Chapter 16
During the following days, Lith made several discoveries about the changes he had undergone . His body felt lighter than ever, all his physical abilities augmented, all his senses sharper and heightened, compared to before .
There had also been cosmetic changes in his appearance . The moles on his body had visibly shrank, his skin was smoother than after a Spa treatment back on Earth and most of the freckles around his nose and eyes had disappeared .
Lith took note of all these changes, trying to understand what had happened, but he could not care less about beautifying effects . Even with no moles and freckles at all, he would still look like a crude hillbilly .
If his mother had passed anything to him, he was unable to notice . Unlike his sisters, Lith had nothing of her beauty or grace . Elina moved like a ballerina, while he was rough and clumsy enough to feel like a caveman .
Lith had deep set eyes like his father, a high forehead and a nose a little too big to be proportionate to his visage .
He wasn't ugly but not even cute . The best he could give himself was a solid six out of ten . Lith's only hope for improvement was the teenage growth spurt, to get rid of his thin and scrawny build .
Figuring out the changes in the mana core required even more time . Lith understood that his mana had undergone a qualitative change, becoming purer and denser .
This allowed him to cast stronger spells, also reducing the time he needed manipulate elemental and spirit magic, resulting in faster casting speed .
Through Invigorate, he could now spot the presence of that tar-like material scattered all around his body, in his organs, blood vessels and even in the neural pathway .
Whenever he used the Accumulation technique, he could feel the smaller tar-like particles being pulled toward the mana core, while the bigger ones would fragment over time, shrinking in size before actually moving .
Confident in his new strength, Lith started getting deeper in the woods, hunting for bigger preys . He was no longer afraid of predators . Instead of avoiding them, he started looking out for them .
Lith wanted for his family to have enough fur to make a set of warm clothes for everyone . He was sick of being forced to wear so many layers of clothes during winter, that he was unable to walk properly, swinging every step like a penguin .
The problem was that Lith still moved through the forest making a lot of noise, exuding enough killing intent to scare away anything that wasn't stupid or desperate enough to stand in his way .
It was only thanks to the Life Vision spell combined with spirit magic that he was still capable of hunting . The spirit magic range had expanded to over 30 meters (32 . 8 yards) range, so he could easily kill any animal that tried to escape by climbing trees or by taking flight .
When Lith wasn't able to catch anything, he would shoot down any bird that made the mistake of flying within his scope .
One day, Lith was exploring a new area of the Trawn woods, hoping to find a fur wearing meal, killing two birds with one stone .
While looking at a small mound, his Life vision spotted three lifeforces hiding a few meters underground . They were not strong enough to be predators, but they were big enough to be a perfect lunch .
"If those are rodents or other smart animals, there could be more than one exit . I have no time to waste, I'll force them out!"
After getting on the highest spot of the mound, always keeping both eyes on the prize, he used earth magic .
"Magna!" The ground around him started to shake, making the burrow and the small tunnels collapse . The creatures started panicking, taking the most direct route out .
Lith started running, following their underground movements as close as possible, not letting them get out of the spirit magic range .
From a well-hidden hole near a bush, came out three big fat rabbits, two of them still wearing a snow-white fur .
"Lucky!" Lith screamed while snapping his fingers, forcing the rabbits' neck to a 180° turn .
"I'll keep the brown white one for myself, while I'll trade the other two pelts with Selia for some fur of lesser quality but much more quantity . Today is really my lucky day . "
Lith was so used being alone in the woods to always think out loud, to break the feeling of isolation . He hung the rabbits to his belt by the ears and started walking toward Selia's house .
After a few steps, Lith heard an odd sound closing in . He had never heard it before, so he started looking around for its source . Soon he could see two horses in the distance, galloping in his direction .
"F*ck! It seems I have been too loud . Fight or flight?" To answer his own question, he activated Life Vision again . The horses were just horses, while the men were far from impressive .
The one taking point was barely as strong as Selia, while the one behind was even weaker than Raaz, Lith's father .
Lith forced himself hiding a cruel smile . "Well, well . My first encounter with complete strangers in this new world! Are they good people? I bet that humans are humans everywhere . This would mean that they are a**holes! I can't wait to find out!"
Lith stood there, waiting for them to arrive .
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