Mew!

A round wolf and a Twin Tailed wolf.

Neither attacked me but just circled around me, cautious.

I guess seeing two of their kind get killed by me, made them wary.

Which was a good thing.

For them.

'So, what now?'

[…]

'Rondo?'

Yeah, no answer.

'This damn system!' Deep breaths… I was still calm- kind of.

Okay, I was anything but calm.

Bleeding, breathless- I was not calm!

My back burned and so did my lungs!

But that also meant- I was alive.

And I wanted to keep it that way.

Which was why- I held the sword tight with both hands.

A single round wolf was no big deal for me, even before this whole thing. It was just a typical wolf with a round head and red eyes- coal fur.

But a twin-tailed wolf was impossible. Let alone both of them at the same time…

And this particular Twin-tails was big- at least bigger than me- even on its four legs. Besides- that white fur suggested- it definitely was a higher breed. Was I somehow blessed with terrible luck with monsters or something?

How the hell was I supposed to beat those two alone?

'But that was the old me-'

I had new powers- new skills.

And I knew how revenge blast worked. So- so, I just had to wait till one of them attacked me…

The large one- the twin-tailed one growled and slowly backstepped.

Actually, both of them were backing up.

'Wait, you're actually afraid?'

Heh!

I didn't know why but a grin crept up my face.

Yeah, I was coughing blood, but those things were also coughing… miasma.

And they were basically poisoned- 'As long as I can stall-'

Or stay calm- I could win this.

"Rawr!" The puny lion went up to the large Wolf and just gave it leg a bite.

The roar? Awfully funny sounding.

'Holy… damn…'

GROWL!! "AWOO!" Distracted, the poor wolf started thrashing its paw around- the lion cub did not let go though.

Heh!

Swish!

"Nice going cat!"

I dashed forward- dodged the round wolf, giving it a solid kick, moving ever to closer to the other one, and sliced at the twin tails- beheading it at one go.

One slice- one kill.

[Exp gained: 2100!]

Lv up!

Swift motion- never thought I could move that fast.

Before the round wolf could get up- I ran to it, and punctured its skull.

[Exp gained: 455!]

Well- that was anticlimactic.

Panting- I stared around.

So far- no other monsters.

[Confirmed! Quest complete!]

[Exp gained: 1000]

[Level up!]

[Bonus rewards: Wine chant!]

A pink potion bottle dropped at my hand.

[New quest available!]

[Quest- Gather three Alma Nuts before noon!]

Singing.

This thing was singing.

In a horrible voice.

Sigh- at least that was over.

I looked around and there still wasn't anything else around.

No monsters- no birds.

The bats and vultures in the distance didn't bother coming yet, since I was still here with my sword.

Maw-waw….

'Cat?' I could swear- I heard a mew. Or at least some form of it.

But there weren't any cats here- oh- wait, the cub.

I didn't see it though.

Until- "MEWO!"

Oh-

It was under the twin-tail's headless corpse.

Was it a meow or a howl? I could not differentiate, no.

"You okay cat?" I lifted the corpse and pulled out the cat- or rather the lion cub. It was actually the size of a cat, rather white- rather bright. "Run home I guess?"

Blue eyes and a sharp glare.

Anyway, moving on, I started taking the fangs and claws of the monsters as well as their tails.

The meat was smelly- so I didn't need any.

The round wolves were common, so these weren't going to be that expensive. The twin-tailed one though was very expensive, as far as I knew. And its fur was said to be great for coats. But if I only brought rare materials to a store, they'd kind of get suspicious, given the fact that I wasn't affiliated with the Commercial Merchants, and kind of alone.

Actually, they'd still get suspicious of me though…

Heck, who cared! At this rate, why not start a company in my name!

'But I still have to think of a name first though…'

I drank one of the two potions before doing anything else though- cause the wounds were definitely stinging!

And-

Healed.

Fully!

Lv-7

HP- 139/139

MP- 00/21

EXP- 130/2150

How could I tell?

Because not only did my wounds disappear- I actually felt more powerful than before!

Really!

And I might or might not have just stared at the corner of my vision and saw the HP thing being full… Whenever I focused on those numbers- I could get a sense of how much life, magic, or whatever this was- I'd left.

Kind of weird-

But- I didn't let it all bother me.

After all- this whole thing was weird!

Cluck! Anyway- I started cutting, skinning, and butchering!

!!!

And with that, everything was done and I had to move on.

'Next Alma nuts?'

Rather common nuts.

I had this weird pointer thing next to the right corner of my vision. I didn't know how but somehow, I got the feeling, I could finish this quest if I headed that way?

But that meant I'd have to cross the border before noon, cause everything till the border was just barren lands anyway.

"Maw…"

The cat- kind of followed me, rubbing its head against my feet.

"Go back to your mother before I decide to eat you." I grabbed it, lifted it close to my face, and gave it a glare.

White lions were common in most parts of the world. They were easily considered one of the worst predators of this place- as in, they were the weakest, even compared to a round wolf- which meant this brat's mother was probably-

"Mew!" A slap!

A very powerful- fluffy slap.

It did not hurt no.

Just fluff.

Sigh- "You want to come along?"

"Mew!"

"I can eat you know."

They tasted terrible though.

"Mew!"

Yeah, who was I kidding, I didn't understand, felines.

The damn thing was sincere at least.

Anyway- I let it go and kept on walking.

Through my peripherals, I could tell-

It was certainly- still following me.

Mewing all the way.