Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

The two bandit leaders never imagined that it would take this much time and effort for them to swallow the remaining members of the convoy. With the Brigand Master locked down in a fight with the guard commander, it was up to them to lead the bandits.

However, at this moment their morale was all-time low while the members of the convoy were still dearly hanging on using all their strength. Those adventurers that had deserted their comrades were sitting still and doing nothing.

Osbin wanted to shout out commands, but his roars were drowned out by deafening sounds of battle occurring all across.

BOOOM… a thunderous noise accompanied by an intense shockwave came from the place where the young man was engaged in battle with the butler.

"Stop holding back… the [Beast Inheritance] isn't something that you can defeat while keeping most of your powers hidden" even though the person herself wasn't present, her voice sounded near Simon's ears.

"[Beast Inheritance]?" it was the first time Simon had heard something like that which naturally caused him to be confused.

As if expecting this kind of reply, Adalinda's voice sounded once again "Hmph, it's not surprising that you are not aware of it. [Beast Inheritance] are a form of what can be considered ancient symbols and are used by some extremely strong clans of monsters and beasts. Those clans passed down the culmination of the strength and skills in the form of [Beast Inheritance] from generation to generation. This method is being used since the primaeval times".

"The existence of the [Beast Inheritance] was what made the beast clans so formidable. After the second Apex war, it was later revealed that some people and races that coveted the ancient symbols secretively researched on it only to end up in disaster".

"The ancient symbols are extremely powerful, how could it be easily researched, naturally there were uncountable deaths and pandemonium everywhere. Later on, it was declared as a taboo subject and researching it was strictly prohibited everywhere".

Simon nodded his head at the unexpected big revelation. At the same time, it all made sense now, no wonder the enemy he was facing was getting stronger and stronger every moment.

However, what he couldn't understand was how come a human came into possession of [Beast Inheritance] and how powerful it was?

Adalinda seemed to be aware of what he was thinking and hence answered his question once again.

"The [Beast Inheritance] that man has, is incomplete and a cheap copy that does one more harm than benefit. I didn't expect something like that to pop up in such a remote corner of the continent. To answer your question, [Beast Inheritance] although exclusive only to beast clans, can be attained from a beast that had reached over level 700 and can humanise".

"One can get their hands on the [beast Inheritance ] in two ways. First, the beast willingly acknowledges the person as its inheritor and passes down its power. The second method is more crude and brutal in that one has to kill a powerful beast that has cultivated its own [Beast Inheritance] and scavenge the core stone from their body. If they are lucky the core stone might contain the [Beast Inheritance] of that powerful beast".

<br/>"In the case of the former, the inheritor receives the full and complete power of the [Beast  Inheritance] and can also be called as the true inheritor. Whereas, in the latter option the [Beast Inheritance] that is forcibly received from the core stone, contains only a tiny fraction of the power of the original [Beast Inheritance] and are called false inheritor".

"That incomplete copy of a [Beast Inheritance] seemed to be from a Warhammer Demonic Ape that had died a long time and its [Beast Inheritance] was extracted to research. Long story short, if yoiu continue to dilly dally, your opponent will become so strong that you won't even be its match anymore".

Simon's expression immediately became ugly when he heard those words. Currently, he was in no situation to reveal his true self. His brain went into overdrive before suddenly a thought struck him.

When he saw Jeeves rushing towards like a furious beast, he prepared himself mentally. The butler swung its large bulky hands with all his strength in attempt to smash his opponent apart.

BANG… a loud sound like a sonic wave travelled every corner of the campsite and everyone could hear the slight noise of the bone creaking. After preparing himself to get struck, Simon tasted blood within his mouth and felt pain from the area he was struck.

Nonetheless, he was still able to endure it thanks to his powerful body, he then grabbed his opponent and flung him towards the distant forest with all of his strength.

