Black Clover: Nah I'd Lose

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Nearly 1.5 years passed since Mereoleona visited him and gave him 'Gifts' 

Two beasts could be seen fighting each other. 

On a closer look, you would notice that a beast and a human were fighting each other. 

The human was none other than our protagonist Akeru. 

He was fighting a lion-like beast. 

The lion lunged at him and Akeru used his daggers to block his palms while deflecting it such that he wasn't holding his full body weight on himself.

Now, somebody will ask how he got the daggers?

Simple, these were not daggers, but bone pieces that Akeru was using as daggers. 

'Fucking work' He infused the mana in the bone daggers, they glowed bluer, but apart from the lion's claws being ground against his daggers, nothing changed. 

Lion landed on the ground and tried to bite his legs, but Akeru had already kicked towards its neck, deflecting him from biting him. 

'Safe, but I really need to figure out this technique I am trying to create before I lose a body part or something' 

The lion skidded a few metres away but roared towards Akeru. 

The lion then roared towards Akeru, a vibration of air hurling towards him, but the latter had already rolled away. 

All the trees were obstructed within 100 metres of the Lion's position in the path of roar. 

'What a ridiculous attack, I would die if it hit me' Akeru thought while circling around the lion, which the latter seems to be doing too. 

'Well, it would be a danger if he could hit me, otherwise, it's just useless' Akeru smirked.

Now, one may ask, why is Lion trying to kill him other than obvious reasons one could think of? 

Well, there is a special story behind this encounter. 

Akeru was in the mood to try to meet and ambushed one lion and killed it. 

He then decided to cook its meat and took two bones out of it as his previous bone daggers were close to being broken. 

So, he sharpened those and then ate the meat. 

However, the lion that Akeru ate was this lion's pack member and he decided to take revenge by coming after him. 

Akeru hadn't hidden his tracks which he usually does as taking a big beast like a lion is hard and he had targeted it due to it being alone, however, it seems that has only backfired on him. 

Suddenly Akeru burst mana from his foot and rushed toward the lion, the latter also coming towards Akeru. 

Akeru at this time had learned how to enhance himself from mana, at least passively. 

So, his physical stats have increased severalfold from his base form, which was just of a 10-year-old child. 

The lion released another roar, but this time Akeru slid down on the ground barely dodging it, such that he was under the lion's body. 

He saw the lion raising his paw and intending to stomp on his head. 

'Well, time to do or die' Akuru's face turned into a maniacal smirk. 

He was very literal in those words. If he fails to do the technique, then he will die. 

The bone glowed blue and this time, they turned more blue unlike before. 

'Finally' He thought while passing the dagger through the stomach of a lion as he was still skidding. 

Before the paw could squash his face, the dagger cut the lion into two, blood pouring out of it. 

The lion was cut into 2. 

'What the fuck, all the blood and organs came onto my face' Akeru made a disgusted face, but despite that didn't say that out loud. 

He had a habit of saying things in mind and it was just reinforcing in this case. 

***

It's been 3 years since Akeru submitted himself to the uncivilized life. 

He could be seen moving through the forest with a lazy expression, and his posture indicated that he was relaxed. 

Somebody might mistake him to be walking in a garden with looking at the greenery, but he was still in the same grand magic zone. 

Animals seem to be running away as soon as they see him. 

He had earned a reputation throughout the entire region for his notoriety of eating each species in the whole zone. 

Mana beasts call him "Stalkerish Glutton". 

You won't even know when he attacked and killed you and ate you. 

Everything is done in mystery. 

'Hehe, moving through the forests has become so much easier than before, still I won't dare to claim that I am strongest in the forest' He knew that there were beasts that would give even senior magic knights a run for their money and he was nowhere near that level. 

Heck, just beating a magic knight head-on would be a very difficult feat if not straight impossible without a grimoire.

'Time to leave' He moved his leg forward and dashed straight in the front at a very fast speed. 

He had enhanced his leg muscles with mana and they gave him similar boosts as using mana bursts, but not only they are massively chakra efficient, He didn't have to worry about the recoil of the high momentum. 

Soon, he came out of the forest and found himself in front of a dirt road. 

He currently only had a bag strapped over his body. 

He travelled for nearly an hour or so before he had to stop. 

"Hand over all your money and goods right now" 5 people with black clothes came in front of him suddenly with daggers pointing towards him. 

'What the hell?' 

"Boss, it seems we have caught a hobo, I don't think looting him is worth it, he doesn't even have proper clothes" One man suddenly said. 

"Fair enough, let's not waste time" With that the man in the middle turned back and started walking away. 

Akeru had a tick mark on his face, so what was wrong with him using leaves as make-shift clothes? What would you expect from training straight for 3 years, his clothes were not wearable anymore in the first few months only.

The bandit leader heard a thud behind him. "What is it you fo-" He turned around to only see a punch heading for his face and the world blacking out. 

'Hehe, at least I would get some clothes now' He made an evil smirk and started stripping off their belongings from the guys and looking at the loot they had in their bags. 

Luckily, he found a half-pant, considering that he was looking at adult people's clothes, which was fortunate on his side. 

The upper t-shirt he got was too loose for him, but it was better than nothing. 

He then started moving away, but suddenly he had an idea. 

He started stripping the clothes of all men and took it along with him. 

After a few minutes of walking, he threw it in a bush. 

'I am not petty, I am just thanking them for the clothes and some money that I got from them by letting them train their tracking ability and resilience ability.' He self-righteously nodded and started making his way through the nearest habitable area. 

Aftera few hours of walking, he realized something crucial. 

'I am lost' He internally cursed and decided to camp here, in a plain area, luckily there were some trees and after checking them, he slept in those. 

A few days passed travelling like that and he finally saw the first instance of civilization. 

'What the fuck... How the hell I am in front of Royal Capital? Isn't it supposed to be in the middle of the kingdom or something?' He was dumbfounded at that. 

"Move hobo," Somebody from behind said that and he instinctively side-stepped. 

He didn't even bother looking at the person and then looked at the map that was nearby present. 

"You- Where are you going?" The guy seemed to be irritated that the person who he deemed insignificant didn't even look at him. 

His ego was hurt. 

Akeru closed his eyes and sensed the mana of the guards and other people nearby. 

He mentally nodded while looking at the map and engraving the important places in his mind. 

Before the guy could touch him, he did a horse kick backwards at the pelvic area of the arrogant voice. 

"It hurtsss~" The guy dropped to the ground while clutching that area with both of his hands. 

Akeru quickly used mana enhancement and started running away from the location. 

He went in the random direction and started using mana bursts to increase his speed without looking back. 

In a few hours, he looked around and sighed. 

'So, this is the commoner realm, hopefully no young masters' He crossed his fingers while looking around. 

***

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