About 3 days after that, Jack had finally settled in with the life and way of survival inside the forest. It was, in no way, an easy path to walk. Honestly, it was much harder than he had anticipated. Humans had it too easy, as he understood that day. First of all,the food that was collected had to be burned because it was either rotting or the smell was attracting animals.

As for the squirrel, it had to be burned because the blood in its body had soaked up all the edible meat and formed clots, making it uneatable. He kept the pelt, though, along with the squirrel's fur. He used the tail to create a blanket-like thing, as the nights were so much fucking worse than he had thought. His whole night has been spent shivering if it weren't for that squirrel tail and the skin to form blankets. He was able to make knives out of teeth—daggers, rather. But not all was lost. He had shelter, and the giant nuts stored by the squirrel would last him at least a week. But he needed to either get to the fruits by then or he would be done for

Over the next day, he tried to use the teeth dagger as support to climb the tree from the branch upwards. To reach those fresh fruits, but as he was climbing, he heard the sound of rustling. Suddenly, looking up, he saw a green snake, 20 meters in size, being a giant, sliding down the trunk towards him. He tried to move down, but he was slow. But before the snake's open mouth could get him, something came flying in at great speeds and grabbed the snake, which was flying away with its dinner. It was a hawk, and so on that day, he found out that trying to climb the tree wasn't a good option for him by any means.

But as a human, food was a necessity, and something had to be done before he starved to death. He knew everything; even the rats in this forest were stronger and faster than him. But none of them were humans. Well, do giants count as humans? Whatever that was, that was, that was not the point. The point was that no one was as clever as a human in this forest, and humans were scheming beings. That's how they hunted mammoths. Not because they were strong, but because they were smart.

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Over the next few days, he spent his time collecting the grass and stuff to create a tight rope that could be used. Normally, grass would have been a bad idea, but in the place where flower stems were as strong as a steel chain and as big as an actual rope, that was the easier part. He would use the tooth daggers to cut and connect the rope together to make what he needed. He wasn't making a weapon; of course he was a human; he was making a trap.

Now back to the present. Exactly 3 days after his scenario started, Jack was once again on the run from a giant rat, only this one a bit slower than the last. As Jack ran, he ran towards a particular flower he had used as a marking point and jumped over a particular section of the ground. The rat, however, did not realize what was going on, and when it did, it was too late. Its leg was caught up in a rope trap that pulled as soon as the rat stepped on it, causing the rodent to end up hanging upside down.

Jack wasted no time and took his dagger and stabbed the rat, which couldn't move properly no matter how much it tried, right in its neck, then dragging the knife to the other side all the way, drawing blood from the creature's neck as it lost the light in its eyes over time.

"Human: 2, Rats: 0"

As soon as Jack confirmed the creature was dead, he ripped the body through the middle to drain all the blood and protect the internal organs from developing clots like last time. Suddenly, as Jack did that, a screen appeared in front of him.

[First inferior kill]

+10 merits

1× inferior loot box]

He had no idea what the merits even meant. As for the random loot box, it appeared right in front of him as he sighed. Of course it had to be a luck-based system. He hated gambling. But well, it was not like he had any other option. He didn't know what would come out of the box, but seeing as it was a reward, it wouldn't be anything bad, right? He just thought about it for a second, looking at the box. After a while, he finally decided to open it. He won't be losing anything and only gaining more, so it's not a bad deal in any way. And so he used the box and spun the wheel.