Luke returned to the fortress, gathered his gear, and packed his bags. He was getting ready to head back out to the ruins, eager to continue his adventure and uncover more secrets.

  "I'm going back at the old ruins. Let's see here is the ruins located and I found 8 marks located on the map probably the towers. It's weird that only a small part of the map has towers. It makes me wonder just how big this forest really is."

  Luke ventured further south, passing the ruins. In the distance, he spotted a massive runic building, now reduced to rubble. The collapsed structure was reclaimed by nature, with moss and vines wrapping around its ancient stones.

  "I hope I can find stronger monsters it's frustrating killing low level monsters lately. Its hard to get my levels up, its like killing level 1 monster while you are at level 99 in gaming perspective"

  Plant piranha- lvl 60

  As Luke approached, he noticed a piranha plant lurking nearby, its massive mouth wide open, ready to strike. Anticipating an attack, Luke quickly summoned his allies and ordered them to launch a barrage of attacks. The piranha plant was swiftly taken down, but its demise triggered a response from nearby plants, which began to stir and move towards Luke.

  One by one the monsters are dealt with by Luke and his summons. Suddenly a loud cream can be heard in the sky. Using Noin's skill Luke spotted a group of Harpies. The group of Harpies then saw noin as they surrounded noin and they deliver a scratch form every angle.

  Harpie- lvl 55

  Harpie- lvl 51

  ....

  Harpie- 53

  Luke and his summons efficiently took down the monsters one by one. Just as they were gaining ground, a loud, piercing scream echoed through the sky. Using Noin's skill, Luke spotted a flock of Harpies descending upon them. The Harpies grouped in on Noin, swarming around Noin and unleashing a flurry of scratches from all sides.

  Noin retaliated by charging building up intense heat within its body. Then, in a burst of flames, it unleashed a blistering ray that incinerated half of the Harpies. Balrog followed up with a crushing earth breath, pounding the remaining Harpies from the sky and leaving them battered. Noin then moved in to eliminate the fallen survivors, ensuring the flock was completely annihilated.

  +1

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  You have level up

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  Noin have level up

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  Balrog have level up

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  Kiel have level up

  Pressing onward, Luke left the fallen tower behind and spotted a towering structure in the distance. With Noin's keen senses, he estimated the tower to be about 20 miles away.

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  "Wow this forest is huge"

  Thanks to his enhanced strength, speed, and stamina, Luke was able to cover the 20-mile distance in just 3 hours, even while traveling barefoot and taking time to fend off the monsters that crossed his path.

  As Luke gazed out at the towering building, he noticed that it was surrounded by a bustling settlement. The inhabitants, however, were not like any he had seen before. They were a group of fanged, humanoid creatures that dwarfed the goblins in both size and muscle mass. It has gray skin, and their oversized fangs made them look like formidable predators.

  "Holy shiting cousins of Kiel"

  Luke's observation was interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps. A monster, one of the gray-skinned humanoids, emerged from the underbrush, its eyes scanning the surroundings as it patrolled. Luke held his breath, remaining perfectly still as the creature drew closer, its massive frame now mere feet away from the tree where Luke was hiding.

  Orkus- lvl 45

  Seeing its level Luke without a hesitation swiftly decends on the ground as it quickly decapitated the orkus.

  "Swift, Silent and deadly"

  Luke walked into the camp, a sly grin spreading across his face. He tossed the severed head of the Orkus he'd killed earlier into the air, and the guards and other Orkus saw it and went ballistic. A group of them charged at Luke, but he was ready. He summoned Balrog, who took them down with a single, powerful blast of earth breath.

  A sound of trumpet then can be heard as more and more Orkus is swarming Luke equipping his scythe Luke cut those orkus one by one. Noin then rain terror as flaming feathers falling from the sky and destroying the settlements like a sea of inferno.

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  Luke- lvl 50

  Balrog- lvl 55

  Noin- lvl 43

  Kiel- lvl 42

  Luke then approaches the tower as he discovered the place was settle down by the orkus as he proceeded to the upper floor the stench of rot and feces can be smelled. What Luke saw next stained his eyes a mermaid-like creature, its belly grotesquely swollen to the size of a full grown human, was chained up.

