As we think about what to do, an interesting idea strikes my mind. I ask the wolf

  "How do we make people not notice us, even with the use of magic"

  "I do not know. I have again let you down, master". I think I heard whimpering. Is this wolf gonna cry now? I see that his eyes are watery. So the thing is, both of us know so little about this world and magic, we cannot come up with anything.

  "One of the ways is for me to become strong, but even if I could become strong enough, the time taken to do that will be enough for all these bodies to be rotten. I don't think they would last so much time"

  As I was brainstorming ideas, I realized I had too less knowledge about magic, the world, and how it works. And becoming strong enough to protect is of no use since I do not know how strong I need to become. So I take the route that is the safest possible.

  I wanted to store these monsters somewhere, leave this place to gain information, and hopefully come back for those bodies. Who knows, maybe I can find better bodies and not come back at all. Sticking to this treasure trove, while tempting now, leaving would be safest in the long run.

  "We should hide these bodies and go away from this pace for our safety. Although we are leaving an opportunity of power here, staying alive is more important"

  "That makes sense. So how do we hide them?"

  "Maybe just underground. Can you dig?"

  "Underground? Well it would be easier with magic, but I have no skill to dig earth directly"

  "Well can't you just dig it up with your claws or something? You still have a strong body right"

  "Eh..? Oh yes, I can dig it up, but that would take too much time to dig a hole that can fit all these bodies."

  Ah! What do I do? I tried asking the system, but the newbie period ended and it isn't giving me any answers. If we don't cover our tracks, trouble may come looking. And even if someone was not hostile to strangers like those wolfs that attacked us, they may try to find the underlying cause as a precaution. So and the wolf discussed and settled on the plan of leaving the fusion for now and staying at a nearby place, training for a time, observing, collecting information, and deciding later.

  So we depart in a direction, known only by our senses, to not leave any trace. I asked the wolf to also get some bodies, because I was hungry, having not eaten anything in a day. With 3 bodies and me riding on the wolf, we start an adventure per se, but a survival story in real.

  5 hours later..... We were well into the forest. As we were going through the forest, surrounded by the plain, a lot of blood, and broken and burnt branches were laying all around. That spell last night did do a lot of damage. I tried picking up branches that would make a bow, and I settled for two of them at last, one a long stick that could bend, and another that a slight bend in the middle, giving it a slight U shape, perfect for a makeshift bow.

  At the moment, we are eating the meat of the wolf, that my subordinate cut open. It was a bloody scene, but the meat, after cooking with fire magic was edible, although not that tasty. After I satiated my hunger, I drank water produced from the magic of my subordinate. In the meantime, I have thought of a name for him.

  "Illumi. Short for illumination. That will be your name. Since you illuminated the night with your brilliance yesterday"

  "Illumi. I like it"

  For 5 hours after Illumi ran at a high speed, we were pretty far away from the plain, deep in the forest. Maybe due to the cooking fire, a lot of monsters were attracted which Illumi took care of. There were weirdly no wolfs, but some lizards, a bear, and a rabbit which pounced on me from nowhere. Now time to train. Although I had a bow, and wood to make arrows, I had no material to make the string. I tried using vines, and some parts of the animals, but nothing worked. The arrow did not even go 2 meters and sometimes the string straight up broke.

  "Maybe you can use my fur. I got a skill to grow fur faster with magic power" suggested the wolf. But the strings of hair were coarse and not tensile. Even if I bunched them together the string did not bend well. Maybe I am doing it wrong, but I left that idea alone. Now that the wolf is awake and has nothing to do, I ask it to teach me magic. Although it was a skill, I still knew how to do it and explained it.

  "First, you need to feel mana. Mana is the magical power of this world. And you need to drag it into your body. From what I sense, you have no magical power in your master. So we need to start at the basics"

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  "Of course, I do not know anything about magic." On the first day, I tried to sense mana. I tried my best and could not feel it. I tried for about 5 hours and said to the wolf

  "I can't do it. Maybe I have no affinity or such"

  "Don't give up so fast, maybe you see it differently"

  Suddenly I felt a ease in my heart. It an easy to spend time on this practice, which seemed futile a while ago. "You are right, it is too soon to give up, I will continue after I sleep, I have been awake for quite a while already. You be on guard first, and next, I will be on guard while you sleep." I say to the wolf because I am very sleepy and need sleep very badly. Keeping guard in this state is the same as not welcoming sneak attacks.

  "I do not need sleep. Magic power is sufficient"

  Oh .. with magic power, we do not sleep in this world I guess. Does that mean people in this world work 24/7? Maybe something to think about, but let's just sleep. I lay down near a tree with a fair amount of grass under me and sleep. It was about to be sunrise when I slept.

