It All Started With Lightning Bolt

Stronger

When they reached the Worm Mountains, the wolf left to avoid attracting the attention of other silver-level worms. He knew that this was the territory of another powerful creature, at least as strong and numerous as they were.

William thanked him and moved on. His target was the bronze-level worm next to the metal heart. In a few blink of an eye, he was in front of the cave. He was still surprised that his own speed had increased to such a level.

He drew his sword and entered the cave. Inside, the worm, resembling a rolling stone, stood guard beside the body of his ancestor. When William came to the entrance of the place, he glared at him with absent eyes.

William was now on his knees, like a wolf. Now that his qi was sufficient, he could comfortably use the two strengthening on his sword.

He sent some qi to the tattoo. A terrifying aura of the Moon Swallowing Wolf began to form in his body. The worm felt that it had to be more careful now. It could tell that this person was strong.

William, like the wolves, felt faster, stronger, and more perceptive when he used his bloodline power. Maybe he didn't glow with a silver light like they did, but his tattoo made him feel cooler.

There was only one thought in his mind. He needed to kill the worm in front of him with a single move. The worm he needed to kill was of a lower level, but he could give its blood to Baldur. By combining the blood, he might be able to reach a purity of twenty percent. That might have been enough for Baldur.

He still followed the worm with his eyes. At that moment, the worm had moved a little. It looked like it was about to be jumped. William was also waiting for it to be jumped. A few seconds later, it happened!

The worm coiled up like a snake and jumped at William with all its might.

With 'Like a Volcano', William rushed to the right side of the worm with all his might. He activated his sword's two strengthens and executed the sword technique.

The worm's mouth had missed William by a few centimeters. William, on the other hand, had placed his sword at the edge of the worm's wide, pipe-looking mouth, cutting through its entire body like a piece of cloth!

And something he hadn't expected had happened. Normally, he couldn't attack a target far away from his sword or body while at the iron level, but when he used his bloodline power, he felt something strange as his sword grew longer. He thought he should examine this later.

In the blink of an eye, William came to the place where the worm had just been. He took off the scabbard and put his sword back.

"Kacha!" He thought it was cool again. Looking back, he saw that the worm had opened up, ready to be barbecued, but was still struggling, even though it was almost in two pieces due to the intensity of its life force.

William had sliced it and killed it in one fell swoop!

After a while, the worm stopped struggling. William immediately ran and poured its blood into the barrels. This time, instead of taking a small amount of concentrated blood, he poured it out one at a time. In the end, he had more than a few liters of blood on his hands.

[Earthworm Blood (18% Earthworm Bloodline Purity) x3 lt]

He happily threw the creature's body and blood into his dimensional bag. The worm he needed to find now was the iron level. No matter what, he would not bring the bronze level creature to the Mission Building. Besides, his share would have been less.

He decided to leave this cave. Because he was afraid that he would encounter more frightening creatures in the future. He had the confidence to fight even the creatures at the top of the bronze level, but he couldn't dare to go higher.

His next hunt was very simple. He went back to the cave where he had hunted with Baldur the last time. There, in the same clearing, he found two iron-level worms and three young ones. So this place was like a house and the new ones had moved in because the old owners had died.

Both worms were at the top of their iron level, but they did not cause William any problems. They died quickly. William didn't kill the little worms. Although they got angry and chased William, William decided to just run away so that they could live. At his speed, he was halfway before they left the mountain. He had to get back to the Academy right away.

William shot through the trees like an arrow. Using his movement technique and the power of the bloodline, he realized that his speed was almost the same as the Silver Level Wolf! It was an excellent feeling. When he reached the bronze level, he might be able to defeat the weak silver level creatures or humans!

Still, he needed to change his movement technique to something more complex and extensive. Like a Volcano was now contrary to his needs. He felt that right now, he should be like a silent and deadly assassin.

He needed to either change his sword technique or combine it with stronger ones to strengthen it.

