"Again, Iron fist," Dave said as the monster struck him with its tentacles. It deflected his attack but the tentacles still strike forward making Dave dodge to evade the fatal strike.
"What," Dave thought with wide eyes. He just saw the flash of death. This wasn't his first life and death battle, but looking around he had no one but himself to save him. He knew now he could not run away, the monster had taken him as a target, its red flames burning more brightly indicating its furiousness. "Did I make a mistake coming out?" Dave thought as he dodge another strike in the nick of time. “System, how long do I have left?" Dave asked, breathing heavily. The surrounding was in chaos. "Where is the help that is coming?" Dave thought inwardly. "You have approximately 6 minutes and 43 seconds left," The system said. "That's too low, I need to end this soon," Dave thought monetarily, forgetting the fight. "Iron fist," Dave yelled but he was a few seconds late. The tentacles struck him with a heavy blow. Even though most of the impact was absorbed the remaining force was still too powerful for his fragile body. "Pfffft," he spat out blood while trying to balance himself. "Ding, host is in danger, health points is 5 out of 10. You need to leave this place now," The system warned. It wasn't that he didn't want to run, it was that he couldn't. The monster had block all the exit. The only way to get out is to kill it. The strike gave him some internal injuries. "Healing skill activated," The system said and his injuries seemed to respond as the mark of the strike on his hands began to heal at a fast pace but the internal injuries were very slow. "You have this feature?" Dave asked, a bit surprised. "Yes host, but it is at it weakest. so the effect is very slow," The system said. "I need to do something fast to change the tide system . Where is the weak spot?" Dave asked. "Ding: Analysing monster..." "Scanning complete: Its eyes and its stomach," The system said. "Good," Dave said as he stood up and wiped the blood stains on his mouth. Now it's your turn to suffer Dave said as his gaze became sharp. He moved closer to the monster since a long range attack would give the monster time to block the attack. "Iron fist," Dave said as he launched an attack at its head and stomach at the same time. "Boom," As predicted it blocked it with its eight tentacles. "Again," Dave yelled louder. Moving closer to it. "Screech," It made a high pitched noise and spat out a mouthful of stinky saliva which made Adrian cover his eyes while dodging. As the saliva touched the ground it seemed to melt it. "Warning, you have only 1 minute left," The system voice rang out. "Come at me," Adrian said as he opened his hands widely. Thinking that it meant defeat, the monster strike with its tentacles at him . "Perfect," Dave said with a grin on his face, seeing that the monster had taken bait to his trap. He quickly moved to the side to dodge the incoming wave of attack. "Double Iron fist," Dave said as he strike with both his hands. Seeing it was in danger the monster tried to dodge but its huge body made it slow, the strike created a hole on its heart and head. "Boom," It fell flat on the floor. "Skill deactivated," The system voice said and Dave felt the strength left him. "It's finally over," Dave thought as he felt a sudden rush of weakness. He struggled to keep his consciousness. "How do I absorb it?" Dave asked. "Stretch your hands to it," The system said. Dave did as he was told, a halo of white light came out from his hands. It connected to the massive body of the monster. "Absorbing started," The system voice said and Dave felt his body get energised and strengthened. As the black energy from the monster met with the white light it got purified Changing it colour. "Ding, host has met the energy needed to level up. Congratulations host you have levelled up to a 2 star copper grade talent," "Ding, host has met the energy for levelling up. Congratulations host you have levelled up to a three star copper grade talent," "Congratulations, host is now a copper four talent," The system voice said the notification but Dave just closed his eyes enjoying the major upgrade. The notification didn't stop till it reaches first star bronze grade talent. "God's eyes upgraded," the system said. "Ding: Showing host status. Name: Adrian Cole Race: Human Age: 21 Gender: Male Attributes: - Health Points (HP): 10 - Speed: 3 - Agility: 4 Talent level: First star bronze grade Skill: God's eye vision Fame: 2 Energy: 1,000 needed for next upgrade Supreme coins: None Title: Beast slayer Bloodline: Locked Legacy: Locked Weapon: None Resistance to fire: 10 Shop:Locked Mission: None "Let's get out of here," Dave said as he staggered to leave. "I knew it, you about