Chapter 3

It's been 3 weeks since Mushin met NightFall, the two of them were constantly in the forest and continuously practicing from morning to noon by doing physical training and fighting wild animals to make food, NightFall on the other hand is also getting stronger and looks like he's also getting bigger, but thanks to magic that somehow learned, NightFall can stay small and grow big when needed such as when fighting or keeping Mushin warm.

"Hey Wild brat, did you finally take the mission after 3 weeks of free eating?" Said Macao who was now playing cards with Wakaba at the opposite table.

"Yes, the old midget said that from now on if you want to eat you have to pay, for lunch I can fish or hunt wild animals, but for breakfast and dinner, that's the problem," replied Mushin who stood in front of the Quest board and was Seeing which quests interest him, there are many types of quests on the quest board in front of Mushin, starting with the types of exterminating monsters, exterminating Dark Guilds, helping residents in fairly common problems, and so on.

'Maybe this is...' thought Mushim while looking at the quest pointed at by Nightfall who was now sitting above his head, took the quest that was on the right side, seeing it made Mushin grin and high-five Nightfall, "You are really good at choosing quests buddy. " said Mushin while walking towards Makarov, "Oi old man drunk, I will take this Quest" Mushin said while handing over the Quest he was going to take to Makarov to get his approval.

"Hmmm, annihilation mission and the fee is 10,000 Jewels per monster killed, Hmm, seeing your ability that continues to increase, maybe you can take this mission, so... I agree," said Makarov while putting a tick at the end of the quest indicating that This quest has been taken by the Fairy Tail wizard and has received approval from Makarov as the Guild Master, Mushin smirked a little then took the Quest and walked out, besides if Natsu and Gray find out that he took the Quest, maybe the two of them will join in and give Mushin a headache because the two of them kept bickering non-stop.

'Looks like I'm going to relax a bit when I get on the train' thought Mushin while looking for a seat according to the ticket he bought, Mushin's destination is a little far and to get to his destination quickly, the only option is to take the train moving towards the destination at high speed, but Mushin is the one who who had just learned the technique of moving at high speed couldn't use the technique continuously because it also affected his Consumption of Reiryoku.

<Status>

Name: Mushin

Age: 13

Race: Human

Level: 13 (250/2000)

RP: 1500/1500

Stat:

STR: 77

VIT: 80

DEX: 75

INT: 29

Point: 0

Skill:

-Blood Lust [Active - Lv.11 (15%)]

-Basic Swordsmanship [Passive - Lv.19 (91%)]

-Fishing [Passive - Lv.25 (1%)]

-Cooking [Passive - Lv.23 (12%)]

-Reiryoku Control [Passive - Lv.19 (53%)]

-Spiritual Sense [Passive - Lv.21 (5%)]

-Physical Endurance [Passive - Lv.18 (96%)]

-Basic Hakuda [Passive - Lv.13 (97%)]

-Basic Hohō [Active/Passive - Lv.10 (56%)]

<Pet>

Name: Nightfall

Race: Wolf

Level: 12

MP: 1050/1050

STR: 69

VIT: 70

DEX: 77

INT: 18

In this brutal practice, Mushin and Nightfall's status really improved a lot, especially Night underwent a change. fight while the small version is rest mode.

The mission that Mushin took was originally a C-Rank mission that Mushin should not have been able to take because he was still in the D-Rank category, but different from other wizards, what made Mushin equal to a C-Rank wizard was his fighting instinct, proven even in terms of the strength and amount of magic power or in Mushin's case is Reiryoku, he is still below Natsu and Gray, but every time Mushin joins the fight in the Guild, he can still beat Natsu and Gray in terms of hand-to-hand fighting techniques and also that's what Makarov saw every day, therefore even though Mushin is still D-Rank, he can take C-Rank missions.

