“Grrr…”
The next day, Nux was standing frozen stiff in front of a ferocious-looking Tiger with fresh blood dripping from its mouth.
He was wearing a silver colour Armor that covered his chest and was holding a long sword in his hands that were shaking nonstop. From his pale expression, it was clear that he was frightened out of his wits.
What happened?
Well, nothing in particular, after checking out of the inn, he entered the forest in high spirits, but soon, he encountered this ferocious looking Tiger that was glaring at him with menacing eyes and he was frozen in fear.
It wasn’t that the Tiger was too strong or something, rather, this Tiger was one of the weaker creatures in this wilderness, a 1-star beast, but Nux was still frightened by how scary it looked.
You can’t blame him either, just a few days ago, he was just a normal man who would be scared even if a street dog barked at him. How can someone expect him to fight against these scary looking monsters?
He was stronger and learned a few techniques, right, but you don’t go fighting animals in a jungle after learning some martial arts right?
When it saw how scared this human in front of him was, the tiger smiled even more menacingly. It would have a delicious meet today as its breakfast. Without thinking any further, he quickly dashed towards Nux with its eyes shining brightly.
*Roar*
A huge mistake.
What the tiger did was a huge mistake on its part. It might have been better if it had walked towards Nux slowly and intimidatingly, but now that he dashed towards Nux, his expression changed a little.
‘Too slow…’
Nux thought inwardly, slowly starting to gain some confidence.
He quickly activated his [Eye Of Discursion] and all the information about this tiger appeared in front of his eyes.
[Gale Tiger]
[Cultivation: 1 Star Beast.]
[LVL: 13]
[HP: 180/190]
[STR: 20]
[AGL: 21]
[VIT: 19]
[STM: 20]
[DEF: 19]
…
‘Hmm? I am at least 3 times stronger than this beast’ Nux thought inwardly before his eyes fell on the beast. Seeing the delight and mockery in its eyes, he panicked a little before he quickly regained his confidence as he looked at its stats.
“What are you acting so confident for?”
The tiger then jumped at Nux, Nux also raised his sword before stabbing it down in a crude way. There were no traces of his Nine Strikes Of Sword that he practised before.
The sword stabbed right through the tiger’s nape, pinning it on the ground.
*Roar!!*
It roared in pain, it still did not have any idea how or when this weak human stabbed his sword through his body. He glanced up and looked into Nux’s eyes to make sure if it was him or someone else who sneak attacked it from behind.
Another big mistake.
Seeing that the beast still hadn’t died, Nux panicked, he did not think about removing his sword and stabbing it again, instead, his most primal instants kicked in, he raised his leg and stomped on the poor beast’s face mercilessly.
“Roar!!”
“Rooaaarrr!!”
“Roar…”
“Grr… Grr…”
“…”
The translated version,
“How dare you kick me!?”
“You dare kick me again!!?”
“Please don’t kick me…”
“Please, I am begging you, just stab your sword and end me… why to humiliate me like that…”
“…”
Of course, Nux didn’t know what it said or wanted to say, neither did he care. He kept attacking until he could hear him roaring or growling.
[Ding]
[It is detected that the host has killed a 1-star beast]
[Reward: 1 System point]
[Wind Affinity: +1]
‘Damn… it was harder than I thought…’
Nux thought inwardly, his heart felt like it was about to burst out by how fast it was beating.
“Haah…”
He took a deep breath as he calmed his racing heart before glancing at the messages that appeared in front of him.
‘Wind affinity? Was it because I killed the Gale Tiger? Does that mean I will gain more affinity to a certain element if I kill a star beast of a certain element? That’s cool!’
‘But I need to calm down, I was lucky that this beast I encountered wasn’t that strong, or else I would have been in trouble. I should find some 1-star beasts and practice the skills I have learned and… also get used to this blood…’
Of course, as a normal human, he hasn’t witnessed this huge amount of blood before, let alone the being the cause of it.
He then glanced at the Gale tiger’s body; he picked up his sword and waved his hand as the body disappeared into his inventory.
Although the body isn’t that valuable, he wasn’t dumb enough to leave free resources. No sane man would reject extra cash.
He then moved forward and soon, he found another beast.
[Earth Bear]
[Cultivation: 1 Star Beast.]
[LVL: 12]
[HP: 160/180]
[STR: 20]
[AGL: 18]
[VIT: 18]
[STM: 17]
[DEF: 21]
…
‘Another one-star beast, this should be easy since I can make the first move’
Right now, this bear was enjoying its prey, not knowing its impending doom.
Nux activated his Steps Of Gale, it was the technique which he had most control on other than the Nine Strikes Of Sword, he could feel it reaching closer to Beginner Stage after yesterday’s run.
Nux disappeared before he appeared right before the bear, and without wasting any time, he slashed his sword according to Nine Strikes Of Sword, cutting its head off.
The poor bear didn’t even know how it died. He couldn’t even enjoy its last meal before his head got slashed.
[Ding]
[It is detected that the host has killed a 1-star beast]
[Reward: 1 System point]
[Earth Affinity: +1]
Nux stood there, frozen still as the blood flowed out of the bear’s body like a fountain and fell on his face. He felt nauseating; he wanted to vomit but controlled himself. He knew this would happen, he knew that he will have to face blood one day or another.
He wiped the blood on his face and stored the bear’s body in his inventory.