Chapter 3 - Death

"Ah, I see…I am going to die here." He thought as his body crashed into the wall causing internal bleeding. The monster punches him through the wall knocking him outside. He rolls on the ground and lay there for a few seconds before looking up at the monster standing inside the house, its eyes looking at him like a predator looking at prey.

"S-system," he whispered, his voice trembling, "what are my chances here?"

[Analysis complete. Survival probability: 2.7%]

"Shit," he muttered. This wasn't how it was supposed to go. He was supposed to be the hero, right? The chosen one with the system, ready to take on any challenge. But as the creature approached him, he realised just how naive he was, thinking he could beat anyone just because he has a system. 

The monster lunged forward with inhuman speed. He barely had time to raise his makeshift wooden spear before he felt a searing pain tear through his shoulder. He screamed, the sound echoing through the entire area with no one in sight to help him. 

"Guess no one is coming to help me, I need to find a way to survive this." He thought, greeting his teeth trying to endure the pain. 

Blood gushed from the wound, and he stumbled backwards, his vision blurring. This wasn't like the games or novels he'd read. There was no health bar, no convenient healing items. Just pain, raw and real.

"System!" he cried out, desperation in his voice. "Can't you do something?"

[Analyzing options... No viable solutions found.]

The monster advanced, its claws dripping with his blood. In that moment, all thoughts of being a hero vanished from his mind. He just wanted to survive. 

"Think, how can I beat this thing?" He thought while taking steps back, he would run if he could back each step he takes feels like his body is being burned alive. His grip around the wooden stick is still strong, showing that he still has hope, hope that he will make it out alive. 

".......death huh, i guess that's the only way." He stops, closes his eyes and lowers his weapon, the monster seeing this sticks out its tongue in joy. 

"Ahh, so you have finally given up, my meal, it's a shame, I wanted to play with you for a little longer but I must get back to eating, my food will get cold." The monster dashes at him with its mouth wide open ready to feast.

"This is going to hurt like hell." He thought as he peeked through his eye to see the monster in front of him, grabbing him and sinking its teeth into his shoulder. It even goes as far as to hug him because of how delicious he tastes but it lets down its guard which was the plan all along. 

"Its stats are too high for me to fight it farrelly but no matter how strong you are, you can't escape my strike from this close." He smirks and the monster notices the wooden stick going for its throat but it was too late to dodge. The attack connects, making the monster scream out in pain, it throws Vell away on the ground and he also screams out in pain because of all the injuries he sustained. 

It stumbles back, pulls out the stick, throws it away and tries to stop the bleeding but Vell was not going to give it a chance to recover. "My body is a mess, my vision is blurry, I can feel my heartbeat slowing down and I barely have any strength left but…..I MUST END WHAT I STARTED." The monster gets a chill as it sees Vell rising to his feet with a villainous smile on his face.

"This is it, I will put all my strength into my legs and arms...…..just like that, then I will dash towards it." He starts running with each step he takes almost making him fall down but he endured and after the 6th step, he ignored the pain completely and increased his speed. The monster panics as it's still bleeding and now it has to face Vell. 

Vell get into its range and it tries to grab him with its claws but he ducked in that last second and jumps up, grabbing its neck and pouring all his strength into ripping its head off. 

"GAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" He screamed with his eyes completely blank showing he had passed out a long time ago but his will still persists. The monster screams out in agony as its head is slowly and painfully ripped off. After a few seconds of struggle, Vell comes out on top but that was it, he had nothing left in him. He falls on top of the monster, victorious but close to death. 

[EXP earned, Level up. WARNING-Master is in critical condition, allocating all points…..complete, condition stabilized but still indeed of urgent help…..monster core detected, absorbing, new skill, Healing factor(f) has been acquired. Forcefully Activating skill…success.] 

CURRENT STATS 

 Name: [Vell]

 Class: [none]

 Level: 2

 HP: 5/50

 MP: 0/0

 Strength: 0

 Agility: 0

 Vitality: 3

 Intelligence: 50

 Luck: 25

 Skills: Healing Factor (f)

 Titles: None

 Unique Ability: [System]

Weapons: wooden stick (f)