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Ryan was still deep in thoughts when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps. He came back go his senses and looked in the direction where the sound was coming from, and he became surprised.

Standing in front of him was a giant wolf, the wolf was in size similar to his. It was staring at the meat that was being grilled at this moment, and Ryan realised that this wolf probably smelled the meat and came here thereafter.

Ryan looked at the wolf and thought that this was the perfect timing for him to continue practicing his combat skills, he put the meat away and went into combat mode. He was ready to earn more system points and who knows, maybe try some wolf meat after the process.

Ryan stood in front of the wolf and stared at it, he was ready to attack at any moment. Meanwhile, the wolf attention was brought towards Ryan when the meat was put away. It saw that the enemy wanted to fight and it went into battle mode immediately.

The wolf was 1 shoulder height and 2 meters long, It was covered in dark fur. It bared it's fangs at Ryan and got ready to fight, the wolf's red eyes were menacing. Ryan felt a little timid and thought about backing off.

'No! I have to fight i can't retreat now.' But what happened next made him reconsider his decision.

More and more wolves appeared out of nowhere, Ryan saw a dozen more appearing behind the first wolf. Without hesitation, Ryan turned around and started to run with all he got.

"~AWOOO~"

He heard the wolves howling behind him but Ryan didn't care, he was running like his life was depending on it. And it truly was, Ryan started to curse his luck and more importantly he didn't forget to curse the damn wolf.

'Fucking bastard! Did you have to bring the whole pack to get some grilled meat. Seriously, like what the hell was that. I am pretty sure that there is over 20 wolves behind me right now.' Ryan thought, but he didn't look back. He could already imagine the scene without seeing it already.

Ryan ran through the forest, trying to get rid of these annoying wolves but to no avail. So he decided to change his strategy, he gathered his strength at his hind legs and shot up towards the closest tree.

He returned to hopping between trees once again, and Ryan felt that his plan worked. As he went higher, the sound of the wolf pack became distant.

He stopped running and relaxed. He stepped on a tree branch gasping for air, he felt exhausted. Thankfully, the wound on his shoulder healed a little when he ate that meat but it opened once again with all the running he did, blood gushed out of his shoulder, his injury became more serious, but Ryan didn't pay any attention to it.

'Damn! That was the scariest thing i went though in my entire life.' Ryan felt that his heart was about to leap out of his chest back there. Moreover, the situation was scary and thrilling at the same time, but Ryan didn't wish to to go through the same thing again.

Nevertheless, he knew that it is inevitable, since he will encounter dangers everywhere during his journey in this world. He suddenly realised that life wasn't as easy as he imagined. He couldn't suddenly become an overpowered character like those in the novels, instead he would have to work hard to receive the power he wanted.

As he was relaxing, Ryan thought that his back luck has come to an end when he caught a shadow swiftly charging towards from the corner of his eyes. Ryan had no time to react when found out that his body was restrained.

Ryan started to panick when he realized that he couldn't move. He looked towards the source of his troubles and became terrified. A giant snake was coiling around his body, Ryan felt the hard scales pressing his body.

The skin was greenish brown in colour, it was 7 meters tall, and was thick. Ryan saw those green eyes staring at him as the pressure around his body intensified, the pain made him realise that he was in dangerous situation. He tried to calm down and realised that his whole body was restrained.

He could only move his tail and head, Ryan felt that the snake was crushing him so hard that his body started to crack. Ryan felt the pain from his broken bones and roared.

"~ROAR~" The pain made him panic.

'Am i going to die?' Ryan felt his body getting weaker and weaker. Suddenly his expression turned fierce, he opened his mouth and bit down on the snake hard scales.

His jaw was strong enough, allowing him to sink his teeth deep inside the snake's body. Ryan ignored the taste of blood in his mouth and bit down with everything he got.

Meanwhile, the snake hissed in pain and the grip around his body loosened a little. Ryan took advantage and aimed his tail towards the snake's head, he ruthlessly stabbed the blade intending to kill the snake.

But he missed. The snake instincts allowed it to evade the incoming danger. Nevertheless, his desperate attack wasn't in vain. His tail stabbed the snake's body.

The snake's body writhed in pain and it started to twist its body around Ryan. During the process, the snake body fell of the tree dragging Ryan down.

And with a loud thud, both the snake and Ryan feel to the ground. Ryan didn't have time to react when more pain struck his body.

But, only had one thought in his head at that moment.

'Kill this bastard!'

Ryan didn't wish to die so he was struggling with everything he had, and the only thing he wanted was to kill the snake and survive.

He kept biting the snake's body, while he simultaneously kept stabbing his tail into the snake's body.

The snake hissed in pain and became furious, it suddenly opened up it's jaw. Ryan realised that it was intending to eat him, but he didn't back off. Ryan didn't know where he got the courage, he opened up his jaw and met the snake head on.