Bzzzt—zzzt
“Grrrr!”
So your the leader huh?
I confronted the leader of the wolves, the rest of the pack was already dead. They were completely obliterated by me....even though they had the ability to discharge electricity and were pretty strong as a pack, individually they were nothing compared to me. From what I could tell their individual power level was higher than that of the bear but much lower than the spider. Just proving the increase to in my strength.
As expected these things are good....
The fangs covered in the spiders venom, even though it was much less toxic was more than enough to completely immobilize the monsters just by a graze.
BZZT!
Another lightning attack.
I easily dodged the bolt of lightning the dog shot at me, it seemed that he as the leader had increased power compared to the others. Gathering the strength in my legs I dashed at the foe, with explosive power and speed the monster was unable to follow I instantly reached it.
“Die.”
“Grrrrk?!”
Slice
With the fangs in my hands I cleanly sliced off its head. I focused on my surroundings to double check that it was the last enemy, only to find the slaughtered wolves. A pitiful sight indeed.
I wonder what type of ability I would get if I eat this thing....well there’s no way to find out until I try.
It was here that I again found a use for the bear claw, I had no idea what would happen to me if I ate meat that had the spiders poison on it. Though, I wasn’t willing to find out.
Here goes nothing.
I placed the meat I gathered into my mouth, as always I clenched my teeth getting ready for the pain to come.
?? Where is it?
Only it never happend....of course I considered the possibility I just hadn’t waited long enough but even after some moments it never happened.
Maybe it’s because it was weaker than me.
This made the most sense because after my first time eating the bear, which at the time was much stronger than me, it had caused me to suffer when I first ate it. But after eating it a second time I had not received the pain, not only that but I had gotten stronger and gained a sense ability....in other words I somehow gained its ability’s. even so, after eating the spider I had still felt like I was being torn apart and again gained its ability’s. But this dog leader which is stronger than the bear but weaker than the spider had not given me such a sensation. The only question now is if wether or not I got an ability of some sort.
Well my sense of smell has definitely increased by an incredible amount....though I don’t know if that’s good or bad. But what else could I have gained?
Of course I’m content that I gained something at all and I never knew what I might need in this void, but this place had a lot of horrible smelling things and this just made it a bit worse. Though, it was manageable....that was nothing compared to what I’ve been through.
That lightning ability would be nice....but even if I did gain it how would I use it?
I knew I was stretching it thinking things like this, but I didn’twant to rule the possibility of such an important thing out. I ended up trying a number of things, varying from commands to actions but nothing worked.
That didn’t work either, think....how would those monsters do such ability’s....
At this point i was doubting if I could even use the ability at all.
Well if it’s electricity, wouldn’t I have to exert energy in the place that I want it?
It was only a slight hunch that I had, electricity is the embodiment of energy so an abundance of energy might do the trick. As such, I tried focusing all my attention and energy at the palm of my hand. This would be my last attempt....
Bzzt—bzz—zzzt
“?! Heh.....really, what is this?”
Light gradually formed on my right hand where I wanted it to. The undeniable blue lights of lightning jumped in my hand, like it was trying to escape. I slowly added more energy into my palm.
BZZT—CRACK—BZZT!
The intensity of the lightning increased, i could feel the constant twitching and contractions in my muscles....though it was far from painful, no it felt amazing. It wasn’t long before another thought came to mind.
What about that bear...?
In a similar manner as the bear I gathered energy in my throat thinking only of fire.
?! This heat!...
I immediately let it out, the heat in my throat that wanted to escape.
Fuuuee!
A sound similar to that of a flamethrower came out of my mouth, the light of the fire carried along with it.
Haha! I can really breath fire!
Now that I had gotten the hang of controlling my energy this would be extremely helpful in my future battles. Not only that but any ability’s I gain in the future might also be able to be manifested it in similar ways.
I wonder if I could put the fire on my hand.
Out of this sudden curiosity I tried to do so, similar to the lightning a ball of fire formed on my left palm the more energy I put into it the more intense the flame got.
I wonder if the bear could also do this?
Well even if he could I guess it would risk putting it own fur on fire, that’s something nothing would want to experience. I had also tried to find out if I had received any ability like this from the spider, but it ultimately failed. To be honest though the sense I received was more than enough.