  While I slept, I had a thought in my mind. What is magic power? Is it everywhere like air or just blobs here and there? As I was thinking I fell asleep.

  After some time, when the sun seemed to set, I woke up. then there were some marks of blasts, probably from when Illumi attacked some monsters. As I turn around, I see a bow and 7 arrows. Exactly what I wanted, so I thought I was dreaming until I hear Illumi

  "Those were with a creature that looked like you. They came searching for the place where we killed those wolves. They were going back near here, so I gave them a warning to not come closer. I followed them closely afterward till they left in that direction"

  "A creature like me? You mean humans. That is very good, isn't it? Wait illumi, you did not kill anyone did you?"

  "No master. I just scared them away."

  "Good. Don't kill for trouble. Although killing is fine, avoid it as much as possible. There may be good and there may be bad people". Kill when needed and don't help without any reward. If I get caught in a big fight, I might die like an ant.

  "Did they say anything?" I ask Illumi.

  "Yes, before they came too close they seem to quarrel about something. It seems it was about that stones we found in the bodies of the wolfs." When we cut open the wolf to make a meal, we found a stone-like thing in its center. illume said something about magic being very dense in that stone. So I concluded that it is where magic power is stored for the time being.

  "And after that, since they were coming close, I threw a wind spear and a fireball in their direction. And when I found this bow, I looked at this interestingly, since it was similar to what you were trying to make. Then the one holding it tripped, and got scared away leaving that bow and arrows."

  Well, anyone would be scared to see a big wolf staring at them. Maybe this one does not know how his interest in the bow translated to the human believing it was eying its prey.

  "But that was very mature of you illumi, as a beast not killing those humans for food. You gobbled most of the wolf yesterday." I complimented.

  "Those creatures were weak. And they did not attack me so I had nothing against them as I was full from that wolf."

  So you just left them because you were hungry? Makes sense. " And then what happened," I ask.

  "As they were leaving they said something about a village nearby, and 3 months for some more people to come. I couldn't hear them while concealing myself"

  "Wait three months? Do you remember more about that"

  "Ah..yes I remember being more interested in their conversation, something about a kingdom sending troops in 3 months"

  "Well, this gives us a lot of leeways. This means for 3 months we will not be disturbed. But after three months there will be a disaster, but the fusion will be over by then"

  "Quick thinking master. But are those "humans" our only worry?" asked the wolf

  Shit! I was getting ahead of myself. We need to take care of monsters and probably other humans. But this is a problem, if we stay here we will probably need to fight those human soldiers, and for that, if we fuse now, we would be vulnerable for 2 months.

  After some more discussion, we thought of waiting for more time before making the decision. And I start my training again. This time I try to sense the surrounding itself rather than mana because I don't know what mana is. After about 3 hours hour, I finally see it. Mana is not a blob or air, it is everywhere. And what differs is only its concentration. I could only sense about 5 meters from me. I try sensing a few more times and time passes. Finally, I think I am good enough and ask Illumi about the second part. I also look at my status to see if there were any changes.

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  Name: Prot

  Race: Human

  Tier: Apprentice 1

  Class: None

  Skills :

  [Heroes Cheats]: Growth and comprehension are greatly increased. Has the blessing of god who summoned them. Rank - SSS+

  [Fusion]: Fuse compatible dead bodies with oneself or subordinates. Subordinates can be created but have a max limit of 5. All subordinates are loyal to the host. Rank - indescribable

  [Determination]: Through practice, you increased your focus. This skill helps you to continue in your training. Rank E.

  [Swing] As you swing your weapon, from top to bottom, you make use of the full force of falling to generate a great blow. Rank F.

  [Mana Sense]: Sense the mana around you. Rank F

  Subordinates :

  [illumi]

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  I got two new skills. Determination and mana sense. Maybe determination is the reason I did not give up easily. And Mana sense should be the new skill for sensing mana around me. After I look at my status I ask Illumi about the second part.

  "You need to Store the mana in your body. While casting spells you use this mana"

  So I try to do as he says. I try to take in the mana from the surroundings, but I do not know how to pull it to me. I try feeling it, asking it in my mind but nothing works. So I just turn to Illumi for help.

  "Absorb Mana. No no. Don't try to absorb it. Try to store what flows into your body"

  Oh, that makes sense. So try to store the little mana that flows through my body and out, trying to keep it in place. And like that, a day passes. I was tired by then, but I could store mana in my body. As I stop and try to go to sleep, a voice that I heard some time ago surprises me