Chapter 7: The beginning of the hunt for the one-eyed blue ghoul.

Ghouls are savage creatures, full of an evil aura. They can crush ordinary humans with one hand. The monster that must be hunted is 11 feet tall, completely blue in color, and has one eye with a small brain that proves its low intelligence. According to what is known, there are ghouls in the forest that do not come too close to the edge of the forest. For fear of mages in the village, that's why Max could hunt in the forest.

The ghouls in this forest are between the first level and the fourth level of the Qi Realm.

Indeed, now, a ghoul will only be hunted at the first level, which requires at least 30 people to eliminate.

Something really strange: if we put someone who uses Qi against someone who uses magic, we don't know who will win. If the distance between the apprentice mage and the apprentice cultivator was too close, the apprentice mage would never survive. But the opposite is true: if the apprentice mage and the apprentice cultivator are far away, the cultivator will be blown up, and nothing of his body will be left.

Magic focuses on the power of destruction and on creating objects by chanting spells. Qi focuses on flexibility and versatility, as natural energy is absorbed and refined to purify and strengthen the body to make it closer to ideality.

But the question here is, can ordinary humans keep up with them if they are beginners? The answer will be as follows:

The novice mage, at the first and second levels of the first circle, hardly tries to concentrate the mana inside their body to create a great destructive force. They will never be able to use a shield that protects their body. All they can use is to throw the mana they have collected like an unprotected cannon, and the cannon can be destroyed from behind because it cannot concentrate hard enough.

The cultivator is another case. Are they smart enough to escape the traps? Are they smart enough to defend against multiple assassins? A cultivator below the third level of the Qi Realm could be dropped if they also lost their concentration and were under siege.

Thus, we say yes, they can be shot down and killed if they are not careful enough. But once the mage and cultivator reached the third level of the First Circle and the Qi Realm, the period of weakness against ordinary humans would have ended.

The mage could use mana to create a shield that was indestructible to ordinary humans, and only the formidable powers of cultivators could destroy it. On the other hand, the cultivators' speed is enhanced to a level that humans cannot see, super strength that humans cannot defend, and powerful senses that an ordinary human assassin cannot surpass.

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For our part, Max moves with the team that Tori brought with him, and his destination is deep in the forest, along with thirty-four people.

But we have to do a little math to figure out who they are.

One of them is Tori, but he does not walk with them but rather moves between the trees like a professional ninja without being detected.

The other three are the three that Max called out to the day before: Alexa and the blacksmiths.

Thirty despicable people followed him from behind with great respect and fear in their eyes, not daring to underestimate him. It seemed as if he had instilled fear in them, but how?

Stolen novel; please report.

With this, we will take a little flashback to understand how this happened.

-flashback-

At the edge of the forest, at the place where Max met the group.

"Hmm, so these are the thirty-two fighters who are going to kill the blue ghoul. They seem like a bunch of weak, lowly people who won't be able to do anything. You're just sending them to their deaths," Max said as he stood on a branch of a tall tree next to the squad that Tori had brought, while Tori watched with a sly smile.

"What did you say, long-tongued one? Do you think you are a cultivator or a mage to say that?" A tall, thin person said this with a small dagger in his waist belt.

"Hey, little kid, do you want to get crushed?"

"Oi, oi, it looks like we have a frog under the well who thinks he's a powerful hunter. Listen, kid, we're not hurting you just because Tori-san is here."

(Author's note: I was an otaku before, so I like to use Japanese honorifics. Should I leave it as Tori-san or Mr. Tori? For now, I'll write this way.)

"Then, Max-kun, I'll let you take care of it from here on out and lead them; I'll go back to Zara Palace," Tori said with that sly smile of his as he left.

Of course, he won't leave but will watch from afar. Moreover, he must protect Ojo-sama, who came for an unknown reason. The only thing Tori could think about was, 'Is she worried Max will get hurt? Apparently, this is the reason'

"If Tori has left, I would say that you are a group of weaklings who would not even be able to fend off the attacks of a kitten, let alone a ghoul at the first level of the Qi Realm."

"What? Do you dare to say that again? You bastard, I will..."

Before a huge man with a giant ax in his hands could finish speaking, an arrow pierced him in the left eye. Before anyone could understand where he pulled the bow and arrow from, another arrow was shot at great speed at the heart area in his chest. The large man fell to the ground, his eyes unwilling.

Max jumped down, and everyone became prepared, except for one person. He was the first man who was carrying a dagger in his belt, and the reason he did not escape quickly was that Max came directly behind him and he did not have time to escape.

Max took the dagger from the man's belt, grabbed his head with crazy speed, passed the dagger around his neck, a lot of blood came out, and then the man fell to the ground dead.

The entire place remained silent; if someone dropped a pin on the ground, everyone would hear it.

"So does anyone else have a problem?" Max said with a wide smile as he licked the blood on the dagger.

(Comment from the author: If someone thinks this is disgusting, you should know that he will choose one of the classes of demons to evolve into. One of them loves to drink blood a lot.)

Silence did not leave the stage, or, I should say, the forest.

"Good, since no one has a question, you should follow me, right? Let’s go."

-End of the flashback-

“We barely convinced your father to let you come, Ojou-sama,” said the dwarf Lu.

“If we had not gone with you, he would not have let you go,” said the big old man, whose name was Lee.

“Nothing is important now. The most important thing is to find a way to escape from this mad man's hands. We have not advanced even a single step since we started,” she said with a frown.

On the other hand, Max was jumping between the trees while the others followed him on the ground. Of course, his method of jumping is different from that of the professional Tori, and the reason he is in the trees is that they are approaching where the ghouls are, and he wants to watch from a high area. So that they do not enter an area where there is a high-level ghoul or several ghouls in one place.

Of course, Max currently cannot use the system to know the levels of things or creatures, but it is possible to know the level of strength of the ghouls.

A ghoul at the first level of the Qi realm is 11 feet tall, while the second level is 15 feet tall, and the third level is 20 feet tall. It seems as if the higher the level of the ghoul, the taller they become, but this stops at the fifth level, which is 50 feet tall.

So now it is very easy to find the monster you want to hunt.

After a long period of searching, several ghouls were found, so Max and his group had to change direction several times.

Sometimes they find a giant ghoul that definitely gives a "run for your life" sign above the ghoul's head.

Sometimes they find several ghouls, and it is impossible to fight them all; they will definitely be eliminated.

And once it was embarrassing, there were two ghouls trying to mate to reproduce. Of course, we should not disturb lovebirds during their intimate moments.

After a long time of searching for a ghoul outside his flock and the weakest of them, he was finally found. He was eating his feast, which consisted of several lions and a few wolves.

“Listen to me, everyone,” Max said, attracting the attention of his group. "Before we go, I want you to put this on your swords and weapons." He took out several chemical bottles from inside his clothes; of course, he was taking them out of the system's storage because there were a large number of them.

Everyone took a bottle and put it on their weapon; no one wanted to go against him, and no one wanted to die so quickly.

“Where did he get all these bottles from? Did he carry them all?” said one of the men.

“I don't know; he's creeping me out,” one of them replied.

“Listen, the chemical that was added to your swords is a paralysis poison. It instantly paralyzes the opponent for a long period of time. For a ghoul like him, it will take more time to react to him, but every hit will be useful. Are you ready?!!”

“Yes,” everyone said.

Max jumped into the tree again to watch the ghoul from afar as he slowly ate.

“He's eating very slowly; haha, he has a lot to eat; I'll prepare the traps now.”

"Well, doesn't that sound fun? buhahahahahahaha"

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