Cosmic Peak

Chapter 14 - Painful Glory

After hearing the sound, this bigger Green Fanged wolf came from the deeper part of the underground cave and soon smelled blood as it eyed Aren that was lying in a pool of blood 20 meters away.

This green fanged wolf had a dark blue gemstone on its forehead and also faint blue patterns on its body.

Seeing the wolf slowly approaching, Aren panicked internally and started thinking about measures, ' Hmmm...Even though this wolf looks bigger and a bit unique, It shouldn't be able to block my A rank skill <Wind Slash>...But I need to plan. '

The wolf was slowly coming to Aren while eyeing him as his prey.

19 meters.

18 meters.

Aren observed the green fanged wolf at the corner of his eyes, ' What's that gemstone? This wolf indeed looks different than those on the surface. '

He then observed as much surrounding as possible and noticed stalactites on the ceiling, ' My right hand is fine, and those stalactites are 9 meters away from my position on the ceiling. Hmmm...' Aren started planning and soon thought of a plan to kill the wolf.

11 meters.

10 meters.

Seeing that the wolf almost arrived in range, Aren released the move which he was preparing with his right hand.

<Wind Slash>

*Swoosh...*

A blade of wind shot towards the ceiling of his target. The wolf paused due to its cautious nature, but its ear twitched as it saw stalactites falling onto it.

*Awooo....*

It jumped back in panic as only a single shallow wound appeared on its front leg.

*Grrrr....*

The wolf walked over the pieces of scattered rocks from stalactites and growled at Aren.

Aren frowned in pain because that movement of his hand caused pain to shot through his injured body due to movement.

But he grinned internally as he waited for the wolf to come towards him because even though this wolf looked giant, its defense was not enough to block his <Wind Slash>. After all, Rank A skills are no joke as he already knew his wind slash's sharpness and penetrative power.

' For insurance, I will also use that...But I only have one chance and have to kill it one move. I can't let it dodge the <Wind Slash>. '

Aren saw the wolf finally making a dash towards him as it felt that Aren was now truly defenseless, and since Aren used first <Wind Slash> ceiling instead of attacking it, It threw caution to the wind and dashed forward according to its animal instinct.

Aren doesn't even need to feign weakness since he was truly injured with pain visible in his tear-filled eyes and face.

Seeing the wolf dashing towards, He prepared his Skill.

When the wolf was five meters away from Aren, It jumped up to pounce on him.

Seeing that, Aren's eyes shined, ' Perfect. '

*shuaaaaa...*

He released <Wind Slash> intending to cut off its head. But he misjudged a bit as the <Wind Slash> hit a bit below the neck area.

"Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...." Aren's eyes turned red, and veins protruded on its head and face as the pain he never felt before passed through directly to his brain.

The wolf also howled in pain as the part below the neck was cut, and its neck hung by just a little flesh.

A fountain of blood sprouted as it was also pushed back due to <Wind Slash> and landed on the ground with blood continuously pouring out like a river from its body.

It was still alive, but in no more than 3 seconds, it died.

[ Minor-Mutated Green Fanged Wolf killed, 500 exp gained. ]

-Health: 514/700

Aren's health also instantly shot up, and his injuries started to heal as golden sparks appeared on his body's injured part.

"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

But his scream didn't stop even after his injuries healed, and He started to thrash around in pain while grabbing his head.

Tears fell from his eyes non-stop, with his eyes completely red and veins producing all over his head and face.

" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahrhhhhhh...." Hoarsely he continued to scream in pain, and after 10 seconds of thrashing around, the pain finally disappeared, and he fainted.

The reason for his health suddenly increasing and this pain was due to the ability he used for one second right before releasing the <Wind Slash>.

<Painful Glory>

While this ability is activated, Any damage he deals with is increased by 30%, and he also heals by 10% of the damage dealt.

...

After ten minutes, Aren slowly opened his eyes that were still slightly red. He remembered that pain, but he could not feel it anymore. After all, that pain was no injury but something that was transmitted to his brain because of <Painful Glory>.

But...Those ten seconds felt like Hell to him.

He still trembled just thinking about that pain even though none of that pain's trace remained in him, ' Damn! Such vicious ability. I don't want to use it again but...sigh, situations in the future might force it.'

After taking several deep breaths, he calmed himself and looked at the dead wolf.

' First, I have to tell Mom that I am fine. ' Thought Aren as he spiritually contacted Lorain.

As soon as he contacted, He heard Lorain's worried voice, " AREN! Are you fine? We will save you soon. "

" I am fine, mom. I was injured, but I am healed now, except for some minor injuries. " Aren spoke in a reassuring tone.

He then looked at the path from which that Minor-Mutated Green Fanged wolf came and spoke to his mother, " Mom. Since I am fine, then nobody needs to come down here. I will find a way out since there's a path here. "

Lorain was unwilling to accept that, and Quinn also joined the spiritual call as she said they were going to save him and told him that the bodyguards went to bring a rope.

But Aren finally convinced them that he was fine and told them not to waste time and move towards the Town.

" I am not going to wait until you all find the long and robust enough rope to reach here. Also, we only have one quest left, so hurry up and finish. If you can do it fast enough, then I can also directly leave this place and go outside to our world. Mom, Quinn, we will meet outside. Bye, take care. "

Aren finally convinced them as he cut off the call and stood up before moving towards the shining gemstones that fell off from the wolf's head after it died.

As soon as Aren picked it up, He heard a voice, and some text appeared in front of him.

[ A rare item found, Deep Blue Gemstone ]

-Rank: Rare

-Requirements: Spirit Core.

-Effects: locked.

' So it's useless for now. But what is Spirit core? How do I get it? ' Thought Aren.

Since it was useless for now, He put it inside his inventory and moved towards the only path inside this underground cave.