The butcher.

Kasel and his teammates were still on their way and continued to make their way throughout the forest by fighting a few beasts from here and there.

But after the pack of wolves, they had not fought other harder battles that threatened their lives.

||||||STATS||||||||||

[ Name: {Fallen}/Cursed ]

[Lvl: 09] [XP: 47/900]

[HP: 90/90]

[Class: Hawker (progressive)]

[Title: Beginner Alchemist/Shameless trader/{IRREGULAR}/...]

[Evol: 0%]

[AUT: -/-]

[HYD: 100]

[STR: 40]

[AGI: 40]

[STA: 40]

[Skills: swordsman(2) NPC(1)]

{AUTORITY}

--

[SP: 10]

[〒: 10 000 095]

__

Kasel not only managed to reach level 09, but he also managed to evolve his Swordsman skill to level 02; after being able to use his HYDs to strengthen his weapons.

Knowing that he could no longer increase his Stats [AUT], he preferred to balance his Stats by placing twenty of his thirty [SP] in [STA, STR] and kept the other ten SPs for urgent cases.

Regarding the mysterious voice, since Kasel refused the request, even if he did not regain his authority, he no longer had problems with his other skills, rewards, and other leveling up.

In other words, since he refused the enigmatic request that was not mentioned in his book, he has not received any news from her.

As a result, he was convinced that this was the right decision to be made.

At the same time, his concerns about game masters turned out to be false, at least that's what he believed.

"M. Fallen, how many days of journey do we have left before reaching the location of this dungeon?" Avery's exhausted voice resounded in the area as she used her magic stick as a cane to walk easily.

Even if she had reached level 14, Gray followed her quickly with his Level 10!

"A little effort and we will be there. I had made a few detours to allow us to gain more levels before attacking the dungeon; you must be at least level 10 to access the dungeon." Kasel answered briefly by putting his sword in its sheath.

Avery nodded with an understanding air while waiting for Kasel's explanations.

This could only mean one thing, the dungeon must be a difficult dungeon!

"Let's take a break for now. There are lakes ten meters from us, if you feel the need, you can go take a shower." Kasel continued by offering this suggestion to Avery.

But instead of Avery, it was Gray who hurriedly nodded.

"No, I wasn't talking to you, but rather to the young lady. My word, you have no tact eh, I bet you haven't known your first love yet." Kasel replied, fearing that Gray would impose himself.

"This NPC!" Between his frustration and shame, he had hateful eyes that stared at Kasel as if he was going to attack him for a moment.

But Kasel didn't care. He could guess that his proposal had pleased Avery who had bright eyes.

But for a reason he didn't know, she didn't agree.

-Don't worry about this guy with perverse eyes, I won't let him disrespect you. - As if he seemed to guess Avery's thoughts, he pointed his finger at Gray and spoke indifferently.

I'm going to kill him for now, this guy. - Gray

But Avery who was silent until now shook her head. -It's because of the monsters.- She said with an ironic smile.

Seeing Gray hold his position despite his countless threats to Kasel.

"Don't worry about this detail, this Zone also serves as a border between high-level monsters and wolves. You must not be attacked by them; technically, I believe."

Hearing Kasel's uncertain explanations, Avery immediately abandoned her idea; even if her heart was burning with envy.

"In short, we have ten minutes of breaks. During this time, make sure to recover your strength. When we cross this area, the journey will no longer be peaceful."

Just after proposing with these words, he leaned his head against a small rock and closed his eyes in the hope of relaxing.

...

10 minutes later, Kasel's voice awakened everyone by breaking the peaceful silence in the songs of the birds.

"Well, it's time." He said, getting up from the ground while dusting his trousers.

-Nodd, Avery, and Gray agreed samely after preparing to get back on the road.

Unlike previous times, Kasel still held his sword in his hand when they got back on the road.

The enemies they will have to face will not only be fiercer, but smarter with their stealth attacks.

Knowing what awaited them, he had warned his teammates while he himself had most of his weapons on his body; instead of being in his inventory.

The first enemy the group met just after a five-minute walk was a duo of jaguars who were perched on top of a large tree.

The thick leaves of the tree were more than enough to allow them to hide to hunt down their prey, which was none other than Kasel's small group.

"We are observed!"

