"So you're basically telling me to start leveling up as soon as possible huh..." Ed thought deeply about what the system said and decided on his next course of action.
"System is it possible to have a description of all my skills?"
[Yes it is within the possibilities of the Scan function]
"Then show me"
[Starting scan... please wait]
*Ding*
Nitoryu (Epic): Full mastery.
Able to professionally use two blades without any issues. Extra effect: Both hands can wield blades even when it's not the dominant hand.
Etiquette (Uncommon): Full mastery.
Able to converse properly like a noble without forgetting manners.
Haggling (Rare): Level 1.
Successfully reduce the price of items by 2%.
Strategy (Uncommon): Level 1.
Ability to think of strategies even in the middle of the fight.
Sharingan (Rare): Level 2 (2 tomoe)
Enhanced vision, ability to perceive Chakra flow and ability to copy movements.
Spectral Shadow Steps (Rare): Level 2.
Increase movement speed by 20%. Increase the degree of silence while moving.
"System how come I have full mastery of Nitoryu, but not of other skills?" Ed was wondering why there was such a difference.
[Your skills that were learned would obviously start at level 1. As for skills from the Gacha their mastery level will be different most of the times.]
'So it's all up to luck huh... Well, I can be considered lucky for getting a sword skill of full mastery' Ed was grateful for his luck in the Gacha.
After sorting out his skills he immediately left his room and headed to where his father was at. Becky accompanied him all the way and announced his arrival to his father and he then went in to talk to him.
"Ed, you're feeling better I assume?" Arthur kept checking out his son's body.
"Yes father sorry for the trouble"
"Well your mother wanted to eat me alive after finding out you passed out, but she should calm down now" Arthur looked like he remembered some bad memories.
'I should make sure not to piss off my mom' Ed made sure to take note of that.
"Father I want to ask for your permission to leave the city to hunt!" Ed told his father what he wanted. According to the system he needed to level-up for better results. And Ed himself didn't want to stay as a weak human.
"Why would you want to do that? You should have everything you want here" Arthur asked with concern as well as anticipation.
"I want to get stronger." Ed exposed his true feelings with confidence and determination.
"...HAHAHAHA! Very well you can do whatever you want. Just make sure to take Becky with you she should be able to handle anything that happens!" Arthur seemed very satisfied with Ed's answer.
"Thank you, father..." Ed was glad that his father agreed but didn't know why he asked him to take Becky with him. She was a maid, not a knight.
[Host is mistaken; the young maid is at King's establishment so she should be considered quite powerful]
'What the hell?!! Doesn't that mean she's the 2nd most powerful person after my father?!' Ed was very surprised that his maid was this powerful.
"Becky make sure he doesn't die at least," Arthur told Becky and got back to his work.
"Understood your majesty"
'Keep me alive ... So if I get hurt it's okay?' Ed found it weird but he was glad as well. This meant he would be given a certain degree of freedom while hunting.
"Becky we will leave today make the necessary preparations "
"Understood young master" Becky then left to do her job while Ed went back to his room.
After getting to his room he found both his swords and the Kunais he used there waiting for him, he had lost consciousness so he didn't get the chance to take them back.
Ed changed his clothes to ones similar to what his father wore when he was sparring, they were indeed the best for hunting and fighting. As he was prepared to leave he found Becky next to his door.
'WH- that scared didn't she go to prepare?' Ed was scared thinking Becky wouldn't be back so soon.
"Becky, did you prepare what you need?"
"Yes, young master" She simply answered and at that moment Ed noticed the huge sword she was carrying.
Becky was still wearing maid clothes that were quite similar to Ed's previous world, nearly identical, coupled with the 1.4-meter sword gave her quite the contrasting look.
Becky had red hair and red eyes, along with a pretty face. She was a bit older than Ed so that gave her quite the mature charm.
"Then let us depart immediately," Ed said and they both left the castle.
They used a carriage since it would take them too long to leave the city by foot. It only took them about 1 hour and a half to get to their destination.
Ed and Becky got down from the carriage and made their way towards a forest. This was the first time Ed left the city so he was enjoying his time watching the scenery when suddenly, a bush started to move.
'My first enemy! Is it a goblin? Or a slime?!' Ed was both nervous and excited. Suddenly a little rabbit came out of the bush. It wasn't even a horned rabbit or a monster, only a normal simple cute little rabbit.
Ed felt stupid an continued to move on with Becky.
Suddenly the system warned him.
[Host multiple monsters are approaching suggesting for host to get ready]
At the same Becky noticed something and said: "Young master monsters are coming we should get ready".
Ed then drew both of his swords and started waiting for the monsters to come. Not even 30 seconds later around 12 wolves came and surrounded Ed and Becky.
All the wolves had a silver color except for one that was black; Ed thought that would be the leader.
'System can you tell me their cultivation level?' Ed was curious about how strong they would be.
[Host can check their cultivation level with the Scan function. However, if the level is too high you can't see anything]
'Then scan them!'
*Ding*
Name: Silver Wolf
Cultivation: Human establishment.
Name: Black thunder wolf.
Cultivation: Knight establishment.
'It seems this will be a bit of a challenge' Ed was nervous when he saw the cultivation and name of the black wolf.
"Becky you can kill the wolves that attack you but don't interrupt me when I'm fighting" Ed made sure to remind Becky, this was a special occasion to gain a lot of exp in one go.
