Chapter 8 - First Kill! (2/2)

'Hhmm?'

These words popped up in Wills vision when he looked at the beast. When a user met a demonic beast, he or she had never met before, a pop up would come, roughly explaining the beast's traits and its rating.

The rating was how potentially powerful the species is. It goes from SSS+ to G-, with SSS+ being the highest and G- being the lowest. Each rating has 3 levels. For example, beasts with a rating of G+ like the Razor Tiger attacking Will were stronger than beasts that had a rating of G, and these, in turn, were stronger than those with a rating of G-.

This information had been given to Will when he had his class change. He was only just appreciating it now. The reason was simple. It allowed Will to estimate the strength of the beast. Each letter in rating represents roughly 20 levels.

This meant if you were level twenty, then most beasts of the G rating were not your match in terms of ability, assuming of course that your stats keep up with your level.

A G+ beast, this is a monster that only someone at around level 15 and higher could deal with. A player who was only at level 5 couldn't possibly match it. This was true, unfortunately for the beast however, it had met one of the few exceptions to this rule.

Will had attained level 5, thus his dual propagation skill came into effect. He could now split his mind into 4 parts. All four parts were concentrating on the beast. Looking at its eyes, its posture, its structure and anything else that could show when and how the beast will attack.

Will's high wisdom and intelligence also came into effect here. He could easily calculate the beast's movements, thus he was calm. Although he had never killed another creature in battle before, he had undergone a far more difficult process. The killing intent this tiger produced was nothing compared to what Modus had given Will. The class Will had and his skills had affected his way of thinking, so he acted with what seemed to be the finesse of an experienced warrior.

The beast looked powerful, but to Will it nothing more than a very large kitten. To be more accurate, the moment the beast targeted Will, it was already dead.

Suddenly the beast pounced, its claws aiming straight for Will's throat. Will himself only took a very precise step and avoided the beast by a few centimeters. He used this opportunity to strike.

Yuan circulated through his body making him stronger. His sword suddenly appeared in his right hand. His heart was pumping blood at a fast pace, yet his mind was as serene as the surface of a pond.

Like he had done this a million times before, he swung his blade diagonally, instantly beheading the beast, his sword cutting through like a hot knife cutting through butter. The headless corpse thumped onto the ground lifelessly.

This entire process only took less than half a second. Will sighed. He removed the blood from his sword using a leaf on the ground.

Some light covered Will's body, he felt yuan entering his body and strengthening him. This was most likely experience from his kill!

He looked at his work, his first kill. It was much easier than he thought it would be. Frankly speaking, Will even held back.

There were many things he could have done to kill the beast quickly, like release his bloodlust. He wasn't exactly sure what it was, but he knew what it could do.

Just a little exposure could have killed the beast. Will was just here to kill monsters and level up. He was here to improve his skills. He was here to grind!

The moment he saw the beast, he knew he could kill it. His instinct had been very clear on this, from the moment the poor creature locked onto Will with its killing intent.

'Well, that was disappointing.'

This was far easier than Will had expected. He thought he would at least struggle somewhat, but unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen, not at least anytime soon anyway.

Only through life and death struggles can I draw out my true potential!

It is said that when one's life is at stake, you are able to draw out your body's true potential. This was what Will was counting on.

'Well, if at first, you fail, try and try again.'

Will cheered himself up and started walking away from the beast.

'I have to get away from this body ASAP; the blood will most likely attract attention. Wait that's it! I should just wait here for any monsters that are attracted to the scent of blood. That way I won't have to look for any monsters. They will come looking for me... I think.'

Happy with his idea Will decided to stay near the corpse. He shifted 3 parts of his brain into sensing the environment, so he could watch out for danger. The last part wanted to continue looking at his stats. That's when Will remembered.

'Ah! I have a map! I don't need to look around. The map can guide me.'

Will had forgotten the map function. Not only does it give you a rough idea of your surroundings from a bird's eye view, but it also shows potential threats as well.

Will clicked on his map function, only to meet a nasty surprise. It wasn't working!

'Damn it! I bet this is Modus!'

Will was right. It was Modus. He had manipulated the map option on Will's menu. Not only that, but he had also made it impossible for Will to access his information option as well.

This meant that Will could not communicate with the outside world at all!

”Argh!”

Will shouted out his frustration.

Since he was powerless, he decided to shift focus and think of a way to attract more monsters. That's when Will had an idea. Killing intent!

Will was able to find out that the tiger was near him due to it locking its killing intent on Will, so couldn't other creatures do the same thing Will did?

Will sat down and tried to focus. Due to the previous insights Will had gained, releasing killing intent for him was as easy as breathing. In fact, due to his ability to use bloodlust, his killing intent was far more potent than normal.

Will, spread it out as far as he could.

'This is perfect! Not only can I attract monsters, but I can also scare away weak ones. That way I won't have problems with wasting time on weaklings.'

Will started churning out as much killing intent as possible. He even threw in some of his sword yuan, so that monsters would know it was a human.

Little did Will know he was inviting a calamity onto himself...