The Imperial Forest was silent.

  Too silent.

  I moved cautiously through the underbrush, my senses on high alert. I had no armor, just a basic tunic and boots, but I gripped the **Berserker Sword** tightly.

  In *Eclipse: The Eternal War*, this place was filled with low-level threats—wolves, goblins, and the occasional rogue bandit.

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  For a normal exile, this forest was a death sentence. Curse this cold father troupe.

  For me?

  **It was my starting zone.**

  A rustle in the bushes made me stop.

  [Warning! Hostile presence detected!]

  A wolf leaped at me from the shadows, fangs bared.

  **I didn’t hesitate.**

  I sidestepped, swinging the Berserker Sword in a wide arc. The moment the blade connected—

  **SLASH!**

  Blood sprayed through the air. The wolf collapsed, its body twitching before going still and blood was coming out of it's ass??.

  [Ding!]

  **[You have slain a Lv.3 Forest Wolf!]**

  **[+100 XP]**

  **[Skill unlocked: Basic Swordsmanship Lv.1]**

  I stared at the notifications, then down at my blade.

  I had just killed a monster in this world. And it felt… natural.

  A slow grin crept across my face.

  **“Alright. Let’s farm some XP.”**

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