They traveled home and Ren slept for the entire travel. He woke up when they arrived on their doorstep. Immediately, Ren went to grab his father's sword and saw that the blade was still sharp.
He sneaked unannounced and went to the forest. It was called the Forest of Beasts. Where numerous beasts and only beasts were there.
He also brought rations and as well as potions. Who knows when he would need it. He has to level up his class and by leveling, he could unlock skills for his clones. He was excited to let them grow in strength and numbers.
And so, he hunted monsters in the forest. He traveled deeper into the forest and immediately heard some sounds. Meeting dire wolves in the process. He counted them and they were 7 in their pack. They were growling and showed their canines.
He drew his sword and then prepared to attack. He summoned the clone he has and so he channeled mana and executed the skill. To his surprise, it also has his weapon. Making him pleased as he did not brought another weapon with him.
He, together with the clone, attacked. They have swift movements and made blurs with how fast they were. The wolves also made their move and attacked in packs. The two then slashed one then swirled their swords and stabbed another one on the side. Then drew their swords and slashed left and right at the wolves.
Their attacks were in near flicker state and then killed 4 wolves in just a few seconds. They immediately evaded one and then slashed while sidestepping. Making a vertical slash on their napes made a great wound that beheaded them. Another 2 were down and one was left.
The single wolf that was left then howled and howled. Making them worried at what might happen. He was calling for reinforcement! The two thought the same thing at the same time. And so, they attacked.
They slashed in sequence and coordination. Then beheaded it as a last strike.
Then right after, they heard howls from different directions. It was in the east, north and south.
"Man, we are surrounded." Said the clone.
"Yeah," Ren replied.
They soon went to head west and the howls were now coordinated. They were locating the smell of the blood. Making the the two to head to safer areas. But what happened here might start a monster rampage. Monsters attracted to the blood and more of them would flood to the area.
They all felt that it might happen soon. And they would trigger a bigger event in this forest. They soon heard more beasts to get aroused by the blood and then they might rampage. And so, they have to be careful.
But their purpose was to level his Cloning class and needed monsters to be slain to further unlock it's potential.
They were soon halted by beasts appearing from the vicinity and all types of beasts were seen. Wolves, Tigers, and Black Panthers. They were numerous and has cut off all exits.
The two then was alarmed. They had to fight till death. The two nodded to each other and then stood their ground. They attacked and with swift movements, they all attacked.
They were outnumbered and were surrounded on all sides. Making them to grit their teeth. They all attacked in unison and the two then made their move.
They slashed in flicker and hacked the ones that tried to bite them. They swing their swords with more speed now that their lives were on the line.
Slashing and slashing more, they unknowingly leveled up.
The Voice of the World announced.
Level up!
Level 2 reached
All stats gone up by 1
+1 nimbus clone
Level up!
Level 3 reached
All stats gone up by 1
+1 nimbus clone
Level up!
Level 4 reached
All stats gone up by 1
+1 nimbus clone
He immediately summoned more and more clones that inherited his stats. He immediately made 4 clones at the moment. Making him to have hope to survive this predicament.
They immediately scattered and then made their own culling in their path. They all slashed and hacked the beasts and in turn, were converted to experience points. Making their contribution to the original's ascension to greater levels.
Then finally, he leveled up to level 5.
Level up!
Level 5 reached
All stats gone up by 1
+1 nimbus clone
Class Copycat Skill Unlocked
"Finally! I got the skill I was waiting for!" He shouted. He together with his clones, stood on the pile of bodies that resulted from the battle. They finally survived the grueling onslaught of beasts. They all panted while holding their sword firmly.
With that, Ren saw that his stats has gone up.
[Ren Griffith]
[Clone Summoner: Level 5]
[Skills: Nimbus Clones (5), Class Copycat]
[Bodily Statistics]
[Strength: 7 -> 12]
[Agility: 8 -> 13]
[Constitution: 6 -> 11]
[Intelligence: 9 -> 14]
[Health: 3rd Stage]
[Stamina: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 3rd Stage]
....
With that, he smiled with glee, next step was to reach level 10. But he was definitely tired and has to go home before his parents would notice his disappearance. He would not risk of getting scolded. But he was at fault too as he did not tell to go to this forest. They would not even let him to go to in the first place.
And so, he went home and he saw his mother already at the door step.
"Where did my 4 year old son went? Do not tell me you went to the Beast Forest!?" She was already growling.
Ren could not hide his smear of blood on his cheeks. "Ah, well... Hehe." He was bad at lying. Especially when his mother would interrogate him.
He would be at least tremble at her voice asking him in a growling manner.
"That's it! You will get spanked for 100 times!" She yelled at him.
With that, he was spanked while being scolded. He could not believe a former Primordial to suffer in this state.