He loved the execution sword. He knew it was still very strong, he could manage it for a long time, but William's goals were too big! He already had his eyes set on the silver levels! For that, he would also improve (Using system. I don't wante to use 'combine' word here.) the execution sword.

Before leaving the forest, he decided to cut his long hair just in case. He used a small puddle as a mirror and cut it with the dagger Baldur had given him. He couldn't use the Firebringer because it could burn his hair and it was too dull to use as a mirror. Because his hair was long, it was easier to cut and style. He didn't think anyone would notice, since his new hair was barely an inch or two longer than his old hair. He put the headband in his dimensional bag and turned to head for the Academy.

He arrived at the Academy a short time later and turned in his mission. In fact, everything happened faster than he thought. In just two days, he had done all this bloodline work, and on top of that, he had completed a six-day quest. He felt that he didn't even need the amount of time anymore. His speed was already at the perfect level.

He thought about the ruby horse for a moment, but Academy had promised to take care of the disciples' mounts for just a little fee. Besides, the cost of feeding a ruby horse should not be too high, after all, it was considered a normal animal.

He sold the worm's body in the Treasury. Even the teacher was surprised when he took it out as a perfect work of art.

No matter how many questions they asked about how he killed it, William remained silent. He just said that he was lucky, that he was almost dead. That he cut it more to make sure it died.

The price of a complete corpse was different, of course. Its teeth, its skin, its flesh were all there. Because it was in the dimensional bag, you could see its intact, still warm flesh.

Normally, such a bronze-level corpse was worth about two hundred and fifty soul stone equivalents. But since they knew that William had brought such a bronze-level corpse before, they gave him a price of three hundred soul stones. Three hundred soul stones had increased his total wealth to nine hundred and fifty low-level soul stones and three mid-level soul stones. Mid-level soul stones were worth one hundred low-level soul stones, but since they were hard to find, they were usually traded at around one hundred and fifty. Even the soul stone had an exchange! (Stock Market)

After leaving, he came to the Hundred Treasures Building. He hoped to find what he wanted here. He hadn't even bought any potions from the Academy before.

Again, he was greeted by the same female attendant. She noticed that his face looked familiar. William must have made a good impression on her.

"Do you have a pet contract?"

"Yes! Of course, what is the level of the creature you wish to contract?"

William thought for a moment. The little wolf was only at Medium Iron level, but the old Wolf said, 'Take as many contracts as you can get.' So, "Bronze Intermediate? Maybe?" he said.

"Bronze Intermediate? I guess you don't know how contracts work," the woman said.

Again, William was faced with something he did not know. His face was a little sullen.

"Yes. I do not know." He was extremely honest. It was not a shame for him not to know, it was a shame not to learn.

"Then let me put it this way, in the simplest terms, there is more than one kind of contract. There are pet contracts, equal friendship contracts, loyalty contracts, and so on. But they are all unique to their level. For example, you can use a bronze level contract with a creature at the top of the bronze level, or you can use it with a creature at the beginning. Did I explain well?" The woman lowered her head and smiled.

William grasped everything quickly because she explained it very simply. That's why he was glad that he didn't have to get special contracts for each level. He changed his question and asked again.

"Do you have a pet contract for the bronze level?" He smiled.

"Yes, this way." She said and led him to the shelves in the far right corner.

William could see the contracts clearly. It was written in the language of mages and could be activated with qi.

He cursed himself as he looked at the price tag for the bronze level.

"Why is it so expensive?" he asked.

What was written on the tag was five hundred soul stones.

"Unfortunately, not every mage can do that. It would take a true second-level mage to do it. Besides, it consumes a lot of energy and requires a long recovery time. That's why the prices are what they are." He said.

William had no choice. He would have to do it. Together they came to the teacher's table and William made the payment.

The teacher's eyes lit up for a moment, but then calmed down. He asked William with a dark face.

