Master of the forest

Chris

Alpha, one of the beast I have tamed, contacted me with [Telepathy].

Apparently, there were some intruders.

I didn't want to see someone disturb my peaceful place, so I was on my way to drive them out.

From was Alpha said they were somewhere in the center of the forest.

With First, I was jumping from tree to tree to find them.

It was quite easy to find them, after all, that forest, noone knew it better than me.

When we found them,

"STOP RIGHT NOW DEMON!"

A man yelled from behind a red haired girl as she was running in the forest trying to escape them.

They continued to yell but the girl continued to run.

I continued to follow them as they were still running for half an hour, the gap between them was slowly closing.

After an hour, they ended in the deepest part of the forest.

The men that looked to be tracking the girl, surrounded her.

The girl was breathing heavily, she was surely tired from that run.

She unsheathed her sword.

'Is she planning to fight against these guys in that state?'

"Oh! The little girl want to fight?"

One of her assailants said in a mocking tone.

The girl looked still calm.

Then she suddenly rushed towards one of her assailants, the nearest of them and sent a large swinging horizontal slash at him but he managed to escape the attack with a big step back.

She have lost her balance, another of her oppenents was already sending a punch at her face from the left.

It looked like she tried to evade the blow by shifting her head to the right but it wasn't enough.

He sent her flying against the big tree three meters behind her, he must be strong to br able to do that with only his punch.

The blood was running out of her nose.

She seemed to lose consciousness due to shock on her head.

It looked like she was trying to stand up, she couldn't move anymore.

'These guys are just playing before killing her!'

'I have already seen something like that in my previous life!'

I couldn't let these guys kill the girl just like that, I couldn't let these guys leave that place alive!

When one of them was going to finish the girl, I sent the dagger I had in my right hand directly at his chest with [Dagger throwing]

It pierced his ribbing and lungs, he was as good as dead.

He fell down on the ground, seemed that noone was able to see my attack.

He friends weren't able to see it, they thought that he just fell down.

"What the hell are you doing?"

One of them asked.

"Yeah! Get up and finish that girl!"

Another said.

But there was no response from the man on the ground, he was still mptionless, I killed him with one hit.

Then one of them with green hairs that seemed to be the leader seemed to have understood that something was wrong.

He began to look around but didn't seem to have noticed me, but still on his guard.

And one of the men was going to approach the one I killed but the leader stopped him,

"Stay where you are!"

He ordered calmly

"Hum! What's wrong?"

The man asked in return.

But the leader didn't answer but gestured him to stay quiet.

Then he seemed to focus for a little while, and then,

"Show yourself!"

He said loud as staring towards the place were I was.

He was able able to detect me, he was probably at high level.

He was the most of the group, then I was planning to take care of him at the latest.

I then got out of my

"Who are you?"

The leader asked him in an angry tone.

But I just ignored the question and went towards the man on the ground that I've kill before and upturned him with my foot.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

One of them asked as pointing his sword towards me.

When the man on the ground was upturned we could see the dagger that I sent earlier that looked identical to the one in the hand of mine planted in his chest.

"What? Since when was that dagger there?"

The man asked.

He was shocked just like everyone except for me.

I took the dagger off of the lifeless dead body and removed the blood with a swing that was powerful enough to produce an airflow that slash a little the tree at my right.

"I planted it there at the moment he stepped towards the girl!"

I said without any hint of emotion.

"What? "

The leader was shocked, he didn't looked to have seeing anything.

"Y-YOU BASTARD I'LL KILL YOU!"

one of these guys yelled as took a fighting stance with his sword positioned horizontally compared with the ground and held with two hands.

I sighed, that noisy guy was annoying.

But just as I was stepping, I used [Acceleration], everything looked to be in slow motion, I then walked calmly behind him and calmly said after disabling [Acceleration]as grabbing his shoulder,

"You're no match for me!"

And I used [Acceleration] once again.

And I was back right at the place I was before when I stopped [Acceleration].

The leader was surprised. But it looked like he was thinking that he would be able to beat me.

The noisy man was on the other side beginning to panic.

He was trembling.

'Good, he'll commit many errors if his mind is in that state!'

I thought.

"Stay calm! That must just be a little trick! You must stay calm and you'll win!"

He said to his comrade.

'I see! The leader is still calm! He must be strong!'

"Right!"

Was the answer of the man.

Then the man propeled himself towards me at high speed and his sword in front of him.

I evaded all the blows by repositioning myself or with some step back.

I was able to predict all his moves.

But my oppenent was still sending a rain of slash at me.

'Seriously!? Is that the best he can do?'

I asked myself.

'It's not a fight anymore! It looks like I was playing with a weak opponent!'

I thought that they were strong, but it was like I was fighting a kid.

My opponent began to lose his stamina, after all the energy he lost with all these useless blows, it was the right moment for an attack, I then slashed the throat of the man with my dagger in my left hand.

The blood was flowing out of the wound as the guy was falling on the ground.

'They are weak!'

I thought.

"Two down, three left!"

I calmly said as sending at an evil stare.

The two other mens began to panic and tried to run away.

"Where are you going fools?"

The leader yelled.

"We are saving our life, we can't beat that monster"

One of them answered as running away.

I sighed at the the sight of these pathetic guys.

"First, Alpha, stop them!"

I quietly oredered.

And then, the one of them that had run the furthest, was taken down by First.

And the other one that was still trying to flee was stopped by a big black bear with a huge red mark shaped like 'X' on the chest, it was Alpha.

"What are these?"

The man asked with fear.

"Just my friends!"

I responded.

Then Alpha knocked him down with a punch on the head.

"Alpha, keep that one alive, he may have some use!"

I ordered.

And Alpha nodded in response.

I then turned my attention towards the last man standing.

The green haired leader was now beginning to fear me.

His total self-confidence has disappeared.

"How the hell are you?"

He asked.

I didn't really thought of a name.

So I improvised,

"I am 'The Master of the Forest'!"

I announced.

"The master of the forest?"

"Then what do you plan to do to me now?"

He asked.

'Isn't it obvious? I'll kill you! You were trying to kill the girl and you have seen me so you are a threat!'

I thought.

But before I could respond, he knelt and begged,

"Please, let me live!"

"Huh?"

I was astonished.

Why the hell should I spare his life?

He was the one that wanted to kill the girl and me after!

But then I remembered that the girl was badly injured.

I then turned my attention towards her.

She have lost consciousness during the fight.

I then decided to continue that talk later.

I sighed at thinking at all that mess.

"First, tie him down with the other one and take them to the base!"

I ordered him.

"Roger!"

He answered me.

"And you also Alpha go help him!"

I added.

I then went towards the girl and used [Heal] on her, her wounds seemed to have been completely healed but she was still sleeping due to her tiredness.

I carried her in my arms and went to the base.

What a mess!

I could feel the troublesome situation I was in!

What didn't know at that time was that my life was about to change.