Birth of the Demonic Sword - Chapter 18

Chapter 18


"And what happens if they get strong enough to break through the limits of a rank?"

Asked Noah .

They were now running for 30 minutes and traces of sweat appeared on Noah's face, yet his Master seemed completely fine and continued to explain .

"They evolve, or to put it simply, they hibernate themselves for a period of time and when they wake up they will have a boost in all their natural abilities . Let's say, for example, that a four-eyed wolf of rank 1 was to evolve . Its rank would be 2 cause of its body but it would also have a rank 1 mental attack which will make it extremely more dangerous than its rank 1 version . "

Noah finally had a better understanding of the evolution process of magical beasts and could not help but be a bit envious .

They had just to eat and sleep to get stronger while humans had to train nonstop only to take small steps toward a higher realm .

This time, William took notice of his disciple's expression and smiled a little .

"I know what you are thinking but don't worry, you will see humans advantage when you fight those beasts . "

Noah was surprised but did not fully understand his Master words .

He started to focus his mind on the imminent battle trying to anticipate the worst possible outcome .

They moved for 20 more minutes till they reached a small hill, there William stopped and took a sack of water from inside his suit .

He passed the sack to Noah and said with a serious face .



"Over this hill, there is the wolf's lair . Their number amounts to 15 so you should be careful not to get surrounded . You will go alone while I will be watching closely enough to intervene if something bad happens . Remember all our training and don't be stingy on using the "Breath" until you have a complete understanding of your strength . Catch your breath a bit and then go, don't worry, you won't be in any danger . "

Noah became even more serious in hearing these words .

He took a small sip from the sack and sat cross-legged on the floor to steady his breath .

He looked inside his sea of consciousness, where the faint shape of some lines was forming at the center of the sphere and checked that he was at peak condition .

'Do not hesitate, do not make mistakes . Be wary of your surroundings . 15 wolves to go . '

He exhaled with force and then stood up, his mind was ready and his body felt no fatigue, there was no reason to waste more time .

He unsheathed his sabers and started climbing the hill paying extra attention to anything that got perceived by his senses .

When he reached the top he could see the wolf's lair at the bottom of the other side of the hill .

The wolves were 3 meters long and 2 high, had 4 big and sharp eyes and yellow fur .

10 of them were lying on the ground, seemingly sleeping, while the other 5 were on guards on the sides of the sleeping group . A slightly bigger wolf was at the center of the pack, he was probably the alpha one .


'If I charge I will be completely in the open, there is no way I can catch them by surprise but there really seems to be no other option . Maybe if I run at full speed going down the hill and using the "Breath" I can land a couple of hits on one of them . Yet will it be enough to kill it? And then what about the other 14? Fucking Master, why can't you explain things properly'



He thought for a bit more but he really could not find other ways to get an advantage on them .

'Well, if I screw up, Master will just come and save me, so I might as well go all out . '

Steeling his mind, Noah concentrated and then jumped downward toward the lair .

He boosted his speed with the "Breath" in his legs and crossed his sabers in front of him .

He was fast! A rank 1 body using the "Breath" and going downhill reached an explosive speed .

Yet, Noah seemed not to notice as his mind was completely focused on taking out a wolf before they could surround them .

In a few breaths of time, he was at the bottom of the hill with one of the wolves staring at him .

As if it recognized some form of danger, it inspired as to prepare a howl to warn the other members of its pack .

Before it could though, Noah jumped horizontally and slashed at full strength toward the head of the wolf .

The saber, empowered with the "Breath", cut the wolf horizontally from its head till half its body like it was butter .

The wolf was dead on the spot!

Even Noah was stunned for a second by the perforating ability of the twin saber style but was immediately forced out of his amazement seeing that the other 4 awake wolves were ready to give the warning signal .



"AUUUUUUUUH"

Hearing the howl, Noah hurriedly took out the saber from the wolf corpse and jumped to one of the howling ones .

He was right in front of it before it even finished howling and without wasting any time he slashed at his head .

Even though he used less "Breath" than the first time he still felt almost no resistance from the wolf skull, as his saber pierced right through his brain .

The light in the wolf's eyes disappeared since it died and this gave Noah the signal to jump on another target .

Suddenly, a shockwave hit his sea of consciousness, the remaining 3 awake wolves attacked together in order to stall for the other members of the pack to get up .

The attack was like a shrill sound inside Noah's mind, yet his sphere did not even tremble being hit by it .

'So weak!'

Noah thought as he jumped right through the pack slashing at two wolves that were almost on their legs .

Two half-circles of blood were created in the air as the two sabers slashed vertically the heads of the two wolves .

This time Noah felt some resistance as he used even less "Breath" than the last time .

'I can use even less of it and still manage to cut right through their skulls with my body strength . 11 to go!'

Blood continued to flow as Noah moved around slashing at the heads of the wolves in the pack until a shrill sound way stronger than the one before made his mental sphere lightly tremble .

The alpha wolf was staring at him with venomous eyes as it used a mental attack together with the remaining 7 wolves .

Noah felt a bit of pain coming from his head, but it was so soft confronted with what he had been through that he didn't even stop for a second in his slaughter .

He would use less and less "Breath" to deal with the wolves as he estimated the strength of his body and he moved too fast for them to encircle him .

If a wolf jumped at him he would cut it in half with a double vertical slash, if it came from his side he would rotate on himself to deal a devastating blow .

The onslaught continued till only the alpha wolf remained, it had a large wound on his neck since he managed to avoid the clear hit on his head .

'This one is a bit stronger than the others, after all, it was the only one that dodged one of my attacks even if barely . Well, I must consider that I'm getting tired, so my speed is diminishing . Next time, I must aim for the stronger ones first . '

The wolf was still looking at him with anger but there was fear now in its eyes .

Noah slowly got closer while the wolf retreated, yet the wound on his neck was too serious to heal on its own .

The wolf so tried a desperate attack, jumping with its jaw open toward Noah .

He watched the fangs of the wolf getting closed and then dodged at the last time to his right, delivering an upward slash to its neck .

The body of the alpha wolf fell on the ground and its severed head rolled for some more distance .

After killing all of the 15 wolves he finally had some confidence in his ability!