《To Consume All To Grind: Starting From Slime》 Chapter 1: Starting From Slime [YOU HAVE DEFEATED THE BOSS] [YOU CLUTCH IT!] [FUCK YEAH!] ¡°Easy.¡± A 13-year-old boy plays video games in his room in the dark. His room is clean. All the food he eats is in the trash, and the food he¡¯s currently eating is vegetables. He had white hair and imperial red eyes. He had a healthy build and skin tone. He was overall, living a good life. In the year 2356, the world has advanced in technology. Cancer has been cured, world peace has been mostly present, healthcare has been improved, and games have been evolved. This boy has been using the advanced VR system, a system that connects the brain to the game, allowing everything to feel no different from real life. He had been grinding the game for 2 years and had already reached over level 400. He was nearly perfect at the game. By playing in the game, he was able to use weapons in the real world by not as well, but he does have a basic understanding of how they work. ¡°Alright, I gotta head off, choom. See y''all later.¡± [ALRIGHT MAN] Getting off the game, he leaves his room to be greeted by his parents. His mom had black hair with imperial red eyes and was a walking beauty and his father had white slicked-back hair and gray eyes as well as having a muscular build. ¡°You¡¯re done? Usually, you get off at 6:00.¡± ¡°Yeah. I beat the boss today, you know, the one I¡¯ve been trying my hardest to beat.¡± ¡°Not bad son. You have a real talent for games. Are you thinking of becoming a streamer? You could make a lot of money from that.¡± ¡°Maybe. Oh right! I got a major opportunity today when I was playing the game.¡± His mother brought the food to the table. ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± His mother said. ¡°I was offered to try a new update of the game. It¡¯s tomorrow.¡± ¡°That''s great bobo.¡± ¡°Good job boy, I¡¯ll drive you there.¡± He begins eating the food, devouring all of it. ¡°Chieko, this boy must be Beelzebub. How does he eat all this so fast?¡± His mother shrugged her shoulders. Finishing his food while his parents were only a quarter of the way finished. He asks for more. ¡°Mhm.¡± His mother takes his bowl and fills it with rice and chicken. This happens 3 more times as he indulges in the food given to him. Finally finishing his meal, the father could only laugh after watching his son eat 4 bowls of food like he does every day. He talks with his parents for the rest of the night and goes to sleep for tomorrow, which is Saturday. Waking up the next morning, he jumps out of bed, stretches for the morning, gets in the shower, eats his breakfast, and heads out with his family in their car to the beta test. ¡°Right¨CI forgot to mention to you. They''re compensating us with 89,565,556,000 USD.¡± His parents remain silent for a moment before realizing what he just said. ¡°...over 89 B! God damn Greedon, why you got to say this now?¡± ¡°This is the best opportunity yet; we won¡¯t struggle with finances anymore!¡± His family had been struggling with money, with inflation and everything and while pay was increased, it still didn¡¯t keep up with the stupidly overpowered price tags. He was happy that at least his parents bought him the game despite their struggle and since he asked for something so expensive, he figured that he needed to pay it back. He did think of streaming at once, but he knew that would probably take far too long so when his friend had told him that, skilled players get chosen to play any updates at their tower and they compensate with over a billion dollars, he knew he had to get good at the game. Although getting good at the game was mainly his own desire, getting every single skill, and every single weapon and killing other players for their items was what he did. To get the money was more or less just a little extra justification he needed to play his game more. Reaching the tower, they enter inside. ¡°Hello, do you have an appointment?¡± ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m the player G.E., here¡¯s the proof. I¡¯m here for the beta test.¡± Looking at his phone, she types on her computer checking the information. ¡°Alright, G.E. Your parents are required to come with you. It checks out. Please follow my assistant and he will lead you to where you need to be.¡± They all follow the assistant to the elevator. ¡°Ohh, I can¡¯t wait. What do you think hon? We¡¯ll be bloody rich.¡± ¡°Calm down dear, I don''t want to be seen with a weirdo like you.¡± ¡°Ahhh, come one. I know you like it when I act like this.¡± ¡°No. I don¡¯t.¡± She says looking away to hide her smile. Reaching the floor, they walk to a large room that has a chair with a VR set present and people to the side on computers. ¡°Oh, you must be G.E. correct?¡± ¡°Yes, I am.¡± ¡°I assume you¡¯re his parents?¡± ¡°Correct. I¡¯m Cheiko and my husband¡¯s name is Merrick.¡± ¡°Nice to meet you.¡± Shaking their hands. Greedon walks to the chair. Impatient to try the new update. ¡°How old are you? You look very young.¡± A woman says, walking to him. ¡°I¡¯m 13.¡± ¡°13! Wow, so skilled for someone so young.¡± ¡°Can we start already? I want to try the update.¡± ¡°Your parents are already seated. You can take a seat too.¡± Greedon sits down and gets comfortable in the chair. ¡°Are you ready G.E.?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± Taking the VR set, he puts it on his head and relaxes himself. After some loading, he appeared in the game, entering as a new character. What is this? He presses the race selection list and sees so many more races than there were before. Whoa! So many! Goat. Undead. Vampire. Doppelganger. Skeleton Mage. -Slime? This update is awesome. -I¡¯ll choose slime just because. His parents watch him, smiling that their son is having fun. He presses the start button, but something happens and everything begins to glitch. Must be because it¡¯s beta. Just then, a sharp pain is felt throughout his entire body, and he feels his consciousness accelerate and stop. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. His real body is being electrocuted, and all the employees try to take the VR headset off of him, but the chair begins electrocuting him. Eventually, it explodes, burning a lot of his skin off and throwing him off. His father and mother run to him, trying to save him. The world becomes blurry, and all sounds become muffled. He sees his father and mother crying, his father trying to keep him conscious, but it doesn''t work. He smiles and takes both his father¡¯s and mother¡¯s hand. He dies on the spot, his body no longer having life. He feels coldness all around his body, and then he feels himself rising at extremely fast speed. Opening his eyes, he sees a light rapidly approaching. Reaching the light, he stops just above a circle with encryptions. He looks around to see only the infinite white void. He continues looking around until he sees a beautiful goddess in front of him. Her form was indescribable and ever changing. He tries speaking but is unable to. [CHOOSE] Hearing a female sound as if it was a game voice. He sees a status window appear in front of him as if it were a game. He sees that it looks exactly