Chapter 12: Chapter 12 – The Humiliating Run

The lion stared brazenly at Noy. It looked like it would devour him just with its eyes. He could feel the gaze pierce through him. There was also some kind of holy magic that radiated from it.

Then the lion roared loudly which almost caused the same destruction to the surroundings as a huge tornado.

"It's the first time I've seen a monster so scary and powerful," Noy said, trying to sound calm despite his nerves.

Noy was tempted to try attacking the lion's head. However, he knew this would be a suicide mission since the lion had already begun casting magic. The only thing he could do is run. There was no way, he could defeat that monster. He needed to get away from here before it attacked him. And yet...

"I won't lose!" Noy shouted, and the lion roared in response.

He didn't hesitate any longer; he ran towards the lion's back.

The lion reacted immediately by turning around and chasing after Noy who still hadn't turned his sword on it. Its speed was incredible! As if it were made out of the air itself, the lion jumped up high and swiped down at Noy with its claws.

Noy leaped backwards dodging the attack just narrowly. But then he realized that he was cornered. If he continued running without stopping or circling around, the lion wouldn't even need to turn around to catch him.

If he couldn't stop this beast now, he would die.

There was only one option left for him: he would have to use his sword.

"Haah!" Noy yelled out as he swung his blade.

His sword hit the lion's side but, surprisingly, the lion absorbed the blow without flinching.

"It's absorbing my magic!?" Noy thought in disbelief.

However, a second later, Noy knew what had happened when he saw the lion's tail swing down towards his neck.

"Ahhh!" Noy screamed as he rolled away.

He got up again and started moving but the lion had already gone into pursuit. He couldn't escape. This was bad. He was going to die here!

Noy took a deep breath and tried desperately not to panic. He let his mind wander while his body kept running. He wasn't sure how he was able to think clearly at that moment, but he did. His thoughts circled around until they reached a conclusion.

"I can't fight this thing."

He'd heard about the ferociousness of the lion and that its claws alone were more powerful than anything else. So he was convinced that there was no point in fighting it right now. He was ashamed but there was nothing he could do.

He concealed himself and increased his agility temporarily, then retreated as fast as he could with greeting teeth, "This is the second time that I have run away from a monster. Fuck.... I will get stronger and there will be no third time."

As he retreated, the lion suddenly stopped chasing after a while. Noy didn't know why, maybe because he had left its territory, but he didn't mind it.

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With the new renewed goal to get even stronger, he decided to increase his training exponentially and push his body to the limit.

After that, he went and fought more other monsters in the dungeons except for that lion for a few months straight before going back to Akriel.

Noy was walking through the room when Akriel came back from behind Noy and surprised him.

"Seems like you are not dead yet." Akriel smiled.

"Of course not! I am more resilient than you might think." Noy replied with an annoyed but happy face. He had seen Akriel many months later after all.

"You look like you have many things to talk about. Come eat and talk." Akriel took out a bowl of stew and gave it to him.

"I have basically mapped out this whole place with the exception of only one spot that I couldn't go through. There lived a yellow lion with the lightning attribute that also exuded a holy kind of aura. I wanted to fight it but it was too strong for me. So, I just retreated."

"It must be the Nemean Lion. It's a really powerful beast with holy attributes. It's a god's servant, so he must be following someone's order." Akriel said as he thought carefully, " It must be guarding the pathway that leads to the outside door."

"So that leads to the outside door? Then why haven't you gotten out of this so-called prison already? And that lions' a god's servant?"

"Slow down I will answer all your questions one by one. Firstly, most of my powers are sealed in this place. I can barely defeat that Nemean Lion and even if I manage to defeat it, there are two guardians blocking the door and stopping anything from going outside. They are extremely powerful and are too much for me to handle in my current state. As for your last question, I am pretty sure it's here to watch me."

"So did you do something bad?" Noy asked it in the heat of the moment but quickly regretted it as he didn't want to dig up his past if it made him uncomfortable.

"I'll tell you when the time comes..." Akriel replied with a sad face.

"Alright, I will wait for that moment. Uhh.. may I ask you something else?"  Noy wanted to change the subject.

"Go ahead."

"I seem to get stronger every time I kill a monster but lately it has stagnated. Can you appraise me to see what it's about?"

"Sure." Akriel put out his hand and a light glow briefly radiated from Noy, "You do have a skill that allows you to get stronger after killing monsters, but when you get stronger it requires more and more monsters respectively to match the growth. It looks like you were born with this skill. So, let me teach you something that will nicely complement this skill of yours."

Akriel then taught Noy how to absorb mana from the dead monsters to increase the inner mana pool.

"This will greatly aid you in being an excellent mage. You will be able to cast higher-level magic with ease when your mana pool increases." Akriel smiled.

This was a huge boost for Noy. He would become stronger the more he fought with these two skills. No matter how he thought about it there was no downside to these powers.

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