The Sand Walker...
I had already slaughter enough of these monsters to be sufficiently experienced with them.
I side stepped calmly and summoned a dagger as the ugly monster lunged straight at me without doubt. Then with fluent motion, i stabbed the blade through its head and skull, piercing through its brain in a sickening squelch.
The sensation of bypassing hard scales, rough skin, muscles and bones was never pleasant, but the monster had already succumbed to the ruthlessness of my blade.
And then...
•[Ding! You have slain a D rank monster, Sand Walker...]
I heard a familiar set of words resound inside my head
•[You have grown stronger...]
A blue interface flashed before my eyes which i casually dismissed. I felt a small trickle of essence course through my veins, so small and slow like it was almost nonexistent.
-Thump!