Code Collector

The horse dragged its feet forward, looking straight into Allen who stood in front of it. The beast looked like it was about to attack any time soon, and Allen didn't want for him to get surprised, so he readied himself for the clash.

Neigh. Neigh. Neigh.

Each breath of the beast, smoke would come out of its nostrils like a chimney filled with firewood. The heat that was radiating from its body was intense that it was as if the horse was an orb of flame itself.

"Are you sure that you can handle this?" Jeremy asked. "I don't think that this beast is someone of our level."

Allen just shrugged, "We won't know until we try."

Without having any more thoughts, Allen leaped into the air and swung his weapon. The lance that he was wielding created a swooshing sound, like a wave of water. This made the beast neigh again, lowering its head to show Allen its mane.

The boy was confused by its actions for one moment, but he didn't retaliate. He held his lance tightly as the mane of the horse shone even brighter, creating a large sphere of burning flames.

"Ha!" Allen yelled in excitement. Right in the air, the boy spun and changed directions. With a swift calculated move, he landed on the ground with his right hand on the lance and the other on the cold wet soil. 

He used his left hand to catapult himself into the direction of the horse, the beast's eyes widening as the boy's speed increased halfway. Allen was using his Codes into gaining the advantage against the powerful foe.

He didn't need to deny that the beast was ways stronger than him. It was on a level that he wasn't prepared to fight without any preparations. The beast must be at least mid-tier Grand grade by the amount of power it has, and Allen was only a low-class Hunter.

"Brawns doesn't win fights," Allen whispered. He reached the beast and nodded his head, like he was paying respect to his prey before he kills it. The boy then started spinning and slashing his sword multiple times, activating his weapon's effect, Drown.

The effect description didn't state if Drown was a stackable effect, but Allen left the benefit of the doubt to fate. He spun about six times, all successfully hitting the beast right in the neck. 

The horse had a blue tint on its skin as an indicator of the Drown effect. Allen saw this and smirked, thinking how much he spent on the weapon and how worth it it was. The Body Creator Code was sixteen million dollars, and the Aqua Lance Code was one hundred thousand dollars. 

All of these Codes were also recommendations of Dennis. Since Allen was preparing himself for future fights, and he didn't really need the money, he bought the Codes. He also later knew the real value of the Codes.

For the Body Creator Code, the market price was twenty-two million dollars, quite a hefty amount for a Code, yes, but since it's a Sacred Code and it's limited, the price is just right. The Aqua Lance Code on the other hand was priced at six hundred million dollars, a top tier Rare grade Code that has effective effects.

Allen knew that part of the reason why Dennis sold him these Codes was because he wanted to create a deeper, more intimate relationship with Allen. Considering they knew his real identity, they were feeding more wood to the fire, and earning the fire's favor.

The beast neighed again, making Allen leaped a couple of meters back. He raised his lance and growled, disappearing from where he was standing that made the beast— and even Jeremy who was just looking at them, confused.

Allen reappeared on top of the beast. The boy yelled his war cry as he slashed his blade across the beast's face, creating a huge cut on its eyes that effectively blinded it. He then leaped behind the beast, over the burning flames and slammed his sword right through its back, and into its heart.

As Allen saw the horse fell to the ground, he was happy that the people around him were willing to praise him. He was a man who was nothing, now he was a lot of things.

Blazing Horse killed. +. Blazing Horse Code gained.

<Light Ablaze>

Type: Skill

Grade: Sacred

???

As expected of the power that the beast was exuding, it was a grade higher than the ones found in the world. Beasts that are high-tier Rare grade or even the ones who are actually higher grade had been encountered by Allen too much these days that he was thinking that maybe all of these were caused by him.

What was unexpected was the Code. Allen didn't think that he would get anything from the beast, but there he was, having another Sacred grade Code that he couldn't even see the description or use. His level wasn't enough to actually weild it, so it just stayed on his interface like the other ones.

He was mildly disappointed that the Snake didn't have a cheat for him to use Sacred grade Codes. Those were powerful Codes that he could use to rule Camp Twyla, or even the entire world of Haven. He was currently powerful enough to weild Grand grade Codes, but a grade higher was off limits.

He also just recently discovered that he could use Grand grade Codes when he bought the Body Creator Code. He was looking at his interface when he saw the Code there, not grayed out like the last time he was there to check his Codes.

He was sure that this was caused by the Snake's Blessing, but he didn't receive any notification that included this feature. If he had known this feature earlier on, then he could've used the first Grand grade Code he got.

<Mighty Pride>

Type: Skill

Grade: Grand

Effect/s: (1) Active - Launches a booming roar that will knock up the enemy. This effect also deals 60% of the user's base damage, and adds 1 damage for every 10 damage units from other sources.

(2) Passive - If the user is near an ally, both parties will share 4% of three random passive effects. This will increase by 2% per number of ally. Max number of allies = 11

(3) Passive - If there are two or more allies around the user, the entire group will gain an additional 10% in all attributes.

Allen nodded to himself after remembering the Code he got from the lion. Turns out, he gained quite a bit of power from the Code through Jeremy. Albeit the man was indeed weaker than him, he was still a strong Hunter. Allen inherited some of his strength, allowing him to easily deal with the beast.

"Y-You killed it," Jeremy said as he approached Allen. "And quickly too. But how?"

"I got stronger," Allen excused. 

Jeremy hummed, "I assume it's what happens to people when they do nothing except grind levels. The police department couldn't relate because you rely on our promotions to actually gain EXP. Without them, we can't really level up much."

"What?" Allen looked at Jeremy with a baffled expression. "The police officers can't hunt or gain EXP?"

"No, and no," Jeremy replied with a sad smile. "It's forbidden to us to do either because we were supposed to serve the Hunters by enforcing the law and sh*t. I don't really get their point, but they said it was so we could all be in uniform with each other."

"That's just straight up BS," Allen scoffed. "Yes, you can hinder the level growth of the Hunters by stopping their source of EXPs, but you can't expect them to be in uniform because of that. Duh. Not everyone are built the same. Some of us are inherently good at being a Hunter while some are bad at it.

"I was one of the bad ones," Allen sighed. "But I trained, I thought as deeply as I could. I did everything and look where I am now. Strong and powerful."

This made Jeremy snort, making Allen look at him with narrowed eyes, "Why are you laughing like that?"

"You're too cute," Jeremy chuckled. "It's like seeing a toddler explain to his mother how he would be a good boy if the mom would let him join the Boy Scouts."

"Hey!" Allen growled playfully. "Don't be like that, you idiot!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Jeremy shook his head. "What will you do about this beast now? It's size is humongous, about the size of an elephant. If we want to bury it, we're gonna need a huge hole."

Allen didn't say anything. Instead he walked over to the beast and leaned close. "Store."

The beast's entire carcass glowed, making Jeremy gasp in shock. Allen smirked as he saw this friend's reaction, all shocked and thrilled as the beast that was now nothing but a small pinch of light entered Allen's palm.

"Done," Allen chuckled. "No holes needed."