After another 10 minutes passed, I called out loudly, "Ethan, ti's up! Get up and find more monsters for ."
Ethan woke up with a big yawn. "Why don't you let slee- I an rest more, sir?" he groaned.
Frustration crept into my voice as I replied, "Ethan, stop calling sir. I've told you to address as boss."
Ethan quickly corrected himself, "Sorry, Boss."
"Secondly," I continued firmly, "you said you needed 30 minutes to rest. That's not my fault."
Ethan looked away, muttering, "Yeah, whatever."
"What did you say?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
Surprised, Ethan imdiately looked back at , his expression changing, "No, no, sir, no boss."
Sighing, I decided to let it go. "Just go," I said, waving him off.
Without wasting any more ti, Ethan dashed off in another direction, ready to lure more monsters for our hunt.
After he vanished from my view, I opened my system screen to check my notifications and character profile.
(Ding, congratulations host, 2 Monster Cores (Common) has been added to your inventory!)
(Ding, congratulations host, 2 Healing portions (Iron) has been added to your inventory!)
(Ding, congratulations host, 20 Monster Essences of Flytrap has been added to your Character Profile!)
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Na: Michael Frostburne
Race: Human
Current rank: Iron.
Progression to Gold rank: 26.8% (670/2500 essences).
As I closed the system window, I retreated into my thoughts once more.
The second quest still puzzled .
I thought about the second quest and its aning, but I still didn't fully grasp why it was given to .
What I could understand was that these small battles against monsters weren't the main goal of the quest.
If they were, I'd easily succeed, suggesting these creatures aren't my true enemies but rather a distraction.
I suspected there was soone or sothing else involved because I knew about chain quests. In these quests, each task gets harder as you go along.
Knowing this made sure these monsters weren't the real threat I needed to worry about.
It could be sothing tougher, sothing I hadn't thought about, sothing much more dangerous.
Right now, I have no idea what it could be, so overthinking won't help.
I need to stay cautious and wait for whatever cos next.
Also, if I think about it logically, does the system already know my future or what's going to happen to ?
The issue is, it's not giving all the details.
It's like I'm close to understanding, but still so far away.
But this System, could it be so kind of divine being or even a god?
I don't have much information about it.
All I know is, it ended up here right after I transmigrated.
Wait!
My transmigration—just like in other novels—this System must have sothing to do with my future and destiny.
It already knows about my- no, Michael's future.
Now that I think about it more, maybe it acquired my soul and placed it into Michael's body to change his future fate or destiny.
Why else would it bring here in the first place?
Why would the System gives quests related to the present or future?
This definitely has so connection to everything happening to .
Perhaps in the original tiline, Michael died quickly.
How?
Maybe the governnt hanged him after catching him.
Or perhaps hunters killed him.
Another possibility is that his own butler did him in.
There were several reasons, but these were the main possibilities.
Now, here I am, shifting my focus from my chain quest to pondering why I ended up in this world.
And to be honest, I've begun to overthink it too.
What can I do?
I can't help but ask these questions repeatedly.
Why ?
Why was I chosen?
What makes different from others?
I kept thinking deeply and questions kept swirling in my mind, each one demanding answers that seed just out of my grasp.
Suddenly, the peace around was shattered by heavy footsteps approaching. Instantly, my instincts took over, and I jumped to my feet, setting aside my thoughts.
I focused on what lay ahead, preparing myself for the new challenge that was about to unfold.
Before long, Ethan appeared in the distance, running urgently.
Behind him, two familiar creatures erged—monkey spiders, similar to the ones I had encountered with Lia and Anna before.
However, these were noticeably smaller than the ones I had faced earlier.
Quickly, I used my appraisal skill on one of the approaching monkey spiders.
A digital list appeared before my eyes, showing their characteristics and details:
**Monkey spider (Baby Phase)**
Height: Varies, typically around 3 feet tall
Weight: Lightweight, about 10-12 pounds
Strength: None.
Weakness: Susceptible to fire attacks and direct blows to critical body parts
Critical Body Parts: Head and abdon are vulnerable spots
Rank: Normal-Rank Monster
Probability: There's a 100% chance of winning against these monsters.
