V3 Chapter 21

*Swish*

“You son of a bitch!”

“Die, you motherfucker!”

Cian looks at the Werebeasts coming at him, his face grinning mischievously. From the moment it started, till now, his expression never changes. He jumped backward, as the Werebeast lunged at him. With Asceius dealing with most Werebeasts, he was left a lot of room to breathe.

With amazing movement, as usual, he was able to slip at every attack of the Werebeast, making his way through them like a ghost. After he made an attack, whether it was blocked or hit, he would then immediately retreat. After that, Leona would appear right in front of him, just as the Werebeasts were about to retaliate.

With this style of battling, the Werebeasts became even more frantic and frustrated. They tried provoking him, insulting him, trying to make him face them head-on, but they would be replied with a mischievous grin, like a child making his pranks.

Cian didn’t fight with honor, as the Werebeasts said it, and would easily hide behind either Leona or Asceius, which both made the Werebeasts helpless. He was like a loach among them, wriggling freely. Even worse, his each and every attack was fatal, and if hit, would give them grave injuries, more than Leona’s claws or fangs, or Asceius icicles.

"This fellow is really a monster!"

Seeing Cian's performance, Asceius couldn’t help but grumbled.

"His accuracy and mental focus are scary…not to mention, he strikes to kill- every action doesn't have any hesitation. Whether this was the product of a long experience, or just a talent itself... either way, this guy is scary."

Unexpectedly, as she finished the last of her opponents, Iris gave Cian a deadly stare as she realized that the Foxman’s attack was extremely consistent. Be it encountering the attacks of the Werebeasts in every short exchange, he could definitely defeat them all if the Foxman would use his full strength. Though she didn’t know how strong he really is, but Iris couldn’t help but think that Cian was capable of defeating all his opponents, as long as he displayed his entire strength and skills. Though, without basis, it’s just a feeling.

Iris had seen and met many geniuses before. Most of them were definitely unnerving when their power was unleashed. However, Iris had never met a person like Cian who was capable of maintaining such powerful skills and accuracy consistently. He had a constant attack speed, accuracy, strength, and incredible opportunity-seeking timing, and it never once dipped.

Cian Jekyll…

Fox Tribe…

Iris felt that there is something going on within the Beast Alliance. One that she needed to be vigilant of.

I guess I need to see into this when I go back… and just who is this Cian Jekyll?

… …

With a loud, deafening roar, Leona intercepted all incoming attacks with her body. Then, as if not caring about it, pounced at them like a rabid beast. The Werebeasts angrily pursuing Cian hurriedly scattered around like flocks of sheep seeing a hungry wolf. Though not horrifyingly strong, and they are confident of defeating it even if it’s one on one battle, but the [Golden Body] that the Manticore possess makes it incredibly hard to defeat the monster.

What’s more, the moment they were stalled by this monster, the one that they are afraid the most will appear.

And indeed, he came!

A strange shadow abruptly appeared just behind one of them. It created waves as it twisted midair. It had emerged from the cover of the trees at an unparalleled speed and had made its way towards one of the fleeing Werebeast like a streamer of light.

“Bulius!!!”

This streamer of light had arrived in front of the Werebeast’s chest in a flash.

The accuracy and timing of the attack had been unparalleled.

The timing and speed were so unparalleled that even a group of elite Lycan’s was unable to react in time.

“Damn you!!”

However, the targeted Werebeast as if guided by beastly instinct crossed his sword, in front of him in time, protecting himself from the vicious black dagger that looked like a black snake that had already devoured countless life already, rushing towards his exposed chest.

“How dare you Foxman!!!!”

Hearing the angry roar, and feeling the exploding strength of the Werebeast, Cian looked at him, and his lips curved viciously. With his dagger interlocked with the enemy’s weapon, he quickly spun to his right and darted right beneath the Werebeast in front of him. At the same time, he drew another dagger with his left hand holding it in reverse, and immediately sliced him right in the neck.

*Spurt* Blood sprayed upward like a fountain as the dagger severed his jugular vein. Cian, as if having eyes on his back, then threw the dagger in between the fountain of blood, piercing another Werebeast’s head that tried to sneak attack him. Soon after, he jumps backward and hides behind Leona. All of it happened in just a few seconds that the werebeasts couldn’t even retaliate.

Before they could even react to what had happened, Leona had already started pouncing at them, even completely killing the already gravely injured Werebeast that had been attacked by her master, by crushing their throat with her powerful jaw, and stabbing their chests with her sharp claws.

“H, how the hell…. *Gurgle*”

“Fuck!”

The Werebeasts realized that they couldn’t fight back anymore and wanted to retreat. But it was too late now, so they still tried to pressure and exhaust Cian by relying on their numbers. Contrary to their wish, Leona and Asceius went on a rampage, while Cian attacked them fatally when an opportunity appears, destroying each and every one of them. Worst, the Foxman’s inhuman movement made them think he had eyes all over his body.

