Clovis was sitting on the ground, his eyes closed, but for the people who saw him directly, they would sense a killing intent directed at them.
Reolf stood in front of him as if he were clashing with the killing intent. In Reolf’s eyes, it felt like there was a bigger wolf coming from Clovis’ body.
This shadow was glaring at Reolf as if trying to oppress him, but Reolf stood still as though he weren’t afraid of death.
No, it was more accurate that Reolf, too, was influenced by the killing intent, but in a good way.
Normally, nothing could train Reolf other than the painting. That was why Reolf had no choice but to rely on himself.
However, Mara’s training was different. The killing intent from Clovis could be used to train Reolf.
For Reolf, his path had three hurdles. The higher the level of the beasts, the more beast souls they would have. After all, it was just a unique ability developed by the beast itself.
The second hurdle was the beast’s strength. It was something Clovis could help with through Another World Mall. Besides, Reolf himself was training in his own way. More importantly, beasts got stronger by eating and growing their bodies.
"Huu..." Clovis took a deep breath before suddenly opening his eyes. The shadow of a wolf suddenly opened its mouth, increasing the pressure emanating from it.
Even Reolf twitched for a moment, but once the wolf was about to howl, the image disappeared.
"Kh." Clovis clutched his head before clicking his tongue. "I failed."
"Waaf!" Reolf looked excited, as though he was telling Clovis that he had accomplished it to a certain extent.
Clovis shook his head helplessly. "It’s not there yet, Reolf."
"You’ve just started, so it’s normal for you not to be able to unleash it." Mara spoke casually before munching her food again.
Clovis turned his head to Mara. "Still, it’s a bit of a shame."
"Your progress is not bad, judging from your current manifestation. By gathering that killing intent and unleashing it in one go, you are able to manifest the power of the beast. Depending on the beast you choose, the power will be different.
"You and I have different beasts because of the nature of our parents. However, we can still gather new beasts by absorbing their essence.
"That’s why rather than accumulating what you already have, it’s better for you to get something even more beneficial for you.
"Even though you have a strong grandparent, you don’t have any Tier 9 beasts in your genes."
"Yes." Clovis nodded. "According to the date, my grandfather was only a Tier 3 human when my father was born. After all, the apocalypse had just begun at that time.
"My father was a Tier 6 human when I was born. So, at most, it would probably be Tier 6."
Mara raised her finger. "There’s one more thing. The inherited essence is weak even if it’s a Tier 9 beast. Hence, it’s better to gather the essence you can use right now."
Clovis thought for a moment. "Now that I think about it, does that mean you have a Tier 9 beast to boost your ability?"
"No. I don’t have one. A Tier 9 beast is hard to find. Right now, I have 7 Tier 8 beasts that can boost my ability. Our ability can stimulate our physical ability to something similar to a beast soul.
"For example, among those seven beasts, I have one to increase my speed, one to increase my strength, one to increase my senses, and so on.
"It’s better if you have essence that can boost all five affinities at the very least.
"Of course, there’s one more thing you have to know. The more particular beasts’ essence you have, the stronger the killing intent you’re able to manifest.
"Your condition is much more special than mine. Normally, I can say that you are blessed to have a low evolution rate because this means you can get more beasts of the same species in your blood to take advantage of the unique ability.
"But having too low means too slow to evolve. You have to balance your evolution to a higher tier and this problem.
"And this is where your unique ability shows its uniqueness. Normally, I prefer to just absorb all beasts of the same species that I want to focus on. After all, if I get other species, it might clash with the killing intent from the ones I’m cultivating.
"That’s where your unique ability comes in. You said to me you’re able to increase your evolution rate, right?
"In that case, use that to fill up the evolution rate. At the same time, focus only on 5 to 8 species of the same tier to fill up the rest of the evolution rate.
"This way, Abyss Time can become much purer, which means exerting more power."
Clovis nodded in understanding. If he absorbed only a few species, it could strengthen the Abyss Time. Then, Another World Mall’s food, which didn’t contain beast’s essence, could prevent the Abyss Time from getting weakened from introducing new beast essence into his circulation system.
"Is this the reason for you to give me your unique ability? Is it because I can master this power to its full potential by using my unique ability?"
Mara fell silent for a minute. "I don’t think so. While you can do that, I’m not the type of person who will give you my unique ability for that kind of reason."
"I see." Clovis scratched the back of his head. "Well, we can think of the reason later. With my current situation, should I focus on evolving to Tier 5 and begin absorbing only a few species from that point on?"
Mara nodded. "That’ll be for the best. Every tier, you can find new species since, more often than not, a certain beast can utilize its full potential only when it is grown to a certain tier.
"But because of this, you will have a hard time finding the specific beasts once you reach Tier 7 or even Tier 8."
"That’s true, but you don’t have to worry about that. Hana has enough money, the government has enough connections, and the Dark Moon Mercenary has a good information network.
"Unlike you or my grandfather, I’m planning to have a lot of connections and utilize those connections to achieve my goal."
"..." Mara certainly couldn’t deny it. Clovis might indeed be able to utilize the Abyss Time to its full potential. "All right. In that case, you should focus on the basics first until you reach Tier 5 by using your own food. Only then will we visit another place. I get the feeling that we will find a good city with a delicious burger soon."