Orpheus returned to the mansion where Amber was waiting for him.

”Welcome back, Master.”

Orpheus nodded before asking.

”I guess you have something to ask. Go straight to the point.”

Amber nodded before opening her mouth to request something.

”Master, I’m too weak to protect you. So to get stronger in order to protect you and carry out future missions, I need strength. Although I’m level 6 right now, I’m still lacking when it comes to fighting. I sincerely request to be sent somewhere suitable for my current level. I wish to spend the remaining days until the new year begins in that place to hone my skills.”

Orpheus nodded; he had expected her to say something like this but not so soon.

”Okay, I understand your request; we will leave tomorrow morning.” He responded, and Amber smiled, happy that her master easily accepted her request. She went to sleep; she was so eager for tomorrow to come that she hadn’t paid any attention to her master’s face as she was leaving.

Orpheus had a sinister smile on his face, the smile of someone who was about to do something nasty.

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The following morning Amber who was sleeping, woke up because she felt it was raining, something normally she wouldn’t feel considering she was sleeping inside her room, or did she sleepwalk to end up outside?

However, something didn’t feel right. Amber felt a liquid-like substance dropping onto her face. It felt a little warm and sticky.

“Is it rain?”

Just as this thought arose, Amber opened both her eyes immediately. Her countenance changed greatly.

Wrong!

How could raindrops feel warm and sticky?

Amber was instantly jolted awake. She finally realized that she was in the danger-filled forest and not in her original location.

There was danger!

It was unknown when she was brought here, but now she was here and was in grave danger. She had no time to think why her master played this kind of prank on her because, at the moment, unprecedented feelings of fear arose, and she felt her scalp blistering. She had goosebumps all over her body.

Amber’s reflexes kicked in, and both her lower limbs moved to flee before she even stood up completely.

Swoosh!

A malicious and stinking breeze was sent in her direction, and Amber dodged it just in time. She could not help but look back.

But when she did, her pupils contracted violently. Instantly, her heart almost stopped beating.

There was an origin beast, a snake to be exact; this origin beast was beyond Amber’s recognition. Its humongous body was as thick as a water barrel. Covered tightly with scales, the snake body shone with a cold and metallic luster. It was glaring at Amber with greenish, squinted eyes and a big predacious mouth; saliva was continuously dripping from in between its teeth.

Suppose she had been late by a millisecond who knew what would happen. Amber still had some lingering fear.

She didn’t know when she was in this forest, to think she had been approached by such a large origin beast, and she actually did not sense it at all!

The snake-origin beast curled itself around an old tree as tall as the clouds and looked down at Amber from the great heights. There was a flash of contempt in his eyes.

This was a spirit beast! A Tier 2 Origin beast with intelligence, only those with intelligence are called Origin spirit beast or spirit beast for short.

The snake-origin beast made a kind of human-like glance. It was evident that it was psychic and as intelligent as humans. It was just that it could not speak the human language.

Although there was a huge gap in size between the snake and the little vampire, Amber did not look the slightest bit afraid after she calmed down. On the contrary, she was very eager to try.

This was a rare opportunity. To try out her limit, in truth, she had no chance of winning, but at least she would try to know how strong her physics was. A Tier 2 was equal to Level 5 Origin master but slightly stronger.

The origin beast’s gaze was cold and sinister. It attacked first. The humongous body dropped onto the ground and twisted a few times in the grass. All was quiet. In the blink of an eye, it had slithered toward Amber with intelligent movements and lighting speed.

In an instant, she knew she had misjudged; this origin beast was strong and too smart.

Meanwhile, Orpheus was watching everything from somewhere with a calm face. Last night he sneaked into Amber’s room and brought her into this dangerous forest where danger was everywhere; it was exactly what she needed at the moment. This dangerous forest was named the Desolate forest, located between the two strongest empires on the human continent.

The reason Orpheus chose to do this was to prepare Amber to react in any situation; the enemy would not wait and could attack any moment. There was another reason why he did this, to awaken her spirit perception. Once her spirit perception awakened, she would react faster under an enemy’s attack.

‘It seems that she would need this after all.’

Orpheus said while staring at the red sword floating near him; crimson light surrounded the sword for a moment before entering it. Orpheus did not leave the sword with her because he was doing something with it, and now that he was done, it was best to give it back as the owner would need it soon.