Rain looked at his weapon. A small dagger.

I don’t get the feeling this toy would be able to take down that monster. This is too short, isn’t it? The moment I get within four paces of it, it’ll have moved, and that large frame… I’ll bet it has quite a bit of power.

Worse is, Rain get the feeling that one hit from it will certainly kill him.

“!”

At this moment, a black shadow passes by him at a frightening pace, as that beast circles in front of him. This is quite bad.

With a yelp, Rain dodged and felt claws slash the air next to his ear.

[ You have been Attacked! ]

[ Big Grey Wolf Lv2 ]

The grey wolf spun toward him with a murderous look in its eyes.

Seeing this, Rain couldn’t help but trembled in fear. What should I do?

His knees were jelly. His hands were shaking so bad he almost dropped the dagger.

For additional information, Rain’s hands are not shaking because of the cold.

His stance is that of a novice.

No, worse than that.

His back is hunched and there is no power in his hips, he looks like he is going to turn and run at any moment.

Even a child playing around will have a straighter stance.

“Grrr” The grey wolf snarled at him.

And then one of the grey wolves rushed straight at him.

Absolute terror ran through Rain’s body. Although he knows that this was only just a game but the feeling you got when a monster was coming to kill you isn’t something to laugh about.

Even if you know that you won’t really die in reality but seeing death before you … is just too scary.

Thus, Rain couldn’t help but did the only thing that came naturally: He swung the dagger.

The metal blade hit the grey wolf’s stomach and passed clean through its body as if it were made of water.

“Gurrr”

The grey wolf drop to the ground while growling painfully. Blood spurted from its gaping wound that seemed to be 30 cm long.

It tried to stand up but then fell in the ground while wailing painfully.

Seeing this, the other wolf stop its movement for a moment as it looked cautiously at Rain. Its eyes reflected some fear.

In reality, wolves won't attack easily when facing foes that approach them instead of running.

Rather than calling them smart, they should be described as cunning.

They won’t fight a strong opponent. They would first gauge the opponent’s strength and only close in when it is sure

of its victory. Just like what the wolf in front of Rain was doing.

Wh-What did I do? Looking at the fallen wolf which was trying to stand up, Rain become confused.

He thought he was already done for but then...

Rain looked at the dagger on his hand. His hands were still trembling, but the blood dripping from the dagger’s blade answered his question.

He did that. He actually managed to fight the wolf!

The injured grey wolf growled, pawing the ground.

Rain feeling danger raised his dagger, turned, and saw the grey wolf who managed to stand up. His blood-red eyes glowed with hate.

Rain swears, its body reeked like rotten meat.

It then roared at him and charged, those razor-sharp claws aimed straight at his chest.

The fear in his stomach made Rain want to bolt, but that wouldn't work. Rain could never outrun this thing.

So just like what happened a while ago, he held his ground, and at the last moment, jumped to the side.

The grey wolf stormed past like a freight train, then bellowed with frustration and once again turned at him.

This time, on its eyes was a crazed intent to kill.

At this moment, the other grey wolf joined the fray and jumped on his back.

Compared to Rain, the monster definitely had the faster movements. Its four legs nimbly kicked the ground, as it drew near him. It brandished its claws and swiped at Rain’s neck.

Rain was slightly caught off guard by the sudden ambush.

But still Rain was somehow able to keep up with that move by instinct, and block the claws with his knife.

“GRAAAAH!!”

“Uu… gu…!?”

However, his arm didn’t have the strength to contain the impact. Rain was sent flying, knife and all. His legs left the ground as he flew sideways. He collided with a nearby tree.

“Gu… Owow… just how much power does that thing have?”

“Grrrr…!”

"Damn! I have no luck, haven’t I?" Seeing the two wolves slowly approaching him, Rain could only lament in self-mockery.

“So I get game over on my first day of gaming… there’s a limit to unfairness…”

Rain talked to himself as he leaned against the tree he had forcefully become acquainted with, and squatted.

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His back had made some ominous sounds upon colliding, and a single man who didn’t even lift wouldn’t be able to stand any more attacks like that.

In novels, the protagonist will certainly stand up and then turned the tables towards him in an unexpected fashion by having a sudden power-up, am I right? Rain pondered this as he looked at the beast.

“Good grief… This is not fiction … but reality.”

““GRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!””

“…”

Rain tried to crack jokes to put him at ease, but the monster’s roar makes him swallow his words.

He thought he would rely on the slight chance of victory, but impossible things remain impossible. He couldn’t even ward off its direct attack.

There was no way a frail human would be able to beat a monster like this.

One knife. No fighting experience. But …

“But still……! I can’t really… give up yet…!”

… I guess I’ll give it a shot. As long as there’s the slightest chance of victory, I won’t give up!

Rain could say something cool like that.

“Come at me, damn beast.”

I’ll give it a go… I don’t want to become a man who was killed after arriving in this game.

I couldn't allow that.

Anger replaced his fear. Newfound strength burned in his limbs---the same rush of energy he’d gotten when the grey wolf attacked him before.

He stood up on his unstable legs. This was merely desperation. He expected a miracle to come in the very end and tried to go on without giving up. But that was the best decision he could make.

Facing the moment that had yet to come, his gaze fell to his hand.

The five fingers were tightly gripping the small dagger.

This dagger only had a 20 centimeter blade, it was also the only weapon he had.

The hand holding onto the handle had sweat coming out of it. Listening to the two echos of the beastly roars, Rain tried to calm himself down and take a deep breath. Fuuuu Haa, taking a deep breath.

After which, as if he had found his resolve, he raised his head and looked at the two approaching monsters.

“If you think you can kill me, just try it.”

Rain raised his right hand and points it towards the two wolves.

“Fireball!”

Instantly, his right hand glow in crimson light and then a basketball size fireball shot out from within.

Boom!

It struck the two grey wolves but Rain knows it wouldn’t do anything against the two monsters.

When the smoke appeared from his attack, Rain immediately sprung to action.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Gruaaa?”

By the time the two wolves caught Rain’s presence, he had already rushed towards them with his desperate cry.

As the reflection inside the pupil of the wolf in front of him gradually become larger ——Stab!

His dagger entered the opponent’s body. That was the first one.

Rain had aimed at the already injured wolf first.

After seeing the unexpected scene of what happened to the wolf, the other wolf was shaken.

However, Rain’s actions and momentum did not stop and disappear there. He pointed his left hand onto the wound he made and once again shot a fireball.

Boom!

“Gruaaa!!!”

Accompanied by the explosion, the grey wolf cried in agony before its eyes finally turned dimmed.

It’s dead!

One of the grey wolves finally died!

What’s more he’s the one who killed it!

【Lagim Level up】

Then he heard a voice. It was an inorganic voice similar to recordings.

He had leveled up! From Lv0, he was now Lv1!

However, he has no time to celebrate it as he noticed in the corner of his eyes; the other wolf had already rushed towards him.

With a crazed look, Rain used the wolf that he had killed as a shield; he then rushed towards the other wolf, throws the corpse into it and then rolled onto ground.

“G...GAAAAAA!?”

“Fu!”

“GROAAA!?”

The wolf was forcibly pushed onto its backs because of the corpse Rain thrown, so he used this time to swiftly stand up.

Turning around, he once again pointed his hand towards it and casted---Fireball!

Boom!

The fireball exploded on the wolf’s body.

But it didn't happen like what Rain expected.

The wolf dodged to the right before the impact and then charged at him.

The monster wolf charged too fast, its claws out to grab him whichever way he tried to dodge.

Time slowed down.