Chink!!!
Dan blocked the creatures dagger like nails with his katana. The shock pushed the creature and Dan from each other creating space between the two. The creature lunged forward again but Dan was faster this time. He dodged the creature's attempt to bite into his throat and slashed its sides.
The creature howled in pain and in a fit of rage blindly swung his sharp claws at the air. (A/N: I just went with claws instead of fingernails.)
Dan let out a low frequency whistle. This was a sign for Kan to attack. Kan rushed in and bit the creature's legs.
The creature managed to land a powerful kick on Kan sending him sprawling across the field. Kan recovered just as fast as he was kicked and made his way to the creature, the only thing on his mind the desire to bite his throat. Kan let out a loud bark drawing the attention of the creature from Dan. He jumped at its throat and bit into the creatures rock like skin as hard as he could. The creature thrashed about scratching Kan but Kan didn't let go.
No matter where he was scratched or however loud the creature screamed he did not let go. He would not let go. He was taught to never let go of a catch until it breathed its final breath. No matter how big or small it was, whether it was ferocious or shy.
Dan quickly rushed over, he raised his sword and brought it down from the sky to hit it in the head. The creature saw this and stabbed Kan in the abdomen and for a second Kan let go. This was all it needed.
Within that second the creature threw Kan of itself and onto Dan. Dan quickly caught Kan. He laid him down to rest a bit. He then turned his attention to the creature.
There was nothing there, the creature had just vanished. He quickly looked around the area and saw the creature running down the mountain on all four.
Dan raised his arm to cast a spell but decided not to. He picked up Kan who was bleeding heavily. He quickly rushed to the house and kicked open the door. Jemina threw her axe at him and he barely managed to move out of the way.
"I'm so sorry! I thought you were that monster."
Pedro hurried over to Dan. He scanned the wounds with his wand and brought up a 3 dimensional view of Kan's wounds.
A frown appeared on Pedro's face before it quickly turned into a smile. "There is a punctured lung and and several cut arteries. I can repair them but he is going to need to rest for a few days before even moving. Lay him down on the floor."
Dan quickly put Kan on the floor, took of his shirt and trench coat and laid it down on the floor. He then placed Kan on top of it. "Alright I will be starting the surgery. Can I please have some space." Jemina and Dan went outside and left Pedro to do whatever he was doing. Jemina let out a sob as tears streaked down her cheeks. The rain had stopped a while ago but they hadn't noticed.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry... Because of me your... dog was attacked by that monster." She sobbed. Dan tried placing his hand on her shoulder to comfort her but couldn't bring himself to do it.
He lit a cigarette, took a large puff and talked to her.
"I should be the one who is apologising not you. You gave us a roof and food but we just took over your house like it was ours. It was our own fault for getting injured so you do not have feel sorry for us. Kan will survive this, I know he will, not because Pedro said he would but because he survived way worse injuries. I can not thank you enough for what you did for us."
Jemina burst into tears crying hard. She felt guilty. Once she saw how confident Dan was she actually thought that he could help her and kill the monster. She sent Kan and Dan to fight the monster but now Kan was injured and on the brink of death. Dan offered her a cigarette and she accepted. They two sat outside the house smoking in silence. A gentle breeze blew rifling his hair. In the blue moonlight Jemina saw Dan as a prince. His perfectly toned body, his big afro, the slight hair growing on his chin and those pearl white teeth.
Everything about him screamed manliness.
" So you guys can do magic, where did you learn it?"
"In an academy. In a far of country."
"What kind of magic can you do?"
"Many different forms of magic."
"Can you bring back the dead?"
"You can control the body with magic but the soul will not come back once it leaves."
"Can you create thunderstorms?"
"Yes."
"Can you make people fall in love?"
"You can make a person attracted to you but once the spell is lifted they revert to normal."
The night passed like this with Jemina asking questions to satisfy her curiosity until she asked a really important question.
"How big is your mana pool?"
Dan raised his eyebrow quizzingly. "Mana what? What is that? Some kind of ritual?"
