Qualities of a King. Elemental power of winter (3)
A belt ring.
I’ve heard of it many times before.
A message floated in front of him with a refreshing sound.
‘Huh?’
And the contents of the system window that popped up.
His vision, which had been filled with tears, contained enough information to wake him up in an instant.
‘What, what.’
He opened his mouth blankly.
“How?”
Beside Winter was Soyul, who was still stroking his back with a worried expression.
He had no time to focus on anything else.
Because it was the new characteristic information that popped up in front of his eyes.
Because it was kind of embarrassing.
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[Speciality Shop: Purchased characteristics can be deleted at any time.]
[By preying on orcs, a new species trait is unlocked.]
[Orc Genetic Extraction Characteristic ‘Strength’: Develops the strength of the species to the limit. However, even if it is the same characteristic, the number of strength applied according to the limit of the species in question is applied differently.]
[When purchasing this ability, it will be applied immediately.]
Price 50000 points.
[Orc Genetic Extraction Characteristic ‘Discharge of the Chestnut’: Reveals the surrounding beings to live and announces its prestige.]
[When purchasing this ability, it will be applied immediately.]
Price 2500 points.
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‘Wow! Crazy. Seriously, what the hell is this?’
The first thought that came to Winter’s mind was ‘crazy’.
‘What do I have to do to get 50,000 points?’
He still hadn’t fully grasped the meaning of these traits and the symbolic meaning of each price.
‘After reading it roughly, I know it’s good, but…. Ah, no matter how serious this is, isn’t it?’
A whopping 50,000 points.
At least, I couldn’t even guess how much I would have to grow to be able to afford to buy that, let alone the current winter.
[·······.]
Because.
For a while, I couldn’t shut my mouth that was wide open.
“Ha, how?”
Looks like he was a bit worried.
The smile girl, who had been checking her left and right eyes with her cautious expression, gently closed the open winter chin with her fingertips.
Indeed, Winter himself did not even realize that fact and only opened his eyes.
‘That, but…. It’s not that I can’t buy it.’
Assuming, if you roughly estimate it, maybe.
I think it’s possible.
If you collect it for quite a long time.
Currently, the remaining points that Winter had collected were all about 5150 points.
Fast feet. Thick beard. And even timid footsteps.
Except for the sense of smell and beast boots he had from birth, the attributes he had purchased since the last time were all three attributes.
So far he hasn’t added any more abilities.
Because he didn’t know when his mother would catch a new monster, and moreover, he didn’t know how many points it would cost.
Now, rather than blindly choosing to increase attributes as long as he can afford it, Winter held back his impulse and waited for more useful attributes.
But I never thought I would acquire these characteristics.
I really couldn’t even imagine it.
Winter rolled his head hard for the first time in his life.
‘So far, the time it took me to collect that many points was a little over one to three months…’
So, if you just look at it according to simple estimates.
Perhaps ten times as long as that.
For him to purchase that orc’s characteristic, ‘muscular strength’, it was expected that it would take at least two and a half years.
At least, it was a possible figure under the premise that the points were steadily collected without using them.
But soon.
Winter thought differently.
‘No, no. I will never grow up under my mother. Besides, am I a monster? Usually, monsters basically became adults faster than humans. Maybe even shorter than that.’
In the midst of winter, the moment when I think about it.
Stupid.
Suddenly, his ears stood upright when he sensed an abnormality.
At the same time, a familiar smell rushed in from somewhere.
‘This…’
At that time, a huge shadow fell in the sky.
‘Huh?’
I wanted something, so I raised my head.
I saw a black dot.
Something was falling from the sky.
‘Ah. It’s my mother.’
Quaang!!
Immediately after that, the leader of the group, the werewolf Yuhwarin, fell to the ground with a loud roar.
I quickly turned my head with a sharp blue light in my eyes.
[Kurrureu!]
Hwarin Yu.
She urgently sought her children first.
And soon, Yuhua Lin was able to find Winter in a messed up look from behind her, staring blankly at herself.