I guess I should get going....there’s nothing more to gain here.
I realized that if I ran into monsters as often as this food wouldn’t be a problem anymore. It also seemed that the deeper in the void I go the more powerful the enemy’s so I would have to be cautious as always.
Actually, maybe I should rest for a while.....
This did seem like a good opportunity to sleep. As I said earlier the battles ahead would only get more difficult. Though right here was not ideal, so I ended up going a few dozen meters away. I eventually stopped when I was far enough, and used my bag as a type of pillow on this cold ground. A few minutes passed.
As always it’s hard....
It’s been hard to sleep ever since the first time I woke up in this place, no matter how tired I got I just couldn’t bring myself to a restful sleep, there was always a part of me that was awake being aware of my surroundings. It wasn’t the discomfort I felt when on the ground and I knew I would wake up if anything comes within my range but.....there were uncertainties of this place. The feeling in my chest....it felt like I was somehow being slowly being broken apart, I didn’t understand what was happening to me.
..(sigh)..it doesn’t matter, I’m still alive.
After some time I had gotten up and continued my journey.
*****
A rabbit....? Or maybe a hare?
I had continued down my strait path, taking out the occasional pack of wolves, bears, or spiders—which were about juvenile size. And at some point I sensed something different in my range, I thought it would be a good idea to check it out. Only to find this long eared, lanky legged, and tall rabbit. It didn’t look to intimidating, but in this place anything could happen.
CRUNCH....CRACK
It seems to be feeding on some wolves.....
It looked like this thing was carnivorous. Though, I guess it would have to be. There’s not a way for any plant to grow it these circumstances. None the less, watching this thing crunch on wolf bones is surprisingly entertaining.
As expected....it noticed me....
I watched the rabbit as it’s two ears twitched in my direction. And like an old rusty machine it stood up lazily, finishing the last piece of wolf bone in its mouth. Once finished it stared in my direction.....like it was uninterested.
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I didn’t move much but with those ears it can probably hear from miles away....
FWOOM!
CRACK!
“Kuhk?!”
What the hell?! Did that thing just teleport?!
I had sensed the attack coming my way, and tried putting up my guard, but this thing was way too fast. The explosive force was powerful enough to blow me back. Eventually though I was able to come to a stop, and my hands automatically traveled to my injury.
That kind of hurts....I think I broke a couple of ribs.
That being said it was more manageable than other things, even after a little blood spurted out of my mouth I could still fight. but that didn’t matter right now, the more important thing was to confirm the enemy’s position. Though that wasn’t hard....
It’s in the same spot?! Tch....it’s looking down on me.
It was like it didn’t even move, that thing was insanely fast. I could sense it still lazily looking in my direction. This time though, I was prepared.
FWOOM
Side stepping to the right I was just barely able to dodge, the sheer speed this rabbit was going at was enough to leave a small scratch on my cheek.
Just how fast is this thing going?! To be able to injure me with out even physical contact.....
It was obvious this thing was at least going super sonic and may even be going faster. I wiped the blood that was starting to drip from my face.
“Hehe.....oh your gonna die....”
Couldn’t help but chuckle a little at the circumstances. But now that the rabbit knew I could dodge it’s usual attack it would have try something different.
Alright.....it’s about to attack
With my ability to feel the vibrations in the air, I could feel the rabbits small muscle twitches in its legs. Allowing me to predict when it was going to attack.
FWOOM
It’s not done yet!
FWOOM
Just like before I got scratches on my body, and I was only barely able to avoid this things attacks. The multiple rushes it preformed was effective at wearing me out mentally, it didn’t allow for me to get a break. I had to constantly think about it’s next move before it even happened.
? What’s this....its jumping off of the air?
I had only noticed by accident, as I was preparing for its next attack I noticed that if this place didn’t have any walls how was it attacking me like this. If it was just using the floor, it would have been inevitable for it to start sliding uncontrollably after only one attack. But this thing in order to barrage me like this was using something solid to jump off of. My curiosity led my to notice that the rabbit was using air as a platform to attack me.
That still doesn’t change my situation.
FWOOM
I dodged its attack yet again. I noticed that I was able to sense when this thing was coming but my body was struggling to keep up with my desired actions.
This isn’t looking too good for me.....maybe I should try one of my new ability’s?
