Chapter 9 - Barely Made It

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I clench my teeth with anger, but the rush of new power surges through my body, the pain continuous but more power surges.

I didn't get healing as I thought, and my Vitality is hanging at 7, but it seems that buffs from multiple totems stack together.

Nonetheless, any other hit will kill me.

I seem to not be able to regenerate Vitality normally.

I will have to somehow endure the ribs being broken and the internal hemorrhage.

I have… to kill this little (big) shit.

The rabbit slowly walks around until it can finally see me with its crimson eyes.

However, I have already touched the other totems, which were all near me as I was thrown into the other side of the room by him.

Ding!

[You have touched the [Mana and Magic Totem]! Mana and Magic +20% for 10 minutes]

Ding!

[You have touched the [All Stat Totem]! All Stats +10% for 10 minutes]

I have to use this little help the System left for me… And stack all the power I can.

I feel as if my muscles are being worked out by burning energy, my entire body begins to exude steam, and my skin turns red.

This feeling of immense exhilaration… is the power of stacking multiple buffs, I feel like I am about to burst.

I have to kill it with this… quickly!

"KYUUU!"

The rabbit suddenly rushes towards me as I standstill.

I let it run towards me with everything it has.

And then, as it is a few seconds from piercing me, I jump to the left!

Boom!

The enormous horn gets stuck into the wall once more, as the rabbit's crimson eyes gleaming eerily, trying to move its feet to kick me!

But it quickly realizes that I am not even there.

I am above you, retard.

I jumped right before it struck me, and then jumped again over its back!

With the strength I have now, I can very well punch you to death!

I am going to live, at all costs!

Now only you… you are a mere steppingstone.

I have to get you out of the way, just like the many other steppingstones I bet are going to get in my way…

I raise my bat into the air as I enhance my entire body with the rushing energies that enhance all my stats.

Thanks to buff to all stats, a rush of red and yellow energy constantly flows through my body.

The rabbit grows desperate as it can't get me out of its back while being stuck into the wall.

Tough luck, bud.

I begin to hit the rabbit with all of my might.

Unlike before, I manage to clearly hear as if some of the giant bones it has cracked a little bit!

A sick smile blossoms over my dry lips as my eyes gleam with bloodthirst.

I have suddenly become someone different…

I keep hitting and hitting, as the rabbits try to throw me away by jumping and hitting the floor with its back legs, but I simply grasp it tightly with my legs and hand, while hitting it with the free hand I got.

CLASH!

CLASH!

CLASH!

CLASH!

CLASH!

"KYUUUUUU!"

I see as the rabbit's HP is quickly decreasing. I guess that boost into my stats helped deal more damage, but the pain is killing me.

Suddenly, the horned rabbit manages to free itself from the wall, as its horn gets finally unstuck.

It roars once more, as it begins to hastily jump around the room, trying to take me out of its back.

Due to the movements, my bat drops into the ground.

Fuck.

Well, it doesn't really matter, not like I don't have these fits!

And I even got a nice jaw.

Is this what I have to do to survive?

Then I will do it, gladly!

I grasp the beast's wounds as I begin to slash and punch it with the superhuman strength I had after leveling and stacking totem buffs.

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"KYYYUUUUUU!"

The beast "roars" in pain as it suddenly starts vomiting blood.

I was also kicking its stomach and making wounds on it to tightly grasp it with my feet.

The adrenaline of the situation kicks in as the intense movements make my entire mind feel dizzy.

At some point I begin to lose consciousness only to regain it a millisecond after, filling myself with wrath and damaging the rabbit as much as I possibly can.

I keep grasping the damn rabbit with everything I have, hitting it while gnashing my teeth.

My eyes start to bleed in pain, my entire body feels paralyzed as I grasp over the rabbit's wounds and keep tearing apart any flesh or blood inside!

Die, already!

DIE!

"Kyyyyuuuuuu…!"

The rabbit suddenly feels dizzy, as it stops jumping, falling over the ground, it gasps for air as I see that its HP is almost down to zero…

My hands tremble as I slowly move my hands over it and keep hitting it, giving it punches over its head.

I felt so weakened I could barely move my hands, but I keep hitting it.

Die, please, die already!

The rabbit suddenly stops breathing.

I… win…

Ungh…

I fall over the ground as I gasp for air.

As I fought, the broken ribs moved through my insides and pierced my lungs.

I am going to die at any time now.

At least… I managed to bring it with me…

Ding!

[You gained a large amount of EXP]

[You gained +50 Skill Point]

[You leveled up to Level 4!]

[You leveled up to Level 5!]

[All of your Stats have increased!]

[Your health and mana have been recovered!]

Ah… I leveled up.

A sudden glowing light emerges all over my body, as my wounds heal.

Even my bones are rearranged where they were.

More than healing, this feels as if time itself was reversing over my wounds, even the shattered pieces of ribs go back to their original position…

I regain some more consciousness, as a faint smile emerges over my lips.

I won…

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have completed the Tutorial Dungeon!]

[You gained the following Bonus Rewards: 5 Orbs, 1000 Gold Coins, 1000 Hero Feathers, and [Random Item Box] x1!]

After all this pain, I finally get rewarded… This is surely not like those self-fulfillment novels, huh?

Yeah, unlike novels, life is hard…

I slowly stand up, as a portal to my room appears…

I slowly move there as I grab the coins dropped by the rabbit and then jump over my bed.

The portal quickly disappears.

I check the hour on my computer, only… 5 minutes passed.

What?

So when I go inside a Dungeon, time goes slow…

I spent roughly 50 minutes, but only 5 minutes went by here…

With such a thing, I guess I can complete the dungeons in time every day…

Ungh…

I feel like I want a shower before doing anything else.

I quickly jump back to my bathroom, do the deed, and then take a relaxing warm bath.

Hahh… Taking such a relaxing bath will probably not happen after the Ragnarök, I have to treasure these moments.

But more importantly, I won.

I won!

Now, it's finally time to summon… to finally use the actual power of my System…

The only tool that I will be able to use against the insanity that is yet to come…

After bathing and wearing better clothes, I run to my room and sit over the bed.

I open the System Windows as I look for the Summon option.

And then, a sudden game-like holographic screen appears, showing a Gacha Banner with several characters appearing… Wait…

These characters…?

Eh?

I recognize them…

No way...

Kireina, Veronica, Ervas, Frank, Noah… What?!

These are my novel main characters?!

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