like the race selection screen from the game. This is weird. Well, I can¡¯t do anything else. He presses the list button to look at all the races. He first thinks of choosing humans, but he decides to choose a different race. He didn¡¯t know what would happen, but he decided to choose the slime race. [YOU HAVE SELECTED THE SLIME RACE] [DUE TO THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING YOUR DEATH AND THE KINDNESS YOU HAVE SHOWN NOT ONLY TO YOUR PARENTS BUT TO OTHERS, YOU WILL BE GRANTED THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT A NEWBORN SLIME CAN BE] [YOU WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO REACH THEM] He falls back into the hole and begins an extremely fast descent, seeing another light and the end. He braces himself and reaches the light below. The light blinds him, and he feels himself touching the ground. His vision slowly gets better, and he sees more clearly. Finally seeing everything, he is surrounded by walls of bricks, and he sees lit torches down multiple halls. Hm? Where am I? He moves around but doesn¡¯t feel legs, he doesn¡¯t even feel arms but feels himself sliding around. Weird, I don¡¯t feel my legs or arms yet I¡¯m still moving, from what just happened. I MUST BE A SLIME! He looks around, looking for a reflective surface, finding a mirror in the room. He moves towards it and looks at himself. He is a white slime with a rather funny face. He had 2 large black rectangles that were slightly tilted on his face that looked like eyes as well as appearing like he had a mouth. Holy! I¡¯m actually a slime! This is so weird. BUT SO COOL! A status window appeared in front of him. [Name: Greedon Epitan] [Rank: God Slime] [Regular Skills: None] [Gifted Skills: None] [Stolen Skills: None] [Passive Skills: 1] [Acknowledgement Skills: None] [Arts: None] Seeing that he had one passive skill, he thought about checking it, which opened the passive skill window for it. [Passive Skill: Gluttonous Hunger: Will always keep you hungry, craving more, and will never be satisfied] What does that mean? He pondered this passive skill but slowly noticed how hungry he was. Damn, I¡¯m hungry. I wonder if there¡¯s some food around here. He leaves the room by sliding through the cage door and traverses the dungeon. Reaching a room, he sees a corpse present. The man seems to have died years ago. He was disgusted by the sight and wanted to leave but when he attempted to do so, his hunger grew even more. He tried resisting but the hunger grew more and more with each passing moment. He looked back at the corpse and still tried escaping but the hunger grew too much, and he jumped at the corpse, consuming it. [2 Skills Acquired!] [Regular Skill: Greedy Monster & Stolen Passive Skill: Mouth of All] Hearing the voice, he wondered what happened. He realizes that he consumed the corpse. He was weirded out, thinking it was cannibalism. I just ate someone. It¡¯s not cannibalism, it¡¯s not cannibalism. I-I¡¯ll just ignore what happened. Yeah. Just ignore it. He slides away, pretending nothing happened. Moving across the halls, even though he had just eaten, he was still immensely hungry. Moving along the hall, he came across a cave entrance and saw thousands of crystals. Hoping to ease the hunger at least a little, he starts sucking on the crystals. [Greedy Monster Activated] This causes him to consume one completely and ease the hunger a tiny bit. Whoa! That felt weird. At least it works. I should try eating all of them. He begins to consume every last one. While he did so, he looked at the skills he obtained from eating the corpse. [Greedy Monster: Absorb anything you eat and gain all its skills (if any)] [Mouth of All: Allows the user to understand all languages as well as speak them] That¡¯ll be very useful if I can escape this place. He finishes nearly all of the crystals when he obtains a new skill. [Skill Acquired!] [Belly of the Beast] [Skill Upgrade!] [Greedy Monster] Another skill? Belly of the Beast. And a skill upgrade. I wonder if it will help me fix this stupid hunger. He opens his status window again. He realized that all he had to do was think about the status window with the intent to see it and it appears before him. He opened the regular skill tab and read his new skill and his upgrade. [Belly of the Beast: Your metaphysical belly will act as a storage space for items you consume] [Greedy Monster: Can absorb anything he eats and gain all its skills (if any) and any information it retains] These skills so far have been in relation to what I¡¯ve been doing. Does what I do give me a skill? I ate someone so I gained a skill related to eating. I ate all these crystals which allowed me to store them. And I got an upgrade from eating the crystals. Kind of like a game but different. I wonder what else I can get. Looking around, he continues to consume the crystals, however, this time, it shows him the properties of these crystals and their name. They turn out to be mana crystals and their properties are condensed mana. With everything that has happened so far, he has surprisingly gotten used to his new body relatively fast and has already accepted his new life. While he does miss his parents and wishes he could have stayed with them, he knows there¡¯s no way to go back. Well, no point in sulking about it anymore. I¡¯ll need to adapt to this new life. And since this is just like a game with a few tweaks, I wonder how strong I can get. My Greedy Monster skill allows me to take skills from others. Looking at his status board, he looks around it. Oh! I have an inventory. Must be my Belly of the Beast. My max capacity is only 20 items. The mana crystals, I wonder if I can use them for anything. Looking around, he sees herbs at the wall of the small cave and rushes towards it. His hunger drove him to eat every last herb. He makes himself bounce up and jump into the herbs, consuming every last one. [Skill Upgrade!] [Belly of the Beast: Your metaphysical belly will act as a storage space for items you consume & you can consume living organisms and spit them out to heal them based on the healing items in your storage] Well, that¡¯s not useful yet, but in all my years of gaming, you never know when you may need that one skill. [ROAR!] Panicking from the sound, he turns around to be greeted by a giant spider approaching him. W-WHAAAAT! I¡¯M NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE!? The spider uses one of its legs to try and stab him. He jumps to avoid the attack but is struck by another leg, hitting the wall. He has no combat experience in such a body yet. Damn it! I need to fight! He moves himself to realize that some pieces of him are detached. He stares in horror, relaxing that he could be killed. [Healing In Process] Huh? He sees himself healing and his status board appears. [Mana Crystals x67 ¡ú Mana Crystals x64] Seems mana crystals heal me. I need to be careful. This is my first real fight; I need to win! The spider shoots spider webs at him. He dodges the webs which glow purple. He senses high levels of aura radiating off of them. He continues to run around, dodging any webs shot his way. The spider chases after him, crawling on the ceiling and