A moment ago.
Confidence started to appear when he manages to feel the circulating kingly energy that is centered on his forehead, he started to develop an eye and a hand that can see and even directly touches the kingly energy he has.
In that frantic moment, wanting to save Kyran, he decided to move on to the next step.
Rex decided that he was ready to control the kingly energy directly since his body should have already gotten used to the feeling of the kingly energy. But that was a hurried decision, the first try blew up in his face instantly.
Just the moment he tries to control the kingly energy, his arm instantly exploded into meat paste.
Even though he was using his entire focus solely to try and move the kingly energy into his arm, there was no indication of something wrong before his arm suddenly exploded. It catches Rex by surprise, the event happens in a fraction of a second.
"Arghh!" Rex grunted feeling the throbbing pain stabbing him.
Looking at his right arm he finds that the entire limb exploded completely, there was nothing left of his right arm all the way to his right shoulder. It was so severe that the explosion cracked the cubic barrier he sets up for himself.
Blood gushed out of his exploded arm, staining the ground crimson.
Around that time the others arrived at his back, concerned about his state. But he told them that he was okay and also told them to go and train since the castle provides them a boost to reach the next realm with the elemental mana gathered here.
With the castle's effect, it shouldn't take long for them to reach the seventh rank.
Only when they reach the eighth-rank realm can Rex feel comfortable in leaving them alone, there are not many eighth-rank realm threats out there. Entities above the eighth rank can't move unnoticed, so the eighth-rank realm is the power benchmark for them.
'How can I learn Brutal Impulse quicker...? I need to search for Kyran' Rex thought with a frown.
It's true that he needed to learn the Brutal Impulse first in order to play it safe, but this is Kyran he's talking about. 'Maybe I should take some risks, I'm stronger now since I reached the first ascension. Fighting two ninth-rank realms Awakened should be fine for me...'
Rex is contemplating whether he should just go now without learning Brutal Impulse first.
Every time he thought about Kyran he can feel some uneasiness inside his stomach that should be a bad omen, he feels like he needs to go right now. Something might've happened to Kyran, but he shouldn't be dead.
'System, if Kyran is dead will the pack member count in my stats got reduced?'
<In the case of any of the user's pack members dying, the count in the user's stats will decrease. Moreover, there will be an announcement upon their death which will lead to a Berserk Quest that requires the user to avenge the fallen pack members>
Upon reading this, Rex nodded his head as he feels a little bit better.
At the very least he would know if someone really did try to kill Kyran, the system stated that there will be an announcement. As long as there's no announcement from the system, then Kyran is definitely still alive somewhere.
But while he was thinking this, he remembered that he still got two more chances of a free buy.
It was the reward for finishing the Chain Berserk Quest, he got two more chances to buy anything from the system's shop. Rex then got the idea, 'System, can I instantly learn Brutal Impulse? Or is there any item in the shop that can help me learn Brutal Impulse faster?'
<Moon Ability earned by the user himself is not eligible to be instantly learned>
<No item inside the shop that can assist the user in learning Brutal Impulse Moon Ability instantly, it's associated with the Kaiser of the Scarlet Garland itself and can only be learned through intense training>
Rex frowns when he reads this, 'But what about the Moon Ability that I learned from King Baralt?'
During the fight against King Baralt and Queen Catsha, Rex is able to gain the True Werewolf King Blood Physique through the system scanning and altering the Moon Ability King Baralt cast. Rex can learn it instantly then, so why not now?
<Explanation costs 100,000 gold, does the user wants to continue?>
'What...?' Rex was flabbergasted when he finds that the answer cost him that much, he then frowns before he reluctantly replied, 'Fine, deduct 100,000 gold and tell me the goddamn answer. Why can't I learn Brutal Impulse instantly?'
It takes a second for the system to deduct the 100,000 gold before the system answers.
<Moon Ability is separated into two distinct categories which are Indirect and Direct. Indirect Moon Ability only harnesses the kingly energy inside the particular King of Werewolf, it's a form of ability that manifests only with the fuel of the available kingly energy. Direct Moon Ability, on the other hand, is an ability that manifests the power of the Lunirich God itself>
'In simpler terms?' Rex asked wanting to know the point.
<In simpler terms, Indirect Moon Ability can only be as strong as the caster while the Direct Moon Ability has the boost from the associated Lunirich God itself. Generally, Direct Moon Ability is a stronger version of the Indirect Moon Ability>
Upon reading this explanation, Rex can't help but sighs.
From what he can grasp Moon Ability is divided into two, Indirect and Direct. Indirect can be instantly learned since it only uses his kingly energy alone, but Direct Moon Ability can't be learned instantly as it involved the associated Lunirich God.
But as he shrinks his shoulders dejectedly, another notification appeared.
