A few hours had passed and Ocean was still motionlessly sitting on the same spot, thinking about what she had just seen. She would have continued sitting for hours more, when she suddenly heard her stomach rumbling. Sighing, she stood up and slowly walked deeper into the forest, looking for a good prey to hunt. She concentrated on her surroundings and kept her body low as she walked through the tall and dark trees.

After a short while of walking, Ocean suddenly heard the sound of movement from her side, making her head snap towards that direction. And then, without hesitation, she dashed towards where she heard the sound with her fists tightly clenched, ready to end the life of the unfortunate beast.

When she arrived at the location, however, she was surprised to see a little wolf pup, injured and shivering as it walked on the snowy ground. The pup raised its head and stared at her with its big, round eyes. Not thinking of Ocean as a threat, the pup then carefully approached her and leaned its ragged face on Ocean's feet.

But as Ocean was wondering what she should do in this situation, she suddenly heard a man's yell some distance away from her,

"The trail leads here!"

Ocean then raised her fists as she sensed the presence of multiple people heading her way, and after a short while, six men dressed in dark plated armor showed themselves. The armor the men wore made them look thick and bulky, making Ocean wonder how they were able to move around this type of environment.

The men were also armed with swords that had blades as dark as coal and immediately pointed them towards Ocean once they saw her. Five of the men then spread themselves out and slowly surrounded Ocean, waiting for their captain's order.

Ocean was now surrounded from all sides with the only saving grace being that the men's faces were covered up in helmets, sparing her from the pain of seeing 'that' again. She then looked down at the pup below her and noticed its body shaking uncontrollably once the men arrived. Ocean was going to pick it up to comfort it, when one of the men suddenly said,

"Kill the woman and take the pup."

Immediately after giving the command, 5 of the men charged at Ocean at the same time, with their swords aimed at her vital spots. Ocean was quick to react, however, and leaped high up into the air, dodging their attacks. After landing on the ground, Ocean hurriedly picked up the wolf pup and pushed through their encirclement, running away from the men as quickly as possible.

There were only three reasons why Ocean chose to run even though she knew she was stronger than them. The first reason was because she wasn't sure of her victory against those men, second was because of her sudden desire to protect the pup, and lastly, she didn't want to risk seeing 'that' again if one of them decided to take off their helmet.

Ocean could hear the sound of her pursuers following right behind her as she ran through the forest once more while she carried the puppy near her chest. Her predicament just became worse, however, when she suddenly sensed the amount of people chasing after her increase.

She turned to her side and her eyes became wide when she saw tens of men in armor running through the trees, chasing after her. Starting to get anxious, Ocean increased her speed and ran until she found herself in a vast and open field of grass, littered with snow, where she saw tens of men with the same armor as her pursuers.

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And sensing the approaching presence of more of these men behind her, Ocean continued moving forward, slowly walking towards the center of the field. She then put the pup on the ground and turned her gaze to what seemed to be these men's leader, a big man who wore the same dark plated armor as everyone else, with the only difference being the pair of horns on his helmet and the giant Ax he held.

The leader's eyes glared at Ocean from behind his helmet as he turned to look at his men and said,

"Retrieve the pup and gouge out that woman's eyes. I don't like the way she's looking at me…."

Following the order, five men brandished their swords and quickly made their way to Ocean, and seeing this, Ocean decided not to wait for their approach and suddenly dashed towards them. Her sudden speed surprised the 5 men, and because of that, one of them failed to react in time and receive the full brunt of Ocean's punch, sending his body flying away.

Ocean then grabbed the sword the man left behind and quickly raised it horizontally, blocking an incoming attack from the front. Sensing something beside her, Ocean broke the stalemate and quickly rolled back, dodging the blade aimed at her waist.

She then saw one of the men going for the pup, and without hesitation, she threw her sword with her full strength towards him, impaling his chest and killing him instantly.

Seeing Ocean unarmed, the rest of the men quickly charged towards her with their swords up high. Ocean, thinking quickly, hurriedly scooped up some snow from the ground and threw it at the eyes of the men charging towards her, disrupting their vision.

Not missing a single second, Ocean tackled the nearest man to her and pinned him to the ground. She then took his sword, and with gritted teeth, she plunged it deeply into the man's neck, ending his life.

Suddenly sensing something behind her, Ocean swiftly rolled to the side, narrowly dodging another attack. She then quickly stood up and swung her sword towards her attacker's neck, instantly decapitating his head.

And as Ocean watched the headless corpse of the man slowly fall to the ground, she suddenly saw a dark blade heading straight towards her neck from the corner of her vision. She quickly leaned her torso back, narrowly dodging another attack. She then quickly ducked down and with her hands tightly holding onto her sword, she thrusted it towards her attacker's chest, piercing through his thick armor, digging into his flesh, and destroying his heart.

With shaking hands, Ocean then pulled the sword out of the man's chest and shifted her gaze once more towards their leader. Her mind then raced as she tried to think of a way for her to survive this predicament, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't think of a way to survive with her current strength….

She thought of this before, but the strength she currently has definitely didn't match up to the strength she had when she massacred those Friends, making her wonder just what the hell happened to her while she was unconscious…

"You have excellent strength, for a woman."

Ocean suddenly heard the leader's voice, disrupting her thoughts. Her eyes then narrowed as she stared at him while wondering just what kind of bullshit this asshole was talking about, when the leader continued speaking,

"Tell me your name, woman. For I want to know the name of the woman who will give birth to my children."

Hearing this, Ocean's eyes grew wide in shock, before narrowing to slits as she glared at the leader with silent fury. Her grip on her sword then became tighter, as she thought of dashing towards him and plunging her sword deep into his throat to shut him up. But it seemed like he wasn't done talking yet as he opened his mouth once more and said,

"You know… you don't look that threatening once I think about how your hands were shaking when you killed my men…"

He then glanced at his men and nodded, giving them the order to move forward and continued by saying,

"But don't worry, you won't have to take any more of people's lives once you become my concubine…"

After saying so, all of his men beside him and those behind Ocean charged towards her simultaneously. The ground shook as their heavy boots touched the ground when they ran. While Ocean, who was in the middle of all of this, looked down at her feet and saw the wolf pup standing its ground as it growled at their upcoming enemies, with a fierce look on its face.

Ocean couldn't help but smile, seeing this. She then raised her head as she, too, stared at her incoming enemies. She then kept her body low, and was about to charge straight towards them and face them all head on, when suddenly, she heard a loud shout from inside the forest,

"Raiders..!! Charge..!!"

Dire Wolves, three times her size, then burst out of the trees and charged towards the men in armor. The men on the backs of the Dire Wolves then raised their spears and yelled as they charged.

"ORRRRRAAAAAA——!!!"

"ORRRRRAAAAAA——!!!"

"ORRRRRAAAAAA——!!!"

And while everyone else was distracted by the sudden arrival of the Wolf Raiders, Ocean quickly dashed through enemy lines and headed straight towards their leader, with her blood boiling with fiery rage.