A Highest Rank in Another World!

Noah walked for a while along a small dirt road that led to the top of the mountain. It was a small road that made strange turns, which made it impossible for a carriage to go up the mountain.

"That road is very dangerous, but it seems to be the only road that leads up there." Noah looked back and realized that he had already walked almost a kilometer. He was quite high up and could already see some interesting things.

A new biome with reddish grass in the distance and also another lake that was in the same spot.

"That place looks interesting, I think I should visit it later. Now I should keep going up, if I don't find anything I will head towards that new biome."

Noah increased the speed of his steps and continued climbing up the road for a few hours. When he looked back, unfortunately, he could see nothing more.

He had climbed high enough that the clouds blocked his view. They were dense clouds.

"It looks like it's going to rain. Or maybe the clouds in this world are different." Without caring, he climbed until he reached the top of the mountain.

And finally getting there, he took a deep breath.

"As I imagined, it's covered with snow up here, but beyond that, there doesn't seem to be anything." It was just an ordinary mountain. It was big and had many trees without leaves because of the snow and the strong wind.

Because of the height, it also made it difficult to breathe.

"And back here is just like the other side." Noah walked for a few minutes and reached the other side of the mountain. This time the clouds didn't block his view, the sky was completely clear.

"It's weird, but I appreciate that. I can see everything down there. Let's see... That over there looks interesting, and that over there too." Noah began scanning his surroundings and looking for things that looked suspicious.

At the same time, he activated his fire magic to warm up his body.

"Alright, first I'll go down and head towards that forest... Of mushrooms? That's bizarre. After that I should visit that mountain, it looks a lot like a volcano."

Since on the other side of the mountain there was also a road, Noah started down slowly because of the snow. 

But after the snow was over, he quickened his steps.

It took a long time, by the time Noah realized was dawning again.

"I spent the whole night going up and down this mountain. If I were a normal person it would surely take me days to do that."

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After descending the mountain, Noah stopped near a small lake that he had at the foot of the mountain.

It was a lake that also had an underground cave. Noah bent down to get some water while looking deep inside the cave. The water was crystal clear, so he could see a part of what was inside.

It wasn't anything too much, just vegetation, some black rocks, and also funny-looking little orange fish.

"Okay, let's keep going." After filling his bottles again, he put his backpack on his back and marched towards the mushroom forest.

Eager, he started running to get there even faster.

Within an hour he arrived near the forest and his first reaction was to sigh in admiration. 

"It's so beautiful and strange..." He began to analyze the giant mushrooms.

Brown mushrooms, red mushrooms with little white dots, white mushrooms, totally red mushrooms. And they all had a giant size, like a tree.

That's why it was called a mushroom forest.

"Also, the ground is all purple. The soil seems to be poisoned because of the mushrooms. There don't seem to be any animals around here either."

Noah walked a little further into the forest and used his new sword to cut down one of the "trees".

"My mother give this sword to me before I could sleep. Thanks, Mom." Noah smiled and then looked at the mushroom tree on the ground.

As expected, it had the same texture as a mushroom, the tree was easily cut down and fell to the ground.

"Well, there doesn't seem to be anything interesting around here, I've had enough fun. Now let's go to the volcano. I feel like that place is important."

Noah put away his sword and then started running towards the volcano which was not too far away.

On the way, he encountered a small group of goblins and killed them easily.

Although he killed them quickly, Noah could tell that they were very different. Both the quality of their weapons and their intelligence.

"The goblins here are stronger than normal."

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Noah approached the volcano and looked up.

A mountain, but now completely made of stone and even steeper.

Fortunately, the clouds didn't hinder Noah's vision and he could see the top.

"There does seem to be a hole there, I'm sure it's a volcano or something. I feel like I should look in there."

Noah took a deep breath and then approached the rocks and took his first step. After doing so, a piece of rock came loose and startled him, causing him to step back.

"Damn, these rocks look very unstable. What's left for me to do now is hope the whole thing doesn't collapse and I fall from up there."

Noah smiled and then began to climb the stone volcano.  On the way, he found some strange flowers that had a sweet scent and also some small rats that were hiding among the rocks.

They were rather cute brown mice that did not attack Noah and seemed quite friendly.

"They are cute. Let's go-"

Giving another upward thrust, Noah's hand slipped.

"Oops~~"

After that happened, he looked down as he sweated.

"I'm already high enough, if I fell I would hurt myself..."

He then wiped his sweaty hand on his shirt and continued to climb.

From then on it was a smooth climb, without any surprises. Noah reached the top after almost an hour of climbing, exceeding his expectations.

"I thought it would take much longer. Okay, what do we have here?" Carefully, Noah projected his body forward and then looked into the hole of the "Volcano"

"That's high. But there doesn't seem to be anything here..." Noah looked at all the corners of that place, but couldn't find anyone. There were no trees, so his view was not being blocked.

Noah felt extremely upset, but soon after taking a better look at the place, he was able to see something interesting that caught his attention.

"Over there, there's a cave. There seems to be a light coming out of it." It was a dim light, but Noah was sure he was right. Because of this, he began to cheer up.

A smile appeared on his face and he began to look for a way to get down there without hurting himself and also think of a way to get back up.

"Isn't there a different exit or entrance here? Maybe I can find a quicker way down. But how?"

Noah opened his Status and then looked at his abilities.

"Fortunately my status works in this world. But looking at my skills, there don't seem to be any that will help me. All right, what about the skills I can acquire?"

Noah began to scan the new window that appeared in front of his eyes.

He scrolled down the "page" and started looking at all the skills until one caught his attention.

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[ Taming ] 

Allows the user to tame monsters.

Can be evolved.

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"Wait, I think I have an idea. Good thing I saved all my points."

Using his points, Noah picked up the skill that allowed him to tame monsters.

[ New Skill Acquired - Taming ]

[ Points left - 30 ]

"Now I only have 30 points left. This skill can still be evolved, I hope you don't have to do that to use it here."

After acquiring his skill, he opened his Status and read the functionality of the ability carefully.

[ Allows the user to tame monsters ]

[ Because of the level of the skill, the tamer can only tame monsters below level 10. ]

[ Once used, the ability cannot be used on another monster within 24 hours. ]

[ The tamer is allowed to discard his monster only after 24 hours. ]

"I see, quite simple, now let's do it. Please."

Noah walked down the volcano a bit and then started looking for one of the rats he had found. 

"Come on, come over here. I'm sure you guys know this whole structure very well."

Noah continued to get the monsters' attention for a few minutes before a small brown mouse approached him. 

After the mouse approached, Noah used his ability.

When he activated it, a yellow light came out of his hand and then swallowed the mouse in front of him. After the mouse's body glowed for a few seconds, it approached Noah and cutely sat on the stones.

"Do you want a name? Let's see... Maybe I should call you Ratatouille."

After Noah named the rat, he make a strange sound.

"He seems to be happy. All right, it seems to be working for now. Okay, Ratatouille, I want you to find a place that will take me to the inside of the volcano. I want a path that will take me there that is not dangerous, okay?"

"Kyee~~"