Raia charged into the crowd of feral dogs. The dogs also ran towards him with blood lust. Five of them attacked him simultaneously.
However, with a single slash of his sword, Raia killed the five of them.
Then others followed the attack, but they were also killed with one strike. Raia was already at a higher cultivation level than the feral dogs. Even if they were at the same combat level, he had his high-grade 2 sword with him that can easily slice the dogs into two.
A few minutes after the start of the fight and his advantage was evident.
But the number of the dogs began overwhelming him. His body received some of the attacks resulting in to wounds that hinder some of his movements.
He took a low-grade recovery pill and as his wounds were healing, he continued killing the dogs.
The feral alpha was staring at him expressionlessly a few moments ago like Raia posed no threat to his pack at all. However, when it saw the scene of his pack being slaughtered mercilessly, it was angered.
Raia was killing the feral dogs that charged him. The bodies piled up around him and blood was all over the place and his body.
'Roar!'
At this moment, he heard a roar coming from the middle of the pack. Raia turned around for a second and he saw the feral alpha charging to his direction.
'The boss finally came.'
Raia made a huge slash him killing the feral dogs around him. He then kicked the ground and sprinted to meet the feral alpha.
The roar of the feral alpha made the other feral dogs retreat but they still surrounded the two fighters.
"Let me experience the strength of peak-rank 2 beast!" Raia shouted as he gripped his sword tightly.
'This guy will at least have a low-rank 3 beast combat power. My chance of killing it will be higher as long as I strike its weak points and don't miss. If it evaded just one of my attacks, the consequence will be huge.'
The feral alpha was the chief of the huge pack of feral dogs. It was a peak-rank 2 beast.
Raia didn't expect he will encounter a feral alpha this day. He planned to search for a high-rank 2 werecat to measure his strength before facing higher level beasts.
But he didn't take the situation as an unfortunate event. Honestly, he was elated.
He was used in battling beasts that have higher level than him. Even though he will suffer serious injuries, he still did it because these beasts will sell for more credits.
Like the few days ago. At 9th level of Martial Foundation State, he was already fighting a rank 2 beast.
The distance between the two closed quickly. The feral alpha roared as it raised its claws on top of its head and stroke Raia down.
Raia meant to stab the area between its shoulder and torso but the attack of the feral alpha came to him fast. He changed his stance and blocked the claws of feral alpha.
'Clang!'
The claw and sword clashed.
Raia groaned as he was pushed down by the strength of the feral alpha. A second later and the other claw attacked him from the side.
He was still locked by the first strike of the feral alpha so he couldn't block the second one. He just placed his right arm on the side of his head to protect it.
'Bang!'
Raia was thrown away by the attack a few meters away.
He gritted his teeth as the pain of his broken arm hit him. He immediately took a mid-grade recovery pill to heal his arm but the feral alpha was already chasing him.
'Two strikes and I was already a rag doll.'
Raia ran away and after a few moments, he can move his arm again. He held his sword and was still thinking of a way to defeat the alpha.
He charged again and tried to cut a wound to the feral alpha's leg to slow down its movement even a little. However, the alpha, stroke him down again. This time, he parried the claws and then punched the chest part of its body.
The feral alpha was dazed for a moment but this gave Raia enough time to successfully slice the front leg of the feral alpha. It roared as it felt the wound on its leg.
Raia was satisfied with the cut. Even though it was not that deep, it can decrease the speed of the feral alpha. And it really did.
The attacks of the alpha were slower and Raia can dodge some of it and successfully block the others.
The two fought for half an hour and they were both exhausted. They received wounds and from each other and one of them might die any second.
Raia took a mid-grade recovery pill.
'Thankfully Dan gave me two extra pills. Alright. It's time to finish this.'
He dashed towards the feral alpha, threw his sword to the feral alpha like a spear. The alpha tilted its body and dodged the sword. Raia's sword only stopped after it was stabbed to the ground.
Raia evaded the attack of the feral alpha by sliding to the ground and below the body of the alpha. He then reached for his sword, leaped into the air and stabbed it to the back of the wolf straight to its heart before it even reacted.
The feral alpha fell down to the ground and died.
However, Raia was still not finished with his business. He pulled his sword and diverted his attention to the remaining feral dogs. There were still a hundred of them around.
When they saw that their leader died, they wanted to take revenge and charged at Raia. This was a good thing for the man because chasing the feral dogs is a headache. Placing their own heads on the chopping board was the best situation.
Ten minutes passed and all of the feral dogs were killed.
"This is really tiring."
Raia lied to the ground with blood all over his body. He consumed all of his recovery pills but there were deep wounds that can't be healed further.
"I'll rest then collect the spoils." He then closed his eyes while resting.
After he recovered some of his energy, he began harvesting the fangs, horns and spirit crystals of the feral dogs.
