Healing System

Turns out, Michael was pretty fucking wrong.

Out of the 30 spars they had, he only managed to win 17 of them.

Sure, it was a decent amount, but he was merely fighting a clone, so it was a bit surprising.

Nonetheless, Mikhail was the one who was truly surprised.

"You've managed to beat me not once, not twice, but 17 times. Did you dream of something that made you enlightened? There's no way you can do that at your current level."

"Really? Then what happened?" Michael chuckled. "Sounds to me like someone's a sore loser, eh?"

Despite that, Mikhail wasn't triggered or threatened by that—in fact, he was happy.

"I'm genuinely proud of you. Whatever knowledge you gained definitely helped you, since you can now keep up with me if I limit my strength greatly," Mikhail said.

Obviously, he had to mention the strength limitation part, as his ego would deflate if he didn't.

But of course, Michael merely nodded and healed himself before hovering slightly off the ground.

"I don't know what you plan on doing, but I'm going hunting," Michael stated.

"I'll head back to the city in a bit then," Mikhail replied as he brought his hands up to his face and suddenly changed his facial structure.

"I don't want your girls thinking I'm you, so I'll be heading out."

With that, Mikhail summoned his own pair of white wings and flew back to the city.

On the other hand, Michael merely hummed as he continued heading in a random west.

There wasn't much he wanted to do right now aside from kill a few monsters; therefore, he kept going.

And after just 4 hours, he finally saw some semblance of life.

For a journey that was probably in the 50,000-kilometer range, this is pretty shit, Michael sighed, glancing down at the deers who were actively running around, some of which were eating grass.

There weren't any monsters, just normal plant life, animals, and everything he'd expect to see back on Earth.

But this wasn't Earth—it was some alien planet where people were much stronger than usual.

Therefore, he didn't let his guard down and glided down, approaching one of the deers.

He did crave some dinner, since the fun time with Lila earlier drained him quite a bit.

I'll definitely have to pay her a visit later though, she was simply amazing, Michael thought with a smile.

He didn't know how to feel about her, but he had developed somewhat of a liking to her personality.

Sadly, she was still hiding a lot of things from him, so he couldn't fairly assess her as a person.

But aside from that, he knew their next conversation would be awkward.

He dominated her, and she literally became a sex doll midway through their fun time.

And now, when they finally meet again, she was likely going to be the same ol' strict and stiff Lila, so he had to prepare for that.

Anyways... deer meat was probably tasty, so Michael got ready to kill one of the deers.

However, just as he was about to do that, the deers stood up on their back legs and began walking like normal humans.

The same went for the cows to the side, which made him greatly puzzled.

But just in case...

"Hey, you don't happen to know where a restaurant is, do you?"

He felt like an idiot for even trying to talk to a fucking deer, but he had to do what he had to do.

Definitely not because he was too lazy to look around.

And to his surprise, the deer turned toward him, its eyes narrowing.

"Human male, yes? We no have restaurant. Leave please."

It didn't speak very well, but he could still understand it.

"Then what is this place? I haven't seen any animals along the way," Michael pushed, putting aside his disbelief of a normal animal talking to him.

"Animal kingdom," the deer replied. "We strong together, so we build kingdom."

"Awesome... do you have a ruler then?" Michael asked with a smile. "If so, could I visit them?"

However, the deer merely shook its head. "No ruler, we solo together, big group united."

"Right, right, okay," Michael nodded.

What the deer basically meant was that they had no ruler, and their factions were divided.

Added to that, if conflict ever arose, then they'd likely combine their forces or something.

I'm a damn good animal instructor, aren't I? Michael praised himself.

But the deer was too uninterested to continue talking, so it merely walked away.

Michael pretended to leave, but he merely floated up into the sky and tracked the deer as well as the remaining animals.

Their journey back was pretty long—surprisingly so.

It was to the point where he thought of taking a beeline straight; however, he noticed that there were some sort of formations at play, and if he were to stray in a direction he shouldn't, then he'd be lost.

Probably not, I'm just being paranoid... but it doesn't hurt to be safe, Michael thought with a hum, until finally, he made a couple more turns in the air, mimicking the animals, and finally, a kingdom—as though it was an illusion—suddenly appeared before him.

It was literally unveiled—the castles, the town, everything—and yet it was hidden in plain sight.

Better yet, he couldn't even feel it with mana earlier, which meant that whoever designed this barrier made it very intricately.

Anyways... I'm inside, but what do I do now? Michael chuckled.

Out of his boredom, he really didn't think that far ahead.

From killing demons to visiting an animal kingdom, he really was on some bullshit today.

But at least the sex earlier was good.

Michael looked down toward the streets and noticed a bunch of animals, unsurprisingly.

Each one, however, seemed to be decently strong, almost as if the ones he had followed were nothing but civilians.

However, that wouldn't really make sense since he assumed there was some sort of outside threat.

Unless the demons haven't touched this area yet? Michael pondered. It's a very small possibility, but if that really is the case, then that's pretty impressive.

Alas, he decided to stray toward the massive castle in the very middle of the kingdom.

It was made of gold, and to his surprise, there were multiple guards stationed around it.

Of course, the guards were some weird zebras, and each of them was at least Tier 4.

Nonetheless, the mana inside the castle was a bit greater—probably even at Tier 8.

A decent opponent, or maybe not, who knows. I don't exactly want to antagonize some random animal kingdom, Michael whistled as he covered himself in a refractive light substance, turning himself invisible.

Of course, there was the issue of mana, but all he needed to do was use it everywhere so the guards wouldn't be able to pinpoint his location.

Therefore, that was exactly what he did as he dropped down to the ground and spread out each fiber of his mana thinly across the entire kingdom.

And of course, as he began walking toward the castle's gate, the guards didn't even flinch—meaning, they had no idea he was here.

Though it probably didn't work on the strong animal inside, so he didn't even bother putting up any extra measures.

He just wanted to meet an interesting person—animal, that was all.

After a few minutes of slipping through the guards and through several more gates, he finally arrived in some courtyard.

It was filled to the brim with animals; however, he could also notice some humans among them.

However, the humans seemed to act as caretakers—petting the animals, grooming them—it was a strange sight.

And the one being he felt who was strong was none other than a chihuahua sitting on a small throne, glancing around confidently.

But of course, the chihuahua soon noticed Michael's presence, and in the very next moment, opened its tiny mouth.

"We've got an intruder," the chihuahua stated, its voice cold and laced with malice.

Immediately, all the animals and humans in the area straightened their backs, their expressions turning serious.

That was when Michael decided to reveal himself by merely undoing his light refraction.

And the moment he did, several sharp bones flew toward him.

But without even breaking a sweat, Michael flicked them all away—some even being blocked by the shield he had put up last second.

Nonetheless, Michael chuckled and raised his arms in the air as a sign of surrender.

"I'm not here to fight, I was just a little curious about this place."

"You say that; however, you snuck into my palace without prior notice," the chihuahua stated. "We accept human guests, but not those who intrude like this."

"Well... all I can say is that I didn't mean to? I guess?" Michael tilted his head. "If you want, I can repay you with some toys."

The chihuahua's eyes narrowed as it stared at Michael with disgust.

"Do you think we're some kind of animals?"

...But you are?