Chapter 19 - White Wolf

*𝑆𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑠ℎ*

Early in the morning, Kiro was in a half-sleep state; upon hearing the upcoming wooden shaft Kiro did not use his longbow to deflect the upcoming assault; instead, he used his brute force to grab the wooden shaft with his right hand.

*𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘*

With his raw strength, Kiro crushed the wooden shaft.

"Yawn~ such a pleasant morning greeting." Kiro released a morning sigh, while he used the remaining half of the wood shaft to parry the remaining two.

Glancing to the south, Kiro did not detect an impending strike. He subsequently loosened his guard down.

But to his surprise. Old Kyros appeared before him like a ghost; glancing at Kiro with eyes full of wonder.

"Mm, fortunately, you accomplished the first phase of training," Kyros said while staring at Kiro like he was a rare creature. "To think you managed to finish the course within two weeks is not a simple feat." He could not help to appreciate Kiro's effort. With Kiro's unyielding perseverance, he successfully managed to finish Kyros' first stage of training. It was all thanks to his stubborn disposition.

"Congratulations! Now you are deemed to enter the ranking of the Adventurers, but young lad, your speed of growth is something that even this old man hasn't seen in the past few decades."

"... Kiro, can you tell me the truth? Are perhaps the chosen person?" Kyros' stated. His theory wasn't far off to the truth. But Kiro wasn't a chosen warrior, he was lucky or unluckily has been transported into this world.

"Hm? What are you talking about, Master? Did you lose your head after you kept aiming at me with countless wooden shafts and arrows?" Kiro irritatedly said. After being tormented for two weeks, even Kiro has his own limit.

"What? You surprisingly don't know about the chosen person?" This time Kyros uttered in confusion. It was common knowledge from the church in this world.

"I honestly don't know what Master is talking about." Kiro did not deny it, but he was still having a cold sweat running through his forehead. After hearing Kyros' statement. Kiro was already mentally prepared that sooner or later Kyros' would find his speed of growth odd.

Staring at Kiro who is completely dumbfounded from his statement. Kyros' could only add more explanation. "Did you already forget about the ceremony when you were born? After being born into this world. Your parents should have taken you to the church to attain the blessing of the Gods." Kyros thought for a moment before continuing.

"Well, it was a long-forgotten history. Now the ritual only became a cultural belief. But there was a legend about the chosen person. It was about the blessing of the Gods with the protection of Gods. The chosen person's speed of growth is unheard of even now. I did not believe in such tales; however, after seeing you. I suddenly recalled the tale of the chosen person."

"The chosen person? I highly doubt that, if I were the chosen person, wouldn't the church won't let me go and add me to their banner?" Kiro arbitrarily said. Still, he could believe there was such a thing as a chosen person, and a summoned one. Kiro could not help to grumble inside.

'Are the people of this world were so dependent on a singular person? Well, it is not my affair to meddle with their business.'

"... Oh. That is a reasonable statement. Yup, sorry about that, don't heed this old man blind words." Kyros said, but deep inside him. He could not help to think otherwise.

Kiro was relieved to hear his words, but before he could loosen his guard down, a sudden strange atmosphere enveloping the entire wilderness.

"AAAWOOO!~"

A mournful howl echoed inside the wilderness.

"Oh... It was sooner than I expected, but it doesn't matter." Kyros said while facing Kiro solemnly. "Kiro, this is your chance to reveal the fruition of your hard labor. In a matter of minutes, the king of this wilderness will appear before you. Be prepared." Kyros said as his figure disappeared to the thin air.

"Wait, wha-" Before Kiro managed to finish his word, he felt dizzy from the thick killing intent storming toward his place.

"Rooaar!"An immense white figure jumped out through the forest. Its eyes were glittering in red, staring fiercely at Kiro. The expanse of the white wolf was double the size of the silver wolf that Kiro killed last time.

While he stared at the huge white wolf in front of him. Kiro could sense that this wolf is a formidable adversary. Grabbing his bow tightly, Kiro cautiously took a distance between the two.

But before he could even move to his ideal range, the white wolf bared its fangs to Kiro as it leaped toward him.

