Tyrant's Eyes! (1)

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Soon after the world around me breaks, I finally regain control of my body

The moment I do that, I realize that my body is completely fine, and that all the wounds and blood from before are gone

As if, they never existed in the first place

Besides that, I also realize that I am no longer in the forest I was in, before I passed out

Instead, I'm in a kind of cave, a very dark cave

This cave is a very large cave, about twenty meters wide, forty long

The roof of the cave is very high, being over ten meters high

However, this is not what catches my eye

What catches my attention, is the being that is standing in front of me

This being is not human, in fact he is far from being, he is a big monster

I can't see much details of his appearance, because the cave is very dark

Even so, I can still say that both his skin and his eyes, are blood red

I don't quite understand what is happening, and why I am in this cave

However, even then I'm still sure of two things

The first thing is that this monster is stronger than me, and it's not the kind of monster, I'd like to irritate

The second is that for some reason this monster is very angry with me

'Fuck! What the hell was that guy doing while controlling my body?'

While I'm busy thinking about, the already deceased, Monster Instinct

The big red monster looks at me and roars

"ROOAR!"

After that, he starts running towards me

Seeing this, I don't think twice and start running towards the monster

"Okay! It looks like I have no choice! Let's fight your son of a bitch!"

Seeing my action, the monster gets even more angry and starts running towards me

So when he's less than five meters from me, I scream

"<Phantom Steps>"

As soon as I say that name, I feel my body being enveloped by a mysterious energy

It is a warm sensation and very comfortable, simultaneously with that sensation, I disappear from the sight of the big monster

The instant I realize that I'm invisible, I quickly switch to open my status screen, and change the title <The Second Greatest Martial Artist of the Century!> to the title <Robustness of a Cockroach!>

I do this, because with the second, I have more Stamina, and I can maintain the invisibility state for longer

When I do that, my stamina changes

2.605 / 3.255 -> 3.242 / 3.892

'Tsk! As I expected the 650 Stamina I already spent didn't recover! Anyway!

If I don't count the three seconds it took me to change the title, I still have about 64 seconds of invisibility!

Well, let's hope that this time is enough!'

With my sudden disappearance, the monster stops running and starts looking at the place where I was (I am) full of confusion

The monster slowly walks towards me and stop less than a meter from where I was (I am)

Seeing this, I quickly hold my breath and stand still

Using his big red eyes the monster starts to stare at where I was (I am)

After almost a minute, the monster looks away at the cave entrance and starts running full of rage as if looking for something

As soon as he leaves the cave, my Stamina ends and the Skill <Phantom Steps> invisibility state deactivated

With that, I fall on my knees on the floor while I sweat a lot and breathe hard

"Fuck! That was really close! If he had waited a few more seconds, he would have caught me! He must have thought I ran away!

Huehuehue! Little does he know that I was standing here all the time! Phew! I had better get out of here!

After all, I don't know if this monster will be back soon!"

With that in mind I get up, remove my sweaty bang from my face and start walking towards the cave entrance

At this moment, I realize that at the bottom of the cave there is something shining

"Huh? What's that?"

After seeing this, I shift my gaze to the cave entrance with doubt

After hesitating for a second, I start walk to the bottom of the cave while convincing myself that it's okay to do that

"Well, seeing how angry he was! I don't think he will give up looking for me anytime soon! So it shouldn't be a problem if I just take a look for a minute or two!"

After walking a few meters, I reach the bottom of the cave

Once there, I realize that the source of the glow is a small altar

This altar is not very big, being only a few centimeters wide and about a meter high

At the top of this altar, there is an object surrounded by a small green force field

This object is a book that appears to be made of leather

This book is floating on the altar while emitting a strong blue light

I place one of my hands on my chin and while I look at the book, I say

"I don't know exactly what that book is. However, looking at the configuration of this cave. It looks like that monster is protecting it!

Wait a minute! Is that what the Monster Instinct was after?"

While I'm still thinking about it, I reach out my other arm and try to touch the Book

However, the moment my hand touches the green force field

The force field emits a strong green light and my hand is repelled

I take a few steps back scared of it

"Damn it! It scared me! For a moment, I thought the force field was going to attack me!"

After a few seconds, I calm down and say

"Well, if I follow the logic of the games. That force field must be related to that monster from before!

Maybe, it just disappears if I kill that monster! That doesn't seem very smart! Wait a minute! Did that guy brought me over here.

With the intention of kill that monster to get this book?"

I start to think on the feeling that monster went through, and start to curse

"Damn! Monster Instinct... you are a fucking idiot! You almost killed both of us with that! You can't see, that this monster is clearly at an extremely high level!"

After spending a few seconds cursing the Monster Instinct

I start looking in a trance at the book within the force field

After looking at the book for almost a minute, a certain idea crosses my mind

Then I slowly raise my arm, point to the book and say

"<Steal >"

The moment I say that, I hear a beep in my head followed by a few notifications

[Success!]

[The Skill <Steal > has leveled up!]

[The maximum range of the skill has become greater]

[The odds of the user being detected when using the skill become lowest]

After that, the book disappears from the altar and appears in my hand

"..."

I spend a few seconds, not knowing how to react as I stare at the book

As soon as I recover, I don't think twice, I place the book under my arm and run at full speed out of the cave

"Huehuehue! Sick! I didn't expect this to really work!"

As soon as I leave the cave, I look at it entrance and when I do that, I realize that I didn't come out of a cave

"What? Is that a... fucking door?"

In front of me, there is a large double door. That door is twenty meters high by five wide, the surface of both the frame and the two doors itself are completely black. Besides that, there are some red patterns, scattered throughout these doors

Both doors are open to the maximum and inside it is only possible to see a kind of yellow portal. This yellow portal is very bright, and it oscillates as if it were alive

I walk to the front of the door, reach out touch the yellow portal

When my hand comes into contact with the portal, it simply goes through it

"Oh, it looks like I even put my hand in the water! Hmm... however, I don't remember feeling anything like that when I left the portal!"

I remove my hand from the portal, and start looking for any anomalies that may exist in it

After finding nothing I look at the portal and whisper

"Well, I've been through this portal once and yet nothing happened... so there should be no problem!"

I slowly approach the portal and run my face through it

When I do that, what I see is the cave I just left

After checking this out, I quickly walk away from the door

Therefore, I walk to the back of the door and look at it

When I do that, I realize that the door is gone

I quickly walk to the front of the door, and the door reappears

"Oh, so I have to be on this side to see the door! How bizarre! Well, whatever, I better get out of here!"

As I quickly move away, I take one last look at the leather book under my arm and smile widely

As I do this, a certain thought crosses my head

'Does will he be angry that I took his book? Nahhh! It's just a book... so everything should be fine!'

Having reached that conclusion, I increase my speed and move further away from the door

However, I soon run into a small problem

"Okay... what the hell the Monster Instinct did with all my stuff?"

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