After reviewing the information quietly and processing it all, I closed the window and muttered, "Well, that explains why they're smaller. That's good; their rank and strength aren't much of a threat."
This fight should be easy for .
As Ethan dashed towards with a look of urgency, I positioned myself to confront the approaching monkey spiders.
Ethan deftly maneuvered aside to give space to engage.
Without delay, I sprang into action, delivering quick and well-aid kicks.
The first monkey spider staggered back from the force of my strikes.
I seized the chance and kept up my attack, landing kicks on their weak spots.
Each hit shook the creatures until, with a final powerful kick, they burst apart into fragnts.
Green blood splattered across the forest floor, marking the abrupt end of the encounter.
Gasping from the stench of their blood, I turned to see Ethan watching with a mix of awe and concern.
"Boss," Ethan started cautiously, wiping a green fluid drop from his face, "why do you always explode them like balloons?"
I chuckled softly, catching my breath. "I prefer it that way," I said, looking around to check for any remaining dangers. "It ensures they won't be a threat later on. Trust , it's the safest thod to deal with them."
As Ethan stared at suspiciously, he finally spoke up, "Boss, why didn't you just use your dagger instead of all those kicks?"
I chuckled, trying to dismiss his concern. "Oh, that? I just... never mind. It's not a big deal. Let's focus on the task. Go and find so more monsters."
Before I could finish my sentence, I heard heavy footsteps approaching. Instinctively, I raised my hand to silence Ethan. "Shh, Ethan, quiet," I whispered urgently.
Ethan imdiately stopped talking, sensing the urgency in my tone.
We both listened intently as the footsteps grew louder and faster.
I scanned the surroundings, trying to locate the source of the noise.
Where's that monster? Why hasn't it co after a minute has passed?
Leaves rustled and branches cracked, signaling the movent of sothing large.
Suddenly, I spotted movent high up in a tree about 300 ters away. It was another monkey spider, much larger than the ones I had encountered before.
No way, that's a...
Without hesitation, I shouted, "Run, Ethan! Run!"
Fear gripped us both as we sprinted away in a random direction through the dense forest.
The adrenaline surged through my veins as I focused on evading the incoming threat.
Branches whipped past us, and the ground blurred beneath our feet.
Behind us, the crashing and thudding sounds grew closer, indicating that the monster was in pursuit.
I stole a glance back and saw the monkey spider leaping from tree to tree, closing the distance rapidly.
That's definitely a Rare-rank monster. It's huge in size... It moves a bit slower than the smaller ones, but its attacks...
It keeps spitting black liquid from its mouth, and I'm guessing it's acid.
'Appraise.'
I used my appraisal skill to check its information.
**Monkey spider**
Height: Varies, typically around 8 feet tall
Weight: Lightweight, about 400 pounds
Strength: Enhanced agility and venomous bite
Weakness: Susceptible to fire attacks and direct blows to critical body parts
Critical Body Parts: Head and abdon are vulnerable spots.
Rank: Gold-Rank Monster
Probability: There's a 15% chance of winning against these monster.
'Gold rank? That's less but looking at the probability ter, it is definitely sothing I cannot defeat so, killing is out of option.'
"We need to find cover!" I yelled to Ethan, scanning the surroundings for any potential refuge.
I saw so thick bushes ahead and thought hiding in there might work. Just as I was about to tell Ethan, a stream of black liquid hit the bushes, lting them away in seconds.
"Damn it!" I cursed, glancing back to see the spider closing the distance between us.
"Ethan, run fast! No, faster!" I shouted.
"Boss, I'm not an Iron-Rank like you or a Rare-Rank like that monster! How can I run faster?" Ethan yelled back, struggling to keep up.
Ignoring his question, I thought frantically, The spider's speed is increasing. If this keeps up, it'll catch us in no ti. I have to do sothing.
My eyes scanned the surroundings until I saw the path ahead split into two.
Two paths? Split?
"Ethan, we're splitting up!" I called out.
"What, boss?" Ethan asked, confused.
"Look ahead! There are two paths. You get what I an by splitting up?" I clarified.
"Yes, boss, but which way should I go?" Ethan replied, panic in his voice.
"Left!" I shouted, veering to the right myself.
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