"What the heck is that?" So I mutter to myself, as I run with all my strength while dogging incoming flying rocks that were being thrown toward the sky.
Fortunately, they were not aimed at me specifically, if that happened, I would have already been severely injured or even dead in a worse case.
{I should hurry up before THEY notice me, If they did I can't see a future for myself anymore}, I thought as I sidestepped to the right, dodging another rock that was about to fall on me.
{Why the heck did I even come here without any preparation, and a carefree mindset, did I grow arrogant? Have I felt pride In winning against the seemingly impossible challenge of killing the minotaurs? so the reality is trying to slap some sense onto me now?}, I thought as I was cursing myself for getting carried away, "the most important now is to get away from here"
......
A few hours ago.
"Hmm, it's already morning", After Leo had woken up, he ate breakfast, then picked his black spear from the ground. then start his Trip toward the middle region.
After running for about 20 min he was finally there.
Between the outer region and the middle one, there is a huge river that Made a circle around the island, serving as a natural border.
Leo who had already come here several times before directly went to a space in the river which was both shallow and full of rocks that can be used to move toward the other side of the river, In other words, the middle region.
Even though Leo had come here several times before, he never went to the other side. But today was different.
Jumping from one rock to another, Leo quickly found himself on the other side of the river, Before he could even clean the dust on his close, he swung his black spear toward the huge, and fast, shadow that was coming toward him.
The spearhead had met a huge paw with big claws.
Clang~!
As they meet, the sound of metal clashing ranges through the surroundings.
In that clash, Leo was pushed, several steps back as his leg slid through the ground, On the other hand, the shadow, or more specifically the 3-meter-tall huge lion that attacked him was standing as if nothing had happened, like an unmovable mountain.
Ting~!
After Leo's spear stopped shaking from the shock it absorbed, Leo thought, { very strong! Just as I came here I found a beast of this calibre, then let's find out first, if it's possible to defeat it, if not I still can run away, as he doesn't seem to be a speed-type, even though his speed is not ignorable as well. }
"Fighting with the river behind me Is a disadvantage " I muttered to myself, as I found myself being cornered by the river behind me, and the beast in front of me.
Roar!
As I was thinking, the lion was already getting closer.
As it did that, I also ran toward it.
after getting closer, I threw my spear toward the sky, distracting its attention from me, and then I moved quickly as I slipped between its legs at that time.
After that, I held my hand to the sky, a moment later the spear had returned to my hand as I had calculated before.
Immediately after that, I Thrust my spear toward his back which he dodged but even so, he sustained a small injury.
{Thanks Goodness, At least his endurance is not high enough, that I can't hurt him, even though his strength should be around 14-15, that means — }, "I can kill him," I said in a voice filled with confidence.
With that thought in mind, I strengthen my grip around the spear, then I twirl it in my hands making its butt strike the lion's face.
that made it take a step back, giving me enough time to twirl it again and then thrust it in its neck.
The lion quickly reacted, but even so, the spearhead didn't miss him, it only changed from stabbing its neck to its chest, making a deep wound on it.
Roar~!
The lion roared in pain, but as he was like this, I used him to test my newly acquired technique taijiquan. So As he was Roaring, a punch fast and ruthless came toward his neck breaking it in an instant.
Thud~!
The loud sound of its body, that weight +1T falling to the ground echoed, as it made a small Crack on it.
"What should I do know? Take its corps first to my hideout or just leave it here but that would be a waste, hmm what should I do....."
Woosh~
Suddenly, a strong wind rushed toward my face, preventing me from continuing my sentence.
After that, the sound of rocks crushing on the ground was heard loudly, as a dust storm was formed around 300 to 400 meters away from me
{ What the heck is happening here right now? }, As I was thinking about what was happening, I saw some rocks being thrown toward me.
After dodging them, I looked again in the direction of the dust storm that I found had disappeared, then I finally saw who had started this destruction.
A gorilla that is more than 5 meters high, and a huge red snake with strong-looking scales.
After a moment of ceasefire, they start fighting again.
The huge gorilla ran toward the snack opening his palm to hold it in it, When the snake saw that, it moved at a very high speed toward him circling his hand in an instant, but it was quickly prevented from destroying his arm as the gorilla used his other hand to give it a hard punch sending it flying a little, even so he didn't came unscathed as it used the power of his punch to squeeze his hand a little before It was sent flying.
