24. Thankful for everything

[Inspect]

[ Scordana ]

[ Intermediate level beast ]

Just in front of Abraham, another beast made its presence known. The beast looked like a mixture of a human and a beast. The upper half was like a human except for the pair of claws on each side. The lower half was a scorpion-like creature. Compare to a scorpion, no tail was seen on the beast's end but Abraham was not surprised.

In the novel, Quinn the main character met such a beast on the planet. It had the ability to hide its tail inside its body. He knew that the beast's claws were exoskeletons.

An exoskeleton beast meant that the beast's skeleton was on the outside, making the outer shell incredibly hard. Except for its upper body, every part of the beast was covered in some type of shell.

While Abraham was preparing for the beast confrontation, on the other side the beast was fighting its urge. The beast's instinct was telling it to run.

Both the Tigonoir and the Scordana were intermediate beasts but the Scordana knew it was far weaker compared to a Tigonoir and right now its prey had killed the tiger-like beast.

Abraham was momentarily confused by the reaction of the beast but it didn't matter to him. If the beast wasn't taking the initiative to attack, he didn't mind taking the first attack.

Seeing the human sprinting toward it, the scorpion-like beast brought all four of its claws to brace for impact. It felt the human hit the claws, but there was no pain. Looking down, its eyes registered for the last time a big hole in its body. All four of its claws vanished.

Abraham wanted to test his power using only a Qi punch but the beast was killed on the spot.

[ Scordana has been killed 500 exp ]

[ first Scordana killed 1000 exp ]

[Exp 2640/6400]

After Abraham sensed the crystal inside the beast using the second Qi, Abraham took it out through the hole in the middle of the beast's body.

"You look like a monster to those beasts. Normally a beast would attack a human or vampire without question. But this one instinct was warning it." the system broke the silence.

"That's what it takes to become the one above all."

Abraham was starting to feel tired due to the continuous fight. It was a pity that he could not use the beast's blood to refill his blood bank which was around half-filled.

Abraham was standing in between two beasts' corpses. Blood and beasts' organs were everywhere on the ground. Someone not used to seeing dead bodies would vomit on such a scene. But Abraham was unaffected. Only the foul smell was unpleasant for him.

He decided to search for a hideout to rest and allow his hp to naturally regenerate. With no humans around, he was leaving the blood bank for emergencies. He had sensed many beasts when searching but his body required some rest, thus he decided to let them live for now.

After some search, he found in the middle of some boulders a tiny empty space. He went down when he confirmed that no beast was inside. He immediately lay down and relaxed every muscle in his body.

"What a life this is. There is not much difference between now and the past. Instead of criminal, I'm fighting beast. It's just that with the system, I'm getting stronger rapidly." Abraham could not help but remember his past life.

"Oh, but you did get a reward when fighting the gangs. Sometimes I find your thoughts bizarre. It's like... Ah forget it, I'm just an Ai for your system".

Abraham could not help but chuckle from the confusion of the Ai. Abraham was comparing the fight with his past life, but the system misunderstood the gang's fight.

Abraham had no fear if the Ai was able to find out that he had many memories and knowledge of certain events. After all, the Ai was within himself.

Due to the occasional noise and constant vigilance, he was not able to fall asleep. He had released his Qi into a mist whenever the noise was near to confirm the presence of a menace. The hideout was great as no beast approached extremely near.

Abraham stayed there observing the beautiful sky through the small hole he got down through. This new life has given him the chance to be on another planet, something anyone would dream of during his previous life.

Sometimes he could not help but think everything that was happening was just a dream. One day he would wake and everything would disappear. If one day it really happened, Abraham would accept the reality. During all these moments he had spent here, he was really thankful. He didn't know if his birth here was a coincidence or was done by something or someone. But thanks to that, he met someone, his father Dracul.

He never imagined that with such an adult mind he would accept Dracul as his father. But with the constant care and love shown by his father, he felt a deep connection with Dracul. Maybe it was because he didn't have such a moment during his previous life as both his parents in his past life died soon after his birth.

A tear involuntary formed and he closed his eyes. The Ai didn't disturb him allowing Abraham to be on his own. At such a moment, Abraham fell into a deep sleep.

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An intense light was disturbing him. Using his hand he blocked the light and opened his eyes. Abraham found that it was morning and the sun was already up in the sky. He immediately felt the need for nature's call. He quickly got out of the empty space and when a distance from his sleeping location. After he was done with his business, he was about to return when he saw a wooden cabin near. Curious and surprised by the situation, he decided to explore it. When he got near, he found smoke flying out of the chimney giving a sign of life inside. He gave a knock on the door wishing that it will be a good person to allow him inside. Soon he heard someone approaching and when the person opened the door, Abraham was dumbfounded. A man and woman were by the door.

The man was none other than Dracul, his own father. The woman was also someone he saw since his birth. She was Anita, his mother whom he saw in many photos.

"Where were you son during the whole night, your mother and I were really worried. It's good that you are back in without any injuries. Please come inside and don't leave us ever again." Dracul said while both he and Anita brought Abraham into their embrace and gave him a warm hug.

The feeling was real and his mind was wanting for more. But Abraham knew this was just an illusion. His father died in front of him.

Breaking away from the hug, he looked at his parents' beautiful faces and he immediately activated his Qi and pushed them into his mind.

The scene crumbled and his eyes opened. It was still dark. The planet still was during its dark season.

But compared to when he got into the cave, this time he wasn't alone.