“Let's just…draw the attention…of one Bison.” Even with his current towering body, Kenji wasn't willing to charge into the herd of Iron Bisons.

  As Level 3 monsters, not only did Iron Bisons have tough metallic skin, their horns were also extremely deadly. To make matters worse, they had a Level 4 Elite Iron Bison as the herd leader.

  “Good idea.” Agreeing with Kenji, Duy started peeking out from behind the rock to attract an Iron Bison's attention.

  Following Duy's lead, Kenji and Muhammed did the same. It wasn't long before an Iron Bison noticed the humans hiding behind the rock.

  Without warning the herd about the humans, the Iron Bison rushed toward them with excitement. After all, for every human killed, the leader would give away the most delicious ore.

  “Great!!!” Seeing the Iron Bison take the bait, all three of them were happy and slowly started retreating.

  Seeing that the humans were getting away, the Iron Bison snorted and gave chase.

  Before long, the Iron Bison had chased the humans into unfamiliar territory.

  “I think it's…far enough.” At Kenji's signal, Muhammed and Duy stopped running and turned to face the Iron Bison.

  Seeing the humans stop and look at him with killing intent, the Iron Bison knew he was screwed.

  Realizing the danger, the Iron Bison tried to flee. But Kenji acted quickly, using [Flash], he arrived in front of it and unleashed [Ki Blade].

  The sharp wave of Ki neatly cut through the Iron Bison’s metallic skin, ending its life instantly.

  “Let’s lure another one.” Duy was excited. Although he hadn’t fought the Iron Bison himself, it had been killed, and he was going to get a share of the spoils.

  [Ki: 642 → 652]

  “How about you two lure one out? I need to recover my Ki.” After absorbing the residual Ki from the Iron Bison, Kenji focused on recovery.

  Although he had enough juice left to fire off another [Ki Blade], he wanted to be prepared for any unexpected surprises.

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  “Good idea.” Muhammed agreed instantly. He knew they wouldn’t be much help in direct combat anyway, and luring Iron Bisons wasn’t particularly dangerous.

  Due to their heavy metallic bodies, Iron Bisons were slow. It was even possible for a normal human to escape their chase.

  Thus, Muhammed and Duy went to lure another Iron Bison.

  “Incoming!!” Spotting Kenji hiding in the bushes, the two shouted at the top of their lungs. Seeing this, Kenji immediately moved.

  Just like before, using [Flash], he caught the Iron Bison off guard and killed it with [Ki Blade], then quickly returned to his hiding spot to recover his Ki.

  [Ki: 652 → 662]

  “Let’s go.” After resting for a while, Muhammed and Duy headed back toward the Iron Bison herd to lure yet another one.

  This continued a few more times before they finally decided to call it a day.

  “We’re rich!” Duy shouted excitedly as he looked at the six dead Iron Bisons.

  “How are we going to get them back to the city?” While Duy was busy celebrating, Muhammed was thinking more practically.

  Because of their metallic bodies, each Iron Bison weighed more than 400 kilograms. Even with strengthening gifts, Muhammed and Duy could only carry one each.

  “Why don’t… we hire… workers?” Having finally recovered his Ki, Kenji spoke up.

  “Workers? We can do that?” The idea of hiring workers to transport carcasses had never crossed Muhammed and Duy’s minds.

  In Duy’s eyes, only established hunting teams and full Parties did that.

  It had barely been a week since they started hunting. Had they really become that successful so quickly?

  “I’ll go get them.” Knowing Kenji had already made up his mind, Muhammed dashed toward the city.

  “Look after… them. I’ll be back… in a while.” After Muhammed left, Kenji told Duy to guard the Iron Bison carcasses while he went to relieve himself.

  “Don’t leave me here all alone…” Duy muttered nervously as he watched Kenji walk away.

  Thankfully, Kenji wasn’t gone for long.

  After an hour and a half of waiting, Muhammed returned with a group of six workers.

  “Let’s… go.” Helping the workers to carry the carcasses, the trio headed back to the city.

  “You seem to be getting stronger quickly.” The Fairy instantly sensed the changes in Kenji’s body-refining process and commented.

  “Yes.” Taking the money, Kenji handed a silver coin to each of the six workers before turning to Muhammed and Duy.

  “You did all the work. Why don’t you take fifty percent?” Muhammed refused to take the money and suggested instead.

  “…Right. Kenji, we only lured the Iron Bisons, you killed them all. You’re already doing us a favor by giving us half of the money.” Catching the signal, Duy also insisted.

  “Okay.” Knowing that a higher share of the profits would let him buy more Body Refining Pills, Kenji agreed.

  “How about… we take tomorrow… off?” Just as Muhammed and Duy were about to leave, Kenji spoke again.

  “Sure thing.” Muhammed agreed without asking questions. He simply assumed Kenji had something important to take care of.

  In reality, Kenji just wanted to sleep in.

  With twelve silver coins earned today and a few still left over, he would be able to buy another bottle of Body Refining Pills.

  Since the whole night would be spent refining his body, Kenji intended to sleep through the entire next day.

  Leaving the Hunters’ Square, Kenji headed to the Fairy Market. There, he met up with Mary and chatted for a while.

  Then on his way to the housing complex he bought a bottle of Body Refining Pills.

  Back in his room, Kenji changed into a fresh set of clothes and began consuming the Body Refining Pills one after another.

  [Ancient Calendar: 12 Mar 0001]

  By seven in the morning, the last trace of essence from the Body Refining Pills was fully absorbed by Kenji’s body.

  Finally finished, he relaxed and drifted into sleep.

  When Kenji woke up, it was already evening, and his body was howling for food. However, seeing that he only had a measly two silver coins left, he could only settle for a food pill.

  Before long, energy filled his body, and he felt refreshed.

  Leaving the housing complex, Kenji once again headed to the Fairy Market and spent the next few hours with Mary. After having dinner at the [Hunter School], Kenji returned to his room and once again drifted into sleep.

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