The Psychopathic Beast Emperor-Chapter 85: Hidden Quest Completed!

Elder Silvia stared wide-eyed at the young boy standing atop the Disk of Mind as if he owned it, blood streaming down his mouth. She didn’t know whether to laugh or tear her hair in frustration: Bahamut had completely destroyed her view of the Disk of Mind. For all she knew, the Disk of Mind could only be traversed with patience, calmness, and a serene mind. Brute force never worked. She had experienced it firsthand.

Using brute force caused the disk to attack, as was seen from how Bahamut was brutally pushed back. But what she didn’t expect was for the boy to bash his way through the telekinetic attacks of the disk, even to the extent of sensing and dodging them.

He was a Monster! Even Sel didn’t come close...

"Just what did we accept?" Elder Silvia muttered with a wry smile as she turned away from her viewing place.

...

Oblivious to whatever his master and the others were thinking, Bahamut was staring at his system screen with a smile that could make people soil their pants.

’Finally! Things are getting interesting...’

[Hidden Quest Complete!]

[Quest Details: Complete Elder Silvia’s Test Before the Time Limit]

[Rewards: ]

- Instant Level Up

- A Silver Gift Box

- Elemental Essence Crystal

- Skill Upgrader

...

Bahamut proceeded to sit down on the platform, dangling his feet absentmindedly as he checked what his rewards were.

- Instant Level Up: Your level has increased from its initial level.

’That is understandable. Next!’

- A Silver Gift Box...

[Do you wish to open?]

’Of course!’ 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

[Opening Silver Gift Box...]

[Exposing Content(s)...]

- A Beast Art Technique

’What Beast Art Technique is that?’

[Opening...]

[Silent Spring Foundation:

A beast art technique suitable for rodent-type beasts, specifically rabbits and bunnies...]

’Why does this look like it was pre-planned?’ Bahamut asked, but the system ignored him.

[Core Principle:

The technique trains the beast to:

- Store power without leaking intent

- Convert emotions into controlled actions

It is a foundation art meant to be practiced every day.

Effects:

1. Stored Energy: Every action stores a fraction of force in the legs, spine, and core to create a powerful physical base over time

2. Reflexive Evasion: Reflex actions are on an all-time high, making evasive actions instinct-driven, and even reducing damage when surprised

3. Sensory Grounding: This sharpens awareness. The beast begins to feel threats almost before thought

4. Pain Containment: It teaches the body to redirect pain responses into balance correction and posture reinforcement

Secret Perks:

- Core Formation: Practicing the technique without a core makes it slower, but the beast can form a very powerful core over time, making future practices easier and faster

- Evolution: The technique evolves with the beast, becoming its foundation

- Adaptability: Because of the nature of the technique, you can add other techniques. This technique will act as a core of balance to keep any other technique in check, and even at a higher level, it can combine different techniques into one powerful technique.]

"WHAT THE FUCK?!’ Bahamut exclaimed, almost falling off the platform after reading the information on the beast art technique.

"How come this is in a Silver Box?" He even said it aloud, forgetting his surroundings, but Ren heard and looked at him in confusion.

"Are you alright?" Ren shouted at him. Thankfully, no one was in the vicinity to hear them, or else...

"Oops!"

’System. This is too overpowered to be in a Golden Box, right?’

[No]

’Next reward then...’ Bahamut sighed as he requested the next reward.

[Elemental Essence Crystal (Tier 5)]

Just seeing the tier made Bahamut fall off the platform from shock. He hit the ground hard, kicking up dust, but he was too shocked to even feel the pain. What he was seeing was something he was sure people, no, countries would go to war for.

He had learnt a bit of the world from Sel, and he knew that anything beyond Tier 3 was beyond important.

If it were a person, that person would at the very least be a very high-ranking official or authoritative figure. If it were an artifact, then it would be something that would cause wars and mass genocide.

Even Tier 3s were highly sought after, so imagine what people would do if they knew he had a Tier 5 crystal, whatever it was.

’System, why do you want to kill me so badly?’ Bahamut cried inside, already hallucinating the number of times he would die if someone found out.

[Host is overreacting. No one can sense it even if you take it out. It would look like a common rock to people]

Seeing the system’s reply, Bahamut didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. If people were scary, then the system was scarier. Up to date, no one had questioned him about using beast traits, which meant that no one even saw him using them.

’So what does it do?’

