2023-03-28 22:56:22[Due to the stress and injuries put on host’s body, host’s life span has been shortened]
[Time left:][1:18:12:45]He was shocked at first after reading this, but then again, it was expected.This meant that he had less than two days to get to level ten, so if he doesn’t finish this today he would have to come back tomorrow.He opened his stats to see the changes.[Name: Art Von SilverRace: HumanLevel: 9EXP: 1030/1500HP: 3/10MP: ???STR: 3AGI: 4STA: 7VIT: 2INT: 0Attribute: noneFree stats: 25]He pondered on whether to continue or not but his thoughts got interrupted by the ruffling sounds coming from the bushes.Racheal slowly broke the hug before looking around warily.Just a few seconds later, a white rabbit with glowing red eyes leaped out from a shrub and as her gaze fell on it, her eyes widened in horror.It was confusing how she didn’t seem scared of the wolf but had such an expression for a creature much smaller.You might be thinking that looks can be deceiving but contrary to that, this little rabbit was way weaker than the wolf despite also being an F-rank.Yes, even beasts of the same rank had differences in power and this beast was among the weakest of F-ranks but there was a reason for her reaction.‘Shit! How did they get here? This isn’t part of their territory,' she cursed internally not even bothering to attack the beast, instead, she helped Art to get up.“We have to leave here now,” she voiced out as Art’s gaze also fell on the beast, and with his memories he could recognize it, having a similar reaction as Racheal.With the arrival of this beast, he decided to come back tomorrow.With her support, they turned around and began to walk away but after several steps, they saw the red-eyed rabbit as they were called, in front of them.Rather, it was another one, as the one behind them was still yet to move.Racheal gritted her teeth as there was now another red-eyed rabbit at their right.~Ruffle~A fourth red-eyed rabbit leaped from the bushes on their left.A fifthA sixthA seventhTenTwentyIn less than ten seconds they were surrounded by about 50 red-eyed rabbits.This was why they were feared. They always came in large numbers.With both of them being surrounded, she had no other choice but to fight.She knew protecting both of them from such beasts won’t be easy but she was going to give it her all.“I’ll end this quickly, just stay here,” she said placing him down with his back resting against a tree.He had lost most of the little blood he had in his body. Calling him pale now, would be an understatement as the only colour on his body except for plain white was his eyes and hair.Art barely had any strength left and his HP had even reduced by one, leaving him with only two.Racheal wasn’t planning on wasting time here so she got serious from the start.A red-eyed rabbit leaped at Racheal, opening its mouth which had razor-sharp teeth but she swung her fist into its face sending it flying and crashing lifelessly to the ground.It was an instant kill and Art who was on the verge of dying stared at them like treasures.They would be a great way to farm EXP. He felt silly thinking about something like this at such a moment.They kept leaping at her to take a bite but she had stayed with the Silvers for some time now so she was good at fighting without the use of magic.Only after a while as their numbers kept increasing did she decide to use magic, and she planned on going all out.Clasping her hands together, five big balls of water materialized from thin air before being separated into smaller sizes.This was the first time he was seeing magic being used, so he just kept staring in awe.Clasping her hands tighter, the small balls of water shot through the air at great speed piercing into different parts of 70 percent of their population, with all dying on the spot or a little later.The attack she just performed was draining for someone of her level and it was the best she could come up with to deal with this situation but this seemed useless as the amount she had just killed got replaced by the arrival of more in less than five seconds.She knew they usually came in numbers, but this…….this was too much.The only answer she could come up with for the cause of this was that they were migrating.Just how bad was their luck to come here at such a time?She performed the same spell again, this time pouring continuous mana in the spell as the little water balls kept firing off like bullets from a machine gun, killing them continuously in large numbers but the rate at which they were dying was just as much as how more were arriving, so their number didn't seem to be decreasing.The attack just stopped them from getting closer, more like it killed anyone that did.If he had the strength, Art would’ve whistled at how many beasts she was killing.If he was the one doing this, he was sure to have leveled up multiple times by now.The area surrounding them was a bloody mess which reminded him of his last moments in his former world, where he had to fight for his survival even with the number of injuries he had received from the torture.He had a decent amount of pain resistance, which was obvious from his fight with the wolf. So he didn’t let it get in the way and that was why he was able to kill all those people before losing his.His previous life was really messed up and it might surprise you but his fianceé wasn’t the first heartbreaking betrayal that he had received.The first happened when he was just 13 years old.His family was into both the mafia and politics, so being a son, much more the heir was very risky.He was educated at a very young age about the world he was into, which raised his resistance towards people but there was one person he trusted. His only true friend back then.They did a lot of things together and even considered themselves as brothers. That was until their argument over a girl.Come to think of it, he had suffered a lot because of females.Well, to cut the long story short, this same person he considered a brother, sold out his location to a family rival who didn’t waste any time trying to kidnap him.But he had been given lessons on how to defend himself at that time and in the process of this he ended up killing one of them.His best friend after realizing what he had done, came to ask for forgiveness but he cast him away telling him not to ever show his face again.He wanted to kill him but couldn’t as he was already traumatized after his first kill and even though he would’ve ended up dead if he didn’t, it couldn’t make him feel better.It took him two years to recover only to fall in love and you all saw how that ended up.So even though he stared at the girl in front of him risking her life for his when she could’ve escaped, which he was sure that his so-called best friend and fianceé wouldn't do, he couldn’t still bring himself to trust her totally.But now she made him realize something.There were still good people out there who would do anything for those they claim to love and care about.He who had suffered not-so-good relationships was a little bit moved by this.Racheal who was now exhausted and low on mana with sweat dripping from her face suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder.Shifting her gaze, she saw Art who had a smile on his face“I’ll take it from here.”
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