<h4>Chapter 73 - EPIC!</h4>


    I was able to see the power of the humans of this world first hand as I observed the leading peak rank S captain hold his own against a rank S BOSS. We didn’t have to move too far in toe in contact with them


    After passing through therge trees that were covered by snow, ferocious looking white beasts began appearing. They had disproportionatelyrge hands and feet with smaller bodies that didn’t seem to match. This size was even more exaggerated when it came to the rank S Leader that neared 10 meters


    Sharp icicles would form at the wave of these beast’s hands as the mercenaries worked together to bring them down. The leading S rank, Captain Ryner, was holding his own while standing against a Leader, hisrge broadsword roiling with fire elements as each sh left wounds on the beast


    I worked with the group I came with as I continued observing everything first, using the rank A [Infernal Purge] every few seconds after watching some of the fire power of the few rank S mercenaries in the group


    The zing mes that came crashing down were extremely deadly to the normal beasts, setting their entire bodies ame if a single one touched them.


    As for the looting of cores, the mercenaries cut open the heads of the beasts they killed to pull out cores muchrger than what I had been used to seeing. These were the full cores of beasts that weren’t broken down into smaller portions by the system that hunters back in my world worked with


    When it came to the monsters I took down myself, I recalled the words of the System. I would be in a different world, but still holding that same power. The only change was that it would only be triggered when I came in contact with the beings that I took down


    To make things even more seamless, the extracted essence in the form of skill books, items, or cores would directly be ced in one of my storage rings when I would normally ’harvest cores’ like other inhabitants of this world


    With this in mind, the extermination groups moved forward while staying close together and taking down the beasts that came rushing out. I was amazed at the strength of the humans here, as even the rank A mercenaries utilized their strength and essence better than the hunters I had always observed


    Only after the hunters begin to fully utilize [Skill Combination] do I see them catching up and eventually exceeding this level of strength. The S rank hunters came out with colorfully destructive spells that mowed down the normal rank A beasts and would only be blocked by rank S leaders


    One red haired mercenary raised her magic staff forward and a zing phoenix appeared in the next moment, rushing towards a group of beasts where it exploded and engulfed them in mes in an instant


    I observed all of this as I continued to use [Infernal Purge] to take down normal rank A and S beasts, along with a few rank A leaders so that I could increase my collection of rank A skills. Today wasn’t the day for me to go all out and massacre everything on sight, I would watch and learn as much as I could, before I find the time toe out here myself and go all out


    I was filled with expectations as I thought about running around this huge Nest with all the beasts in it. I would have confirm the highest power of beasts thatid deeper in the nest first though, as I couldn’t y around with my life


    The power I was showing matched the rank S mercenaries, as even though the damage was somewhat lower than rank S skills, I could put up the act that [Infernal Purge] could be casted more frequently because of its low damage


    My role in the task force became handling therge groups of normal rank A and S beasts, while the other rank S mercenaries shed against the leaders. Low key. I had to start off by being low key for now.


    Captain Ryner began looking towards me favorably as I made the work easier by clearing many of the beasts with the area of attack skills.


    My attention wasn’t all ced onto this one thing though, as during the hunt I had always been checking andbining the active defense and support skills that continued to rise in proficiency.


    Through thebinations, I was able to produce a fewpatible rank B+ skills that weren’t worth a mention as they were right now, but would be useful when I received rank A skills through them. It would take a few more days, but those few days meant more than four rank A skills woulde to light from thebination of multiple rank B+ skills


    I smiled at this thought, as rising skills this way meant I could continue to build uppatible skills that will be able tobine to rank S with no problems. Defense and support skills that boosted me by arge margin would not be a game of chance anymore


    The extermination task force was performing extremely well with the decent leadership from the captain and my addition that made the work all the easier. An entire half a day passed as we moved across the fringes of the Skypeak Nest, never daring to go too far innd. After we cleared many of the disproportionately sized beasts, we came across other varieties as we went further in


    After we finished clearing a few more beast groups, the mercenaries came to a halt at themand of Captain Ryner. His hand was in the air as he looked forward with deep concentration. We were in a position that was further ind than any other time as the beasts had begun to thin out in the periphery. Hisrge voice rang out


    "We will stop here today. If we move any further in we will intrude in an EPIC ranked beast’s territory."


    At the mention of this, the mercenaries adopted solemn faces as they began to move back. My heart palpitated as I confirmed the next rank above S. EPIC rank. Many ideas passed in my head before I quickly knocked them down. I wouldn’t be so rash as to have a head on collision of something that high of a rank before I collect many defensive rank S skills


    I would rather be overly prepared and protected then suddenly lose my life with rash decisions. I breathed out calmly as I followed the rest of the group to move out of the hugend floating in the sky. A voice rang out I was lost in my thoughts


    "Rookie, exemry work out there today, it cut our time by more than an hour. Where has someone like you with arge mana pool been hiding all this time?"


    I came out of my head and smiled at the Captain that appeared besides me


    "I was honing my skills privately until I was confident enough to take on these beasts."


    "Haha, honing your skills until you reach such a high rank? You’re too cautious! If you had trained with other mercenaries, that me skill of yours might have already reached S rank!"


    He paused as he looked me up and down before continuing


    "Come back with a few of my people so you can get to know the mercenaries you’ll be working with from now on, we can’t let a talent like you go to waste."


    "Haha, sure."


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    I listened to therge man’s words and agreed to go along. I had to be known in this Frozen Kingdom little by little. I wouldn’t start off with an explosive show of power that would raise heads, but be known slowly as my power increased in the shadows.