Chapter 13

The fight was over and I tended to my wounds that the Monog gave me, I had a wound on my leg and arm and my clothes were ripped up where it had took damage, ripping the rest of the clothes on my arms I tightly bound the wounds to stop the bleeding, I healed faster than normal people due to my constant cultivation and the wounds weren’t as bad as they looked, luckily the Monog’s attacks didn’t hit vital areas, I could still function well.

Moreover, the fight with the rank C Monog made me aware of how serious this wilderness was, a lot of mages or warriors probably lost their lives in this place and I was about to enter it willingly.

Stepping into the wilderness I entered past two big boulders that signified that I was now at the entrance, it was marked on the map by these boulders too, after this the map was virtually useless, all it had the outline of the start of the wilderness, the person that made it didn’t dare to go in further.

Now a couple meters into the wilderness I feel a pressure that seems to come from the environment, it’s like a pressure of knowing you are going into a potentially deadly place.

Walking for around 20 minutes I’m already deeply committed, where I’m walking is through the dense trees that surround the wilderness, up ahead I spot a clearing through the trees, it’s a rocky area with a small lake next to it, the rocky area seems to be a cliff of sorts, it has many different caves on the cliff overlooking the lake, I bet they’re being used as houses by many powerful beasts, I can’t explore them, I’m not strong enough.

After I walk into the clearing I look over to the lake and see a big creature that looks like a mutated bull drinking water, this magical beast is called a giant horn bull, it is a magical beast of the B rank, they have strong, muscular bodies and sharp horns which could impale anything that stands in it’s way.

It must of heard me coming out of the trees because it turned it’s head, it’s beast like eyes glaring at me, with a loud “MOOO” it charges, head first towards me, horns ready to impale my body, it’s fast!

I didn’t dare to not take this beast seriously, why? because it was a giant horn bull! a rank B magical beast!

Exo must of known what I wanted and instantly changed into my sword, without hesitation I run towards the rocky area, it will be easier to fight it on a surface where it can’t just rush me instantly, the rocks and boulders with some being bigger than my height are a couple hundred meters away, I run as fast as I can towards them, the bull doesn’t fall behind at all, it actually get’s closer!

I reached a rock which is bigger than the bull and I jump onto it to give me some time to come up with a plan to deal with this beast.

The bull looks at me from below with rage in it’s eyes I can make out that within it’s rage filled eyes it’s accusing me of being a coward! by jumping up here I’ve angered the beast, it wants me to fight it to the death, vicious! with a loud moo the bull rushes towards the giant boulder which I’m currently standing on and headbutts it with it’s giant, horn filled head, the boulder shakes and breaks in half! It actually managed to break a giant boulder with just it’s head, one can imagine how much strength this bull possesses, it’s a powerhouse!

With the rock breaking in half underneath me I quick jump to another rock which is a bit smaller, the bull also charges this rock, I betted on this! as the bull headbutts the rock I jump off and land behind the bull, slashing it’s back in the process, the bull had a deep wound down it’s back now and this seemed to agitate it even more, with a furious cry it turns around and faces me one and one for the first time, the bull towers over me, it must be at least 3 meters tall on it’s legs!

The pressure of facing it head on was real, it stood tall and loomed over me like a mountain, a massive shadow cast over me as it stood above me, looking monstrous.

It decided the stalemate was over and rushed me again with it’s horned, this time I rolled to the right and tried to slash the bull whilst I dodged to the side, the bull anticipated this! with a flick of it’s head the horns knocked me from my rolling position, I slammed into one of the rocks, the rock cracked slightly as I impacted it, that fucking hurt!

I slid off the rock, my rib was probably cracked, ouch!

If it wasn’t for my sturdy body I’d of died on impact, the bull held that much strength!

I couldn’t afford to tend to my injuries, I carried on and charged straight at the bull, this time I tried something a bit different.

[Exo, transform into a spear!] I said in my mind, instantly was a spear which I pictured in my mind, it was a pure black spear of 3.5 meters in length and had one prong at the top.

The bull charged again, retaliating to my attack, it probably didn’t understand how I changed weapon and got even more agitated, it thought I was playing with it.

As it rushed towards me I slid on the floor beneath the bull head as it tried to headbutt me with it’s horns, luckily I timed this right and then used all my strength to ram the spear through it’s neck from beneath it, this was risky!

The bull made a ferocious cry when it realised I slid underneath it, it stamped on the ground trying to throw me off, but It was too late!

My spear burrowed through it’s muscled throat and with lots of force came out the other side, blood dripped profusely down the spear and all over my body, I was covered in blue blood, but I didn’t care! I’d won!

As expected of a B rank magical beast it didn’t die easily, for around 5 minutes it’s lifeforce stayed strong, stamped on the ground, kicking and headbutting in a rampage, finally as I put more force into the spear the bull froze and stagged, I pulled the spear out and still bathed in it’s blood I rammed my spear once again through it’s neck, this time with a cry it collapsed, and fell to the floor sideways, I dislodged my spear and sat on the floor, exhausted from the battle to the death I’d just had with this beast.

The spear turned into a little boy and with a look at the bull he turned to me said,

“Master, magical beasts are strong, we need to find shelter so you can rest and heal.”

with exhaustion apparent in my voice I turned my head to meet him and nodded,

“You’re right, shit, this place is something else.”

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Next part probably due tomorrow!

Thanks for reading, this arc's chapters are going to be shorter but faster release :)