Jayden crouched on a high branch, scanning the ground below. A pack of F-Rank Howlers padded through the woods, heads low, grunting to each other in rhythmic calls.
Jayden exhaled. Then in one swift motion—
FOOSH!
He dropped from the treetops like a hawk, blade crossing mid-air.
SCHHH—TSSHHH!
Two Howlers fell before they even knew he was there. Their throats opened like ripe fruit.
A third turned, growling in panic… only to see nothing.
A dash. A blink. A blur.
Jayden's dagger slipped between its ribs, straight to the heart. The beast dropped with a thud, twitching. Blood soaked the roots. Leaves fluttered from the sudden gust of motion.
The Dash Skill built into the dagger made him twice as deadly. Every slash came with a lunge so fast it looked like teleportation. And this together with his new invisibility… he was unstoppable. Merciless. Brutal.
And this was exactly what he was going for.
