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Chapter 8 - Mysterious Outbreak

I never thought I'd find myself having such an unfortunate fate when I kept on preserving my life, I don't know how it started or what the origin may have been. The only thing I know was that the system has anticipated one of the things that would've been the end of my life. This surge of black substance latches onto the monsters, changing them, and corrupting their minds. Until they were in a trance of seeking to multiply and infect the other races that can be afflicted by its power

Day 19

[System: You've confirmed every item that you want to sell in the shop, every selected item within your range has been processed. Process complete, granting the user the coins acquired from the transaction. Calculating the coins you've obtained has reached a total of 200 coins]

'Wow, I didn't think I'd gain so much for selling all those scraps lying around the cave, heck I didn't think goblin fangs and a few shit drops would have any value. The only exceptional drops are the red fang wolf fur, the moment I laid my hands on the item,'

[Craft: Red wolves hunter set is undergoing its creation process, the item will be ready once 3 hours have passed]

'A certain blueprint suddenly appeared in my mind, now that I've think about it, once I've focused my intention the system naturally follows without my permission. Like the time it suddenly activated one of the exclusive skills, poison resistance, and the time when I triggered my privileges,'

As time went on, he notices that the system was helping him without him noticing its presence. Hidden functions triggering and a few other privileges that activated without his knowledge. It was only a wild guess but the probability of it being true was closer to what he was witnessing with his very eyes. His theory of the system being able to guess the user's condition, needs, and lastly resources. When he was given such an impossible challenge to fight a hundred monsters it was at a time when the likelihood for it to occur was close to becoming an unavoidable outcome

"What the hell's happening!!?" At the earliest time, he was startled by a loud noise paired with a shake that occurred during a time when a monster would've been less active. Became such a weird occurrence, he can see countless monsters running in the same direction that came out from the territory of the troll. Frightened by their foe, they caused such a commotion at the earliest hour that he couldn't stay put in his current location

"Shit! I need to run," The walls of his cave were looking quite dangerous when it started to make a crackling noise accompanied by a crack within his walls. Afraid of being buried in his own house, he ran to the outside world after he took his most valuable gear. placing it onto his goblin bag before he beats up a few monsters that blocked his only exit within the cave

[System: The user has activated the skill Basic dagger arts, which grants the wielder the ability to use a weapon close to a dagger]

His arrival was seen as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity within these monsters that incurred the wrath of the troll. Instead of accepting their fate once their race has been consumed by the monster, they didn't hesitate a single bit to hunt him down. Cornered at every turn he takes he notices that he doesn't stand a chance to escape if he were to force his way through their numbers. Desperate and willing to bet on anything to survive, he took the challenge he was avoiding until now

[System: You've accepted the challenge named [Monster Hunter] you'll now acquire a kill gauge that shows your kill count. Along with separating your kills by the category of monster that you have slaughtered. Do more than your overall coins will be multiplied by what kind of difficulty of monsters you chose to kill. The special buff has been applied to you, for the next 5 hours experience points you obtained are doubled]

He wasn't given a choice to escape, not even once, these monsters that were in front of him weren't paying attention to his movements. And only to strike his body at his most vulnerable area to be seen, wolves, gremlins, goblins, and a few more that came into his path were after his life. Soon they'll come to regret their choices once he started to swing his blade, even though the poison wasn't even doing any damage. He was bent on erasing their very existence to the point that he cuts their bodies before the poison could even do its purpose

"Basic dagger arts, Combo strike," Just when their numbers could've completely overwhelmed his body and brought about the end of his miserable life. He shredded the scrolls he was saving for such a long time, five scrolls that turned his entire into a large hole. Being 30 feet deep and 10 meters wide, he was dangling from a vine he attached to his leg when they weren't paying attention to his movements. Causing the monsters to fall for his trap, after he regained his breath and satisfied his hunger

[System: Your hunger gauge has reached its maximum capacity, and your body has regained its full power. You can now exert your body's full power after fulfilling the needed condition. You still have 4 hours left before your challenge reaches its end]

"I killed several of the monsters I've encountered along the way, how about we check the situation? It's been a long time since I've met that troll, plus I have a score to settle with that bastard. Seeing these monsters flee from his location must have been a match or something," He made his way through the thick and bloody paths that were smeared with the intestines of the races belonging to the ones he encountered. And at the end of it, all he found was a sight that he couldn't understand, the very best he could do was turn back before he was spotted by the ruler of the area

'Snap out of it!! I need to do everything that I can in order to avoid that kind of outcome I need to get stronger than ever. I can't imagine myself facing that thing that used to be a troll what the hell happened? It turned into an abomination when I wasn't looking in its direction, luckily I still have a lot of time. That thing isn't something that I could avoid forever, the area he dwells on is the exit to this shitty place,'

After he calmed down, he simply jumped into the hole he created where he faced the monsters that lurked within his trap. Waiting for his arrival to come that was accompanied by his resolve to escape his current location. He couldn't even feel the fear he once bear within these monsters after the sight he witnessed in the dwellings of the troll

[System: Basic dagger arts, Combo strike hasn't been interrupted, you can increase your attack by increasing the number of hits you made to your opponent. Do note that the increase of attack power will only be available once your combo hasn't been interrupted. Whether the skill last is up to the user, we hope this information is useful]

He dashes forth and quickly swings his daggers, at the head of a wolf and continued his hunt after dodging an attack that came from below. Landing at the head of a goblin that he crushed upon colliding with the ground, he follows by throwing a diluted poison in their eyes. Momentarily blinding them once it made contact with their eyes

[System: Your title [Lone wolf] has taken its effect, providing the user an increase on his stats by 5 if he doesn't have any allies. The user has activated the skill Accuracy, which grants its wielder a momentarily boost on attack power. Your accuracy has increased, and the chances of landing a critical hit changed from 30% - 50% you have now been given a 50/50 chance to land a critical hit]

As he mows away the monster that once has an overwhelming number that could've finished him if he even made a single mistake. Was pressured by a single individual, and his memory of the scenery flashes through every swing he made. The figure of the monster drastically changes to a darker color, its shape and size were no longer what they used to be. Even its speed and power were nothing compared to its previous form, which made him feel endangered like the time he first arrived at this very forest he survived for a couple of weeks to come

"Become my exp!!!!!" Just when he thought, things were going to have to turn for the better his delusion was crushed beyond recognition. His body was filled with rage and contempt for such an occurrence to come his way that was comparable to a person that mocks him. Even daring to flip their middle finger in front of his face, just thinking about his situation made him completely massacre every last monster he could've ever encountered in his path

[System: You've leveled up, congratulations on reaching level 7, you're rewarded with 5 unused stats]

'Just wait for a little while, no matter what... I'll have to try everything that I can in order to match with your strength... This is a declaration of war, you're not gonna let me pass that exit. You're going to hunt every last living thing around this place. And im not going to allow you to easily devour my body without putting up a fight,'

[Craft: 3 hours have passed, the Red wolves hunter set is ready to he equipped, you'll gain the following stat line and effects

Health: 15

Defense: 10

Speed: 7

3/3 set effect: You'll gain the fury of the red fang wolf thats available every 30 minutes upon activation]

Wearing his newly crafted gear he sets off to the very few monster camp that was left, after the monsters failed to vanquish their common enemy