Chapter 4 - Monster hunting?

"WHAT THE!" I yell dodging the panther dog sabertooth thing it twists mid air and lands on it's paws immediately jumping at me again.

'𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯' I hear the god say in my head.

'What 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯?!' I think as the creature lunges at me again.

'𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘵.' The creature is getting increasingly mad with every failed attack. It makes a loud screeching that hurts my ears and charges at me again. I catch it and almost drop it because it's so heavy it feels like a sack of bricks.

"How is something so small this heavy!" I say to myself in between grunts when I throw it on the ground. I immediately start kicking it in its body hopefully scaring it away. It whimpers with each kick but doesn't go away.

"OW!" I yell the creature sinks its jaws into my shin, calf area. 4 little streams of blood start to trickle down my leg to my ankle where the teeth plunged into my skin. I look at my stats screen and see something alarming.

{Quincy}

{lvl 1 XP needed for next lvl 100}

{HP 70/100}

{Stamina 37/100}

{Effects: bleeding 2}

'𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨' I think. '𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 2'

{Bleeding 2: lose 3 health every second. Effect is lost through magic or effective bandage placement.}

'𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘳𝘶𝘯.' The god says.

"Don't have to tell me twice." I say kicking the creature again and running full speed away from it. It makes that loud pitched screeching again it races to me with a glare in its red eyes. The pain in my leg is getting worse and my health is going down rapidly 'THE BANDAGE' I think as I'm running. I pull it out of my pocket and wrap it around my leg.

{Effect gone: bleeding 2} I smile and keep running.

{HP 56/100}

'𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 crap 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘏𝘗' I think.

{Stamina 4/100}

{Effect: Fatigue}

"Again?" I say to myself as I start taking damage with every step. It starts to hurt when I take damage I stop and rest for as long as possible but the creature is right on my heels. It screeches and stares at me pacing back and forth.

"Come on." I say wiping sweat from my forehead.

'𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘺.' The god says.

{Item gained: Brass sword}

{Sword lvl 1 durability 50/50}

'𝘏𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦'

"Open bag." Nothing "Backpack." Nothing "Inventory?" A screen larger than the rest pops up in front of me the brass sword is in the 1st slot. "Give me the sword." I say, out of nowhere the sword materializes in front of me I grab the hilt and hold it to the creature the way I see everyone in the movies do.

'𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯' I shake my head and charge the creature with the little stamina I have left. The creature jumps to the left.

'𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥' I think with a smile. I swing the sword a little before the creature lands and cuts its front two paws off. It howls in pain when it slumps forward unable to hold itself up a small little puddle of blood starts to form on the concrete. I turn and start walking to my house hopefully to get a good nights rest. I open the door to my little apartment and make sure the door is locked and the windows are too.

"What was that?!" I say hoping to get the gods attention.

"A pet." The god says as his image appears in my apartment. "A pet to the race you have to fight. I didn't think it was going to be able to cross over this fast it should've taken at least another year."

"Wait hold on that was a pet?" I say dumbfounded how anyone could want that thing as a pet.

"Yes there's a violent race of humans that only wish for war and the taste of blood."

"Soooooo they're kinda like zombies?"

"No not at all they're civilized, and smart the similarity is though in order for them to pass through they send their pets to infect people with the DNA of the race which are called Pretenerary's. The Earth you know it if you do not succeed in saving it will be a war torn planet with death everywhere."

"Wow no pressure." I say. There's a free bar in my apartment no idea where it goes but if it can support my weight I'll use it for pull ups.

"What're you doing?" The god asks.

"You can read my mind can't you?" I say questioning a couple things.

"Only if I'm in your head other than that no I cannot."

"Huh. Good to know, anyways I'm gonna do my pull ups keep talking about these pretada dickheads." I jump up expecting for the bar to snap to my disbelief it doesn't I strain to do one pull up. '𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨' I think a little screen pops up and shows nothing. '𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵' Right when I think that I hear a ding and 2 screens pop up.

[Congratulations you leveled up!]

{Rewards: 50 gold, 1 skill point, +50 stamina}

{Rewards for defeating spreader: 25 gold, 150 XP} After a couple seconds the level up screen disappears. '50 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦' I think the skill tree pops up and I use another point to upgrade my strength. I feel the small rush of power and the pull ups get easier I can do 10 without much struggle. The pull ups start getting hard quick after about 22 I can't even pull myself up an inch. I drop from the bar and start doing push ups.

"Things are gonna happen much quicker than I may have expected" The god says. "No problem though hopefully by the time people start getting infected you'll be good to go."

"What's the big deal then I kill the spreaders and that'll be that right?"

"Well by now about 17 are infected. The pathogen spreads quickly but causes no symptoms except on day 10 of having it when day 10 hits you become a full Pretenerary no warning."

"And then you just kill everyone you see?"

"If they aren't infected yes. Which is exactly why you're gonna go monster hunting." The god says

"Monster hunting?" I say pulling myself up on the bar.

"Oh you stink i'm outta here." The god says dissipating into thin air.

"You gonna keep talking?" I ask no response "He's not in my head I guess." I finish the pull ups and push ups.

{Task complete: Get stronger}

{Reward for completed task: 10 gold, 100 XP}

{Tasks left 1}

{Task: get affiliation}

{Affiliations}

{Necromancer, pyromaniac, tank, support, shield, assault, magic, hypnotist, maniac}

{Note you can change your affiliation with 100,000 gold and 10 levels}

I look at my options "I know what a necromancer is but I've never heard of a maniac."

{Maniac: abilities anger overload, killer instinct, bloodrush}

{Anger overload: When health is under 50 get increased damage double stamina and double mana.}

{Killer instinct passive ability: When in battle increased speed, damage, fortitude}

{Bloodrush: Can only be used with the expense of 500 mana and no mana cultivation double all traits with the cost of half health and no health regeneration, effect stays in use until either death or call off. (Cannot be used with health less than 50)}

"Hm that could be useful. I'm gonna think about it for a while though." I think to myself.

{Time: 0: 25: 22}