Every time the Werebeasts attacked him, he dodged all of their attacks and even launched counterattacks. And each time, the Werebeasts collapsed with their blood scattering all over the grass.

Even if they tried to trap him, he would still be able to parry a knife that flew towards him and stabbed into their neck, waist, and heart with incredible agility and illusion-like movements. He blocked a weapon aiming at his blind spot with his arm, snapped it into half, and cut off the head of its wielder, with that weird black weapon that seemed to ignore their confidence in their physical body.

They felt as if they had been possessed by a ghost.

“R, run!”

They finally realized they had messed with the wrong guy and tried to make an escape.

But, they had realized it too late.

*Swish*

*Puck*

Cian pulled out daggers from thin air, and accurately threw them to the fleeing, and panicking Werebeasts.

Sharp knives and daggers flew towards the head of the first one to run away and then quickly chased after the others. His speed was too fast and direction unpredictable, so they could do nothing but to hopelessly await their deaths. Fear had grabbed their ankles. Terror was slowly eating them up from the inside.

Why is a Foxman like him so strong?!

Just where did this Foxman come from?

Why have they not heard of him before?!

These were the thoughts that they had just before their death, carrying them to their after-life.

* * *

The group had killed a total of 26 Werebeasts. It was more than Cian had expected. Though, most of them were the kill count of Iris, which in fact, had slaughtered over half of them alone. Those that tried to escape were even hunted by her, not letting a single one of them got free.

Well, Cian knows the consequence of it if even a single one of them escaped, hence, he was quite also busy chasing and hunting those who tried to escape in other directions.

He knows better the consequence of ignoring the roots of a problem alone and letting them grow.

[You have successfully plundered [Body Strengthening]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Observation]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Steel Hide]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Rallying Cry]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Enhanced Senses]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Improved Digestion]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Odorless]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Enhanced Stamina]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Poker Face]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Bribing]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Enhanced Endurance]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Enhanced Regeneration]!]

[You have successfully plundered [Clairvoyance]!]

… …

While chasing and hunting the fleeing Werebeasts, Cian too started devouring some as well, away from the prying eyes of Iris and Asceius. And as expected, perhaps due to their high-level strength, he was able to plunder quite a lot of skills and abilities. Even his shapeshifting ability had somehow widened in type, as not only he can turn himself into a fox now, even Jackal, Wolf, Orc, Caitsait, and even more, he can turn into many kinds of Werebeasts or beasts in that matter.

Not only that but to think he was also able to learn several ancient Werebeast languages, solidifying his disguises if he ever needed them. It would be weird if he could not even understand what they are talking about even if he becomes one of them, after all.

It seems like, just these spoils alone made his adventure in this Ruins fruitful. Even his physical capabilities have been enhanced, perhaps even reaching the 5th Class Marquis, or even already comparable to that of a 6th Class Prince. If Oriel or even Sitana had known of his growth, even them would be surely surprised, and perhaps, would even find it hard to believe in how far he had already achieved in this short amount of time.

One must know, a normal Demon hardly even reached the 2nd Class, and even Elites would need a few years to advance a single rank. But Cian was advancing as if he was flying. And all this happened, in just less than a year.

It was broken… completely ridiculous.

The skills and abilities he had accumulated in just a short amount of time staying in this land, was more than the two years since his transmigration combined. In fact, his [Plunder] ability’s success seemed to have been rigged, and it barely fails these past few days.

The success rate of him plundering skills and abilities from the things he had eaten were higher than usual—though, Cian wonders if this is because all the things he had eaten lately, are those with incredibly power levels, which some were even higher than his.

Still, for him to still be able to devour them as he wishes…

Cian can’t help but call this a miracle!

“Well, this is tiring,”

Cian picked up a fallen limb on the ground, an arm of the prey he had just hunted. Feeling somewhat ridiculous. The series of battles these past few days had caused him to somewhat feel complicated. There were no real advantages to be gained from them, and these actions that he took did not match his personality at all.

In the first place, they were not his battles to fight either. Though he knows that, but for some unknown reason, he just can’t stop himself from getting involved in this kind of trouble.

Has something changed, perhaps?

Maybe I simply never noticed. That I’m the one who’s changed.

Shrugging his shoulders, Cian’s eyes randomly cast upon the Werebeast’s headless body, and then his attention went towards the pouch hanging at its side. Storage Pouches. Though Storage Rings are quite rare and uncommon in this land, it seems like Storage Pouches are not.

