“Is there any vantage point nearby the camp?”, he asked.

“There is a small hill southwest, 500 meter from the camp”, replied Alice.

“Good job Alice”, he said.

Acma run stealthily towards the camp. His pace were steady, not too fast but not too slow. He placed all his steps carefully, amazingly avoided any dead branches or leaves that will make a sound. His peripheral vision and continious training made this possible.

Less than 10 minutes, he arrived at the small hill as mentioned in Alice’s report earlier. After zooming in the sight by adjusting his suit’s sensor, he could clearly see 6 cow heads guarding the camp, and one of them wearing a slightly better looking armor than the others.

“That one is their leader, maybe”, Acma thought.

Not far from the guards, there are 4 tents, enough to house 50-60 men. Behind the tent, there is a cave entrance with a guard on both side.

“Whatever inside the cave must be valuable to this cow heads”, thought Acma.

“Alice, carefully examine the tents and the cave. I want to know how many and what type of cow head there are”, said Acma in low voice.

“Yes Master”, replied Alice and again, she turned her body invisible and flew towards the camp.

“I should kill as many as I can from this place. The camp entrance is only 300 meters from here. If any of them try to run, I can immediately outrun them”, thought Acma. He decided to use a bow.

A military grade compound bow were ready at his left hand as he waited for his fairy to return.

After a few minutes, Alice returned with a detailed reports about the number and the location of the cow heads. There were 20 cow heads and 4 of them have a darker tone skin. Most of the cow heads are resting inside the tents. Only a few of them were checking the cave.

Acma took out several mini drones from his inventory and slowly said to Alice, “After I dispatched all those guards, command this mini drones to scout the perimeter. If any of cow head approacing the camp, notice me immediately”.

“Yes Master”, she replied.

Acma raised his bow in front of his face while his body facing the camp and his legs on ready. He put 3 arrows between his left hand fingers and the rest of arrows in the quiver behind his back. His father said, this is an ancient archery stail, designed for a quick and efficient release. In modern archery, the shoulder will face the target because the archer and the target are stationary.

Acma was checking the sorrounding for any sign of wind. Satisfied with the results, he took a deep breath, hold his breath and his finger begun to pull the string. His first pull was slow and steady.

‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’ ‘Swoosh’,

His finger reached an arrow in the quiver and, 

‘Swoosh’‘Swoosh’‘Swoosh’‘Swoosh’.

Without a chance to make any sound, all guards fell. Silent and fast kill. His first target was definitely the cow head with a slightly better looking armor, followed by the furthest two cave guard and the rest of the cow heads.

The drones start to fly as Alice operated them. Acma slowly descending the hill towards the camp entrance while his eyes keep looking at the tents, checking for any sign of movement. Even after he reached the entrance, there still no sign of movement.

“Looks like they haven’t realize that they were under attack”.

From Alice’s report before, there was 5 cow heads inside the closest tent to the entrance. Acma decided to use a grenade to make them rest forever. He took 5 grenades from inventory, unpinned and threw them inside the tent. He jumped backward, distancing himself from the tent. At the safe distance, he put another three arrow between his left hand’s fingers and ready to shoot.

'BOOOOOOOOOMMM'

Ear shattering sound echoed from the tent. Soon after the blast, Acma threw a smoke grenade in front of the third tent to interrupt the view of it’s resident, giving him enough time to get ready.

‘Swoosh’, the first one to respond, fall.

‘Swoosh’, the second one.

‘Swoosh’, the third one and ‘Swoosh’, the fourth one.

“Eleven cow heads left”, Acma counted.

Then he wished the bow and the quiver to return to the inventory while he unsheathing Barquq.

'MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO',

A rallying cry echoed in front of the third tent. Soon after, 9 cow heads emerge from the cave and running towards the one who gave the rallying cry.

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Three dark skined cow head with grim and angry looking face staring at the intruder.

“Don’t just standing there, COME”, said Acma with a mocking smile while his left index finger gesturing to invite the cow heads to attack.

“*%$&$#&(*&%^%”, one of the officer gave out an order.

Immediately, 8 young cow heads dashing toward Acma. Three on the right, five on the left.

“You guys will die young”, Acma said it inside his mind while he lunged himself to the right.

He gave a destructive flying kick at the neck of the young cow head at the center and breaking it immediately. As his feet touching the soil, he swung Barquq, cutting the throat of another two cow heads.

As fast as lightning strike, Acma dashed towards the incoming 5 young cow heads. As he enter their range, he jumped upward and sliced his victim. Then he retreated behind the cow head on his left while slicing it’s thight and stab his sword at another cow head’s throat. Then he took several steps backwards, readying himself for an incoming attack.

Acma took another deep breath and dashed forward to intercept the last two young cow head. Both of them know that they were not a challenge to this intruder. But disobeying an officer’s order is far more terriying. They had no choice. Before they could swing their axe, their throat already have been sliced by the intruder.

In less than two minutes, 8 young cow heads fall by his sword. He glanced toward the officers. An obvious shocked impression plastered on their face. If a dragon flew nearby, it definitely can take refuge in their mouth, mistaken it as a huge cave. Acma raised his sword and pointed it at the officers.

“Your turn”, he said coolly.

Before he begun his fight against the officers, he got a notification from Alice.

“Master, there is two scout rushing towards the camp”,

“How long will they arrived?” asked Acma.

“In about 2 minutes”, Alice replied.

“Try to delay them using the drones. I will deal with them as soon as they arrive”

“Yes Master”.

By the time he finished, the officers already begun their attack.

“Are these guys twins. They are strikingly similar with each other”, he observed while readying himself to intercept their attack.

The first strike came from the left officer. As he dodge the swing, it use its shoulder to ram Acma. Unable to dodge, Acma jump ed backward while he crossed his arm to receive the attack.

This officer is definitely strong. Acma was sent flying several meters by that ram alone. But he leisurely made a backflip and dashed towards the left officer. The officer make another swing, attempting to sever the intruder’s body. This time, Acma didn’t dodge outward, but inward against the left officer’s body. Before it could react, the sword has already pierced its heart.

As the left officer’s body falling down, another swing coming down. Facing the strike, Acma took a large stride far inside the axe range with his left leg and his sword was ready to pierce. He knew, he won’t take a damage if he was hit.

The officer clearly shocked but quickly calmed it’s mind. It canceled the swing and sent a front kick to the intruder’s chest.

Predicting the kick, Acma knew he can’t underestimate that kick. He quickly turned his body clockwise and manage to cut the officer’s waist. Killing it slowly.

The last standing officer look extremely terrified. It repeatedly looking at the entrance. Suddenly, a moooo sound could be heard from the camp's entrance. The scouts has returned. Acma relaxed his stance and lowered his sword. Seeing the intruder’s action, the officer took his chance to run away.

Watching the back of that running officer, Acma took out his Magnum and shot all three cow heads.

‘BAMM’, ‘BAMM’, ‘BAMM’.

“Coward officer do not deserve to live”, he muttered.

All corpes begun to disappear, leaving a strange feeling in his heart. He lowered his head toward the disappearing corpes as a respect to their soul.

He took a deep breath and looked at the cave.

“What is in the cave”. He puzzled.