As Ajax got out of bed, he went to his sister Baillie, who was waiting for him.
Baillie and Ajax headed directly to the hunting ground, as Ajax had requested from his sister.
As Ajax looked around, he saw a forest in front of him. The trees were neither tall nor short, but each tree glowed with a black color. The entire forest had this appearance.
As Ajax looked at the forest, Baillie came to her brother's side and started talking, "Ajax, this is called the Small Black Forest. The deeper you go, the taller the trees become, eventually leading to the Giant Black Forest. As the name suggests, the Small Black Forest consists of little dogs and smaller packs of them. As you go deeper into the forest, you will see larger and bigger trees, marking the entrance to the Giant Black Forest. You can say that the forest's name is based not only on the trees but also on the animals and monsters that live here. The bigger the monster you encounter, the deeper you are in the forest. But you will only explore the Small Black Forest. Don't go further than the tall trees. If you do, and you see a grassland ahead, retreat immediately and come back or go to a different place where you can find monsters. Don't go to the grassland," she warned again, emphasizing not to go to the Giant Black Forest. She looked at Ajax to seek confirmation that he understood everything she said, then she patted his head affectionately.
Ajax, with excitement on his face, said, "Okay, sister, I understand everything. There are only cat and dog-type monsters living in the Small Black Forest, and if I see a grassland in the Giant Black Forest, I should retreat immediately."
He was in confusion because he was acting like a real little brother who didn't know anything about the world. However, he was an old man who had lived as a vampire for 2000 years and had traveled through a dimensional hole, spending time there and becoming an incomplete primordial god. His life was not measured in numbers, and his behavior was shocking to him. He felt as if his old and experienced self was suddenly disappearing, behaving like an obedient boy who listened to his parents and did whatever it took to make them happy.
Ceil suddenly started talking. It said, "Because you have been reborn as an incomplete god to a complete god , your mind is now like that of a young teen in god terms. So you are behaving like this. Don't worry. When you grow up, all your experiences will come back and become one intact form of your past and present," Ceil said with an assured voice.
Ajax sighed in relief when he heard that. It wasn't because he wanted to act like this, but due to his god transformation and his not well-developed brain, which had stopped at a teenage state. He could think as an adult old man, but he spoke like a teenage boy. It was somewhat embarrassing to have an affectionate pat on his head, but he was also glad because he was born as an orphan with no family love. Now, he could see and feel what family and their love were.
As he lamented these thoughts, he looked at Baillie and said, "Okay, sister, I will get going now," as he prepared to walk into the forest.
Baillie stopped him, saying, "Ajax, take this." She threw a ring into Ajax's hand.
As Ajax caught the ring, Baillie continued, "The ring I give you is a storage ring. Whatever monster you kill can be stored in that. Don't worry about the storage capacity; it is as big as a 2 km square-shaped storage. It is specially made for you and can grow as your strength and god level increase. Now, drop some blood on it to activate it," she said, and then she disappeared.
Ajax wanted to ask about where she got the ring and many more questions, but before he could, she had disappeared. So, he started moving toward the forest.
As he entered the forest, he picked up his sword, ready for battle. His vampire senses activated as he looked around and observed his surroundings. His senses started giving him a rough map of the forest, and he could tell there were some monsters nearby.
As he walked towards the monsters, he felt he had arrived at the scene.
He saw dogs as big as 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Their teeth looked like they had borrowed them from a saber-toothed tiger; the teeth were longer than their tongues. They were eating a dead monster they had hunted. Ajax was shocked to see them.
They sensed someone coming in their direction and looked at Ajax. As they did, Ajax launched his attack, coming in front of them without giving them a chance to approach. He slashed his sword, killing one dog monster instantly.
As he killed one monster, a loud barking erupted. Another dog monster started an attack against him, coming straight at him with its mouth wide open, ready to swallow him in one bite.
As it got closer, Ajax sidestepped to avoid the attack, but another dog attacked him from behind. Using his vampire wings, which were like black skin wings, each three meters long, he flew into the sky.
As he soared above, he looked down and saw a sea of dog-like monsters emerging from the forest. They were calling other dogs in the area to join the fight for their fallen family member, as it seemed to Ajax.
Remembering his sister Baillie's words that they lived in small packs, Ajax had thought it would be 5 to 20, maybe up to 50. But there were thousands of them in front of him. The only resemblance to the dogs he remembered from Earth was their appearance, though these looked like they had been injected with something monstrous.
He looked at them and laughed warily, saying, "So this is what a small pack of dog monsters looks like," as his eyes scanned the horde coming out of the forest. It was like a zombie apocalypse.
Ajax, staying in the sky, brandished his sword once again to start the fight.
He dove towards them, using his sword to cleave through the dog monsters like vegetables.
As he moved, he cut off some dogs' heads, some legs, and others in the middle, looking like a sword master with a grudge against them. Using his North God sword techniques, his killing of monsters rose to the next level.