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Seeing that Cat jumped in my direction, I smile
'Just as I planned!'
Then, while the monster is still in the air I quickly activate my Skill
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'Huehuehue! A great plan! I'm so smart!'
While I'm still praising myself, I start moving my body, to avoid being hit by the monster's body.
However, something unexpected happens
[Failure!!]
'Huh? Did not work? Why? Tsk! Damn it!'
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When, Cat is just inches from reaching my body
The world in my eyes, begins to slow down, and I start to think many times faster
Having activated Bullet Time, I start analyzing the situation, trying find out, what happened
'Okay, first why my skill failed?
Well... now I can see things, more calmly!
So, let's observe Cat!'
With that in mind, I turn my attention to Cat's body, which is standing a few inches from me.
When I do that, I quickly realize what's going on
'What? You have to be kidding me! This sucker has his eyes closed! Sigh! That explains why the Skill didn't work! It didn't fail, because he had a bigger Willpower, than mine! The Skill didn't work because this guy wasn't looking at me! Damn it! Sigh!
There it goes my perfect plan! If it worked, he would lose control in midair, and hit the ground very hard! So, while he was still disoriented. I would just need to finish him, using Chunchunmaru!
A quick and clean death! However, now, even if I dodge his attack, it will easily land, and attack me again! Well, I have confidence in killing Cat in a frontal battle! However, I don't want to do that! After all, it wouldn't be as impactful as it would have been if I had killed him following my plan!'
At that moment, a certain thought crosses my mind
'Huehuehue! That means, just one thing! I have to kill him while he is still in the air!'
Having reached that conclusion, I disable
When I do that, time starts to speed up again
While I'm still moving my body, to avoid the monster, I start to move my right arm
Less than a second later, the monster's body passes where it was standing, just moments ago.
At the same time, I swing my arm with all strength, towards the monster, and using Chunchunmaru I make a big cut on the monster's neck.
The monster lets out a cry of pain, which is soon drowned out by the noise of the impact.
"Arrgh-"
BOOM!
[The host killed the [Level 3] [Rushed-Panther]!]
[+87 Experience points acquired!]
[+20 Reinforcements Points acquired!]
When I see this message, I let out a sigh of relief, right after that, I feel a little dizzy, and I begin to feel a lot of weakness.
Felling that, I close my eyes, and sit down on the floor while I wait for the dizziness to pass
About a minute later, the feeling of weakness passes
"Huh? Weird! The side effect lasted only a few seconds this time! Besides, this time I didn't even sweat! Why? Whenever, I leave the Bullet Time state, I can move my body normally, for a few seconds. However, right after that, a feeling of weakness hits me! It usually lasts a few minutes, and I usually sweat a lot!
This happened every time, including when I fought Light! That is weird! Well, not that I'm sad about that! After all, the fewer side effects, the better for me! That way, I can use Bullet Time more often!"
Having recovered, I get up and shift my attention to the monster, which is lying on the ground.
Then, I approach the lifeless body, and I notice a small detail, the body has no head.
The monster's head is a few feet ahead of the body.
"Was my blow that strong? However, I remember hearing him screaming in pain. Which doesn't make any sense! After all, if he had been beheaded at that speed, he wouldn't have had time to scream! At least that's what I think!"
I look at the head for more a few seconds
Then, I turn my attention to the body, and I start watching it
In doing so, I realize that the monster's body is in a strange position
The lower and upper parts of his body is twisted, in opposite directions.
The monster's front legs, which appear to be broken, are below the body, leaning against the ground.
Meanwhile, the hind legs are facing upwards, but do not appear to have any fractures
"Maybe, during the collision, the first part to encounter the ground was the front part of the body, and because of the speed, the front legs broke! So, without the support of the front legs… the back legs couldn't stop, and kept going forward! That was the result of that!
Argh! That must hurt! Anyway! If this is what happened, then it explains the body to be all twisted. However, it does not explain it to be without the head!"