I got the fire in my throat ready I thought my throat was the best way to attack because it was also the most inconspicuous place. the rabbit also got ready to attack bending it’s legs gathering it’s power to kick me.
FWO—
FUEEE!
Burn you damn rabbit.
I put quite a bit of energy into the attack, and as a result a massive stream of fire came out of my mouth....of course the heat produced from the flame was just as intense. The rabbit who took the attack head on stopped attacking for a moment.
“Sq—squeeeeaaak!”
It’s fur and skin were on fire, I watched as it rolled around in circles to put out the fire on its skin. I walked over to get a closer look at the creature.
“How does it feel huh?....having your skin scorched, I’m aware of the feel—?!”
CRACK
“Kuh!”
It was then the rabbit, quicker than than I could react, kicked me full force in my abdomen and chest. I again got blown back by the powerful attack. When I was finally able to stop I checked the injury’s.
That didn’t sound too good earlier.....to think that thing had the intelligence to trick me like that.
Judging from its performance it had a good amount of fire resistance. I was an idiot to let my guard down just because I thought it was in pain.
I think it broke a couple more of my ribs....
Though compared to previous pains I felt this was still minor, I just had to be careful how I moved. In other words.....I still have a chance because I’m alive! Though that didn’t stop the rabbit from continuing its attacks.
FWOOM
Here it comes.....
With only minimal movements I shifted my body to the left, as to not injure my body even further.
RIP
Is it’s speed increasing?!
The tip of its foot just barely grazed my chest, as a result my clothing and even skin had been wounded.
I need to stop this guy quick.....he’s becoming more lethal as time goes on.
It seemed that this guy was adapting to the way I fight, if this continued I would die. I once again increased all of my senses focusing only on what this rabbits next move would be.
FWOOM
SHING
I sensed it coming to attack me again, it was going so fast that I had to swing at the air before it came at me.
CHING
It actually worked.....I hit it.
Even though I successfully attacked it, I failed to wound injure it. This rabbits feet were harder than the spiders exoskeleton, it’s no wonder why this things attack power was so high.
“Huff....huff....huff.”
After receiving the attack to its foot the rabbit put a stop to the attacks, jumping back to check the damage on its foot.
It.....really is looking down on me.
I must admit it irritated me quit a bit, but it would give me time to think. Of course I never let my guard down, not for a second.
Now that I think about it, those wolves had a way of increasing their speed when they fought me using the lightning. Let’s see....how did they do it?
It wasn’t too long until I remembered that the first time I used the lightning my hand was twitching. I didn’t have very long to figure this out, but once I did....there would be hell to pay.
I guess the first step is to put energy into my hand like last time.
I had yet to attempt spreading the electricity to other parts of my body other than my hands. That being said, I already had a pretty nice feel for how this ability worked so I just attempted to spread it all over my body.
Hehe, its working....
SHWOOM
?!
The rabbit again attempted to drop kick me. I guess it realized I was doing something that would put it in danger. I still hadn’t electrified my body, though since I never once let my guard down around the enemy I was able to dodge just like all the other attacks.
That was a close....and by the way the air shrieked if that one had hit me it may have been fatal. I need to hurry....
Though I wasn’t the only one that picked up the pace. The rabbit also started attacking me non stop, it seemed desperate to hurry and kill me.
Even so it wasn’t long before the lightning started forming beautiful blue arcs all over my body. not only that but I could feel my muscles contracting and twitching all over. Though, it was strange that I felt rather relaxed. I again looked at the rabbit and called out to it.
“It’s all or nothing you damn rabbit.”
“S-squeak?”
I still had no idea wether this plan would work or not but it really was all or nothing here. Besides, by the way the rabbit hesitated for just a moment made me think that I had successfully intimidated it. Though that didn’t stop it from attempting another high speed kick.
SHWOOM
Moving my body as fast as I could I dodged the attack, there was an immediate difference.
Hahaha! It works! Damn that was fast....or maybe slow?
I was at least going as fast as the rabbit when it first started attacking me. The speed was to fast that I felt I could fully exploit my sense ability now. But unlike the rabbit I didn’t have that air platform ability so it took me a bit longer to recover. Though that wouldn’t be a problem as long as I was careful with my movements.
