Pov Logan

After retrieving the object bag, we left the city and entered the forest.

"To make Aria progress quickly, I'll have to do some artificial leveling. Artificial leveling consists of weakening monsters so that the person involved kills the monster and gets levels more easily. However I would not totally do artificial leveling. Because yes it makes the levels go up quickly, but this method puts the fighting instinct to sleep because you don't face the difficulty. So we know less the experience of the real fight. But the difficulty is essential to become stronger, it allows us to store experience. The more we fight the more experience we gain, and the more experience we have the stronger we are!" (Logan)

As I was thinking about the right way to train it properly, my radar went off. I could sense a group of goblins not far away.

"To my dear goblin friends, you will suffer again today." (Logan)

A group of 10 goblins came out of the foliage, while Aria held her sword in hand and looked ready. I then immobilized the goblins who were pierced by spikes. Before entering the forest, I had a brief discussion with her about how to make her stronger.

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"I'm going to artificially level you up so that you increase your stats. It will be a boost, but then you'll have to sharpen your combat skills on your own." (Logan)

Aria then nodded at my words and we had walked towards the forest.

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"First the artificial level rise." (Logan)

The group of immobilized goblins all got their throats slit one by one, without any mercy by Aria.

"It's good, she has no fear and no hesitation, it will be easier for her to level up. I plan to make her level up artificially to level 20 and then she will fight on her own to gain experience." (Logan)

So we officially started her leveling up. I would immobilize all the monsters and she would finish them off, wolves, goblins, bugs anything that was in our path. When we came across Noras I would aim their wings so that they would fall to the ground without being able to move, while she would finish them off quietly on the ground.

After a good hour of hunting Aria had reached level 10 which was very fast and still no profession on the horizon.

Name : Aria

Race : Beast Man / Age : 18 years old

Profession : (Acquisition) / 10

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Will to grow/Will to survive>

Beastly Fury.

Ice/Water.

We then continued until she reached level 20. It took 3 hours, and it should have taken longer, but her will-to-grow skill was very effective. So another hour had passed and now it was time for her to fight on her own.

"Do you have any knowledge of swordplay?" I asked her.

"Yes, we were taught the basics of sword and hand-to-hand combat in my village." (Aria)

"And you were good?" (Logan)

"The best." She said as she pulled the sword from the scabbard.

"Then you should be fine, you've gained strength as you level up, now it's about you gaining combat experience. I will only be in support if you find yourself in mortal danger." (Logan)

"Very well." (Aria)

"She didn't ask questions or complain, you grow best when you're in difficulty. She understood what I was trying to instill in her, because if I helped her every time her room for growth would be greatly reduced." (Logan)

I was now watching her fight ready to step in, but she was far from being in trouble. She was facing a group of 10 goblins, all level 11. The goblins had swords of their sizes and she defeated them all in the blink of an eye without them being able to touch her once.

So we ventured deeper into the forest in search of stronger monsters. Outside the Royal Capital, about 20 kilometers away, there is another forest. But this one is gigantic, covering several square kilometers. It is a hunting ground for many adventurers of the city because of its size. It allows you to hunt close to the city and not to venture into other areas. This forest is circular, the more you move towards the center the more powerful the monsters are. This forest is called the circular forest, as seen from above it forms a perfectly green circle. It is a place where many monsters have settled.

From what I heard at the guild, in the center of this forest there are monsters of rank D or even C. I myself had never gone to the center, because it was not my objective. But we were going to stay in this forest for a long time, so this time we would go as far as possible. At the beginning we came across many goblins, but Aria had no difficulties to eliminate them. So we moved on until we came across a goblin village like I had in the beginning when i come here for the first time. With my radar, I could feel the presence of at least 100 goblins.

It was the perfect time to see what she was capable of against many opponents. We entered the village greeted by many goblins. Aria drew her sword and prepared for battle, while I watched from afar. The goblins threw many spears in her direction, immediately she created a wall of ice to protect herself. The spears crashed into it without succeeding in breaking through. Aria had already disappeared from the goblins' field of vision to get closer to them and counterattack quickly.

The goblins didn't have time to pull out their swords at their belts and they all got killed quickly. 15 goblins were now bathing in their own blood.

"Not bad, she blocked the spears and their visions on her and then took them back from behind. But now that the welcoming committee is dead, how will you deal with the bulk of their forces?" (Logan)

The rest of the goblins then came out for the real battle to begin. A large goblin also making an appearance.

"Oh a high goblin runs the village." (Logan)

The high goblin then shouted and the goblins charged towards Aria. But then the area under their feet suddenly froze. She had unleashed her ice element and trapped all the goblins that pounced on her.

"Very well done, considering her level she knows she still lacks experience strength and mana. So she makes up for it with her intelligence, using as little mana as possible to immobilize the goblins. Then she can exterminate them without them being able to move." (Logan)

A multitude of screams rang out as the goblins' blood began to spill onto the ice. White was now giving way to red as the goblins were completely helpless. Then finally almost that all the goblins had been slaughtered, as Aria now moved towards the high goblin.

"It was really not bad but unfortunately Aria, a high goblin is much stronger and smarter than a normal goblin." (Logan)

The high goblin broke free by breaking the ice, he raised his axe to strike Aria who was surprised thinking the goblin trapped. She was now too close to the goblin to dodge. He had purposely let Aria get close to him to surprise her.

"Goblins in themselves are not very strong, but their intelligence, and when they are in groups, make them opponents to be wary of." (Logan)

Aria was caught short with no dodging possibilities. But spikes pierced the goblin who was surprised and disoriented from the intense pain. Aria took a quick glance in Logan's direction before decapitating the goblin's head, which crashed down breaking the ice that had already started to melt.

Name : Aria

Race : Beast Man / Age : 18 years old

Profession : (Acquisition) / 28

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Will to grow/Will to survive>

Beastly Fury

Ice/Water.