With his eyes closed, Gael focused on his surrounding by listening, since he cannot get a clear view of the enemies he decided to use his ears to react to every sound even the smallest sound cannot escape his ears.
He has his sword sheathed and he holds onto its hilt he lowered his center of gravity to put all his weight and strength on his legs.
" I don't want to use this sword technique on C rank monsters but you guys leave me no choice since the two of you are not normal C rank Ash Wolves yourselves," Gael said with his eyes closed while still in the same position.
*swoosh *swoosh * swoosh *swoosh
The sound of the two Ash wolves moving from one place to another in a fast and mysterious way filled the air while Gael is carefully listening, with his eyes closed his head turned towards the direction of the sound that the constant movement of the Ash Wolves made.
Despite being able to follow the strange movements of the wolves just by listening Gael didn't make a move he stood still like a statue he started to sweat bullets, especially on his forehead as he put all his focus on his ears, he is waiting for the perfect moment to make a move.
He stood straight and the wolves strange movements continued for a long time, then the two Ash Wolves decided to make a move, the both darted towards Gael from the dame direction side by side, they brandished their sharp and deadly claws as they go for the kill.
Gael heard two similar sounds from the same direction and realized that the two wolves decided to attack, but instead of thinking about how to defend against the attack, he smiled.
'now!' Gael thought.
The ground where he stood cracked as he put all his weight and strength on his legs to achieve his maximum speed, he disappeared from where he was standing leaving rubbles and dust on the ground, he turned into a blur and passed through the attacks of the two Ash wolves and the Ash wolves themselves, when he reappeared he is now standing behind the wolves still holding the hilt of his sword that's inside its scabbard with a few inches of the blade exposed, the two Ash Wolves was just standing, you will not see any kind of movement from them after a few seconds Gael completely sheathed his sword.
*clack!
Then suddenly the heads of the two Ash Wolves flew out and blood spurted out from their necks as their body slowly fell to the ground.
*thud! *thud!
"woohoo" Gael breathed out when he heard the sound of the bodies of the Wolves then he slowly opened his eyes.
He turns around to look at the wolf's body.
" I have to get stronger, fighting two C-rank monsters already requires me to use my trump card, what about the future when I have to fight against monsters and Tamers with the Rank of B and above? " Gael said as he review his fight against a C rank monster in the Basic form, it made him realize his lack of strength.
He was about to sit down and rest when he realized something.
" oh shit, Fortis, I have to help him!" he then darted towards the direction where Fortis went, though he trust Fortis' strength since he oversees its training, a C rank monster with a First evolution skill still out of his league.
Gael only managed to win with the use of his trump card, the sword skill Sword Draw, he obtained this sword skill from a bandit leader he killed when he was just starting as a war dog, it is a high-class sword technique that cost a lot of money, he got lucky that the bandit he killed is in possession of such Sword technique, this sword technique is also the reason how he managed to survive five years in the battlefield, his sword draw technique is also the sword technique that slew the captain level soldier he fought in his last war before he became a tamer.
High-class techniques are only available to noble and wealthy families and in the whole army only the commanders, vice generals, and generals are the ones who have access to high-class techniques, his sword draw technique is also a secret that even his closest friend doesn't know about, even Marcus has no idea that Gael possesses a high-class technique, he is also keeping the technique as his most important secret because it will bring him a lot of trouble if people were to learn that he is in a possession of such skill, other warriors will target him, even the nobles will make trouble for him just to take his Sword Draw technique, and for a poor commoner like him, that does not have any background or connection he is an easy target since no faction or group will be angered if he were to die.
The sword draw skill is s sword skill that heavily rely on explosive speed since the skill has to be extremely fast so that the enemies won't have the time to react killing them in one clean sword stroke, even if the user does not have great strength the great speed will make up for it, but to be able to learn this sword technique one must practice drawing their sword as fast as they can, the drawing of the sword must be as fast as the movement speed or even faster, and the motion of drawing the sword it the most important aspect of this sword technique speed is only second, though the Sword Draw skill might appear strong and invincible, that is not true, the sword draw skill can only be used in a straight line of movement meaning it does not have the flexibility that other sword technique has and for it to be successful the user must wait for the right moment to attack which idiot will let their enemy gain a favorable position in a fight, it is also a sword technique that solely focuses on attacking the enemy meaning it does not have any defensive skill that is why you must also learn other sword, plus the user of this technique must have an extremely sharp sword.
The Sword Draw technique is strong and fearsome but it also has a lot of drawbacks.
Gael also didn't teach Fortis the Sword Draw technique because Fortis is not ready yet, Gael will only teach Sword Draw to Fortis when he masters the Sword dance that he taught him, plus it will take a few years to master the Sword draw even Gael with great talent when it comes to swords, trained the Sword Draw technique for three years before he can use it in a fight, though he does not have a master still it will still take him a year or two even with a master to guide him.
Gael is now running at full speed towards Fortis' direction, even though he is extremely tired he is not slowing down, his brows furrowed when he felt something not good, through his mental connection with Fortis when he became Gael's familiar they can feel each other's current state, meaning if Gael's life is in danger Fortis will feel it and if Fortis' life is in danger Gael will know, and now based on his expression anyone can guess that something is wrong, so he increased his speed even more.
After a few minutes of running at full speed nonstop, he finally reached Fortis' location, when he arrived he saw the standing Ash wolf covered with wounds and blood making him feel even more nervous but as he got closer he feels like there is something wrong so he slowly approached the Ash Wolf, he was shocked to see that the standing wolf is already dead, he then started look for Fortis, his gaze caught an image of a green coloured creature lying on the ground peacefully and snoring as well when Gael saw the sleeping Goblin he shook his head as he smiles.
" this punk, making me worried for nothing, inspected Fortis' body and started treating its wounds with the medicine and bandages he carries with him inside his bag.
During the whole treatment process, Fortis was just sleeping peacefully, Gael has no plan to wake up the sleeping goblin in the meantime since it just came from a long tiring fight against a small pack of C-rank wolves. Gael also decided to use this time to treat his wounds and meditate to recover all the soul energy he used up during the fight.
Times passed and the sun started to set, the dark sky slowly descended, and stars quickly filled the night sky with its brilliant shine that mesmerizes those who stares at them, Gael woke up from his meditation to prepare dinner, and he dissected the corpse of the dead wolves since it is already too late to go for a hunt plus he is still exhausted from the earlier fight.
He made a fire and started roasting the wolf meat he harvested, the smoke filled the air and the delicious and meaty smell of the meat entered Gael's nose, even the sleeping Goblin twitched when he smelled the scent of roasted meat, his favorite.
Fortis slowly opened his eyes, he sit up with difficulty due to his injuries, he just removed the bandages that covered the wounds he received from fighting the steel tusk wild boar and now he is wrapped in bandages yet again.
" this little glutton, you woke up from the scent of roasted meat again!? Is your brain only thinking about fighting and meat? " Gael asked in wonder.
" kiiiik, kiiik" Fortis answered happily saying yes to Gael's question.
Gael just slapped his forehead and deeply sighed in defeat.