Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 60: Hard work bears fruits

"Should I name this ability blazing fire or Typhoon?" He pondered while using Twirling the chains along with the flames.

As he whirled the chain, a huge surge of fire extorted out of his chain in a circular motion just like a typhoon. He grinned with satisfaction as he felt an unknown pleasure while using the ability.

His will power began to waver after he trained for two months unendingly. He has completely sealed away from the outer world. He spent all his days wandering in that forest while experimenting like a mad man who was craving for power. But, in recent days he lost the fire he had in his heart. It was truly appreciable that he contrived to train hard for two months.

He did gain five extra stats. Two points in strength and three points in stamina. His stamina increased due to his meticulous swimming training in the river. It was clearly a result of his hard work. But, he began to lose motivation.

"I feel like I miss something... What's that I wonder?" He pondered while sitting in his treehouse.

His progress was certainly great for someone without anyone mentoring him. Even though he was not able to find what he is craving for and What he misses. What does he miss? Is it perhaps the motivation drive? or did he crave for someone to be by his side because he feels lonely?

But he already knew the answer.

'I need to test my strength! I need to fight something...'

Exactly, he needed to get his fire back to his heart. In the past two months, All he did was make his general abilities rank rise. All the F-ranked abilities rose to Rank D. He was still not able to raise the ranks of his private abilities but he found the essence to make them rise which is obviously training. The more he uses the ability the more efficient he will get. The more effective the abilities grow, the Ranks will rise.

'Hmm, Should I change my residence to Hithigasa mountain for a while?... I think I should.'

He decided to change his spot since Cinzia suggested it and moreover, he was feeling strange that it was peaceful for a long time. He bathed in the river water and readied to set out for a trip to the peak of Hithigasa mountain for training.

His appearance changed a little bit but he didn't notice it though. He grew tall by a few centimeters and his body was more toned and broader than before.

His training began to bear fruits to be exact. It was also partly because of the Dark elixir. He took two sips from it after the first time. It seems he can utilize it a few more times. It was efficacious since he was able to train more and gain abilities and raise ranks along with five stat points. If he drank it whole it wouldn't be that much of a deal compared to these rewards.

He is however obliged to obtain more abilities which he was experimenting with. To train his body further, he tried to swim all the way to the mountain and failed. He used the boat left by the regulars to reach it and dropped the swimming plan.

The mountain was just like before, cold and frosty while being covered with fog. Nix was shivering, unable to endure as he was shirtless. It was not because he wanted to train his endurance he just wanted to find out upto what extent he can endure the cold and to his surprise, he was able to endure it for half an hour.

"AH, Honestly... I thought I would last longer." He muttered and began to ascend towards the peak.

On his way, he found a bunch of Yetis taking residence in the cave where he stayed in the past.

'Now I ought to fight these guys,' He thought and used chain swing.

The pleasure of slaughtering the soft flesh of the beasts seeped his hands. In his past, he would have honestly lost against them but, now it is a different story. The yetis were roaring in pain as he one-sidedly continued massacring them.

'Hard work sure bears fruits' He phrased.

'Hmm, Seems like I have grown quite a bit.' He smirked and butchered a yeti and took its fur to adapt to the cold environment and roasted the yeti meat.

" hmm, Not bad, a bit rough... Strangely salty at the same time but, feels tasteless at the same time. Strange..." He muttered while chewing it.

He knew that he needed energy. Neglecting the fact if it contains protein or vitamins or toxic contents, he just tried it out.

He did get food poisoned multiple times as he ate anything that seemed to be consumable. Be it a snake or a rabbit? He didn't even leave skunks and rats, he took everything.

Because that was the efficient way to do it since he felt like intaking the same contents would make his body bend to a comfortable setting. What if he had to survive in a place filled with random poisonous substances? so, he trained his body thinking to that extent. He was certainly a cautious guy,

To his surprise his continuous ingestion of both venomous and non-venomous consumables. He gained a special ability of poison resistance as a reward for his struggles.

