Chapter 5: GET UP!
Nate was staring at a monster spider the size of a bus. It had a red symbol on the abdomen. Is this spider a black widow? The spider went for the kill, being just a bit faster than him. He almost couldn’t dodge in time. The spider lunged at Nate, and again he fell to the ground just in time. Now the spider is on top of him.
The spider slams his legs down. One hits Nate in the side, and another hits him in the leg. He screams out in pain.
System message
Poison inflicted on you.
“This isn’t good. How can I get out of this?" Nate said in his head.
Suddenly Nate got an adrenaline rush, and the pain went away for now. Nate was able to calm his mind to focus on the fight. Looking around, seeing he still had his sword in, he then looked for any weak points on the spider. Nate doesn’t know much about spiders, but Nate was able to remember a day he had in class back in preschool about spiders. Using that knowledge, Nate would start by taking his sword and slicing at the spider's pedipalps, the little leg closer to the mouth. The spider reacts to the pain by letting Nate go. Nate scrambles to his feet.
System Message
Poison damage.
Nate can’t feel the pain, but hearing the message and his blurred eyesight tells him all he needs to know. He needs to finish the fight fast. Nate focused himself and raised his sword, ready to kill this son of a bitch. He rushed to the spider, striking its most front leg, not doing much damage. Nate thrusts his sword in an upward motion straight into the mouth of the spider, yanks his sword back out and slides under the spider to stab in between the abdomen. He then rips the sword out of the spider, ending its life.
Nate lays there in pain. With blurry eyes, he tries to push his body up, but nothing. Even with his bad eyes, Nate was able to notice motion. When he focused on it, he saw more baby spiders; at least a dozen. Nate couldn’t get up.
“I can’t die.”
At that moment, Nate saw a figure as clear as day: a man in black armor, long hair, purple eyes, and scars everywhere.
“Don’t stop fighting, Nate. Get up. GET UP FOR ASH. GET UP NOW!”
Error Error Error
System message
Poison cleansed
The will of the emperor has been used on you.
Nate gets to his feet and one by one, cuts down every spider in his path like a savage animal. He killed everything he could find, and then nothing, no more bugs, just nothing, and then..
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System Message
300 xp
20 xp x13
1500 gold
LEVEL UP You are now at level 6.
+10 to all stats
+50 to the sword
+50 to cloak
+50 to armor
Nate passed out.
Nate woke up in a cave on a bed of leaves, grass, and sticks. He looked around, seeing a fire, crude cooking tools, and other crude devices.
“I didn’t think we had caves in this area,” said Nate.
“We don't think this is new,” said a disembodied voice.
Nate looked around, not seeing much, but he focused, and his eyes adjusted to the dark cave. Looking around more, he saw a man, or what he thought was a man covered in fur. His fur was brown, he had yellow glowing eyes, big feet, long claws, and kind of a snout.
"Ok, so what are you?”
"Wow, so you don’t even ask my name.”
"Ok, what’s your name?”
"William, but you can call me Will, and I am a werewolf,” answered Will.
“A werewolf.. I would like to say I’m surprised, but I just killed a bunch of mutated spiders.”
“I saw the end of that when you passed out, so I helped you out. You are the only person I have seen for two days now.”
“Same here, so you weren’t chosen to do the tutorial?”
“Tutorial?”
"Ok, so you don’t even know what I’m talking about. Most of the human race was taken to a place to do a tutorial. You and I and probably a lot of other people got to stay here.”
“But why us, and what made me this?”
“Maybe I was chosen by death.”
“I understand. Is that why you were trying to die?" said Will jokingly.
Nate lets out a laugh. “Well, no, I am a bringer of death." Nate lifts his body up a little.
“Take it slow. I patched you up a little, but it’s not amazing.”
Nate looks down to see moss leaves and tree sap, making bandages on his wounds.
"Wow, this is nice. How did you know how to do this?" asked Nate.
"Well, I was a survivalist. I learned a lot from the years I spent in the forest.”
“That’s amazing. Maybe that’s why you are the way you are.”
“Maybe. You should be good to go in a couple hours. You should try to stay more safe out there, friend,” said Will.
“Friend, hah, I have been feeling very alone for the last couple days. By any chance, would you like to join me? I have a place, and maybe you can help me in becoming stronger.”
“You mean making a team?”
"Yeah, it would be nice to have someone watching my back, and I can watch yours.”
“But are you sure? I mean, look at me.”
"Yeah, you helped me when you didn’t need to do it. You are good in my book, and trust me, I have a zombie Butler, so you won’t stand out.”
“Zombie Butler?”
“It’s a long story.”