"You are still an iron level, what are you going to do with this contract?"

William became angry when he saw that everyone was greedy for what he was doing. He was greedy himself, but he would never look at things that belonged to someone else like that. Only when he 'owned' it would that greed manifest itself.

However, he quickly made up an excuse.

"I found a wounded bronze wolf, I've been feeding it for a week. It started to get close to me. I want to take my chance." He said. His face was extremely calm.

"Hmmm..." The teacher nodded. Obviously, he had lost interest. "Be careful, you might be attacked by other creatures when you are vulnerable." He said.

William was suspicious of his words, but he didn't care. He was confident that he could destroy anyone he sent if he did not come himself.

"Thank you!" He bowed and left.

He quickly took on a mission before making his way back. There was no simple evil pig mission. Besides, the worm missions had been removed as well. He was surprised but didn't mind. The simplest looking, he took the yellow-striped python mission.

He quickly left the Academy. After running ten kilometers, he looked around to make sure no one was following him. He also put on his headband, just in case.

He was suspicious of that teacher.

He could see no one. After another fifty kilometers, he pulled out the horn and blew.

The sound of the horn was like the howling of an old wolf. A few seconds later, he heard a distant sound and started running in that direction.

Twenty kilometers later, it was the silvery fur that greeted him again. Obviously, he hadn't left yet.

William mounted him respectfully, and together they headed for the 'Valley of the Wolves'.

If he wanted to expend qi, he could actually run alongside the wolf. Right now, the silver level wolf was using his bloodline power while William sitting on it. Even so, he wouldn't have lagged behind if he had gotten off and started running. Provided, of course, that William also used his own bloodline power.

William had so many questions about the changes in his body, but he had to wait. First, he had to save the little wolf's future. There was no limit to the number of contracts people could make with a pet, but there was something of a rule. That is, the number of pets you can contract depends on your 'true soul'. The stronger the true soul, the more pets you can contract.

This true soul could be increased or decreased by the potions William drank to use the system. Unfortunately, the spirit herbs used to make these potions were either too rare to find or too expensive.

William had no idea how valuable it was to live on a closed island. Not even Baldur!

He only knew that it was 'precious'! To realize its true worth, he would have to see the outside world.

After a while, they came back to the Valley of the Wolves. Without hesitation, the silver level wolf went to the cave where the little wolf lay in a cocoon.

!!IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTE, PLEASE READ BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!

This chapter is a bit special because the following chapters, including this one, are paid. That's why I have to say a few words. I'm still interested in my book and I won't stop until I finish it because I want to see the end of William's story. Unlike those who only write web novels, I'm not good enough to make money from it, I know that. That's why I work as a nurse in a private company. Since it's a private company, I hope I don't have to tell you how long my working hours are. In short, I work so hard that every day after I come home and take a shower, I pass out. This affects my writing, of course. When I was unemployed, I could post 2 chapters a day, but now even once a week has become difficult. So I suggest you keep reading with that in mind. Also, I finished the chapters I had to edit up to this chapter. After this chapter, there are at least 100 chapters left to edit. The reason for this is that I did not intend to write this book in English. After the book was loved by readers in my own language, I decided to write it in English, but the problem was that I did not know any English. Yes, when I started writing this book, I did not know any English and this can be easily understood from the title of the book. Now I am at the C1 level and trying to reach C2, but everyone knows how difficult it is. This book has helped me improve as a person. Also as a writer. Because most of the things I've learned about writing I'm trying to do in this book. So, starting from this chapter, I advise you to reconsider if you want to continue reading the book. This book, which I originally set out to write as a book similar to WMW(The similarity is almost zero), has become like a vault where fun memories have been collected for me. In the following chapters, you will find many grammatical and word mistakes, but after a while, all these mistakes will be corrected. I think it should be the part where the second book (arc) begins.

Anyway, I wrote another long author's note that no one will read. Thanks to everyone who supports and reads me.