*ROOOOAAAR*

The giant wolf, that I assume to be the leader of the pack is standing right in front of me. And ill be honest, I'm kinda scared and excited at the same time. Ive always wanted a life of excitement. The wolves at first excited me, but as I gained experience, fighting them was kind of dull. But now, its the real deal, the boss of the pack, right in front of me.

I check my surroundings, the only things present were me, the pack leader, and dead wolves. I checked my condition first, if I die right here, then Im sure I won't get a second chance. The wound on my back stopped bleeding, and the wound seemed to have closed up. I guess this is the mana imbued in my flesh working its magic. I can still feel the pain slightly, but I don't think it will affect me much.

Me and the pack leader are at a standoff, we are both observing each other. I throw a couple of feigns, and he does the same thing. I guess the dog is smarter that it looks. I got irritated and motioned to charge towards the pack leader.

"If you won't attack, then I guess I will!"

With my sword unsheathed, I tried to dash towards the wolf, but before I could, the wold pounced at me with one claw high up in the air. The claw came down at me. I raised my sword and tried to block it. That was a bad idea. The force of the impact pushed me a couple feet away. And the fierceness of the wolfs attack managed to wound me. I guess that was some sort of move that required mana.

I now have to be extra careful, I underestimated this giant wolf. I put up my sword once more and started the initiative. I dashed towards the wolf, but this time, I wasn't aiming in front of him. The wolf saw what I was trying to do, the moment I was in front of him, I jumped and landed behind him.

The wolf was quick on his feet though, the instant I jumped, it immediately turned around. But I wasn't aiming directly right behind him, I was aiming for the tree that was now in front of me. Just before my head was about to crash on to the tree trunk, I flipped my body around. My feet now had now touched the tree trunk, in that moment, I used the tree to propel forward towards the wolf. With one swing, I was sure it was over. But I was dead wrong. I only managed to deal a huge scar on the wolf's face.

I end up right were I first stood. I look at the wolf, and he looks pissed. His eyes were filled with rage even more, which made me shiver and more sweat ran down from my forehead. Now, my only option is to try and fight a losing battle, or run away and never look back.

I decided to run away, I slightly lowered my sword, which was another stupid mistake. The wolf understood my intentions and jumped at me. At that moment, with the adrenaline pumping, and the fear of dying, something inside of me started to flow out. It was my mana pool!

The mana ran across my entire body, healing my wounds and washed the fatigue away. I feel refreshed, and thats not all, I feel stronger. I can sense the mana surrounding my body. I also felt my mana surround my katana. The wolf was in midair, and now I feel confident that I could take on this monster.

The wolf noticed the change in me, and while midair, it flinched. I took that chance, it slightly lowered its paws. In a quick second, I dashed underneath him and I jumped with my katana pointing upwards. The katana pierced entered its neck and exited his head. The wolf dropped to the ground lifeless. I made sure that it was dead. So I cut off its head, and grabbed the core. I can feel the mana coming out from the core, I felt that it was different, it was better, it was more concentrated than the normal ones.  

A few seconds after I stashed the wolf pack core away, my body felt really tired, all the fatigue came back, and my body was sore all over. I guess that this was the effect of the surge of power earlier. I was quite deep in the jungle, and the sun had already set. I slowly walked back to the village with a big smile on my face.

That big smile on my face suddenly disappeared, I finally saw the village from a distance, the village was very bright, the village was burning! I tried to run towards the village as fast as I could, but the fatigue made it difficult to run, I stumbled and I fell, but I got back up every time. The fatigue, the pain, none of that was in my head, the only thing I was thinking of were my parents. My beloved parents!

I ran for what seemed like forever. I finally got to the outskirts of the village. From where I was standing, I could see the silhouettes of people. With that sight, a small part of me was happy, that there are people alive, theres a chance that my parents are alive too. With the thought of seeing my parents again. I ran once more towards the silhouettes.

My smile immediately turned to a frown. The faces that I saw were ones that I don't recognize. I walked a little bit closer, and I could see, they hold swords covered in blood, there shirts and armors all covered in blood. Im confused, I don't understand whats happening right now. I walk a little bit closer, enough for them to see me.

"Hahahaha! To think we found a small village like this to have fun with!"

"Heh, can't believe there were no guards, I was expecting a fight."

"Yeah, that was pretty boring, no one could put up a decent fight."

"Well, finish these 2 off and lets be gone before any trouble comes our way."

As I hear those last few words, I realize, there were 2 people kneeling before the people that did this to the village. I get a little closer and I see my parents right there kneeling. Then I see a person with a big sword raising his sword. He was going to kill my parents! I let out a shout.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

But I was too late, the moment I shouted, the sword came down on their heads, and their heads fell of their body. Tears started to roll down my face. Anger was taking over me. I run towards the guy that killed my parents. The people that were responsible were laughing at me.

