X smiled and stood in front of the red lion's corpse, looking at five items.
A green ball, a brown ball, a green book, a golden ball, and a green leaf.
X held these items and a green screen appeared.
Name: Fire Beam Skill
Rank: Green (Late)
[Can fire a beam of fire energy]
Name: Fire Ball Skill
Rank: Brown (Peak)
[Can create a ball of fire energy]
Name: Fire Lion Martial Arts
Rank: Green (Peak)
Skills: [Fire Lion Fist] [Fire Tornado]
[These martial arts consist of two levels]
Name: Village Creation Core
Rank: Gold
[Summoned people possess a fire core]
Name: Fire Lion Screaming Spell
Rank: Green (Peak)
[This spell can freeze creatures of either the Soldier or Knight level. It can be used three times.]
X smiled and then placed the lion's body and the items it had dropped.
When X returned to the village, he found a lake of water. He sat in front of it and began to wash himself.
As X was washing himself, a red octopus tentacle emerged from under the lake. X grabbed it and pulled it into the lake.
X was surprised at this, then smiled and looked at the red octopus, which had many red tentacles.
Then a green screen appeared in front of X.
Name: Red Octopus
Talent: Gold
Rank: Knight (Peak)
Occupation: Admiral
Skills: [Water Ball] [Wind Wall]
X smiled when he saw the red octopus's stats. "Hello, beautiful octopus," he said with a smile.
The octopus was surprised when he heard this. He began to wonder how these humans could speak underwater.
X smiled, and a green energy burst from within his energy core and began to rapidly circulate within his body.
It then emerged from within his body, forming a tornado of wind that pushed the red octopus's tentacles away from X's body, and X was freed.
X smiled and looked at the red octopus, who was staring back at him with a shocked face.
The octopus recovered from his shock, and a water ball appeared in each of the spheres.
The water balls then swarmed toward X. X quickly dodged the ball as he swam through the water.
The red octopus was surprised when he saw X swimming so quickly in the water, asking how a human could be so fast in the water.
After X dodged all the water balls, he quickly swarmed toward the red octopus.
The red octopus was surprised when a wind barrier appeared, enveloping his entire body.
X slammed the wind barrier with his fist, but nothing happened to the wind barrier.
"You're an idiot. Do you think a mere human could kill me, the incarnation of the Emperor of the Red Octopus Rulers?" said the red octopus with a smile.
X was surprised when he heard this. Leona had told him that monsters could speak once they reached the level of an intermediate general, but there were rare monsters who could speak from birth, or had eaten a rare herb that allowed them to speak.
Suddenly, X flew backward, then looked at the smiling red octopus.
X smiled and quickly glided towards the red octopus.
The red octopus pointed its tentacles at X and fired several water balls.
X dodged the water balls as it charged towards the red octopus.
X got in front of the red octopus and threw a punch at it.
But a wind barrier appeared and blocked the punch, and X flew backward again.
The red octopus quickly pointed its tentacles at X, and several water balls glided towards it.
X quickly dodged the water ball, looked at the red octopus, and glided towards it, smiling.
The red octopus fired several water balls from its red tentacles towards X.
X dodged the water balls and approached the red octopus, throwing a punch at the red octopus.
A wind energy barrier appeared, enveloping the red octopus's body and blocking the attack.
Green energy emerged from within X's energy core and began rapidly circulating within his body.
Then it headed toward his fist, and a wind cyclone formed around X's fist, and he spun toward the wind barrier.
X thought, "Wind Fist Martial Arts: Windstorm Fist."
The red octopus was surprised when he saw this. Suddenly, an explosion occurred due to the collision, and a cloud of smoke appeared.
X flew out of a cloud of smoke and stopped, vomiting blood from his mouth and nose.
X quickly wiped the blood from his nose and mouth and then looked at the cloud of smoke.
Then the cloud of smoke disappeared, and the red octopus appeared, looking fine. He had no injuries on his body, but the wind energy barrier had disappeared.
The red octopus looked at X and smiled, saying, "Well, you're strong for your level."
X smiled, and yellow energy emerged from within his energy core and began to rapidly circulate within his body.
He then headed for his fist, and X's fist glowed with a yellow light.
The red octopus sensed danger when he saw the yellow light.
He quickly directed his red tentacles toward X, and several water balls spurted toward X.
X charged toward the red octopus, avoiding the water balls, and his fist glowed even more.
Then, as he approached the red octopus's body, he cleared a wind energy barrier.
Green energy emerged from within X's core and began to circulate within his body.
Then, it headed toward his fist, and winds emerged and merged with the yellow light, forming a yellow tornado.
X thought, "Martial Arts: Happy Fortune Fist: Happy Fortune Hurricane."
The red octopus was surprised when he saw this.
Then a wind energy barrier and the Happy Fortune Fist collided.
The wind energy barrier broke, and X flew towards the red octopus and swung his fist towards the red octopus.
The yellow tornado then emerged from X's fist and trapped the red octopus.
The yellow tornado then stopped, the red octopus's body fell, and a green screen appeared.
[You have killed a Knight (Peak) Level Monster]
[You have earned 50 achievement points]
Marquis 1000/1600 achievement points
X smiled when he saw the green screen, then grabbed the red octopus's body and five items, and headed to the roof.
When X arrived, he placed the red octopus's body on the ground.
He then grabbed the five items: a green ball, a blue ball, a golden ball, a blue book, and a blue paper.
Then a green screen appeared in front of him.
Name: Water Ball
Rank: Green (Early)
[Can manifest a ball made of water energy]
Name: Wind Wall
Rank: Blue (Medium)
[Can summon a wall of wind energy to protect you]
Name: Village Creation Core
Rank: Gold
[Those summoned can obtain the Water Body]
Name: Water Octopus Martial Arts
Rank: Blue (Peak)
[This martial art has three levels.]
Name: Wind Energy Barrier Spell.
Rank: Blue (Peak)
[Can summon a wind energy barrier that blocks all attacks from Soldier, Knight, and Commander levels. Can be used three times.]
X smiled when he saw the green screen. He now had a Blue-rank martial arts book and a Blue-rank talisman.
He could study them to create Blue-rank martial arts books and a Blue-rank talisman.
He also now had two Gold-rank Village Creation Stones.
X placed the five items inside a storage ring.
As he was about to place the red octopus's corpse inside the storage ring, he felt a strange energy emanating from within the corpse.
X approached the corpse and opened it, then grabbed something inside the corpse and pulled it out.
X extended his hand from inside the red octopus's corpse and saw a gold plate with numerous holes on it.
The green screen appeared in front of X.
Name: Octopus External Energy Bones.
Rank: Gold (Peak)
Skills: [Golden Probes] [Water Balls] [Lightning Bolts] [Black Ink] [Sonic Waves] [Wind Energy Barrier] [Energy Absorption Probes] [Earthquake Waves].
[These bones can be combined with your body to possess these skills. When you collect seven Energy Bones, you can obtain an Energy Shield.]
X smiled widely when he saw the green screen.
Leona had told X about Energy Bones. They are rare, and when you collect seven Energy Bones, you can create an Energy Shield.
Arbiters also collect Energy Bones before reaching the level of Arbiter, because Energy Bones are stronger and harder than metals and resources.
Energy Bones also impart skills to you that are possessed by the monster they have brought down.
A brown-grade Energy Bones imparts one skill, a green-grade Energy Bones two skills, a blue-grade Energy Bones three skills, and so on for the other levels.
He smiled and placed the red octopus's body inside a storage ring and an energy bone.
Then he returned to the village. Time passed, and night fell.
Day 23 ended and day 24 began.