I was Born in the Final Demon Realm of a Dark Fantasy

But thinking about it, I realized that while in the forbidden zone, I had relied too much on my sixth sense.

What if I encountered beasts not strong enough to trigger my sixth sense?

I had become so accustomed to the forbidden zone that I had excluded that thought.

As I expanded my awareness, indeed, I sensed several beast presences. My awareness had suddenly enveloped the entire mountain.

‘I should have done this from the start.’

The closest presences were five.

They were exactly what Arnen had said were likely blue-maned wolves.

Just then, Arnen whispered in a low voice.

“Wolves move in packs, so we must avoid them at all costs.”

“Blue-maned wolves… Can these be used as food too?”

“What? They’re edible. But…”

“Then how about we catch them?”

The answer to my suggestion came not from Arnen, but from Elia who was riding on my neck.

“It’s dangerous, so no!”

She grabbed my ponytail and shook it around. When I lifted my head, I saw Elia’s cross face.

Truthfully, judging by my sixth sense remaining quiet, these beasts weren’t dangerous at all.

But even so, did I need to insist when locals—moreover, my benefactors—were telling me not to?

I decided to follow their opinion.

At that moment, the five presences I had sensed suddenly started running in one direction.

That direction was where we were.

Arnen must have sensed it too, as she furrowed her brow.

“…They must have caught our scent. We need to run quickly.”

She straightened her back, which had been bent to move carefully, and quickly headed in another direction.

“Let me down too.”

When Elia urged, I carefully put her down.

Then Elia grabbed my arm and started running after Arnen.

But their escape speed was significantly slower than the wolves’ pursuit speed.

I eventually grabbed Elia and stopped her. When our movement stopped, Arnen, who had been running ahead, sensed it and stopped as well.

“There’s no time for this. At least take Elia and…”

“Wait.”

I gently restrained Arnen, whose calm demeanor was gradually disappearing.

“I’ll handle them.”

“You, Bell?”

She didn’t ask with disbelief.

Having seen me break furniture several times due to poor strength control in the house, she already knew I wasn’t weak.

If anything, she looked apologetic.

“Because we brought you along… you don’t need to go that far for us.”

“It’s fine.”

In the time it took to have that brief conversation, the rough footsteps of the wolves had grown close enough to be heard.

Soon the grass rustled violently, and five wolves appeared. They were beasts with bluish manes, true to their name.

‘…They’re extremely small.’

Was it because I had become too accustomed to massive monsters?

The wolves’ size seemed excessively small.

Were they similar to the beasts that appeared around the abandoned village?

No, they seemed even a bit smaller.

After breaking through the first wall, these were the kind of beasts I could easily handle if I wanted to.

Of course, judging strength solely by size would be foolish.

With a feeling of stretching my body after a long time, I lightly kicked off the ground and rushed toward the wolf at the front.

And the moment I thrust my fist aimed exactly at its forehead.

Bang-

Instantly, from head to toe, the wolf exploded. Blood splattered everywhere.

“Uh…”

Did I fail to control my strength because I’d been dealing only with monsters from the forbidden zone?

While I was taken aback, another wolf leaped at me from the side. As I instinctively swung my arm, that wolf’s body also burst apart, sending a red rain spraying.

“…”

The wolves that were about to charge also stopped with a start, and I too was surprised by the unexpected result, creating a momentary silence.

Whine, whine—

The remaining three wolves, as if sensing a threat, lowered their bodies while making frightened whimpering sounds. Then they turned around and quickly fled into the forest.

I briefly looked down at my fist.

Even the beasts in the abandoned village weren’t like this… and I hadn’t even used my full strength.

When I turned my gaze, I saw Arnen and Elia staring at me blankly.

“Uh… sorry.”

In response to my spontaneous apology, Arnen hastily shook her head.

“Pardon? No, I should be the one apologizing.”

“…”

Since we had originally come hunting for food, I felt somewhat sorry for blasting the bodies beyond recognition.

Though I wasn’t sure why Arnen was apologizing.

I only thought that I needed to remedy this situation.

“Wait a moment.”

