Hunting Reward

With tears overflowing his eyes, Mathias gazes at the two figures with a broken expression.

It was not too long ago when the sun is peeking in the sky that he regained back his consciousness, he find himself lying on the rubble of a destroyed house. Slowly standing up with the feeling of soreness in his entire body, he finds the house very familiar.

Mathias then realized that the house was none other than Alvin's family's house.

Fragments of memories of what happened last night slowly stabbed his mind as he remembered that he had lost control of his body and went berserk, he turned into a Werewolf and absolutely massacred everything that he lays his eyes on.

Ghouls and even humans are the victims of his forced claws, he killed all of them.

'No... that wasn't me... I'm sorry'

But as if there was not enough guilt inside his heart from killing these innocent people in the small town, he saw the corpse of Alvin and his wife not far from him hugging each other. At that moment, his expression broke as he realized that he had killed them too.

'I should've declined his offer, if only I knew then I wouldn't be here!'

Mathias kneels beside Alvin and his wife's corpse, looking at them with uncertain eyes.

If only he knew sooner that he was a Werewolf and the full moon would affect him, then he wouldn't have come anywhere near this small town. Out of everything, he would go here after the full moon ended.

With nothing to change the past, he can only cry and sob quietly beside the corpses in guilt.

Although he was drowned in guilt for what he had done, he remembered Faran.

'F-Faran! He must be still in the forest!'

It's still hard to remember everything that happened yesterday night as most of them are still blurry, but he knows that Faran is still inside the forest. Just as he was about to go to the forest, his body freezes when he saw a corpse lying not far from him.

Flipping the corpse, Mathias covers his mouth realizing that it was Faran.

Not only does he kill Faran last night, but he also doesn't even remember how he killed him.

Many negative thoughts enter his mind as he was not accepting reality well, he started hyperventilating as the guilt is too much for a young teen like him to bear. Even though he can be considered an adult in this body, his mind was that of a 14-year-old.

Mathias then finds a stray sword on his left, he then reaches for it while still sobbing greatly.

While holding the sword that is not proportional to his small and frail body with his trembling hands, his eyes began to shake as a thought creeps into his mind. Even with what his sister has said to him in her dying breaths, he can't live like this.

At this point, his mind has been crippled with guilt and he can't fight it back.

Bealey and his father's dream was to survive and see the world change for the better, to see humans get better. Now that he was not a human anymore, there was no point in surviving when he would only make matters for the humans worst.

It's clear that every full moon he would go berserk, and he can't have that.

Although his hands are trembling uncontrollably, creating steely sounds from the friction of the heavy sword, he slowly turns the sword to point at his own chest. 'I can't live like this, I will only endanger more people'

Just as he said that he held his cold breath before his eyes flashed with resoluteness.

Mathias's pupils enlarged as he looks at the sword in his hands, as he closes his eyes he drives the sword into his chest with one powerful stab. Alongside the force, the sword penetrates his chest cleanly and bursts from his back.

Upon feeling the pain in his chest, Mathias's eyes slowly got weaker before he falls forward.

'I'm sorry, sister. But I can't live like that, not when I will only help the Supernatural win against humans once again', Mathias thought for the last time as his mind drifted away, he was hoping that he would die for real this time.

If not then at the very least, he'll get reincarnated to a world where he can reunite with his sister.

But as his mind drifted away, Mathias suddenly feel something pulling him back as he gasped in a very deep breath. Soon his eyes jolted open and he was brought back to the same world, he saw that the scenery is still the same.

The sea of corpses, rubbles, and blood are still the scenery he's seeing right now.

Soon a frown appeared on his face as he was confused as to how the scenery is still the same, but then his eyes caught the sight of the sword still stabbing his chest which only means he failed to even kill himself.

"N-No... this can't be happening!", Mathias shouted in absolute despair.

Even though he deliberately wanted to end his life by stabbing his chest with the sword, it failed completely as Mathias saw the sword slowly being pushed out. It slowly got pulled out little by little until it falls to the ground and make a clanging sound.

Upon seeing this, Mathias stopped for a brief moment before in the next second.

"NO!!!"

Mathias shouted at the top of his lung finding that he was not able to kill himself, he started crying once again before he crawls over and holds Faran's corpse in his arms. It was not that long before the two figures finds him.

~

With a blank gaze, Mathias out to the golden thread of morning light from a caravan.

The sound of a busy street alongside the sound of kids playing seeped into his hollow ears as he kept his eyes straight and numb, he was inside a caravan traveling through the supposed street of Khosa City.

Unlike the small town before, this city is prosperous and surrounded by tall stone walls.