Becky nodded and then Ed started his assault.
I changed the Two-sword style to Nitoryu, should i keep it that way or change it back?
Sorry for the chapter if it seems a little like a filler, i promise some battle next chapter :)
After noticing Ed moving, the black wolf howled as if giving an order, and the other wolves started their assault.
Two of the wolves leaped at Ed trying to bite him, however, Ed was already prepared. He used his shadow steps to maneuver and dodge the two wolves and suddenly he was behind them.
Ed could feel the power-up he got after the spar. His movements were smoother and more concise, he wasn't at the level where he wouldn't leave any openings but it was a lot better than before.
After the wolves realized what had happened they turned around, Ed didn't attack them since he wanted to test himself before killing them. The other wolves didn't attack as well; it was as if they were studying Ed's movement.
"Nitoryu Nigiri!" Ed took a stance where his swords were parallel to each other and waited. Ed could now use more techniques thanks to his strength getting better.
The two wolves each attacked from one side trying to pincer Ed. However, he was prepared and focused only one them.
Just as the wolf on the right jumped; Ed used his technique "Toro!" and slashed his swords upwards. Although Ed still can't use air-projectiles, his slashes were deadly. The wolf dropped to the ground with blood gushing out as his head had two deep slashes on it.
Seeing the wolf die, his partner stopped in his tracks, It was afraid. Ed used this chance and pounced on the wolf, the latter was surprised as a sword came down on it faster than it could blink.
*Ding*
Gained 310 exp.
Gained 300 exp.
[Congratulations, Experience has been unlocked]
'Huh, what's this about?' Ed wondered what this was about.
[You can now view the experience needed for leveling up] The system explained.
'I'll have to check it out later now I need to focus on these wolves' Ed didn't have time to love concentration.
Seeing the two wolves dying; the black wolf howled again and all of the wolves moved. Five of them headed towards Ed while the other four went to Becky.
Ed got serious and activated his Sharingan, he couldn't afford to take it easy now. After the Sharingan was activated he could see things even more clearly and time slowed down.
He rushed towards the wolf closest to him and slashed. His actions were so fast that the wolf's head fell down before he could even make out what had happened.
Gained 300 exp.
The other wolves were surprised but still attacked him. Seeing that he was surrounded, Ed swung his swords around in a circular motion. Two wolves were already mid-air and got their foot chopped off, while the other two retreated back.
Ed finished the two wolves off since they couldn't do anything, and exp notices sounded in his head. Ed then made his way to the wolves that were left and it ended with a couple of swings of his sword.
After activating the Sharingan; Ed's movements were refined, even more, so 2 wolves couldn't be a challenge to him.
"Becky are you do-!" Turning around to see how Becky was doing, he found out that she had two wolves in her hands while the other two were dead on the ground.
'She didn't even use her sword, what the hell!!' Ed kept getting more surprised by this maid of his.
"GROWL!!" The wolf leader who was sitting down got up and growled. He was making his way to Ed.
"Don't butt in Becky!" Ed was afraid Becky would finish this all too quickly.
Ed started sprinting towards the black wolf as well, as soon as the wolf entered his range of attack he swung Murasame in an overhead strike, aiming for the wolf's head. The wolf, however, was quick on its feet and dodged the strike to the left.
These movements were seen clearly by Ed so he gripped his Murata-tou hard and swung in from his right forcing his body to follow it. His body twisted and turned while his sword was getting closer and closer to the wolf.
The wolf wasn't surprised at all and jumped backward dodging the sword strike.
Ed knew this wasn't going to end so easily so he still kept his cool and was looking at the wolf's eyes directly.
They both started moving and sword slashes, as well as howls, could be heard, they both had wounds on their bodies but it wasn't serious. They were dead even.
'I need to finish this soon' although they were both even; Ed knew this was thanks to his level 2 Sharingan. If he were to run out of time it would be a disaster.
Ed brought out his two Kunais and tried to use the same strategy he used against his father, only this time he used a tree as a target for Murasame to get stuck at.
After the plan was executed Ed found himself about to stab the wolf, however, he heard cracking sounds. It was a thunder attack. Ed got electrocuted and the wolf escaped his predicament.
The thunder attack didn't hurt Ed a lot but still caused to get paralyzed for a few seconds. 'Damn it! I forgot he was called a thunder wolf'
Ed looked at the wolf and noticed it was breathing hard, it was tired. 'It seems it can't use its thunder that regularly'
Ed and wolf started battling again; they were both tired and at their limit. Ed's eyes started hurting so he knew his time was almost up and got desperate.
He swung his left sword in a clumsy way, the wolf didn't let go of this chance and moved in to bite his hand. Ed could only bear with the pain and used his hand to latch on to the wolf.
'I got you now!!' Ed then stabbed the wolf with Murata-tou and felt the wolf's bite losing its force.
Both Ed and the wolf dropped to the ground.
'What a tough opponent this was, too bad it's going to die, it would make an excellent companion' As Ed was thinking about his battle with the wolf, his system notified him.
[Host, the wolf can be saved if you both agree on a soul contract]
Hearing the system, Ed's eyes lit up with hope and expectation.
Here Is another chapter of battle! Would you like battles to be In more chapters or only 1 chapter like these?
If anyone Is wondering why Ed keeps losing during his strategies, It's because Ed is a beginner to fights. He doesn't pay attention to important details.
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