Chapter 2 - A Forest Unknown

A/N: Have y'all seen the easter egg? I'll tell y'all next chapter. Anyways I'll try to make every chapter reach at least a thousand words, so give power stones if you can, thanks.

Also GORE, somewhat.

________________________________________________________________________________

Rikuro's POV:

My eyes instinctively squinted due to the difference in the light surrounding me, the blue tint that passes through the wall of my eyelids confuses me.

'The sky? Why am I seeing blue.. isn't it supposed to be almost midnight?'

My eyes slowly adapted to the blue light in front of me. In front of me I could see a notification screen. It has a black background and a blue tint surrounding it.

'A system.. where am I? What happened? Where's.. my.. family?'

Depressing thoughts crawl into my mind. Ignoring the text on the system, I look around and I find myself in the middle of a forest. Little light passes through the high jungle leaves, but the light that does, shone overhead.

'A forest? And.. it's morning.'

I look at my watch, it says 12:01 am. This bewildered me, time for me hasn't changed but it's already morning.

I still have my plastic bag with the cup noodles and I have my wallet in my pocket.

'Well I guess.. I'll need your help system.'

I look at the system in front of me. It isn't like any system I have read or seen. Theres no stats, titles, and items. It just has one thing on it, an ability.

『Matter Destruction』

This ability will turn any matter that the user is touching into dust. The size and speed  of this ability varies on the amount of energy the user puts on this ability.

'Matter destruction, huh isn't that just like Hakai in Dragon Ball, and energy needs what does that even mean'

Amidst the sound of the rustling leaves and the chirps of cicadas, I picked up a rock next to me and held it in my palm.

"HAKAI!"

(A/N: The translation of Hakai is destruction right, so I just used it instead of matter destruction, cause it's long)

The rock on the palm of my head began turning into dust from the bottom up.

The happiness of actually saying an ability and it working is now overfilled with cringe and embaressment as the thought of someone hearing me say something like that filled my head.

"GAAAH!!! CRINGE!! AAAAAAH!!"

My face turned red but that immediately got overwritten by my fatigue. I fell down making me sit on the lush green floor of the forest.

Panting came from my mouth as I try to regain my strength back.

"This ability.. huff.. it's.. basically.. USELESS!! The amount.. of energy.. huff.. I needed to use.. to destroy a rock. AAAAAAH!!!"

Feeling my energy became normal I rustled my hair, I stand back up and brushed my bottom to take any dirt off.

I can't stop it anymore.. it caught up to me. The dread and the reality of what happened to me.

"I got transported into this forest.. where am I even." I look up at the roof of the green forest, a single tear fell from my eye. "I wanna go home.. Mom, Dad, Arisu.. where are you?"

The rustling of leaves intensifies. My heart rate shot up as the sound got nearer. I picked up some rocks and put them in my plastic bag.

I looked around me, looking side to side and behind me. I secure my hold on the plastic bag, making it my bludgeoning weapon.

Being wary of my surroundings I tried to hide behind some foliage, but that didn't happen.

A shadowy figure pounced on me, before it could let it's appendages land on me, I dodge to the side and hit it with my makeshift weapon.

"THWACK!!"

The sound of rocks hitting the hard yet fleshy head of the figure face, gave me some hope to run or even defeat it.

I dash backwards to get some distance from it, I took a rock from the ground and I hold it in my arm. I took a good look on the figure to figure out what it is.. it's a wolf, a malnourished one at that.

The system pops up and gave me some information on it. It was big enough to read yet small enough to not cover the wolf.

『Lone Wolf』

A lone wolf means that the wolf is currently looking for a mate or a pack.

Well isn't that convenient. Well that's not a lot of information anyways.

I look at the twitching wolf, it's trying to stand up, it's legs shaking, it's voice whimpering. Before it could stand up, I throw the rock straight at it's eyes, though it missed, the trajectory changed from the eyes to the head.

"Pwack"

A weak sound came from the hit, but that hit was strong enough to make the wolf fall.

I walk closer to it, swinging my makeshift weapon to build momentum.

Before the wolf could regain consciousness, I hit it's stomach with the momentum enhanced makeshift weapon.

"Thwack!! Crack!!"

The sound of it's ribs cracking from my attack makes me more hopeful in defeating this wolf. It's whimpering noises being blocked by my instinct to survive.

I hit and hit it again "Thwack, thwack, bonk, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack." It's bones and internal organs destroyed and crunching on every hit. I decided to end it.. if it was even alive.

A final hit on its head.

"Splurt"

It's brain, skull and blood burst into pieces, it's blood covering my hands, arms and my clothes.

I look at it.

Its head flattened into the ground.

I opened it's mouth. And looked ito it's canine, it's seems to be in a very good condition.

I took off my flannel jacket and I use it to cover my arm, like a makeshift boxing glove. I hold one of it's canine.

I then hold it greatly.. and then I pulled it.

Blood flowing out of the wounded gums. I put the canine on one of my pockets. I put my flannel jacket back on, and hold my makeshift weapon again. Fatigue once again filled me but now it's partnered with a hint of guilt.

(A/N: The drip shall never come off)

'Was it better if I just ran away.. was it necessary to kill it?"

'No, forget that you're in an unknown place with a system, you're first and only priority right now is to survive.'

I walk away from the site of the mangled wolf. I walk to a single direction to get out of this place, west.

________________________________________________________________________________

A/N: What do you think of this chapter, I'll try to make this not like the usual MC with the system. The system will be somewhat useless to the MC alsoo, this will be mostly adventuring and looking for a way back home.

Should I put a big bad?

Yes

No