Chapter 13

The beast's fur was covered in dried blood, it had sword slashes littered all over its chest and back, and even some broken arrows lodged in its back. " This fucker stinks". Khalil thought, pinching his nose. The beast stalked around the area sniffing the ground to see if it could pick up the scent of any unfortunate soul only to have its snout caught in a snare. " YES!!" screamed Khalil in his mind. He unsheathed his long sword and jumped down at the beast stabbing it in the back. The beast howled and thrashed around in pain trying to get Khalil off its back. Khalil kept stabbing the beast in the back but was struggling to stay on with the beast as it continued to thrash around. " Fuck me, it this how those bull riders felt," Khalil said.

The beast continued to wrestle to get Khalil off its back while Khalil with his sword in its back used it to steer the beast into one of the modified bear traps. " Wow, I don't know if you're really smart or just plain crazy". Alexander thought watching the fight between the two. Fighting a werebeast is not an easy thing for anyone to do, even high-rankers in the tower don't want to fight against a werebeast. Now imagine a rookie climber fighting a cursed-crazed werebeast. The beast continued flailing around until it finally was able to throw Khalil off but his sword was still stuck in its back. " I guess I should try out my first ability then ". Khalil thought. (Demon's Rage) The moment Khalil activated this skill he felt a rush of power that he had never felt before. His whole body felt lighter and more powerful, every step he took he felt as if he was causing craters in the ground to form. His body changed as well. His eyes became purple and shined in the night like the two brightest amethyst you've ever seen. He became taller going from 6'5 all the way to 7'0 ft tall which made him look less of an ant compared to the werewolf who stood at 12'0 ft tall. His muscles grew as well but not like they were bulging, more like they became extremely defined. His skin became a deep ebony color with small hints of purple and red. As he was transforming the aura around him changed and the crazed werewolf sensed this as well. This little pest that would've been its prey somehow turned into something that could kill it almost in an instant. " Holy hell, When did he get this bloodlust, this is something else". Alexander said, shocked.

Bloodlust or killing intent was something everyone had but to be able to project was something you weren't able to do unless you built it up. Alexander had only seen Khalil kill two things, the guard in the prison and the harpy on the first floor; he never expected Khalil's bloodlust to be this high, and this heavy and suffocating and the most surprising part was it was still growing. "Kill, destroy, kill, kill, kill, kill". Khalil was becoming lost in his own bloodlust. "Hahahahahaha" He let out a big eerie laugh and smile. Throughout his entire semi-transformation, he had been smiling and it wasn't a warm, comforting smile either; it was the most malicious smile you would ever see, a smile that would make your stomach turn, a smile that would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Alexander looked at Khalil and that shallow smile of his and those deep piercing purple eyes that wanted nothing more than to cause destruction. The werewolf saw this as well, and its instincts were telling him that it would die a gruesome death if it didn't kill Khalil right now.

The werewolf dashed at Khalil with its claws wanting to tear him to shreds as it had done to so many other of its victims. Khalil sidestepped, grabbed its arm, and kicked it right in the stomach causing the werewolf to be sent flying into the tree. " Did a little insect like you really just try to lay its hands on me?". Khalil asked in disgust. When the werewolf was sent into the tree Khalil's sword still in its back was now driven even deeper. Werebeasts have a very high healing factor especially werewolves but because the sword was still in its back it was able to heal. " Awww is my sword causing you some discomfort? You want me to take it out?" Khalil asked, still smirking sadistically. Alexander couldn't believe what he was seeing right now, it was like he was watching a different person. He really thought he was watching a sociopath, the way Khalil was so happy seeing the werewolf struggle to heal, the way he was smiling at the suffering the werewolf was going through he was taken aback and Khalil's bloodlust was still growing and it was even starting to make Alexander feel a little bit uneasy. Khalil dashed towards the werewolf, the beast in response to seeing Khalil getting closer to it pounced on Khalil only for Khalil to duck under the beast and grabbed the werewolf by its tail and began slamming it back and forth and back and forth all the while he's laughing and saying the same sentence over and over " let's keep playing, let's keep playing, let's keep playing". He then grabbed his sword which was now lodged even deeper into the werewolf's body he started twisting and pulling it causing the already long blade to do even more damage to the beast and started to damage the werewolf's organs. " Fight back, come on, make this more fun for me". Khalil said while laughing maniacally. The werewolf howled in pain and it echoed throughout the forest and even could be heard in the village that the beast had massacred.