it," Commander Jack said, coming out from a tree he had been hiding. Dave stared at him with an angry gaze. He continued walking away from him feeling disgusted by his coveted look. "Give the power to me and the beast core and I will let you have a peaceful death," Commander Jack said, looking at Dave with a sadistic smile. "Death? Ha haha. I killed the beast I can kill you with a snap of my finger," Dave said looking at him with a murderous gaze. "Snap of your finger? Maybe when you are at your prime but not now when you are still suffering from severe backlash," The commander said, sensing his weakness and wavering footsteps. Dave is already weak and the harsh heat wasn't helping either. It only made matters worse. "I will say it now, give it to me and die peacefully. Trust me you don't want to see me get shaddy," Commander Jack said with an evil grin on the corner of his lips. "System, I don't care about the sacrifice I have to pay. Give me the power one more time just enough to kill him," Dave said with anger flaring in his eyes. He couldn't believe the person he looked up to was a schemer who wanted to not only take his hard work that he almost died for but also kill him to silence him. "Done, You have the iron fist for 2 minutes at most. Know that it will take a longer period for your recovery. "I don't care. Give it to me, I want to wipe that annoying smile off his face," Dave said, clenching his fist tightly. "Ding: Host has received the skill once more," The system notification rang in his ears. "Ahhhh," Dave shouted loudly as his weak body assimilated the energy. He felt his body ache in pain. "Don't push yourself too hard you would only make yourself suffer more," Commander Jack said as he chuckled slightly. "God's Eyes activated," The system said. Dave's eyes glowed with bright green flames shocking Commander Jack."Wait, you are supposed to be weak. Where is the strength coming from" He asked as he felt scared and shocked. "The desire to send you to hell," Dave said. "Iron fist," He struck his hands in the air which solidified into a fist. Now commander Jack now clearly saw the fist, it was over a metre long and its speed was astonishing. "Turtle shell," Commander Jack said as he swiftly recovered from the shock with his survival instinct alert. He quickly activated a hidden amour with him in a fluid motion. "Crack," The green shell that which covered like a forcefield cracked by the impact of the punch. He also wasn't a weakling and he possessed some fighting ornaments. "You are not supposed to be able to fight, you would die if you think you can kill me," Commander Jack said, trying to bring down his morale. "As long as you are alive, I can always have the strength," Dave said.His life been treated as a toy angered him. First the commander left him all alone to fight the beast
We should be asking you the same question, both you and the commander went together. We see you okay but the commander was killed by the monster. I knew that we shouldn't have allowed the commander to go with you, you are nothing more than a burden," Rowand said angrily. Dave felt pissed but he remained calm. "What do you mean? The commander separated with me saying we would search the area if we split up," Dave said. "That is not necessary, we need to take the commander to the village leader now," Fred said. Dave followed them to the village leader. *****At the village leader district**"" "Who can tell me what really happened," Chief Damien, a handsome middle aged man sitting on a throne asked , looking at the body of Commander Jack. His eagle eyes scanned everyone. Rowand stepped forward. "My respect to chief Damien The last person who saw commander Jack before he died was Dave Cole, a member of our team," Rowand said with a respectful tone as he bowed slightly. Everyone
"Yeah," Dave said as he opened his arms for an embrace. "Where did you go?" She asked like a housewife. "To the chief," Dave Replied. "What for?" She asked again with her hands holding her waist. "To discuss some things," Dave replied as he entered. "What?" She asked again “It suprise, wait till evening to find out," Dave answered as he entered his room. Lily was a chatterbox and he didn't have time to reply to all her questions. Lily brought a meal of bread and eggs. She still had a frown on her face because of Dave not revealing the surprise. After the hearty meal “I will be going to the mercenary guild,” Dave said. “But you just got back,” Lily complained. “I know but it is important,” Dave said. “You are acting strange these days, and it's after you woke up from that sleep,” Lily said with a pout. “It's still me,” Dave said. “No, the real you would stay with me and tell me funny stories. But this you is always busy going about and coming back wounded.
