Shang went into the dark cave. He thought that his mind was focusing on his surroundings and how to find a powerful beast, but he noticed several times that his attention was slipping.

'I'm not focused!' he thought with frustration.

'I made my choice!'

'I don't have time to think about these feelings!'

'Fucking focus!'

Shang's mind kept passively inspecting his surroundings as he went deeper into the cave.

First, Shang walked upwards, but he noticed that the beasts he found only became weaker.

So, he decided to walk down.

'The higher I go outside the mountain, the stronger the beasts, but it's the opposite in this cave.'

As Shang found the first Commander Stage beasts, his focus increased.

The danger of his surroundings was pulling his mind away from its painful thoughts to focus on staying alive.

After a while, Shang reached a place where he could see Early Commander Stage beasts, but he went further.

'Everything for my goal! Even if absorbing a more powerful beast is way more dangerous, the increased efficiency is worth it!'

'It's all for my goal!'

But was that the true reason?

Was the increased efficiency really the reason why he was seeking out a Mid Commander Stage beast to absorb?

Shang kept descending until his Darkness Vision picked up a beast.

It was lying in wait on the top of the cave. Its gigantic pincers were ready to strike at anything that came close to it.

It was a beast with a Darkness Affinity.

BANG!

Shang charged upward with an Ice Blast.

He arrived so quickly that the beast barely had time to react.

If an ambush hunter got the opportunity to strike first, it would be able to unleash a terrifying amount of power.

However, if that same ambush hunter got ambushed, it would find itself in a lot of trouble.

The majority of the beast was buried inside the ceiling, with only its gigantic pincers peeking out.

This was not a good position to evade an incoming attack.

BANG!

Sword punched through the pincers, cutting them off the beast's head.

The beast screeched and exploded out of the ceiling.

BANG!

Shang released another blast with his left leg and kicked the approaching beast with his right.

BOOOOM!

Shang's leg broke in several places, but the beast was violently thrown into the hole it had created to wait for its prey.

BANG!

and cut through the

The beast was dead.

fell to the ground, and Shang looked for its heart with more aggression

he found the

Both halves.

into his hand and looked at them with

BANG!

destroyed as his grip

"Useless!" he shouted.

am I supposed to

a

BANG!

broke again as he violently kicked the

and continued punching and kicking

accumulating one injury after the

He was frustrated!

He was angry!

He hated that corpse!

hated the destroyed

He hated this mountain!

He hated this cave!

Mages waiting outside for

He hated...

Then, Shang suddenly stopped.

depleted, but it

a while, Shang didn't

should get an actually useful heart,'

loud steps. It

right eye was narrowed, and his brows were scrunched into an expression of cold

was doing his best to bury all his negative feelings, but they still made their presence

'Focus on power!'

'Focus on power!'

'Focus on power!'

repeating this thought to

some minutes, Shang found another Mid

'Focus on power!'

BANG!

the beast, which was currently sitting

BANG! CRACK!

through the beast's powerful armor, but the attack wasn't enough to kill

roared

had to

BANG!

reached it again and killed

'Focus on power!'

Shang saw the

'Focus on power!'

BANG!

to ash with a powerful

'Focus on power!'

dug through the corpse until he found its

'Focus on power!'

Mana inside his

'Focus on power!'

rammed the heart into his throat, essentially forcing

to be eaten in one bite,

just shoved it

The pain was unimportant!

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