Chapter 9: Who says it's easy?

I started to run towards them. At the same time, I threw a few knives at the pack of harpies. Those knives began to stick into the body of several harpies.

Realizing that attack, the harpies began to fly away from the tree. Stay away while keeping their distance from me. They're annoying creatures in my opinion.

(Shit! Trying to hit-run me, huh?!) I tried to anticipate their attack by keeping my distance.

Factual for it, after keeping their distance, they started to attack me. They flew swooped down. One by one, like an eagle snatching its prey.

Their attacks switched each other. Not only that, their claws are unbelievably sharp. Some of the large tree branches could be easily torn off by them.

(If this is the case, I must be careful about that!) I analyzed their attacks.

I started to switch on the smoke bomb. The smoke of its started to spread out into the surroundings. Because of that, It kept the harpies from guessing what I was doing.

(Now!) While throwing some knives.

Several harpies started to fall from the sky because of it. Realizing that momentum, I ran toward them. With no mercy, I killed several harpies that fell on the ground.

"Three are down. Who's next?" I said with provoked tone.

They started to be furious because of that. In return, they attacked me continuously. On the other hand, I dodged their attacks.

One moment, one of the harpies threw something down from above. Realizing that, I dodged that. When I saw it, that was feces. Feces of them.

"Ah, shit! Now, you gonna poop on me like a closet toilet of the school, huh?!" I was angry at it.

However, they don't seem to care about that. They keep doing it toward me. Realizing those acts, I said,

"Alright, I'll poop in your face while you're a carcass, you stupid bird!"

I started to take some fruits from that place. Not only that, I started making artificial spiderwebs trap by steel wire ropes in several places. Despite the difficulty due to the many attacks they did on me, I finally managed to set up a few traps.

Right now, with all that conditions, I cut a bit of my skin. My skin started to bleed. As per my hypothesis, they were interested in my blood. Just like goblins before.

And I started to lay on the ground. While eating the fruits I'd picked up before, I provoked again,

"Come on! Eat me like these fruits. My flesh is flavor, you know!" While eating mango fruit.

They didn't try to come down right away. As if they were cautious this time.

(Looks like they're slightly intelligent creatures, huh? Well, I only need just waiting for a while, then!)

Continued, I ate these fruits. It didn't take long for the harpies to start swooping down toward me. On the other hand, I'm not changing my current position while they were swooped down. I continuously ate the fruit and let the drops of my blood out.

Just as they were ready to grab me, unexpectedly, several harpies were injured. Their eyes, necks, and stomachs were slashed sharply by my wire steel ropes. Then, they fell to the ground while groaning in pain.

I, sprightly, killed those who had fallen. I killed them in their necks and chests. Blood began to spurt in all directions. Even so, because their smell was stinking, it almost made me vomit.

(Shit! It's almost like the smell of skunk or even worse than that!) While trying to hold my breath.

In the end, I only could be killing eight harpies at this time. Only two left remained, and they started to retreat. At least for a moment, I can rest in peace.

"Fiuhh!" I sighed with sat. "At last, my training gave me several benefits!" I wipe the sweat on my face.

(To be honest, if I didn't practice beforehand, I probably would've gas out of stamina earlier! With that assumptions, I would've died again!) I thought in silence.

With that result, I resumed training. With the same method as before, I increased the limits of my physical to mental capabilities. Luckily, I didn't exhaust as before.

Not only that, but I also started bringing some harpies' corpses to eat. Honestly, their meat is more like a goose. Even so, their smell was so stinking. It made me nauseous a few times while cleaning its corpses. Luckily, there's a river. So, it's not too tiring to wash it like before.

Uniquely, on this floor, there's a concept of day and night. So, this made it easier for me to rest or sleep. Not only that, many roots of large trees or caves were multiple options for shelter. In the end, I'd chosen to rest in a cave near the river.

The evening had came. Now, time to rest. I started to sleep. However, I heard a familiar voice near the river. Cautiously, I prepared some equipment.

When I checked, several harpies came to the river. Not only that, there was a large bird with them. The bird was like a giant black eagle. Even so, while peering at it, the harpy had a human head with long hair. What an abnormal bird in size and shape!

(Holy shit! More like a monster than a bird!) I was shocked in silence.

Realizing the existence of the bird, I could only observe. Observation and analysis of their behaviors. Moreover, I lacked information about this floor. So, there's nothing wrong with that.

(Observe for a while. If you want a winning, you must observe them!) I focused on them.

After some time spent observing all of them, they finally left the river. Then, I immediately climbed a tree to make sure of the direction they were flying. On my sight, they went to a large tree. The tree resembled a giant sequoia tree with an abnormal size.

(What the heck is that?! Is this a joke... about that tree?!) I was shocked for a while.

After observing them, I immediately returned to the cave. To be honest, the size of that bird made me think for a moment. My sleep was slightly disturbed because of that.

(Did I've to fight that bird? A bird with abnormal size??) I thought it with.

However, in the end, I only got annoyed thinking about it...

(Fuck it! My business is more important than that!) Finally, I started to continue my sleep.

***

The morning had arrived. A sign that I should do the daily routine before killing those monsters. After finishing the daily routine, I immediately searched for the existence of monsters.

I'm looking at the starting place. I also searched several places to find the existence of the harpies. However, as far as I'd searched, I didn't find them at all.

(Are they afraid of me already?? No way! Especially, that monster!)

While thinking about that, I accidentally heard their voices. Realizing that voice, I immediately hid in one of the bushes.

(Relax! They're almost the same as goblins. So calm down and ease, Besper!) While calming my breath.

Another voice sounded. This time, its voice was more ferocious and booming like thunder. When I saw it, there were four big birds appeared. The birds with humongous in size.

The first, it's a harpy with a whitish silver body. As for its head, it had a woman's head. The second, it's a harpy with a fiery-red eagle body. Even so, its head was like a woman's head. The third, it's a harpy with a snow-white body. As for its head, it had a woman's head with coffee-brown hair. The last, it's the same bird I saw last night. As it turned out, it had a woman's head with an obsidian black body.

(So, I must fight those west-wannabe-harpies band?! With the current equipments I've right now??! This is a suicidal mission, you an asshole Nostradamus!) I'm frustrated right now.

While I was being frustrated, surprisingly, one of the four harpies, which had a whitish silver body, screamed in my direction. Because of that, several harpies started flying toward me.

(Bastards! They're aware of my presence?!! Fuck those shit! I'm out in here!!!) I immediately ran from that place.

With that condition, I started being hunted by those flocks of dickhead creatures.