In summer, the days always light up early.

However, there was one person who started his day of practice before dawn, facing the rising sun.

Al sat cross-legged on the ground, and as he exhaled and inhaled, a faint trace of free energy was inhaled into his body.

This faintly invisible, even invisible, energy entered El's body.

It was instantly absorbed by Al's body, and it subtly enhanced Al's physical fitness.

What Al practiced at this time was naturally derived from Lancer's "Dawn Breathing Method".

I have to say that as a direct descendant of one of the seven major families of the church, the knightly breathing method that Lancer took out was indeed extraordinary.

Although not the most critical, digging into the ability to hide the bloodline and the part behind it.

But the first part alone is enough to give Al a great benefit.

Since obtaining this "Dawn Breathing Method", Al has been cultivating non-stop for three months.

With the assistance of El with the ability of [Concentration], his mastery of the "Dawn Breathing Method" can be called rapid.

In just three months, Al successfully reached the peak of the low-level knights, and his physical fitness improved rapidly.

In addition, the basic combat skills recorded in the "Dawn Breathing Method" that have been completely mastered by him.

Today, even if he doesn't carry a bow and arrows, he can hunt enough prey with the iron sword in his hand.

"Whew...... It's been half a month since I've been trapped at the peak of a low-level knight.

It seems that it takes a lot of nutrients and a lot of training to get to the level of a mid-level knight.

At least for now, I don't see any chance of being promoted to a mid-level knight anytime soon.

In that case, let's tilt the time a bit, and the exams at Solangjoya University are about to begin.

Although I have learned a lot of knowledge by [focusing], I am still a little rusty after all.

It's good to review that knowledge recently.

In particular, the textbooks that Lancer mailed me need to read again. ”

Muttering to himself, Al stood up and returned to his cabin.

Simply frying himself three eggs and a large piece of venison, Al quickly wiped out the food on his plate.

After a full hiccup, Al took the crude iron sword he bought from the town's blacksmith and went straight up the mountain.

Today's Snake Back Mountain, after the death of the snake demon who controlled the poisonous snake, gradually returned to normal.

Although there are still a lot of snakes on Snakeback Mountain, they are definitely not as common as they were then.

As he walked through the woods, Al kept an eye out for signs on the ground, looking for signs of wild deer.

However, the deer was not found, but Al saw something he absolutely did not want to see - the forest storming bear!

As the top existence among ordinary beasts, the forest storm bear has rough skin and thick flesh, and is extremely powerful.

Even in Linshan Town, a small town where hunting is prevalent, it is not possible for anyone to successfully hunt one for decades.

The most recent time, with the help of hunters in almost half of the town, the forest storm bear was successfully hunted.

And it only succeeded at the cost of the lives of three good hands.

So, when Al saw the forest bear in front of him, his first instinct was to turn around and leave here.

Although he is much stronger than the average hunter, he is not necessarily a match for a forest storm.

If one is not careful, he will probably die under the bear's mouth, and Al doesn't think this will be a good end for him.

Holding his breath, Al gripped the iron sword at his waist with his left hand, raised his right hand to his chest, and slowly moved away from the forest storm bear in front of him.

However, I don't know if it's a bad year, Al has always been cautious, and today he didn't pay attention to his feet.

A stiff branch was broken by Eyre's foot, and there was a "click" sound.

It wasn't loud, but it was enough for the Forest Storm Bear to attract its attention.

The forest bear is highly aggressive, and anything that can move is considered food.

As for the tall hairless monkeys, they are a rare delicacy on the forest bear recipe.

Although the hairless monkeys always have something nasty on them, that doesn't stop the forest storm bears from loving them.

Therefore, as soon as the forest storm bear saw Al, the bear immediately stood up, roared, and rushed up immediately.

Seeing that the Forest Storm Bear had spotted him, Al immediately turned around and ran down the mountain.

As a beast, after all, it is wary of humans.

Lonely humans are food, but herds of humans, even forest storm bears, are a little more avoidant.

Therefore, as long as he ran to the vicinity of Linshan Town, it was impossible for the forest storm bear to continue chasing and killing Al.

Al now has the strength of a low-level knight, but when it comes to running speed, it is still not as fast as the forest storm.

After all, Al can't be like a forest bear, not caring about the trees, just breaking it and going straight ahead.

So, after about two minutes of running, Al felt the heat coming from behind him.

Apparently, the forest bear was so close to him that he was ready to attack the El.

