Beatitudes

Episode 47.

Trying with all its strength, it failed to stand anymore as a pool of blood gushed out from beneath it, painting its yellow fur a bloody red.

A forceful tug from Harry  forced the axe lodged inside the wolf out from the top, spraying more blood as organs with a dark tint to them spilled out.

A smug smile beamed out on Harry ’s face as he looked to the group of people that had just finished witnessing his battle. He was just thinking of what exactly to say to commemorate the moment when Adam ’s  calm voice resounded beside his ears as he spoke to him from a distance with a slightly exasperated tone.

“You i***t, seize the curse energy within the wolf for yourself. Don’t just stand and gloat.”

Harry ’s expression quickly dimmed as he heard those words. Adam  had already explained the issue of absorbing the curse energy, there was no stress in absorbing it… in fact it was somewhat automatic, the absorber just had to will his mind to accept the flow of the energy into his body. Once he wills it, the energy abound within the body would naturally flow into the one ready to absorb.

But dear little Harry  had forgotten to will his mind to accept in the midst of his celebratory display, in the end when the mind doesn’t accept, the energy would flow off the normal way and disperse mysteriously, that, unless intentional would have just been a waste.

He scrunched his face in embarrassment as he closed his eyes, it was his first time but it was surprisingly not much to do as he concentrated his mind to catch a vague intention, feeling like a message asking if he would allow the flow. He mentally agreed and a change occurred. He opened his eyes and witnessed a red stream of energy now visible to his eyes flowing forth from the chest area of the wolf through the air as it smashed into his forehead, it seeped through his skin like water going through a sieve and on entering in, the red energy began to descend flowing towards his heart area. If one studied his heart pumping blood into his body now, you would be able to see a red ball of light, in harmony with Harry ’s body as it floated up and down slightly, the red stream of energy coming down to his heart weaved its way through as it finally found the red ball of light and joined together with it upon contact, merging together as if just one.

It was a mystical feeling and Harry  was put in a daze as he quietly watched the proceedings.

The three individuals watching him all this while stared at the red stream of energy also visible to them, Isaac’s gaze on it seemingly transfixed.

Adam  looked on quietly as well before he opened his mouth to explain,

“Every single type of energy, whether from the mind, from the body, or from nature is present in every single living being, the only difference setting the various creatures apart is the quantity or amount present. To find one with even a single type missing from his body is nigh impossible. This is exactly why those who are brave enough to fight and kill can reap a reward for their efforts. So far you have a class bestowed upon you by the pillar, a corresponding type of energy would be present in every creature that you can absorb. Harry ’s a berserker, a low level one but a true blue one no less, the energy he wields can described as the energy of rage, the energy of anger stimulates every fiber of muscle within him deeply and allows him to grow stronger, hence he can also absorb the rage energy from another being, thus due to the environment and area these beasts live, the rage and ferocity within these creatures tend to be a substantial amount. Another type of energy might not be as abundant as that which Harry  is able to absorb…”

Adam  paused as he stared at the stream of energy that seemed never ending before he continued,

This reason thus actually shows an advantage someone like Harry  has, given his class, this untainted zone is basically somewhat of a sacred cultivation land for him, provided he doesn’t die unexpectedly anyways…”

Finally shortly after, the end trail of the red stream of energy could be seen as it all tunneled completely into said berserker’s forehead.

His eyes shivered open as a screen of light involuntarily popped up in front of him, radiating a faint blue light as it hovered in front of Harry , visible only to him and those he permits to see it.

It was his own status screen, showing all what he had previously scrolled through albeit with a new addition.

Name: Harry Auster

Class: Berserker

Rank: Tier one (6.667 / 200)

Strength: 16 (23)

Speed: 15 (16)

Flexibility: 12 (13)

Constitution: 18 (25)

Special attributes:

-Class abilities:

-   Berserk energy

-   Rage multiplication

He never really understood the status screen, but one thing that he did notice was the fact that it had increased. He had actually seen that of Isaac’s so he was able to compare them. There wasn’t much difference but there was now.

For one, he was no longer an entry level ranker as displayed in both of theirs. He saw he was officially a tiered berserker with a few additional numbers showing something which was probably related to the curse energy that Adam  had mentioned, the amount of curse energy he had gotten from the big bad wolf.

The second thing that had obviously changed was the stats of his attributes, although while the strength and constitution had risen substantially and the speed and flexibility just happened to bump up a little, it still made for a great increase in strength for the current Harry . it showed the attributes most important to Harry , and he honestly felt satisfied with it.

One thing he didn’t have though was the racial abilities that was present under Isaac’s special attributes, he was after all a human.

Coming out of the focus he had on his status screen, a faint smile emerged on his face as hollered at the rest, “Alright people, let’s..- Woah!”

His words were cut short as he noticed something happening by his side.

The wolf he had just cut, laying on the ground without a single breathe left was still on the ground, but Harry and the rest could see the shade of its fur and body gradually turning dark as its whole body began to dissipate in patches, thick clusters of dark particles floated up into the air before dispersing mysteriously… the whole thing seemed so odd and out of context that he was forced to jump and yelp with surprise.

Adam  voice’s rang out again at that moment,

“Calm down, this is a low tier beast, after taking away a substantial essence from its corpse, there will be no way for its corpse to maintain a proper form, unless it was alive it would inevitably drift into the air like such and dissipate…”

After saying that, he gave Harry  an odd stare and a smirk emerged on his lips before he said,

“Besides, weren’t you feeling all prideful and brave now…”

Harry  regained his calm after he witnessed the wolf dissipate completely into the surroundings without a single mishap, after which he let out a wry smile and turned around, with his back facing them, he then spoke up albeit with an odd tone

“Come on, let’s just go already, the chapter’s about to end anyways…”

The rest of them shared a glance as a rare chuckle escaped Adam ’s lips, “Alright then.”