maneuvering across obstacles in an unnatural way. What the hell! These spiders are weird! He continues bouncing off the walls while dodging the webs. The spider takes a chuck off of him. He feels no physical pain but mental pain. [Healing In Process] [Mana Crystals x64 ¡ú Mana Crystals x60] Falling down, he looks up to see the chunk dissolve in the spider¡¯s mouth. This is bad. How do I attack? He begins moving his body, thinking about punching the spider and fortunately, the body responds by creating a small human arm. Whoa! This is perfect. I¡¯m faster than the spider but bouncing around can slow me down. I¡¯ll need to time this right. The spider finishes swallowing everything and goes back to chasing him down. I should try to disappear by zigzagging. He begins going around the different boulders and pillars of rock moving across them, moving left to right. The spider tries its hardest to keep up with him but eventually, it loses sight of him. Looking around, it destroys boulders in search of him. Greedon stabs the spider in the eye with a rock spike he picked up. It roars in pain and swings him back. He doesn¡¯t relent and continues his assault. He bounces back to the spider and stabs its other eye. It begins its rampage of attacking everything around it, now blinded. He moves far back to not get damaged and sees a giant spike at the ceiling above the spider. Taking this chance, he moves to a higher elevation, grabs a rock, and jumps to it. He wraps his body around the spike and quickly hits it continuously. He manages to break it, and it falls onto the spider¡¯s head, killing it instantly. Despite all that movement, he didn¡¯t feel tired, only hungry. I got a skill from that corpse. Maybe It will work for the monster. Deciding to test his theory, he covered the whole monster and consumed it. [2 Regular Skills Obtained!] [Spider Silk: Creates mana-enhanced spider webs that are extremely sticky] [Sticky Roof: Allows the user to stick to any surface] [1 Passive Skills Obtained] [Dissolve: Any food eaten will be dissolved completely and be able to eat easier] Nice! He saw a few extra herbs and tried consuming them. [Herbs x45 ¡ú Herbs x49] It was so much easier to consume them and much faster. This will definitely help me later on. Leaving the cave, he slides around, messing around with his own body. He was moving around his 1 slime arm. I was able to imagine myself having a body and I got an arm. I wonder if I can get a human form. I should try to use this chance to get myself a human appearance. With this, he continued traversing the dungeon. Chapter 2: Serpent Boss and Mind Tickler If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. [Poison Fang] Chapter 3: Dragonheart This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Chapter 4: Blacksmith Village It was the next day, and he was looking around for potential weapons. He wanted to use daggers as his choice first so he could move fast. And he knew large weapons would only slow him down right now. The shop he was in had lots of weapons stored on the wall. Daggers, long swords, katanas, and shields were all present. Looking at the dagger the man gave him; he wondered how useful it would be. [Excuse me, how strong is this dagger?] The dwarf who was behind the counter took it and examined it with an appraisal skill. The man was quite short, so he needed a long stool to reach the necessary height. ¡°Hmmm. It¡¯s called Armor Piercer. It can easily cut through tough skin and break through armor easily. If you use it enough, you should be able to telepathically control it. It¡¯s very useful for beginners like you. Use it wisely.¡± He looked at the dagger. His mind flashed back to the bear. On one end, he regretted that he ran away, but at the same time, it¡¯s not like he would have survived if he didn¡¯t. He stood in that position for a while. [Do you know where I could find the best quality weapons?] ¡°Best quality? Well, you would have to go to my hometown, the blacksmith village. They sell some of the highest quality weapons you can find.¡± [I see. Thanks.] ¡°Although, if you are looking for strong and best quality, you should look for the weapon spirit that¡¯s inside our village.¡± [Weapon spirit? What¡¯s that?] ¡°It¡¯s a spiritual being, in this case, they are half elf and half spirit weapon.¡± [How can I find this village?] The dwarf takes a map from under the counter and opens it, marking the location. ¡°Go here. We are right here. It¡¯s quite far, but you should be able to get there in half a day if you walk. I recommend a wagon; you will get there much faster.¡± [Thanks.] Leaving the shop, he swallows the dagger, placing it in his inventory. [1 Message in Message Tab!] [Would you like to read?] Messages? Yaba said it was a projection of the soul, why would there be messages? Sure. [Message From: Unknown] [Find the weapon spirit in the blacksmith village and obtain a weapon] [Failure to complete this quest will result in the loss of one of your Stolen Skills] HUH! What the hell is this!? I can have my skills taken away; this is bullcrap. Well, it''s not like I intend to fail anyway. He left to find the wagon station, hoping to catch a ride. As he walked to the station, he saw 3 types of species. Humans, demi-humans, and elves. It seemed they coexisted in this world. Although, there were more male elves, and he only saw about 3 female elves as he walked. He thought it may be significant but didn¡¯t dwell on it too much, not really thinking there was much to it. He saw a wagon with no passengers and was about to leave. He ran to it and halted the driver. [Wait! Sir, I need a ride to the blacksmith village.] ¡°-10 gold coins.¡± He spat out 10 gold coins and gave them to the driver. ¡°Get in.¡± He enters the wagon, and it drives off. He thinks back to the man who saved him as he waits. Michael Dragonheart huh, I wonder how strong he is. He defeated that bear without effort, he radiates the kind of person who is unstoppable. His mind then shifted to the message that had popped up when he was outside the store. [Hey, driver] The man turns his head, raising his hat. [Does the skill frame give you messages?] ¡°Messages? It doesn''t. Someone may have used a skill to show you a message using your skill frame. It happens.¡± So, someone sent me a message. But why would they take my skills? I haven¡¯t been outside for so long. Who could possibly know me? He ponders these questions, unsure of what to make of them. He zoned out for a long while, not knowing he reached his destination. ¡°HEY!¡± He snapped out of his trance, realizing he was where he needed to be. [Thank you.] Getting off the wagon, he walked towards the village nearby. There was smoke coming from the chimneys and the houses were smaller than an average house. A lot of the houses were built with bricks and wood. Many dwarves of various designs walked along the paths. But a common design among them was they were covered in black dust, presumably from creating weapons. [Excuse me.] Tapping one of the male dwarves. He had dark brown hair, his beard was quite messy, he wore the typical clothes of a blacksmith, and one of his eyes was loose. ¡°Ya need something?