*ZRRAAAAAAAT*

Rave tore through the body of the wolf charging at him

Critical Hit ! One Hit Ko !

“ Great, how many does that make now ? “

He is currently inside the forest, surrounded by foxes and wolves along with Po

“ I don't know Rave, but isn't it fun ?? It's been years since I am surrounded by enemies like this “ Po said happily

Po Xiao Long was relieving his younger days where he fought to what seems like no end. But after mastering his arts, almost none are left to be worthy of his fists

The two of them have been killing the wolves and foxes that are surrounding them but their number seems to have no end

“ Quest Information! “

Ferceus have been worried about the wild foxes and wolves around lately and wants you to deplete their number

Target : 70 foxes , 45 wolves

Target left : 4 foxes, 10 wolves

Reward : ???

A blood party ! If Po wasn't here, he would have surely finish the quest already.

*WAUUUUUU*

A howl of a fox resounded from the other end of the forest

“ Great, more reinforcements ?! “

Rave cursed at the howl, the foxes inside the forest are level 9-12 and the wolves are lv 11-14. But the foxes have more numbers than wolves, that is how they are able to keep each other at bay for centuries, the fox wins in number but the wolves win in individual power

Striking at a nearby fox, he looked around to see that instead of the numbers adding, it's depleted instead

“ Huh? Master did you see where those creatures went ? “

Whilst Slashing through another wolf Rave asked

“ Southeast. Rave, there might be other players beside us that tried to hunt inside the forest, they are surely not expecting this amount, go and help them out ! “

Po was worried that it would be those 3 ladies he met 2 weeks ago with Rave

“ Hah ? “

Rave was confused at his master's order

“ Hurry up, it's our fault we attracted their attention so much anyway “

Rave was unwilling to go but he did not want to go against his master

“ Alright2 “

He dashed into the southeast area, going even deeper into the forest

………………………………

[ 3rd / Kaede pov ]

Inside the deep forest, lies a clearing devoid of trees, the clearing extended to a passage outside of the forest

“ Hey Kaede “

The 3 of them are rushing back to go outside of the forest

“ Hey Kaede ! “

Kaede turned her head back and sigh at the complaining Lily

“ Why are we heading back now? We're all level 15 and you are level 17 so we should be able to handle even a wolf or two “

Lily pouted again

“ Lily didn't you hear that fox’s howl awhile ago ? “

Before it's death, the fox’s howled quite loudly. Whatever the howl was for, Kaede is not taking any chances and immediately retreated

“ Yea, I know. I'm not deaf you know, but why should we return back immediately ? “

“ I don't know Lily, I just have a feeling, A bad one “

“ Yeah, let's just return Lily, I do feel like staying here longer too “

This time it was Saichi voicing her opinion

“ Okayy..”

*WAAAUUUUU*GRAUUUUOOUOU*

The sound of wolves and foxes howling could be heard

“ …Wh-what is that Kaede ? “

“ …..I don't know Lily, but one thing is for sure, we should go back quickly “

At the midst of their run back, 2 wolves came out of the trees

“ Wolves ! And two of them ! “

Saichi exclaimed

Kaede pulled out her short knives and quickly stabbed into one of the wolf’s body

“ Lily ! Saichi ! Take care of the other wolf for a while ! “

The wolf retreated from Kaede and stared at her

*Grrrr*

It knew Kaede is not a normal human, taking it's stance it jumped towards her

But before it's jaws could reach her a knife stabbed into it's eye. Before Kaede moved towards it and stabbed it by it’s throat, killing it.

“ Whew, are you guys okay ? “

Kaede turned around after taking her dagger back.

“ Umm..little help here Kaede ! “

“ Okay, wait for a while “

The remaining two didn't have Kaede’s combat capability and is having a hard time dealing with the wolf

As Kaede killed the remaining wolf she felt a shiver down her spine

“ Something's not right “

Before they knew it, they were already surrounded by wolves and foxes

“ Great, so that howl was to call for it's comrades huh ? But wolves and foxes working together ? “

“ Wh-what is this ? “

Saichi was the latest to realize they had been surrounded

“ Wh-what do we do Kaede ? “

Lily and Saichi looked towards their most reliable friend

“ Ahaha, looks like we're too greedy “

“ Wh-what does that mean Kaede ? “

“ Well, I guess we should fight till death? “

“ Kaedeee ! “

As the wolves and foxes prepared to start their attack, they turned their heads inside the forest instead

*GRAUUUUU*

“ Something's coming woof ! “

“ It's probably the crazy human from before woof ! “

“ This scent…it's no doubt woof ! “

“ W-what is happening Kaede ? “

“ Something is coming, something that even the wolves and foxes fear “

“ What kind of beast is that ?! “

“ I don't know..ahaha but if we meet a beast that strong aren't we considered lucky ? “