I get closer to the monster and start looking at the monster's neck
Then I realize that there is a big wound on the monster's neck
This wound is strange; it seems to be formed by two different injuries.
On one side, the wound begins in the middle of the neck and extends across the left side of the neck
On this side, the edge of the wound is very clean, as if it had been done using just a single stroke
On the other side, on the right part of the neck, the wound is different, the border is very irregular, and the skin and flesh appear to have been torn
"The wound on the left was what I did, cutting with Chunchunmaru! However, where did this other injury come from?"
At that moment, a thought comes to mind, and I start to sweat coldly when thinking about a possibility
"Wait a minute! When he hit the ground, the first part to find the ground was the front part of the body! This is already a fact!
However, in the position that his body was in the air, when he hit the ground, there is no way his legs could hit the ground first!
This means, that it was not the legs that cushioned the fall, but... The head! Holy shit! That's why Cat, had his head beheaded!
Upon reaching the ground, the neck supported the entire weight of the body. If it were normally, with the monster's resistance, probably the worst that would have happened it would be a small injury, in the neck! However, this time he had a gigantic cut on his neck! So, with the presence of this cut, the neck did not support the weight of the body and... Tore apart! Fuck!"
I keep silent while I think about it
However, after a few seconds, I decide to shift my attention to something else
"Well, now he's already dead! So... whatever! Anyway! There's something more important than his death brought me! That's... Experience points! However, I didn't level up this time! Sigh! My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined!"
While I'm still a little crestfallen I decide to check my encyclopedia
[Type: Monster]
[Description: A monster that focuses mainly on Dexterity. Has extremely developed Legs, which it uses to approach the target and attack it without being noticed]
[Main features: He attacks mainly using his Claws, but occasionally attacks using his Fangs. It has special Claws, which give it the Ability to Paralyze and Burning his target]
[Nature: He is a born hunter, but he is quite stupid. He ambush each and every target, whenever he has the opportunity]
(Note: It is a Nocturnal Monster, because it hates the Sunlight)
After reading this, I compare the behavior described above with that of the monster I just killed
In doing this, I get very confused
"Huh? What do you mean, ambush? This guy didn't try to ambush me, I tried to ambush him! This idiot attacked me head on, seeking a frontal battle!"
After a while, trying to think of an explanation for this difference in behaviors
I give up and decide to think of something else
"Well, I can't think of anything to explain this change! So let's put that aside for now!
Anyway! There's something that's been bothering me for a while! How the hell is XP calculated here?
Besides that, how much XP do I need, to level up to level 5? First, I need to find out how much XP I already have!
Okay, let me see... I won 775 XP by killing Light, and then I got more 775 XP when I killed Red, and finally I got 87 XP when I killed this monster now! This means, currently I have... 1.637 XP!
However, I was already at level 4 even before killing Cat! Therefore, during the calculations, I will only use 1550 XP!
Hmm, dividing that amount by four, I have about 387 XP per level! However, if I follow the logic of the games, the higher the level the more XP you need! So, the level 2 needs a more XP than level 1!
That means… that I need to find out at least, as for XP, I needed to level up from 0 to 1!
Okay, when I killed Light, I went straight to level 3! So, let's divide 775, which is the amount of XP that Light gave me when he died, by three!
Doing this, I have approximately... 258 XP for each level! Suppose that level one needs only 50 XP.
The level 2 would need 100 XP? No, it's not like that! Fuck, I don't know! Wait a minute! What if, I take the data I have, and compare it with the data from some games I know? It may take a long time, and there's a good chance that I won't discover anything at the end. However, It doesn't hurt to try! Well, I have no better idea, so let's do this!"
With that plan in mind, I squat down and start doing some calculations, using the information I have.
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After almost thirty minutes, finally, I find the answer
"Huehuehue! I already know how XP is calculated here!"
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