Chapter 4 - Four - Predator to Prey (1/2)

Hey, finally my brother had a good idea, and of course food related; We left a good part of the body behind, but carried in our mouth the hind limbs to eat later.

I got worried that we would leave a trail of blood, but it was impossible to go on without leaving any trace behind, so might as well have a snack for later to keep my strength.

The woods were full of sounds and life. All around there were creatures going about their days, some as inoffensive as the fox that ate a chunk of meat that fell on the ground, others… well, made me rethink my brother's strategy.

Drool was acc.u.mulating in my mouth as a sound perked my attention when it was already too late. A creature jumped out of nowhere on us, aiming for our faces, our snouts occupied with the meat and unable to react.

Shit.

I did the only thing I could: I throw the meat at the creatures face as it eats in one go, already coming for us as my brother did the same. With no time to whine about the loss we took a deep breath and aimed fireballs at it.

It did nothing beyond irritating the creature, but that's not possible, the creature was covered in fur! It should burn nicely. Going backward as it advanced, I use appraisal on it.

-Appraisal completed-

Name: H6%3F

Gender: H$5#Y%

Race: Rock Lion

It was made of rock? No wonder it didn't catch on fire. But it didn't have the appearance of a rock… So I couldn't count in what I see then…

The brown lion growled and for a few seconds we were paralyzed. Shit, what is that? I watch in terror as it jumped on my brother, its big size overshadowing him.

Nonononono No!

Panic made me struggle as if my life depended on it. It was for mere seconds, only what it took for the lion to jump, but I watched as if in slow motion, many things passing through my mind, and none of them good.

But one thing grows more than the others. Far beyond the thoughts of losing my last family member, my little brother, was the anger of being unable to protect them, anger against the destiny that made our young lives so miserable so soon, anger at those filthy humans for putting us in this situation to begin with.

Anger for being so weak.

Ding – Requirements for Unique ability from title Angry One met – Berserker mode Activated

After that everything went red. I don't remember clearly, my mind was fuzzy as my body only reacted. I could only see the lion closing its jaws over my brother's shoulder, and a mix of growl and scream came to my lips as I quickly bit his ear off and hold my jaws close on the back of his neck.

It screamed, but I could only smell the blood dripping from my brother's shoulder as bloodl.u.s.t took over my senses and I scratched, clawed, bit until the thing stopped twitching and only an unrecognizable pile of meat stood below me, until meat and blood dropped of my chin and pilling it in puddles on the soil. Somewhere in the distance a ding sound reverbed.

Ding – Level Up.

Ding – Level Up

Heavily breathing, I stood covered in blood on top of the body, suddenly feeling extremely tired and numb, as if I was hit by a truck.

Hit by…A what…? Never mind… I'm so… sleepy…