<Invocation of the Blood Moon can be used to assist the user in learning Brutal Impulse, this item will not guarantee to help the user in learning Brutal Impulse but has the potential to vastly quicken the user's learning speed>
'Oh...? How can I do that?' Rex asked again with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
Although he was hopeful about this Invocation of the Blood Moon item, the hope in his eyes instantly dimmed when he saw the system's answer. It's not that he can't but his ego is quite unwilling to do that.
<The user will need to talk to Kaiser directly and plea to be bestowed with his grace>
Rex instantly erases that from his mind as he will not lower himself to plea to the Kaiser, the face that Kaiser would make probably would give him nightmares. It's not going to happen, not if there's really no other choice except for that.
With no answer, he finally came to a conclusion, "I'll try for a few more days"
"If I really can't learn Brutal Impulse, then there's no other choice but to take risks. As long as Kyran is able to be rescued from the grasp of those greedy people and returns to the castle, paying those risks wouldn't be too much for me" he mutters to himself determinedly.
Knowing that he doesn't have much time, he wanted to return back to his training.
Cloaking his body with his kingly energy, his arm started to regrow back albeit a little bit slowly due to the explosion caused by his own negligence. But when it fully healed and Rex was about to start training again, a frown appeared on his face when he sensed something is happening outside of the castle.
Upon sensing this, Rex instantly sprung up before he heads out of the castle.
It takes no more than five seconds for Rex to blitz out of the castle and reaches the wall, he immediately looks up in the direction of the Circling Sentinel. Rex feels like it was the Circling Sentinel that blocked something, but it seems that is not the case.
The Circling Sentinel is still rotating above the castle, there's no indication of it moving.
Shifting his head to the front to look out to the open field, Rex's eyes landed on a particular spot in front of the castle that is charred and sizzling with steam. It looks like something attacked that spot and turned the ground black.
But the only explanation he could think of is that the Circling Sentinel hits that spot.
On top of that, the Circling Sentinel is also fast. Maybe it went back to its original before Rex came out of the castle, especially since it already transformed into a wolf-shaped ghost that looked menacing to anyone seeing it.
But the sight of this makes Rex frown, he doesn't understand something.
'I thought the Circling Sentinel can only block attacks, this looks like it attacked something that got close. Or am I wrong...?' he thought in confusion, the charred and sizzling spot showed clearly that something hits it.
Rex assumed that it was probably a wandering cursed creature that got too close.
Just then he noticed that the charred and sizzling spot is near the barrier of the castle, he frowned before he asked, 'System, does the Curse Fragment Sentinel also affects the barrier? Does the barrier has somekind of curse resistance?'
<Yes, the Cursed Sentinel is directly linked with the barrier.>
Upon gaining that answer Rex jumps down from the castle's wall to inspect the charred spot, he sniffs it and was instantly hit by a horrendous stench. 'It's a cursed creature alright, I can't imagine a mutated animal having this kind of stench'
Ignoring the horrifying stench, Rex kneels on one knee and grabs a handful of charred dirt.
As he puts the dirt closer to sniff it once again, he finds that there's a hidden scent amidst the horrifying stench. For some reason, this scent is familiar, 'I think I've smelled this somewhere, but I can't remember when. I usually can recall a scent easily, this is weird...'
Standing back up again, Rex uses his senses to envelop the surroundings of the castle.
Looking around the open space with his sharp eyes, he tries to find anything out of the ordinary but found nothing that stands out. No tracks, no nothing. 'Hmm... did it got disintegrated by the barrier? Maybe...'
Rex then turns around while shaking his head, 'I'm probably overthinking this'
Just as Rex was about to jump back to the castle to resume his training, his body suddenly stopped and his eyes widened. Out of nowhere, he saw system messages appearing in front of him which completely caught him off guard.
<Sudden Quest!>
<Killing Intent>
A malicious entity has sent a killing intent toward the user, finds the culprit, and kills it!
Quest Reward: 300 Billion Exp, 500,000 Gold, and Spear of Destruction.
Upon reading these messages from the system Rex instantly turned his head back to look at the surroundings once more, a clear frown and alert can be seen on his face, "Okay, I think I'm not overthinking this. Something was definitely here..."
Without much thought, Rex instantly dashes away to check the surroundings.
Faster than the eyes can see he covers miles deep of the Humming Damned Forest in search of any clue of what might happen in front of his castle, and also the entity that wanted to kill him. It must not be the Supernaturals as they are occupied by the attack from the Humans.
That leaves only either mutated animals or cursed creatures.
Rex leans more toward a cursed creature that wanted to kill him, but he can't find a reason why as he was not doing anything in particular that might disrupt the cursed creatures here, 'The rewards are quite bountiful, it must be a strong cursed creature'
But even though he already covers a great space, he finds not a single clue.
As he was dashing all over the place doubting that the cursed creature is able to avoid him with his current speed, Rex stopped on a tree branch before he realized something, "Where are all the Dark Elves...? Shouldn't they be guarding the Humming Damned Forest too?"
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