Almost all of the Werebeasts he had seen and killed have them, though, of course, he had plundered them as well. Some contain quite an incredible variety of useful items, while some, just common things a poor person has. Nonetheless, he took them all. Especially, the Storage Pouches. From what he knows, these kinds of items is quite a rarity in the mainland, as much as the Storage Rings. Though, Storage Pouches have a very small capacity so they are greatly inferior to even the most inferior Storage Rings.

There were even times when he finds some rare and uncommon treasures among them.

"Now, how about this one?"

Cian opened and checked the things inside the Storage Pouch he found and find some ordinary weapons, potions, and herbs. Quite poor, I say. He sighs in disappointment. Storing all of them into his Storage Rings, then turned his attention to the corpse.

[You have successfully plundered [Wilderness Instinct]!]

Making a crunching noise, Cian chewed on the bloody meat as he walked back from his hunt. He had somehow started to feel used to eating raw meat--though the taste remains the same, raw meat and blood is, after all, better in plundering skills.

{ Character Status: }

Current Name: Aanuel Heretarium Vorn Stormfury

Former Name: Cian (Cahlo) Jekyll

Status: Second Prince of the DreadStorm Empire, Master of the Garden of Eden

Age: 15 years old

Gender: -- --

Species: Demon/Demonic Fox

Power Rank: 5th Rank; Marquis Class Elite Demon

Affiliation: [Dreadstorm Empire], [Garden of Eden], [Jekyll Village]

Title: [Night’s Champion], [The Plunderer]

Epithet: [Second Prince] [Trash Prince] [Zero] [Cian Cahlo] [Blood] [Cian Jekyll] [Village Chief]

Magic:

{Dark Lv3}

{Fire Lv2}

{Variant: Death Lv3}

{Variant: Lightning Lv2}

{Variant: Ice God Magic Lv0}

Unique Skills:

Eyes of Night

Vector Body (sealed)

Origin?? (Locked)

Demonic Fox Physiology (Semi-Active)

Auxiliary Skills :

Body Enhancement Lv3

Magic Enhancement Lv3

Rapid Recovery Lv2

Omnidirectional Movement Lv2

Sense Presence Lv3

Sense Magic Lv3

[Detect Enemy Lv2]

Martial Skills:

Sword Mastery Lv3

Dagger Mastery Lv4

Gun Mastery Lv4

Spear Mastery Lv2

Hidden Weapon Lv3

Archery Lv2

Body Control Lv3

Accuracy Lv3

Precision Lv3

Mind’s Eye Lv2

Absorbed Skills:

Herculean Strength Lv2

Diabolical Grizzly’s Hunger Lv1

Venom Lv2

Venomous Blood Lv2

Iron Skin Lv3

Limb reattachment Lv2

Snake Eyes Lv2

Earth Burrow Lv2

Spear Art: Dragon Flurry Lv1

Stinger Creation Lv2

Barbarian’s Fury Lv2

Stomp of the Behemoth Lv2

Feral Regeneration Lv2

Barbarian’s Strength Lv2

Barbarian’s Hyper Instinct Lv2

Jungle Empowerment Lv2

Inhibit Regeneration Poison Lv2

Epidemic Poison Lv1

Spider Thread Generation Lv2

Thread Weilding Arts Lv2

Hardened Lv3

Awareness Lv3

Night Eyes Lv3

Silent Step Lv3

Machine Intuition Lv2

Intimidating Presence Lv3

Disguise Lv3

Adaptation Lv3

Fast Metabolism Lv4

Evasion Lv3

Ground Shrink Lv2

Werebeast Language Lv2

Beast Morph Lv2

Increased Magic Power Recovery Speed [Lesser] Lv2

Insight Lv3

Cold Blood Lv2

Taming Lv2

Cleaning Lv2

Trap Discovery Lv2

Ice Breath Lv2

Wind Walk Lv2

Deadly Will Lv3

Provoking Roar Lv2

Magic Missile Lv3

Agony Hex Lv2

Plant Golem Summon [Lesser] Lv2

Spark Lv2

Molt Lv2

Tough Vitality Lv3

Exoskeleton Lv2

Iron Tail Attack Lv1

Observation Lv3

Steel Hide Lv2

Rallying Cry Lv2

Odorless Lv2

Poker Face Lv1

Bribing Lv1

Improved Digestion Lv1

Enhanced Senses Lv1

Enhanced Stamina Lv1

Enhanced Endurance Lv1

Enhanced Regeneration Lv1

Clairvoyance Lv1

Wilderness Instinct Lv1

Resistances:

Physical Damage Reduction Lv3

Pain Reduction Lv4

Poison Resistance Lv4

Fire Resistance Lv2

Wind Resistance Lv2

Earth Resistance Lv2

Water Resistance Lv2

Ice Resistance Lv2

Paralysis Resistance Lv3

Mind Resistance Lv2

Alcohol Resistance Lv2

Petrification Resistance Lv3

Fear Resistance Lv3