Chapter 118: Chapter 117: Achievement Unlocked

Just as Ronin was about to bend down and pick up the small Magical Beast from the grass, an intense sense of crisis washed over him.

He shot to his feet, his gaze sweeping coldly over the surroundings, but he found no sign of movement.

“What’s wrong, my Lord?”

Elron’s heart tightened, and he immediately began to investigate.

The others were stunned for a moment but quickly reacted. ’Could it be that big one hasn’t left yet?’

For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Of everyone present, Ronin, Elron, and Erin had the highest Spiritual Power, meaning their perception should theoretically be the strongest. Yet, after a thorough search, the three of them found nothing.

’Was it just my imagination?’

Intuition was such a mysterious thing; even Ronin had his doubts.

His fingers traced in the air, using his Spiritual Power and Magic Power as guides to quickly draw the Magic Patterns for the Wind of Inquiry.

As the Wind Elements between heaven and earth were mobilized, Ronin immediately activated his Elemental Vision the moment the Magic was successfully cast.

Within the fluctuations of the Wind Elements, he sensed the faint sound of breathing two hundred meters ahead and to his right. The sound was so soft it was absolutely impossible to hear with ears alone.

But when he opened his eyes and looked toward that spot, he only saw a silent patch of thatch grass, which didn’t look like a place where something could be hiding in ambush.

Although most Magical Beasts were savage, all living beings possessed a maternal instinct. The beast had just given birth to its cub. Unless there was absolutely no chance of saving it, the mother likely wouldn’t abandon its young and flee.

Thinking of this, Ronin no longer hesitated and directly cast a Wind Blade, sending it slicing toward that patch of grass.

Unfortunately, due to the distance, the power of the Wind Blade Skill was severely diminished, and by the time it reached the two-hundred-meter mark, it had almost dissipated.

“AWOO~”

Although the attack didn’t hit the grass, the trajectory of the Wind Blade was enough to reveal everything.

The concealed Magical Beast howled and shot out from the grass. This time, it didn’t just roar to try and scare off its enemies as it had before.

This time, it transformed into a gray shadow and charged over at extreme speed.

Aside from the Thunderbolt Wind Chasing Beast, this was the first other Magical Beast Ronin had seen since he’d transmigrated. He was deeply shaken to have such a huge creature rushing toward him.

“Protect the Lord!”

Elron roared and immediately began to cast the Light Binding Skill, attempting to restrict the Magical Beast’s movement.

Dandy and the other Knights beside him also assumed combat stances.

’But did Ronin need their protection?’

Among this group, he was the strongest and likely the only one who could contend with this behemoth.

He gripped the Flowing Flame Sword, and as Fighting Qi poured into it, raging flames coiled around the blade.

At the same time, Fighting Qi covered his entire body, forming red Armor that, from a distance, looked like a flickering flame.

After sparring and training for so long, Ronin had been hoping for a real battle. The opportunity was right in front of him.

He charged out, intercepted the Magical Beast’s trajectory, and cut it off midway.

“Hah!”

His Longsword swept horizontally, trailing a long Sword Aura of flame. Empowered by the Flowing Flame Sword, it transformed into a ferocious wave of fire!

The Magical Beast paid it no mind, flashing its gleaming claws and swiping out with a sharp glint of light that actually tore the wave of fire apart!

It burst out from within the flames, opened its cavernous maw, and tried to pierce Ronin’s throat with its sharp fangs.

Ronin was horrified. ’This Magical Beast’s Fur passed through the wave of fire without even a hint of being singed? Is its defense really that strong?’

He pushed off sharply with the balls of his feet. As he created distance, he mobilized his Fighting Qi, condensed it in his left palm, and then struck out.

The condensed Wind Attribute Fighting Qi poured out, transforming into a fierce gale that slammed into the giant beast’s body. It was as if it had suffered a heavy blow; its forward-leaping body instantly lost momentum, fell to the ground, and slid backward a short distance.

Ronin used the recoil from his Gale Palm to create more distance.

’Just as I thought. This thing’s Power isn’t weak, and its defense is strong, too.’

Ronin looked at the beast’s unscathed grayish-black Fur, knowing that even his point-blank Gale Palm had failed to cause any substantial damage.

Just then, Light-Touching Hands stretched out from the surrounding space, once again binding the Magical Beast’s limbs.

“My Lord, I can hold it for two or three seconds!” Elron shouted.

The Magical Beast, having already had a taste of the Light Binding, was familiar with this Magic. The moment it was bound, it tensed its body. In the next instant, its Power erupted, shredding the tendrils of light to pieces.

Forget three seconds, it barely lasted one.

Ronin, who had been preparing to use the Fireball Skill, immediately stopped casting as the Magical Beast charged at him again.

This time, he keenly noticed that the Magical Beast’s speed seemed to have increased significantly.

’So fast!’

Ronin retreated rapidly, casting the Light Body Skill on himself as he created distance. He instantly felt lighter, and his speed increased considerably.

However, he was still much slower than the Magical Beast.

SWOOSH!

As it ran, the Magical Beast lowered its body slightly. After a brief charge-up, it burst forward with even greater speed. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of Ronin, swiping directly at him with its sharp claws.

Ronin countered with a backhand slash, but to his surprise, the clash between the Flowing Flame Sword and the beast’s claws produced the sharp screech of metal striking metal.