¡± [Do you know who the best blacksmith is?] ¡°The best blacksmith? Well, that would be Sir Dulward. He lives in that house over there. He¡¯s the tallest of us all so you¡¯ll probably have to look up much higher, hehehe.¡± The man leaves. Greedon turns towards the large house that the man pointed towards, which was on a hill. Walking there, he reached the place, and it was much taller compared to the other houses. Knocking on the door, he waits for an answer. ¡°Coming!¡± Opening the door, the man was definitely taller than everyone else, reaching him at stomach height. The man wore the same clothes as any other resident, but he had light brown hair with a long-braided beard. ¡°You need something?¡± [I was hoping you could make me a strong and high-quality dagger.] ¡°Kid, I can only make the highest quality. If you want both worlds, you need to ask the weapon spirit.¡± [Well, where can I find her?] ¡°She¡¯s at the back of the house. I will warn you though, she¡¯s stubborn and can come off as rude.¡± [I don¡¯t care.] ¡°Alright, I warned you.¡± Walking out the door frame, he closes the door and walks to the back with Greedon. He finds himself wondering if it will be hard to get some weapons seeing as it was a quest for him and a failure was involved. Reaching the back, he saw the woman on her knees with her eyes closed, presumably asleep. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. [Is she sleeping?] ¡°No, she isn¡¯t. She¡¯s just waiting for the next person to ask her for a weapon, it''s very common.¡± She looked like a young adult and her beauty was the greatest he had seen so far. She had long pointy elf ears, and light gray hair with 2 short hair strands over her shoulders. She wore a black kimono with the skirt being mid-thigh length, long and big sleeves that covered her hands, a waist belt that¡¯s colored neon pink, black socks and white geta sandals. One thing that had him blushing a little was the curvaceous body she had. More specifically, her hips which were a bit on the wider end. Snap out of it! Slapping himself on the face. I don¡¯t need butt right now, I need weapons. Walking to her, he tapped her on the shoulder. She opened her eyes, revealing her magenta-colored eyes. Her face was one of indifference and coldness. ¡°What weapon are you demanding?¡± She asked, her voice cold and having an annoyed tone. [I would like a poison dagger.] ¡°No.¡± Answering extremely fast, without an ounce of hesitation. [.......what?] ¡°No.¡± [........May I ask why?] ¡°You¡¯re already asking for too much. If you asked for a regular dagger, I would have complied, but you chose to give me more work.¡± [But they say you could make weapons of the highest power and quality.] ¡°And they are not wrong.¡± [.......fine, give me a regular dagger then.] ¡°No.¡± [WHAT DO YOU MEAN!] ¡°Asking for high quality and high power for a simple dagger, you must be a moron.¡± She was already becoming unbearable. Even decreasing the demand, she''s stubborn. Her father was right on the mark. ¡°Come on daughter, don¡¯t be so rough with the kid. Surely you could spare one weapon for him.¡± She looked towards her father Dulward. ¡°I will not give a weapon to someone as nonsensical as him.¡± [Nonsensical? All I¡¯m doing is asking for a weapon, I can wait for you to finish making it if it means I can have it.] ¡°-tell me. Why are you so adamant about having a strong weapon?¡± He was confused by the question; he thought it was dumb but answered anyway. [Because I¡¯m an adventurer.] He said, taking out his card from his jacket. ¡°Wrong. The real reason is to get stronger.¡± [-Well even if it is, is that such a crime? Don¡¯t adventurers need to get stronger.] ¡°Why do you want to become stronger?¡± Why do I want to become stronger? What are these random questions? [So, I don¡¯t die.] ¡°You know that¡¯s not true. You want to get stronger than the Divine Saint.¡± [You¡¯re actually like that¡¯s a problem.] ¡°Normally, it wouldn¡¯t. But people like you are far too naive.¡± Greedon wanted to leave so badly but he didn¡¯t want to lose any skills. He looked towards Dulward, desiring some assistance. ¡°I can¡¯t help you kid, you got to convince her yourself.¡± He didn¡¯t know what to say. He¡¯s calling him nonsensical for no reason and naive. She¡¯s acting like she knows me or something. Of course, I¡¯m getting stronger so I don¡¯t die, who wouldn¡¯t. Yeah, I''m a little naive on the world but that doesn''t explain anything. [Give me a second-rate poison dagger then, how about that?] She stared at him for a while, remaining silent. She lifted her arm, and her large sleeve and scarf rolled out, revealing different daggers. They were in various shapes and sizes, all sharing the common trait of having green on them. ¡°Choose.¡± The hell? How does she have so many daggers in her sleeve? Could it be a skill or something? ¡°Pick one boy, she¡¯s not very patient.¡± Looking at her, he could tell her face was growing impatient. He took out the dagger that looked exactly like the one he had when he was in the dungeon. The scarf rolled back up and disappeared into her sleeve. ¡°Leave.¡± He took a step back to look at his dagger. [1 of 3 Quests Completed!] 1 of 3? [1 Message in Message Tab!] [Would you like to read?] ¡­fine. [Defeat 4 monsters that are stronger than you!] [Failure to complete this quest will result in the loss of one of your Stolen Skills.] Wait! What happens if I complete the quests? [You will be granted a Gifted Skill] At least I have an answer. ¡°Is that all you need?¡± [Well, she¡¯s not going to give me any more weapons, that¡¯s for sure.] ¡°I can still make you a high-quality dagger if you wish.¡± [Can you make me a basic dagger? High quality of course.] ¡°Sure, I can, I can finish it in 50 minutes easily.¡± [Thanks.] ¡°You can wait with my daughter while I get to work.¡± He walks through the back door and gets to work. Leaving both of them alone. Greedon looked at her awkwardly, she didn¡¯t seem fazed and looked away from him. He walks up to her, looking at her dead in her eyes. [Is there something I can do that will allow you to give me a better weapon?] ¡°You wait until now to ask? How dumb you must be.¡± [Just tell me!] ¡°......if you can kill the ogres that have been harming this village, I will consider your request.¡± [Promise?] ¡°I will take back my words.¡± [Do you know where they live?] ¡°If you go to the woods that¡¯s over there, keep going straight, you will find the ogre population living there.¡± Yes! A chance for a better weapon, I just gotta kill those damn ogres and in double benefit, I can get more skills. He waits for 50 minutes in silence until the dagger is ready. A silver dagger with a silver guard and brown handle. Nice. [Thank you.] ¡°You¡¯re welcome. You seem energetic. Like the weapon that much?¡± [Nah, your daughter said if I kill the ogres, she will give me a better weapon.] He ran down the hill, excited for all the benefits he could obtain from this quest alone. Wait, he said ogres. ¡°Ningetsu! Are you trying to kill the boy!¡± She looked at her father, indifferent to what she had done. ¡°Oh boy, may god have mercy on his soul.