Chapter 9: Ch 9: One spicy chicken
Soma walked through the denser part of the forest toward the last tribe of mini-boss and map bosses on this floor.
He would be ready to challenge the final domain and find his way out once he was done here.
From the week they had been given, four days had already passed.
Soma had three more days left to farm on this trial stage, but the experience he was getting was not worth it.
The small monster tribe was gathered around the fire and dancing in a ritual dance.
Soma used this opportunity as a distraction and spread the cold mist around the area.
The monsters stopped dancing and looked around in confusion.
That was when Soma snuck out and began killing them one by one.
The mist covering the area caused the smell in the area to disappear.
[Congrulations: You have acquired a new skill, Master of stealth.]
[Master of Stealth: Your presence has been diminished, and your speed increased by 10%]
[Angle of agility has been activated. Agility +5%]
[Skill Swift steps have been activated. Speed +10%]
[Master of Sword has activated. Proficiency of sword-based skills increased by 20%]
The monsters never saw Soma coming their way.
He killed them all and the Mini-boss before they could even comprehend what was happening to them.
It was time for the last boss to show itself.
This boss was shaped like a giant chicken that rampaged around the forest.
From what Soma knew, this boss had a tough defense and a double-health system.
He would need to kill it twice before it died.
The chicken was taller than a one-story building and attacked Soma with its beak.
Soma pushed his body out of the way and attacked the Chicken back.
Since the chicken was so big and clumsy, it could not dodge the attack.
The ice sword cut through a little bit of the chicken's body, and the icy aura penetrated the chicken's skin.
-Cluck
The chicken yelled in anger and pain, now earnestly trying to kill Soma.
Its sharp claws stuck the tree behind Soma, and the chicken tried to let its claws out of the tree bark in time.
It did not happen, causing the chicken to look angry.
Soma used this opportunity to throw his strings out and weave them around the chicken's body.
-Cluck?
The chicken looked startled, but Soma wasted no time tightening his grip and flexing his hand.
[Master of Mana Manipulation is active. Your strings are being charged with the power of mana.]
[Master of strings is activated.]
Between the strings and the mana being transferred between them, the chicken never stood a chance.
The strings cut through the chicken's thick feathered armor like butter.
The chicken was dead, but there was no message for 'mission clear.'
It was because the chicken had a second stage.
[Congrulations, you have unlocked the second stage fight, 'spicy chicken.' Completing this fight will yield massive rewards.]
The system reminded Soma, and he watched as the dead chicken's body moved slightly.
The wing twitched before the chicken pulled itself up and angrily yelled.
Its wings turned red, and the feathers turned brown.
The chicken was angry, and it got faster and faster.
[The spicy chicken had evolved into Hot spicy chicken. The stats of the world boss have been revised. Level raised from 25->30]
This was problematic now.
Soma had not counted on this difficulty increase for the world boss.
'Darn it! I am level 29, so I will be disadvantaged against this boss. What should I do not?'
Soma needed to develop a new strategy, but the chicken world boss did not want to give Soma time to think.
It was faster than before as it attacked Soma.
There was no time to dodge, so Soma had to angle his sword in a way that would throw him back.
The momentum of the chicken's blow caused Soma to slide back, allowing him the much-needed distance.
He quickly jumped up, avoiding the stamp that the chicken was undergoing.
The evolution had not only increased the difficulty of the boss, but it made it more intelligent.
Instead of looking around hoping to find Soma, the chicken looked up before maintaining eye contact with Soma and cursing its claw to take the tree bark down.
Soma jumped away from the branch in time to see it falling.
But the chicken boss still needed to be done.
It continued to take the trees down, causing the ecosystem to become unbalanced.
'I need to find a lake. If I can freeze this chicken, I can take care of it.'
Soma had a plan and looked around, finally spotting the lake.
It was near where he had left Katherine, and he hoped the female was smart enough not to stay in the same area for a long time.
The chicken followed Soma, not realising it was falling into a trap.
-Cluckkkkk
The loud yell shook the forest, and Soma led the chicken to the lake.
The boss finally noticed the lake but decided not to follow Soma until the end.
'Shit! You were a dumb chicken all this time, and now you have decided to grow a brain? I must find a way to get this chicken in the water.'
While Soma was busy thinking, someone took a chance with the chicken boss.
Katherine was still around, and she noticed the boss running around.
She had killed a few monsters and had levelled up to 21.
So, she was confident that she would be able to take on the boss.
"You are mine…boss…."
When Katherine reached a stabbing distance, she noticed that the chicken boss looked angry and intimidating.
[Warning! The boss is too high level to challenge. User is advised to raise their level and challenge.]
The warning flashed across Katherine's screen before the giant chicken pulled its head up and started to bring it down.
'Is this the end? Am I going to die here?'
Katherine was sure that this was how she would meet her end.
But the god of luck seemed to be on her side today.
A spider-web fell on top of the chicken, threatening her before some force pulled it back.
"Run! Hurry! Run if you want to live."
Soma's voice echoed across the forest, and Katherine followed that advice this time.
'That man saved me again. I need to repay him somehow.'
Katherine promised to herself as she ran away.
One day, she will repay the man for saving her life.
But first, she needed to stay alive to see that future.
...
Katherine finally ran away, and Soma struggled with the chicken.
It had been a spontaneous action that caused Soma to throw his threads out and catch the chicken head in his web.
The chicken struggled to get out, but Soma continued to pull it toward the lake.
'Darn it. I do not have enough skill strength skill points to tug the chicken in the lake.'
Soma clenched his teeth as he felt his body being pulled around by the chicken.
He had to give up on the strings before he would be tugged toward it.
His only advantage right now was that the chicken seemed to struggle with the stringed web Soma had thrown on it.
The mana that flowed through the strings cut the chicken deep, and the bleeding wound gave Soma an idea.
'If I cannot take the chicken to the lake, I can just try and freeze it from the inside.'
Soma likely had only one shot at this, so he needed to use it properly.
He jumped across the branches until he was standing directly above the chicken and then looked down.
[Skill Mind's eye has been activated. Status conditions, the flow of mana and weaknesses will become clear now.]
Soma looked down, and he jumped.
Ice Jewel shined brought in his hand, and the freezing aura around it began to freeze Soma's hands.
'I wish I could eat a fire crystal right now. I think I only have one left anyway.'
Soma's thoughts were beginning to wander around, but he gathered them all and struck the chicken boss directly in its wound.
Ice Jewel began to freeze the wound and blood of the chicken from the inside.
The boss could not hold on any longer and finally died.
Soma opened his inventory and chugged a healing potion and the fire crystal to bring his body temperature down.
[Congrulations: You have killed the last boss of this tutorial stage. You have achieved a feat never seen before.]
[20,000 coins have been rewarded. You have levelled up.]
[You have gained five extra free skill points.]
Soma sighed in relief at the reward.
[Strength +30
Stamina +35
Endurance +35
Mana +22
Skill +20]
Finally, he had hit level 30. It is time to challenge the hidden boss and get the best prize this tutorial could give - A redo ticket.
It was one of the most precious resources of the tower and would allow one to reroll the rewards of a trial with a random reward.
'I don't know if I will get lucky with my random rolls this time, so I need these tickets to get the skills I need for my puppet mastery.'
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone