The forest had no mercy.
Four hours of trudging through mud, roots, and the occasional pile of what Jax hoped was animal shit.
Four hours of Queen Adelina complaining about her feet, the cold, the bugs, and literally everything else.
Four hours of Jax killing anything that moved.
Slash.
A wolf-like beast with three eyes collapsed, its body dissolving into particles.
[+100 EXP]
Thud.
A serpent with crystalline scales hit the dirt, its head rolling away.
[+150 EXP]
Crack.
A bird-thing with too many wings fell from the sky, split clean in half.
[+120 EXP]
Adelina watched from a safe distance, arms crossed. "You're showing off."
"I'm farming," Jax corrected, flicking blood off his blade. "There's a difference."
"You just spun your sword three times before killing that last one."
"Style points."
She huffed but said nothing.
By the time they cleared the forest, Jax had slaughtered thirty beasts. His level crawled up painfully slow.
[LEVEL UP! 2.4 → 3.0]
