Xavier stared down at the creature, his face expressionless, blue ichor splattered on his clothes and face. He stared at the gauntlet, his eyes giving all the praise it could minister.
"This weapon is amazing." He spoke. "And it gets stronger the more I fight with it."
The notification he was seeing during the battle meant the gauntlets were gaining experience and getting stronger. That was for the better. He would need it.
The system opened up before him.
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Congratulations on slaying a monster and levelling up! Your weapon has gained experience. +10 to all stats.]
Xavier was shocked to his core. He had only killed one monster but he had levelled up five times. He definitely hadn't expected that.
"System. " He called out. "Did you make a mistake?"
[The system did not. One enemy slain results in five level-ups and +10 to stats.]
Xavier grinned in delight. So if he killed two enemies, he would get +20 to all his stats equally. He truly was going to get stronger.
"Time to check out my stats." He spoke.
[Stats]
Level: 6
Strength: 26
Stamina: 25
Speed: 30
Endurance: 27
His stats had increased by ten and he could feel it coursing through him. He had gotten a bit stronger but he knew that was not enough. He wiped his sweat from his brow and stared at the dead creature.
"I don't know what you are." He said. "So I'll just call you Pale One. It fits you."
The creature didn't respond or it couldn't even respond. Right now, it was nothing more than pulp.
Xavier stared back at the dead man he saw earlier and noticed something in its jaw. He stepped forward, 8gnoring the stench, and pried the jaw open. Inside was a long sheet of paper. It was a bit old, faded but it was still a paper.
He could see something written on it.
"I'll look through it later." He thought.
He placed the paper into his pocket and immediately began to walk further into the darkness.
He moved through the tunnel, making no sound and listening closely. He could hear it.
Growling again.
And it was two.
"Two of them." He muttered.
And then he saw them.
Two Pale Ones burst from the darkness with brutal ferocity, their growling echoing around the walls. One crawls furiously on the ceiling, its eerie red eyes glowing brightly. The other was on the ground, moving with speed, its claws drawing sparks across the stone.
Xavier didn't wait.
He charged.
The first Pale One leapt from the ceiling, claws outstretched, aimed at Xavier. Not wasting any time, Xavier ducked its claws, then he drove the gauntlet into the creature's ribs with force. The creature coughed out blood as it flew from the force.
It hit the ground hard, twitching.
The second lunged from behind, its claws raking across his back.
"Dammit!" Xavier hissed.
He swiftly turned back, executing a spinning backfist to the creature's cheek, snapping the creature's head to one side. The creature attacked again, but Xavier caught its arm, squeezed, snapped it, and then tore it.
The creature shrieked in pain, blue ichor gushing out of the ferocious wound. It stumbled in pain but Xavier wasn't done yet.
He pulled it close, then drove his head to the creature's then did it again. He then drove his knee into the creature's gut twice, making the creature cough up blood, and then slammed his elbow into the creature's back. He gripped his fist, the gauntlet glowing red, and drove it into the creature's stomach with force.
He stepped back, then began to unleash a flurry of punches on the creature.
Left. Right. Left. Right.
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets gaining experience +1!]
[Zenrokushu Gauntlets Mastery[36%]
Each blow landed with bone-shattering force, the gauntlets glowing with every strike. The creature's face was in, jaw broken, eyes swollen, face reduced to pulp, teeth flying in every direction.
Damian grabbed its head, turned, and slammed, aimed it against the wall.
The stone cracked.
But he didn't stop.
He pinned the creature and unleashed a storm of punches. It was dozens, maybe even hundreds. His hands moved like hammers. His strikes are like prayers of wrath.
"This!" He thought, hammering the creature's face."This is so fun! I truly love this!"
Th
The Pale One slumped, twitched once before becoming still.
Xavier turned, breathing hard.
The first creature was crawling away, broken ribs protruding from its chest, one arm dragging uselessly behind it. It hissed eyes wide with fear.
"Don't run," Xavier whispered softly, walking towards it.
The creature lunged in desperation, claws aimed for his face.
He met it mid-air.
He straightened his fist and drove his fist into its chest and kept going. The gauntlet tore through skin, muscle, and tissue and came out. His fist burst out of his back, slick with ichor and spine.
Xavier held it there, arm raised, eyes focused on its face. Then he pulled his arm out, watching as the creature collapsed on the ground in a pile.
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Levelled up!]
[Congratulations on slaying two monsters! +10 to all stats.]
He breathed as power coursed through him.
"This is better than nothing." He muttered.