Ozul spent his days in the forest searching for more Rank-9 Beasts as the time flew. He barely felt the passage of time because of his uncaring nature, but it wasn't the same for others.
Another whole year passed, there were changes back in the Kingdom and other human societies, but the forest seemed exactly the same from the outside. Only the Beasts inside the forest knew that things had changed.
At first, the creatures in the forest would blindly rush towards him whenever they spotted him, but now it was different. It was like Beasts had spread the word of an unusual human in the forest who was so strong that three Rank-9 Beasts in the woods disappeared after his first appearance!
After the Fiery Snake, Ozul had found another Rank-9 Beast and also took it down as easily as with the snake. However, that was the extent of it. After the third Beast, there were just not enough traces or signs of other Rank-9 Beasts.