Jemina's eyes widened and she gasped loudly. She covered her mouth with her hand breathing heavily and loudly.
"What's wrong?" Dan asked. "Do you have a fever?" He reached his arm to touch her forehead but Jemina moved away from him. She stood up and pointed her finger at Dan.
"You guys...you guys... You guys aren't... YOU GUYS AREN'T HUMAN'S ARE YOU?"
"....." Dan's raised his other eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
The girl moved back in fear until she had put her bodies length away from him.
"You really don't know. Human's can't magic easily which is why they use mana. Mana is the very essence and building block of magic. Every human uses mana to use magic. There is a limit to every humans magic pool. The only people who do not use mana are creatures that have no need for it."
It took Dan quiet a while to process this information before speaking again. "Just because we do not know about it does not mean that we aren't human's. We learnt magic through first hand experience, there was no theory no was there any lessons that required textbooks or writing of any kind."
Jemina thought about it for a while and then sat bowing her head.
"I am very sorry for being rude." Dan waved his hand airily. "I would do the same thing so it's nothing to worry about."
The girl begged for Dan to teach her until he accepted. " It isn't easy to learn magic overnight. I will teach you the basics so just keep practicing and you will be able to do it within a few months."
He showed her his signature finger explosion exploding a tree. "For this to work you have to freeze the air and then heat it up rapidly, thus causing an explosion." Jemina clapped her hand's in joy and smiled gleefully.
"So how do you do fire and ice magic?"
"..."
Dan sighed slowly. She asked him to show him magic that she could not even use the basics for. Dan gave up on her. He would be a terrible teacher. He told her to ask Pedro since he was better at magic. Pedro came out from the room with blood all over his tunic and baggy trousers. "He is fine. He should rest for a few days though, he lacks energy to move around. I can't give him an energy potion otherwise he will become to dependant on it."
Dan rushed past Pedro without a second to Kan. "You're welcome." Pedro said dryly. Jemina followed Dan to check up on Kan. Kan was laid down on Dan's clothes. The wound on his side stitched together. His breathing had stabilized compared to earlier. As soon as he saw Dan he jumped and ran towards him as if there was no wound on him.
"I suggest you put him back to bed, he has lost a lot of blood even though I replaced it. He could reopen his stitches." Dan listened closely to Pedro's words.
"Rest." Dan said to Kan. Kan immediately went to his new found bed and after a while of turning around he laid down and went to sleep.
"I'm going out." Dan said suddenly.
"Where to?"
"Hunting, meat explosively increases Kan's regeneration factor." Dan left the house leaving Jemina and Pedro alone.
"So...uh... do you like magic?"
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Dan ran down the mountain the direction where the creature had ran off to. His sense of smell was not as good as Kan or Kliran but it was enough for him to pick up the creatures scent. The scent led him to a trail of blood which led to a cave. The air here was different, it thicker and more muskier. There was several creature's in the cave. A few dozen probably.
He tiptoe quietly into the cave making sure not to make any noise. He had gone deep into the cave when he heard snarling noises. He hid behind a wall and poked his head out. The creature's he had injured earlier was growling at another of his kind. There were several of them around a fire.
When Dan had finished counting them he tallied them up to 26 Males, 15 females and 18 children. There seemed to be some kind of argument going. Dan wondered what they were saying.
➡️Would you like to translate?
Yes/No
'You can do that?' Dan asked.
➡️Yes, I have many functions that you are yet to discover.
'Then please translate for me.'
➡️Translating...translating...translation complete.
"You are a fool for attacking that girl. I have told you many times to not attack her, everyone listens except for you! What will we do if her grandmother declares war on us."
"I already told you I didn't attack the girl."
"But you attacked her livestock did you not? That is why you are injured. We made a pact that we would harm her granddaughter unless in self defence. We are the last generation of the once great Clobi Wolves. Do not do something dumb that will cost us our life's"
"I already told you I did not attack the girl and these are wounds from a fight not with the girl or her grandmother. "
Dan basically got the gist of it after listening for a while. They were the last of their kind and they entered a pact with an old woman so that she would not attack them.