"HA! Look at that little kid trying to be a hero!"

"I bet he doesnt even know what pain feels like!"

"Alright alright, kill him and be done with it, we gotta go now."

As they were saying those words, I already got close enough to dash towards the man that killed my parents. I dashed forward, and in an instant I was right beside him, he was surprised, but it was too late for him, I quickly took my katana out of its sheath, and while I was pulling it out, I aimed towards the man's neck. I couldn't reach far enough to cut of his head, but it was enough to kill the guy.

As the man drop dead, the other people finally realized what happened. They had a shocked expression on them, but in an instant, they drew their swords and slowly came to me. I was still angry, So I immediately dashed towards the closest bastard that I could see. Once more, the person had a shocked expression, I slashed my katana, but he immediately blocked, I slashed again and again and again. Until finally as I slashed my sword, the other persons sword flew off and left him defenseless.

I could see the fear in his eyes, but I don't care, these people murdered my parents, and my entire village. I ran forward, and with one horizontal swing, I split the guys stomach open. I turn around to see him kneeling on the ground, and then he dropped dead.

"Kill him!"

Now 4 people were coming at me altogether, I don't know how many of them are left, but it doesnt matter for me now, all that matters is that I'm taking as many of this people with me. Im already exhausted from the fight from the wolf earlier, but right now, I'm mustering up all of my strength to kill these people in front of me.

I don't know how much time has passed, it feels like forever, I managed to kill 4 more people before I reached my absolute limit. All I could do now is just stand there while they kill me, possibly even torture me. But I feel too tired, I wasn't strong enough to avenge my parents, my village. Anger started to boil up inside me again, but it was a fruitless effort, fatigue was taking over, I could barely keep my sword up. I see the bastards charging towards me with swords. I tried to do something, but it was useless. I guess its over, I guess I'm dying once more. I felt a cool breeze fly through me, I fell over and passed out.

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*Stranger's PoV*

(Note, Ill try not to do too much other people point of view, I'm just doing this to progress story)

*Sigh*"The sun is already setting and theres no village in sight" I mumbled to myself as I tread this stupid forest. I keep walking in the hope of finding at least a village to sleep in. Im tired of sleeping in the forest. It makes my back ache. As I kept complaining to myself, I smell the stench of monster blood. I go towards the direction of the smell in hopes to see if there are people here. If there are people here, theres a good chance that theres a village or a settlement nearby.

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As I grew closer, I saw some wolf monsters dead, pretty low class, pretty easy to deal with. As I checked once more, I saw a big wolf laying there lifeless. It seemed like a wolf pack leader. These things are High C class monsters, they're pretty easy to deal with, a few adventurers should be able to deal with it. But for a remote place like this, I doubt adventurers will even come here. I guess there are some decently strong adults here.

I checked the body of the wolf pack, and theres only one distinct weapon mark, a sword. I checked the other wolf's body, and they all have sword marks, its a rough mark, but if you inspect it really clearly, you will see only 1 sword did all of this. Must be some kind of amateur, but the amateur took down a wolf pack all by himself it seems. Not bad, then I saw something else that surprised me, a footmark, it was small, looks like it belonged to a kid.

"Pfffffft! Hahahahahaha!"

I laughed to myself thinking that a kid could do this. I laughed so hard that tears began to form on my eyes. I wiped the tears away, I guess an adult was showing this kid the harshness of this world. I follow the footmarks on the ground. I walked for about 15 minutes and finally I was out of the forest. As I walked out, I could see a village burning. Great, my only chance of having a peaceful rest goes goodbye.

I stride closer and closer to the village. The moment I got to the outskirts of the village, I could hear something. I could hear metals clashing together, it was quite faint, but I could clearly tell it was two metals clashing together, it was a fight! Theres still a survivor! I immediately rush towards the noise.

As I got closer, I could see a bunch of bandits ganging up on someone. I got closer a little bit more and that someone was a kid, I looked around and saw that there were some bandit bodies laying on the ground. The kid was fighting back! I saw him jump and cut off a bandits head in an instant.

As I saw that spectacle, the kid looked like he was tired, he was now only defending. Im still far off, I guess it couldn't be helped. I utilized the wind, and it made me run faster, I finally got within range to dash. I dashed forward, I was now right beside the kid. Just as I got there, he fell over. Im not sure if he is dead or he just passed out. But right now, I got to deal with some low class bandits. I immediately drew my sword and in an instant, 2 of the guys in front of me dropped dead. In the next moment, I leaped backwards, I was now behind 2 bandits, A quick slash to a guy's back, and a stab to the heart for the next one. 2 more dropped dead.

The rest of the bandits stopped on their tracks. I decided to speak.

