Soon the sun was up. The chirping of some bird-like beasts could be heard.

Shin woke up from a deep sleep only to find Aella sitting right next to him.

"Aella?"

Shin thought that she would sleep longer because he knew that she was quite tired, but it seemed like that was not the case.

"Master, I woke up in order to protect you from dangers...", she said while lowering her head.

"Wait, you were awake the whole time?", Shin asked.

"No Master, I woke up just recently...", she said in a calm tone but Shin knew that something was suspicious.

Of course, he could see some foot marking here and there which clearly belonged to Aella since they were a bit larger than his own.

The marl did look fresh but not too fresh, he predicted it to be some two-three hours older.

"Tell the truth, when did you wake up exactly?", she asked.

"Pardon me for lying master..."

"I never slept in the first place."

"I was just lying down and was about to fall asleep when I felt your back touching me."

p "I realized that you fell asleep so I decided to stay up and look after you and prevent danger from approaching you.", was what Aella said.

"That means you were awake the entire time!", Shin raised his voice.

Of course, he could see that she was quite tired. Even though he was a bit sleepy himself, he couldn't possibly miss the red sleepy eyes!historical

"I said you right, this part of the forest couldn't have large beasts."

Of course, Shin hadn't discovered this part of the forest, nor had he seen any other parts except the one he had wandered earlier. But he could tell that with confidence based upon deductions and his instincts.

"But one could never get careless even if there were no dangers nearby.", Aella made the statement which left Shin speechless.

"..."

'Is this the same little pup that I knew?', Shin asked himself after smirking a bit.

"Haha, you are right."

"My bad, now sleep, I am awake, I'll protect you for now.", Shin decided to let Aella rest for now.

They had to travel to some different place and explore the forest too, but resting and recovering was the priority in all cases. Of course, protecting themselves too.

Shin had another reason to be happy. All this time, he explored the forests alone. Of course, not the entire forest, but how much ever he did, he did it all alone.

So now that he had a partner to explore the forest with, he felt a bit excited, happy, and elated.

'Hmm, I wonder what I should do next.'

"..."

While Shin was thinking about exploring the forest, he recalled the fact that an entire clan had been massacred probably due to a betrayal which the dying wolf told about.

"Hmm, I need to know more about this..."

Aella was awake just a while ago but now she finally went to sleep. Thanks to that Shin couldn't ask her because he didn't want her to be disturbed right now.

Also, he wasn't sure if she knew much about to because she was just a pup day back and probably now too is, but in contrast to what she was now, she was like a baby back then,

She could hardly understand what was going on sp she could hardly tell about the betrayal, at last, that's what Shin thought. But it wouldn't pain to ask, would it?

Shin took a look around and enjoyed the sweet fragrance of the flowers. He didn't enjoy those last night because he fell asleep too quickly, but now he had quite a lot of time to spare so he thought about enjoying the beauty around.

Well, whatever the case, he had to now pass the time. So he thought about trying his best to understand what the system was trying to explain last night.

'Last night, the system told me that I could use the skills of my vessel without even gaining them for myself...'

'Is that actually possible?', Shin asked himself.

'Well, it wouldn't hurt to try.'

He walked a few steps away from Aella and took a stance. He glared at a tree that was right in front of him.

It was not as tall as the tree under which they slept last night, but in case of width, it was definitely wider than the other tree.

'Hmm, so, let's try using that skill...'

'What was that skill again?'

'Wind Run?', Shin was fascinated by that skill long before Aella had evolved. He would gladly accept such skills and use them because of the unimaginable benefits from them.

'Ding'

[ Would you like to use the skill Wind Run Lv.1? ]

"..."

"Yes!", he exclaimed.

[ Command Accepted ]

All of a sudden Shin's entire body was covered with an immense amount of wind.

[ Speed: 85+43 || Max. Speed: ??? ]

Shin vanished from the area. His speed had increased tremendously.

'What the-'

He could hardly see anything because all the wind was gushing towards his face forcing him to close his eyes.

Of course, he stopped himself, but the split-second experience was a lot for him. He turned back only to find that he had traveled more than fifty meters in that split second or a second which was absolutely crazy!

It was estimated that sound could travel 330-350 meters in a second and just now Shin traveled 50 meters in a second. He was basically one-seventh time as fast as sound which was indeed insane!

Shin started to walk back towards the place where Aella was resting when suddenly another notification popped up.

'Ding'

[ The skill Copy has been activated due to the abnormality caused ]

'Ding'

[ You have gained a new active skill 'Wind Run' Lv.1 ]

[ Wind Run -> Uses the power of the wind to increase the speed by 50%

-> Can be used for 00:00:02:00 ( 2 minutes )

-> Cool Down Timer: 00:06:00:00 ( 6 hours ) ]

"..."

To be continued...