Dan became tired of listening to their conversation. Although he did understand what they were saying to all he could hear was growling and snarlings.
He came out of hiding from behind the rock and laughed loudly so that he could gain their attention. The injured Clobi Wolf pointed at his and snarled so ferociously it seemed like his throat would split in two."That is him! That is the bastard who injured me with his mutt! Kill him!"
"I know you do not understand anything I say but I'm gonna ask you a question anyways, with all your strength a mere mutt made you like that, why do you think that you can kill me?"
The other creature who was arguing with the Injured one licked his lips. "Looks like dinner has come to us."
All the males charged Dan while the female's moved to the back with their children. The first creature to reach Dan was met with a kick to the jaw its teeth flying out of his mouth. The horrific scene in front of them angered the Wolves greatly.
A human walked into their home and attacked their brethren. If they didn't get angry then they would just prove the common conception that monster's only cared about the strong in their groups.
Two Clobi's came at him from both sides making a pincer attack. They were synchronized only a second late than the other. If the target moved then the other would take care of it.
Dan was not like the other human's they faced. He grabbed the limp body of their brethren and threw it to the monster in front of him. He turned around to punch the creature. It was faster than he had anticipated. It swiped at Dan scratching his face.
"Tch...painful." He grabbed the monster that slashed him by the arm and aimed for his jaw. As long as it had a jaw and a humanoid like figure the jaw would be a great weakness.
The creature tilted its head to the side and slashed Dan again in the face.
A sudden large force hit Dan's back. The other creature's weren't going to watch as expected.
➡️Health (343/432)
His health was quite high and the attack damage wasn't that bad. He had not let go of the creatures arm so he threw over his shoulder with a one arm shoulder throw. He climbed on top of the creatures back and twisted his head. The creature's scratched his body and hit him as hard as they could but Dan didn't let go. He finally snapped the creatures rock like neck.
He caught one of the creatures who were slashing him, pulled it in and head butted it as hard as he could. Blood splurted out of it's broken nose. Dan did not waste a single second. In a fight a single millisecond could reverse the situation or cost you your life. This is what Kliran taught him. He covered his fists in solid ice and pounded on the creatures skull. After three punches the creatures head was bashed in and it's head was a mess of blood.
The creature's backed away from Dan. This was the second of their kind he had killed. They were already dwindling in population and nearly extinct and now two of them were killed. They weren't just killed but executed in a horrible manner.
The one that appeared to be the leader pushed them all out of his way. He pointed at Dan and bared his fangs and gnashed at him. He stood on his two hind legs to appear intimidating. He then dropped on all four and with blinding speed closed the gap between the two. It lashed at him with its sharp claws. Dan barely blocked it with the ice covering his hand. A flurry of slashes prevented Dan from moving. All he could do was stand still and block it with the ice.
The ice was now nearly finished and his hands were only covered with a thin layer of ice that could be easily broken. This is what Dan had been waiting for. He threw a wild punch at the beasts face but it was intercepted by a slash. A chunk of ice blocked the creature's view. The ice seemed to get bigger and bigger as if by magic.
This was just Dan who had punched the ice and it pierced through the creatures eye socket all the way to the base of the skull. It let out a monstrous roar but Dan punched it in the throat saying, "If your the leader then you shouldn't be showing yourself screaming in pain to your subordinates." Dan slapped the two ears of the leader destroying its hearing sense and sense of balance. Blood trickled down from the ears but Dan did not show any signs of stopping.
An elbow to the snout, a kick to the mouth, a knee to the guts. Even after all this the creature managed to not fall and was still standing. Dan grabbed his katana from the store. With a clean slice he severed the head from the body.
➡️ You have killed Clobi Alpha
➡️ You have gained 200,000 exp
➡️You are now Level 47.
➡️ You have gained the title Clobi alpha: kill the Clobi wolves alpha: All Clobi wolves will follow your order's.
