Commander Demon, Surrounded

Since Bob did not know the location of the ruins, and neither did he have any intention of exploring the ruins for the time being, he simply selected a random direction and headed there.

As for the demon crystals that he had buried the previous day, Bob did not have the intention of going after them. He understood that since the quality of the demon crystals that he had collected the previous day was low, the amount of money that he would get was also low.

For that reason, with his increased power level, he could simply go ahead and kill the demons that were in the captain realm and a few in the commander realm. That way, the amount of star coins that he could get would also increase, allowing him to be able to purchase more things.

The moment that he ventured into the wilderness, he began encountering demons. But considering that the demons were only in the soldier realm, he had no interest in them.

But the problem was that while he did not have any interest in these demons, they had interest in him. So, they would madly charge at him the moment that they spotted him.

Initially, Bob would just increase his speed, easily evading them. He had no interest in wasting his time on the low-level creatures that would bring him no benefit. But later on, he decided to try something out.

Currently, he possessed a combat technique that allowed him to be able to fight without any use of weapons. So, he decided to try using it on the low level demons first, before encountering the high level demons.

So, every time that a demon charged towards him, Bob would simply launch an attack. It was either a kick, or a punch, but each and every time that he attacked, only a single attack was enough to be able to kill the demons that were in the soldier realm.

Just like before, a single attack from him would always blast the demons into a bloody mist. Bob was not sure if it was due to his strength or something special about him, but even though he was not using his full strength, the demons would just burst the moment that they were attacked.

It was as if they were a balloon, just a small little was capable of bursting it. Regardless, since he could not understand this, Bob simply continued venturing deeper into the wilderness.

As for the demon crystals, he did not pick any of them. Even though he currently had a bigger space in the bracelet, he wanted to fill it with demon crystals at least in the captain realm.

So, Bob decided to leave behind these demon crystals, so that the lucky adventurers would pick them up. If they could get some easy money, then that was well and good. Additionally, by killing these demons, he was definitely decreasing the casualty rate of the humans, even if it was by a small margin.

If he could get enough star coins, purchase quite a number of skills and techniques, he would not need to venture out of the stronghold in the near future. In fact, Bob had already began thinking about something, but he would have to find the necessary technique before seeing if it was possible.

More than 30 minutes later, Bob finally began encountering demons that had reached the captain realm. But just like those in the soldier realm, just a single attack from him was enough to be able to kill them.

The feeling of being invincible was quite satisfying. Being an ordinary human just a few days ago, and suddenly being overpowered, how could Bob not be happy. But of course, he was only overpowered because he was facing low-level creatures.

Bob had already heard rumors about the demon zones where the ruins were located. He understood that the demons that could be found there were not only numerous, but they were stronger as well.

Even though he was feeling happy about being stronger than the demons that he was encountering, Bob was quite cautious. He did not want a situation where he would encounter demons that were at a higher level than himself, so, he was always careful about where he was.

If he began encountering demons that had already reached his own level, he would stop there, turn back and head back to the stronghold. That was the plan.

In about 30 minutes, Bob had killed quite a number of demons that were in the captain realm. But he did not pick the demon crystals just like before, as he completely ignored the crystals from the low level demons in the captain realm.

Instead, he targeted those that had at least reached level 6 of the captain realm and above. In the case where he could not venture deeper into the wilderness, that would be the time that he would target the low level demons.

Bob continued staying within the wilderness for quite a while, before finally encountering a demon that had reached the commander realm. This demon had quite a number of underlings under it.

It was also at this moment that Bob realized something. It seemed that the demons in the commander realm possessed some form of intelligence, but it was quite low.

It was this intelligence that allowed them to be able to control quite a number of demons. The demons that he had encountered before in groups, they were only in groups because of coincidences and not because some were underlings and so on.

The moment that the demon detected Bob coming over, it immediately roared. The moment that it did so, the few demons under it suddenly charged towards Bob.

With rapid strikes, Bob easily dealt with the 9 demons that had charged towards him. Considering how deep he was into the wilderness, these 9 demons were in the captain realm, and the weakest among them was a level 5 captain.

Roar!

The demon seemed to be furious the moment that it noticed that Bob had killed its underlings. So, it roared before charging towards Bob.

Bob was not sure if this was anger or the intelligence of this demon was very low than he had anticipated. Since Bob had been able to deal with the demons in such an easy way, was this demon not supposed to be a little cautious?

Regardless, Bob became slightly serious. Even though the demon that he was facing was only in level 2 of the commander realm, it was in the same realm after all. So, Bob wanted to take it as serious as possible.

Since he did not have any weapon at the moment, Bob could only use his fists. He was not sure about how strong he was right now in comparison to demons of the same level as himself. Of course, it would be impossible for him to use the low-level demons to measure up his combat strength.

As the demon charged over, Bob took a step to the side, dodging the claw attack from the demon. He then kicked towards the forelimb of the demon that was on the ground.

Crack!

Without any form of resistance, the leg of the demon was easily broken, surprising Bob. The surprise came not from the breaking of the leg, but instead, it came from the fact that the entire leg was completely mangled by the attack.

Roar!

But more than that, as the demon roared, it was sent flying about 2 meters away. One had to know that Bob had only targeted the leg of the demon, not the main body. But even then, the demon was still sent flying for quite a distance, due to the force contained in that attack.

Despite being slightly shocked, Bob didn't waste any time and immediately headed for the demon. He jumped into the air, before dropping down towards the head of the demon.

The demon that was struggling to stand up did not have a chance of dodging the attack, and Bob landed squarely on the head of the demon. Despite the head of the demon being quite huge, it was blasted like a watermelon, with black blood splashing around.

Bob had forgotten about this, leading to his clothes and shoes being stained by blood. He felt slightly repulsive at the blood, but still, he could only shake his head, as there was nothing that he could do about this.

The demon was already dead from this attack, and so, Bob went ahead and picked up the demon crystal. This demon crystal was brighter as compared to the ones that belonged to the demons in the captain and soldier realm.

Bob took a deep breath after placing the demon crystal inside his storage bracelet. He was wondering, should he retreat back to the stronghold, or should he continue venturing into the wilderness, to see if he could encounter more demons in the commander realm.

And as he was wondering about this, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming. It seemed that there was a group of people that was approaching here rapidly.

Bob had no intention of getting involved with this group, so, he decided to head in the opposite direction of the group. But just as he began moving, he realized that even from the opposite direction, there was a group of people that was coming as well.

Bob stopped, frowning. He realized that he had been surrounded, as from all sides, there were people that were coming. And from what he could detect, he could tell that this group of people was not simple, considering that none among them was weak.