¡± Chapter 5: A Blade of Memories Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Chapter 6: The Attack on the Ogres The dwarves stand in front of their village, facing towards the large forest where the ogres live. Their spears, swords, and shields are ready. Their armor is on and refined. Ningetsu wears no armor and only carries a large silver ax and shield. She knows she doesn¡¯t need to worry about being harmed by their weapons as she could just fix herself back. ¡°Soldiers!¡± Dulward screamed. ¡°Today. It¡¯s going to be a bloody day! Comrades will be injured, and others may die. But we all know that don''t we? And yet, we still marched forward. I¡¯m not good at speeches, so I can¡¯t really offer a big motivational speech. But what I will say is this. This is our village, and we will protect it with our lives.¡± All soldiers are silent as they raise their weapons to not alert the ogres too soon. Turning around, Dulward takes a deep breath and puts on his helmet, picks up his sword and shield and runs into the forest, his allies following behind. They didn¡¯t want the ogres to have even a second to react. The assault began, the ogres were oblivious to the approaching army and died for it. The dwarves swarmed the village, attacking every ogre in sight, even the children. It was immoral, but they knew those children would only come back to get their revenge, they left no one alive. Ogres didn¡¯t know what was happening and began running. ¡°Don¡¯t let them escape!¡± They chased them down, being stabbed, cut, burned and intentionally killed in violent ways. They wanted these ogres to suffer for what they had been doing to their village. Kidnapping women. Using them for food. Torturing them for pleasure. They were true monsters. Undeserving of sympathy or mercy. Realizing the assault was from dwarves, the ogres of various colors began striking back, believing they didn''t need to fear. They picked up their clubs and swords. Some put on their faulty armor for protection. Others grabbed whatever they could to fight back. The battle had flipped immediately. The ogres were not only bigger but much stronger. They had a biological advantage despite their technology being outdated. Some dwarves received injuries, other full amputations, and even fatal wounds. The dwarves fought back with what they could. ¡°Brawlers!¡± Dwarves without weapons run to the front lines, beating on the ogres by using their skills and arts. It was a stalemate. Neither side was giving up. Every minute that passed the tides changed. Prepared for such an outcome, Dulward used his skill [Ogre Confusion]. He had obtained this skill during his younger years. It was before he was married, being a menace to society. Being a dumb adult, he accidentally walked into ogre territory and was being hunted by an ogre. He had created a stink bomb that would confuse the ogre, and he obtained a skill for his achievement. It allows him to release an extremely disgusting smell that only ogres could smell. Since ogres relied more on their noses since their eyes were not that effective, this made them attack blindly and hit their own. The other dwarves used their various skills as well. Fire attacks, ice attacks, rock attacks, and all kinds of different skills were being used. Archers in the back would shoot at the ogres from high vantage points. Striking them in either their eyes or a vital point. The ogres had no chance of defending themselves against the projectiles. Getting killed off one by one. They had the advantage now. Ningetsu was also holding her own against the ogres. Her weapons were highly effective against the ogres, being incredibly durable. She swapped for a new weapon every time she killed one. Switching from sword, to axe, to dagger, and spear and this process was repeated. She believed it was a waste of time to try and pull out the weapons after stabbing them into the ogre and instead kept up the barrage without stopping. It was turning in their favor; everything was so much easier now. Victory was in sight. [CRASH!] A giant boulder landed on top of one of their allies. What the-!? Dulward looked around, confused by what happened. [CRASH!} Another one fell and more continued to rain on them all. The dwarves ran for cover, not understanding who was using a skill. But this didn¡¯t only apply to the dwarves. The ogres were running too, being crushed as well. Since when do ogres have such skills? Don¡¯t ogres only have art? Ningetsu thought to herself. She thought she knew enough about the ogres, but it seemed she was wrong. A blue muscular ogre walked from the other side of the battlefield. But it looked different from the others. It appeared less ugly, looked more human, and wore black pants with a fur belt. Staring all the dwarves down, its eyes illuminated red. ¡°So, the dwarves have grown a bone huh? How dumb.¡± Dulward and Ningetsu were shocked to hear it speak. Since when could ogres speak!? They both thought in unison. ¡°......Wait?¡± Getting a closer look, squinting his eyes, Dulward recognized this ogre. Anger began to fill his mind, clenching his fist and veins appeared on the side of his head. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Ningetsu noticed this and looked at her father, seeing his eyes filled with a bloodlust she had never seen before. ¡°Father, are you okay?¡± He stood up and began walking forward out of their cover, passing by all the dwarves who fought after the boulder storm ceased. The blue ogre noticed him and seemed disinterested, turning away afterward. As he walked forward, ogres tried attacking him, but he killed all of them instantly without looking away from the blue ogre. ¡°Dough, was it?¡± This caught the ogre¡¯s attention. ¡°Hm? You know my name?¡± ¡°How couldn¡¯t I? You¡¯re the reason I wanted this battle the most.¡± He readies his sword and rushes forward. [Art Activated: Sword of the Great Warrior] He quickly moves towards the ogre, intending to cut its head off. The blade makes contact, but it breaks upon contact since his neck has part of it turned to stone. Its arms were crossed and looked at him with utmost disrespect. ¡°Trash.¡± Punching him in the stomach, Dulward spits out a concerning amount of blood. He falls to the ground, Dough standing above him, looking down at him. His face was one of seriousness and no emotion, but then something was spared after recognizing him. ¡°Oh waaaait, I remember. You¡¯re that random dwarf who was begging me not to eat his wife and kids. I¡¯m right, aren¡¯t I¡± Ningetsu was above, dropping down on the ogre with 2 large axes in hand. Looking up, he transforms his entire body to stone, which causes the axes to be destroyed. HUH!? Dough grabs her body, crushes her waist, throws her to the ground, and kicks her afterward through trees. ¡°NINGETSU!¡± Dough throws a punch at Dulward, intending to kill him with this attack. [Art: Perfect Defense] Managing to survive using his art, he is sent back but manages to land. [Skill Activated: Stone Fall] Boulders start raining again in the forest, and both the dwarves and the ogres are crushed in the process. Some were shaped as spikes and others were spike balls. Once again, they took cover but this time Dough wasn''t going to let them take cover so he decided that he would destroy it all. ¡°If that¡¯s all you have, just stop fighting.