[Elemental Essence Crystal (Tier 5): An essence crystal that contains at least all the essences of the basic elements and some special elements. Lower-level crystals contain at most two elemental essences.

This crystal, when used, nourishes and cultivates the user’s core to awaken their natural affinity to an element, and further increases the affinity to make the awakening of the element smoother.

The higher the tier of the crystal, the more elements the user awakens, though it is mostly three. Elements gained through the crystals are more powerful and in-depth than their peers.

Also, the crystal makes the elemental core formation at Tier 2 very easy. It even reduces the duration to form the core by 80%.

With the current tier of the crystal, at least two people can use it. Even beasts can benefit from it.]

For the third time in a few minutes, Bahamut had been shocked silent again. What he had just read was the power of a god.

Even though the system tried to be subtle in its explanation, he could still deduce the power of the essence crystal.

It gave the user power. Even at lower-levels, the user could gain a stronger version of an element compared to his peers, so he could only imagine the power of the element he would awaken if he used a Tier 5 essence crystal. He would be just ranking up as easily as drinking water.

This got him so excited that he failed to sense the presence beside him.

"You passed..." Elder Silvia’s voice entered his ears, causing him to jump back in surprise, assuming a fighting stance instantly.

"I would have killed you by now if I wanted," Elder Silvia stated coldly as he calmed down.

"Greetings, Master," Bahamut bowed slightly to her, his expression cool, but inwardly, he was sweating buckets. He could feel that gaze of hers... not the normal one, but that of the beast she was. The beast she was hiding within.

"Mm. You completed the test, now you can start your training. You can rest for the rest of the week if you want, your training starts next week either way. You can also visit the Shadow Fang Pavilion to pick up a technique of your choice, and one for your pet.

Congratulations!" Elder Silvia said to Bahamut, to which he nodded solemnly in understanding.

With this, she turned to walk away, but Bahamut stopped her.

"Anything else?" Elder Silvia asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Uh... Are we able to take on quests or missions as new disciples?"

"Not yet. You will know after four months." With that, Elder Silvia disappeared, or that was what it looked like.

’Hmm... So I’m still holed up in here. I can barely hold it in these days...’

’System, what of the last one?’

[Skill Upgrader:

Upgrade one skill in your skill set to the next level with experience points.]

’Oh? That’s all?’

[Yes.]

’Then upgrade Beast Trait Manifestation!’

[Processing Request...]

[Are you sure you want to use Skill Upgrader on Beast Trait Manifestation?]

’Yes!’

[Confirmed!]

[Upgrading Beast Trait Manifestation...]

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Beast Trait Manifestation (Lv. 3)]

’Nice!’

Bahamut smirked as he made his way towards Ren, who was still wondering why he had shouted earlier.

"Let’s go. I got something for you," Bahamut said with a mischievous smirk that sent chills down Ren’s spine, as he picked him up onto his shoulder.

"What is it?" Ren asked.

"It’s a surprise."

"Tell me!"

"Nuh uh! A Surprise!"

"Motherfucker!"

"What did I do?"

"I’m wondering..."

"Tch!"

With their usual banter, they headed back towards their residence, with Ren on Bahamut’s shoulder.

He had received some powerful stuff from the system, and the sect was in for a long term of problems

...

[STATUS WINDOW]

Name: Bahamut

Age: 17

Race: Half Beast (???)

Class: Tier 1 (Circle of Spirit)/ ???

Rank: Mortal

Titles: Psychopath (Lv. 3), Ruthless Killer (Lv. 3), Unknown, The BEAST (Lv. 5), Dog Bane, Nemesis of Arachnids

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HP: 400 / 400

MP: 00 / 46 +2 -> 48

Level: 13

EXP: 0 / 1050

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Attributes:

Strength: 32+8 -> 40

Speed: 31+9 -> 40

Agility: 28 +13 -> 41

Endurance: 32+15 -> 47

Perception: 55

Willpower: 40+10 -> 50

Luck: 1.5 +0.5 -> 2

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Skills:

• Pain Resistance (Lv. 8)

• Super Reflexes (Lv. 8)

• Super Senses (Lv. 9)

• Self Healing (Lv. 3)

• Death Intent (Passive – Locked)

• Beast Trait Manifestation (Lv. 3)

• Spear Mastery (Lv. 3)

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Special Traits:

• Fragmented Soul (Effect Unknown)

• Past Lives Memory (Partial Dormancy)

• Madness Bloom (Dormant)

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Followers:

• Ren (Chaos Bunny)

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