Chapter 114 (1/2)

Chapter 114

ARTHUR LEYWIN’S POV:

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“Finally,” I whispered, too quiet for the silver panther to hear

There it was, cautiously sniffing around as it approached the raptor squirrels I had killed and placed carefully to lure it out My ever-so-elusive target

My eyes locked onto the large, gray cat that I had naashes across its back Clawed and I had gotten close during the ti to hunt for silver panthers This particular oversized cat was by far theof the silver panthers that I had coant; which hy I had decided that Claould be et

I focused back on the cat just a few meters away from me as Clawed stopped and looked around, ready to escape at a moment's notice

I patiently waited for hi sure to keep any traces ofthe raw mana around me with the purified athered ht arm, I lowered myself carefully into an ideal position since he couldn’t seesure I didn’t set off the bell

The hs twitched in anticipation at the thought of finally being able to catch that elusive cat Right when Clawed bent down to continue its lunch, I propelled myself forward and struck at a speed that would’ve shocked my old self

The distance I near-instantly cleared from my initial position to where I noas - in front of Clawed - hly six meters, but somehoed had already disappeared before mented fist sunk deep into the soft dirt floor, the silver panther nowhere in sight

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‘Where did I go wrong? How could it react so fast?’ I thought as I looked back at where I was initially positioned The location was close enough for me to cover instantaneously I ell-hidden inside the bushes, and I had even gone through lengths to ht set it off It was all supposed to be perfect My execution of the technique I had been training in was near perfect

I kneeled down, inspecting the pawprints of Clawed and , but what?

I could see where I landed after using Burst relative to where Clawed had been positioned, but soround didn’t add up

Settling down against a nearby tree, I closed ure out where I rong

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“Windsom wouldn’t have made me acquire a silver panther beast core unless it proved to teachraptor squirrels,” I said aloud “In terms of speed, the raptor squirrel was definitely faster than a silver panther So why couldn’t I kill one?”

Arriving at no satisfying conclusion, I decided toat the re on, I clicked ue in annoyance Not only was I unable to capture Clawed, but there were also barely any scraps left of the raptor squirrels for led squirrel, I wiped the dirt and blood offas I only had one set of clothes, I tried toand training in these woods, my wardrobe had become tattered

“Arthur, you are not easy to look at,” I said derisively to my reflection in the streas reaching all the way to s underneath my eyes had turned purplish froienic self; replacing it was so brute

It was hard for me to believe that more than a month had passed since the last time I had any actual interaction with soht

Windsoht I had finally been able to capture a raptor squirrel He hadn’t said much with his permanently disinterested expression except that the technique, or rather, the preface of it that I had self-taught, was called Mirage Walk He had disappeared soon after, leaving me by my loneso

The next , I had set out in search of the next prey on my list, a silver panther However, it had beco the weeks that I had spent inside the forest, training to catch erers that ht’ve followed It wasn’t until about three weeks of trekking deeper into the forest that I had begun seeing different species of er ones as well

I would’ve clearedthe journey itself as a for

Burst or Burst Step

That hat I had decided to nae Walk Windsom had only mentioned that what I had done to catch the raptor squirrel was only a e Walk, but he had refused to divulge anythat the technique I used had certain steps or levels to reach full mastery, I had decided to name this first tier Burst Step

I had traversed through the forest, using the abundance of trees as a natural obstacle course to practice, hoping to gain soh with this training had made me realize how ility one needed to utilize the full potential of Mirage Walk properly I had succeeded in capturing a raptor squirrel with Burst Step only because I had made the necessary preparations to be able to It had been a flat clearing with no obstructions to get in my way The distance was short, and within view, it had no ti to travel through the lush greenery, congested with trees and uneven ground, to get a foothold using only Mirage Walk had ain, except this ti, tripping over the slightest misstep, even the faintest ant tuly, I made my way deeper into the woods

It had been over a week since I first arrived at this particular domain The mana in this area was much denser than where I had been before, which was probably one of the reasons why it was so appealing to higher levelto show for besides the number of tears in my shi+rt and holes in the soles ofht back “This isn’t enough,” I sighed looking up at the sky