Tree punch.

It has been a long night for Devon as so many events transpired in one night, all of them dangerous in their own way.

Yet he still grappled with it all and somehow survived. Though the events brought him quite a lot of money that he wouldn't have earned in a week's worth of work.

He had fought a brawl with Rocky and managed to come out victorious, winning himself a sum of two hundred dollars. This alone would be enough for his and his sister's well-being for the rest of the week.

That was not all, though. He still had to fight Rocky again in a more fierce battle with a group of friends, yet he came out victorious again and as a reward, he got to take some extra cash from Rocky and his friends.

The rewards didn't end there, though. The system still had something for him as he had leveled up twice in one night and also managed to obtain two skills from the system, increasing his strength by leaps and bounds.

All of the previous night's events were surely tiring, and it was Devon's luck that this happened on a Friday night, so he got to have a peaceful day without needing to worry about school.

He still had to go to work, but that was still under consideration. He had made enough money the previous night and made sure not to lose it by any means. Whether he would go to work depended on his mood at the time, after all, he still had the rest of the day.

One thing Devon didn't forget, though, was his daily quest. It was already daybreak, and at the moment he was drenched in sweat as he ran through the streets.

Having made the necessary calculations, Devon was now running a three-kilometer race and his body was drenched in sweat. His stamina was depleted, but he kept on going regardless.

After what seemed like forever, the system messages finally popped up.

[Daily Quest completed - You have been rewarded with 25 exp]

Name: Devon Matt

Age: 16

Race: Werewolf

Class: Unknown

Title: Shadow

Level: 3

HP: 100

Exp: 50/400

Energy: 75

Strength: 5

Dexterity: 7

Endurance: 5

Stat points: 4

Devon could only sigh after seeing his status. 'This was one thing about the game-like system, the more you level up, the harder it gets to level up,' Devon thought.

He didn't have much to navigate in his system, so he closed it for now and started heading home.

While heading home, he was thinking about the skill he received the previous day, the skill called Wolf Claws.

He hadn't tested the skill yet, but he somehow already understood what it did. According to the system, it would allow him to turn his fingers into claws and use them to fight.

There were a few functions of the skill that piqued Devon's interest, and he wanted to test them out.

The problem was that he had nothing to test it out on. It was a claw, and if he wanted to test it out, he would need living things, according to the system.

'I wonder what I should use?' For a moment, Devon thought of picking someone on the road or something, but he quickly dismissed the thought.

'What was I even thinking about, going around picking on someone? That doesn't seem like me,' Devon thought.

In the end, he had to think deeply about what to do. It didn't take long, though, for him to come up with an idea.

Devon quickly raced back home. Lilly wasn't at home, which was a good thing since Devon wouldn't feel so ashamed of what he was about to do.

As for where she went, there could only be one place she could go, and that was her friend's house.

Not wasting much time, Devon rushed to the back of the house where there was a bit of space for a garden. On the edge of the side beside the wall was also a tree towering above the house, with its branches casting shade.

'Thinking of living things, aren't trees living things as well?' Devon wondered.

He walked over to the tree. On the tree's trunk were numerous fist prints all around the corner.

'He sure was pretty strong to leave such marks on them,' Devon thought.

The person he was referring to was his father. Before his father was imprisoned, Devon had seen him punch the tree with great strength and force.

Devon's father was strong, according to how Devon pictured him. He was strong enough that no street gangs dared to pick on them. He provided them with the perfect fatherly protection before he left.

Thinking about this made Devon somehow emotional. He had no idea what his father did, but he had an intuition that it had something to do with his mother's death.

Putting this thought at the back of his mind, Devon threw out his fist at the tree, hitting one of the fist print holes.

"Ahh!" he screamed in pain. A cracking sound was heard in his bones as he retracted his hand.

'Just how was he able to punch this tree repeatedly?' Devon thought about how his father dealt with the pain.

In the end, his initial intention wasn't to punch the tree; rather, he wanted to test out his new skill.

[Wolf Claws activated]

[-2 energy]

[Strength +1]

[Dexterity +2]

Devon's energy had increased quite a bit, allowing him to activate the skill.

At that moment, he felt an itching feeling on the back of his palm and nails. His fingers were the first to grow out and become longer. Dark fur started to grow out from his palm, reaching his wrist. His hand somehow became larger.

Devon swung a lash at the tree, allowing his claws to cut through the air and hit the tree's trunk, leaving a deep claw mark.

[+5 health]

[Health - 100/100]

Devon's health bar was already filled up.

'Damn, it worked,' Devon thought. He found it strange, though, because his health was already filled up. Devon thought that it might work like the energy bar, increasing in percentage once filled up, but that seemed not to be the case at all.

Devon couldn't complain; he was thankful for what he had. Devon swung his hands again, this time with the two claws, but the message didn't pop up.

'What is this?' Devon noticed something happening within his body. He couldn't feel it, but he had this rush of energy rising inside him. Devon continued swinging his claws as he felt this energy rise.

'Is this what happens when the health bar is filled? Will I start getting a boost in power?' Devon couldn't confirm his assumptions since the system wasn't showing any increase in his stats, yet he felt this increase in power within.

Devon didn't know this, but he got lost while punching the tree, leaving claw marks on it. He had been swinging his claws several times. He only stopped when his ear picked up a sound from outside.

Turning around, he could see his sister with another teenage girl. They both stared at him with their jaws dropped.

subordinates.

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