16 - First gate

Karou continued with his one-sided massacre in the forest, bodies and bodies accumulated, until a strong roar appeared, from the middle of the forest a red dog similar to a wolf appeared, he had much larger prey in addition to the larger size and fur.

- Red Wolf. - A Fighter Level beast. Karou was a little nervous to see him, but soon he calmed down, his physique was very good, he was a great apprentice only, it was time to prove his true strength.

The red wolf ran to attack Karou and his clones, then he attacked one of the clones in front of him turning it into smoke, clone after clone was cut by the wolf's sharp claws, carefully Karou moved.

He approached the wolf with care not to find himself in the middle of the clones, so he concentrated his Chakra on the fist and hit the wolf straight, even so the wolf only flew back a few meters.

He was now really angry, the wolf inhaled a lot of air, then he took a big puff. At this point Karou deflected quickly, a fireball the size of someone's head flew, destroying several clones.

The wolf was already able to use Ninjutsu unconsciously, Karou could not take it lightly.

- Shadow clones! - Karou screamed, he replaced the destroyed clones, he ordered them to deal with the red dogs while Karou himself would fight the Red Wolf.

The sounds of growls and cuts sounded while Karou had a collision with the Wolf, this time it was Karou who made the first move.

He drew his shurikens and launched, the wolf with agile movements deflected each one with a small jump to the side, soon after he went on the attack, Karou pulled his Kunai and defended himself against the wolf, the wolf's pure physique was already superior to that of the wolf. from Karou.

With so much force on him Karou fell to the ground, the wolf climbed on top of him, Karou held his mouth with as much strength as possible to prevent the wolf from biting his throat.

The Wolf didn't have the advantage, so the wolf opened his mouth, pulled a lot of air, Karou knew that he would try to use his fireball at point-blank range, this would cause heavy damage to Karou.

- I'll have to take this seriously, Opening Gate! - Karou used the result of his training, instantly he felt a spike in his strength, all of his brain limitations had been removed, he could use 100% of his capabilities. Karou felt his physique jump from a Great Apprentice's Peak to a fighter's Peak, with his superhuman strength he gripped the wolf's jaws with great strength.

He clenched his jaws until a cracking sound appeared, the wolf jumped back crying, Karou had broken his jaw his best way to cause damage, the unhealthy wolf released his fireball, Karou didn't even bother, with his incredible speed he appeared behind the Wolf.

He drew his medieval sword and with all his strength descended against the wolf's head, his head fell to the ground, another message then sounded.

[Title: Fighter acquired]

Karou had killed the red wolf, he then closed the first Gate, staying with it open would do great damage to Karou's body, Karou at this moment believed that no one in the green leaf city his age could defeat him.

Nobody would believe that a young man in less than 1 month after his talent test would reach the level of fighter, his physique was still that of a Great Apprentice, but his power was already in Fighter.

Karou thought that sunflower would be easy to deal with, but he still had a little fear, she was already the most talented girl in town, now having her legacy released could be problematic.

Karou ended his battle quickly, he shouldn't be too happy with those rankings, none were safe, Rankings were just excuses, the real power in a fight was what mattered.

Karou collected the nuclei and continued on his way, after his departure a group passed through the area, they saw the dozen bodies and left in fear thinking that some beast had gone mad. Karou, the cause of this, was already far away facing an Apprentice-level Taurus Taurus.

Karou was practically playing with the bull, he wanted to see when he could dominate the fight for his side, he was putting a lot of pressure on his opponent, so the bull was very hurt, Karou decided to give his coup de grace when suddenly. An arrow flew out of the woods, hitting the bull with precision in the head.

The bull died at this moment, Karou pulled the arrow from the wolf's head and broke it, from the middle of the forest a small group appeared, they were well-formed men about thirty years old, with him there was a young man, he was a few years older than Karou.

- This bull is mine, take your hands off it! - Said the young man arrogantly, Karou knew what this was, it was the old cliché he saw in his previous life.

This was supposed to be some young master from some Clan, Karou saw no value in the bull, so he decided to join in the fun.

- Excuses young master, I didn't know you were targeting this powerful beast. - Karou said everything holding the laughter.

The Young master expected the young man to retort, in fact that was his goal, to make the young man angry so that he would order his men to beat him, so that he would have a lot of fun. It didn't irritate him, it just made him even happier, someone had recognized his greatness.

- Ah, good to know that you recognized my greatness! - The young man had his ego inflated to the maximum.

- Young master, I am a very poor person, in your greatness I could give in, this small gift to me, your greatness does not compare to the weakness of this weak beast, does it? - Karou said, he knew that the young man had his ego inflated, so he decided to take advantage.

- But of course, I've actually hunted dozens of beasts. - Said the young man smugly.

- Ah, really incredible, but young master ... - Karou seemed to show disappointment in his face.

- What's it? Why this face? - Asked the worried young man.

- It's just that I thought the young master was from a powerful family and didn't need to hunt to survive.

At this point the young man didn't even think twice, he took his bag full of cores and threw it to Karou.

- I really don't need it! You can have everything. - Said the young man proudly.

- Thank you very much, young master, you are very busy and need to leave, right? - Karou didn't think his manipulation at the child level could work, but it ended up working.

- Let's go back now men!

The young man went back into the forest, at this moment Karou fell with a burst of laughter, it was never so easy, even a child would complain if he tried to steal his sweets, Karou jumped on a tree and disappeared from the area.

After a few minutes the young man realized he had been tricked and ran back, but found nothing, Karou was already far away.