BXBX NOVEL Chapter 16: Beast Slayer
The cat had licked the blood cleanly off its jaw and it now looked at me with bloodlust, it had the stare of an animal that had tasted blood and was now in an induced state of frenzy. Unfortunately, it was not the only thing with bloodlust.
I looked at my bleeding wrist and back at the cat, a dam of anger broke in my mind and I decided then that I was going to kill the cat even if it was the last thing I did.
The cat ran at me and leaped, it's jaw fully open, it's deadly fangs exposed and ready to sink into my body. I moved out of the way and ran to the back of the cat, I struck my knife out to stab it but the cat had quick reflexes and it turned it body out of the way at great speed.
I was starting to get tired, I felt my breathing grow haggard and my vision started to blur just a little. I knew I had to end this fight very quickly and rest before I faced the other beasts.
If I could kill this long tailed cat, I believed I would be able to kill any other beast monster so I raised my knife and pointed it at the cat.
"Well come on!" I shouted in a rough voice. Don't just stand there, come here and die!
The cat hissed at me and flew at me, I jumped and twisted my body in the air so I was behind it and facing it's side, I drove my knife into its side.
The cat roared loudly and hissed as it's brown fur became decorated with a dribble of red. It looked at me and hissed but I didn't give it time to recover, I rushed at it again.
The cat might have been fast originally but the wound to its side slowed it down greatly and I soon reached it in no time, I drove my knife into the side of its head. The cat hissed and struggled.
Hissssss!
I pulled out the knife and stabbed it again, and again, and again until it stopped moving. Then I pulled out my knife and wiped it on its fur.
The system sounded.
[Ding! 1 beast animal killed, +10 mana points, 5 beasts left]
I sighed and looked around, waiting for the next beast to show up but none did so I kept walking deep into the forest.
My ears suddenly caught a rustling sound in the bush near me but it was too late, a wolf jumped out of the bush and aimed for my throat.
I dropped my shoulder and ducked the wolf at the very last second. I feined to the side and the wolf missed, it landed in front of me.
I gave it no time to recover, I rushed at it and as the wolf turned around to attack me, I drove my knife into its head, i pulled out the knife and drove it into its head again. The wolf trashed about for a few seconds before it stopped moving.
[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points, 4 beasts left]
I wiped off the sheen of sweat from my forehead, I was beyond exhausted now, my joints ached and every breath felt like nails were being raked across my lungs. Each step I took felt like a thousand steps and my legs felt like giant stones were tied to them.
Yet I kept walking, it was getting darker and the deep orange hue of the almost setting sun cast a warm blanket over the forest. I was sure by the time I killed six beasts, I was going to barely more than a walking skeleton or a zombie.
I tried to feel the mana inside me but I didn't know where it located and where I should feel for it, I didn't even know if I could feel it at this point.
My train off thoughts were suddenly cut shot by another beast appearing, a wild hog this time.
I gulped, hogs were some of the most chaotic, most destructive forces known to exist in the jungle. This hog was four feet high, it was thick and it's body rippled with fat and muscle. It's tusks curved up proudly, like they stretched to the heavens. The hogs looked at me and grunted angrily, it seemed to be annoyed to come across a human this deep in the forest.
I looked at the hog carefully, I knew if I tried to use brute force with it, I would fail miserably and possibly lose my life.
The squeals of the hog pierced the entire forest and I began to worry that it would attract more predators, I couldn't fight more than one at once.
I decided my best course of action was to avoid facing the hog head on and staying as airborne as much as possible. The hog wasn't as mobile and quick changes in direction would render it helpless.
With that game plan in mind, I rushed at the wild hog, i feinted to the right and at the last minute, I changed my direction and went left, the hog was caught off guard and I planted my blade in its hide, the blade pierced it and the hog squealed.
Squeallll!!
I pulled the knife out and ran to the back, the hog rushed at me but i leaped over it and landed at its back, there I gave it two quick stabs.
And so the fight went, I'd give it quick stabs and run, then I'd repeat and soon the hog went down, I rushed to it and finished the job.
[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points, 3 beasts left]
The next two beasts were two other wolves, it took me less than three minutes each to kill them.
[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points, 2 beasts left]
[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points, 1 beast left]
The last beast was another long tail cat and it took me five minutes but I eventually brought it down and killed it. Immediately I did, I collapsed to the ground.
[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points, 0 beasts left, task completed, +10 bonus lust points]
My task was now completed, I tried to stand so I could go back home but I couldn't, I realized with alarm that I was too weak to stand up.
The sun had set and it was getting dark, soon it would be night and the forest would become very dangerous, I tried to force myself to stand but i couldn't, I was trapped in the forest.