A Tenacious Desire for Survival.

[Host has encountered a Tire-1 magical beast]

[Triggered a Epic choice event]

[Option 1: Fight head on and slay the beast.

Reward:- Tenacious Fighter - skill]

[Option 2: Proceed left and continue to run deeper into the forest.

Reward:- Death]

[Option 3: Take a right and run towards the valley.

Reward:- Unknown]

[Option 4: Let the beast eat you peacefully.

Reward:- +100 Karma]

Looking at the big wolf in his face, his hands were already cold, his legs were trembling.

* Inhale...! *

" Calm down "

No matter how scared he was, he was looking right into that wolf's eyes.

He began to examine all possible things that could aid him. Picking up is med bag, a knife and a water bottle.

Tying the bag on his back, he took a few steps back.

*Oooooooowhoo..! *

" That howl "

The wolf howling caused his face to tensify, his pupils to dilate, and his breath to become slurred, his heartbeat grew so rapidly that it was almost erupting from his chest.

" No..."

He retracted himself and started running, realizing that fighting was pointless as soon a pack of wolves will be chasing.

" Why..? "

" System, didn't you say that this part of the forest had no beasts? "

[Host, I mentioned, beasts are hesitant to venture into this area of the forest]

" Then why..? "

*Huff* * puff*

He didn't bother to talk any more and concentrated on running.

....

In just a few minutes, he had already covered hundreds of meters, but he was equally exhausted. He also had bruises and abrasions on his limbs, navigating to such dense vegetation is quite difficult.

Sitting beneath a tree, he quickly took a sip of water. He turned around and couldn't see any wolves, but he knew they were still following him.

Discarding the bottle, he took some weird looking balls out of his bag.

" It's good I made these"

Removing a gauze cloth, he fastened each one with a thick layer of gauze.

Followed by sprinkling abundant amount of spirit alcohol on them.

* Ooowhooooo...! * * Oooooowhoo...! *

* Ooooowhooooo...! *

" Aren't you guys proud of your sense of smell "

" Hehehe... Well, too bad "

* * *

(a week ago)

[Skill: Herbal knowledge(Basic)

Rank: None

- Basic knowledge of medicinal herbs and their uses.]

" Well, this Skill is quite handy"

Keith smiled radiantly as he looked at the basket filled with herbs in front of him.

" Insect repellent "

" Insect repellent "

" Again Insect repellent "

He began separating them, but his smile gradually wore out and became more dimmer as he sorted them.

" Wait, Why are all of them insect repellents..? "

.....

" huh... I ended up making so much insect repellent powder "

The powder can be used in many ways, but the most effective way was to use it in a campfire, with just a small amount being enough.

...

[Daily quest complete]

[Reward:- Tactical knife + Gunpowder]

" What..! "

" Do you expect me to make gun now..?"

"Blah... maybe I'll use it to start the fire"

" Fire... Fire "

" Smoke bomb "

" But, why would I need them "

" Yeah.... Whatever, at least I can use the excess insect repellent "

.....

Looking at the small condensed ball in his hand, he had a proud smile on his face, it was his first successful attempt and he was quite pleased.

His hands were black and covered in gunpowder and insect repellents.

"Well, let's try it"

Using gauze and a bit alcohol, he lit it and fled several meters away.

" Wait, why is the smoke so less "

* Cough..! * * Coughhh....! * * Coughhh....! *

" Why does it smell so horrible..! "

" Keith run for your life "

* * *

( back in the present )

The smoke bombs in his hands were larger than before and he used a lot of gun power to ensure they burned properly.

" Hehehe... "

" Let's give them a tease "

"Woooooowooh..! "

The sound made by him attracted their attention, the were swiftly making their way towards him.

Kindling all the bombs on fire, he was uncovered waiting for them to arrive.

" Hehehe....hehehe... "

He felt ecstatic as he stood by a pack of blood thirsty wolves who were positioned 100 meters away from him.

Adrenaline was racing through his body, he was taking deep breaths to regulate his heartbeat.

Watching his attitude the wolves were hesitant to charge, and they were especially scared of the smoking object in his hand.

" Take this you bastards "

Just as the bombs started releasing the stinch, he spun them with all his might and directed them towards the wolves.

Not caring about anything Keith started running with all his might.

....

Just as Keith left, all the wolves in the pack started fainting one after another.

The insect repellent was actually a volatile poison, but when used in small amounts, it can help ward off insects. Making it a bomb was stupidity, but thanks to the poison resistance, he had developed in the last few days, he was able to avoid all its effects.

When his family fainted one by one, the leader wolf became angered.

*Oooooowho...*

Through his sheer will he resisted the poison, and started charging towards Keith.

....

* Huff..! * * Huff..! *

Only a minute had gone by, but he was already tired, he knew he couldn't keep it long.

He discarded his bag and retrieved a few items from it, including spirit alcohol, gauze, and another knife.

Fortunately, the spirit alcohol he had, was almost 99% pure and more than half was left behind.

Taking the lighter fluid bottle out of his pocket, he poured it onto the gauze and then stuffed it in the bottles with a cork. All this hardly took him a few seconds and he started running again.

*wOooooowhoo..! *

Hearing this scary howl he took a quick glance at his back.

"That son of a bitch, why is he so persistent, can't you let me live"

He quickly lit up the Molotov and began running at a faster pace.

Suddenly, the distance between them grew even smaller. The wolf started loading on him even faster, realizing that he was in range Keith quickly turned around and threw the Molotov on the wolf.

Even the surrounding bushes caught fire with the Wolf's fur, embers flying everywhere, and the wolf's entire fur lit up on fire.

* Aoww..! * * Oowho..! *

The wolf was screaming in pain, but he still wasn't ready to give up.

The burning fur was irrelevant to him, as he directly charged Keith.

Keith knew that the choice was either to kill or to be killed, so he was already prepared for battle, with knives in his hands.

The wolf launched at him, and he attempted to avoid it by moving left, but he was too slow to prevent it.

The next thing he knew was a heavy claw crushing him and razor sharp nails digging inside his chest.

* Cough..! * * Cough..! *

He coughed blood, even though it hurt a lot, he was still grinning at the wolf.

* Growl..! *

" What at you staring at bastard "

" Didn't I got your entire family down "

" Hehehe... Bunch of Coward dogs "

The grin on Keith's face made him look like a maniac, even the wolf was afraid for a second.

The wolf became even more agitated, to show its greatness it stepped on Keith's chest and started howling.

* wOooowhoo..!* * Oooo..! *

" hehe.. idiot "

Keith stabbed the knife in his neck as soon as it was exposed.

* Woow..! * * Awoow..! *

Suddenly, feeling his life threatened, the wolf attempted to recede, but his body was already numb. It was unbelievable to him that a normal human could have killed him and possibly his entire family.

" level cleared "

" hehehe..., I might hear that notification if I was in game "

He then glanced at the knife in his hand.

" I must thank all those snakes for their assistance, they were quite helpful "

" huh.."

" Well, I will eat more of your kind as a thanks "

" System I am tired... I "

He was so exhausted that he fainted without even realising.

" Little guy you didn't a great job "

The moment he passed out, a black silhouette appeared and took him away.

* Ding..! *

[Host has triggered skill ' Stealer of Heavenly Destiny ']