After sitting on the train for quite a while while looking at the sights shown, Finally the two of them arrived at their destination, Mushin and Night got off at Clover City because from here the two of them had to walk towards one of the client's places, originally Mushin wanted to go straight to the monster area and fought there, but he had to confirm that he had taken on the mission that the client asked his guild, 'This is really troublesome'

After walking for a while, the two of them finally arrived in front of a building not far from where he got off, when he got there he was greeted by a man wearing simple clothes, "Excuse me, I'm Mushin from Fairy Tail and I'm here to confirm the Quest you made it in Fairy Tail" Mushin said while handing over the Quest he brought, Picked it up, the man in front of him nodded then took him to an empty area and Mushin could really feel if there were Monsters roaming around.

"As you can see, this area is close to the village which made me panic because these monsters started coming here and roaming around and made the residents a bit scared which made their work disrupted"

"I understand, just leave it to me"

"Please, kill as many Monsters as possible so that the villagers can live in peace"

"Okay"

With that Mushin and Nightfall immediately got off the carriage and the two of them were immediately left by the man because this monster would run into someone who entered their territory which made the man scared, feeling dozens of monsters moving at high speed towards the two of them, Mushin started to unsheathe the two Zangetsu then turned to Nightfall who had transformed into the fighting version, grinned thinly, Mushin immediately gave the Nightfall code and the two of them immediately split up.

Due to the large number of enemies and Mushin was a little afraid that the monsters they were fighting would scatter left and right, Mushin chose to scatter and this was also good for Mushin to be able to fight with lives at stake, during training in the forest, Mushin almost died many times but he always safe because he has Zangetsu and Nightfall by his side and the instincts that have been embedded in his body, and Mushin is sure that he can beat 5-9 monsters, but if he has touched dozens it's a different story and thinking of bloody fights makes his blood boil and he smirks unconsciously dangerous look on his face as the monsters came into view.

Mushin didn't mince words and immediately strengthened his body with Reiryoku then immediately lunged at the Monster and swung a large Zangetsu that was blocked with a black head similar to iron, not giving up, Mushin immediately swung his leg like an ax at the large Zangetsu that was stuck in the head and immediately made a the monster was injured, but Mushin sensed a monster approaching from behind and it was too late to dodge which injured Mushin's left hip.

Focusing his strength on his left hand, the muscles in Mushin's left hand began to swell and Mushin immediately threw a short Zangetsu towards the Monster behind him and because of its strong throwing power and speed, the short Zangetsu directly pierced the monster's eye and made its head split slightly on the side, "This is really fun!!"

Pulling the white cloth he was holding, Mushin immediately twirled the short Zangetsu like a helicopter blade and prevented many monsters from approaching because they kept getting shallow slash wounds from short Zangetsu's swings, because Mushin liked to fight them head-on, he immediately withdrew Zangetsu returned to his hands and without saying much Mushin immediately took out all his strength and lunged towards the monsters that kept coming without stopping.

The damage done by the fight was quite appreciable and the corpses of the monsters were strewn on the ground and pools of blood were also visible on the ground, several slash marks that were not too deep also made evidence of a life and death fight, and amidst it all, Mushin was still standing with a body covered in wounds. and blood kept coming out of all his wounds, and now instead of ending it, he was still dealing with a monster that was almost twice the size of the monster he fought.

"You really are a monster bastard" said Mushin in between his irregular breaths, for about 15 minutes he had been fighting at full strength and the Monsters he had injured in such a way had not yet been sacrificed and what was worse he also had the power to regenerate all wounds on his body. his body, no matter how he looks at it is cheating, even when Mushin looks at the number above the monster's head and shows that he and the monster have a 10 level difference which makes Mushin curse the bastard in front of him, his underlings are stronger and the level difference is only them 3-6 levels tall but the bastard in front of him was beyond reason.

'I have to kill him somehow, NightFall is already finished there, so tonight we should both be able to go home' thought Muhsin while using all his last strength, Mushin has been fighting for approximately 2 hours without stopping thanks to the Stamina he built and The Reiryoku strengthened his body, but now that his Stamina was depleted and his Reiryoku also remained at 100, the Monster in front of him also for some reason started growling and he immediately pounced towards Mushin.