Kiro has no other choice but to confront the enraged beast in close combat. He took three arrows at the spatial pouch assaulting the white wolf consecutively.

*𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐺! * 𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐺! 𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐺!*

A strong gusty wind blew away the white wolf, but mysteriously the white wolf was unharmed.

"Master, be careful of that white wolf, I think with your current capabilities, it will be hard for Master to handle that beast effortlessly." Fixie stopped for a moment before continuing. "If Master found a chance; please use the Appraisal Skill on that monster so Master will know its ability."

Hearing Fixie's proposal, Kiro did not wait and activated the appraisal.

"[Appraisal]!"

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Name: White Wolf

Lv: 45

Age: 80.

Gender: Female.

State: Crazed.

Title: King of the Plain of Wilderness.

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Statistics.

STR: 155

INT: 145

DEX: 165

CON: 10

CHA: 10

SEN: 10

VIT: 285

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Skills.

[Intimidation] Lv. 6

[Claw] Lv.7

[Wind Fang] Lv.10

[Howl] Lv.5

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"What now? It certainly is a troublesome opponent." Kiro muttered.

"It is undoubtedly a tough opponent Master, and this white wolf has a higher raw strength than Master, but both of Master speed and that guy were at a similar level," Fixie said, as she thought of a plan to deal with the monster.

"It is the best way if Master shot the [Arrow Shock] consecutively so that can Master have a distance of advantage,"

"I guess that will work too." While Kiro said that, he channeled his mana to his longbow. If Kiro did not coat the bow with his mana, it would break from the impact of his skill.

"[Arrow Shock]!"

*𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐺!*

The white wolf flew a few meters away from him but Kiro did not let the beast recover its momentum, as another arrow darted toward its head.

*𝐵𝐴𝑁𝐺!*

This time the white wolf beast was so enraged from Kiro.

"[ROAR!]"

The White Wolf King used one of its skills. It was the howl, stunning Kiro's mind momentarily.

"Urgh!" Kiro groaned in pain. "Master! Be careful!" With Fixie's warning, Kiro managed to return his clarity.

"[Arrow Shock]!"

The arrow flew at the beast with unbelievable momentum, but this time. The white wolf used another skill. Its claw glittered with blue's light, cutting Kiro Arrow into two.

"What?" Kiro was alarmed. "No way... It split my arrow." After being startled for a moment, Kiro recollected himself, with his tortious training a few days ago. It enhanced not only Kiro's battle sense but also his confidence. The first thing he learned after being hunted tirelessly by the wooden shaft in a day and night.

If one arrow wasn't enough, tens of bow arrows would do so. If ten bow arrows remained ineffective. Hundreds arrow will, Kiro won't stop until the target is destroyed.

"Heeh~ I guess that crazy old man is right, with this wolf as an opponent, I can surely discern the fruition of my torturous training," Kiro said, while his eyes flashed with a fighting spirit.

Kiro did not realize that after his weeks of training. He entered the trance of combat insight. His body was filled with vigor, continuously seeking for a fight.

"Hehe... Now, now, beasty. Your body seems to be tough. I will let you experience Kiro's special. The one hundred arrows returning in one." If his normal self heard the word he uttered out of excitement, Kiro would have an enormous mental blow. Because of his uncontrollable enthusiasm, those words slipped from his mouth.

The hundred arrows returning in one. It was Kiro's first self-developed art of archery.

It wasn't on Old Kyros' plan for Kiro to progress this far, but Kiro's affinity from the bow was simply remarkable.

Kyros amused after seeing Kiro countered from his absurd amount of wooden shaft. But after he saw what he was about to do, he could not help to exclaim his astonishment.

"Huuh~," Kiro stabilize his breathing while taking his combat posture. Touching the crystal shard in the pouch. He summoned hundreds of arrows with his mana channeling, Kiro controlled the arrow consecutively forming a huge storm of an arrowhead.

"One hundred arrows returning in one."

*𝐵𝐴𝐴𝐴𝑁𝐺!*

A tremendous collision took into the place. At the last moment, the king of the wilderness used all of its strength and activated its Wind Fang, but it was a futile struggle, as the beast was buried from the innumerable arrows.