I am an Eldritch Entity

Having killed a lot of beasts in these two days, Eryndor hoped that the progress bar of his Sovereign's Cloak would move forward by a hefty amount.

He took a deep breath, and went into his Mind Palace.

Everything was the same as last time, with no change to anything.

Well, if something changes every time I set foot here then that might've been terrifying instead.

He chuckled to himself, and checked the three orbs.

There was not much change to them, except Telekinesis. The state of its black orb looked more and more like how the orb of Cognitive Scrying looked before breakthrough.

Is it finally close to a breakthrough? That's a good thing.

He then made his way towards the first room, and glanced at the bar on the altar below the Sovereign's Cloak.

Hmmm, I've made some more progress.

Unfortunately, it wasn't even half of the total required amount.

I guess, with this I can conclude that only the beasts which I personally kill will contribute towards the progress of Sovereign's Cloak.

After all, if it counted all the killed beasts in the vicinity then last night was a big massacre, his ability should've already upgraded then.

Eryndor knew that the progress wasn't quick because he had mainly killed Latent realm beasts, with only helping slightly to kill that Active realm beast.

The Sovereign's Cloak was at Stable realm.

To break through to the Active realm, it was obvious that it would need more beasts of higher level.

It was just like how in games, when you were at a higher level, killing the lower level beasts granted you less experience than usual.

After checking for any oddities, he left the Mind Palace, then went to sleep.

Yesterday, he had slept in the afternoon so he wasn't able to sleep at night, prompting him to leave his tent and look for beasts outside, which was why he was able to discover the odd situation with Ice Oxen.

Since he hadn't slept for so long, he at least needed a few hours of sleep now, even if not seven to eight.

*****

"How do you reckon we should fight?"

Paulina asked the group as they sat around on the logs for breakfast.

Eryndor popped a food pill in his mouth before replying.

"Everyone should go in seperate directions so that we can find the most beasts. For better protection, we'll make pairs.

"Also, catch these."

Saying so, he threw a small device at everyone, none of whom failed to catch it.

It had two buttons, red and green, with a small hook and a strap that would allow one to place it anywhere on their clothes.

Eryndor then explained.

"I bought them when I went to the Support Shrine this morning.

"Those are the basic version of Notifying Buttons, which are quite easy to wear anywhere on the body.

"You'll see a number on your device. So, whenever someone presses a button, the rest of the devices will start ringing, with the color and number being called out.

"Red is commonly used for danger, and green is used for opportunity.

"If you press it repeatedly within a certain time, then the ringing would respectively change.

"With this, we can use a higher amount of pressing as an indication of higher intensity of whatever we are facing.

"For example, pressing the red button twice would mean the situation is more dangerous than pressing it once.

"That's all, I hope everything is clear?"

When he looked around, everyone was trying to put them on at the most suitable location where it wouldn't interfere with their combat.

It was Paulina who asked after a while.

"What is their range?"

"A little less than the entire tundra. Anything else?"

Eryndor asked. When he saw no one had any other doubts, he divided the team into pairs.

"Edward will move with Drakarion. Valentina will move with Paulina, and Syndra will move with me. Any objections?

"I grouped the two weakest members alongside the two strongest, then the remaining two together."

Drakarion and Paulina both shot him sharp glares, before the latter shook her head while speaking.

"Eryndor, just make sure you're safe when you're sleeping. Someone might hit you when you're asleep, or you might even wake up in some random river.

"I'd be careful if I were you."

The team shared a hearty laugh before heading their own way.

"Any direction you have in mind?"

Syndra asked Eryndor, who looked through his extended vision.

Hmm, no beasts in my range, I should increase it a little.

Eryndor's habit of keeping this amount of range was derived from when his Cognitive Scrying was in the Active realm.

Even after breaking through to the Enhanced realm, he had kept the same size out of habit.

He realized that he needed to increase this default size, at least to the point where the consumption of his Energy of Consciousness was not too high.

Oh yea, I've also not sensed my full range either right?

Eryndor was tempted to try, but reigned it in, deciding to do it at night when he would be around his teammates.

For now, he only increased the range of his extended vision, and found a beast in one particular direction.

"Let's go there, I found a beast."

Eryndor spoke, and led Syndra towards the Snow Mormol in the distance. It was the same species Paulina had once fought in the past.

They had decided to fight with fire and ice based skills, as those were the elements with the highest number of skills in their group.

Eryndor had uncovered a hidden point in the past. According to that, if two people each defeated their beast at around the same time while using a similar element skill, then they would get a higher amount of points.

As Syndra began fighting the peak stage Latent realm Snow Mormol, he shot the fire based version of Sky Piercing Palm once in a while, just for the sake of higher points.

Eryndor, who had increased his range, found something just then.