My Annoying Aura Follows Me Into Another World

Chapter 37: Snowflakes

- Orion's POV -

It's the middle of the afternoon and I was walking through the village in a good mood..

With a cart full of [Demon Boar] corpses at my back, with both hands pulling it. Today I think we caught twenty, no thirty demonic beasts in the forest. I hope it doesn't cause any problems with the forest's ecology but I didn't really care that much about it, much less know about its effects, so I left it at that.

At my sides were my hunting companions. At my right, my new protege, the beaming and energetic Jin-kun. At my left side was Lena-san, the trap expert, and her friend, Sharl, the healing cleric. Finally, the ones limping behind the cart as if their life force was taken out of them was the two guys, Dale-san and Kizu-san.

Dale-san had a [Warrior] class, so I had him lure the enemies with his skill, [Warrior's Taunt] as to make hunting easier for me. Since if I went out in the open, all lesser beasts I meet will run scared, and I could find myself going back empty-handed. I don't know why he was tired though, I only made him use his skill and run around for hours on end. No big deal really..

While Dale-san was baiting the enemies, I made Kizu-san, the archer of the two, shoot the enemies from afar. At first he was failing to get a clean strike, and had to shoot multiple times just to kill one of the [Demon Boars]. It was tiring to look at, so I gave him pointers from my time studying archery back when I was frequenting martial arts classes in Japan. Though, after every session he seemed to have improved slightly. But one time he somehow collapsed, was it that tiring to jump on tree branches while having weights on you while shooting? I had no problem before though..

In contrast with the two who were moving at faster speeds whilst fearing for their lives if they make a single mistake, Lena-san and Sharl-san were just quite frankly, spectators. Since Sharl-san had the job of a healer, she would stay at the back, and only when there was an injury would she step up. Though Lena-san only placed a few traps that caught some beasts here and there, she did not move that much.

Meanwhile, Jin-kun was the main damage dealer, slashing with his weapon when an opening presented itself. Until those moments came, I told him to meld into the surroundings to erase his presence. Since I used it as a way of practically applying his newly learned sword skills I taught him, directly from Master's "Purgatory Sword Style". Although he couldn't master it fully, he learned it quickly, he might have been even faster than me.

I could see the potential of this kid was very high compared to a normal child. He had a body that could withstand intense training, and absorb all the techniques given to him like a sponge sucking up moisture. Though I didn't train him in a spartan way like Master, his movements grew more refined each day. I'm not a sadist you know?

After weeks of teaching, he has attained the level of decapitating beast's heads without a sound. The main style I taught him was very fitting. A combination of Master's swordsmanship and the "Iai Swordplay" from Japan, which I called "Silent Sword Style". It focused on pure speed and grace. The way the unsheathed katana displays its radiance when unsheathed and at the same time swung, was honestly awe-inspiring to look at each time you see it.

The best part was that it made close to no sound, except for the clinking of the sheath. If more time was given to develop this style, it could break the sound barrier with just how fast the sword draw was. There would be no time to react if you couldn't see nor hear the katana slicing through your body. I know it sounds dreadful to some but this was the most suited for Jin-kun's personality.

With the gap from his cute and lovable demeanor, and the silent killing intent that dazzled appealed so much to me that I chose this specific style. No, I didn't do it for my own purposes, honest..