Hunt(2)

For a moment i had started to think like John. I had almost forgotten the thing that love the most.

The feeling of control, that allows me to decide a person' life.

Before the descent it was an illusionary control, people were not truly in my palm. But that i different in the descent.

In a new era where the strong have true control. I don't need to make them serve me but instead they will need to.

Then i thought of the dungeon

'After the timer run out, the dungeon will completely form'

'Right now there are no monsters in the environment except for native beasts of the planet'

'The easiest way to get soul essence is through dungeons, so it shall be mine.'

'I shall decide who shall be strong in this school, after all might makes right'

A chuckle escaped from my mouth at the thought

"hehe"

Alex noticed this 

"You seem be in a good mood"

Without turning back i said

"Yeah i just forgotten something recently"

Since there were no wolves on this floor then they are on the lower ones. Just as we were on moving down the stairs, i feel something.

I turned to Alex and pointed to the bottom of the stairs. Jake picked at the sign too. We begun to slow our down and move quietly.

Jake went ahead of us and the moment he reach the bottom

A wolf leapt at him from the left but due to my early warning rolled in front to avoid it.

thud

I stab my spear at it but the wolf was fast to react, dodging it before it reached. Good thing Alex followed up with an attack to its neck.

Due to being in air it could not dodge and the metal fragments embedded themselves into it.

 But just like the other wolves its vitality high enough to survive such an attack. Unfortunately Jake from behind pierced it with all his bladed whips. and did not stop at that, he slashed the sword in his hand at it neck.

Swooooh

Large cut appear across its neck, a lot of blood gushed causing it to fall to the ground 

It didn't take long for eyes to turn lifeless.

Ding

[You have defeated wild wolf Lv1]

[+7 soul essence obtained]

But before we could celebrate another growl sounded in the hall. Another wolf seemed to have sensed us.

We quickly got ourselves in position. 

Alex looked at the wolf and a grin covered his face.

"Damien, could you leave this one to me"

I turned to Alex, i have known him since we were young and could easy tell when he wanted to do something dumb.

But i did not stop him

"If your confident i will let you" 

Alex's grin widened as he walked ahead of us.

Jake came nearer and whispered in my ear

"Will he be ok"

"Don't worry Alex may do dumb thing but he is not an idiot"

Jake didn't seem convince and just kept watching Alex distance himself from us.

The wolf cautiously watch as Alex got closer, realising it was being challenged. It raised its head and howled loudly accept the challenge.

Alex's just kept grinning. Two daggers appeared in his hands, the armour fragment that usually floated around him converged around him to become whole.

Seeing this i know Alex did not intend to us his ability but at least he kept his armour otherwise i would have stepped in.

Unlike me who loves controlling others, Jake loves fighting. Due to my twisted nature we always got into fights with others and that's why he loved hanging around me.

John never spoke of him in his future. From what i can tell, he should have died when when they shot at him but due to my interference he is alive now. 

I have been wondering how strong he is now.

The wolf did not hesitate and leaped at him. Its paw swung in the air toward Alex.

Alex raised his left arm and to a defencive stance, intending to take the attack head on. The attack fell on his arm sending a strong impact through the armour.

But even then Alex stood firmly planted to the ground. Seeing this the wolf wanted to withdraw but Alex didn't give it a chance.

Using his right hand, he swung the dagger straight in its neck. Shift his stance, causing the him and the wolf to fall with him over it.

Thub

He pinned the wolf on the ground despite is size, pushing the dagger deeper into its neck.

It struggled but his grip on it prevented it from moving.With his armour he was able to make up for the physical stat difference between him and the wolf.

The wolf body slowly begun to stop struggling. With a dagger in its throat it couldn't even make a sound dying without causing any damage to Alex.

More blood flowed out of it until its eyes turned lifeless.

Ding

[You have defeated wild wolf Lv:1]

[+10 soule essence obtained]

After confirming it is dead, Alex stood up and the armour fragments once again dispersed then floated behind him.

He looked at his dagger that was dripping with blood. A mad grin enveloped his face, his lust for battle had not been fully quenched.

My hand landed on his shoulder, bringing him back to reality

"Never do that again"

Alex realised what i meant and tried to refute

"But i was able to fight it alone"

"That's not what i meant, never underestimate your opponent"

Alex raised his brow not understanding how he underestimated his opponent

It was Jake who answered him

"You should have used your ability, with it the fight would have ended much faster"

He now noticed what he did wrong. One thing they learnt from his parents was to never look down on an opponent.

Right now Alex may have won but if he met a more intelligent beast that hid its strength then he would be in trouble.

Alex turned to me and said 

"I will be more careful next time"

Even after saying that, I know Alex would do it if it bring more thrill to the fight.

Looking around it seemed that there were only two wolves on the second floor.

"We have killed 4 wolves now 3 remain, 2 must still be in the lower floor"

Alex put the wolf corpse into the spacial ring and we continued moving.

On our way i noticed students in the classrooms continued to peek out. Some looked happy while others were worried.

Alex on my said something

"Boss, do you think will survive this"

I knew he wasn't meaning the wolves but the descent in general. I answered in an earnest voice

"I don't know"

I wanted to say yes but even with some knowledge surviving this world is much hard. The system wants people to grow so more challenges will come our ways.

But only the strong will stand.

Jake didn't look disappointed by my answer, and instead said

"Then it's alright, we will grow stronger to solve it all"

I react to his words cause i already knew that. In this world might makes right, nothing more.

We walked across many bodies in the hall until we reached the next floor.

Similar to before there was a wolf on close to the stairs but unlike the other one it did not attack instead distanced itself.

Its reaction surprised us a bit but didn't stop us, we got in our positions.

It still stood there cautiously watching us. But for some reason i felt something wrong.

The wolf in front of us showed aggression but showed no intent to attack.

I suddenly felt something and realised what was going on.

Just as Alex begun his attack at the wolf in front of us, I turned around and thrust my spear forward.

And what followed was a loud distorted howl as my spear struck into the mouth of a wolf that had snuck up and leapt from behind me.

This startled both Alex and Jake prompting them to look back.

Because of the momentum behind the wolf , my spear continued directly piercing through its back immediately killing it.

thud

It collapsed with my spear imbedded into it.

Ding

[You have defeated wild wolf Lv:1]

[+20 soul essence obtained]

'Killing a monster alone gives more soul essence than i thought'

Seeing Damien was ok they sighed with relief but because they were not paying attention, the wolf in front dashed passed them.

Its target was me, realising the mistake they committed. Alex quickly called ou tmy name

Hearing the urgency in Alex's voice, i turned and saw a wolf running to me.

I tried to get my spear but because it was stuck in the wolf corpse, i could not quickly pull it out.

The wolf leaped at me bearing is sharp teeth at me. With no way to escape i put my right arm to shield from it.

Its teeth dug deep into my flesh and wave of pain washed over me

"AAAAAHHHH"

My expression turned grimace. The wolf violently swung its paw at my face.

Striking my lower face, its claws slashed leaving 4 deep claw marks on my chick and the upper part of my neck

For the first time i felt death creeping closer