Stuck In Hell
-Crackle Crackle
The sound of cracking flames could be heard reverberating across a dark cave. The cave was dimly lit by the lone fire that illuminated one corner.
Sitting down beside the fire was a man, he looked to be cowering and scared.
He was shivering as if he was cold. His eyes were shaking but his face tried to keep a normal expression, albeit failing.
He was dirty, his hair was messy, his clothes was torn up and muddy, but most of all is that he had scars all over his body.
He looked like he had just fought wild bears and barely survived.
"...st...sta...."
He tried to say something, but his vocal cords could barely produce any sound. It was as if he hadn't drank water in days.
"...sta...tus..."
He managed to utter a word even with his hoarse voice.
He said the word "status" but why? That's because seconds later a translucent screen appeared infront of him.
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[Status]
Name: Grey Venreal
Level: 1 (EXP: 93 / 100)
HP: 4 / 10
Satiation: 11 / 100
Hydration: 4 / 100
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It did not look good...
He was practically dying, he seemed to not have water and his hunger was slowly creeping...
As he looked at the game like screen, he seemed to realize and accept his death... But after a while, he smacked his cheeks with the remaining strength he had to try and wake himself up.
-Growl
He heard a sound coming from the entrance of the cave, at first he thought it was his stomach but soon realized that it wasn't.
He grabbed a sharpened stick beside him, he hid beside a wall just out of sight from the entrance.
After a few seconds wolves showed up and searched around the fireplace, but these weren't regular wolves, they looked to be a bit bigger than a normal wolf.
There was 3 of them, it would be impossible to win this fight... He was hurt, hungry, and dehydrated. He barely had strength to wield the sharpened stick he was holding.
But he fixed his resolve and muttered up the little bit of determination he could.
There was 3 so he had to separate them, good thing he thought of this happening beforehand.
The wolves started sniffing the place, due to him being muddy the wolves couldn't smell his presence unless they were very close to him.
The smell they did pick up was the smell of beef jerky. It seemed to be scattered across the cave, so they separated into corners that made it so they couldn't see each other.
He didn't prepare much jerky so he had to make this fast.
He leaped to the nearest wolf, he was quite far so the wolf barely heard the sound, but before the wolf could even react to the sound that just reached it's ear the man stabbed the wolf directly at it's cranium.
Much to the man's surprise the wolf didn't actually die, it became gravely wounded but it didn't die, it seemed because he had no strength he couldn't fully pierce the head of the big wolf.
The wolf started to limp and shake, due to the strike to it's head it was probably having some sort of seizure.
The man, Grey, didn't miss this chance and struck at it's head with the rest of his power.
This time, it became a fatal hit that killed it.
"Hah.... Hah...."
He looked tired. The wolves probably finished the beef jerky already and is coming back here...
But before he could even finish that thought a translucent window appeared infront of his face.
[Level Up!]
It wasn't much but it seemed to heal all of his fatigue, his hunger and hydration didn't get fixed in the slightest but it seemed he regained his health, actually it seemed like he gained more.
He quickly checked his status screen and what he found was shocking.
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[Status]
Name: Grey Venreal
Level: 2 (EXP: 0 / 200)
HP: 20 / 20
Satiation: 10 / 100
Hydration: 3 / 100
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He marveled at the status screen that he had been checking for the past 2 weeks.
It seemed that each time he "Leveled Up" his HP or health points would be fixed to max.
The sound of growling interrupted his thought process, it seemed the wolf figured out what happened as they smelled the blood from their now dead comrade.
He held tight the now damaged stick. The force that he needed to exert to stab straight through the wolf's skull was astronomical. Due to this, It completely damaged the edge of the sharp stick.
One of the wolves on the right lunged straight at him, he readied a stance and with his now regained health, he focused on trying to survive.
He saw the wolf opened its mouth trying to bite him, he aimed the stick to the opening and it stabbed through.
The other wolf went to his side and jumped at him as well, seeing this, he let go of the stick and stepped backwards.
He looked at a decently sized stone and grabbed it, the wolf, now recovered ran straight to him.
He looked as if he braced himself and blocked the bite with his arm.
He screamed internally but he used the wolf stuck to his arm and pushed it to the ground. He then used the decently sized rock's edge point and gouged the wolf's eyes out.
Due to this, the wolf let go of the arm and whimpered in pain, but in a battle, a moment of hesitation could get a person killed so he kept using the rock as a weapon and crushed the wolf's head.
When the wolf stopped making noises he let go and grabbed his heavily wounded arm.
He went to the other wolf that had the stick straight through it's esophagus. It was still alive surprisingly but Grey jumped on top of the wolf to hinder it's movement and did the same treatment as the one before.
After he confirmed that the wolf was dead, he looked at his bloodied arm and bit his lip in pain.
He tore off a piece of his clothing and tied it around the bite to lessen the loss of blood.
He checked his status so he could tell when he could regain his HP.
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[Status]
Name: Grey Venreal
Level: 2 (EXP: 120 / 200)
HP: 7 / 20 (🩸)
Satiation: 7 / 100
Hydration: 2 / 100
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His face looked tired. He didn't know what else to do, he looked at the dead wolves and looked at the dimly lit fire...
He solved his food problem but he realized he needed to solve his water problem.
He thought for a while before making a disgusted face. But he steeled his resolve and thought of doing it...
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[Status]
Name: Grey Venreal
Level: 2 (EXP: 120 / 200)
HP: 12 / 20
Satiation: 84 / 100
Hydration: 49 / 100
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-Bite -Chew
The man was chewing at the cooked meat, even though it did not look fully cooked nor did it look tasty, he ate it with a look of satisfaction.
His lips were covered in a red substance as he consumed the meat with glee.
After a while of finishing his food, his satiation was at a good number of 100
He thought it would be a good idea to get some fresh air, he checked the outside for any enemies.
When he realized there wasn't any he went outside.
The outside world was a barren wasteland, it had high mountains and dead trees, there wasn't any greenery as far as the eye could see.
But that wasn't all of it...
-BAM
A deafening sound occured in the distance, the dust headed towards his direction after a few seconds, he looked far into the distance and said something.
"Haha... It's you again..."
He looked tired, it seemed as if he saw something that cemented his death.
He looked at the thing that made the deafening sound, what he saw was a foot. Not just any foot, a giants foot, it looked to be 10,000x bigger than him in width. That wasn't an exaggeration.
The giant was about 20-30 kilometers away from him, It was so big he couldn't give an exact distance yet he was still able to see it clearly.
He looked high into the sky, to the point where his neck started aching. He saw a giant that easily reached the clouds with it's legs alone. The head couldn't be seen due to how tall it was.
The foot could fit a thousand houses and the height of the legs could fit over 30 Eiffel Towers.
He fully remembered and realized where he was.
This wasn't the Earth he knew anymore... This was hell.