Of course, Soyul and Misoah next to him stood still as if holding him.
Prior to anything else, she hurriedly approached her child, Winter.
Within a while, she seemed to meticulously examine every detail of her child.
Within a long sigh, he released his beast costume and transformed into a human form.
“Haaa-.”
A languid breath leaked out.
The nerves in her upright body and the muscles in her arms seemed to be draining.
I’m glad.
I don’t know what happened, but her child, Winter, seemed safe.
Although her fur was drenched in blood, her face was a mess.
Other than that, she wasn’t scratched or hurt or looked like she was harmed.
[Arr.]
If you look at Winter’s behavior, which actually struggles and exposes its little teeth.
It was clear that he was perfectly fine.
Sniff sniff.
But my mother Yuhwarin.
Soon after sniffing every aspect of the winter’s drenched fur, he suddenly frowned.
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[Woah!]
Immediately, as if I had been entrusted with something unpleasant, I took the winter away.
[Arr?]
For a moment, Winter expressed doubts about his incomprehensible behavior.
Even if it’s Yuhwarin.
If the stench was this bad, she couldn’t hold her in her arms like usual.
It was a difficult task for these werewolves, who had a great sense of smell even with infinite affection and love.
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[Kleur-!]
With the back of her nose twisted.
Her mother, Yuhua Lin, who had been observing her surroundings for a while, did not lose her vigilance to her surroundings for a while.
She repeats the act of exploring and examining her surroundings from a distance several times.
She seems to have been convinced that the threat around her had completely dissipated.
Returning to the dungeon, Yuhwarin’s mother checked not only Winter, but also the other two sisters, Yui and Yumi, to see if they were hurt somewhere.
“Miu Miu!” “Hyaaagh!”
But the two sisters in winter.
She struggled with her limbs, struggling to get away from Yuhua Lin.
While desperately struggling, Yoo Hwa-rin let go of the two of them.
The sisters desperately licked each other around the area she held onto to erase their body odor.
“Ah.”
It was only then that Yuhwarin realized the reason. She
Lowered her head to look at her own arms.
Her own hands, smeared with her soggy blood.
There was dried up blood that had been soaked in his fur just a short while ago.
Of course, the stench was so terrible that it lingered thickly inside the crypt.
“·······.”
Her mother Yuhua Lin lifted her head.
I see her two sisters creeping away from her.
The stench was considerable.
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The pack of werewolves started carrying the corpses of dead orcs on their shoulders one by one.
It seems that even that large orc is not too heavy for adults.
Each of them dug in their nails and carried two or three corpses on their backs.
You can’t help but admire his strength whenever he sees it.
Looks like you’re probably acting right.
The group seemed intent on throwing them away without even eating them.
The direction they were heading was towards the bone pit where corpses were dumped.
‘Well, I don’t want to eat those smelly things again.’
When I think about it even now, the memory is still vivid.
The moment a chunk of orc’s flesh was placed on the jagged tongue of winter, the dizzying smell that spread throughout his mouth.
It was such a terrible smell.
[Woah!]
Just in time, the adult werewolves who were carrying the corpse of the orc are seen gagging.
Even his head was shaking from side to side, as if the tears were covering his face.
Some seem to have been reluctant to even carry it on their shoulders, even carrying it with their long grips.
···Yes, I thought so.
I understand.
Adult werewolves generally had excellent winter physical requirements, befitting grown adults.
So if he had a better sense of smell than that, he would be excellent, not less.
How difficult it is to see such people carrying such a stinky mass.
‘I didn’t know that having a sensitive nose could actually be a disadvantage. It would be fortunate if I knew from now on.’
I didn’t know that having a sensitive nose would work as a downside.
Then maybe.
Perhaps in winter he is particularly vulnerable to things like the acrid smell of smoke from a fire.
Like most wild animals.
‘Well, there is no law saying that excellence always works only as an advantage. I learned something important.’
And the current winter.
It was still covered with the stench that everyone hated.