  Luke then vomited as he saw the scene. Luke quickly slashed his scythe ending the creatures suffering. But his relief was short-lived, Suddenly the swelling belly bursted as a adult size orkus emerges and attacked Luke. He then quickly killed the creature, as he vomited more.

  "Ohh fucking hell. What was these creatures"

  Luke then proceeded to get up into the tower's highest floor as he saw the sun setting down. Luke then decided to rest here for the night and he pondered.

  "Earlier was a shiting disgusting day isn't it"

  Luke opened his storage and retrieved a piece of meat. He then started a campfire and began roasting the meat, the savory aroma filling the air as he took a moment to rest and replenish his energy.

  "Well a nice meal will do it. A nice piece of roasted what ever creature this is, will wash those shiting bad fucking day."

  Luke took a bite as he savored the meat. It was quite gamey but Luke still enjoy eating his meal. "Still missing salt"

  "Well I guess no grinding for today"

  Luke then lay on the cold concrete as his eyes give in into the fatigue.

  Morning arrived, and Luke was jolted awake by the sounds around him. He quickly sprang to his feet and cautiously made his way down the tower, trying not to make a sound. As he reached the bottom, he was met with a shocking sight: a massive scaled creature was devouring the remains of the Orkus he had killed yesterday.

  Drake- lvl 109

  "Shit"

  Luke draw his scythe as the drake pause on eating the orkus the drake then growl as he senses the bloodlust inside the tower. The drake roared as it clawed the tower's entrance.

  "Shit, shit, shit, shit" "Why just ignore me like before"

  Luke then summoned noin as it blasted the Drake's head with fire feathhea. The drake enrage more slammed it's body on the tower as it shooked hard.

  "Let's get out of here the tower will collapse"

  Luke made a swift exit, but the drake followed close behind. He summoned Balrog, who unleashed a powerful earth breath at the drake. However, the drake countered with its own breath attack. A massive gust of wind knocked Balrog, but Noin quickly came to the rescue, firing a ray burst that shifted the drake's attention.

  The drake the took off as it targeted noin. Then suddenly a vine and earth bind shackled the drake as Luke and Kiel targeted the Drake's weak point it's wings Luke swung it's scythe as it didn't even scratch.

  The drake free from the bind then shooked it's body as it tried to dismount Luke and Kiel. Luke then climbed at the Drake's head as he stabbed the Drake's eyes with the spear, to lukes surprise the spear didn't penetrated as he continuously stabbed the drake.

  It shooked it head as Luke was finally dismounted when suddenly the drake shifted it's head and tried to bite Luke. Suddenly emerging Frome Luke's shadow is Kiel it successfully land a blow on the Drake's eyes but the airborne lizard landed it's jaws on kiel. Killing the goblin.

  "NO!!!"

  Luke retaliated swung it's scythe at the injured eyes of the drake the drake then shifted it's head avoiding the fatal blow as Kiel lunched a fully charge ray that injured the Drake's body. The drake fell as Balrog lunces a barrage of spikes that disoriented the drake. The drake then countered as it lunches a burst of wind once again knocking off Balrog into the tress.

  The drake then shifted it's head as it lands a blow on Noin making noin fell into the woods Balrog continued its healing as it once again casted a bind on the drake as Luke successfully landing a hit on the Drake's injured eyes.

  The creature retaliated as it push through the bind and retreated in the battle.

  "FUCKING COWARD COME BACK HERE"

  "YOU LIZARD PIECE OF SHIT"

  "FUCK YOU! I SWEAR I'M GONNA KILL YOU I WILL WIPE ALL OF YOU LIZARDS!"

  Luke angered by the turn of events. Kneel on the ground and punches the ground.

  "Man Kiel is fucking dead my summon is dead what now?"

  Luke then opened his system as he scrolled into his status.

  "None"

  "None"

  "None"

  "If my monster died it was gone forever. God damn it!!"

  "I'm so careless, I keep treating this like a game. This is not a game there is no respawn this is fucking real."

  Luke then got up as he recovered himself.

  "Well a lost is a lost" "My first death kiel. You may be remembered"

  Luke then recalled his summons as he retreated from the scene and lay inside the tower. Luke gripped his scythe as he swear to take revenge on that lizard.

  "Well it seams that lizard is killable I just need to level up more."

  "I'm coming for you piece of crap!"

  Luke stand back up as he prepared himself to go back in the forest.