6 Chapter 6: Slaughter of Monsters

And so, Bell and Zeus left his home and went ahead to the forest. Bell was burning with passion and the desire to break the pain wheel that he was confronting since 2 years old. He needed to demonstrate to himself that he got stronger.

When they were arriving at the forest, Zeus remembered that he didn't talk to the investors about this vacation and he also needed to pay the employees for the time that they will be absent. With that in mind, he returned to the village and Bell stayed alone. His grandpa ordered to set the camp, prepare a bonfire and food while he is gone.

With that in mind, Bell creates a tent using woods and branches with leaves. He also uses some liana as a rope to reinforce the joints and create a door. He gathered sticks to the bonfire and some rocks to delimit it, then he took his bow and started to hunt. The outside part of the forest has more eatable animals, like deers and boars, and that was the place where he usually hunted.

He was walking through the woods, looking for footprints, listening to hear animal sounds, and smelling in case he finds some shit or dead animal in the vicinity. He was a little anxious, although he always hunts to get food, the goal of the trip with his grandpa was to kill monsters.

Bell continues his journey until he found some tracks, two deer's footprints. After he followed the tracks he found one deer eating leaves from a bush. Bell knew that there were two deers, so instead of attacking the deer, he climbed a near tree and started to look for the other. After some time he found it like 30 meters Northway from his prey. If he kills the deer silently, he could avoid the other deer attack, and that was the goal. As a hunter rule, be the predator, not the prey.

And so, Bell equipped his bow and took an arrow. He walked through the big branches of the tree in which he was, and he got as close as possible. The deer was about 20 meters, Bell was aiming his neck to claim his death... with a -FeefffF- the arrow stuck on the deer's neck and killed it almost instantly.

Bell was happy, he got food as his grandpa ordered. He watched the other deer and the sound of his partner falling to the ground alert him, thinking that his friend deer was alive he screamed to alert him, and then he ran. Bell looked for any other sign of danger and started to carry the deer to his camp. He needed to do it quickly, the process to eat the deer was slow and it has to be ready by the time his grandpa arrives.

A few hours later Bell was cocking the deer in the bonfire when Zeus arrived.

Zeus: "how was the hunt? do you got some problems?"

Bell: "no, all was normal, as usual"

Zeus: "Well the business is fine, we can remain almost three months here without returning"

Bell: "wow that's awesome, I love the idea of camping"

Zeus: "ahaha well.. we could rest sometime, a little vacation, and then start your training with the monsters... I would like to have some granpa-grandson time.."

Bell was stunned, a warmth ran through his body and a tear dropped his eyes. Until now he always thought about training and fighting, and the fact that he knew about his old world like if he doesn't belong here... he loses the focus on live another life and enjoys it.

Bell: " sounds great, he could sing some adventurers song and you can tell me more stories at the campfire... and I know a few horror stories -he said with a malevolous face-"

Zeus started to laugh and he hugged his grandson, for any outsider it was a really lovely scene of a family that loves each other.

Zeus: "Sounds like a plan, I'm glad that you are not forgetting you live your life, flirting is not the only activity you can do besides training haha"

And so the night ended, they rested after install some traps and alarms in case of intruders.

A week passes by and both decided that it was time to continue the training. Bell began the day with a light warm-up and then, accompanied by Zeus, deepened through the forest.

Every few meters the forest became darker and calm, like before a storm. The senses of Bell activated and he senses danger through the air, not deathly but dangerous. After look for some tracks, Zeus interrupted

Zeus: "I can watch for my own security, so just worry about yourself... and remember, the monsters on the surface are not dominated by the dungeon will, they think and adapt faster, but at the same time the dungeon doesn't boost up his strength... you can say that they are weaker but smarter."

Bell nodded and followed the tracks he found.. after a few minutes of walks he found a cave with two goblins guarding the entrance. Bell surrounded the area and looked for more tracks, maybe there are goblin exploring teams outside the cave. After a few hours, he found one team, 4 goblins armed with knives and swords. Bell hid behind a tree, took two arrows, and with two -FeefffF- the rear back goblins were dead. The vanguard goblins were shocked and before they could alarm the rest, their heads separated from their bodies.

Bell took their magic stones from their bodies and continued looking for more goblins. A few hours later he gave up, there is no more tracks nor goblins around. He returned to the cave and he found that the new exploration team was waiting for the arrival of the dead team. Bell noticed that one goblin carried a horn, if he is exposed without kill that goblin, who knows what kind of monster could attend the call.

With that in mind, he took 2 arrows, and two -FeefffF- were heard. Two dead goblins fall to the ground and in this gap time, Bell quickly close distance with the rest of the group decapitated one, and stabbed the other. The other two goblins tried to enter the cave but another two -FeefffF- were heard, two headshots were done.

Bell started to walk through the cave, all was dark but if he carried a torch it would be the same as shouting his presence. Slowly and only through his sense and the adaptation of his eyes to the darkness, he tried to find clues of how many goblins are in the cave and if there is ventilation or an escape route.

He judged the number of bodies lying on the floor, the holes like rooms in the cave, and the sounds coming from a bigger hole, they could be around 100 goblins. No sign of light or another escape route. He decided to go out of the cave and trap all the goblins.

Gathering logs and sticks he barricaded the entrance and blocked it with wood. Then he set a fire and waited for the goblins to suffocate and to escape from the cave. That will be the moment of their deads. He constructed a narrow hall between the barricade and the fire at the entrance. With that, the goblins will go out one by one, and he could kill them all with his bow, without missing one.

After half an hour the goblins started to scream and alarm the rest, the smoke was filling the cave. Bell took his bow and his arrow and waited for his prey. After around 15 minutes of nonstopping goblins coming out of the cave, the wave stopped. Bell scattered the fire and ashes of the wood and logs, then started to gather all the magic stones of the dead goblins. A few hours later when the cave was habitable, he entered looking for more dead goblins. He found a few ones and then explorer the cave.

The goblins have a dining room, a sleeping room, and a sex room, and judging for the smell, they were all bathrooms at the same time. It was disgusting, but he needed to go through these to be better. After recollecting all the valuable items, he left.

Zeus watched all, he congratulates his grandson for such a smart technique. Kill 100 goblins isn't an easy task for a level one, and less if they are all at the same time. Divided and obstruct his way out was the key to win. After all the hours spent in the slaughter, they carried the items in bags and returned to the camp for some rest, this was a good day of training.