The red haired kid by the name haku could sense a threatening aura coming from the person in front of him and looking at the fellow he noticed that the person wasn't even bleeding despite holding his blade with his bare hand.
Charging forward haku clashed with the contestant with a bladed palm, intending to slice off the opponent arm in one go but right now shin was making use of the skill skin hardening allowing the blade laced palm to have no effect on him
'Skin hardening'
[-8ep ]
[ -14hp ]
Shin also returned the attack by kneeing haku in the stomach sending miles away into a tree trunk.
"He was able to injure me even with skin hardening I should be careful"shin thought as he made his next move dashing towards the direction haku went
Getting out of the rubble haku made a fist this time as blades appeared on them making a dangerous gauntlet,as he went to swipe his hand to clear the dust he couldn't see shin again
'speed punch'
[-2 ep ]
Haku suddenly saw the dust clear in a space below him to his left and before he could do anything a rather larger fist than normal connected with his chin sending him flying once again but shin didn't wait as he jumped into the air and holding his two hands into one fist and just visible to him and haku's view the fist seemed to heat up and he then slammed it into haku's chest
'Fist enlargement'
[ -5ep ]
'Blazing fist'
[ -3ep ]
Haku was sent pumelting down into the ground as craters formed on the spot he landed while there was also a kind of burn mark on his chest
Meanwhile the other red-haired kid was watching the whole time as a nobody who was using nothing a person could really point out as an ability was giving his invisible brother a good beating and the person even squarely konocked him unconscious with a little effort.But instead of being joyful that's someone beat his bully of a brother for him he didn't care about all that now as he seem to see this person with another view.
Shin proceeded to walk to the place haku was and seeing he was unconscious he went to hold him up by his neck
"Please,I beg of you he might be a bully but he still remains my brother, please spare him in exchange I will serve you , please accept me"the red haired boy being bullied said as he bow towards shin
Shin though was caught by suprise,he decided to ignore the fellow,someone who was bullying you just now,how the hell do you forgive so easily
"Well,I wasn't going to kill him anyways I was just going to take this,he seems to have a lot of them"shin said while bringing out a handful of shining crystals which were surely intermediate-tier beast crystal.
'since I don't know if I am being watched and it would seem impossible for someone to just loose thier ability just after fighting me and going unconscious and I think this will be good for my cause actually since I got so greedy and absorbed all my harvested crystal,but now I don't have to go hunting, well let's see'
'Wow 35 crystals,I believe some of this are his but I will be taking it anyways I am no hero afterall' shin thought as he went to grab all of haku's crystals stuffing it in pockets before walking away
"I think the first thing I should buy is an endless storage space,well now let's see the rewards" shin said as he opened his system window
[ Host has completed quest ]
[ Host has been rewarded with 50 shop points ]
"Now let's get a purse"shin said as he opened his system shop interface, scrolling through the items something caught his eyes
[Supreme grade cosmic gauntlet ]
[ Prize: Host much reach level 50 to unlock prize ]
[ Skills ]
[Basic skill: Amplification output ]
[ Intermediate skill: ????? ]
[ Advanced skill: ?????? ]
[ God level skill: ?????? ]
[Special skill : ?????? ]
'What the... this shop space just keeps taunting me,how can such an item even exist,I could already imagine the amount of advantage just the basic skill can give me,imagime amplifying my speed hammer by about 100,that would be devastating and that is just a normal almost useless skill,it would turn the blazing fist into a flaming fist,well the prize isn't even there yet showing just how much of strength I myself need to achieve for me to access my full potential' shin thought as he travelled towards the direction of his abode.
Scrolling up he finally found what he was looking for
[ Endless void ]
[ Prize :40 shop points ]
[ Skill:Able to store anything that is inanimate as long as the Host wishes it ]
Focusing his sight on the item, another screen appereared below the item skill box description
[ Does host which to purchase item ]
"Yes"shin voiced out without hesitation
[ -40 shop points ]
[ Host has purchased item 'Endless void' ]
The system confirmed the purchase of the item as it went gray probably signifying he had purchased it and now in his skill section he could see it there
[ Endless void ]
"Now let's test it,the system said I had to wish for an object to be stored,then I wish for all the crystals to store away"shin thought as he furrowed his eyebrows but he could still feel the weight of the crystals in his pockets
Trying again he slowly closed his eyes and focused while imagining that the crystals were all stored in a void,and to his suprise the next second all the crystals seemed to have disappeared as his pocket felt light.
"It's pretty easy,and helpful,after all"shin said as he was just getting to his abode he went to lie down on a tree root and that was when he realized that the red haired kid from before was following him all this while
"What are you doing go away,I don't need companions"shin said waving his hand at the fellow
"Let me prove myself then"the red haired kid said as he drew the sword on his waist from it's scabbard, raising it above his head he charged forward towards shin and just when shin was about to attack the kid jumped up into the air above shin and landed on the first branch of the tree and swung his sword down cutting the branch away from the tree in a clean cut
And in the next second the branch seemed to wriggling to life and now it was a full green scaled snake ( an Repticophyta ) though not that large compared to other beasts it was very strong as a result of it's quick slithering, which made it able to attack and escape faster
Standing in front of this beast was the red haired kid holding his sword above his head he charged towards the open abdomen pointing his blade forward the blade didn't penetrate the hide but he twisted it,stabbing it under a scale, before quickly retreating as the beast let out a loud cry of pain and then the beast started slithering aorund the red haired contestant at a fast rate raising up dust and obstructing the view of the red haired kid
The snake suddenly appeared from the kids right and attacked with it's mouth open but the red-haired blocked with his sword,the snake kept circling the contestant before attacking,this went on for a while before the snake suddenly stopped and as if it had been waiting for something to build up since,the snake released a jet of green liquid and it landed right on the red haired kid, thinking it had killed the boy, after the kid stood standing there for a while and when the snake whose species don't like eating anything killed by thier own venom decided to leave he picked up his katana and charged towards the beast with ahalf-scorchednbody as he jumped in the air and when he finally got to the head region he slashed at the neck but was met with a solid resistance
Not giving up he continued hacking towards the snakes neck while the beast tried shaking him off and then in a moment a snake like image arose from his blade and as he brought the blade down on the snakes neck the sword easily passed through the scales of the snake and went deeply emmbedded in the snakes neck as it looked like the snake that manifested out of thin air seemed to bite into the Repticophyta,but the red-haired kid luck ran out as he seemed to have no stamina left to hold his ground on the snakes neck and that allowed the snake to shake him off itself and then turning sharply it was able to see the red haired kid body dropping to the ground
Opening it's mouth beneath the kid's body it was about to swallow it before it collapsed alongside the body as a hole could be seen through its body
"Lethal smash"
[ -10 ep ]
Going towards the red haired kids body he bent down and raised his head up so he could speak before asking him
"And what is your name"
"I am Ryuiki ..... Ryuiki Dragora" the kid managed to reply, meanwhile shin eyes widened at the mention of that statement
"Well,let's be good friends then,Ryuiki,"shin replied as a smile formed on his face