Chapter 10: Extraction System Capabilities

A chilling wave of silence swept through the clearing.

All eyes turned in Amon’s direction, filled with shock and quiet suspicion.

The words that Dominion was about to say got caught in his throat as his gaze landed on the sight of the two Tusk Boars lying beside Amon, dead.

"You... killed them just like that?" Rivernight was the first to regain his composure.

The group just stared at Amon as though he were a monster.

All along, they had been trying to kill the Tusk boars, but their progress had been very slow; however, Amon had just casually slain two as though it was nothing.

After Rivernight, Dominion was the next to regain his composure.

He faced Amon and gritted his teeth before finally saying.

"You had such strength, and yet you still didn’t contribute to the battle all these while?"

Clearly, he was still seeking trouble; however, Amon was unwilling to entertain him.

Ignoring the stares of the group on him, he closed in on another Tusk Boar.

His speed was at the limit of an ordinary human, so with a single sprint, he had already closed in on the Tusk Boar, who was still munching on the grass.

The moment Amon closed in on it, its fur’s hair stood on end, but it was already too late.

Shing!

Another light bloomed, and the head of the Tusk Boar rolled to a stop.

Dominion’s face flushed in embarassment at how Amon had casually ignored him.

However, he didn’t say anything more.

Amon’s strength had already spoken for itself, and he knew trying to entangle himself with Amon would only be less beneficial to him.

"What are you guys doing standing around like that? Quickly! Begin extracting the hide."

His words rattled everyone up, and they immediately got to work.

Taking out their daggers they had in their backpacks, they began peeling off the hide of the beasts.

Dominion also got to work. Peeling off the hide of the beast, while occasionally watching

Amon.

What they thought would be a difficult battle had been effortlessly solved by Amon.

Shink! Shink! Shink!

Rapid white flashes erupted in the clearing, and as they did, Tusk Boars fell one by one.

[Ding! Congratulations! You have killed A Tusk boar. Gained 20 Exp. Do You wish to extract?]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have killed A Tusk boar. Gained 20 Exp. Do You wish to extract?]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have killed A Tusk boar. Gained 20 Exp. Do You wish to extract?]

Before long Amon had killed more than twenty, and his arm had grown sore due to constantly swinging the blade.

Internally, every time the system notification popped up, he had already accepted to extract.

As such, by now, Amon understood he should have extracted more than 20 times.

Glancing at his surroundings, he noted that the group were already peeling off the hide.

Taking a safe spot, he scanned the clearing before pulling up the system screen.

[Ding! You have extracted twenty-one times, in which ten have failed. Do you wish to view extracted items?]

Amon’s lips twitched ever so slightly at the fact he had lost ten extractions; however, he didn’t let it get to him.

’Show me what you’ve extracted so far’ he said lightly, and the system bloomed to life.

[Ding! Extracted 0.1 Physique, 0.1 skill point and 2 lives.]

[Ding! Extracted 0.1 Physique, 0.1 skill point and 2 lives.]

[Ding! Extracted 0.1 Physique, 0.1 skill point and 2 lives.]

...

The information continued for ten consecutive times before a different piece of information was displayed on the last time.

[Ding! Extracted a defence skill and 2 lives.]

Amon was quietly stunned as he glanced at the extracted attributes.

A look of shock appeared on his face at how unbelievable it was.

Lives were the currency of Nexus and could only be obtained by killing elite monsters, killing boss-tier monsters, or completing unique quests and clearing special trial grounds.

But he had received it by killing ordinary beasts?

It was simply shocking to think about.

’With this I no longer have to worry much about entering zones that consumes a large amount of lives...’ Amon was excited at the thought.

He shifted his attention to the defense skill, and it was instantly distributed to him.

[Tusk Defence (f-Rank) (Upgradable): Increases the user’s defense by 3 for a duration of 30 Seconds.]

Amon glanced at the description of the skill and was silently disappointed.

+3 defense, although beneficial, was still a little disappointing.

But, his eyes soon lit up when he came across the ’upgradable section.’

Without hesitation, he ’clicked’ on it mentally.

In the forums he had read, there was nothing like a skill being upgradable, so Amon was naturally curious.

A new pop-up notification from the system appeared in Amon’s line of sight.

[Do you wish to consume 1 skill point to upgrade skill?]

’Consume a skill point to upgrade the skill?’ Amon’s eyebrows shot up instantly.

He was previously confused about what the skill point he had extracted meant...

However...

’By extracting skill points I can upgrade my skills...’ Amon realized...

His heart was filled with a turbulent wave of emotions instantly.

This was simply overpowering.

Nodding lightly, he gave the order for the skill to be upgraded.

Instantly, the skill flashed with a green glow, then a new line of words appeared.

[Tusk Defense (F+Rank) (Upgradable): Increases the user’s defense by 5 for a duration of 30 Seconds.]

It was a small upgrade that could be ignored; however, the future prospects it brought made Amon grow restless.

Can a skill be upgraded to S or even the legendary SSS rank?

Amon didn’t know yet, but he guessed that with enough skill points it was entirely possible.

He ran a hand through his hair, exasperated, then called out his status panel.

[Name: Weaver] [Level 3: (520/2000)]

[Class: ?]

[Talent: Prefix Extraction]

[Strength: 20]

[Physique: 21]

[Spirit: 20]

[Agility: 20]

[Attack Power: 82]

[Free Stat Points: 10]

[Lives: 32]

Before Amon could dwell more on the changes to his system screen, a voice broke his thoughts.

"Senior, we are done gathering the hides." Dominion put on a flattering smile as he rushed up to Amon, who was casually resting on a tree with an unbothered expression.

Seeing him approach, with the flattering smile on his face, made Amon’s lips twitch.

The others soon gathered around Amon, their expressions slightly apologetic.

Meanwhile, Ava had a complex expression on her face.

Amon glanced at all of them before his gaze landed on Dominion.

He touched the hilt of his blade calmly.

"Next time, try to treat everyone equally."

"What—" Before Dominion could reach, a blade flew, and his head flew from his body.

His body tilted to the side before collapsing.

Amon glanced at the others with a smile that sent a chill down their spines.

He tossed the bag towards them.

It would only be an F-rank mission at best, not worth his time heading back to the village to retrieve it.

"Scurry off before you receive similar fates from him!" Amon threatened, pointing to their leader who was dissolving into specks of light.

Clearly, he had been resurrected back at the beginner village, as five of his lives had been consumed. Amon hadn’t actually killed him.

He wasn’t a murderer... at least not yet.

The group thanked him profusely and hurried away; however, a figure waited silently behind... biting her lips, she glanced up at Amon.

A calm, unbothered smile appeared on Amon’s face. "To what do I owe the pleasure of having a beautiful lady stare at me with such an expression?"