The Tutorial ~ (3)

Menacingly and towering like an unearthly being, the Bull Orc bent down deliberately slow - as though seeing terror was what it lived for. His gigantic hand bat away pieces of the once-standing house uncovering a forwarding Ellayne who felt her heart drop.

Having just been crushed underneath various pieces of their house; the injuries she sustained were no less painting a picture of the last remaining pig left for slaughter. Sprawled upon the floor she gazed directly into the eyes of the monster trembling in horror.

Each second passing by had felt like an hour as the Bull Orc curled his hand around Ellayne, picking her up like some toy that didn't matter in the least. Tipping his head back, the Bull Orc hovered her over the dark abyss that was his mouth before letting her go.

CHOMP!

Landan, who helplessly observed the whole scene, screamed. "Ellayne!"

Cleo, seemingly managing to crawl through the debris achieving freedom, captured the last minute with eyes as wide as saucers. 'What the hell? That's so brutal. Seriously, is this a horror game?'

{ YOU HAVE RECEIVED A FRIEND REQUEST FROM : ASHTARTE }

Gaping at the notification for its bad timing, Cleo opened his mouth. "Really? Right now of all ti-" He openly began to berate it as though it was a living person when suddenly a - larger than him - body knocked the air out of his lungs.

"Kid, watch out!" Fion called out with horror at the new unsuspecting victim. He willed his practically limp body out from underneath another pile of debris barreling straight toward the white-haired child.

ROAR!

Having his targeted meal stolen away from him, the Bull Orc roared in furry. Blood - most likely from Ellayne - dripping from the monster's mouth spurted freely through the air as he did so. Landan who lay upon the ground unmoving physically flinched as a portion of that blood landed on him.

Cleo patted down on his clothing intending to remove both dirt and dust as he smiled appreciatively at Fion. "Thanks."

(Come on cowardly knight! (ง'̀-'́)ง Fight that Bull!)

Ariel's mention of fighting had his head shooting around and his eyes checking for Fion's silver spear. Whilst he did so - eventually finding it - he attempted to figure out how to pull up his stats relatively quickly. However, with a simple thought, the stats menu appeared before his eyes.

{ Name: Cleo

Species: Vampire

Health: 1000

Stamina: 05

Durability: 05

Strength: 05

Magic: 05

Blood: 05

Skills: ???? Lv. 1 | ???? Lv. 1

Current Status Points: 15 }

Feeling underwhelmed at the sight of his stats, Cleo sighed in slight distress. "Welp, even if I put all my points into strength it won't be enough,"

Fion, who gazed at the child full of surprise, lifted his hand placing it on his shoulder. "Now, now kid. Don't be getting any ideas, that thing is a C-rank monster."

Blinking, "C-rank?" He turned to the knight. "If that's a C-rank what's considered an A-rank?"

(It said F-rank on the monster's stat menu. Perhaps an error?)

(Yeah! \(^ヮ^)/ It's gotta be an error!)

Curling his fingers around the shaft of the spear, he found the weapon not particularly heavy for him to hold despite his height and lacking strength stat. Gazing at the spear, his mind raced to put together a plan on how to go about dealing with the Bull Orc. Eyes lighting up, he - without warning - shoved the spear into Fion's chest, eyes meeting his full determination. "Fion," he called out to the knight. "Take this spear and distract him. Can you do that?"

The ground beneath their feet shook violently with each step the monster took before he stood towering above the heartbroken Landan. Ellayne's grandfather - seeming to have given up - peered up into the beady red eyes clouded in rage and thirst for blood that never seemed to leave.

Fion's eyes partially watching the scene cleared his throat, swiping the spear out of Cleo's hand. Standing up with both of his hands clutching the spear tightly, he took one last deep breath before charging straight for the monster. "Hey, big guy!" he shouted. Grabbing the monster's attention instantly, Fion sneered, pointing it threateningly at him. "Leave the old man alone. If you want someone more tasty, you're looking at him."

(...)

(...Does he want to be eaten?)

As intended the monster huffed puffing out a cloud of grey smoke from his nose. The monster seemed to be grinning which provided quite the creepy picture, however, Fion did not back down.

Only when it started advancing on him he turned tail and ran packing underneath various piles of debris.

Meanwhile, Cleo stealthily - whilst watching everything - circled the towering monster. As he approached the monster closer and closer my foot hit against a considerably hard object. Freezing, my eyes shot to the ground meeting an iron rod, most likely what once was part of the house. Taking the iron, he was proven correct quite swiftly as the rod was medium in length.

Enough to use as a weapon.

****

Rolling to the side, Fion grits his teeth through the pain once his body registers it passing through his armor. The Bull Orc's hand barely dodges pauses midair as the monster grows infuriated.

GRRRR!

Growling and with force the monster had never expressed before then, his mouth opened partially and his nose puffed out a large cloud of smoke. His head lowered in a manner a bull in real life would take in accordance with getting ready to charge.

Yet once the monster was seemingly ready- he had not charged. Instead, his head twists slowly to look behind him where Cleo calmly stood with a small smile. Impaled within the monster's heel was the iron rod he had picked up.

The monster roared in pain shaking the ground once again.

Cleo shouted toward Fion. "Now use your spear and stab him!"

Nodding his head in affirmation, jumping forward and rushing toward the monster, he managed to avoid the monster thrashing around sliding on his knees until he was standing directly in front of the heart area. Without any delay, the spear broke the hide of the monster piercing its heart. Its reaction was instant.

Mouth parting open, only this time its own blood spurted out. The monster's body had gone slack, and its red eyes transitioned into a pure black color.

The Bull Orc was dead.

{ YOUR FIRST SKILL HAS BEEN REVEALED : PAIN ENHANCEMENT }

{ YOU HAVE LEVELED UP 3 TIMES }

{ YOU HAVE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM ASHTARTE }

(Oh ma gosh! That was so cool! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

(That indeed was entertaining.)

Shoulders relaxing in relief, Cleo dismissed the growing list of notifications as well as Ariel and Ester for something else. His ruby-red eyes gazed at the box of text before him tilting his head.

{ Main Quest: Beginner's Tutorial

Congratulations! You have completed the tutorial stage. From this moment forward the story before you is yours to create, after all, it is your journey. Wildburg welcomes another birth of a hero with open arms and hopes to see you grow nicely.

Reward: 5,000 gold, Silver spear }