In the end, although his hand wasn't completely disabled, he wouldn't be using it for a while, if he didn't want to break it for good.
The snake who landed on the ground almost unscathed, saw that, But, instead of attacking him head-on like before, it swung, its huge tail toward the rocks in the surroundings, some were able to hit the gorilla some others were sent around.
The gorilla used his still capable hand to fend itself against the flying rocks, even though a lot hit his body, although those rocks weren't able to heavily injure him, they were able to make him bleed a lot, if he didn't find a way to get out of this situation now, he will soon die of blood loss.
Leo watched them fight for a while, then quickly ran away, toward the outer region, {I should run away from here, I can't even defeat that gorilla, let alone that snake that is overpowering it}.
I might be able to have a few clashes with the gorilla before I die, but that snake wouldn't even give me the chance to do that, Its agility is on another level, not to mention it's strong-looking scales that were only slightly cracked after those heavy punches of the gorilla.
{ I underestimated this island's danger, I thought I wouldn't find someone with stats higher than the minotaurs, now not only they were higher, but they even outclassed him!!. }
"The gorilla should have the strength of D Rank, and agility around 15 E rank, while the snake, the same for strength, but agility is also at D rank, and probably not just its early stage. "
Even after the scene of their fight, becoming smaller and fainter from my point of view, I could still hear the sound of the sound of rocks falling, which proves that the fight between them still didn't end.
"I have grown arrogant. I should have at least drunk the potion that I was allowed to drink this month, then started exploring the island more carefully, if not for the luck, that I had met that lion and fought him for a while, I would have already died If I went directly to their fighting spot"
After coming back to my hut, I threw the lion corps on the ground and then lay down on the ground, breathing very hard since I used most of my strength in running earlier while holding the body lion.
After recovering my stamina. I closed my eyes to meditation a little.
I asked myself,{ why have I grown arrogant?}, and The answer to that question came to me very fast.
The individual that is called, Leo Lancer, was never a person who let pride take over himself, he was always, down to earth, type of person. {So how did I become arrogant?}
There are two possible answers to this question.
1. The quick rise in power level, let power get over my head, but I don't think that was the actual reason.
2. Hak's intent and experience, Hak was a very strong warrior before he was a general. he prided himself in his physical strength and martial skills. So perhaps this pride of his had infected me without realizing it. at least this is what I thought was the most possible reason.
{So what should I do now?}
I should guard against those feelings until I can get rid of them. Pride is the downfall of nations not to mention a tiny creature like me. Also, I should make some kind of plan as to how I will conquer this island.
As I was meditating I thought,{I want to grow stronger, strong enough that I can defend myself, my family, and my kind.}
And after a long season of meditation, I could only come up with two ways at the moment that can help me grow stronger.
• Drinking potions, but now I can only drink one in a month.
• Training: while ordinary training may not be able to help, if I did some hard-core training while eating the food of this island that has a high nutrition value I could grow stronger quickly.
So without hesitation after I thought of this, I brought the potion level 3 potion from the system space.
The system space is not working as games do. it's not my own or anybody else, it can only be used to store things that are being given by the system. When I tried to put my spear in it, it didn't work, unfortunately.
After drinking the blue colour liquid on the potion, I waited for a few seconds as I felt my body getting stronger at a very fast rate.
All my statuses had risen to 4 because of the food and the training I did before except stamina which reached 4.6 surpassing all my other statuses.
So—
[STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AGILITY stat had risen from F Rank (4) to F Rank (7) ]
[STAMINA stat had risen from F Rank (4.6) to F Rank (7.6]
Getting this strong very quickly because of the potion gives me the illusion that I have become very strong. Although that was just an illusion, it was no wonder that I would have that feeling, since this increase had almost doubled my physical status.
While trying to adjust to this newly acquired strength of mine I had several accidents, such as moving too fast that I was about to crush into a tree, fortunately, I was able to stop at the last moment, If not with that strength and speed I used I would be fortunate if I only broke my nose.
After gaining basic control over my strength, I started to make my training plan.