Chapter 3 Kill or to be Killed

Zion still frozen from his spot saw the big hound closing in on him but to his surprise, the hound is moving slower than he expected.

And just as the hound pounced on him he immediately dodges to the side and then jumps back putting some distance away from him and the hound.

"What's this? How can I move so fast? But most importantly how can I move like that?"

Surprise Zion did not know how he could dodge the hound effortlessly but after giving it some thought he realizes that it may have to do with his attributes.

[Battle Sense]- Improve your senses in battle. See small weak points, and let your body move in the desired action indefinitely.

His attribute [Battle Sense] gave him an advantage in battle pointing or moving his body at the desired motion that he thinks and it also showed some weak points in his enemies albeit small but still weak points.

Zion finally calmed down and thought about how he would defeat the monster in front of him. He then looks around again to see if any changes have been made in the arena. And just like he suspected there is a small rack of weapons just near him.

He then ran to the weapon rack but when he looked back the hound was already charging at him once again after realizing that its attacks just missed not giving Zion time to get to the weapons stand.

"Fuck, Fuck, Fuck why is this happening I just want to play a game not get killed!" Zion ran with all his might just to get to the weapon rack thinking that this is not a game anymore but another world entirely.

And just about when he reaches it the hound suddenly jumps at him again, Zion then dodges by rolling forward immediately standing up then grabbing a weapon closest to him.

He held a long Halberd the size longer than him with its full blade just above his head.

He then pointed it at the hound almost stumbling by the heaviness of the weapon but immediately balanced himself to not fall.

The hound then slashes its razor-sharp claws at him with a speed fast enough for normal humans to not respond to the attack.

Zion immediately raises the handle of the halberd to block the onslaught of the hound with minimal movement redirected by his battle senses and his high agility playing a big role to react fast enough.

Just as when the hound almost bites the handle of his weapon to get rid of it, Zion moves to the side and sees a small thread tracing the neck of the hound and urges him to follow the flow of it.

Zion follows through with the thread and slices through the neck of the hound putting all his weight and power into the attack cleanly cutting it off.

Just as the head of the hound falls on the ground a familiar ring echoes in his ears declaring that the battle has ended with his victory.

[Ding!]

[You Have Slain a Hell Hound]

[You have gained 20 exp.]

[You leveled up]

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After the battle, the whole arena fell silent the demons not expecting the human in front of them to win against his enemy.

Then one demon shouted amidst the silence cheering him for the exciting battle he displayed immediately followed by the other demon who only recognized the strong.

After the battle, Zion lays on the ground exhausted by what happened and immediately feels refreshed by the feeling of leveling up his greed slowly accumulating at the bottom of his heart.

After resting for a while, Zion then looks at the throne where the big demon is located then says.

"Sir Demon is the trial finished with just this?" a small glint of greed appeared in his eyes.

"Do you think it will be easy to just be finished with just one measly hound? The demon then said mocking him.

After the next second as if answering his question three more gates with two he'll hound then one Imp appearing severely increasing the difficulty of the fight.

Name: Imp [Level: 3]

Demon Rank: Lesser Demon

With the imp in the mix of the hell hounds, they charged at Zion with the lead of the hounds mindlessly as if being controlled by something.

Zion with his halberd readied his stance gripping the handle with his right hand at the top and his left at the lower part of the handle and the blade slightly pointed upward.

"Hyapp" He then charges faster than before at the enemies in front and his eye is not like before who's scared and pitiful but now with more calmness and clarity observing the movement of his enemies.

But the reality is cruel, he thinks that only by relying on his attribute can he defeat the three enemies charging at him.

When the clash began he saw the fatal weakness of his attribute battle sense that it can't deal with more than one enemy that's why even though the attribute gives so much advantage in a fight it can only deal with one enemy at a time not at once.

Zion slightly panics at this discovery and backs away from his enemies with small cuts showing on his body.

"Tsk...So battle sense can only help me decide on what set of moves to move based on what's happening at the moment but not with many enemies at once"

With his new understanding of the attribute, he carefully fights the enemies by observing his movement and slowly changing his battle style as the battle goes on.

But unexpectedly the imp suddenly backed away and started chanting words he never heard before then the next second a small fireball fired at him its momentum is not that fast but currently occupied by the two hounds he can't dodge it.

As the fireball got closer to him suddenly an idea popped into his head then executed it immediately by hiding at the hound and exchanging it for a few cuts in his body.

He then backed away from the assault of the hounds then charges at the imp isolated from the battlefield.

The imp then notices this and immediately orders the hounds to come at him and prevent him from getting closer.

In this kill-or-be-killed scenario, the only thing he can think about is how to decapitate the imp faster so that he can gain some ground before fighting the hounds again.

As he got closer to the imp the familiar line of thread appeared tracing the neck of the imp and showing him the weak point of the enemy.

"It's now or never I can only trust my guts and go forward with this" Zion thinks to himself as he slices his big halberd at the defenseless imp cleanly slicing its body in half with blood and intestines splattering everywhere.

[Ding!]

[You have slain an Imp]

[You have gained 50 exp.]

[You leveled up]

After the refreshing feeling of leveling up, he stood still for a moment then looked at the hounds frozen in fear as its leader is sliced in half.

Zion swiftly rushes toward the two remaining hounds taking advantage of the time they are frozen still.

The hounds recovered from shock as they saw the human charging at them with tremendous speed.

But it's already too late to act as Zion is already at their front slicing his halberd with great force and momentum at one of the hounds killing it.

He then charges at the last remaining hound not giving it a chance to react also slicing it with one blow from his halberd.

[Ding!]

[You have Slain a Hell Hound 2x]

[You have gained 20 exp.]

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The trials then continued with more and more enemies appearing at a time.

And as he faces the final wave of the trial with clear exhaustion and many more cuts on his body some are even fatal for him to continue.

As he stood and gritted his teeth from the pain in his body waiting for another gate to appear, but this time only one gate appeared with a much bigger and more grotesque-looking door facing him.

As the gate slowly opened, the ground beneath him began shaking with each step of the appearing enemy beyond the gate.

As time passed the enemy showed itself with a proud look on its face looking at the weak-looking human in front of it mocking him.

Name: Demon Gladiator [Level: 10]

Demon Rank: Upper Demon