Dave's heart raced as he walked through the street littered with a pile of dead bodies. He wore a torn clothes while carrying his 1 year old sister in his arms. Tears filled his sea blue eyes as he tried to locate the bodies of his parents in the pile of dead bodies. He was dressed in a white shirt and black trousers. He had beautiful features like his ink dark hair, blue crystal eyes and fair skin. It happened so fast, the space itself torn and monsters spilled in. His village was the first to suffer the painful fate. It was pure massacre a d complete chaos.The air filled with the screams of people who were devoured by strange monsters who came out of nowhere. It had all happened so fast the attack from the monsters was in the middle of the night and it caught the villagers off guard. One moment he was sleeping peacefully and the next his parents suddenly rushed into the room and woke him up. They told him to carry his little sister and head to the basement underneath the ho
"Hey get back," Micheal said as he pushed Dave to a corner before spreading his hands open. His hands began to glow with white light. The strike which was about to hit him lost its target and hit the rock beside them. The snake hissed loudly in annoyance as it strikes with its head baring its long corrosive fangs.Dave recovered from the push and steadied himself, he looked at Micheal in awe. He seemed in control of the battlefield but in reality he was at a loss. He had the skill of telekinesis where he moves things with his mind. But moving something this big almost gave him a black out. Dave stood there clenching his sword tightly, he didn't even know where to start from and he felt his presence there was ignored and useless. Despite his best efforts, Dave found himself struggling to keep up with Micheal's prowess. While Micheal fought the creatures with telekinetic blasts, Dave's sword strikes felt clumsy and ineffective in comparison. Each swing of his blade seemed to mis
What are these words? I have never seen such language before and it wasn't even there," Dave said. "The message is beyond your comprehension right now. You are too weak to know about it," The system said. Dave suddenly felt insulted, too weak was a name that had stuck to him and hearing it again felt annoying. "My apologies if I had indirectly hurt you host," The system apologised. "Can you sense my emotions?" Dave asked, perplexed by the system's timely apology. "We are connected by soul, I can feel your emotions and even your thoughts," The system said. "What? My thoughts, then I will have no privacy," Dave said with wide eyes. "You can disable this feature anytime you like. But it was just for you to communicate with me even in public," The system said. "Oh okay then, you can keep it on them," Dave said. "But you still haven't told me, how did you get into the necklace? What is special about it and what created you?" Dave asked questions after questions. "I am sorry, I
Lily manages to calm herself down."I won't die that easily," Dave said as he tickled her, making her laugh out loud."Now we are even right?" Dave asked."Yes," Lily said with a smile as she wiped her tears."I almost forgot, the commander said I should inform him the moment you woke up. He said he has something to discuss with you," Lily said."The commander? I am just a useless member of the group and the commander is known as a high class individual, what could he want from me?" Dave thought inwardly."But it doesn't seem like they are around, I heard a dungeon was open yesterday?" Lily said."Yesterday? Two dungeons in a day?" Dave asked with shock in his eyes."No brother, it not two dungeons appeared in a day. You were unconscious for two days," Lily said."Two days, that's a lot," Dave said with a shocked look."Okay, thanks for looking out for me during these days. But can you leave me alone for sometime and inform me when the commander arrives," Dave said."Okay, you must be
Oh, we got another mission. I will go now to get prepared. And whatever the strange energy was, if you have a clue about it feel free to reach out to me," Commander Jack said as he stood up. "If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Dave breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that Jack hadn't pressed further. "Thank you, Commander. I appreciate it." "You again? Are you this thick skin?" Rowand asked with a mocking tone as Dave came to the mercenary guild. "The way you fainted shamelessly at the battlefield didn't teach you any sense, are you that willing to die?" Rowand asked. "Rowand, get back to line,” Commander Jack said in a cold tone. “Sorry commander but he will just be a blocking stone to success. We haven't been able to complete a mission. If this goes wrong again we could get kicked out of the mercenary guild. Commander Jack had a thoughtful expression for a moment. He knew what Rowan said was true. They had only completed one mission and it was cleared b