The rays of sunlight shine through the freshly wet tree leaves, on a mountainside where the loud sound of running water could be heard splashing constantly. Kenta seated himself beneath a tree covered with leaves, shielding him from the heat of the sun; his eyes were shut tightly as he was in a deep sleep.
After he had left Matthew's territory, he had run all the way to a mountainside where he decided to rest. After a few minutes, he had fallen completely into a deep sleep. Though his body shook restlessly as though he was having a nightmare.
"Kenta… I.... love you…"
His eyes opened wide before he squinted them both due to the intense light of the sun. He then looked around his surroundings before breathing out a tired sigh. "Why do I keep having that same nightmare?" He muttered gloomily; the dream of when he lost everything continued to play every time he went to sleep.
It's as though he was being haunted by the spirits of his parents, and they were telling him not to forget about them.
He staggered to his feet. "My legs have gotten stiff." He said in a low mutter. Before looking in a certain direction.
A two-handed greatsword was resting gently near a tree five feet away. After he had gotten here, he wondered how he was going to carry it. Though its weight wasn't a problem by any means, he worried about how he was going to carry it inside the nearest town located south of here.
Considering there is a restriction on regular citizens carrying weapons inside towns, he couldn't go inside the capital or any small cities unless he did something about his greatsword.
The blade, as black as darkness, continued to shine due to the rays of sunlight. Kenta picked up the sword by the hilt before walking into the forest in search of food.
The serene forest seemed rather peaceful as there wasn't any kind of disturbance present in the surroundings. Kenta stopped in his tracks and listened to the sounds of the bushes, which would sometimes rustle as though something was about to jump at any moment.
Whoosh~
"Hah!" In an instant, he jumped backwards at a distance of 5 feet before landing softly on the ground. A wild beast suddenly appeared with its huge body. It was a beast resembling a bear with fur as white as snow.
The bear narrowed its red eyes before letting out a howl. "Heh, I guess I'll have to work hard for my breakfast, huh, well, my legs could use the exercise." He said as a fearless grin formed on his face.
ROOOOAR!
The bear howled as it charged forward, attempting to strike Kenta with its huge body. However, Kenta immediately understood the beast's intentions and held his sword ready in his hands. Once the bear had reached a distance of five meters, he used the blade of his broad sword to stop the bear's movements. "Mm" However, the bear responded by swinging its huge arm horizontally, sweeping Kenta from the side.
"Guh." As a result of the bear's attack, Kenta's body was easily knocked away and sent flying backwards. "Gah." He crashed noisily into a thick tree. "Tch, that definitely woke me up…" he said as he coughed all the air through his lungs.
"Don't think something like that is enough to stop me. I'm definitely going to enjoy eating you." He said as he held the hilt of his sword and charged forward.
He then held his sword vertically upwards as red and black energy filled the blade of his sword. "Since you enjoy swinging around your arms so much, how about I detach them from your body!!" He shouted before bringing his broad sword downward.
At the same time, the red and black energy was released from the blade and went straight towards the bear, "Grrah!!" The bear instantly reacted towards the strange energy coming towards it, as though it could sense the immediate danger. The bear leapt over the red and black energy, dodging it completely.
The energy continued on its path, wiping out everything that came before it in a straight line, while kicking up a cloud of dust.
Once the dust had cleared, and the scenery became visible to the naked eye, Kenta widened his blue coloured eyes in surprise.
'This disintegrating ability is really strong; if I'm not careful, I might seriously end up causing a lot of damage.' He thought while gazing at the destruction he had just created.
Many of the thick trees within a 30-mile radius were annihilated, and even the soil from the ground was all cleanly erased from this world, leaving behind nothing but a burnt field.
The silver bear let out an angry roar as it glared at Kenta with some wariness present in its eyes.
"Heh… you still want to fight, huh? Well then, shall we continue?" He said before charging towards the bear once again. The bear charged at Kenta and then swung its arm horizontally towards his neck.
"Fool, do you really think that will work on me a second time?" He said before swooping downward, the claw of the bear missed him by a hair's breadth. As strands of his blonde coloured hair were scattered slightly, the eyes of the silver bear widened. Kenta, while being in a low posture, used his greatsword to penetrate the bear's stomach. "Raaaaah!!!" The bear let out a loud cry as it tried to get a distance away from Kenta.
However, Kenta's eyes shone like a beast that refused to allow its prey to get away, and once again charged towards the bear's head and swung his sword.
The bear tried to intercept Kenta's attack, but it was no use, Before the claw of the silver bear could strike Kenta, its head was cleanly severed from its body. A trail of fresh blood then sprayed in the air as its head fell to the ground. Without anything being able to support its huge body, it also fell down noisily to the ground.
A huge surge of power then began to fill Kenta's body; the fatigue he had been slowly accumulating during the battle with the white bear was no longer there. "Haaa… it seems the stronger the enemy, the stronger I'll be in return." He quietly mumbled. His body felt brand new; it was a completely different change compared with before.
"Maybe I should find some stronger monsters living in this forest." He said excitedly.
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Approximately 1 hour had passed since his fight against the silver bear. Kenta was now seated near a waterfall which rained down constantly. He was munching on the meat of the silver bear he had just killed. "Sigh… I guess my cooking still needs some work…" he said with a bitter smile. Even though he had learned everything he needed while staying at the orphanage, his cooking skills were only a little below average. He couldn't help but worry about what he's going to do about food from here on.
"Mm… I wonder how much I could make if I sell this?" He suddenly asked, while looking at the green gemstone curiously. Though the stone didn't originally belong to him, he considered it to be his spoils of war, as the stone was on the body of Grayson, whom he had killed during their earlier clash.
"I guess I'll have to find out once I reach a city." He said, somewhat excitedly.
"I just need a way to carry this without bringing too much attention to myself." He said as he gazed at the greatsword, which was lying downward beside him.
"Mm... what!" Suddenly, a magic formation then appeared above the sword and then disappeared completely along with the broad sword. "Eh… what was that?" He exclaimed, getting up from the rock he had been sitting on.
Did that happen because I wanted to put away the sword? Or was it something else… he didn't know, so Kenta tried summoning his sword one more time. "…Sword." A magic formation once again appeared, and then the greatsword materialised inside his hand.
"I see... Is this space magic? It was the same magic circle as when the sword first showed itself to me."
'I wonder why that sword appeared before me in the first place. Was it nothing more than a coincidence? Or did it happen by chance?' He pondered to himself. Well, I won't get the answer even if I start thinking about it deeply, so I might as well just give up.' He thought, sighing slightly. Now that he had a way to hide the sword, he was extremely glad he could finally go inside a town.
He once again tried to put the sword away, and a magic formation then appeared again, and the sword that he had held seconds ago disappeared. Kenta then seated himself before he resumed his meal.