Many merchants are shouting to attract customers and some are under fierce negotiations, this place looks a lot like the town and cities of his home world before the Supernatural takes all of them down and turns his world into chaos.

Driving the caravan are the two people that found him earlier.

Although he was not in his right mind due to what he did, the two people introduce themselves as Slade Harrison and Melinda Berrye. The brown-haired woman, Melissa peeks into the caravan from the driver seat and finds Mathias still wearing this dead look.

"How is he?", Slade asked while he slowly drives the caravan through the pedestrian street.

Melissa pulls back before she shakes her head dejectedly, "Still the same, I don't know what attacked the town but he's clearly traumatized by it. Maybe a horde of Ghouls or Orcs find their way there and overwhelms the town", she said with a shrug.

"What are we going to do with him, then?", Slade asked as they can't just leave Mathias alone.

Pondering briefly, Melissa finally replied as they don't have any choice but to bring Mathias back, "We'll bring him back to the organization, maybe the kid has talent in magic or even becoming a knight. Either way, let's do that first and worry later"

"Fine by me, I wouldn't want to leave the kid in this state too", Slade replied with a nod.

Meanwhile, Mathias that is looking outside with his dead eyes is not looking at the street and the people of the city. Instead, he's looking at some writings in his vision for a couple of hours now.

Slade and Melissa don't seem to see the writings he's seeing right now.

[The system congratulates the host in successfully transitioning into the Original Werewolf of this world, does the user wants to claim the reward from last night's hunt?]

'What is this? Is this magic too?', Mathias thought inside his head.

Although he's still new to this concept of magic in this world, he knows that magic should be the thing that Luke and also the person that fought him in front of the small town used last night. But there's a possibility that this writing he's seeing right now is also the work of magic.

Instead of answering this thing called the system, Mathias decided to ask his questions.

'What are you, system?'

[I am a tool that the host can use to get stronger]

'Why did I become a Werewolf suddenly?'

[The host's body has been contaminated during a forbidden ritual that the previous owner of the body undergoes, and that contamination triggers a change that turns the host into a Werewolf. A new Supernatural in this world]

'You know that I got reincarnated?'

[Yes, I know everything about the host]

Upon hearing this Mathias can't help but frown, he was still confused as to whom he was talking to.

Even back in his home world, there's no such thing as this and truthfully, he's a little bit intrigued yet scared at the same time by this system. But then he decided to ask the question he needed an answer to right now, he still doesn't want to live with this immense guilt inside of him.

But when he was about to ask how to kill himself, a voice seeped into his mind.

'At the very least, try to survive to see that change...'

The words that were about to come out of his mouth got stuck in his throat, he remembered that his sister wanted him to try and survive. It may not be the same since he's a Werewolf now, but he needs to at the very least try to survive and see that change.

Despite being a Werewolf, he's still a human at heart.

Mathias takes a deep breath to calm himself down before he finally fixated on the writings.

'You said that I can be stronger with your help, then does that mean I will be able to get strong enough to control the other side of me during the full moon? I want the answer right now'

[Yes, the host can get strong enough to control the Werewolf side]

With the most important question answered, Mathias finally nodded his head as he decided that he would see whether this magic is real or not, 'Okay then, claim the reward from last night's hunt or whatever you said earlier'

[Affirmative! Calculating the rewards...]

[Humans Killed... 211]

[Supernatural Killed... 73]

[Mages Killed... 2]

[Devoured Prey... 40]

[Calculating Complete!]

[The host has obtained 7,435 Exp and 1,000 points from yesterday's hunt!]

[The host has leveled up to level 9!]

[All stats has been increased according to the mutation of the Original Werewolf's bloodline, please check the mutation section in the status window for further details regarding the obtained mutation from successfully awakening into the Original Werewolf]

[Congratulation, the host has learned the Nightly Creature passive skill!]

[Congratulation, the host has learned the Nocturnal Vision I passive skill!]

Upon seeing many writings popping into his vision, Mathias frowned as it finally ended.

Reading through the entire writings from top to bottom, a sting attacked his heart when he saw the number of humans he killed last night. It's more than two hundred, and that automatically turns his view of his innocent self changed into a killer.

Sighing inwardly, Mathias then decided to check this status window.

'How do I check the status window?', Mathias asked as he wanted to see this mutation the system is talking about, it's regarding his bloodline as the Original Werewolf and he needs to know about it if he wanted to live with himself.

But then out of nowhere, his eyes were presented with something unbelievable.

Although Mathias doesn't understand what he's seeing right now, he knows sthat it's like an information scroll that contains everything about him. Even his full name is written clearly there even though he hasn't told the system yet.

While looking at the thing in front of his eyes, he can't help but marvel at it.

'It seems the system is not lying when it said that it knows everything about me...'