*Ding*

[ The river from here contains many river-weeds ]

The system displayed this message as an extra.

'Hmm, I think I know why.'

Shin saw the width of the river which had been reduced by a bit. On top of that, while the water sure was flowing quite rapidly with great force, the bed region areas had water much calmer.

Since many beasts would think about crossing the river by moving towards the narrower region, the plant-type monsters could hunt them easily.

Due to this, the area had become nutrient-rich and because of that, more and more plant-type monsters were present – especially the River-Weeds.

Shin realized that after which he kept on using his skill All-Seeing Eyes to walk carefully.

But just as he had walked a few steps, he suddenly realized that he wasn't alone.

Yes, he took a look at his own shadow only to find the three shadow wolves hiding in his shadow.

"You three, you were still hiding in my shadows?", Shin seemed surprised when he found them.

The three of the shadow wolves emerged from the shadows.

They suddenly bowed and whimpered while asking for punishment.

"Please punish us, your highness."

"We failed to protect you earlier.", one of the shadow wolves said.historical

Well, it was not their fault.

They had never earlier faced an aquatic plant-type monster. Also, the monster was a master at hiding its aura since it was being underwater while unleashing its tentacles-like grass ends.

"Ah, it's fine."

"It's not like you would be able to protect me always.", Shin said.

He meant that only to cheer them up, but it had a completely different effect.

'Even if we remain with his highness, we can't protect him always..'

'Is this what he has thought about us?'

".."

All of them suddenly went quiet.

They realized how weak they were. Yes, for some time, they thought that they had grown stronger because their senses had been regained, but it was now that they realized that they were nowhere near the threshold that is required to even be with Shin.

'Unless we are at least as strong as His Highness, we won't be able to protect him.'

They understood that they were too weak right now.

'In our current state, instead of helping, we would just get in his way and in the end, we would be the one to receive help.', the shadow wolves realized.

They were weak, at least not at the level in which Shin was currently residing. But that didn't mean they couldn't get stronger.

The realization just now became a strong will that showed them their aim. Now all they had to do was get stronger to protect Shin, the one who not only saved them but also helped them to an unimaginable degree.

"Alright, you three, I think you should get back inside my shadow.", Shin said.

"Yes.", the three of them bowed and then returned to his shadow.

'Sigh, I can't believe I forgot to order them to go with others..'

'I know..'

'This is probably Deoras' plan.'

'He wants to let these three remain with me so that they can be of some help.'

'But Deoras, I think they would be in trouble constantly if they remain with me.', Shin thought.

Well, he continued to use his All-Seeing Eyes as he walked while looking around and observing his surroundings.

He took a look at his MP which was almost full by now.

Yes, All-Seeing Eyes didn't consume too much of the MP. The regaining of the MP was literally faster than the amount was consumed by the All-Seeing Eyes.

[ MP: 1213/1300|| Max. MP: 9999 ]

He could use his skill Speed Run yet again to cover a large amount of distance.

However, this time, he decided to remain cautious as well since the number of River-Weeds around the area where he would be running would have increased.

His eyes started to glow with green light as he used the skill Speed Run.

*Ding*

[ You have used the skill Speed Run ]

And yet again, his agility increased and he covered another one-eight of the distance that he had to travel.

Now, in total, he had covered about three-eighth of the total distance required to travel. Yes, out of this, two-eighth were while using the skill while another one-eighth was when he walked for about thirty minutes.

*huff huff*

'I consumed a lot of MP again.'

'But it's a good thing that I kept a track of it.'

And just as he thought that he used his skill All-Seeing Eyes again which he had deactivated temporarily.

'The system was right, there are tons of River Weeds here..'

Basically, the entire riverbed was filled those River-Weeds.

Shin basically could see them clearly without using All-Seeing Eyes as well since the water was extremely clear. They looked like normal grasses protruding out of the water, but he could actually see how dangerous they were.

Yes, he saw their levels and decided to avoid them.

[ Race: Level 78 Weed ( Exp 91.01%) ]

[ Race: Level 65 Weed ( Exp 41.33%) ]

[ Race: Level 53 Weed ( Exp 19.27%) ]

[ Race: Level 49 Weed ( Exp 16.11%) ]

[ Race: Level 3..]

These were the levels that he came across.

For mere grasses to be this strong – it meant that they devoured beasts and other types of animals frequently.

If not, it would be nearly impossible for them to grow up to such a level.

And since they were of such a high level, they could withstand the strong waves.

Shin decided to walk further away from the river as he continuously saw them as a threat and because of this, he forgot about the threat that the forest itself could give.

A wild boar suddenly came charging towards him from the forest.

If not for his animal-like instinct, he wouldn't have known that there was a danger approaching from the forest.

p Also, the system too played a role in portraying the danger.

[ Warning ]

[ Incoming Wild Boar from the forest ]

Yes, the three shadow wolves emerged from the shadows before the boar could approach Shin and attack it. Yes, they were able to successfully injure it by biting it, however, the boar kept running until it fell in the river while bringing the shadow wolves down it.

".."