The Master of Uradan

Rohan used his sword to parry the attack of the giant monkey. The powerful claws swept the air before connecting with his weapon with a violent crash. The force of this monkey was several times higher than those smaller ones, and far above his own.

Without the capacity to protect against it, his body was sent flying a few meters away. Inside this luxuriant forest, Rohan collided with a large tree on his way. He felt his body breaking from the choc. But the time wasn't to think about his injuries.

He straightened his body and waved his sword, just in time to defend against one of the monkeys slashing his long nails. He couldn't even protect his body for a few seconds before the leader of this herd appeared with an extreme speed.

Under the assault of this powerful beast and the countless other ones, Rohan could only defend himself. He didn't even have the time to launch a spell, and without more solutions, he decided to use a skill.

He didn't want to use it earlier. The difference with the mana stone was that the mana of a warrior would spread inside his limb after he used a skill. Since Rohan's mana was now the strange unstable bloody red one, Rohan wasn't confident to use it. But the situation was a dire one.

He waved his sword here and there, trying to defend against the powerful monkey. Each of his blows made his arm shaken, and small notches appeared one after another on the blade. But the beast was too fast, and with the other monkeys restraining his movement, it was almost impossible to evade.

He deflected one of his attacks, and instantly, Rohan activated Strengthened Blow to counterattack.

The red mana rushed toward the first meridian and filled it almost instantly. With an explosive strength, the mana crepitated as it spread on his right arm. Contrary to what Rohan was expecting, there was no pain at all. However, the strength inside his arm reached an unimaginable stage.

His blade cleaved apart the air with terrible hissing. Rohan himself had difficulties seeing his own sword slashing toward the throat of the giant monkey, much less the other monkeys. But Rohan couldn't believe his eyes.

Even with such a speed, the giant monkey nimbly evaded the weapon, with only a few strands of fur being cut. But its move wasn't finished there, and just after evading this mighty sword, it leaned on the side and posed its left hand on the side. Then it carried on and in this strange position, it gave a powerful kick forward.

Rohan didn't have the time to defend or dodge. The kick was made flawlessly with an unbelievable speed for such a giant monkey, but this one was far more dexterous than what Rohan had first thought.

The foot crashed on his body, and with a grunt leaving his mouth, he was sent flying like an arrow before crashing against a tree. He couldn't help but spit some blood under the power of this blow. The pain was intense as Rohan stood up again with his sword.

The infinite number of monkeys wouldn't give him time to rest, and they instantly rushed again. He couldn't play around and Rohan decided to throw two wind blades. He didn't aim for the large one coming his way but for the smaller ones swarming toward his position.

He sent them both horizontally one next to the other to swipe them all. Following the spells, Rohan decisively took out a potion from his bag and gulped it immediately. During this small window he had created for him, the monkeys were mowed by the sharp spells. Nails, fur, or bones, nothing could stop those wind blades to cut them all in half.

Even a tree was destroyed as wood fragments flew all around. It leaned on the side and collided with another tree before it fell violently against the ground. The numerous monkeys all over the area tried to evade this large tree but a chunk of them couldn't file in time. They were smashed by it.

A remnant of a blade even reached the giant monkey, but this one didn't even try to dodge it. Its nails as long as daggers swept the air before meeting the spell. The wind blades were solid blades made of wind, and encountering the claws slashing it, the spell that had already passed through numerous bodies broke apart and dissipated in the air.

From where Rohan was, he could see two small notches on the nails of this giant monkey. It was nothing, but at least it meant it wasn't indestructible.

The might of his two spells was simply breathtaking. Almost thirty monkeys had been touched by them, and apart from the lucky ones on the sides, all the others were now on the ground cleaved apart. The green forest was now painted with a disgusting red while guts lay all around.

The horrible metallic smell was all over the place, and along with the bloodthirsty eyes of the monkeys, Rohan thought he was in hell.

The rest of the herd screamed as they charged against Rohan, standing alone with his raised weapon. They threw away their lives. They only wanted to cut this human into thin pieces. Rohan wasn't foolish enough to believe he could flee, and with a solemn expression, he waited for the swarm to reach him again.

The giant monkey rushed as well, and with its incredible speed, it arrived first in front of Rohan. He didn't believe that normal magical beasts would disregard their lives at this point. Thus, the only plan of Rohan was to kill this leader. It was the only thing he could do at this point, but this beast was the most fearsome opponent Rohan had ever fought.

Its strength was far above him. Its speed and dexterity weren't something expected in a beast of this size, and its reflexes were simply godly. Rohan concentrated. He put away the pain he was feeling.

There was only him, the giant monkeys, and the smaller one. There was no blood anymore, no smell, no pain. His environment wasn't the green lively forest anymore, it was only obstacles to be used to survive.

He slashed to his left and ducked a violent attack of the giant monkey. He leaped back and turned around a tree to defend himself from a few attacks. The monkeys had difficulties following his dance, but the giant one followed suit, making Rohan sweat like never before.

Rohan's eyes were not the same anymore. There was only his survival in play, and he would do everything to keep it. He parried another attack and flicked his wrist to send away the most force.

'Now I'll make you suffer!' A cold glint appeared in his eyes as he saw the perfect opening. He used Charge and with an explosive speed, Rohan appeared on the right of the beast. Along with the trees and leaves all around, as well as the arm of the beast sent away by his flick to the side, the giant monkey couldn't react in time.

Rohan continued with a Strengthened Blow and chopped toward the tall beast. This one, with an extreme reflex, turned its body and met the sword with its left claws. But Rohan was expecting it. With a cold smile, he lifted his left arm and threw the last wind spell he could throw thanks to the potion he had drunk earlier.

The wind blade had only a short distance to cross. The monkey couldn't defend in time. The blade tore his flesh and cut through the bone. The beast howled in terror and pain as its left arm, still locked by Rohan's sword, split from its body before falling on the ground.

The fight had only begun.