'Observe.'
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LV5 Satoshi
HP: [510/510] MP: [150/150]
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Swallowing hard, Adam stepped back, cautiously observing the tree man, Satoshi, who clearly had no good intentions.
Satoshi, with a body of twisted wood, displayed wrinkled and knobby skin, resembling the bark of an ancient tree. His long, thin arms ended in hands with sharp claw-like fingers.
Roots extended from his two feet, somewhat resembling chicken feet, but with longer toes made of wood.
A dense, gray beard descended from his skeletal face, accompanied by bright red eyes that emitted a sinister glow. Wearing only a worn, greenish rag, his appearance was both bizarre and terrifying.
"Hateful human, did you do this to the poor tree?" With his long, thin arm, Satoshi pointed to a tree not far from Adam.
The hairs on Adam's body stood on end. The monstrous voice of this creature was even more frightening than its horrendous appearance.
MP: [27/70]
It was a terrible time for a monster to appear. Now that he had low MP, it would be difficult to win.
Regardless of how low his MP was now, Adam couldn't falter. Holding the hilts of his swords, he was waiting for the best moment to act.
"Die!"
Roots sprang from the ground.
Adam jumped to escape, but his foot was caught in midair.
"Damn!"
In the air, he was swung by the root that caught his body from one side to the other, and when he was almost going headfirst to the ground, he was pulled once more to the other side.
"Bang!"
[You received 46 damage!]
"Arrghhh!" A loud thud along with his groan of pain as he vomited blood echoed when Adam was slammed back-first to the ground by the root that grabbed his foot.
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[Through the power of your body to withstand pain and damage: [Physical Resistance] was created]
[[Physical Resistance] (Passive) Lv1 EXP: 0.0%]
The body's resistance increases, resulting in less damage received. Additionally, 3% of the reduced physical damage is reflected back to the attacker.
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HP: [54/100]
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Almost half of his life was gone.
Rolling his eyes, he 'fainted.'
He was even surprised by how calm he managed to remain even in a life-threatening situation.
"Kekekeke!"
A creepy giggle was heard, soon followed by the echo of heavy footsteps.
Adam, pretending to faint, could feel his heart rate accelerate. However, magically, he became incredibly calm again, even his heart rate slowed down as he truly began to seem like he had fainted, rolling his eyes.
"Foolish human, you will pay..."
When Satoshi's disgusting voice grew closer, Adam knew it was time to act. He returned his eyes to normal while gripping the hilts of his swords tightly. Realizing his foot was no longer bound, he leapt forward, imbuing his MP into the swords as he aimed them at Satoshi's waist.
Adam's movements were swift and decisive. With his life at stake, he attacked with lethal intent.
The two sword hilts formed a green blade that extended from the hilts, piercing and cutting through Satoshi's wooden body. Using all his strength, Adam pulled the swords sideways, slicing Satoshi in half.
"Slash!"
[Critical Hit!]
[You dealt 170 damage!]
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Satoshi's horrendous scream of pain echoed through the campus. The sounds of birds echoed as they flew away.
The cries of the birds couldn't drown out Satoshi's scream as he was split in two. Amazingly, he didn't die.
HP: [339/510]
When Adam saw the roots from the two divided parts of Satoshi's body trying to reconnect, and realizing he hadn't even inflicted enough damage to take away half of Satoshi's life, he acted quickly, cutting the roots that were reflexively trying to reconnect the severed parts.
"Damn human, I will kill you!!!"
Adam ignored the words as he attacked the roots with all his strength, but without using skills, as he didn't have enough MP for that.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
[You dealt 55 damage!]
[You dealt 53 damage!]
[Critical Hit!]
[You dealt 99 damage!]
"Trum!"
Noticing some roots rising from the ground, Adam jumped to dodge.
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a sharp sound of a whip striking human flesh echoed!
[You received 44 damage!]
It was a trap!
Adam was struck on the back by a flexible root like a whip, which seemed to have waited for the exact moment he jumped to dodge, striking him in the air with the whip-like root, sending him flying forward and sliding on the ground as his swords deactivated, losing the support of his MP.
When he stopped sliding on the ground, spitting blood and dirt from his mouth, he saw his current miserable HP state.
HP: [5/100]
His life was hanging by a thread. Adam tried to get up but ended up vomiting more blood mixed with some dirt while supporting himself with his hands on the ground.
'Am I going to die?'
This thought made his mind darken...
'Am I really going to die again?'
"No, I don't want this!!"
"Whoosh!"
He shouted and forced his arm to make his body roll to the right, and then, a sound of something slicing through the air echoed at the same moment, followed by the cause of that sound striking hard right where he had been, creating a whip crack fissure in the ground.
"Despicable human, die!"
At that moment, Satoshi had already reconnected the two halves of his body and stood up, looking at Adam with an even more terrifying expression, full of hatred and cruelty in his red eyes.
Panting, with blood dripping from his lips as he rose from the ground, covered in dust, and with deep wounds on his back exposing bones through the gash, Adam could barely stand.
However, his eyes now showed no weakness. Although his face contorted with pain, he did not scream. His mind remained clear, his thoughts flowing rapidly as he considered the best way to survive.
MP: [7/70]
With only 7 MP remaining, the number of things he could do with it was so small that even a charge and critical hit with both swords would not be enough to secure victory.
It was ridiculous, but he thought of something that might help in that moment. He shouted while spitting blood and pointing with the sword hilt in his hand, as if seeing someone behind Satoshi: "Satoshi, she is watching!"
When he shouted this, it didn't matter who 'she' was; what mattered was the fact that he called the tree man's real name and tried to deceive him somehow. Even if the chances were minimal, perhaps a foolish action without an expected result was still better than not taking any risks and dying here for not trying everything to survive.
"Hana?"
Adam had no idea who Hana was, but when he saw Satoshi turn, he charged with all his strength towards Satoshi, immediately activating the swords, aiming just above the waist, towards the chest.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
[You dealt 57 damage!]
[You dealt 51 damage!]
"Ahhhhh! You bastard, you tricked me!!"
Turning around, Satoshi, with his long arms, tried to embrace Adam, intending to crush him. However, this was also Adam's intention; releasing the sword hilts and with arms wide open, he enveloped Satoshi's large body.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
Letting out a scream with all his gathered strength, Adam hugged Satoshi above the waist, using all his remaining strength, producing sounds of breaking branches with his grip.
"D-Damn..."
[You dealt 24 damage!]
A miracle, perhaps. Satoshi, who had already wrapped his body around Adam and was about to start squeezing, seemed to have lost the strength of his tree body...
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[You gained 219 EXP.]
[You leveled up 2 levels.]
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Adam closed his eyes as he loosened his grip around Satoshi, simply falling backward.
Lying on the ground, he didn't even make a sound as he fell on his back. Not because he endured the pain of falling on his back, despite having a terrible wound there, but because that wound no longer existed.
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HP: [120/120]
MP: [80/80]
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His HP and MP not only fully recovered but also slightly increased. Additionally, as soon as he leveled up, even the pain he felt disappeared immediately, along with the injuries; as if they had never existed...
The moment he closed his eyes again, without him noticing, a holographic page appeared.
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[You obtained
[You obtained
[You obtained 50,000 yen]
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