A few hours ago,
Draysa with her four bodyguards went inside the Forest of Doom for her training. at first, they only planned outskirts of the forest, but slowly she went inside and they followed her.
"Young miss, I think it would be better to bring more people with us. it becomes dangerous in the depths of the forest".
She snorted "hmpf, you think I don't know that? didn't you remember what father had said yesterday? unless I face real danger, I can't develop battle instincts and improve fast. you four are enough to protect me from the beasts. moreover, aren't you an advanced level amateur warrior?. what do you worry about then?".
the bodyguard beside her thought "It's not that I worry about the beasts, I worry more about the humans. sigh. this girl makes our lives hard".
while she was practising her bow skills on grade 1 beasts, her bodyguards cleared the traps around her and also one of them became a scout to search for their next prey making her hunt go a bit easy. She didn't complain about it and continued her hunting.
After a while, the scout came back and reported "Young miss, just as you asked, I found a stronger beast this time. It's at peak level 2nd grade beast and it's also of wind affinity".
upon hearing that, she became curious "Oh! it's perfect for me. since I just broke through intermediate level Amateur Archer, it's a perfect opponent for me. Moreover, it has the same affinity as me. I would gain so much if I can fight and kill it. So, what does that beast look like?"
the scout replied, "Young miss, it's a Lion beast which is currently sleeping inside a small cave". Another one instantly slapped his head "you idiot, did you want us to die? Lion beast isn't called as king of the jungle for nothing. It is so ferocious even I have a difficulty to defeat it". then, he turned his head and bowed "young miss, don't listen to him, it's very dangerous for you to battle it alone. at your level defeating it is very difficult".
Then, she nodded "I know but If I get help, it will be of no use coming all the way here. I guess I have to abandon the thought".
then the scout replied "young miss, it's a female. So, I don't think it's that dangerous". The bodyguard asked "what did you say? is it a female?". "yes, that's why I reported it about it".
Draysa then asked, "as far as I know, weren't lionesses move in a pack?". The bodyguard thought for a while and said: "no, not necessarily, but are you sure it is alone and there is no beast near it?".
the scout replied "there are a couple of first-grade beasts near but they weren't much.
after a while, they found the cave and saw a lone lioness sleeping peacefully. after she went near it, it immediately woke up and looked at her.
the bodyguards didn't help her a bit. eventually, after a long fight, she killed it herself. she was panting and got very tired but on her face, there's nothing more than panic. not just on her face, all of them have it because, just when she defeated it completely and was about to kill it, the lioness roared so loud and destroyed its spirit core and exploded itself. as the body got ripped apart and destroyed itself, its blood was spread all over her since she was right before it.
at first, she was disappointed that she wasn't able to acquire the wind spirit core. but since she was rich, she thought "I can make father buy them as long as I like, but the experience I gained from fighting a beast higher level than mine is awesome".
but, her face changed into a panic state when she heard a roar around her, the roar coming from the unknown place itself frightened her as the pressure around them began to increase.
The bodyguard who also heard it shouted: "Young miss, let's get out of here and run away". Draysa asked while shivering "what's happening? why do I feel very afraid just from that roar?".
the bodyguard replied while they were running away from that place "A peak level grade 4 beast. there's only one beast at that level in the entire forest. It's the Green-Eyed Lion King". Draysa was stunned "We provoked that Lion King?. The one who battled against a Grandmaster warrior evenly and got injured in the process and regressed it's level to a grade four one?".
the bodyguard nodded "yeah because it damaged its spirit core, it fell from grade 6 to grade 4. the one we killed probably one of its partners or one of its children. anyway, first we need to clear the blood which is spread on you. let's go to the stream".
But within just a few minutes, they realised they were in more danger than they think of. as she got the blood of the lioness on her which also contains components of spirit core, it attracted lots of grade 1 and grade 2 beasts.
"Young miss, run fast. we will hold them". she nodded and jumped into the stream as a couple of grade 2 beasts chasing her from behind. usually, she can fight against them. but after fighting the lioness a while ago, she was tired as well as with her current mentality, she thought she was no match for them.
after the scent of the blood was gone, they went back cluelessly. she came out of the water only to see a 10 m long crocodile a grade 3 beast looking at her. It just stayed near the shore and looking at her and didn't attack her. but as afraid as she was, she instantly drew her bow Acoilian and fired a basic wind arrow at it.
it hit its eye precisely. it instantly became angry and tried to attack her with her mouth. she instantly became afraid and started to run. no matter how slow a crocodile out of the water, it doesn't change the fact that it's a grade 3 beast. it instantly hit her with tail causing her falling in the water again.
Draysa who didn't have any strength neither physically nor mentally sat there like on the water like a statue waiting for her death.
The crocodile swam towards her very quickly and opened its big mouth to kill her. she closed her while putting her hands above her while crying and screaming suddenly realised that nothing happened yet saw its head missing and the body floated down the stream. she was stunned for a few seconds. only after a while, when she realised what happened, she came to her senses and saw a guy looking at her indifferently.
"Olirevus?". only then, his expression changed "hmm, you know me?". she completely became a statue when she heard his response.
Coming back to the present,
after she cooked herself and started eating while she was busy cursing him in her mind "damn it. why do real-life situations are so different from the novels? A hero saving a beauty at my situation should ask "Are you ok?", then, he must carry her if she's injured. later, when they were in this type of cave, he must cook for her and guard her all night when she's sleeping. I knew it. he was no hero at all. country bumpkin bast**d".