Level 3
The little scare made the corrupted beasts even more angered and they wanted nothing but to divide Tristan among themselves.
However, Tristan didn't give the corrupted beasts a chance to think over as he quickly acted to his plan. He took a quick glance and realized that the beast beside him was the weakest among the four as it was not only the slimmest but also it had some injuries here and there.
"This one!" Tristan hollered and flew over towards the targeted beast despite the incoming claw of the beast that threatened to rip some chunks of flesh from his face. His sudden action made the remaining three beasts to claw at themselves while Tristan on the other hand tilted his head midair thus missing the threatening claw which moved forward and clawed his shoulder. One could even see his shoulder bone poking out where the claw had made contact.
The overwhelming fight made Tristan not to feel any pain even if he had collected so many injuries.
Anyway, with his cleaver drawn, Tristan slit the throat of the corrupted beast that he was on top of it. The corrupted beast was still astounded by Tristan's impudent move and it didn't have the time to retaliate. This time round, Tristan's cleaver made a clean cut because he had targeted a soft spot which was the corrupted beast's throat. The added buff on his stamina gave him the strength to allow his cleaver to penetrate through the soft tendons of the corrupted beasts.
[ A lesser level one beast killed ]
[ Gained 50 experience points ]
The beast that Tristan killed just now didn't leave behind a gift which made Tristan a little disappointed. Nonetheless, he didn't allow himself to wallow in this loss as he could feel several malignant glares on his back, so, Tristan moved aside quickly evading the threatening strikes.
Just like a madman without fighting skills, Tristan stood up and retaliated against the remaining three beasts while waving his cleaver in a haphazard manner.
"I must kill all of you!" Tristan declared his resolve. His eyes were popping out of their sockets just to signify the stress that he was through but he didn't care. In his eyes, he had replaced the beast in front of him with his long lived enemy. This was what was giving Tristan the energy to move on as he could not help but glee as the green blood splattered on his face signifying that he had injured or killed one of his enemies. Without even knowing, Tristan was growing stronger but at the same time, he was also accumulating injuries.
[ A lesser level 1 corrupted beast killed ]
[ A lesser level 1 corrupted beast killed ]
[ Gained 50 experience points ]
[ Gained 50 experience points ]
[ You have leveled up to level 3 ]
[ 2 stat points gained. Assign the stat points to any of your characteristic. ]
After painstakingly killing all the four beasts, Tristan could finally wear a smile as he had now leveled up to level 3. But he was quickly wearing off. Tristan's body was weak in the first place and coupled with the overwhelming fight, he was feeling totally out as if he had just came out of a 30km marathon.
"I am afraid. If this continues, I will not be able to even lift up a finger as all I could do is simply to watch as the corrupted beasts enjoy every piece of my flesh." Tristan murmured to himself.
"Assign all the stats gained to endurance!" Tristan ordered and the two stats that he had just gained from the level up were then assigned to endurance. His endurance which had 5 points was now 7. Tristan could now feel freshened up and he thought he could now fight again.
"It seems that the amount of experience needed for each level up is not constant and it increases as I grow stronger." Tristan could see this as it required hm to kill two corrupted beasts to level up to level 2 but it now required him to kill four beats to level up to level 3.
"I need strength so that my cleaver could cut through the skulls of these corrupted beasts cleanly. No, I need agility the most because if I was two fold or even three fold faster than the corrupted beasts, my shoulder wouldn't have been clawed. Speaking of my injured shoulder, I think I need to go to the hospital or else I will die due to blood loss from my many injuries, but is there a hospital in this cursed lands?"