"Yes, I had already noticed it." Kasel instantly replied to Gray whose senses are sharper since he acquired his new class.

At the same time, Avery, who seemed to have noticed the presence of the jaguar duo, nod his head.

"Don't look at them, act as if nothing had happened," Kasel says these words before starting to implement his strategy to take care of new enemies.

[Jaguar: Lvl 18]

[HP: 180/180]

[Black jaguar: 20]

[HP: 200]

"!" Both were alerted when they saw the level of the first monsters they encountered in this high-risk area.

But despite everything, they kept their blood cold and made it as if nothing had happened while they listened to the attack plan of their leader; Kasel.

Kasel explained the plan while stepping nonchalantly like the others towards the tree that was in front of them ten meters away.

"The strategy is simple, the Jaguars are faster than the wolves. Miss Avery who is not a hand-to-hand fighter will slow down her steps to create distance between us without alerting our predators. As for me and GodBlessStream, we will attack them by surprise with our long-range attacks. Your role in this confrontation, Miss Avery, u will support GodBlessStream backward with your magical attacks in case he struggles to take care of his opponent."

Just after hearing his short but better explanation, the two nodded in agreement.

Then, slowly, but surely, Kasel and Gray arrived three meters from the big tree.

-Now!!

Kasel thundered with these words while taking his bow with an arrow at the same time in his arsenal, and aimed at the black jaguar while the tip of his arrow was impregnated with a scarlet red glow, and shot the arrow towards his target!

Woosh!

-Plouf!

Kasel's arrow did not miss the target that was caught off guard. The arrow lodged deep in his abdomen.

[-50HP]

At the same time, Gray had made a deep cut in the abdomen of the other jaguar with his skill [holy slash] that freed a Slash of white aura towards his target.

[-60HP]

-Smirk!

The two looked at each other and immediately saw the same satisfying smile on each other's faces.

-Roarrr!!

The two wounded jaguars roared from the tree with eyes carried by malice and fiercely attacked their targets at the same time.

Kasel threw his bow aside and grabbed the two small daggers that were attached to his waist before embarking on a thrilling battle with the black jaguar!

The jaguar's sharp claws whistled with the air because of its inconceivable speed that rivaled the Alpha wolf and tried to dismember its prey!

But Kasel, who had nothing more to fear about this speed, took only half a step back while bending his hips to avoid the oblique claws of the black jaguar and then,

His dagger impaled the throat of the jaguar who screamed in pain but did not die.

[-70HP]

[HP: 80/200]

Instinctively, his predatory instinct forced him to intercept Kasel and trapped him using his two-meter-long body and enjoy them more serenely; now Kasel was under him and within reach of his claws.

But the latter did not panic even though he saw that his opponent still had the strength to fight.

He aimed at the jaguar's throat and implanted his other dagger deeper into the black Jaguar's throat while applying his Herculean force on his two daggers, forcing them to mercilessly meet in the Jaguar's throat.

[-50 HP]

The jaguar staggered while his blood was spraying on Kasel's face, which was under his stomach, more precisely, his legs wrapped around his waist and the two daggers planted in the black jaguar's throat!

"Are you going to die at the end?!!" His combative voice resonated under the jaguar as he transformed his throat into a honeycomb with his little Dagger; with his endless daggers' jabs!

[-50HP]

[-60HP]

|You have defeated the black Jaguar (20). |

[-70HP]

Although he saw this notification in red, he persisted after five seconds before propelling the jaguar's corpse on him.

[HP: -170/200]

|Through your butchery, you have unlocked a new offensive skill. |

|Butchery: 10% of additional damage and 40% additional damage if this skill is used with short weapons - while ignoring the target's defenses. |

|Cooldown: 1 minute - time's activation, 30 seconds. |

He remained silent when he saw these notifications in front of him. -Did I do a little too much?' He wondered when he looked at his clothes in bloody red.

But fortunately for him, it was not only the corpse of the jaguar that turned into black smoke but even his blood too.

Meanwhile, Gray was more careful than the butcher Kasel,

He had already exhausted half of the HP of his prey and prevented his opponent's attacks from reaching him by blocking them with his [Holy Shield] which did not need cooldown but rather an amount of mana from his user.

Then, he attacks at the same time to gradually empty his Foe's HPs with peace of mind.