Living through Killing

"Ughhh"

A man rose up from the bottom of the streaming river, a human silhouette came out of the water as he made sure that his exhausted body drops on the ground with a loud thud.

Qin dragged his body out of the river and felt that his body seemed to be crushed by a heavy tire while his limbs felt like his limbs were chained to the ground.

"I'm alive."

He felt happy from the bottom of his heart, the sword he had with him previously was not on his hand, he did not know where it was now but he thought that it was most likely in the bottom of this deep river.

The moon was still up in the dark sky as midnight had just dawn in this unknown and dangerous world. However, even with his body exhausted like this Qin gritted his teeth and started getting up once again.

His health bar at this moment was close to reaching zero and from what he can tell it was around twenty to thirty percent full.

With strength that should have been depleted from being swept by the long river up till now. Qin did not know how long he stayed in the river but he was glad that he has yet to die but even with his life still intact he is good as dead right now if the <Demon Bear> come out.

What kind of pathetic strength he has at this time but even so he stood up, he was hearing the loud roars of unknown monsters.

The heavens were not on his side this he already knows his original strength before coming inside this place was also someone that even a newbie can beat however in this place for some reason he even felt even lower than an animal, no, lower than a dog.

His own calculation may sound too severe but he cannot deny this because of a being which looked like a skinny dog was still four times stronger than him.

<Exiled Lycan: level 4>

The Lycan seemed to have picked up his scent and as if it had seen food for the longest time the Lycan showed a gruesome and regurgitating smile that reeks of death.

With its bloodshot eyes, brown fur that seems to be falling off, its ribs that are starting to be shown to the world because of its serious malnourishment and worst of all its yellow teeth that seemed to have long lost its sharpness.

The monster in front of his was not something capable of combat, but why is it that he's still the weakest? Qin's mind was drawn to its very limits, he knew he cannot outrun this animal and if he chose to dive to the water there's a high chance that he will die so he chose the one and only answer he can make, Fight.

Picking up the biggest stone that could fit on his right hand Qin got ready for a battle that will decide his fate in this world and as he did the Lycan seem to have picked up a dangerous scent coming from him so it started to charge forward.

With its claws, that has been sharpened for an unknown amount of time due to the survival of the fittest in this world the Lycan made a desperate and full frontal assault.

The human in front of him is nothing but an injured man and from the smell of blood it was picking up the instincts of this Lycan was telling it to kill this man for its survival.

Qin did not know what is going on in this monster's mind nor did he know if this monster was even capable of thoughts or if it just follows its instincts to survive.

With a single piece of rock as his single weapon Qin got ready to fight. He recognized the Lycan as an opponent to be killed and the very next instant he did a red bar appeared above its head, that's just like his own.

It was a health bar and unlike his the one above its head was still full.

Graa!!

Full of ferocity the Lycan pounced him like a true hungry beast.

The moon's reflection was seen on his eyes, his black, black eyes, average looking countenance and above average build, nothing stood out from Qin that is if you only looked on the outside.

"Huraaaaaaa!!"

He had no more strength to give but Qin howled with all his might and carried the rock that was on his hands forward.

Swoosh!!

He swung it forward with the intention of bashing the malnourished Lycan's face.

Bam!!

It was a direct hit on the face of what seemed to be dying beast, its blood spurted from the cut which was created upon contact of the rock.

Spurt!

It must have been painful to be struck by such a blunt object with a body that's slowly starting to be destroyed from the inside.

However, despite its shortcomings this Lycan was still a monster that once hunted other monsters for survival, it had its fair share of hunts and this human in front of it was the weakest upon the bunch it had hunted for food.

Against all odds the Lycan push through the force Qin let out, with a face that's bash in with a rock which resulted with a cut on its face and a crack on its skull, the Lycan retaliated with a claw on the left side of Qin's stomach and a set of fairly sharp teeth on the shoulders.

"Agh!!"

It was Qin's time to feel an outrageous amount of pain as his blood flew like a fountain in a public park, however, just like the Lycan Qin was tenacious and against such odds where his health was quickly dropping and about to reach zero he let out another bashing on the side on the head.

Bam!!

The contact was a full contact and the force receive was also the right amount.

Bam!

Another was given.

Bam! Bam!! Bam!!! Bam!!!!

No matter what, Qin did not stop and finally as his sixth hit was about to hit his right hand was hit away and the rock he was using as a weapon was lost.

It was now a moment for Qin to die with certainty but against all odds he kept hitting the monster that latched itself deeply into his flesh by using his bare hands.

Ten percent

Nine percent

eight percent

It was the countdown for his life and just as it reach the five percent mark a weapon flash pass his mind as he, the cheap sword he had appeared in his mind and as if he was grasping air he made a stab downwards in the direction of the Lycan's head.

"DIE!!"

Stab!!

The short sword which he usually use appeared from out of thin air together with a list of item and other tabs,

[Two percent]

He lived by a margin and just as he killed the Lycan via a stab on the head he heard an announcement rang.

[Level up!]

If you look at his external appearance then you will not find anything that can make him stand out, but with his tenacious self Qin was someone who will fight until his last breath had been drawn.

At the very start of the second day he got his very first kill with nothing but pure tenacity and his unbelievable will to live.

He knew that he's one of the weakest beings in this dungeon but aftering his level going up he now also knew that he has the chance tto change.