It's been 10 days since the two left the Forest of the Spirits. They are almost on the desert, and it would take around 3 more days to reach the Kingdom of Sabasa, in Safina region.

In those 10 days, no monsters attacked them, so no Bonus Points, but he still had the 10 Daily Spins that he spun every day!

D-rank item, Kunai.

C-rank skill, Bulk-Up.

D-rank skill, Professional Chef.

B-rank item, Necrotic Sword of Doom.

C-rank item, Anti-tank Cannon.

C-rank item, Crescent Rose.

D-rank item, Hollow Mask Replica.

C-rank item, Sonic Umbrella X768

D-rank item, White Shirt

D-rank item, "Raid" Repellent for Mosquito and Flies, 400ml.

Yeah… He put almost everything back inside the Inventory…

A single Kunai was useless;

He didn't want to turn into the "Champion of Darkness" with the Necrotic Sword of Doom;

He didn't need an Anti-tank Cannon, Crescent Rose, a Umbrella-Sword-Gun-Shield Hybrid, a white shirt, and neither a fucking repellent.

But the Hollow Mask Replica was in his interest. He wore it at the side of his head, so he could enter in incognito inside cities if they cared about him being a Sinner, and it was cool.

Then there are the two skills he obtained. The first is Bulk-up, which increases his muscles at maximum.

He tried it once, and it increases his physical power of an additional 200%, and makes him look like a grown-up. It can also be multiplied with the Demon Mark and the Evil God's Forbidden Arts, so it is great!

Then there is Professional Chef, it just makes him cook better food, which Alice likes even more.

Since Zeke was a Demigod, he was capable of ignore the environment's attempt at killing him with heat. However, Alice was affected to it…

"...Hot…" She commented, tiredly slithering beside Zeke.

Zeke sighed and took out the Sonic Umbrella from his inventory, before giving it to Alice. "Use this to cover yourself, and whatever you do, don't pull the trigger. We don't want either corpses or alarming monsters about our presence."

Alice nodded gratefully and grabbed the black umbrella, before pointing it upwards and opening it. The metallic semi-transparent screen over Alice's head covered her from the sunlight, giving her a small pause from the heat,

And before Zeke knew it, she vanished…

[Notification(1)]

A sigh escaped from Zeke's mouth as he unsheathed Angel Halo from its sheath. Soon, a giant figure jumped out from the trees.

This time it was a Tarantula Girl.

[Tarantula Girl: An insect-based monster. Though she holds the ability to create webs, she chooses instead to attack her prey directly and use her silk to deprive them of freedom. She usually sucks out all of the body fluid of her prey, but if she particularly likes the man, she will mate with him instead.]

"Hehe… A delicious-looking human. I'll wrap you up into my silk and make you my prey!"

"Goddammit… Another one." Zeke exasperatedly raised Angel Halo and widened a bit his legs. The Tarantula Girl jumped at Zeke, and he used this opportunity to dash under her big body, cutting her from below.

The Tarantula Girl fell in the ground, with a large cut under her body from where her dark energy flowed out. She turned around and glared at Zeke.

"Don't you dare to escape!" The Tarantula Girl threw herself to Zeke again, this time raising her spider legs at him. He just raised one of his hands and easily caught one frontal leg, while sidestepping the others.

After a bit of pause, the monster remained silent and cold sweat trailed from her face, realizing that she should have just stay hidden.

Zeke, with Angel Halo, slashed at the Tarantula Girl, splitting her horizontally. "F… Fuck…"

She glowed, and turned into a tiny spider, which ran away. Meanwhile Zeke sheathed Angel Halo back and opened his quest list, receiving his 3 Bonus Points. Since he could fight on par with the Heavenly Knights, every survival quest is ranked "Easy", so he will receive 3 Bonus Points for each for a long time.

Meanwhile, Alice slithered back, complaining about the heat while holding an umbrella over her head. "So hot…. And hungry…"

"Just wait a bit, in a few days we will be at the Kingdom of Sabasa. Maybe we can also find a way to get there faster…"

As they kept walking at west, approaching the desert, the atmosphere worsened. "Uhhg… Why is the air so dry?" Alice complained even more. The umbrella only covered her upper body, leaving her tail under the sun.

"Of course it's dry, we are near the desert. You expect it to snow?" Zeke asked sarcastically, making Alice grumble. Then she stopped moving and muttered something. "Bleh, another monster… Making me to move more than necessary when it's so hot…"

Then she vanished another time, leaving Zeke alone.

The next second, heavy footsteps were approaching, and Zeke turned around in time to see a Minotauros slamming on him. Zeke was pushed back by some couples of meters before he implanted his feet in the ground, stopping the monster girl's charge.

The Minotauros, surprised, said. "Impossible! No human can stop me!"

"YEET!" Zeke swiped off the monster's legs, grasped tightly her body, and rotated her upside down before throwing her on the ground.

The weight of the monster, coupled with the strength behind that technique made the Minotauros' head stick inside the ground. Zeke backed away and looked better at the monster girl.

Surprisingly, the only detail outside normal were her size, horns and a cow tail. For the rest, she resembled a human.

[Minotauros: A monster that resembled a cow, she has a surprisingly human appearance. There is no human soldier that can match her in brute strength, though. Able to knock down any man, she will then take that opening to rape them. In most cases the goal is to feed instead of reproduction.]

Soon, the monster girl took out her head from the ground and faced Zeke with a smirk. "Interesting, it was a while since I had a challenge!"

She grasped the giant battle axe on her back and wielded it with skill. She roared as she swung it to Zeke, who just extended one hand.

*Clang!* The battle axe met with Zeke's hand, bouncing off from his skin, much to the monster's surprise.

Using that opening, Zeke clenched his right fist and slammed it on the Minotauros' stomach, making her spit saliva in the ground.

She backed away, fearful of Zeke's unnatural strength. "Ugh… What's with that monstrous strength…" And then she fell on her butt.

Zeke unsheathed Angel Halo and finished the job by beheading the monster girl. Her body glowed and turned into a calf, who runned away.

He exasperatedly sheathed Angel Halo and said. "Damn… I would like to have some sort of challenge now…"

Alice slithered back and commented. "Who else do you want to fight? There is almost no one that can make you get serious."

"Well, I can still hope… Now let's go, we will get in the desert pretty soon." Both Zeke and Alice continued to go to west, while Zeke claimed the 3 Bonus Points he gained with the Minotauros.

[STATUS UPDATE] (AN: It is starting to get ridiculous so I will just write the maximum of day and night.)

Name: Zeke Conquest

Age: 15 years old

Sex: Male

Race: Demon/Demigod

Title: Hero, Monster Hunter, Pirate Lord.

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Strength: 175 (MAX: 11'602/16'852)

Endurance: 140 (MAX: 1'662/1942)

Constitution: 164 (MAX: 10'942/15'862)

Dexterity: 170 (MAX: 11'302/16'402)

Mantra: 1102 (MAX: Infinite)

Bonus Stats: 9

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Active: Energy Drain, Monsterpedia, Evil God's Forbidden Arts, Hellblaze, Power of Darkness, Soul Stealing, Indura, Bulk-Up

Passive: Pirate Lord, Piety, Demonic Physiology, Regeneration, Monster Calamity God Slayer Fist, Musical Deity, Professional Chef.

Hybrid: Sun Authority: Leo, Mantra of Wrath, Demon Mark, Sylph's Blessing.