"[Super Enhanced Endurance], [Body Enhancement]" after activating two of his skills to stabilise himself, he gave chase and soon disappeared in the darkness of the forest and from everyone's line of sight.

A petite little girl excitedly hoped and followed behind unwilling to miss the scene that would unfold soon.

Cynthia's gaze lingered around the departing back of the young man, a white light shrouding her eyes.

Simon jumped from one tree branch to another in a practiced and agile manner and swiftly covered the distance where the butler was.

Jeeves was flung quite a distance away from the campsite, the inertia of the throw so great that he had to crash into many surrounding trees to come to a stop. Everywhere he looked, there were only the tall trees surrounding him and the intermittent cries of the nearby monsters that were scared away by his aura, could be heard occasionally.

When he felt the sudden presence approaching him, the butler looked at that direction only to find the man responsible for sending him here.

"You… Kill… Blood" his words were started to become increasingly incoherent and more like the howls of a beast.

"Heh~ you finally used your brain. Now you can go all out without worrying about any human spying on you" Adalinda spoke after quietly following behind him.

Simon ignored her, he was more than aware that the little girl simply wanted to see his limits and know more about the skills he was hiding that she couldn't gaze into. How could he just let her see all of his cards?

Although he was prepared to engage his enemy with all of his powers, he was not naïve enough to simply display all of his trump cards to her.

Simon wasn't far away from the truth, Adalinda who couldn't see through his status, wanted to know more about him and the peculiarities surrounding him. No matter how she saw it, the man did not appear to be a simple low ranking Demon Viscount. There was more to him than what meets the eye.

Simon took a deep breath before storing back the item, Trinket of Grimlock that was given to him by Adalinda to his inventory. Immediately, his figure started blurring, his height that was about two meters, grew even more, two jagged horns protruded from his head and his eyes turned blood red.

Looking at his appearance, one could associate him with only one race, Demon Noble. Seeing his appearance, some clarity finally returned to the butler's eyes, his facial expression told others that he was in a state of disbelief.

The lucidness was shrouded once again by the [Beast Inheritance] and insanity overwhelmed him once again.

Simon used [Analysis] on the man only to find his level spike up to 391 temporarily. It would be one thing if it was just that, but his level and powers were still continuously spiking.

"Super Strength, Super Agility, Super Defence, Super Magic, High- Speed Flight, Mana Lines" activating all of his skills, Simon burst with an unimaginable amount of strength that was not at all inferior to his opponent.

Using all of the skills at once, exhausted and put a great burden on his body; however, he was in no mood to pay attention to it at this moment.

Jeeves who had started losing most of his rationality, didn't wait any longer and started throwing storms of attacks. His attacks were simple and consisted of mostly punches, claws and kicks with no added skills or consideration.

The intent behind all of his attacks were plainly obvious and had no fakes mixed in between. Whereas, in comparison to the butler, Simon's attack was a mix between magic and physical attacks. His methods consisted of many faints and tricky angles that were harder to dodge and continuously struck his opponent's body.

BOOM… BOOM…BANG…

Two figures crisscrossed around the forest like mad decimating and erasing all life around them. Each shockwave and energy collision from their attacks was enough to brutally change the entire topography of the area.

Land was scorched and gouged out in many places, trees had become burned charcoal, corpses of monsters littered here and there, their howls distant as they ran away from this place.

After exchanging blows with the man for a while, Simon was surprised to find that even when his opponent's body was beaten black and blue, his abnormal endurance would allow him to ignore all of that.

Additionally, his high defence that was even above Simon, made it harder for the latter to deal any significant damage. The magic that was having any effect, was the flame arrows condensed to their limits that were able to pierce the steel-like defence of his enemy.

This battle with the enemy made him recognise how powerful the [beast Inheritance] was even if it was an incomplete copy. As time went on, the battle became increasingly harder because of his enemy getting stronger and stronger.

It was to the point where Simon felt like he was fighting with a zombie that had no sense of pain or exhaustion.