AS he tore through its exoskeleton, he felt the warm, viscous fluids that gushed forth.
Bitter! It's so bitter, and it hurts!The burning sensation of the toxic fluids made Aldric's mouth feel like it was on fire.He was coughing up blood from all the poison that he has cosumed, yet Aldric didn't stop. He would have faint from the pain, but the wrath that Aldric's was feeling had overpower all his other feelings—even pain.Aldric gulped down the flesh and bit again. Again and again. Blood dripped from Aldric's mouth as he ripped into the spider's flesh, each bite filled with vengeful fury.[Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Poison Resistance LV 20] has become [Poison Resistance LV 30].Aldric's teeth sank deeper, breaking through the spider's internal organs. The taste of the creature's innards filled his mouth, a nauseating mix of bitterness and decay.[Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Poison Resistance LV 30] has become [Poison Resistance has reached its max level].[Poison is now running in your blood].“Shrieeeek!”Suddenly, the monster let out the loudest shriek.“It's no use! Scream all you like! I will fucking kill you!”Its shriek lasted for a while, until suddenly, its body convulsed, but Aldric didn't stop.He keeps hitting the spider-like he has become a monster, and the spider has become the prey.His eyes were filled with fury.“Kill! Kill!”“Shriek!”With a final weak shriek, the spider's body limply fell to the ground, lifeless.Its poisonous blood almost flooded the cave. [You have slain Lesser Queen Arachna][Experience points have reached the fixed amount. Individual Aldric Fellon Level 1 became Level 30]“I-I leveled up? I'm not level 1 anymore?!” Aldric exclaimed happily that he almost forgot that his body was not in a state to celebrate.He stood on the spider's body while panting heavily, his body covered in the spider's poison and his hands were peeling and burning.Just when Aldric thought it was over, he heard a strange sound coming towards him and at a very rapid pace.“W-What is happening?”Aldric's question was answered as he felt the uneven terrain tremble like an earthquake was coming, but it wasn't an earthquake.Aldric slowly turned his head towards the cave's entrance and his face hardened as soon as he saw the sight he didn't want to see.They emerged from the dark. New monsters had appeared and the said monsters were massive.The closest thing it resembled were werewolves. However, unlike wolves, their fur was mangy and discolored.Their eyes glowed with a sinister red light, and saliva dripped from their exposed crooked teeth.In less than a second, the cavern was filled with these wolf monsters, all responding to the distressed calls of the blinded spider and now to Aldric's blood.“...Grrrrr.” The bigger wolf let out a low growl as it locked eyes with Aldric, its pack behind it.The monstrous wolves seemed to be drawn to the scent of the recently defeated spider and the fresh blood lingering in the air.Aldric, still standing atop the spider's lifeless body, knew he was in a precarious situation. The wolves were closing in, and he could feel the intensity of their hunger.Aldric reels back in fear at the overwhelming number of monsters surrounding him.“I forgot… if there is no sun, Gates will start to open and monsters will appear,” Aldric muttered to himself, realizing the dire situation he was in. “F-Fuck!”If not for the intense pain he felt everywhere in his body that made his thoughts high-strung but clear, he would have definitely suspected that he was dreaming.“Damn it! Why won't they just leave me alone?!” Aldric muttered to himself, his heart pounding with fear.“Ha-Ha,” Aldric laughed stupidly. “I-I guess this is the end of me…”The sight of the monsters' saliva, glowing eerily in the dimly lit cavern, sent shivers down Aldric's spine.He still hasn't left his spot. Currently, he was still on the top of the spider's dead body.His whole body was shaking and shivering. He was shaking from fear, and at the same time, his body was beginning to feel cold.He lost too much blood from the monster's attack. With the stamina of his fat body, it was already a miracle that he managed to survive this long.His breathing grew labored, a harsh symphony to the drumming beat of his heart. He felt like he could collapse any second now and then be the meal of these monsters.Maybe that would be great so that everything will end and he would no longer suffer but that thought was quickly eradicated by the wrath in his heart.‘One, two… five… fifty… It is impossible for me to even defeat one. How can I even defeat fifty of these monsters?! What can I even do in this situation besides give up? The best thing that I could do was wait for the sun, but then… I will be dead before it even rises,’ Aldric thought, his mind racing in desperation.Just then, the bigger wolf who seemed to be the alpha suddenly lunged at Aldric, its mouth wide open, ready to sink its teeth into him.Then, as he was about to dodge the attack, he saw another wolf coming at him at a very fast pace.