Alexander's shout attracted the attention of everyone present. Porska's group looked in surprise at the young human who had revealed himself before them.
"Another one?" The leading Porska scowled in anger as he looked away from him to the human adult who had brought him to this place.
The human stopped trying to catch Blackie out of fear and immediately knelt down to explain the situation. "S-sir, t-that boy is the one I followed. he must be the real owner of the shelter! The brat he has in his hands must be his companion…"
The leader of the group looked at Alexander before speaking to one of his companions. "Take care of him."
His partner Porska nodded before slowly walking towards Alexander with a carefree smile.
Alexander didn't even take this Porska into account as his gaze remained fixed on Joseph, who was about to fall unconscious.
"Joseph, stay awake, I will solve this situation quickly!" Alexander shouted loudly so that the message reached his ears.
Joseph felt confused, dizzy and in pain, but he heard those words clearly. He made a small smile as he nodded.
"Hahaha, do you think you can take care of us? You look down on us you bastard!"
The Porska felt angry after hearing Alexander's statement and moved forward to attack him. Alexander finally looked away from him angrily at him.
Porska felt a slight shiver run through his body after noticing that look, but decided to continue. "I will finish him off after one hit.", he thought.
Alexander stared at the blow that was aimed at his head with the intention of killing him.
From one moment to the next, his mana channels activated after being inactive for a long time. The core of him that was once abandoned after receiving mortal wounds immediately activated producing mana.
Alexander felt a surge of energy pass through his entire system accompanied by infernal pain. His skin turned a little pale as a feeling of dizziness overcame him. A faint bluish aura appeared all over his body before heading to his legs.
He heard a jingling in his head, but ignored it.
[PM: 5/10]
Alexander disappeared from his position in a flash before appearing behind the Porska that had decided to attack him.
"That?"
Alexander's figure appeared on top of Porska's back before placing his hands around his enemy's neck.
The aura of mana that surrounded his legs like a strong impenetrable layer ran through his abdomen until it divided in two and appeared on each arm.
Alexander felt a powerful force in his hands. "Go dead."
Whispering those words to the stunned Porska, Alexander used all of his strength to bend his neck. With a loud crash, the Porska lost all signs of life and his body fell dead on the ground.
At that moment, Alexander heard a message in his head.
[You have leveled up.]
After receiving this message, a wave of energy ran through, nourishing every cell in his body. Alexander felt his mana recompose in an instant.
Alexander thought that this message was related to his character panel and the latter appeared on his retina.
[User: Alexander Carey]
[Race: Human]
[Level 2]
[HP: 10/10]
[MP: 10/10]
[Core: Dark blue (danger)]
[Strength: 7 (+10)]
[Stamina: 8]
[Agility: 12]
[Senses: 14]
[Mana: 1]
[Points available: 3]
"He has changed…" Alexander still remembered his state this morning and he had indeed undergone changes.
Ignoring the group's reactions, Alexander assigned all of his available points to his agility.
[Agility: 15]
As soon as he performed this action, his body became noticeably lighter and faster.
After this, Alexander left his state and looked at his enemies. He manipulated his mana back into his legs before moving.
The Porska leader who was holding Joseph felt his grip force open before he took a few steps back in pain.
He looked in surprise at Alexander in front of him who had forced him to release his prey. Alexander ignored the leader as he entered the shelter and left Joseph on the ground.
The human who had come with the Porskas felt fear for the young man before him and immediately knelt down begging for mercy. "S-forgive me, they forced me, I didn't want to…"
Before he finished his words, Alexander hit him in the chest right in the heart of him. The force behind such an attack caused the man to fall to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
He didn't bother to check if he was dead. If that were not the case, he would have no problem ending his life.
"Thank you for protecting our shelter, Joseph." Alexander gave a warm smile to Joseph, who was now in better condition than before and looked at him in surprise.
Before he could say anything, Alexander came out of the shelter and came face to face with the group of lizards.
"I hope you took into account that your lives were in danger after harming Jose… student."
Hearing what his teacher had called him, Joseph felt happier than ever.
Meanwhile, the leader Porska said nothing as he just looked at him. Countless thoughts ran through his head.