The creature's watched in silence as their leaders body fell to the ground. And there was the human who slaughtered him standing there all bloodied and bruised within an inch of death.
They all bowed down at the same time, Male, Female and children. Not a single soul had their head raised. Such was the ways of the clombi wolves. Whoever killed the alpha would become the new alpha. Whether they were an outsider or family.
Dan looked at all the men in the room. "You guys.... All of you...EXPLODE!" All the males fell down on the floor most of them without a head and some with burst open bellies.
The female's screamed and the children cried instantly. They had just seen their father's and mates killed by an outsider but none of them had the courage to fight.
His aura was to overwhelming. A malevolent energy shrouded in cold, disturbing and spiteful energy.
When they looked he looked like the devil. He was covered in blood, the blood of their loved ones. "You kids...how about you explode as well?"
The kids who were in the arms of their mother's exploded into a fountain of blood. Their intestines and organs fell on their mother's faces and laps. They let out a loud deafening shriek which nearly split Dan's eardrums.
➡️Loud noise exceeding 200db has been detected. Auditory system has been shut down.
"How does it feel? How does it feel it to see your kids die in front of you? I'm sure the parents who had their loved one killed by you felt this way to. I was going to kill you all anyway no matter what but I just decided to let you feel the fear you caused all those sheep's and goat's. Just remember I didn't do this out of revenge but to get stronger."
As soon as Dan finished talking he swung his sword and the heads of the creatures rolled onto the floor.
➡️New title :Extinction witness.
➡️ New skill created
Perseverance (Any time your health goes into negatives you will regain health to put you back in the positive. Do you wish to activate.
Yes/No.
Dan read the skill on screen. Why would he need something like that? If his health reached 0 would he not die. What was the point of something like this. His eye caught his stats and his health stat left him with a gaping mouth.
➡️Health (-890/867)
How am I even alive when I should be dead.
➡️The adrenaline pumping through your body is the only thing keeping you alive. You also have deep wounds on your face, arm, abdomen and shoulders and several vital organs. Your spine has also suffered substantial damage that could result to paralysis. You have a concussion, 13 broken bones and you have lost nearly all the blood in your body. Part of your auditory system is damaged.
➡️ The chance of death if you do not activate the newly acquired skill :97%
"So that's bad I guess. Very well then activate the skill." A freezing cold sensation swept through Dan's body. The sound of his broken bones being bent and popped back to space was the only sound that came to his damaged ears.
The pain was something new. It wasn't how he normally felt when he was being punched or suffering an internal wound. It felt like someone had decided to freeze his organs.
A quarter of an hour passed and Dan became a little bit used to the pain.
There was only one thing left for him to do and that was to store some dead bodies in his inventory. Pedro would never let go of him for missing a chance like this to study the body of a creature he had never seen.
Player ID:432378
➡️Time: 12:45 A.m. Level:73
➡️Name: Dante Oak Aliases: D, Dan, Dri.
Hp:1/867(F) Potential:♾
Speed:1002/1002(E) Endurance:1670/1670(E)
Intelligence:122/122(F) Stamina:890/890(F)
Strength: 450/450(F) Vision:149/149(F)
Magic knowledge: 40/40(F)
➡️Skills
Beginner Magic (Proficiency 99%)
Intermediate Magic (Proficiency 82%)
Elite Magic (Proficiency 4%) Street fighting (S+)
Martial arts combat (Proficiency 12%)
quick thinking (Proficiency 8%)
Swordsmanship (S+)
Sword technique:Limited series:Pain and sorrow; First form (mythical)
Chaos energy (A+)
Invisibility (Level 1)
Perseverance.
➡️ unique skills
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Level 1
➡️status: energetic, adrenaline, pumped , exhausted.
➡️ Titles
1.Krim slayer.(level 1) Additional damage to Krim foxes by 8%
2.Pro-gamer move.(level 1) Casting time decreases by 2%
3. Clobi Alpha
4. Extinction witness.