Between the mountains, there was a valley. From the top, it looked like the Abyss. It was so dark that nothing was visible. There were rumors that no one could return after falling in it. As one enters the deep, he will be able to see many Magic Beasts.
The strange thing was that they all had a shadow element. Inside this place filled with ferocious creatures, a boy could be seen. He was standing in his place, surrounded by a large circular ring separated into multiple blocks. At one moment, he appeared to be on one side of the ring, while at another moment, he appeared to be on the other side.
Some Beasts could be seen looking at him; they were very close but still not attacking this human boy. The Beasts inside were grateful to him for the changes he made; this place now had an ample amount of Shadow Energy present.
Rishi summoned his Shadow Beast, the Night Owl. A one-eyed Beast appeared in front of everyone. It had one human-like hand in place of his feet. Rishi removed the pendant from his neck and placed it back on the Beast's neck. "Guard this place till I return. Kill every Beast that comes. If a human appears, don't let him leave; I will decide what to do later."
The moment other beasts sensed the presence of an Epic Beast, they submitted before him. He became the ruler of this valley, and Rishi once again explained to his Beast what to do. He also left a way to contact him in an emergency.
After finishing everything, Rishi returned to the academy. After joining, he found out that Dev was the new head boy, while the new head girl was Sakshi Agastya. He congratulated Dev before getting busy with his training. This time he joined a different course than the one he picked earlier.
The first course he chose was the close combat course. He again joined the Archery class. As for the others, he chose the Rune Course, Beast Cultivation Course, and Battle Tactics Course. He became busy again as he started to attend all the classes.
In the Close Combat course, his teacher was Prof. Angad, who taught him everything patiently. When he first taught Rishi Boxing and Mua Thai, Rishi improved a lot. He became very good at them very fast due to his hard work, and after that, his teacher started teaching him wrestling and jiu-jitsu.
Rishi started feeling that he was improving at a very rapid pace. He even fought in many duels with the other students. It didn't take him long before he was able to become a good fighter at close range.
While Rishi was focusing on his close combat, he had not forgotten about his other classes. The Rune class was also very interesting; the professor taught him many things that he didn't know. After his explanations, the basics of Rishi became even clearer, and as he learned more, he started to understand the Rune more.
He also had many doubts, which he asked When the professor saw that Rishi had many doubts, he asked him to meet after the class. With the help of a supportive teacher, Rishi started to become more and more knowledgeable. The professor was extremely happy to know that there was a passionate student.
His Archery professor was happy that he didn't give up on Archery, and Rishi started practicing again. With his strength, he was able to easily wield the heavy Compound bow. He asked his teacher to teach him long-range skills. At first, Rishi was not able to hit targets farther than 200 meters, but with the help of his teacher, he was able to improve rapidly.
While shooting farther targets, he needed to pay attention to different things like the angle of his arrow and wind moment. He was now able to easily create Arrows using his Shadow energy, so his training was very brutal. He kept shooting arrows like a machine; even his teacher was impressed by it.
This time, Rishi improved way faster than when he previously trained in archery. His skills now give him a very powerful boost while mastering weapons. His improvement astonished his professor; every time he taught him something, he knew he was able to pick it up very quickly.
She told him to adjust his posture in a certain way, and after that, he maintained it while shooting multiple times. Even without any vision skills, Rishi was able to see very far. It was due to his passive skill, but as he leveled up, he needed something better.
He was right now relying on his 'Shadow Sense.' He could sense movement in the five hundred-meter range. But this also had its limits; he was not able to clearly differentiate between different shadows when there were many shadows in the same place.
Rishi was not held back by this small setback; he decided to create a new shadow element skill. It was created after taking inspiration from the skills of the Shadow Beast Night Owl. To create it, he needed some low-level Shadow Element Vision skills.
He learned them and understood how they functioned before creating his skills. He named it 'Night God's Eye'. As he closed his right eye, a violet light shone in his left eye; a strange magic circle appeared inside it and released a ray of light.
The ray moved and appeared three hundred meters away. A strange eye appeared in the sky. Rishi soon discovered that he was able to see that area clearly. The range was not enough, but Rishi was satisfied with the effect. He decided to master this skill in the coming days.
Rishi had also focused on his Beast Cultivation, and with the help of the Evolution Path Generator Tool, he was able to work on the evolution paths of the beasts more effectively. This time he even took help from his 'Inspect' skill. The result was that he was able to evolve two Elite Stage Beasts.
They both had evolutions that were not discovered. He sent the Beast Cultivation Association the results and got them under his name. As for the alias he decided to go with, Mr. Shadow, his name soon became famous as a new talent. Many Beast Tamers became fans of him due to his cool discoveries.
Rishi picked the Beasts that were popular and found a better evolutionary path for them. He had figured out who his target audience was. He had also received a call from his assistant, who told him that the Moa Birds were growing faster. They have already reached the adult stage. In two to three more months, they will be able to breed.
This was good news for Rishi, but it also warned him that he still needs to work on the evolutionary path for them, which could be farmed in huge numbers. The fertility rate of Moa Birds was very low. It was no wonder that Gnolls were never able to create a cavalry unit using them.
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