a loud noise and a gasp.

Aariv turned toward the noise and saw a little girl staring at him. His eyes widen when he saw the little girl, ignoring the noise that the little girl was making.

Her glow was bright, white, pure, and untainted. It wasn't as beautiful as her but it was beautiful and pure.

A growl snaps him out of his daze, a thunder cat was crawling toward the girl, ready to pounce on her. It began to move and was suddenly stop in its track when a stone spike impaled it.

Aariv was glaring at the now-dead thunder cat. The human girl didn't notice that Aariv was in a murderous rage and was glaring at the corpse of the feline.

He then observed the girl.

Something this pure should not be tainted.