His backpack was already full after disassembling the first one hundred but there are another one hundred bodies scattered around the area.
Raia walked towards the corpse of the feral alpha. He collected its claws, fangs, huge horn and its spirit crystal. Then he also took its skin and used it as a bag for the other loots.
After collecting all of the spoils of the beasts, Raia looked for a safe place and ate his lunch.
"It's a good thing I put away my things before the battle started or else I won't have this delicious meal."
He finished eating then continued his hunt.
Soon, he encountered a high-rank 2 werecat. They fought for a few minutes but Raia still killed it in the end.
He collected the skin, tail and spirit crystal of the werecat and moved on.
'There are already nicks on my sword. I should repair it when I return.'
The battle with the feral alpha resulted to the dents on his new sword. But it was still adequate to kill up to a high-rank 2 beast.
Another hour later and he was collecting the skin, fangs, venom sac and spirit crystal of a high-rank 2 three-eyed python.
It was six meters long. He rolled its skin and placed it inside the feral alpha skin bag.
Two hours later and both of his bags were full of materials.
"Guess it's time to head back."
He found a small river and decided to wash himself first before returning. He took off his clothes and cleaned his body from his own blood and of different beasts.
"This is refreshing." The cool water washed his body. There are still small wounds on his body and this is the perfect time to clean them.
While bathing in the water, he noticed a group of people approaching his direction.
He narrowed his eyes and sized the group.
When the five people were close to Raia, one of them talked.
"Easy, kid. I am Frid and this is my party. We just want to ask you something." Frid asked Raia. The other four were staring at him.
Raia walked closer to them.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Can I know many feral dogs did you kill today?" Frid questioned him.
"How can you say I killed feral dogs?" Raia asked with suspicion.
"Ah. I can smell their blood from you and a strong scent that is. Maybe you even bathe in their blood for the scent to be this strong." Frid smiled.
Their group was traveling back to Forzen from hunting deep in the forest when he smelled a strong scent of blood coming from one place. He followed it and discovered the source.
A 6th level Martial Physique State young man.
"I killed feral dogs today but I don't know how many. I lost count. Sorry." Raia honestly answered.
This moment, the handsome young man, Mac, pointed at a particular direction then patted the shoulder of Frid.
"Leader, isn't that a feral alpha?" He said.
"What?! A feral alpha?!" The others shouted. When they looked at the sack beside the backpack, their eyes widened.
"It really is a feral alpha. That fur color and size, there's no mistaking it." Frid said. He turned to Raia and asked. "Young man, did you kill this feral alpha?"
"Yes, I did." Raia replied.
"And you did it alone?" Frid continued.
"Yes. Is there a problem with that?" Raia smiled.
"No, nothing. It's just amazing to know that a 6th level Martial Physique State can kill a peak-rank 2 beast. I'm sure there are many feral dogs in its pack." Said the group leader.
"Yeah. Maybe two hundred or more."
"And..you also killed them?" Frid asked.
"All of them."
The group looked at each other and smiled.
They can easily kill a feral alpha at their level. But when they are at the 6th level Martial Physique State, they can't kill a peak-rank 2 beast all by themselves.
The group was amazed by this young man in front of them.
"We saw some of the feral dogs you killed and we are correct to assume that you didn't have any spatial ring with you." Frid explained.
"I don't have the money to buy one."
"Here. Take this. We always bring an extra spatial ring with us all the time in case of emergency. This is a high-grade recovery pill. You can have them." Frid handed to Raia a spatial ring.
Raia was confused. "Why are you giving me this?" He asked with a raised brow.
Frid chuckled and smiled at him. "Just take it as a friendly gift from our party. Also carrying that loot will attract attention of some beasts. You are lucky none have attacked you."
"But I don't know any of you. I also can't pay for this spatial ring and pill." Raia tried to refuse.
"Our party is called Sharp Edge. You can look to us in the web. We are a Martial Warrior party. You won't have to pay for it because just like I said, it is a friendly gift from us." Frid introduced.
"I don't have a phone."
"…"
His phone was destroyed by the saber fanged wolf and he still hasn't gotten a new one.
"Here, look at our profile." The short-haired lady, Celine, said as she showed Raia some of their achievements that the Forzen City recorded.
When Raia saw it he, finally accepted the spatial ring then took the pill to heal all his wounds. Frid was relieved.
Raia wore a new shirt that he brought with him then sent all the other stuff into the spatial ring except his sword.
"Thank you for this. I really appreciate it."
"Well, we should help our junior when we can." Mac said and laughed.
"Are you returning to Forzen?" Frid asked.
"Yes."
"Us too. Then we should travel together." Frid smiled.
A young man showing some strength at this age and level is bound to be powerful in the future. Establishing a good connection with him is the best thing they can acquire.
"Sure. I am Raia, by the way."