The wild animal instinct belonging to the Alpha began to catch a wrong danger signal from the figure of the masked human in front of it. The air surrounding the battle crater suddenly felt many times heavier, as if that night itself refused to provide space for a prey that dared to challenge its apex predator."Now, it has arrived my turn to test how strong the quality of your hide protective armor is," Aldric said coldly.In one blink of an eye, Aldric's body vanished totally from his original position. The high-tier tactical movement technique that used to be taught by Kirin made his body mobilization unable to be caught by the naked eyes belonging to the Alpha. The next second, Aldric had manifested back in the air, located precisely on top of that giant monster's back. With both hands gripping the handle of his black greatsword tightly, Aldric swung that weapon downward with full gravity momentum without hesitation.CRASH!The black sword blade penetrated the hard hide and thick m

The footsteps of Aldric and Darius marched at a constant pace on top of the damp soil pathway, moving casually toward the direction of the northern border barricade gate. There was no hurried countenance, no gaping wounds, no drops of fresh blood, and not even the remnants of a terrifying aura pressure radiating from their bodies. The bearing of the two of them was far too relaxed, as if they had just completed a pleasant afternoon stroll inside the forest, rather than having just slaughtered dozens of monsters and an A-Rank Alpha ruler.Darius glanced briefly toward his own leather armor. Its condition was indeed still dirty, full of soil dust spots and brownish stains resulting from the friction of the underbrush. However, there was not a single remaining tear from combat left behind. The miracle of the Holy River water and Aldric's premium potion liquid previously had closed and restored all their physical wounds to a prime condition without flaws.Along the remainder of the quiet

Of course, in the harsh adventurer world that only believed in concrete final results, not everyone could be convinced merely through a chain of verbal testimony sentences. One of the senior adventurers wearing a large axe on his back stepped forward, staring at the captain with a skeptical look."If what you speak is not a joke to save face, then show where the evidence is?" challenged that senior adventurer with a cold tone. "We all know very well that the monster intensity inside the northern border at this moment is not low-Rank joke material."The team captain only donned a thin smile laden with a sense of weariness. Without wasting energy to debate fruitlessly, he reached into the magical space bag at his waist, then dropped several high-quality monster materials onto the muddy ground surface with a solid thudding sound.Thud! Thud!A pair of sharp horns belonging to a B-Rank Iron-Tusk Bear, a completely intact severed head of a C-Rank Twin-Headed Viper, down to a claw lined wit

"Darius..." whispered a female archer in that team with a pale face due to being astonished seeing Aldric's illogical eating speed. "Is that master of yours... truly still classified into a pure human species with normal body organs?"Darius could only let out a long breath laden with deep resignation while cutting his own meat portion tactically. "Believe me, Miss Mira. In the early days with him, I also frequently spent my night time merely to think about the same tactical question like that. Gradually, you will grow used to it and choose to stop using ordinary human logic when with him."Seeing Aldric's bearing which turned out to be very down-to-earth when faced with high-quality food, the atmosphere of tension inside that dining table slowly began to melt into becoming more relaxed, warm, and filled with small chuckles.The team captain then stood from his wooden chair, clearing his throat shortly to draw everyone's attention in the room. He said that it felt very impolite if the

The morning in Arkan City began with the remnants of a cold fog enveloping the streets. Two silhouettes walked casually toward the Adventurer's Guild building. Aldric and Darius took constant steps, ignoring the morning air piercing the skin. Their goal today was very simple: to collect the 150 gold coins reward from the cleanup mission last night.Aldric did not care about a reputation or praise as the savior of the city. To him, a mission was a transaction that was already completed.However, as soon as they took steps into the main hall of the Guild, the atmosphere inside the vast room suddenly changed. The hall, which was usually noisy with the rough chatter of adventurers, instantly grew eerie. Several senior adventurers standing in front of the announcement board directly stopped their activities. Their gaze was locked onto the Kirin mask worn by Aldric."Look, that's the masked man who yesterday afternoon brought three Rank D monster corpses," whispered a sharp-eyed adventurer