First Wave! (2)

In a mysterious looking tall tower, one could see a man sitting in the center.

 The man seemed to be in deep thought while his eyes dug inside the new pages of a book that was deemed too dangerous. 

Yes, the sacrificial Tome.

William was looking at the book too frantically, his eyes wide in shock. He was currently not on the front cover, not the first page but actually… the second.

'I can't believe this is even real…' he smacked his head in frustration while he looked at the 3 lines on the second page. 

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+3 strength - 0.90 Vitality (30 minute duration and 10 minute cooldown)

Thorn Punch- 1.5 Vitality (10 minute duration and 5 minute cooldown

Weakness locater sense- 2 Vitality (1 hour duration and 2 hour cooldown)

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William knew while looking at these options, the book was not like any he had seen before. He knew this because of the strange bond he had with the book now. 

It felt disgustingly alive, a feeling one shouldn't get from a fucking book. 

But William had no choice, the wave was 1 minute away from him and the tower.

All this time, even his hologram was on, with the countdown of the wave showing the brightest.

'What do I do now? These are too expensive… 1 vitality for +3 in strength is too much. I have only 9 points in vitality. It takes a day just to regenerate 1 point… If I get injured, I'll lose vitality from even that.'

To many, this would seem like a great deal. They could exchange cool-looking powers just by giving some points they had that could regenerate back anyway.

But to William, the decision did not look good.

What if there was another wave just after the first one, what if there were going to be many one after another? 

If he used 3 points of vitality, it would take him 3 days to get them back. 

The more William thought about it, the more it felt like a good idea not to waste these points.

All these questions were making him panic and frustrated, William didn't want to make such a big sacrifice of health from the go.

'According to the system, vitality is the only thing that helps us get well after getting ill or regenerate wounds when there is a need. If that vitality goes down, will I become exhausted? There are too many questions…'

 "FUCKKK!!'" William shouted while looking up, it would have been great if he got a sword or even a small kitchen knife to begin with. 

[The 1st wave has commenced!]

[Survive the wave in order to survive and be rewarded.]

William saw the messages and looked toward the fog. 

He got out of the tower with the ominous book in his hand not knowing what to do with it. 

The only thing he knew about the book was how he could just click on these options and the sacrifice would take place and he would get what he was owed.

He looked to the right and then the left not knowing from where something would come out of.

Suddenly, he saw some movement in front of him, he stiffened but was relieved too that the monster was not coming from the other sides. Or were they?

He kept looking at the fog and the next second, a silhouette came out of it in hurry and stopped.

William tilted his head, his eyes telling enough that he was confused or not shocked enough.

"A rat?"

There was a small creature in front of him and was the sole thing other than him inside that plain.

The creature looked to be very small, with the size of William's foot. 

From afar, William couldn't even tell if the thing was looking at him.

William moved his arm instantly in order to scan the creature. The hologram changed and the information for the creature came in front of him.

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Poison rat

Level 1

A creature with the weakest defense, but beware, it can spit poison that can corrode the skin.

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SWUEEAA!!

William's eyes widened as he saw the rat first make a very high-pitched noise and then it came running toward him.

 He didn't know rats could scream this loud but soon, his mind came back to the present where the problem was itself running toward him.

William closed off his brain that was telling him to just jump in freak out and run above the tower and readied his book. This was by far the easiest outcome out of the many that he had thought about. 

The creature came running on its four legs with two of its teeth pointing at William.

The creature jumped after just a few feet away from William surprising him.

Yet he was already ready, he had already come up with an attack that was pretty much loaded up.

The book was held as if it was a baseball bat and William swung it too.

While the book moved toward the rat, the trajectory couldn't have been better as it was already fixed to hit the rat right at its small body.

William saw the rat's mouth gurgle with some substance, the rat was close enough for him to see but the rat had no chance of actually spitting anything.

SMACK!

The rat went flying toward the right where the book's trajectory hit had made it move.

William looked at the creature fly and fly until it went inside the fog again at a fast pace.

He had placed a whole lot of strength in that attack instinctively.

"…" William couldn't say anything as he watched the fog intently. He didn't know if the rat had any ability left to walk anymore but knowing the pest rats in his house on Earth, he knew that they were like cockroaches. That even survives getting flushed.

'Feels like those fights with the rats in the church were worth it, I don't feel any fear from it. Hell, I have killed hundreds already.' William snickered.

Deep in his heart, William wanted the rat to come back. He felt alive in that mildly dangerous situation. 

He craved it more than ever. William was smiling even though he didn't know about it.

He still felt panicked but deep down, even he didn't realize that he was enjoying this thrilling situation.

From the fog, the creature came back, it didn't limp or anything and its whole focus was on William.

"Damn… it's too persistent." William said in a frustrated voice yet his face said otherwise.

The rat came running again while it gave that same high-pitched squeak. William could look at drops of some greenish goo felling from its mouth while it traveled fast.

The ground started steaming with that gooe thick liquid.

'Dumb creature. Take this!'

SMACK!

The rat had jumped again, its mouth this time foaming with that green thick liquid yet William didn't give it time and smacked the shit out of the creatures again.

Only this time, he smacked the creature on the ground right in front of him.

The next second, as if everything was already planned enough by William. He shot the the heavy book on the ground squishing the rat this time completely. 

William took it as an opportunity and went for the final few of his blows. 

SMACK!

SMACK!

SMACK!

That day, the legendary rat killer was born.