"It's an awakening…. What is an awakened person doing here?! Everyone attack at the same time or we will die!" The leader Porska ordered loudly with evident fear in his voice to his companions as he advanced to fight.
The others immediately followed him.
Alexander watched the three Porskas attack him from different directions with terrified eyes.
Powering his legs, Alexander moved towards the weakest Porska of the group. He became too scared after suddenly becoming the target. His seemingly ferocious attack retreated completely.
"H-help!" Porska begged his teammates for help. The memory of his partner dying in a matter of seconds had caused too much shock. However, Alexander showed no mercy and had already appeared behind him.
With a small movement of his arms, the Porska fell dead to the ground with Alexander on top of him.
"One down, two to go."
Alexander looked at the remaining Porskas who were now more scared than ever. The two of them didn't even look at each other before escaping back into the forest.
Alexander saw them trying to escape and chased them like a ghost. "Where do you think you're going?"
His footsteps were like a flash as he chased after the duo.
Being the fastest, leader Porska got ahead of his companion, who could only let out a short cry for help before being silenced forever.
Leader Porska felt the aura of death on his back. "I don't want to die! "I don't want to die!"
With that one thought in mind, leader Porska ran as fast as he could.
However, not fast enough.
He felt small hands land on his neck. As soon as he felt this touch, his entire brain shut down.
Then, his vision turned black.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have received six stat points.]
Alexander looked at the corpse beneath him before kneeling and vomiting large amounts of blood.
His mana channels were unstable and his wounded core was burning like hell. He quickly saved his mana, but it was still not enough to help him.
He hurriedly allocated all of his received points to his resistance to see what would happen.
[Stamina: 14]
The pain became more bearable, but Alexander still continued to vomit blood as his body was destroyed from the inside out. At that moment, a message from his system attracted his attention.
[Core in the process of destruction.]
[Host's life in danger.]
[Starting consolidation process.]
After he read this last message, Alexander stopped vomiting blood. He felt as if time itself stopped as everything around him turned black and white.
The core destroyed into fragments inside his body began to come together from one moment to the next. The fragments drastically decreased in size as they joined together to form a new nucleus.
Alexander felt his mana channels become stable and not out of control. After what seemed like hours, the process was over.
[Core recovered.]
[MP: 1/1]
[Mana: 0.1]
Alexander scanned his core with his mind and realized that it had decreased in size to at least three-quarters of what it originally was. However, this result prevented him from dying.
"I can still use my energy, but it is much scarcer than before, however, with my core recovered I can use my true strength again…" Alexander felt happy as he stood up.
He quickly turned around to return to the shelter. Joseph was sitting on the floor leaning against a nearby wall. His body was full of wounds.
Alexander hurried over to check his condition. As he watched his teacher examine him, Joseph made a smile as he said a few words.
"Happy birthday, Master Alexander."
Hearing these words, Alexander was stunned for a few seconds as he looked at his student.
A smile spread across his face as he said, "Thank you."
After checking that Joseph's injuries were not dangerous at all, Alexander looked around him. Everything was cleaner than this morning and there was a banquet of fruit on the floor.
Alexander looked away from him to Joseph, who simply winked at him as he walked over to eat. He was hungry.
Alexander simply sat next to him and they both celebrated his birthday.
"What shall we do now, Master Alexander?" Joseph asked as he chewed.
Alexander did not mind this action this time and responded with another question: "What do you mean?"
"Our refuge has already been discovered once, nothing tells us that in a short time they will not discover us again, and if you are not here by then, what will happen to me?" Joseph immediately became worried thinking of a scene in which he was surrounded by multiple Porskas.
Listening to the student's concerns about him, Alexander simply gave a small chuckle. "Don't worry about that. From now on I will train alongside you and teach you everything I know about mana."
Joseph stopped eating as he looked at his teacher in awe of him. "But teacher, you said you couldn't train…"
"That was true in the past, but something just happened to me that changed my situation. Joseph, our future will now be much brighter, and it will start from tomorrow."
Alexander looked determinedly at Joseph, who returned a confused look.
"In a few days a human ship will arrive, and at that time, we will both depart this planet." Alexander explained.