The constant need to prove himself to those around him was a pit-hole factor Chiron saw clear as day in Ralph's life.
The reason the boy always wanted to do it was probably because he felt a standard or expectation for an A-grade user must be t.
Chiron saw this reason to prove himself as an exploitation.
And so he fed Ralphs ego with words he did not want to hear.
If it had been just Chiron saying it to him in a private space, it would have had no effect whatsoever.
However, the ti and the place were without a doubt tid perfectly.
Delivering maximum damage to a reputation Ralph had worked so hard to maintain.
Besides, Chiron knew that the worse place to disrespect a man, was firstly, in front of his woman.
No man wanted to be called weak in from of his woman, and secondly, it was in front of people that he considered himself to be better than.
Naturally he was going to prove otherwise.
Even though his friends adviced him not to go, he did not do as they said and matched up the mountain.
However, even after climbing a significant distance and past the previous point they had been hunting, he did not see anything.
This prompted him to move further.
After a while more, he was starting to contemplate the idea that Chiron had even seen anything in this mountain top.
It was at that mont that a blue cored mountain Lion entered his eyes.
At first, he was afraid and wanted to run, but then he noticed that it was not moving and there was blood stains around it.
The blue cored mountain lion was dead.
Instantly, he leaped for joy as a thought settled in his mind.
If he were to go back down with evidence that he killed this beast, that would instantly beco another badge under his belt.
After observing the dead animal well, he estimated that it had been dead for only a little over three weeks.
Core beasts had aura energy in their bodies that took significant amount of ti to dissipate before decay occured.
Especially with the strength of this blue core mountain Lion, it would be a long she before it's parts start to decay.
And so he took out his blade and carved out the skin of the creature.
This was very useful and could be used as a blanket and the likes.
But better than that, no one would be able to determine the age of the beast's death from the fur alone.
In this manner, it would be easy for him to claim the kill for himself.
After two hours of waiting below for him, Claudia suggested they went up to find him.
However, it was at this mont that Ralph appeared with a smile on his face.
Under his armpit was the well wrapped fur of the blue cored mountain Lion.
The mont Chiron saw this, he could not help but shake his head a bit.
"Teenagers! So predictable," he thought to himself.
All the teenagers praised Ralph for his accomplishnt.
None of them even for a second thought of the fact that Ralph was only a stone rank cultivator and not a copper rank cultivator.
aning that there was no practical way that he would have achieved such a feat.
There was also the fact that most humans could not fight core beasts of the sa level and expect to co out Victorious without various scars and injuries.
In fact, it would usually take at least two to three cultivators of the sa level to hunt core beasts of the sa rank.
This was just as a result of their natural strength advantage over man.
Then again, these people were by now addicted to praising Ralph for his exploits and since they had watched him fight over and over again to beco victorious, they instantly believed him when he said that he had been the person that killed the blue cored mountain Lion.
All the while, Chiron did not accuse him of lying nor spoke any doubts.
Like the others, he only sang Ralph's praises, helping him to further inflate his already blotted ego.
And Ralph took it all in.
And then after proving himself, he decided to do sothing even Chiron did not expect.
But then again, when Chiron saw it, Ralph's stupidity sowhat made sense to him.
Ralph took the fur and presented it to Claudia, saying that it was a gift, an expression of his love for her as her future husband.
This was a gift Chiron knew was practically considered to be an equivalent of a gold ring to these people.
The expense of this fur in the market would be astronomical, and yet, Ralph was gifting it away.
Chiron could not help but look at this teenager with the gaze of one staring at a fool at work.
But should he really be surprised?
After all, not even expensive gifts, n gave their own lives just for the pleasure of won daily.
Going through feats worse than hell just to prove themselves to won just for the basic biological and evolutionary opportunity to be picked as a mate.
In Chiron's eyes, it was a foolish feat.
After all, did one need to prove that he was the strongest if he was the strongest?
The logic that the world revolved around such notions as self sacrificing for another were not a part of his ideals.
Such self sacrificing feat for anything other than his goals for sustainance and eternal life were abominations that Chiron had long sworn would never be his potion.
While the teenagers admired Ralph and sang his praises so even showing their envy for Claudia, Chiron did not ntion anything about the fur or the sudden dead core beast that happened to be lying around when an egotistic teenager wanted to please those around him.
It was in this manner that Claudia decided to follow Ralph ho.
After all, a gift this expensive ca with unspoken dues to be paid...
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