My bloodline yearns for progress.

Chapter 8 Acquiring a Specialty

At this moment, Otto's concept of monsters was fully formed.

What are monsters?

Humanity's enemy is the monster!

Otto remained silent, slowly tidying up the boy's remains to take them back to Oak Town.

They didn't even check the goblin bloodline imprint they had absorbed.

But his "animal friends" are different.

The goblins are begging for mercy, hoping to become one of the animals.

The animals sensed your anger and refused the goblin's request.

The brown bear twisted off the goblin's head, and the black cat ripped out its heart.

The white dog and the black sheep were tearing at the goblin's limbs.

The eagle and the monkey utterly destroyed the last proof of the goblin's existence.

The goblins' bloodline imprint was destroyed and absorbed.

Goblins have become the victims of raids!

Your animal friends are trying to show you through this behavior that they will always stand by you.

The monkeys unexpectedly discovered that after absorbing the goblin's bloodline imprint, they seemed to receive some enhancements; perhaps more bloodline imprints could help them break through their own limitations!

As the prompts in front of him kept changing, Otto felt that these 'animals' were getting more and more agitated.

However, since they can be strengthened by absorbing bloodline imprints, Otto naturally wouldn't refuse.

After all, the attribute bonuses they provide have already brought Otto considerable benefits.

If they can continue to break through, then Otto will likely receive even more bonuses.

But the changes don't stop there.

The monkey, using its intelligence, absorbed the goblins' sword-wielding experience, granting you sword-wielding expertise.

Specialty: Sword (LV1)

[Your swordsmanship learning speed and the power of your swordsmanship skills have increased.]

At this moment, Otto finally acquired a specialty.

This expertise seems to be related to swords.

Although it is neither a martial art that directly causes attacks nor a mysterious spell, it can provide Otto with more possibilities for his future studies and adventures.

This can be seen as giving Otto some direction for the future.

It just so happens that he will be taking classes at the Adventurers' Guild after he goes back, so he can put more effort into this area.

However, the most important thing now is to bring the boy's body back.

Otto wrapped the boy's body in a one-eyed bear's fur coat and cut off two goblin ears as proof of the hunt.

However, while Otto was dealing with the goblin's remains, he unexpectedly made some discoveries.

Both goblins appear to be wearing some kind of strange tag.

The sign is made of wood and features a single eye.

But within the pupils of his eyes were carved a pair of fangs.

Such a strange and exquisite totem is hard to ignore.

Otto didn't know what it was either.

However, his "animal friends" showed strong aversion when they came into contact with the sign.

Seeing this, Otto accepted both signs as well, and set off on his journey home with the boy's remains.

The collection of fluorescent moss is complete; there's no need to stay here any longer.

As Otto embarked on his journey home, raindrops gradually fell from the high heavens, as if the gods were mourning the untimely death of a young life.

Otto did not seek shelter from the rain, but simply let it fall on him.

Otto felt that this would be a good way to wash away the blood he had left on his body when he killed the goblins.

Otto moved quickly; it was only just after nightfall when he arrived at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild.

He pushed the door open very softly, but everyone felt the cold wind rush in the instant it did.

Micah, who had been drinking and killing time at the Adventurers' Guild earlier, did not leave.

When Micah saw Otto, he wanted to say hello, ask about his day's harvest, and perhaps even inquire if the kid would like to join his adventurer party.

But when Micah saw Otto holding something, he fell silent.

At this moment, Otto was wrapped in something with his proud bearskin coat, holding it as if he were holding a sleeping child.

Seeing this, the novice adventurers didn't understand what was happening, but the veterans had already stopped what they were doing.

Countless complex gazes fell upon Otto.

Otto didn't care about that and just walked straight toward the counter where Eileen was.

At this moment, Eileen had already stood up from her chair.

Her expression was serious, no longer as relaxed as it had been that morning.

She saw the hand peeking out from under the blanket.

Her small fist was clenched tightly. Thanks to the enhancement of her superhuman abilities, Eileen had excellent eyesight. She could see that the fingernails of the fist were filled with scarlet mud before Otto even got close.

A small patch of dark red had seeped into the edge of the bearskin. Although it had faded somewhat after being diluted by the rain, the bloodstains still spread along the texture of the coat.

It was like a silent declaration, or a scarlet accusation!

As a retired adventurer, Eileen roughly understood what had happened.

After Otto came to the counter, Eileen immediately lifted her coat to check the boy's appearance.

Fortunately, although the boy's body was injured, his facial injuries were relatively minor, and he could still be identified with some effort.

After confirming the boy's appearance, Eileen quickly called her colleagues to check the recent requests to see if anyone was looking for the boy.

Young children are the food that monsters love, so similar situations often occur.

As a result, missing person requests have become a regular quest for the Adventurers' Guild.

But after Eileen's search, they regretfully discovered that no one had made a request to find the child.

"Let's put him in the morgue first."

Eileen breathed a sigh of relief. Since they couldn't find the child's parents, they had no choice but to leave the remains at the Adventurers' Guild for the time being.

Similar situations occur occasionally, so some of the buildings at the Adventurers' Guild headquarters have been converted into ice cellars and morgues.

It is specifically for storing unclaimed corpses that have not been claimed for a short period of time.

Eileen opened the gate to the backyard and led Otto away from the guild counter.

The two remained silent throughout the journey until Eileen opened the morgue door, at which point she began to speak again.

"This is the daily life of an adventurer."

Today you brought his body here.

Tomorrow, someone else might come back with your body.

Of course, this is under the condition of good luck.

More often than not, your teammates will just come back with your badge.

As Eileen spoke, she pulled out an ice coffin and gestured for Otto to place the body inside.

Seeing this, Otto did not hesitate and wrapped the boy's remains, along with his bearskin coat, in the ice coffin.

Eileen had originally intended to remind Otto to take out the bearskin.

But Otto simply shook his head.

"That's good."

Otto knew very well that the boy's remains would likely be scattered again when he removed the bearskin coat.

If possible, he would not want to do that.