“F-Fuck!”Aldric could only use his hand as a shield and felt the wolf teeth sinking into his flesh.Before Aldric could shake off the wolf, the alpha jaws had already clamped onto his side, tearing through his fat flesh and bone.Pain surged through him, and he gritted his teeth to stifle a scream.Then, before he could even see it, another wolf joined in the attack, putting its crooked teeth into his shoulder, and then the fourth wolf lunged at him, its jaws clamping onto his neck.“Ahhh!”The wolf was so big and heavy that Aldric lost his footing. The wolf keeps on biting and tearing his flesh, but a wicked smile stretches across Aldric's face.“I don't have any weapon, but my body has become one. Drink! Eat me!” Aldric let out a ghastly laughter, his voice echoing in the cavern. "Eat me, but you won't kill me! I will be the one to kill you all!"This was Aldric's first and last resort. After eating the spider's body and drinking its blood, his blood has become posioned, and thus, his own body has become his weapon.He could feel his arm being detached to his body, and he could hear the sound of his bones cracking and the gruesome slurping of his poisoned flesh.He was coughing up so much blood that his mouth became a crimson waterfall, but Aldric's laughter continued to echo through the cavern.Five seconds later, having tasted the poison in Aldric's blood, began convulsing violently. The alpha wolf released its grip on Aldric, staggering backward, its body contorted in pain.Saliva foamed from their mouth as the poison took effect.They didn't even have the time to fight back as their eyes rolled back, and they fell on the floor, laying down on the spider's violet blood.As the wolf's skin made contact with the spider's blood, its skin started to melt, producing smoke filled with a noxious stench.The Alpha shoots Aldric a last wrathful glare and lets out a roar, but it offers no further resistance.Soon, it breathes its last along with the three wolves.Then Aldric heard the familiar announcement again.[You have slain a Führer Dread Wolf].[You have slain a Führer Dread Wolf].[You have slain a Führer Dread Wolf].[You have slain King of the Dreadwolves at the same time as Queen Arachna… Calculating….][Individual Aldric Fellon has met the criteria for the evolution of Class and System!][Your class is the King.]“K-King?” Just when he thought that the announcement of the system was over…[... Error… Lack of subjects detected… Making a mission to continue with evolution…[Mission: A King is no King without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well. Objective: Tame the Dreadwolves and put them on your command. ]Aldric's eyes widened as he kept rereading the words on the translucent screen and then cast his gaze on the Dreadwolves, who appeared to be of the lower rank compared to the wolves who attacked him.Gasping for breath, Aldric said, “They didn't do anything at all and just watched. Is it the hierarchy between the wolves? W-What am I supposed to do? I just killed their leader. There is no way they are gonna submit to me. But is this even possible? That bitch Queen told me that they are curses, monsters that wreaked havoc on this world and the system is telling me to tame these deformed monsters?!"Just then, the wolves started to move and walk towards him. Fear
"W-WHAT?!"Aldric couldn't help but feel a tinge of disappointment realizing that the Celestial Elixir couldn't restore his lost arms.He tried to find another potion but found nothing. “But I still need it for my wounds. ” Aldric looked at his sides where his supposed arms should have been as he sighed. "I'll go for the Celestial Elixir. Purchase 5," he declared.[Purchasing Celestial Elixir, would you like to confirm?]“Confirm.”[Transaction complete. Celestial Elixir acquired (5). Remaining coins: 2,999,999,500,000.]A radiant vial containing a golden liquid materialized.It was the Celestial Elixir, and it seemed to pulse with potent energy.Eager to experience its effects, Aldric wasted no time in consuming the elixir, using only his mouth to open the bottle.He only drank one, yet Aldric felt a surge of revitalizing energy coursing through his body.His wounds closed rapidly, and fatigue seemed to dissipate, but as he already expected, his arms didn't regenerate. “Maybe there i
Aldric screech cut off abruptly as he collapsed onto his back, and his body spasmed. He felt as if something were eating away at him from within. “Agh— Aghghhhhgh!”Aldric screamed in a way that made everyone wish they could plug their ears. “Shabe— Shave me! Please! It hurts so much! P-Please!” Aldric shouted repeatedly, but there was no one there to help him. He was alone.As time passed, the pain only grew worse. The pain entered his head like his brain and he felt like his head was being squashed and smashed by a metal repeatedly.Aldric felt like his head was gonna burst.“Aaaaaaaaah!!! Wh-What’s— Aaaaaaah!!!”It was unendurable agony. The pain was trying to eat him from the inside out. Aldric writhed on the ground, screaming in terror.“Ahh!” Aldric yelled in pain and agony, the veins in his throat pulsating with the intensity of his suffering.The relentless pain surged through his entire being, threatening to overwhelm his consciousness.His body convulsed involuntarily as i