Gritting his teeth, Al rushed towards a stout tree in front of him.

With the thickness of that big tree, it was absolutely impossible for the forest storm bear to break it.

Therefore, Al did not hesitate, used his hands and feet, jumped directly onto the big tree, and quickly climbed up.

Seeing Al jump up the tree, the forest bear didn't hesitate to slap a pair of bear paws on the trunk.

I saw that the trunk of the tree shook violently, almost shaking El off, who had not yet completely stabilized his body.

However, Al is not as physically fit as he used to be, and his quick reaction is that he grabs the trunk of the tree in the blink of an eye.

Panting for breath, Al looked helplessly at the forest bear below that was roaring at him.

As a last resort, Al felt that he had to make up for the night in the tree.

As long as the forest storm bear feels that it can't eat him, it will leave on its own, and at that time Al is leaving on his own.

Thinking of this, Al leaned against the trunk of the big tree, and did not look at the forest storm bear below, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

However, at this moment, Al faintly heard the rustle of the hunter's body touching the bushes as he walked through the woods.

Snapping his eyes open, Al looked in the direction the voice had come from.

Due to his condescending position, and there happened to be nothing blocking his view, Al saw the two hunters approaching.

Al recognized them, and those two hunters were the number one hunters in Linshan Town.

When the old gun was still alive, the relationship between the two of them and the old gun was good.

So even with them, Al and they have a good relationship.

Therefore, Al immediately shouted loudly, "Get out of here, there's a forest storm bear here!"

With El's shout, the forest bear spotted the two hunters and roared towards them.

If El's shout was too sudden for the two hunters to react.

The forest storm bears rushing towards them at high speed immediately made them react.

Almost immediately, the two hunters turned around and ran down the hill.

It's just that El, a low-level knight, can't outrun the forest storm bear.

How could it be that two ordinary hunters could run through.

After a few breaths or so, the forest storm bear snapped its front paws and flew the hunter who was lagging behind.

The hunter who was slapped away had four deep claw marks directly on his chest, and the whole person slammed into a big tree.

The man's mouth was constantly spitting blood foam, apparently from the internal organs that had been injured just now.

If it is delayed, even if it is sent to Linshan Town, it is impossible to survive.

The intelligence of the forest storm bear is amazing, and it is not like ordinary bears, which can escape by playing dead.

And its wisdom also allows it to judge what kind of prey can still escape and what kind of cannot.

So, the forest bear glanced at the hunter who had fallen to the ground with a serious injury, and continued to chase after the other one.

However, at this moment, a scabbard flew over from a distance and smashed directly into the head of the forest storm.

Immediately after, a figure chased up from behind, quickly approaching the forest storm.

I saw a flash of silver light, and an iron sword slashed directly at the front leg of the forest storming bear, leaving a wound.

This move made the forest storm bear suddenly furious, and the man stood up, waved a pair of bear paws and slapped it violently.

The person who wielded the iron sword to attack the forest storm bear was naturally El.

At this time, he watched the movements of the forest storm bear, and without hesitation, he took a few steps backwards to avoid this blow.

Then he clenched the iron sword with both hands, and turned into a silver light and stabbed into the eyes of the forest storm.

The speed of this sword is good, but it is only good.

As soon as the Forest Storm Bear's head dodged, Al's sword fell straight into the air.

Immediately after, the forest storm bear roared, opened its bloody jaw, and bit at the elder.

While dodging the Forest Bear's attack, Al shouted at the other hunter who had come back.

"Leave me a pair of bows and arrows, and then get out of here with your companions, and I'll help you stop them for a while. ”

As he spoke, Al swung his sword and harassed the forest bear.

And kept retreating, leading the forest storm bear in the opposite direction of the wounded hunter.

Al breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the hunter's companion leave the forest with a wounded wound on his back.

He then prepared to find a large tree away from the angry forest bear in front of him.

You know, just after a moment of wrestling with the forest storm bear, Al felt like his arms were about to go unconscious.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that his physical strength was rapidly decreasing, and he could not resist the attack of the forest storm bear.

Therefore, now El is desperate to get out of the battle and find a stout tree to escape from the forest storm.

However, at this moment, the forest storm bear suddenly slammed its entire body towards the El.

El couldn't dodge, and was slapped away by the iron sword in his hand with a claw from the forest storm.

Then, the forest bear opened its mouth wide and bit down violently towards the El.