Chapter 21 - Fight with wolves (1).

There were only two emotions he had right now, Fear and hate, fear by the news of the upcoming wolves and hate by the fucking mission he just got.

'Are the system developers fucking crazy? Their darn dynamic mission is gonna get me killed!!' Bilal thought and without a single rhyme or reason, he raced into the opposite direction with the intention of outrunning those wolves before they even get here.

He was no sword fighter, hell he hadn't even held a sword before in his entire 2 decades of a lifetime.

Dashing within the thick woods he soon discovered, no matter how much he tried running from the wolves their general speed seemed to be the same, they were advancing towards him as quickly as possible.

[Distance: 2.8 kilometres/ 1.739 miles]

[System recommends killing the wolves with the sword]

He didn't listen to the system and kept running left to right, the landscape seems to be thickening with more and more trees indicating he was entering the inner reaches of the forests.

[Distance: 2.76 kilometres/ 1.714 miles]

[Warning! Warning!! Warning!!! Wolves approaching, special provision mode? Y/N?]

1 of his special provision has been spent already, he only has 2 of them left he didn't want to spend another one, there was still some hope.

[Host would never be able to outrun the wolves, System recommends killing the wolves with the sword or climb a Tall tree]

Other than that he ignored the system notifications and ran with his maximum speed, but after a short minute or so the forest appeared to be saturated and lush to the extreme, there was not much free space for running, he had to pass through whatever bushes and shrubs are obstructing his way.

The method to run in the opposite direction now seemed to be a stupid idea, he ended up creating a hole in which he himself fell in, the forest was so dense by now, there was no more space to run quickly. His pursuers weren't on rest either, they were advancing leaps and bounds towards him.

He then tried climbing a small tree too, but the trees in the inner section of the forest were very tall, after a few more failed trials he gave up on that idea. It was very stupid of him to enter the inner regions. Going back would mean, risking life.

[Distance: 2.6 kilometres/ 1.615 miles]

[Estimated countdown: 10 minutes]

Now there was no other alternative left, other than listening to the system as they were closing in very fast.

Desperate, he asked the system:

"System, what should be done now? I don't know how to fight with a sword and definitely don't want to, isn't there any module I can get to climb the trees?"

[Searching store... 50%..complete, 1 results found]

[Supplementary module #11 - Tree climbing]

[Requirements - None]

[Price - 9 Mission Stars ]

[System recommends getting Swordsman module]

[Professional module #91 - Swordsman (Beginner) ]

[Requirements - None]

[Price - 21 Mission Stars]

Forget about Swordsman module he can't even buy the Tree climbing one with his pitiful amount of 4 stars before he could speculate any further…

[Host hasn't opened the Module shop yet, so he doesn't know survivor would get a ticket of free purchase. With that ticket Host could get his first purchased module for free]

Going economically the benefits would be enormous if he were to get the Swordsman module, but at the same time, the danger level would also be high, he would have to fight the wolves because he definitely won't have any chance to get the Tree climbing module.

[Host should select the Swordsman module, succeeding in completing the Mission would result in getting the Hunter-Gatherer module for free]

[Professional module #4 - Hunter-Gatherer (Beginner)]

[Requirements - None]

[Price - 26 stars]

[Upgrading the Swordsman module also have a requirement of beginners module]

[Professional module #91 - Swordsman (Intermediate)]

[Requirements - Swordsman (Beginner), State of Focus]

[Price - 42 stars]

The boon of selecting the Swordsman module was way too huge, it was like a buy one get one offer plus the convincing ability of System which literally was off charts, it can even sell cow dung to a Goldsmith.

Other than the danger factor, there didn't seem to be any disadvantage in getting that….

[Distance: 2.5 kilometres/ 1.55 miles]

His reaper was getting really close, it wouldn't be long before they arrive there, decisively he decided to purchase the Swordsman module.

"System, buy the Swordsman module with the free ticket"

[Purchasing Swordsman module…Complete]

[Swordsman module available, open the module Y/N?]

"Yes" Bilal sighed and prepared himself by sitting on a brown wood log left to him.

[Module activation initiated]

[Activating reality engine…complete]

What he never even in his dreams would have expected happened, his eyes started glimmering and the second he knew, he arrived at a vast, empty, white space.

Inside space stood a man in dojo clothes beside a weapon rack, the strangest thing about the man was that he had no face, there was not even a hint of individuality on him besides his clothes. Suddenly the man's jaw area moved, although that man didn't have a mouth his voice was still transmitted.

"The Beginner section of the Swordsman module contains the basic sword forms, various types of Swords and their wielding techniques, ending the session with practical experience."

'What the hell…' Bilal was flabbergasted at the reality of this module, at first he thought it would some sort of video tutorial, but no, it was something on an entirely different league.

"Let's start with the sword you're welding at your waist…"

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15 minutes later.

Huge movements were observed in the surrounding area where Bilal was sitting, the loud rustling voice of leaves and a heavy atmosphere indicating something has arrived here. They had no intention of hiding their footsteps and breathing sounds at all, it was like they had an absolute confidence in catching this prey.

From the nearby bushes, a pair of dark crimson eyes glared and targeted the exposed Bilal, slowly a total of 7 of those pairs could be seen doing the exact same thing as the first one. Each one of those things appears to be observing Bilal's movement with great attention and concentration.

One of those things couldn't wait as long, as it dived and lunged right towards Bilal baring his huge fangs and exposing his razor sharp claws.