ALDRIC has been walking for almost an hour now.Thankfully, his stamina has increased thanks to the level up he hot and the bunos he got from Wrath and Gluttony. He also brought the skill ‘Endurance,’ so it was impossible for him to get tired quickly."I'm still not used to my body. I felt so light, and I'm not gasping for air no matter what I do. When I was fat, even getting up make me feel like I ran a marathon."Aldric checked his stomach which has gotten hard with muscles once again to checked that he wasn't dreaming at all. "Even my junior has changed significantly. It grew big for some reason," Aldric commented. He checked it last night and he was shocked to see it. Aldric shooked his head and put all the dirty thoughts aside.“It's daylight, so I won't find Demonic Monster but just normal monsters, but that doesn't mean I should let my guard down. Although I have grown stronger, I still don't know how strong I have become. I'm still clueless of my other skills,” Aldric mumbled
THEY were green and small in size, and some of them were almost skin to bones and filled with wounds.‘I guess even monsters are affected by the curse,’ Aldric said in the back of his mind as he kept observing them without uttering a word.The gobliins' faces were dirty and devoid of intelligence. Their swords had rust on them, and their armor was thin and torn at the edges. Some of them were dressed in nothing but stained rags. Their suken eyes that showed signed of dehydration, as well as their weapons, were trained on Aldric, although a few of them were ready to flee at the least provocation. Aldric smelt blood on them. Blood of other goblins.[Appraisal Activated][Name: Unnamed Goblin][Level: 5][Stats: - HP: 35/35 - MP: 15/15 - STR: 8 - AGI: 5 - INT: 2][Skills: - Basic Swordsmanship - Scavenge][Info: A small and weak goblin, often treated as the lowest rank among their kind. Their survival skills are essential in harsh environments, and they rely on scavenging and ba
HAVING dealt with all of that, Aldric gave Goblins the scales that he got from killing Gila Monsters and made them pile into a neat stack. But because the Gila's Monster scale was strong and sharp, he warned them to be careful, but it didn't take long before one of the goblins accidentally cut themselves on the sharp edge of a scale.Thankfully, the female goblin was there to heal them. Aldric found out that from the female goblin that the reason for her skin color being different wasnt because she was a woman but because she was special from the others.Aldric could not understand any of it.[The Goblin (10) has pledged loyalty to King Aldric. Goblins are now under your command.][Your Kingdom grows stronger.][You have received $1,000,000,000,000][You can now name the Goblins.]Aldric was making a weapon when the translucent screen appeared before him again."Name?" Aldric nodded, having understood what the system meant. "That's good. Since I will be living with them, it will be i
"It is finished, our Lord," the goblin with spiky silver hair said as he approached Aldric. Aldric named him Snik. "We have done as you ordered. The scales have been perfectly arranged."Aldric nodded and stood up. He cast a fire magic on the scales and burned them until they melted, forming a molten substance. As the molten substance glowed with intense heat, Aldric skillfully manipulated it, shaping the material into a door that fits the cave's entrance."How powerful!""Our Lord is powerful!"The elder goblin Grom and the others yelled with awe.But Aldric wasn't finished. He put another layer of scales and attached them to the door. This time, he didn't melt it and just used the fire magic to melt the back of the scales so they would stick together. He then took the venom he got from the Gila Monster and poured it on the scales, and he conjured a small amount of his own poison-infused blood, adding it to the venom-coated scales. After all of that work, he used 'All Healing' to
As soon as he said that, a spectral aura enveloped the space, and Aldric's shadow became alive. It flickered like there was an ethereal flame within it. The atmosphere grew heavy as if the very air was responding to Aldric's command, and then coming out of Aldric's shadow were the forty-five Dread Wolves, slowly materializing.Their haunting eyes fixed on Aldric, ready to heed his commands. Right at this moment, the goblins outside the room felt an ominous yet familiar presence. They exchanged glances, immediately grabbed their weapons, and hurriedly ran towards their Lord, praying that nothing had happened.But as soon as they stepped inside, what they saw made them tremble with fear. They couldn't even move as they exchanged a glance with the monsters before them."P-Protect the Lord!" It was the elder goblin who broke the silence between the Goblins, but although he said that, he too was trembling uncontrollably.He couldn't even move from his spot. He gritted his teeth and swal