The immense impact knocked Ronin’s sword aside, and the Magical Beast’s other claw came crashing down on his shoulder.

The claw was larger than a human hand!

SCHLICK!

The claw struck Ronin’s shoulder, tearing the Fighting Qi Armor there almost to shreds and ripping the clothes on his shoulder.

The tremendous force sent Ronin flying. Just as he was about to hit a tree, he adjusted his posture and kicked off the trunk with both feet.

The large tree trembled violently, but Ronin used the maneuver to stabilize himself and land on the ground.

He tilted his head to look at his shoulder. Fortunately, the recoil from the previous claw strike had created distance between him and the beast, preventing its second claw from landing with full force. Otherwise, his flesh would have likely been torn open.

Ronin was inwardly alarmed. As he restored his Fighting Qi Armor, he grew even more cautious. His sword hadn’t left a single scratch on the beast’s claws.

The moment the Magical Beast’s four paws hit the ground, a cold, murderous light flashed in its eyes. It howled and charged over again at extreme speed.

Fast, powerful, and with high defense—a Magical Beast like this was not easy to face head-on.

Instead of retreating, Ronin advanced. Just as the beast reared up its forelimbs to sweep at him with its claws, he ducked down sharply, narrowly dodging the attack, and swept his sword toward the Magical Beast’s abdomen.

’What’s this?’

Ronin suddenly discovered a wound on the creature’s abdomen. Although it showed signs of healing, it hadn’t fully recovered.

So, the beast was already injured.

But even with an injury, its speed was still this incredible.

SQUELCH!

The defense on a Magical Beast’s abdomen was naturally weaker, and with a pre-existing injury, Ronin’s sword successfully broke through its defenses, drawing a spray of crimson blood.

The Magical Beast shrieked in pain. Its long tail whipped around like a steel lash, striking Ronin.

BANG! The immense force sent Ronin flying. His Fighting Qi Armor shattered, and he tumbled twice across the ground.

“My Lord!”

Seeing Ronin knocked back, the others immediately charged forward, hoping to kill the wounded Magical Beast.

But even with blood streaming from its abdomen, the Magical Beast still thrashed about, lashing out with its sweeping tail and sending everyone who surrounded it flying.

“Ronin, are you okay?” Erin ran over and quickly helped him up, her eyes filled with tears.

Unfortunately, Basic Level Mages were too weak and rarely had any lethal Magic.

“I’m fine, just got whipped a bit.”

He moved his left arm; it was a little sore, but not a serious injury.

Seeing that the Knights, though outmatched, were doing their best to wear down the Magical Beast’s stamina, Elron cast his second Light Binding Skill. This time, the control clearly lasted a little longer.

“Elron, use the Magic again.”

Ronin knew the battle was basically won. All that was left was to wear the beast down.

“As you wish!”

Elron cast it again.

Meanwhile, Ronin focused on drawing the Magic Patterns for the Third-level Magic, “Flame Burst Skill.”

Although he hadn’t used the Flame Burst Skill during their journey, Ronin had already mostly mastered its Magic Patterns. He only needed to complete the last few Magic Nodes to cast it successfully.

The moment the final Magic Node was completed, the surrounding Fire Elements surged toward him.

BOOM! An enormous fireball, a full two meters in diameter, formed in front of him.

This scene left Dandy and the others dumbfounded. Feeling the waves of destructive aura radiating from the fireball, they couldn’t imagine what would happen if that thing hit them.

’The Lord… is this powerful?’

Tomasz swallowed hard. He had heard Dandy say the Lord was a mysterious Mage, but he had never seen the Lord cast Magic before.

Seeing it today, he was completely awestruck by Ronin.

He couldn’t fathom how they’d had the courage to follow Sleirein against Purple Fruit Village, and then later flee with Mam…

“My Lord, it’s ready!”

As everyone stood in shock, Elron shouted, casting the Light Binding Skill once more.

The Magical Beast was exhausted by now and could no longer break the restraints as easily as before.

But just then, right before their eyes, its huge form gradually faded, disappearing from sight like a wisp of smoke.

“What’s happening?!”

Everyone was stunned.

But Ronin keenly caught the sight of a drop of blood falling to the ground. He understood now—this creature could use Concealment.

“Everyone, get back!”

He yelled. Even though it was concealed, the beast’s physical body was still there, and the effect of the Light Binding Skill was still active.

WHOOSH~

The massive flame shot out. The Flame Burst Skill slammed violently into that empty space. Though it seemed to hit nothing, it exploded in a shower of intense sparks.

The Magical Beast’s true form was revealed once more as it collapsed to the ground under the continuous, violent explosions of the Fire Elements.

[“King of Slaughter” achievement unlocked. Attribute Points +200, Energy Essence +400]

Ronin was stunned. The Magical Beast he had just killed was actually a Fourth-level Magical Beast!

’I even managed to kill something a level above me?’

He could hardly believe it. To be honest, he didn’t think he had the ability to defeat an enemy of a higher level, especially since the higher a Magical Beast’s Level, the harder it was to kill.

’Perhaps it was because this Magical Beast was already injured. That must have given me the opportunity.’

CLIP-CLOP-CLIP-CLOP~

From outside the forest came the sound of urgent hoofbeats. Macken had finally arrived at the battlefield.

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