“ Why is that lucky for us ?! “

“ Well, we could probably escape if they fought each other or.. “

“ Or ? “

“ We get to see something incredible before dying “

“ Kaedee ! “

Kaede is currently not worried at all, after all she would probably only lose a level and some items

Dying is not that hard to beginners, but as you level up more, dying would hurt more

--GRASAGRASA—

sfx : sound of grass

--GRASAGRASAGRASA—

*gulp*

The 3 of them held their tongue, whatever is coming is definitely not normal

*SHDAAA*

In a blink of an eye, one fox fell into the ground

And what killed it..is a human

“ Huh ? Isn't that..that guy ? “

••••••••••••••••••••••

“ One down “

Rave proceeded to kill the remaining beasts. He accelerated and swung his sword horizontally killing another fox.

Two wolves rushed towards him, ready to bite him to death

[ Feng Style : Howling Slash ]

Although using techniques costed him some stamina, wolves’ hides are too thick for him to one hit kill them normally

“ 3 down “

The remaining wolves and foxes didn't hesitate to attack him from every angle

[ Lightning Flash Style : Thunder Rotation ]

He crept down and swung his sword 360 above his head. infusing 30p of Chi, he managed to kill 7 foxes and 5 wolves in one strike

“ Still 14 more to go huh “

Rave looked around for a moment and proceeded to hunt the rest

•••••••••••••

[ Kaede pov ]

“ Isn't that the guy from two weeks ago ? “

Kaede watched Rave striking down one fox immediately after arriving

“ He is the reason why the foxes and wolves are scared ?! “

She currently could not believe what she is seeing, if she knew Rave was only one level above her she would surely not believe it

“ This way of massacre, I'm sure I've seen it somewhere “

Rave killed the creatures in a flash and if one saw him fighting it would be just like watching someone dance with the sword and blood splattered from everywhere

“ No doubt about it, although that was not a vr game…He is the Ronin…Cold Bladed Ronin Rave “

Cold Bladed Ronin ! It was Rave’s nickname when he played as a Shadow Ronin during the days of Lost Continent.

Deadly attacks that used the freezing cold from the underworld & Shadow steps to immediately kill his victims

In fact, the ability to bring forth the underworld’s cold is not from his class. But rather his sword itself, The famed cursed sword Izanagiri.

••••••••••••••••••••••••

“ Whew, finally done ! “

What is left of the battle is him, the 3 girls and the carcasses of the beast

“ Hey you 3, you should return back, this forest is too dangerous for you “

Rave looked towards the 3 girls, whilst skinning the hides of the beasts

No matter how heroic the situation is he would not let some profit rot before him for the sake of becoming a “ hero “

“ U-uhh…Thankyou ! “

Saichi and Lily expressed their gratitudes again to him

“ You shouldn't thank me, I was just getting the beasts that ran away from me. And if you want to thank someone, thank Master Po, he's the one who asked me to help you out here “

“ B-but “

“ No he’s right Lily, Saichi. That merciless massacre, the speed of your movement and most importantly, that graceful dance of death as if you and your sword are one itself…you're The Ronin aren't you ? “

Kaede had played Lost Continent before, she was a pretty good player with great skills as an assassin. She had been only been playing after the age where the 3 top gamers were not playing anymore so she had never seen a “ true “ master player before

But one day it all changed, the whole guild was moved to attack a single player, she had heard the rumors, but seeing the real thing is different.

At first she thought.

“ Are they out of their minds ? Moving the entire guild just to hunt a single player ?? “

But all that thought was gone after meeting him. Cold Bladed Ronin, merciless, without a shred of hesitation killed her entire guild on the spot. She was using an assassin’s hiding skill at that time, but to Shadow Ronin’s Shadow Track all hiding skills are for naught as nothing escapes it's view.

It was the first time she felt such a difference in power. All it took was one slash and she froze in place, a second one to finish her.

Her guild participated in an alliance to get him many times but all of it ended the same, if they surrounded him, there will always be a way for him to escape or kill them all.

It was not until they called into the top 10 players to be involved that they could defeat him

Kaede looked at Rave intently. She was sure he is the ronin, although this is virtual reality. He is still overwhelmingly strong here. and not to mention he was known to be the “ Cold Bladed “ after all, there was a reason for that.

Rave looked at her, the word “ Ronin “ remembered him of his past.

“ Yes, I am. Are you one of those I defeated ? Do you seek revenge ? I'm fine with it but let me get their hides first “

“ ….. “

Kaede couldn't believe what he just said

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