Chapter 4

"I'm not interested" was his response.

Clearing his voice, he continued, "Right now, I don't think it's the best time to make a group," Gabriel said as clearly as possible.

The girl nodded and said "You're right, the circumstances still do not meet the requirements to need an alliance" She said with a little disappointment mixed with understanding.

Right now making an alliance really more than helping will hinder either one's progress, after all the current monsters were easily subjugated by either one, so uniting will make the Exp distribution between both of them hinder their growth rate current.

Also if they wanted to make a group they would have to go together, which would reduce the amount of monsters they could find if they went separately. So at least, at this time where there were only weak monsters as the only visible threat, it was better to go by themselves to increase their strength as quickly as possible.

Knowing that, she didn't want to waste any more words, so she turned around with the intention of leaving. Before leaving the place she completely turned around and commented "I hope we meet in the near future" she turned and left.

Gabriel stared at the small figure that was lost among the trees.

Sighing, he got up and prepared to leave that place, it was then that her whole body lit up and he felt how he was getting stronger.

"I leveled up again"

He had gone from level 4 to level 5 in a quarter of the time it took him to go from level 1 to level 3, which in itself was amazing.

Even so, he was not satisfied with the rate of his leveling up, so he was waiting for his body to reach its most optimal state before re-creating another creature.

He left the place as he thought about the girl he had just talked to, the girl gave off a strange feeling around him, as if she had everything under control and at any moment he could get rid of anything that bothered him. . On one hand that made him distance himself from her, but at the same time it gave her a kind of sense of security in having a powerful ally by her side.

Ignoring those thoughts, he continued walking through the forest with spear in hand and numerous translucent butterflies flying around him.

***

A day had passed since his encounter with that strange girl.

He was sitting on a tree watching the scene that was happening a few meters from him. A large, ugly, muscular creature was smashing the head of a small green creature with an axe.

"There are Orcs now," he muttered to himself as he stared into the distance.

He wasn't sure if it was because the Goblins' presence was dwindling, or because he was pre-designed for a new threat to appear once he finished the first day.

Whatever it was, now it wasn't just Goblins that he would have to worry about from now on.

With a sigh, he climbed down from the tree and prepared himself for the fight.

I didn't know how strong the Orc was, but at least it was strong enough to kill a Goblin with great ease, which wasn't really a decent measure of strength for one of them, considering that even at level 3 he could already face one of them without suffering any injuries.

He looked at the spear in his hand, it wasn't in its best condition, the blade was already chipped a bit, but at the moment it was the only decent weapon he had in his possession, so he would keep using it until it became completely useless.

Walking slowly towards the Orc, he motioned to the black wolf with a thought to prepare in case something happened.

The butterfly was also accompanying him to distract him for a few seconds so that Lobo could easily kill him.

Clearing his mind of unnecessary thoughts, he was finally able to see the Orc a few meters away from him.

His figure was large compared to a Goblin, but even compared to a human he was still very large, measuring a little over 2 meters (someone who converts Meter to inch, because I'm not going to). By comparison, Gabriel was barely 1.7 meters tall, almost touching 1.8 if he had grown a little more.

But the most impressive thing was not his height, but his whole body was full of very noticeable muscles, from a distance they were big but up close they were simply abysmal. He looked like he had muscles upon muscles.

His strength should be at least Level 7 or even bordering on Level 10.

He thought measuring his strength in terms of level, although that was not even a reliable measure, it was a way to avoid thinking that the being in front of him was invincible.

His current level was 5, so the difference was between 2 or 5 levels at worst, which was practically a double level difference. But he wasn't even sure if the monsters even had a leveling system, maybe they just get stronger without needing levels to increase their strength.

It's not the best time to think about that.

She thought to herself as he raised his gun.

He had been practicing must from time to time against Goblins, although the general strength of the Goblins was not very high, if he taught him to some extent how to move and fight using a spear.

So now he had to put it into practice against someone stronger.

He knew that he would probably lose, he had no confidence of winning, so he put his creations on hold in case something happened.

My life is not in danger.

He thought to himself as he raised the spear in his hand.

The orc long ago aware of the small presence near him, dropping the corpse of a goblin he was devouring, he looked at the new prey that sought to challenge him.

He's not tall, he doesn't look strong. It is not a threat.

It was the only thing his limited intelligence could deduce from seeing the small figure in front of him.

The orc snorted at the thought that she was no match for him, just a mere appetizer.

Without even thinking about it too much, he approached the prey to kill it as quickly as possible just like he had done with those green dwarves, but to his surprise it moved to the side and the tip of the strange pointed weapon he was holding grazed him. Leg.

To the dismay of his prey, even after cutting his leg with his strange weapon, it didn't make even a small cut to his skin.

Seeing that the creature couldn't even break through his skin, he just made a mocking smile as he continued to attack.

The only annoying thing is that this prey was very slippery, being able to easily avoid his attacks, which made him increasingly annoying.

It is like steel.

Gabriel thought as he stepped back and made another attack, only for it to bounce off the Orc's skin.

Luckily for him, the Orc, although strong and resistant, was not very fast or even had a very high sense of combat. This helped him in battle, being able to attack and evade with little difficulty.

But this would not last forever, he was getting more and more tired and it was more difficult to keep up with the Orc. Instead this one with his strong body could continue fighting without showing signs of exhaustion. If this continued, it would only be a matter of time before they killed him, he had to think of something before that happened.

He thought of using his creations, but quickly denied that idea.

After all, he wanted to become stronger without relying on his creations, because if he trusted them too much and was in a situation where he couldn't use them, he would only be in for death.

That's why he had to get stronger without relying on them, and this was a perfect time to do it when he wasn't in danger or there were monsters that were too strong.

I have to think of something fast, if I can't get through his skin then I have to attack his weak points.

He thought to himself as he dodged another attack.