"Pillaging an entire village, some tough guys you are. Even ganging up on a kid, before I kill you all, tell me something, how many of you did the kid kill?"

They started to get angry.

"You bastard!"

"Screw you old man!"

"Kill him!"

"Chop him to pieces!"

*Sigh* I sigh to myself and decided to end this quickly as possible, I harnessed the wind once more, and in 5 seconds, I jumped from bandit to bandit, splitting them cleanly in half. 7 bandits went down in an instant, 2 remained, as they saw what I did to their comrades, possibly even their boss, in just 5 seconds, they decided to turn tail and run.

"Did you guys really think you could run away that easily?"

As I said those words, I dashed towards the guy that was behind and I immediately sliced of his legs. He fell to the ground and I slashed his head off. The other guy saw this and fear instantly covered his face, I could see the tears starting to form.

"Please! Please spare me! I don't want to die"  He started screaming, he pleaded and pleaded.

"Well, I can let you off if you answer my previously asked question" I said to him while sheathing my sword.

"He killed 6 of us" He said while crying.

"I see, thats good." As I said those words, I was right beside the guy in his knees, and in an instant his head flew off.

I wiped my sword with a piece of cloth that I found. As I was cleaning the sword, I started walking towards where the little kid was. I sure hope he wasn't dead. As I got closer I saw his sword, and it looked like the sword that was used to kill the wolf pack leader. I was shocked, I guess it was him that killed that wolf leader. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, he did take on an entire bandit gang all by himself.

I checked the kid if he was alive. I checked his pulse, it seems he's fine, he just passed out, I guess he fought the wolf pack and got tired. Im sure he would have been able to kill all those bandits if he hadn't fight the wolf leader. I tend to his wounds, his body covered in cuts and bruises. And his back looks like theres a claw mark, must be from one of the wolves. I finally notice that right behind the kid were 2 bodies, and heads right beside them. They closely resemble the boy, I guess they're his parents. I see that theres a locket on the ground, I picked it up and placed it on my storage ring.

The village was burning pretty intensely, I pick up the kid from the ground, we had to leave this place if we don't want to burn along side this village. I take him to an open grassland just outside the village. I make camp here, I clean the kids wounds and dress them up nicely. He is sleeping like a log, I haven't seen what this kid is capable of, but for a kid like him, he is plenty strong. I promised myself to not pass on my skills to anyone, but I think he should be perfect to inherit my skills and my legacy. I have decided, this kid will be my one and only disciple.

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(We are now back to Faust's PoV)

I wake up and saw right in front of me, a guy that looks pretty old, but he looks healthy. He is about 6 feet tall. His hair is a mess, its pretty much grey with streaks of white. He wears some ragged clothes, and his eyes are grey. I guess this is the bandit leader, I guess he wants retribution. I stand up immediately and put up a defensive stance, I try to reach for my waist, but I realized that I don't have my katana with me.

"Calm down kid, I'm not here to hurt you" He said with a smile on his face.

I don't believe him, he wants me to lower my guard, I feel my strength is back, I immediately dashed towards him. He was shocked, just like those other bandits, i felt a pain in my neck, and in an instant, I saw nothing but black, I passed out once more.

I wake up again, in the same room, and I see the old man again right in front of me, it looks like he didnt move from his original spot. I wonder if he's dead? I got up once more, I wanted to fight, but I realized what happened before, what I saw was the old man disappear and I passed out. Was it he that knocked me out? I still pay attention to my surroundings though, I can't be too sure if he was a friend or a foe.

"Looks like you have calmed down, don't make me knock you out again" The old man said

"What do you want from me? You here to torture me?! Might as well kill me right here and right now!" I screamed at him

"Calm down, sheesh, I decided to make you my disciple!" He said while he tossed something in the air. It looks pretty familiar.

I caught it, it was a locket, and inside, there was an engraving on it, it was a hand holding a hammer. I finally realized what it was, it was the Godhand symbol, and the locket was a family heirloom. It finally dawned on me that my parents are dead. I started to fall on the bed and I started to cry. I don't know how long I griefed, but the old guy stood up and said.

"Well kid, I know its a lot to take up, but theres a big world out there, and I can help you take on this big world. So, will you be my disciple?"

I stood up wiping my tears from my face. I have nowhere to go, and this guy infront me is my benefactor and savior, I have nothing else to do but to grow strong. I simply nodded at him.

"Good! My name is Kaiser, just Kaiser." As he said those words, he pulled one of his hands from his pocket and offered me a handshake.

I accepted the handshake and said.

"My name is Faust, Faust Godhand."

A new journey now awaits me.

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Hey guys! Thanks for reading! Sorry if its a little bit shorter, I wanted to post a chapter as soon as possible, cause I'm not sure when I can post another chapter, as I said, Im gonna be busy this whole week, possibly even next week.

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