It wasn't so bad sleeping on a tree, it was pretty comfortable.
The next day, I woke up and traveled the opposite to where that bear went, avoiding that beast was the only logical thing to do.
As I kept walking I found a small cave.
"Oh a cave" I went inside, there was nothing I found a small hole in the wall, the hole was small so I crawled inside, the inside of the cave was spacious and there was light, inside the cave was a blue colored light-emitting I didn't know what was the source but I didn't care. It was a warm place with light, a perfect place to stay for the time being. I walked around and found a spring that was shining.
"What's this?"
"Use your appraisal," said the A.I.
"What?" I said as I was startled.
"Sorry I didn't mean to startle you," said the A.I.
"I do what?" I asked.
"Use Appraisal to look into the info of the spring, just speak out 'Appraisal'"
"Okay, Appraisal," I said.
The info popped up and it said,
"Name: Blue light spring
Class: S-rank
Info: The blue light spring capable of healing wounds, restoring mana, curing sickness, and replenishing the body. They are rare to find, 1000 in a 1 chance of being found in caves. The source of its power is the crystal that is deep within the spring and can only be extracted with magic."
"Whoa awesome," I said.
I took my clothes and took a bath, it was relaxing, used to remind me of the time when I used to take bath in the hot spring in Japan. I felt relaxed, I walked out of the cave.
"Now let's find some food, hey A.I!" I asked.
"Yes? " it said.
"Do you have a name? it's weird when I call you A.I"
"I don't have one, would you like to give me one?"
"Yes, it's a matter, in fact, yes, now what should I call you?" I started thinking about it.
"How about? V, V would be nice" I said.
"Why V?"
"cause I like this letter"
"I see then V it is, what should I call you?"
" Niam , just Niam"
I love the letter V, its the stage name of Kim Taehyung from the famous Korean band BTS, also the codename of V for Vendetta my favorite anti-superhero, and also a character in the game Devil May Cry 5.
"Okay now, what creatures are there in this forest for me to eat, " I asked V.
"Well there are boars, deers, goats, hares, Chicken, fish, wolves, bears, and also squirrels"
" By bears you mean regular bears like a grizzly or something, not another cave bear, is it?"
"There are beasts that can evolve into more powerful beasts, that cave bear is an evolution of a grizzly bear as it was the strongest among its kind"
"Okay, it's better to avoid that beast then"
"Yes that would be wise"
"Okay let's find some food"
I didn't have enough money to buy weapons, so I decided to make one for hunting, I ended up buying a strong rope from the store for 20 g points and tied my knife to a stick which I carved into a staff to make it a spear. Then I went around the forest looking for my prey.
I found a herd of boars resting, I came in front of them and threw my spear at one of them, I killed one. The other boars came towards me to attack, I avoided their tackle and went to grab my spear.
"Now then come at me" They charged at me and I began fighting them head-on using my spear. With thrust, slash, and stab I managed to slay all the boars, I managed to kill 8 boars.
I earned 1200 g points from killing the boars.
"Great " I managed to get food and also got water from the river.
Now I have food, water, and shelter. Things got easier for me.
I made fire using the lighter and roasted the meat, made myself dinner, and enjoyed the food. I checked my Character info, I noticed I didn't level up after slaying the boars.
"Hey V, how come I didn't level up?"
"You can only level up once you defeat an opponent," said V
"But I killed those boars didn't I?"
"They were not opponents they were just animal you killed as a predator that does not count you need to take down something stronger, something more of a challenge like that Cave bear"
"Now that's impossible"
"Not impossible but challenging," said V
"Well, nothing is impossible once you put a little mind into it," said Niam.
"What will you do then?" asked V.
"Well it would be nice to build a hut here but the last thing I want is a cave bear destroying it"
"So?"
"I should train and be ready to fight it"
I started training myself, everyday I ran 10 miles a day to warm up my body, normally I would run 6 miles but having super strength helped me physically, I had ten times more stamina and endurance than a normal man. After running I did 5000 pushups, 5000 situps, 5000 crunches, 1000 pull-ups, also did weight lifting by dragging boulders, lifting boulders, and throwing them also relaxed my body in the spring to prevent my body pain. I ate tons of food berries and meat from animals bears, goats, boars, chicken, fish, etc.
Also practiced my fighting styles since I was gonna fight an 11 feet beast I was gonna need all the help I need.
I thoroughly trained for 6 months and my body changed a lot I was 2 inches taller and gained 10 kg of pure muscle. My body has 4 % body fat just like Terry crews. My chest, back, thighs and shin were muscular and I ended up making biceps and abs, I was really ripped. I even tested out my own strength and with the results, I think I was now ready to face the cave bear.
I grabbed my spear and put on my coat made from wolf hide, I was recently attacked by a pack of wolves and ended up killing 6 of them, I made a coat out of their hide.
I traveled around the forest and located the bear's cave. I sat outside the cave waiting for the Bear to show up. The bear came out and looked at me.
"My my aren't you a fine-looking creating," I said.
It growled at me and by the looks of it, it was hostile so it charged towards me.
"Now then let's dance," I said pointing my spear at the Bear.