Chapter 48: Promoting to a Hunter

In the quiet secret room.

At this moment, it was covered by bursts of the teenager's low roars.

After Boge drank the Eagle Eye potion, the first thing he felt was the burning pain brought by the liquid sliding through his throat, which then turned into a hot current rushing to his limbs and bones.

"Ah—!"

He felt intense pain all over his body, especially his eyes, as if a fire was burning in his eyeballs, and his vision began to twist and reorganize.

This unprecedented pain made him roll on the cold floor clutching his eyes.

"No, the Lord is watching me, how can I be so unseemly?" 【48-

Thinking of this, Boge Chu endured the intense pain, knelt on one knee before Xia Mingyu within his blurred vision, bowed his head deeply, and gritted his teeth, making no further sound.

"You have worked very hard, Boge Chu."

In a world of darkness, he only felt his shoulder being gently pressed by his lord, and a gentle, soothing voice reached his ears.

It is unknown how much time passed, but Boge's consciousness gradually cleared, the pain receded, and his vision returned.

But unlike before, he could now clearly see the tiny dust motes in the air, every minute crack on the walls of the secret chamber, and the greatness of the lord before him!

"Congratulations on successfully digesting the Eagle Eye potion."

Xia Mingyu looked at the youth before him with satisfaction, especially at the other's eyes.

They were a pair of unforgettable eyes.

The pupils were amber, casting a metallic cold light under the light, giving one a sense of extreme penetration; when stared at, one would even feel the chilling sensation of being locked onto by a bird of prey.

Only after noticing his gaze did the cold light in those eyes gradually dissipate, becoming submissive and respectful.

"My lord, it is your glory that protected me," Boge said candidly.

This was not a lie, but his true inner thought; it was the voice in that darkness that had awakened his consciousness.

"However, were you unable to advance directly to Hunter?"

Xia Mingyu looked at the white "Hunter" above the youth's head, a trace of regret flashing across his face.

"No, my lord, I feel I have already reached the limit; what is lacking now is merely a great deed," Boge shook his head and explained.

After taking the potion, he could clearly feel that the power in his body had expanded two or three times, and there was an inexplicable energy condensing, only restricted by some kind of shackle that prevented it from being released.

A great deed? Xia Mingyu was thoughtful.

When he advanced to True Illusionist, he had released a triple magic crest superposition spell, which counted as a great deed. Therefore, the Hunter's great deed should be—a hearty hunt!

The next day.

Howling Wolf Forest.

Soft sunlight passed through the layers of branches and leaves, gathering into beams of golden light that gently sprinkled onto the moss-covered soil.

"The sunlight is truly blinding!"

Feeling the scorching heat on his facial skin, Xia Mingyu pressed the brim of his top hat down further.

"My lord, why don't you rest here in the shade of the trees and come find me after I have accomplished my great deed?" suggested Boge, who was fully armed with an arrow quiver and bow on his back and an iron sword at his waist.

"No matter, I also wish to witness your great deed," Xia Mingyu said indifferently.

After learning of the great deed required to advance to Hunter, the two of them had come here to hunt again after a long time.

During this time, they had also refused Viscount Hughes's strong request to accompany them; after all, this was merely an ordinary hunt, and there was no need for a Morning Star Rank powerhouse to take the field.

Furthermore, he also wanted to take the opportunity to get some fresh air. Although living in Black Wolf Castle was quite comfortable, everyone there was so respectful that it made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

Awoo!

"My lord, we are now at the center of Howling Wolf Forest; there is no need to continue forward."

Listening to the wolf howls that rang out from time to time in the distance, Boge stopped his steps.

"Please stay in the tree for now and witness my great deed," he said respectfully.

Xia Mingyu did not refuse. He condensed blank magic power at his fingertips, aimed at the ground beneath his feet, drew a "Wind" magic crest and an "Impact" magic crest, and then superimposed the two.

Swish!

Accompanied by a blasting sound, a ball of violent wind slammed into the ground.

Borrowing this recoil force, Xia Mingyu leaped up, grabbed the thick branch of the tree above his head, and with a flexible flip, stood upon the tree.

After advancing to the Transcendent Rank True Illusionist, his physical fitness had also become much stronger; at the very least, he could take on three or five college students with his fists alone.

Seeing that Xia Mingyu was in a safe position, Boge then took a black solid from the pocket at his waist and lit it with a match.

After the black solid was lit, it emitted waves of slightly fishy stench, which made Xia Mingyu on the tree unable to help but cover his nose.

Wolf-Attracting Incense—a type of incense specifically designed to attract wild wolves, gifted to Boge by Knight Solin, who had been sparring with him for a long time.

Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!

Not long after the Wolf-Attracting Incense was lit, shrill wolf howls echoed one after another from the depths of the forest, and the subtle sound of branches being knocked aside was faintly transmitted.

Boge's eyes sharpened, his amber pupils as keen as a goshawk's.

His gaze pierced through the layers of bushes and leaves, clearly seeing the trembling eyelashes of the gray wolves that were sprinting toward this place from hundreds of meters away.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly took a cold iron arrow from the quiver on his back, then nocked the arrow and drew the bow; the pine-wood bowstring emitted a crisp hum as it trembled.

Swish!

Accompanied by the sound of breaking air, the arrow crossed hundreds of meters in an instant, violently piercing the eye socket of the distant gray wolf, and, penetrating the wolf's head, nailed it straight to a tree.

Awoo!

A miserable howl of a beast came from the distance.

This was just the beginning. Boge repeated the previous action again and again; his fingers were so flexible that one could almost only see afterimages.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Iron arrows shot toward the distance like the Grim Reaper, and each arrow would trigger a miserable wail a moment later.

"Impressive, it's comparable to shooting a halberd at the gate!"

Standing on the tree, Xia Mingyu exclaimed as he watched this scene.

With his eyesight, even standing on the tree, he could only barely see black dots in the distance and could not yet distinguish whether they were wild wolves.

Yet at such a great distance, Boge was already able to nock his bow and draw his arrow, accurately shooting and killing the wild wolves.

Seeming to notice that Xia Mingyu's eyesight could not see, while there were still seven or eight arrows left in the quiver, Boge put down his bow and arrow and instead drew the iron sword from his waist.

A moment later, accompanied by wolf howls, nine sturdy gray wolves surrounded Boge, staring at him fixedly with wolf eyes full of hatred.

And the leader of the pack, the alpha wolf, had a shoulder height of over one meter and a body length of nearly three meters.

Although it was a wolf, its size was already about the same as a lion on Blue Star, giving one a terrifying sense of extreme danger.

"Sun, Fire, Impact."

Seeing this scene, Xia Mingyu silently began to draw magic crests; once Boge showed signs of weakness, he would release the magic without hesitation.

(End of chapter)