¡± He taps his foot on the ground, activating his last skill. [Skill Activated: Stone Wall of the Guardian] Giant walls of stone surround the entire forest, leaving everyone encased within. They no longer had cover, having no choice but to face the barrage head-on. ¡°Now, you can¡¯t escape. If you want me to spare you, just give me your new daughter to eat.¡± He immediately responds. ¡°LIKE! HELL, I WOULD DO THAT!¡± Ningetsu manages to bounce back, having regenerated from her injuries. ¡°Father, how can we beat this thing?¡± ¡°It¡¯s obvious. He can make himself into stone, and he can¡¯t move if his entire body is stone, so we create a situation where he has to transform his entire body and destroy him completely when he does.¡± ¡°I will take care of that then.¡± Ningetsu said, preparing 2 long swords. ¡°Yes. And I will distract him.¡± Dulward said, preparing an axe that was left by Ningetsu in one of the bodies. Dough wasn''t listening and was only focused on wanting to eat something to satisfy his hunger. Man, these dwarves don¡¯t know when to give up. Whatever, I¡¯ll just eat that girl and kill the man. A smile appeared on his face, ready for the feast. Greedon was in the previous city, preparing to leave, ready to raid the forest when he heard screaming. Screaming? Is the city under attack or something? He ran to the location to find a human-sized ogre attacking civilians. It looked very old and carried a sword with it. He wore white loose clothing akin to that of a samurai and his eyes were closed, his hair was white and looked very human. Time to see if my training will come in clutch. Taking out his poison fang, he rushes to the ogre. Intending to take it by surprise, he is surprised when it dodges his attack. [Art Activated: Card Cutter] His head is cut off by a slash that couldn¡¯t be perceived. But his head attaches itself and doesn¡¯t drain any mana crystals. Now more skilled, he catches his balance and shoots spider webs from his fingers. He learned this yesterday. Figuring out that it will be much more useful this way. The webs are cut into tiny pieces, and it tries to cut him again, but he dodges just in time due to his small body giving him more control of himself. [Skill Activated: Black Fog] He releases a black fog across the entire area, hoping this will blind it so he can strike. [SLICE] [SLICE] [SLICE] Both his arms and head are cut, and he falls down. His body parts put themselves back together and he is annoyed. HOW? I was silent in my movement, I¡¯m sure. [Art Activated: LightSpeed] The ogre began moving at a quick speed, circling him and slicing his body and clothes. [Skill Activated: Heat Vision] Looking around, he only sees himself surrounded by bright red and yellow lines surrounding him. Damn it! How am I supposed to face this guy? He continues getting cut at different parts of his body, trying to figure out how he can see without seeing him. Wait! He can see me without seeing me. That would mean-! Chapter 7: An Unneeded Intruder Having figured it out, he realized that he must be using sound to see him. It¡¯s the only possible reason he could see him despite the fog surrounding them. And old people are normally not people to mess with. How do I, right! I have the skill for this! Opening his status window, he sees his Sonic Roar skill, which will allow him to release a powerful sonic wave by screaming. Just what he needed. He looked around, seeing that old man still moving around by using his Heat Vision. Hopefully he doesn¡¯t see me. He decides to inhale slowly while still being cut, covering his face so the old man doesn¡¯t see what he¡¯s trying. The old man had seen that he was covering his face, suspicious of what he was intending. He cut his head off, interrupting his intention to use the skill. Damn it! Did he figure it out? Greedon realized that he had to do this fast, he needed to trick the old ogre. He rushed out of the fog, running into the city, attempting to try something. The old ogre followed him from behind, having deactivated his skill for an unknown reason. The old ogre felt tired, however. This confused him. While he had done a lot of moving, he was already used to moving for so long that something like this shouldn¡¯t have tired him out. This was because of Greedon using his [Feeling What You Are Feeling] skill. This allowed him to give this ogre the sensation of tiredness. He took this chance to use his [Spider Silk] skill to restrain his feet, hoping to stall him long enough. He also releases black fog around the area just in case he is wrong, and he has a third eye or something to compensate if he ever loses his hearing. He begins slowly inhaling and once he finishes his skill is ready to activate. [Skill Activated: Sonic Roar] He screams with as much force as he can which dissolves the fog in the area and causes the old ogre to cover his ears. He didn¡¯t intend for that to happen, but it is what it is. [Skill Activated: Spider Silk] He releases one web from his finger and pulls the ogre closer. He tries consuming the old ogre quickly so he can move on and return to the forest, but it fails, and he has his face cut. The ogre desperately tries to defend itself against him, now completely blinded by its lack of hearing. As a result, he uses his regular dagger and swings at the old man. Cutting the old ogre on the cheek, the old ogre cuts the web and jumps back in pain, its head ringing with immense pain. His headache was very severe and felt like he was about to fall over. ¡°Stupid human.¡± The ogre tried to keep his balance, but it was very hard too. He kept staggering in multiple directions. Greedon runs towards the ogre, his regular and poison dagger in hand. The old man notices him just in time and dodges his strikes except for a small cut to the thigh. The poison had been inflicted, and it was perfect. Now he could use the same strategy he did before, let the poison slowly kill them as he fights him. The ogre cuts his head off and he uses his body to put his head back and jump back. He put his regular dagger back in his storage, only keeping his poison dagger in hand. He wanted to have his other hand free so that he could also do grabs. I¡¯m doing good so far, the training is really kicking in. Greedon had found a fool-proof way to get better at fighting, while not optimal, was helping so far. He simply had to imagine that this was a game, nothing else. If he treated this like a typical fight like he did in the game, it made him more confident to do certain moves without worrying about the fact this is real life. Of course, he couldn¡¯t use all the moves he knew but some were fine. The headache and ringing subsided, finally relieving the pain the ogre felt. The ogre was now getting himself ready to attack. He now knew this kid had a counter to him, so he had to attack sparingly and quickly. He couldn¡¯t let this kid trick him like that again. [Skill Activated: LightSpeed] The man moves quickly behind him and stabs him in the chest. He feels no pain in the chest but feels a slight ache of pain in his head. The ogre had stabbed him in the middle of the chest to destroy his core. Slimes usually have cores that keep them together with the exception of God Slimes. However, the ogre was shocked that he didn¡¯t melt away, not realizing this kid was a god slime and Greedon used this chance to try and stab him. He prepares to use his skill to dodge out of the way, but Greedon won¡¯t allow him. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it [Skill Activated: Sonic Roar] The ogre begins bleeding from his ears this time and becomes blind as a result. It covers its ears, once again hearing the ringing. Taking this chance, he runs to the ogre, intending to take his life with one strike. [SLICE] Greedon¡¯s hands are cut off by an unknown assailant. It was so sudden, he didn¡¯t see anyone at that moment. He looked around, wondering who it was that came to this old ogre''s rescue. Seeing his hands fall to the ground, he quickly turns around and moves his arms towards his hands so they can reattach. He also picks up his Poison Fang that he dropped. Turning back, he sees another ogre with the old man. She was a purple ogre with white long hair. She wore a black suit with a white shirt and black heels. In her hand, she had a cleaver that was wrapped in cloth. [Skill Activated: Great Healing] The man¡¯s ears are healed, and he gets back up. He¡¯s healed! Come on! ¡°You okay old man?¡± ¡°I am fine. Just a minor setback.¡± ¡°Yeah, a minor setback is losing your hearing. Sure.¡± Turning around, the female ogre prepared her weapon, pointing it towards him. While this makes things more complicated, more skills to gain. His stomach growled, his hunger being his biggest driving force. He wanted to get their skills bad in hopes of calming his hunter down which had been bothering him for some time. Back with Ningetsu and Dulward, they stand ready to fight Dough. Ningetsu moves first, due to her speed, she can reach him rather quickly. Dough transforms his hands into stone and blocks the strikes with great precision. Dough, despite seeming lazy, is actually a skillful warrior, having experience in martial arts. He manages to reflect all of Ningetsu¡¯s attacks with ease. Taking advantage of the distraction, Dulward rushes forward, swinging his axe at him with immense force. [Skill Activated: Rock Hard] His entire body becomes stone, and the attacks are bounced back. Transforming back, he punches Ningetsu in the face and punches Dulward in the stomach. Ningetsu uses this chance to create a rack from her sleeve and uses it to hit Dough in the face. This tips him off balance a little, having not expected a literal rack to come out of someone''s sleeve. Taking this chance, he manages to get a solid hit on Dough using his Axe, however, it barely cuts through him since the swing came from below, meaning less force. Damn it, we can¡¯t kill him like this, I need an incredibly powerful swing if I want to kill him. Dulward wondered how he could generate enough force, not believing a simple high swing would be enough either. Ningetsu was thinking of the same thing. But she came to the conclusion that he should use the trees to gain elevation and jump down. She dodges Dough¡¯s punches and grabs her father, pulling him back. ¡°W-what happened?¡± ¡°Father, you need to get to the top of one of the trees, it will give you enough force to break him. I¡¯ll try to trick him to transform his entire body into stone.¡± ¡°Are you sure you can?¡± ¡°I have an idea. Go up a nearby tree and I will lure him near you.¡± ¡°-very well.¡± Dulward runs behind a large tree, leaving Ningetsu to fight Dough. ¡°Why did he leave? Is he offering you to me?¡± ¡°....no.¡± She doesn¡¯t intend to reveal anything, prepared to buy as much time as needed for her father to get to the top. She created 2 swords and rushed in to attack. Dough ran to her as well, transforming his hands to stone. A fast battle erupted between the two. Both sides are keeping pressure on each other, not letting the other recover. While Dough was curious on what the old man was doing, he mainly kept his focus on eating this girl. It was unfortunate for him that he couldn''t eat her in front of him, that would have been fun for him. Ningetsu knew she couldn''t beat him no matter what she did, she just had to stall long enough and keep him close to the tree her father was climbing up. Her entire plan was to trap him in a narrow path using large racks she releases from her sleeves. She would have them all filled with different weapons and would have them drop, causing him to back up near the tree and transform his whole body to protect himself. She would then give her father the signal to drop, using the momentum from falling, he would swing his axe and destroy him while completely stone. A plan with some flaws. She had to make sure that it wasn''t obvious that she was keeping him in a specific location and the timing needing to be perfect and unexpected. Chapter 8: A New Ally Ningetsu was holding her own against Dough. They had been exchanging blows for about 5 minutes. Neither let the other side gain leeway. The plan had been momentarily halted due to Dough being too far from the tree her father was on. She did her best not to look in his direction while trying to keep track of where the tree was so she wouldn¡¯t lose it. She didn¡¯t want Dough to realize what they were intending to do. He may be ignorant, but she could tell he wasn''t dumb. Throughout this fight, he had been slowly adapting to her attacks, leaving her to fight with different weapons, but even then, she adapted to each weapon she used, leaving her with only an axe and a dagger as her last weapons to use. She trained every day to fight a skilled warrior by training with adventurers and offering them high-quality weapons as payment, but even with that training, she still couldn''t defeat Dough, who was leagues above all the adventurers she faced. Compared to Dough, everyone she fought seemed like an inexperienced beginner fighter. Dough also was suspicious of Ningetsu. He was nearly done with getting past all her defenses and yet he found something off. The fact that she was fighting him alone already raised flags for him. While he was fine with it since he could eat her, at the same time, why would Dulward leave his daughter to fight him? The old man clearly wanted to end his life, and he knew that, but he left him in the hands of his daughter. It didn¡¯t add up, but he brushed it off, assuming that Dough possibly left to gain a new weapon or more power, but the thought was also tossed out the window, he barricaded all sides, preventing escape. Dulward looked down at the fight, sweating profusely. Not only from the fact he climbed a tall tree but also from the fact his daughter was fighting against the same creature that had taken his other family and daughter. He would have rather been the one to fight Dough head on, but he understood why she chose him. He had much more fat to him compared to Ningetsu, thus allowing for much more momentum compared to if Ningetsu jumped down. But even with that information, he could only pray that his daughter could bring him close enough so they could deliver the final blow. Dough has had enough, feeling this fight has been boring, and decides he will