It was a five-day journey to the Eastern region of the Dark Jungle, walking through twenty kilometers in the vast dark expanse.
In the Fallen Realm, the day was shorter and the night was longer.
The day had only eight hours, and the night was sixteen hours longer.
The Night reigned absolute.
And Lenny, as a descendant of House Night. He thrived in the night, having supernatural-like night visions which allowed him to see very clearly in the dark.
Within those five days journey, Lenny encountered quite the numbers of Apocalypse creatures.
More than fifteen.
And the fact that he was still alive, meant he slew them all. But all of them were of the Common rank.
With the highest being also a Level 3, Common rank Apocalypse creature.
The Black Lizard of Behovena.
Ten of them were Level 1 Common rank Apocalypse creatures which he had dealt with fairly.
Level 2 Common rank Apocalypse creatures took more time but he still dealt with them.
Acquiring experience on the way and increasing his Stats.
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The ferocious breeze blew eerily, scattering dried leaves and dust across the scene.
Walking into the scene was a young man, his bushy hair was covered in dirt, and there was nothing to clean himself with in this Dark Jungle.
His plain black T-shirt was all tattered and dirtied within this five-day journey, only his blue pants were still somewhat neat.
He was just done feasting on the last Common rank Apocalypse creature he had defeated and roasted.
He wore a satisfactory smile while observing his location, "This should be the entrance of the Eastern region, its outskirts…."
"If I should make a direct move…..I believe Behovena would notice me coming" He softly exhaled.
"Well, that wouldn't be bad, but I need to understand who I am dealing with for now," He chuckled.
He summoned the status window.
[Updating Player's Information]
[Name: Lenny Night]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Player Status: Awakener]
[Fallen Rune Status: Awakened]
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[Fallen Rune: Rune of Imagination, Rune of Lightning]
[Rune Class: Spark of Lightning]
[Class Description: Lightning answers the will of the Heavens]
[Fallen Rank: Divine, Classic]
[Mana Aptitude: Passive]
[Rune Level: 0]
[Rune Description: Your Imaginations are reality]
[Rune Description: Born from the soul of Lightning, ushered into the raging world of storms]
[Rune Mastery: 15%]
[Rune Slots: {1/1}]
[Your imagination resets every 24 hours]
Lenny heaved in relief; it had been two days since he started using the Rune of Lightning.
And he found it amusing.
Lenny could also imagine other Rune abilities aside from elements, but for now, he needed to master the elements.
He has used both fire and water, earth and lightning.
But preferred Lightning and Fire for now.
Lenny lingered for a moment, "All my Imagined Runes seemed to be stuck at the Classic rank"
"Does it have to do with my current status? Would I awaken high ranks from my imagination?" He wondered.
Lenny quickly reorganized his thoughts as he had other things he needed to focus his attention on.
Things like the Behovena.
It's been six days already since he descended into the Fallen Realm and was transported into the Dark Jungle.
His First Apocalypse was still ongoing.
He was targeting the mysterious Behovena since he believed it was the key to his conquest.
Stepping into the borderline of the Eastern region.
Lenny was met with aggression as two Level 1 Common rank Apocalypse creatures unleashed their fury upon him.
They were the guards of the borderline.
Servants of Behovena.
Lenny was expecting them, amplifying his speed with lightning, he evaded the claws of a Level 1 Common rank Apocalypse creature.
They took the shape of giant wolves.
The second wolf attacked Lenny, who was also quick to evade; his body brimmed with ferocious lightning bolts.
His eyes flickered, Lenny channeled his mana straight from his Mana Core.
While maintaining the distance, he drew out the essence of mana from his Mana Core and fired two lightning bolts, crushing the two protectors of the borders.
Seconds later, the whisper of the Fallen System came in.
Confirming their deaths.
[You've slain a Level 1, Common rank Fallen creature: Totem of Behovena]
[You've slain a Level 1, Common rank Fallen creature: Butem of Behovena]
[You've gained 1sp]
[You've gained 1sp]
Lenny smiled in satisfaction, happy at his gains. 1sp might not be much but it was another increase for his Stats again.
Lenny felt more powerful, stronger than ever.
He quickly gained access to his personal Stats.
[Uploading Player's Stats]
-Strength: 6.5
-Speed: 6.5
-Intelligence: 7.5(Temporary)
-Mana: 10(Temporary)
-Endurance: 5.5
Lenny had divided 21sp equally amongst his Stats, with both Strength and Speed taking 5exp each.
Intelligence received 4 sp, Mana received 3 sp, and Endurance received 4sp.
With the massive increase in his Strength Stat and Speed Stat, Lenny was stronger and faster than before.
Now he had 2 more sp to spare, he added the 2sp into Strength Stat.
-Strength: 8.5
He was nearing saturation.
He felt stronger once again. Each changes were noticable in his body even if they weren't significant.
He still felt the changes and adaptation.
Lenny observed the fried corpses of the two Level 1 Common rank Apocalypse creatures.
He felt bitter as he was going to the abattoir with this juicy meat, he had no time to spare.
With two of its servants gone…
Behovena would surely send more to guard his territory and report to it.
Lenny was going to use this to his advantage. He wouldn't be struggling to fetch out Behovena as they would be leading him to his prey.
Lenny was still doubtful if he was actually the predator and Behovena was the prey.
Or it was reversed.
What if Behovena was actually an Evil Spirit?
That thought made him shudder. Lenny was glad that his imaginations were currently limited and restricted.
If not, he was going to be the very end of himself.