275 7.3 Grinding For Fortune

"You are either here to make changes as well as change history and the path of destiny for others...just like the way you had been doing in the past..." she began again after she had paused for some time.

"You came from a place so distant that I could not make up anything like that within this existence. But all I know is that you have good intentions, and if only you had come earlier in this body, you would have deterred certain matters that might affect you at this moment."

"Fret not my child, all is not lost. As I've said earlier, the red name above your head is only temporary and it depends whether it will go away in 24 or 48 hours at most. It had been 8 hours, the red name above your head was dark red almost the colour of black. But right now it's crimson red, a rather good sign but would take some time before it becomes normal again."

"You do not even have more than half a dozen arrows with you right now. Leave your bow and quiver here and head deep into the forest behind us and kill those Red Foxes there. The more you kill, the coins it will drop will be added to your current inventory automatically."

"Periodically, you would be able to get fur from the Red Foxes as well as their tails. Don't be a smart ass and asks me why these Red Foxes drop coins. It's better than dropping useless shit, am I right?"

"This is not some fancy pants fantasy medieval game where you can earn experience, buffs and collect some rare, legendary or epic equipment. This will, however, help you to clear your red name above your head if you involve in doing good deeds."

"Getting rid of these Red Foxes in the forest behind us is a good start. Kill 50 of the Red Foxes first and once you are done, come back here so I could take a good look at you. Go now, and use your short sword instead and slay them."

"An indicator will appear on the front of you on how many Red Foxes that you need to kill before you had reached the limit. You would get to identify them soon enough."

The elderly woman implied me to get rid of 50 Red Foxes in the forest just to clear my red name and revert it back to normal once again. Appears good to be true and if this is not some fancy pants medieval game, then what it is then?

I gulped down the rest of the cranberry tea and took off my bow and quiver at the stump of the tree I was sitting on and held on to the handle of my short sword. I excused myself as I prepared my way to the thick woods.

My short sword was about the exact length as my Kodachi before. It has a 3-foot blade with another 8 inches for the handle. The handle was somewhat fascinating, for there's a green stone in one of the sockets. It had a sharp tip for puncturing and the blade was sharpened on one side and blunt on the other. The sharp edge would only be effective if I held the sword with the socket facing up and striking it from the right to the left.

Maybe if I do have an opportunity, I'd like to conduct a blade wash over this short sword and see how it advanced from there. I wonder if the Realm of Mind works on this era or not. However, there would be other opportunities to try it out later.

As I wandered with my short sword in hand, I immediately sighted a pack of Red Foxes and even if they smelled me coming near them, none of them budged to flee. I hit thrice at a Red Fox and it disintegrated in the air, leaving a copper on the ground. The others just sat there waiting to be struck before it even responded.

I sauntered near to a Red Fox and it just stood there as if it was ignorant to my presence. I booted once at it and it scooted a short distance away as if beckoning me to target it once again. The rest of the Red foxes just stood there and it mewed, sounding like a cat.

"Weird... This is something like a fancy pants medieval fantasy kind of game to me. If it isn't, then these animals won't react to this kind of manner. And these so-called Red Foxes isn't actually Red in colour but its more to orangish instead."

"What the hell... I've just got to finish up those 50 Red foxes and return to the elder. She what she got to say about these afterwards." I thought to myself as I began to target each Red fox available and it takes 3 hits before it finally disintegrated into thin air. After the indicator showed that I had completed my task, I had garnered only 6 coppers, 5 foxtails and 2 furs.

"Elder, I have completed the task that you had informed me. The red name above me still remains as it was before. Did I not satisfactorily fulfilled the task?"

"You did exceptionally, child... Exceptionally slow. I guess you hadn't been practising your sword fighting skills before this. I also wonder about your archery too. Since your quiver has less than a dozen arrows, I guess you have to make arrows. Let me take a look at your status first."

"Hmm...what I had inferred is true. Your sword fighting skills are as bad as a child wielding a twig. Go to the forest and kill another 50 Red Foxes once more."

The elder suggested as I went off into the forest at the back of the thatched house in search for these mysterious Red Foxes. If what she said is true regards the word fighting skills, then I have been depending on my spiritual strength instead of my physical strength.

This sword is unique in its own way and if I need to strike thrice just to bring down a so-called inanimate beast, then there must be definitely wrong with my sword skills or my strength.

Once again, the Red Foxes had gathered at the same place in the clearing of some bamboo reed plantation and it took me the same amount of strikes to bring it down as it disintegrated and got swallowed up by the earth. Fancy pants medieval game or not, in a way it also improves my strength, I hope.

After I had completed killing 50 of these Red Foxes, I had collected drops of only 3 coppers, 3 foxtails and 3 furs. I returned to the elder and passed her the foxtails and furs.

Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting.

"These foxtails are good to be placed at the back of a wagon or cart. It does make a wonderful gift away. Other than that, it serves no purpose at all unless you want to tack it behind your arse and make it look like you had grown a tail. Hahahahaha."

"However, these Red Fox furs could be fashioned into soft indoor slip-on or fox fur caps if you do have the skills, but unfortunately, you don't. You could sell this 10 furs for 1 copper but since you do not have a storage bag...I might as well pass you a starter one. Wait here a minute..."

The elder slowly rose up using her walking stick and I was about to assist her, she refused flatly as she could manage herself as she slowly entered her hut before she said, "I have not been physically touched by a male before and so please keep your hands to yourself, child."

"Here we go again...the right use of a sentence in an awkward way would leave everyone thinking otherwise."