131: Fire Hazard

Fire Hazard

Out of curiosity, Ed inspected both Muramasa and Ame-No-Murakumo. Much to his disappointment, only Shusui managed to upgrade into a Mythical grade weapon. Ed was now thinking about Improving his two Katana, as well as the weapons of Gobuta, Goburou, and Garu. He made them Epic grade weapons in order to get them familiarized with using weapons. It has been a couple of months since they started using them. Now that they are Legendary monsters, they deserve Legendary Grade weapons.0

Ed and the others continued to discover more and more about the floor. They actually managed to spot many humans hunting around. Some of them were enemies while most others were represented by blue dots, making them neutral. Ed was slightly annoyed by this. Most of the monsters that he chose to kill would end up being hunted by others. Sometimes he didn't even get to reach the monsters before noticing their numbers dwindling.

"Raikou get into my shadow. I'll recall you guys for now while I look for an empty place to hunt." Having had enough, Ed was going far away from where he was. He guessed that more people would be around the area of the village, so the farther he goes, the fewer the chances of meeting them. Ed floated in the sky after settling everything and started flying. He didn't bother to activate his Zero Sign since this place would definitely have Heavenly Establishment people. Being one himself, it wouldn't be surprising if he could fly.

Ed was flying at a speed much faster than sound. His Ki provided him with the protection needed from the air, as well as the heat that would usually build up by flying at such a speed. Every time he changed his speed a little, a sonic boom would be generated and a sound of thunder would fill the area. Ed didn't bother to use the sound muffling ability of the Spectral Shadow Steps. He would be far away when anyone would try to investigate the cause of the sound.

He flew for over an hour and a half, at a distance of almost 1600 kilometers. Even after flying over such a distance, he couldn't see the end of the floor. All of the floors from before were big. It was simple luck that Ed would find the boss monster easily. But this floor was on a different level. 'The people in the village should know the location of the boss. I guess I'll have to visit it after all.' Ed thought while looking at his Map. Without a single blue dot on the Map, Ed felt relieved. At least no humans were near. If a human enemy tried to stop him, he would simply end him.

Ed now stood in front of the beginning of what seemed to be a forest. The plains and hills extended most of the floor, but now even a forest extended for as far as he could see. The trees reached over tens of meters, yet light managed to reach under it perfectly. Even the think leaves of these trees didn't manage to stop it. Ed was impressed by the quality of the wood of these trees. Ed was reminded of the Giant Sequoia trees back on Earth. Although these trees weren't as big, they weren't far behind. Their wood even looked to be of better quality.

'It would be a waste not to take one…' Ed could think of a couple of ways to use the wood of such trees. So, he cut a couple of them. The giant trees almost fell down on top of him. But, Ed would simply store them in his inventory before they managed to gain momentum. Ed didn't want to kill the trees, so he cut them way above the roots. However, he wasn't an expert. Thus he could only hope for the best.

After finishing, Ed headed towards what seemed to be the center of the forest. He walked for over two hours following a herd of monsters. As he got closer, he could hear the sound of running water. Seemingly, a river was flowing. Ed never had the problem of water. He had prepared enough before entering the tower, and he could create it with his magic. Even his dimension had the ability to provide them with water. For these reasons, Ed simply ignored the river and continued his tracking.

Ed finally got serious and quickly maneuvered around the trees. In an instant, and in less than a heartbeat, he caught up with the monsters. The monsters looked like boars, other than their bigger size. They had much larger tusks as well. Every time they breathed, steam would be let out of their noses. They had three lines of red fur on their backs, while the rest of their body was covered with black fur. More than twenty of them were moving into one group.

Ed summoned his companions and got Raikou to come out of his shadow. Noticing the new arrivals, the boars turned around and got tense. The overwhelming pressure being released by the group of monsters, as well as Ed, made them all tense. However, in a world of kill or be killed, they had no choice but to retaliate. All of them charged at Ed's group in an incredibly swift way. A fire was released from the three patches of red fur on their backs. Ed felt that they looked similar to a fusion between the Pokemon Tepig and Cyndaquil. At a much bigger size.

Their size coupled with the flames made them look like a flaming arrow, ready to pierce the enemies. 'How did this forest survive if these monsters fought this way every time'. Ed saw that as the boars moved towards them, they lit up the ground and the trees in their way on fire. Such a fire hazard living in the forest made Ed question its survivability.

The boars were all Heavenly Establishment level 2. This alone meant that their toughness was at a much higher level. Their Qi as well would be abundant. Yet, the group of twenty didn't even last for more than ten seconds. The flaming arrows hit a wall instead of a human. A wall named Ed and his companions.

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