As the beast growled and ran towards him, Jack gripped his blade and found himself smiling as the wolf ran towards him at full speed. That was a rather strange reaction. He never thought he would be smiling in a life-or-death situation, but the world shows you many wonders. He just shrugged it off for now and gripped his blades tighter as the wolf ran towards him.

He activated his skill once more as a deck of cards appeared in front of him and spun around him, only to land on the nine hearts. His luck in gambling was indeed nice, but what was healing meant to do in this moment?

He thought up an idea somehow, but it was going to hurt. Well, that was the least he would expect. He ran towards the wolf that was running towards him, and as it opened its maw to crunch him to mince meat, he only smiled as he leaned to the left and tossed the sword in his right hand in the air, letting the wolf bite his arm off. He gritted his teeth as a new arm regenerated where the old one used to be, and he caught the sword that he tossed earlier, using the opportunity he had to channel all his pain into his next attack, stabbing both his blades into the side of the wolf's maw as more blood spilled out. He pulled the blades forward with all his strength, cutting off the jaw of the wolf. He knew making a distance between him and the wolf was a stupid idea because he couldn't run that fast and the wolf would get to him faster due to his size. So the best plan was to take advantage of the wolf's state right now.

The wolf growled and howled in pure pain as it raised its paw to slam down on the tiny bug, but it jumped out of its way again. The bug was not just annoying but a danger to his life, and it took the wolf too long to understand that. He had realized he was going to die from blood loss, but it did not know the bug would give him much more injuries than a simple cut under the neck. Half its jaw was hanging as of right now, with multiple cuts on his jaws as it tried to crush the bug under its paw.

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Taking the opportunity he had, he jumped to the wolf's leg and started climbing it, knowing the creature couldn't bite him and had no real way to get him off his leg. He kept climbing until he had reached the beast's belly and cut into it with his blades, ripping open the beast's stomach as blood and guts spilled out. While the beast struggled and ran into trees and growled until it finally fell down, its voice weakened. Ultimately, its voice stopped as a man covered in blood atop its body smiled with a satisfied look on his face.

"Haaa, I won..." He said, taking a deep breath, and smiled, letting out a chuckle before he yelled, "I FUCKING WON. YOU SAW THAT YOU SON OF A BITCH." Even he was not sure who he was yelling at. But at this point, he was letting all his anger and the nihilism that had carried him so far into the tutorial behind him. He was smiling because he was neither angry nor frustrated right now. All he felt was the adrenaline running through his veins as he laughed.

[You have killed a higher inferior creature.]

[+50 merits]

"Still inferior, huh... I got a long way, I guess," he told him, getting off the corpse of the body wolf. He knew at this point he could summon this guy to aid him in battle whenever he would get a spin above 7 for now and with his enhanced luck in gambling. That was only a matter of a few spins. He was honestly more than satisfied with today's results. As he decided to walk home and rest for the night, something else caught his attention. Right where the wolf was resting, he noticed something rather weird.

He noticed a hole in the ground, and upon getting closer to it, he saw it was completely dark inside. And it was not a normal kind of dark, as when he tried to get too close to the hole, a barrier appeared over it and a screen appeared in front of Jack.

[Dungeons are locked until day 10].

"A dungeon?" He was rather surprised. It was so obvious that there would be dungeons in this thing, but the thought never crossed his mind. It seemed like at least he had a plan for what to do next. For mow, he went back home. As the 9th day came to an end, he was left with a new summon and a new mission to finish.