“Kukuku! Let see how good your evasion skills are rabbit!”
I dashed at the enemy who was still preparing for its next attack, and with the fangs in my hands I tried to attack it. Though as expected it was able to dodge, it immediately followed up with a kick twards my face which I was able to evade.
I need to go faster....
Our speed was currently equal, I just needed one chance to get a clean cut. I didn’t know if the spiders venom was effective against the monster but it was more than sharp enough to pierce skin besides its feet.
Maybe I can pump a bit more energy into my body.
I was only during a portion of how much energy I could use, this was due to the uncertainty’s that came with this little experiment. Originally I guesstimated how much I would need for my plan to actually worked, and luckily everything turned out fine. As such I still had quite a bit to spare.
I guess it would be fine.
As I increased the energy out put just like with my hand earlier the electricity on my body became more intense. It was then another idea came to mind:
What if I just touch it? Assuming I could, then the shock might be able to kill it.
Though I ended up just tossing this idea, I didn’t feel the need to get so nonsensically close to it. As such I just opted to what I knew would work. It wasn’t too long after increasing the electricity around my body that the rabbit jumped.
First the spider, and now a rabbits hoping into the sky?
This time was different though, my senses had been greatly increased and I could still sense the enemy, though It had probably gotten to around 140 meters in the air.
To be able to reach the edge of my sense, very impressive legs indeed—oh?It’s diving now?
At the peak of the leap the rabbit immediately changed its direction towards me. It was gaining massive amounts of speed by the second, not only that but it seemed like it was using its air walk ability to get even faster. I didn’t have any time to think, if I took this attack head on I would die.
I see....haha, It really is all or nothing isn't it.
A smile formed on my face as I looked up at the monster which would hit me literally any moment now. I too jumped at the rabbit to attack.
FWOOM
“I guess it’s time for you to die!”
Of course I wasn’t stupid enough to take that attack head on, with the amount of time it had to gather speed, the rabbit was coming at me much faster than I was going at it. The rabbit quickly positioned his feet to attack me.
It took the bait.....nice
At the very last moment before our collision I dodged. It was almost like me charging at the rabbit was just a lie.
Within that split moment I maneuvered my body to the left I could feel the rabbits eyes get larger in shock.
“Pay back for tricking me earlier, you damn rabbit.”
Lucky for me the rabbit was going too fast to control itself as such it was unable to dodge my next attack.
“Die.”
SLICE
Just a graze.....I guess it was able to dodge a bit.
BOOM
The rabbit immediately hit the ground, the impact sounding just like dynamite. It wasn’t too long before I also arrived to the ground. I quickly went to where the rabbit landed at, of course this time I didn’t let my guard down. Upon arriving I could see the imprint of the rabbits body on the ground.
As fast as this thing was going I’m surprised the hole isn't deeper.
“Squ~eak...”
As it struggled to get up it again fell to the ground, it noticed me approaching and started to struggle even more. But I didn’t care it fooled me once, and it was my fault.....I wouldn’t let it happen again.
“Hey, you know what’s crazy?”
It looked at my face as I smiled at it. It truly is a wonderful sight to see your enemy fall after battle.
“You have quite big ears for a bunny.....”
“Squeak?”
“Let me fix that for you.”
SLICE
I preformed a clean cut that took off both of its ears.
“Squaeek!”
It covered the place where it’s ears used to be as blood started to spurt out.
“Oh and what big feet.”
SLICE
I cut from the ankles because it’s actual foot was to hard to cut, besides it was more convenient.
The rabbit seemed to be in an immense amount of pain, it’s broken bones from the collision and the paralysis from the fang was also starting to take affect on it. Little by little it was becoming unable to move.
“And those eyes....”
Bringing the fang ever so close to its eye the rabbit started quivering, a familiar liquid came from its crotch area. I guess it really was powerless now. Using both fangs in my hands I took out it’s eyes successfully killing it.
(Sigh) that was a difficult battle.....but I wonder what ability I’ll get from eating this thing.
When I was done killing the rabbit I did what I always do; I ate it.
Damn that hurts. I guess it really was more powerful than me.
As usual my body received the pain, though it hurt a little less than before....maybe I was getting used to it. After I was done I finally started to calm down when I felt another presence in my sense.
A human?!