increase the pressure. Ningetsu had that same thought and had executed it first. She began throwing different large weapons at him and he parried them all, his arms transformed into stone. During the fight, she noticed how Dough behaved during the fight. When it came to small weapons, he always confidently walked through them but with bigger weapons, he always walked back. She assumed this was because Dough was wary that they could pierce him much easier since they had more weight behind their attacks compared to smaller weapons. She saw the tree behind him and slowly pushed him back to get him closer to execute the plan. Dough had caught the unusual behavior. She was far more passive with her attacks before, attacking with the intent to kill or cause serious harm, now, it seemed like she was desperate to kill him. Is this a desperate struggle? Wouldn¡¯t be surprised if it was. I can see her sweating; she must be tired from this fight. Very well, I¡¯ll go along with it until she¡¯s too tired, then I¡¯ll slowly eat her alive. Maybe find her father and force him to watch. [ROAR] Dough heard a roar and turned around towards the battlefield. He noticed his fellow ogres were declining in numbers, the dwarves were winning the fight. How are they-? I guess they got much stronger than I thought. Can she hurry up and get tired already, I won¡¯t be able to enjoy her. He was nearing the tree, and the plan was finally coming into play. She releases giant racks of weapons from her sleeves. ¡°What is she-!?¡± She learned the racks forward which caused the weapons to slowly fall down, from her to Dough. Dough backed up but hit his back against the tree. Seeing no escape, he transforms his entire body to stone. Dulward jumped down, remaining silent as he did. As much as he wanted to scream, it would only ruin their plan. I swear once I esc-!? Dough was cut off by Dough, who had destroyed his body while it was stone, ending his life. No flashy end, no battle scream, just a well-executed plan to bring an end to this fight. His body had transformed to normal upon his death, leaving a lot of blood to spill out. The other ogres had been slain as well. Leaving a lot of casualties for the dwarves and complete annihilation for the ogres. Dulward stepped forward, carrying Dough¡¯s head. He lifted it into the air, showing it to his allies, their victory. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. All the dwarves cheered in victory and the walls around them crumbled. A dwarf had entered from the other side and screamed for the chief. Dulward heard his plea and turned in his direction. ¡°Dulward! Ogres have attacked the city!¡± ¡°Ogres!¡± Dulward didn¡¯t know there were more ogres present. While he had his revenge, this attack was intended to remove all ogres. ¡°Father, I can go.¡± ¡°But y-you''re tired.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry Father, I can obtain a fatigue position in the city. Trusting his daughter after the skillful plan they executed, he decided to trust her and nodded his head. She runs out of the forest, determined to bring an end to the remaining ogres. Back with Greedon, his clothes are very torn from the battle that had occurred. During this time, it was too much for him. He was currently hiding behind a building, staying out of sight from the female ogre and the old ogre who was on the rooftops looking for him. Damn it, how am I supposed to beat these two? Every time I try to use my Sonic Roar, the female one cuts me off and every time I try to attack the old man, I experience intense pain throughout my entire body. And I lost my regular dagger. The Armor Piercer is useless, and I can¡¯t risk losing my Poison Fang. It must be the skill of that female one. If only I had one other person to help me, then I could win and take their skills. ¡°There you are.¡± Looking up, Greedon is attacked by the old ogre from above. He dodges the attack and tries using his Sonic Roar, but a sharp pain is felt throughout his entire body once again. ¡°Ugh!¡± He falls back, picking himself up and running away. He just barely dodges the card-cutter skill by turning a corner. The female ogre chases him down from behind, making sure he doesn¡¯t escape. He runs to the top of the roof of a house by using his [Sticky Roof] skill. He then covers the roof with a spider web, which causes the female ogre''s hand to get stuck. He uses his [Black Fog] skill to blind the female ogre. He activates his heat vision to keep track of where both are. He uses his [Sonic Roar], which blinds the man once again, causing him to fall near the female ogre. He takes this chance to find a high spot to sneak into a weapon shop and take some weapons. ¡°Heal me already!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t command me your old sack! You¡¯re lucky we have orders!¡± Orders? So, they have a leader. It also seems they don¡¯t get along. Maybe I could use that to my advantage. He has been screaming at her for the past hour whenever I injure the old guy. [Shapeshifting] He transforms himself into a crate, keeping his clothes inside him to hide them. This allows for him to temporarily escape, leaving the ogres confused. Especially the male one, who¡¯s attempting to use his hearing to pinpoint Greedon. He fails in that however since Greedon doesn¡¯t breathe due to his slime nature. ¡°Where is he! Damn old man, you had one job!¡± ¡°Shut it, slut for brains!¡± [CRASH!] The female ogre is struck in the back of the head by a large hammer that comes out of nowhere. ¡°WHO-!¡± He cuts another one and flies towards him, looking for the assailant. This allows Greedon to use his [Sonic Roar], incapacitating the old ogre. ¡°DAMN IT!¡± He stabs the old ogre in the thigh with the Poison Fang. The female one grabs the old man and jumps to the top of a roof, healing him and cleansing him of the poison. Ningetsu reveals herself, on top of another roof, carrying a potion. Seeing them, he also jumps on top of a roof. ¡°Hm? I thought you died?¡± [----Why are you here? Don¡¯t you need to worry about the forest?] ¡°We already dealt with that.¡± [HUUUH! But¨Cthen¨Cwhy-?] ¡°Forget about the forest, you should worry about the ogres in front of us.¡± The 2 ogres were watching them communicate from a different roof. During that time, they contemplated who they wanted. The old man knew that Greedon had a major advantage against him, but he wanted revenge for getting stabbed and blinded by him. The female one, however, desired Ningetsu, hoping to take her back to her cave and violate her. Ningetsu takes out a dagger from her sleeve and throws it at him. Catching it, he observes it. A small bright shiny silver blade with a white glow, a curved edge, and a blue handle that has a silver spike at the bottom which also has openings for something to go through it. [A dagger?] ¡°---As an apology for trying to kill you, I am giving you a high-quality and powerful dagger.¡± [---Nice.] Greedon carries the new dagger and his poison fang in hand, ready to finish the fight. Ningetsu brings out 2 silver daggers as well. The old ogre looks towards Greedon, ready to take his revenge and the female one looks at Ningetsu with lust, preparing her weapon.