'Bastard!' Due to the many injuries received, Mushin's movements that were usually very flexible were now a little stiff and it was a bit difficult to dodge quick attacks, having no other choice, Mushin bet.

'You are now the King, idiot, how are you going to lose?!'

'Mushin, believe in us, believe in yourself!'

'Damn it' Mushin's eyes immediately flashed blue and red light and he swung both Zangetsu with all the strength he put into one strike as a bet, and unconsciously blue and black aura started to appear around Zangetsu and his slash was instantly strengthened several times, Monsters that moved at high speed it could not avoid and was immediately hit in the head along with Mushin in the abdomen.

The two sword energies were immediately released and made 2 slashes past the Monster in front of him and in an instant his body split into 2 and the sword energy disappeared leaving a fairly deep slash mark, 'Looks like I won' thought Mushin while following the two Zangetsu on the ground while Mushin immediately lost his balance and fell on his back on the ground, because his injuries were so severe, Mushin probably had to lie down for less than 30 minutes to allow him to recover a bit.

"That was really hell"

[STR+15 VIT+19 DEX+19 INT+14]

[Level Up 7x]

[Skill 'Blood Lust' Level Up 4x]

[Skill 'Basic Swordsmanship' Level Up 7x]

[Skill 'Spiritual Sense' Level Up 3x]

[Skill 'Physical Endurance' Level Up 6x]

['Basic Hakuda' Skill Level Up 3x]

[Skill 'Basic Hohō' Level Up 6x]

Seeing the many notifications appearing in front of his eyes made Mushin happy, 'It's true, a battle of life and death that allows one to break through the limit' thought Mushin while closing his eyes, because he leveled up, the Reiryoku that was originally depleted immediately returned full but not with the wounds that still very bad, Mushin began to practice control of his Reiryoku which made his healing faster than usual because his Reiryoku continued to flow throughout his body calmly like flowing water and wash every part of the body.

Feeling a fair amount of energy coming towards him, Mushin smiled, in this fight not only him, but Night also got stronger, Night came with blood that still hasn't disappeared in his mouth and all over his body, Mushin knows that most of it is blood Night was alone but seeing him happy made Mushin relieved, 'Me and him are the same, we both like to fight to the death'

'But....it will be a problem if I come back in this condition' thought Mushin while looking at the many wounds on his body, when he saw this, 100% Makarov would make Mushin only carry out quests in the Magnolia area which annoyed him so, look at him. Night's direction seemed to know the contents of Mushin's thoughts, he also nodded, because it was still afternoon and only 1 hour left before sunset, Mushin would spend his time meditating and controlling his Reiryoku to make his wounds heal faster and be able to make Mushin walk home and earn money.

Feeling that all his bleeding had stopped and his Reiryoku had also increased making his recovery faster, Mushin stood up and took out a communication lacrima to contact his client, because Mushin also couldn't carry these monster corpses, so he had to gather them in one place and call the client. into place and showed evidence of the monster he killed, after contacting his Client, Mushin turned to Night eating like a Core from a monster that almost killed him, 'So only strong Monsters have Core'

'If you can use my abilities, you can get stronger quickly' - White

'Ability?' - Mushin

'Yes, One of White's abilities is Soul Eater, and not only human souls but monster souls you can also eat and it will make you stronger depending on the souls you eat and the amount you eat' - Old Man

'Soul Devouring? Sounds disgusting' - Mushin

'You say that but your dog is not much different from me' - White

'What do you mean?'

'You must have felt it, right? Faint traces on the Core that your dog ate, it was part of the soul and part of the power of the ants you fought' - White

Looking at Night, Mushin did faintly sense a monster's presence in the Core but it was very weak, sighing, Mushin could only sit on top of the Monster Corpses while waiting for the Client to come with Night who was consuming the Core he had absorbed.