Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113 Chapter 27.4 - Dungeon of Eldertine Spires

THUD

As I fell to the ground after the encounter with the thing, I stood there for a second to calm myself down.

The illuminating light around the tree had long lost its energy, and now it was no longer different from any other tree around me.

'I really want to throw up.'

The feeling of nausea and the gastric acid from my stomach continuously came to my throat, but I swallowed the feeling.

Even for me, who witnessed a massacre before my eyes, it was still mentally taxing to see all those memories of people.

Though I didn't have any lingering attachment to them, I was still a human at the end.

"Huuuuuuuu..."

Taking a deep breath, I calmed myself down.

And as I calmed myself, I felt the presence of something inside me. Not physically, but like something that was bound to me.

'It should be there.'

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?Name: Astron Natusalune

?Occupation: Weapon Master (level 1)

?Talent Limit: 6

?Passives:

-?Vengeful Bane

?Attributes:

Variable Attributes:

-?Strength: 2.36

-?Dexterity: 2.85

-?Agility: 2.89

-?Constitution:?2.12

-?Intuition: 2.93

-?Magical Power: 3.04

-?Mana Capacity: 2.5

?Traits:

-?Perceptive Insight (Unique)(Unchanging)

-?Lunar Enigma (????) (Growth Type) (Stage 0)

-?Shadowborne (Legendary) (Growth Type)(Stage 1)

?Arts:

-?Lethal Arsenal Ascendancy (????)(%13)

?Skills:

-?Dash

-?Eyes of Hourglass

?Body Imprints:

?Bonds:

-?Aurora Raven (Rare)(Growth Type)

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Looking at the status window before me, I could now see a different section here. All of the parameters had grown a little, probably because of the trial I had just gone through.

'Bond section also appeared.'

As the word easily suggests, Bond meant beings that were connected to your very being. Basically, you are their master.

This was how it was described in the game, and that was also why I came to this dungeon in the first place.

Clicking on the Aurora Raven, I started reading what was written there.

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Bond: Aurora Raven

Rarity: Rare (Growth-Type)

Description: Aurora Raven, initially a rare-grade bond bestowed by ?????.

It takes on the unique characteristic of a growth-type familiar. It materializes a mystical raven creature crafted entirely from mana, as the user wished to call the bonded familiar.

As the user channels more mana and deepens their bond, the Aurora Raven's potential expands, evolving in both form and abilities.

The user can command the bonded familiar according to their wishes.

Vision Share: Host can now share their own vision with their bond, seeing the world from its eyes.

Output: Evolves in form and abilities based on the bond strength and mana infusion.

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'This is good.'

Looking at the panel before me, I thought.

Thanks to the bond now, I could easily fulfill my lack of scouting, and that was something I had been keeping in my mind for a while.

Aurora Raven

As I called the name in my head, I used my mana instinctively, and a raven materialized before me.

It had the complete color of black, devoid of anything, and purple eyes resembling mine. Just like the panel explained, the raven didn't have a physical body but rather made from pure mana itself.

FLAP! FLAP! FLAP! FLAP!

As I wished the raven to move, it started moving with its wings flapping just like any other bird. If one thing was different, then that would be the fact that my mana was slowly getting sucked with each movement it was making.

"Why do we need to suffer?"

It was a simple question, and depending on the answer you gave, the test would result in different outcomes.

But, just as I expected, the reality was different from the game. The answer I gave wasn't one of the ones in the game. At that time, I just said what I wanted to, and I got what I wanted.

Bonded Familiar.

Even though I didn't gain anything that would make money, the fact that I got something that could improve my prowess was enough to show that my efforts paid off and that was enough.

With that thought, I stood up and started walking back all the way.

'I guess it is still too early for me to look for runes.'

This mountain range contained quite a lot of runes, but the part was every one of them was actually already consumed by a monster, and the only way to take them off by simply killing it.

'Which is impossible for me.'

The lowest ranked of them would be on the border of rank-6 to rank-7. Right now, even just to reach them, the amount of distance I need to cover and the monsters I would encounter on the way would be enough to kill me.

In the end, the only thing I could do was to return to the academy…..

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As Astron stumbled out of the cave, leaving behind the nightmarish visions and the grotesque abomination, the figure made of darkness chuckled to itself.

"Hahahaa…..It really has been a while…."

The eerie laugh echoed within the confines of the cave, a symphony of malevolent amusement.

'An intriguing soul, indeed,' it mused, its voice a chilling whisper that reverberated in the air.

The shadowy presence shifted and swirled within the depths of the cave, its form amorphous and enigmatic.

It seemed to be both a part of the cave and separate from it, a manifestation of darkness and torment.

Following that, the cave slowly started crumbling.

'I guess this is the end of mine.'

Looking at its own form of crumbling, the figure mumbled.

'I really would like to watch what kind of things he would bring in the future, but I guess I will leave for my other selves.'

In the end, it was nothing but a fragment that was left by its real body before leaving this world.

'Though he was one of those guys, huh? Considering those heretics revering the sun, I guess their counterparts also came to this world.'

The figure felt a pang of regret. It had followed a being, a supposed ally in the realm of light.

The being was once formidable, but it had discarded the figure, leaving it to wither and fragment.

'To think I followed that bastard only to be cast aside like that,' the figure mumbled to itself, bitterness coloring its tone. 'Once a being of immense power, they cast me aside like a useless relic.'

In its last moments, the figure contorted and shifted, taking the form of a three-legged crow.

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