[ How long have I been at sleep? I should have been asleep for a maximum of 5 years. Is it up to 5 years already? Why did my fail safe kick in and wake me up? What is going on?] Tim's guide pondered.
It had not expected to wake up from the fail safe it kept in Tim, which was to trigger if Tim took any damage that would instantly end his life. Looking at Tim floating within the bubble created the System felt ashamed.
[I should have never gone to sleep. Look how battered he is.] it was truly ashamed of its negligence. It looked around the battlefield and saw the beast that triggered the fail safe.
[I should kill you, you little roach, but I am only a guide, I cannot defile my origin orders. Tim, I will show you the way to the top.]
[DING!]
Tim's eyes snapped open when he heard the noise. It was a loud noise that reverberated inside his head.
[System Initialization is starting]
'Huh, system what? Who, what are you? What are you Doing in my head' Tim questioned in his mind since the sound came from his mind.
[System Initialization 73% complete ...]
'Come out, whatever you are? Is this a mental skill? Ughhh' Tim thought, as he remembered that he was previously in a battle with the Saber Liger.
He noticed that his entire body was stored in a bubble, and mediately he thought of leaving the bubble, the bubble popped.
Tim landed on his feet, but 3 instead of 1 was present in the cave as him. The beast when it noticed its prey had popped back in, lunged at his prey once again.
[System Initialization Complete]
[Host please run, this battle is above your current capability]
'Shut up!' he yelled in his mind, as he met the lunge of the beast with his blade. The beast slammed its paws against Tim's blade which once again overpowered him. Sending him crashing into a rock.
BOOM!
The rock Tim slammed into shattered.
The guests in the cave were obviously Xavier and Bubba. Xavier entered the cave, when the Saber Liger bit onto Tim's head, but Tim's head was not bitten off, instead a bubble instantly appeared around Tim's body totally repelling the beast.
"You have been shocked ever since you entered the cave. What did you see? Why was the kid even in a bubble? Is he not unawakened?" Bubba asked since he got to the scene some minutes after Xavier did.
"Just watch the battle Bubba, stop with the questions." Xavier replied as he tried to concentrate on the battle that had resumed. The beast ignored the new guest and rained an assault on Tim.
He had been slammed into cave a lot of times already, he was already deep within the cave that was devoid of light, but Tim could hold his ground in the dark.
[Life saving treasure exhausted! if the host dies now, it will be final as the host almost died some minutes ago]
It suddenly clicked within Tim. What really happened some minutes, he saw the host go red then he saw darkness and next thing he knew, was him being in a bubble.
'Did I really almost die? ' Tim questioned himself.
[ Yes, you would have against a pet animal even.]
Tim, hid in a corner deep within the cave, he already had lots of broken bones even with his abnormal body. "How did you read my private thoughts?"
[Host, I am your guardian, how can I not be able to read your thoughts]
A roar reverberated deep within the cave, It seemed like the beast had an issue with seeing n the dark.
The beast started to randomly attack rocks deep within the cave.
BOOM BOOM BOOM
Rocks after rocks were smashed to bits by the beast.
'I don't remember having a guardian within me for the past 13 years. 'Tm replied while trying his best not to make any sound, so he would not alert the beast.
[What! Do you mean that you are already 13? I thought you were 5 years old, since you obviously don't know when to retreat.]
'Do you think I can retreat in this situation? I can't leave this forest alive without killing this speed freak of a monster' he replied.
The beast found his location and charged at Tm.
BOOM!
It destroyed the rock Tim was previously staying at. Tim navigated his way through the rocks of the cave like a fish would do in water.
he just had a second chance at life. He was not going to waste, but he had to come up with a plan. 'Hey you, System Initialized, how do you suggest I escape this mess that I am in' he asked in a hurry, as he kept going deeper into the cave.
[First of all, you need to stop going deeper into the cave]
'What do you mean? I am very much more safe deeper in the cave than outside'
[Yes, you are safe except that this cave is at the bottom of a small mountain and if the destruction of the cave continues, there is a 53% chance that the mountain may crush the cave. Thereby killing you and me.]
Upon hearing the first reason, Tim began to stealthily retreat towards the exit of the cave, but the beast caught a whiff of his retreat and accelerated towards him.
With its momentum, it slammed both paws towards Tim. Tim wanted to use his blade to redirect the beats assault by shifting the beasts momentum away from him, but expectation was different from reality.
As he tried to shift the beasts momentum, he felt as if he was trying to shift the momentum of a mountain, he could not redirect the assault, so the beast slammed both paws at Tim's chest.
POOM!
the shockwave of the smash blasted him much further towards the entrance. The strike with both of the beasts paws could have instantly ended Tim, if its paws made contact with Tm's chest.
As the paws were about to slam into Tim, he did a backward dash in the last second which created a 5 meters distance from the beast. It was solely due to that reason he survived.
Tim crashed into a rock shattering it. Tim was really damaged this time. Blood was flooding his lungs and organs which made it hard for Tim to breathe.
The beast already knew it was the victor in the clash, decided to take its time as it walked towards Tim to finish him off.
'Help me' he cried out to the voce that started to guide him since he last lost consciousness.
[I will always help you, Tim!]
[Bloodline Trait detected!]
[Utilizing Bloodline...…..]
[Do I have permission to use your Bloodline]
'Yes!' he yelled out in his mind. His body was healing fast, but it was not fast enough because the beast was approaching him and he did not Want to know would happen if the beast closed in on him, while he was still on the ground.
[ Bloodline Trait Skill – Vamp forcefully unlocked!]
[Would you like to use revamp now?]
Frustrated by the questions asked he screamed 'Yes!' in his mind.
[Vamp Activated]
POOF a bloody mist quickly popped out of Tim's body, as if someone was blowing dust out of his body.
His entire body completely recovered from all damage to his body. It was like when he was in his Empowered State, but unlike the rapid healing from the Empowered State, the bloodline skill gave him an instant heal.
He quickly got up on his feet and dashed towards the entrance of the cave, he desperately needed an out from the cave of his potential doom.
[lastly, to get out of this mess you need to beg those beings at the entrance to save you, they are your only hope.]
Upon hearing the last advice from the voice in his head, he remembered that there were 2 additional people in the cave with him. He regretted not quickly asking them for help earlier, but now he would not make the same mistake any longer.
As he was accelerating towards the entrance, he wondered why the cave was so deep and large. The beast suddenly appeared in his front, blocking his urgent retreat.
He urgently brought out his blade. He had used the blade multiple times for shielding. He was really grateful for picking up the weapon.
Few seconds after he brought the blade out, all the bloody vapor the blade had previously absorbed from the people slain by Tim, began to pour in Tim.
...…..
"We have been waiting at the entrance for over 1 hour now, is the boy not dead yet? I know you are using that bloodline trait of yours again to monitor him" Bubba ranted. After some few minutes Xavier finally answered him "We have to save that kid, it's confirmed now he has a Powerful bloodline."
"What!" Bubba's jaw dropped.