Rebirth II

"All done." He said to himself before resuming his walk.

'Now that I think about it, I seem to be getting afraid here.. Who wouldn't be anyway, it's no big deal.' Thought Ezra, as he continued on.

After taking just two more steps, his ears caught something move behind him sort of, and without much of a thought, he moved to the side. Lucky for him that he did so, because he only barely avoided the sneak attack that was aimed at his mid-section.

Taking off his shirt might have left him too exposed, as claw marks were visible on his sides, just below the ribs. He had subconsciously touched the wound after looking at it, and the sting he felt from it caused him to remove the hand immediately and let out a painful groan.

Looking ahead of himself, Ezra caught sight of the creature that just attacked him with intent to kill.

'Ordinary Raged Wolf.' He said in his mind. 'Everything was really made into some kind of game huh?' He thought to himself.

Over the wolf like beast's head, its name appeared in red and sizable enough for Ezra to see.

The first thing that came to Ezra's mind was to scan the area to see if there was any other one around. After all, wolves are known to hunt in packs.

Luckily for him, he couldn't spot any other sign of any creature around. Unfortunately, the rage added to the wolf's name was not for fancy, and without any fore signs, the animal launched itself at Ezra who was a bit distracted scanning the area.

Ezra reacted instinctively by bringing his arms towards his face to protect his front section, and the animal bit down on one of his forearm. With the pain running through his nerves and causing adrenaline to be released into his system, the pain numbed down for a moment, and without much of a thought or a plan, Ezra began pounding his free right hand on the beast's face using his knuckles and bottom part of his balled up fist like he was banging on a table.

This wolf, to begin with was not the same size as a normal one, it was bigger, not to mention the fact that even a dog will never remove its teeth from being hurt with such a force as Ezra did.

The supply of adrenaline must have not been enough, because the more the beast shook its head and dug deeper into Ezra's skin, the more it hurt. With purpose in his body this time, Ezra grabbed the beast by the face using his spread out palm of the free hand, and with his thumb and ring finger, pushed into the beast's eyes, causing it to release its teeth and move backwards a bit, crying in pain, or at least it sounded so.

It's huge body that looked massive stood on the ground while it shook its head in pain, unable to do much in its condition.

Without waiting any longer for recovery, Ezra launched forward with his bleeding left hand and pounced on the beast with a strong right fist to its face. Of course, that didn't do much to such a savage creature, and it stood firm on it's feet, only now, knowing what direction to attack. As it launched forward, Ezra did something totally unplanned for without thinking. His body moved forwards and sideways, avoiding the beast, and when he realized this, he attempted to grab it by the neck, but missed. Without stopping, he took hold of the beast's front legs and brought it to its side.

With the only thought in his head to kill the beast, Ezra pounced on it, grabbed it by the head, and repeatedly banged it on the ground. The beast struggled and eventually managed to throw him off, and without giving room for recovery, he stayed persistent like an annoying fly until the beast stopped crying out. By the time he stopped trying to kill it, the floor was already covered in blood to some extent, and the other side of the beast's skull was shattered.

Ezra separated from it and couldn't help but stare at it in a daze. He almost lost his life just like that, and it was no joke at all.

Looking at his injured arm, he couldn't help but think how crazy of a situation he was in. On one hand, he had come back from the dead and had been given another shot at life, but on another, he was now in such an environment that could take that very same life in moments.

'This is just crazy.' Ezra thought to himself.

He took some of the clothe remaining from ripping his shirt and wrapped it around his arm, then he moved. Only this time, he did not continue down, but turned and headed back to where he came from, in hopes of finding an exit.

'I can tell, if I keep going down, I'll die for sure. I'm only an F rank, there isn't much a weakling like me can do.' He thought to himself as he dragged his body along, ignoring the throbbing pain all around his body.

But then, life was not always so polite…

[You have failed to complete the daily quest. Penalty will now be given]

'Why now?'