He trained as he ascended to the peak for days. It was two weeks since he began to climb the mountain and he was still staying there.

"Thousand Two hundred and twenty-six!..."

Yeah, The number might sound inhuman but it was not a number that he reached in a single day. He counted his everyday training to reach that number during his early days to create his own ability called Typhoon.

[Special ability- Blazing Typhoon has been obtained]

[Blazing Typhoon (Rank G)]

His lips arched up upon seeing the message on the air.

'Am I a genius or what?' He grinned with satisfaction.

It was already night, so he had set up a fire. He stared at the dancing flames while being in serious thought.

'What would Cinzia be doing? I know that she will be alright... But why do I feel a craving for her? Would she feel like me... Did something happen to her? Should I go back? She would probably survive on her own since she is strong... Dammit, Nix get a grip! even If you go now you will be a useless wimp. If you ever want to go make sure you will be able to protect her!' He tried to realign his twisted thoughts and rose while tightly clutching the chain.

At first, he thought it was just a random feeling that occurred in his heart but, As he spent days alone he felt strange. Why would she even go out of her way to protect him for a month?

It was true that he scammed her ability with his ability and lied but, he was feeling guilty since she sincerely believed him and he didn't even protect her comrades even though he knew they were about to betray just like how it happened back when he was in Kalinga forest.

"Get a hold Nix. Six hundred and fifty-two!..." He muttered to himself and lashed the snowy terrain with waves of fire while screaming.

[Special ability- Whip of flame has been obtained]

[Whip of flame (Rank G)]

'Alright, now I have two special abilities. I guess,' He thought.

Soon after four days, he reached the peak. He wasn't able to breathe and the terrain seemed unstable. It was quite hard for him to breathe.

'What should I do now?' He pondered.

When gazed through the terrain from the peak. He was overwhelmed by the feeling of how small he was in such a vast world. If you asked, had he ever gone on adventures? His answer would be a simple 'No'. If he went on adventures he would have reached the peak by a week since it was just a meager mountain considering its height. But, he took his own time by struggling hard to reach it as a lone man without any proper preparation.

When he peered at the clouded vast white sky he glimpsed a silhouette of a massive bird.

He was agitated by the mere cold aura it was emitting. Possibly it was the cause of environmental change.

"What was that?"

[Doom prediction Vision activated]

And a vision of a shaft of cold force speeding towards him entered his vision before he could even react to it.

SFX: Swishh

He was rather fortunate that he activated that ability because an arrow of freezing air fell in his direction. As he swiftly dodged it, he thought he wouldn't suffer any damage but he was sent flying from the mountain.

"Just like that? Am I gonna die? No! No! what did I ever do wrong?" He muttered in bewilderment while falling from that huge altitude.

"No-No! I can't die!" He aligned his foul perception of dying.

He speedily transformed his chain into a scimitar and stabbed the wall of snow with it. And grabbed on to the opportunity of survival.

"Arghh! Dammit! I feel like my muscle is getting torn apart!" He cursed out while hanging down. He raised his body with the sword as his only support slowly and carefully without shaking the sword. If He makes a single blunder he would probably end up dead.

As he stared up at he found the outline of the bird hidden inside the fog still circling in the sky. Fortunately, it didn't descend to attack him.

"I can't possibly even inflict a scratch at that freaking monster! I would probably die if I become arrogant and try to fight it. I am still that weak guy who runs from problems... I feel like it's something far beyond what even a level eight guy can handle." He grumbled inwardly after raising. He was completely overwhelmed by that bird and he didn't understand why it chose to attack him.

But, he decided to descend. His decision seems right because the mere mana it sent towards him was devastating. If he was struck by it he would have probably ended up dead.

His craving for a rival to fight was rendered hopeless as he peered what lied and soared above the sky.

He reached the forest again and opened his inventory to call Felishia since it's been a while ago that he had a conversation with her.