Chimera beasts are hard to fight as they are unpredictable and instinctual creatures. Other than weapons, tactics, as well as skills, are needed to efficiently fight against them.
To avoid unnecessary causing trouble to each other, me and Kayla set our sights on our targets. Feeling my bloodlust, the horned wolf dashed forward towards me attempting to ram me with its horn.
Letting out a small breath, I cleared my mind and let my mana fusion do its work. In an instant before colliding with the horned wolf, I kicked the ground using my left foot and spun right, and followed it up with an upward slash aiming for the wolf's neck.
Another wolf, however, attacked me from the side, forcing me to cancel my attack and switch to a defensive stance. Defending idly would be consequential against beasts with this kind of speed, so I jumped backward-- this opened a window for my counterattack. After landing backward, I
kicked the ground full force, closing in on the vulnerable wolf and slashing downwards on its chest.
Blood spilled profusely as the dying wolf tumbled backward before collapsing on the ground.
A group of horned wolves then started to simultaneously attack me. Some lunged using their horns while some used their speed to gnaw at me. Although they had the advantage in numbers, the feeling of confidence with wielding a sword make up for it as I efficiently evaded and counter attacked.
Slashing, thrusting then evading. These simple actions were like swirling at the palm of my hands as I moved with ease without waste. And in a matter of seconds, I had killed five of these horned wolves.
"Kayla! Do your best!" The sight of a dotting father cheering for her daughter who's currently slaughtering a bunch of horned wolves gives off a different impression in my opinion.
"Shut up you creep, don't disturb me!" Kayla burst out in annoyance, but I can tell it was mostly because of her opponent.
"Kayla, you good?" I asked. Normally, it would be easy for her to just savagely cut all of the chimeras she saw as her prey. But for some reason, it's like her mind is preoccupied. That thought, however, was short-lived as she eventually managed on her own.
"That's my little girl-" Mr. Renard spread his arms wide, expecting an embrace from his daughter. Said daughter, however, for some reason ignored the poor man and walked towards me, who was sitting below a tree, with an exhausted and pouting look on her face.
"..yes?" I asked unconsciously, caught by her unusual expression.
"Why are you so good with a sword?" Her eyes, as if peering unto my soul, sent shivers running down my spine. "So she also has that eerie stare huh" is what I thought, but more importantly, I have no idea how to answer her question. Although we have indeed been practicing for 4 months now,
she initially started training before me. Saying that I'm just good would probably aggravate her, so I wouldn't want to say that as I don't want to hear her rant. Saying the truth would also be stupid as she would either not believe me, hate me, or even worse tell the truth to my grandfather.
Luckily, Master came unto her side to cheer her up. "Come on now Kayla, White's just probably lucky," Master said with a comforting smile.
"I don't think being 'this good' counts as 'luck' stupid dad."
Although such things are supposedly impossible, I could almost see Master turning gray from Kayla's response.
"Well, learning to use a sword isn't really that hard," I came up with an excuse of some sort. Truth be told, learning swordsmanship just for the sake of knowing "how" is hard beyond belief. The only thing that kept me going was my mother's wish, but now that I am in this world, I simply plan to live a life I want to. Using a sword is not something I'm doing because someone wished me to, but simply because I want to.
"Although I am also pretty curious about that, I think it's time to eat lunch yeah?" Thankfully master changed the topic- wait lunch?
"But-"
"Wait hold up! We're not going to eat those frog legs, are we? I cut off the pouting Kayla. Changing the topic is ideal and all, but this takes precedence over anything else. Eating wolves and wild cats is something I'm used to now, but frog legs? no, no, no! impossible! Never will I eat those!
"Hahahaha" Master laughed loudly. Although I couldn't see it, I believe right now my expression would be a mixture of disgust and disbelief. "Don't worry brat, limbs aren't the only thing edible when it comes to these beasts."
Master then started collecting the wolves we hunted down inside his dimensional bag. "I'm just going to wash this thing in the river, you guys can just rest there." signaling to the exhausted Kayla. The ones we hunted are kept in the village's storage which they store for winter.
The village, although not that big, still has a large number of residents living in it. Although hunting packs of chimeras every day seem a lot even by normal standards, some parts should not be eaten as it may result in food poisoning.
Since they are "Chimeras," I figured that much is reasonable. After our hunt, Master would head out on the river to clean a chimera we hunted down for lunch. We usually come with him, but the exhausted Kayla was in a bad mood, so I figured this is also that guy's way to escape the situation.
'What a troublesome guy' I commented in my thoughts. My gaze then shifted to the still pouting Kayla beside me. Unknowingly, her gaze was already locked on me even before I looked at her. Great.
"So? You gonna talk?"
"Uhm... I really don't have any idea. I guess I just found it nice." Since I can't tell her the truth, saying "I don't know," even if it arouses more suspicion, would be the most efficient way to end her curiosity. Kayla stared at me suspiciously, then sighs as if giving up.
"Whatever," Kayla said as she stood back up, "I'll just practice again and again." She declared before strolling off.
"Wait, Kayla! Mr. Renard said it would be dangerous if we get lost remember?" This forest is extremely huge after all, and I doubt only chimeras like these wolves live here.
"I'm not asking you to come, you know?" Kayla shot back as she stuck her tongue out and did a weird thing with her lower eyelid. I have no idea what that means but I can't help but feel annoyed by it. This must be because of White, so the best thing would just be to let her go.
Additionally, Mr. Renard did give us rings that would track us in case we got lost. And looking at how exhausted she currently is, she'll come back eventually after letting off steam for a few minutes.
--Is what I thought...
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