With those words, I kicked off the ground and pursued the fleeing wolves.

Thud- The ground where I stepped sank deeply, but I had no time to care.

After catching up to the fleeing wolf pack in just a few steps, they panicked and fled even more desperately.

‘How much should I control my strength?’

A moment of hesitation.

The three wolves began to scatter in different directions.

Of course, it was a meaningless struggle.

I struck the nearest wolf’s nape with the side of my hand. With carefully controlled strength.

My hand passed through the wolf’s neck as easily as cutting through tofu, separating it.

The running wolf’s head and body separated and rolled on the ground.

‘This is fine.’

To preserve the body intact, I would need to control my strength a bit more, but I had found the touch.

I grabbed the headless body with one hand and pursued the remaining wolves.

For the next wolf I quickly caught up to, I gently thrust my hand down on its head.

Perhaps due to paying more attention to controlling my strength this time, the wolf’s head didn’t burst but rather collapsed as it fell.

I subdued the last wolf in the same way.

“Done.”

I returned to where the sisters were waiting, carrying the bodies of three wolves.

They were still frozen in place. It seemed they hadn’t moved a single step since I left.

Well, not much time had passed anyway.

Come to think of it, the ground around was a mess because I had recklessly dashed to catch the escaping wolves.

As I approached with the carcasses on my shoulder, the sisters just stared at me blankly without saying a word.

When I stood in front of Arnen, her dazed eyes gradually returned to normal. After a long pause, she cautiously opened her mouth.

“…Could you be a hero?”

“A hero?”

I tilted my head.

‘Were there heroes here too?’

In a world with magic and terrifying monsters, it wouldn’t be strange if there were heroes as well.

But my pondering didn’t last long, as Arnen shook her head from side to side.

“No, I’m sorry. That was childish of me.”

Judging by her calling it childish, it seemed that even here, heroes were beings that only appeared in fairy tales.

At that moment, Elia, who had been staring blankly from the side, also regained her focus.

She immediately ran to my side and exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

“So strong! Amazing!”

I was familiar with being called strong. Even among the most talented warriors, I was hailed as the greatest talent.

But was I considered that strong outside the forbidden zone too?

That I couldn’t know. These children might never have met truly strong people, living isolated in this remote place.

Still, the pure adoring gaze of the young child was quite cute. I think I was like that when I first met the 3rd-class warrior Jagan.

‘…Was I that cute?’

Since I had already caught the wolves on my own, I decided to finish the job at once.

“Wait here for a moment.”

I spread my awareness to scan the entire forest. Though not many beasts lived there, presences similar to the blue-maned wolves were gathered in one place.

It seemed the five we had eliminated were a scouting party.

Rather than searching for other beasts, I decided to go after the blue-maned wolves.

I went to where the wolf pack was gathered.

I sensed about twenty by their presence, but only about ten were visible. The rest seemed to be resting inside.

I lightly swung my hand and gave a flick to the visible wolves’ heads. Their skulls caved in, and they collapsed to the ground without even a chance to scream.

‘A flick…’

This too seemed to require some technique of strength. Hitting weakly. Controlling strength delicately.

Hmm… something seems about to surface in my mind but doesn’t quite.

Come to think of it, when I had a fierce battle with the wolf monster inside the forbidden zone, and when I reached the red curtain of the forbidden zone.

I had fallen into a trance while striking that red curtain. Usually, such a state preceded enlightenment.

‘And yet… I still can’t even see the fifth wall.’

Unlike previous walls that quickly came into view when I concentrated on training, this time I couldn’t even gauge how high or thick it was.

It felt like I hadn’t encountered it at all.

Putting aside my wandering thoughts, I gathered ten more wolf carcasses and returned to where Arnen was waiting.

“…”

Arnen had been standing with somewhat anxious expression, but upon seeing the bodies piled on my shoulders, her mouth fell open.

Instead of Arnen, who was silently shocked, Elia approached, hopping excitedly.

“So many! Unnie! If we skin these and sell them, we could even pay off our debt!”

“…Debt?”

As I made a puzzled expression, Arnen gave Elia a reproachful look with an awkward face.