Chapter 4

I dodged the jumping wolf and kneed its stomach, the wolf landed spewing stomach acid on the ground and whimpering, the others got enraged and came at me, at first I feared of getting hurt or in the worst case getting killed but I remembered my 「Immortality」skill and went in for the war of attrition.

after a few minutes of life and ... not so death battle all the wolfs were dead, I was expecting to get some type of a notification from the system about killing the wolfs and getting experience but sadly that didn't happen.

After all that walking and fighting I was yet to get hungry, but I decided for experimental purposes to try the wolf meat and to my surprise the meat seemed spicy and left a tingly feeling in my mouth, and when I ate my first bite I got a notification:

「Consumed Shadow Hound. Gained skill Monster Eater 」

「Gained 5% of skill the Shadow Hound possessed」

「Gained Shadow Step 4.5%. consume more to acquire the full skill」

"huh... that makes things easier"

after consuming all of the shadow hounds that I had killed I gained:

「Shadow Step 52.1%」

「Crystal Maw 31%」

「Lunge 37.8%」

Sadly I can't use the skills until I get 100% of them, but it seems I still have a long way to go to get out of this forest so I'll hunt and eat every monster I find.

{2 days later}

In these two days I'v hunted a bunch of monsters just like the shadow hounds and a few others like a bear like monster called 「Void Byk」that could use 「Void Slice」and 「Dark Roar」both of them being very scary skills that could shatter and slice anything in the bear's way except for me, thus iv gained 「Void Slice 64%」「Dark Roar 29.7%」as well as the shadow hound skills 「Shadow Step:Cover yourself in shadows to hide any traces of you」「Lunge: Thrust forward with strength and speed that exceeds any normal jump」「Crystal Maw 89%」

and now my Status looks like this

「name: Ymir Riuji」

「Job:None」

「Health:50 Mana:0」

「Skills:Immortality,Monster Eater,Lunge,Shadow Step,Crystal Maw(89%),Void Slice(64%),Dark Roar(29.7%)」

When I used the skills I felt like the air around me condensed and covered my body to activate the skills, it seemed to happen every time I use the skills and my conclusion is that because my body has no magic, the skills use the magic from my surroundings to activate... I think I can use that information later.

After walking for a few more hours I got greeted by a pack of Shadow Hounds that was lead by a bigger shadow hound... no it looked more like a wolf than a big dog, which made me think that the monsters could evolve.

The hounds came at me from all sides whilst the wolf commanded from the back, but too bad for them in the last few days I got used to fighting against large number of enemies.

after killing the first attackers I lunged at the wolf in the back killing and knocking out everything in my way, the easiest way to kill these hounds is to let them bite you and then break their jaw which is exactly what I did with the wolf, now that the jaw was broken the hounds couldn't do much so I went for the kill but suddenly the wolf sunk in its shadow and emerged behind me unleashing its black flame covered claws on exposed back (nothing personnel kid)

The black flames spread burning and tearing my already torn shirt, and when the black flames touch my body a notification pops up

「Curse Flame has inflicted you with a debuff」

「Curse Flame has been negated by skill Immortality」

"Nice!" as the wolfs obsidian claws stroke my back I spin kick its head, grab it and start beating until it stops moving.

Seeing their leader die such a gruesome death the hounds try to run but I don't like wasting food.

after finishing up with the rest of the hounds and enjoying a good meal I get to the wolf.

「Consumed Obsidian Wolf Gained skill Curse Flame 14%」

「Gained skill Crystal Maw 100%」

「Gained skill Shadow manipulation 10%」

「Gained skill Obsidian Skin 24%」

"Double NICE! *Obsidian Skin*? I was wondering why it took so many punches, I guess this skill strengthened its body" Now that I was finished with my meal I decided to scrap my torn shirt and cover my arms and legs with it for later use, and then I tried my new skill 「Crystal Maw」

When I used the skill, the mana around me condensed transforming into crystalline teeth that appeared infront of my face, I tried to test it on a nearby tree and to my surprise the tree got bisected.

"hmm maybe I should become a lumberjack...".