บท 2: An Exciting Death

The faster and stronger pump of his blood as it flowed out of his heart and moved through his body, his increasing sensitivity to his surroundings and enhancement to his five senses, it was like his body had been restricted in a cage for a long time and had finally been released.

It had been 7 years since he had last felt like this, the thought of the approaching wolves no longer filled him with dread but instead excited him. The thought of fighting them sent eureka feelings throughout his body.

He knew what was he was happening to him, this all started because he decide to save Rose and sacrifice himself.

Why did he do this?

It was all his arrogance, more specifically his pride just won't let him sacrifice a woman he had a vested interest in just to save his skin, the thought irritated him and revolted him.

His uncontrollable pride had gotten him countless troubles in his earlier years and now it seemed it was getting him in trouble again.

7 years of oppressing his emotions with drugs just because he lacked the power to back up his arrogance and pride but not this time. The massive rush of adrenaline and the constant feeling of danger had washed away the effects of the drug and now his emotions were out in full swing.

He could feel his emotions threatening to overwhelm him but this time he didn't fight it, he accepted it and become one with it.

He could feel his energy being replenished and the aches in his body from all the running disappearing, allowing him to maintain and even increase his pace to an extent, but he knew that still wouldn't help him survive, he would soon run out of energy this was all just a temporary boost.

With his enhanced eyesight he could better make out the images of the pursuing wolves when he glanced back, he was definitely going to die today and he had no intention of dying alone.

The earth was ruled by different human factions and occasionally terrorized by monsters who come out of randomly spawned dungeons and caused mass killings. With the existence of dungeons and its monsters, it was the work of cultivators, humanities soldiers to deal with such appearances.

The cultivators were divided into several stages according to their level of power with the cadet stage being the lowest and made up of four sub stages which are: the early cadet, the middle cadet, the advanced cadet, and the peak cadet.

As the weakest of monsters, Grade 0 monsters could be likened to cadet stage cultivators. They couldn't shoot out qi attacks but had way stronger muscles and sharper sense than normal animals.

As long as one trained rigorously enough even without guidance or resources he would be sure to advance to the early cadet stage in at most 2 years.

This was Seth's level, he was still at the early cadet stage after 7 years of training and currently had no chance of ever progressing further.

Against normal humans and even middle stage cadets, he was a threat but with his low power level, he couldn't engage in an open confrontation with such a large pack of wolves as that would spell instant death.

He needed to face as few of them as possible at a time, preferably with him not being surrounded.

As he thought of a plan to give himself a worthwhile death, he began to sense a familiarity with his surroundings and a smile crept up his face as he changed direction and charged forward harder.

6 minutes later and he could see a cave, this was his destination, his place of death. He rushed into the cave and took a look around, checking its interior and seeing that there was nothing out of the ordinary, he turned around and walked to the entrance.

The cave was fairly large and wide with enough space for 50 people to comfortably fit in, it had tall walls and a wide opening at its top which made it one of the few lighted locations in the forest. But what made him decide to choose this location for the battle was its long and narrow entrance, it made the cave a very defensible location.

He was going to use this defensive advantage in his fight against the wolves, he wouldn't have to worry about being attacked from the back and only a limited number of wolves would be able to attack him from the front at a time.

He took off his shirt and threw it to the back, pulled out two sharp-looking daggers which had always been attached to his hips.

He got into a slightly crouching position with his legs spread apart, and his daggers held in reverse grips in his hand, his stance akin to a mantis waiting for its prey.

As seconds passed he could hear the sound of the wolves drawing closer, he could feel his excitement increasing long untouched heights

10 more seconds and he could see the first wolf and then the rest of the pack following closely behind.

He immediately sprang into action when the first wolf got within attacking distance and lunged at him, its mouth wide open, ready to bite into him, and its claws posed to brutally slash into him.

His mind became calm and everything looked clearer to him as he swiftly moved out of the way of the wolf's claw and accurately pierced his right dagger into its left eyes and into its brain. He quickly withdrew his dagger while at the same time blocking the claw of another wolf with his left dagger and then repeating the same action with his right dagger.

If anyone was watching they would see a 25 year old man nimbly dodging and accurately piercing the eyes of wolves as they attacked him, each attack of his was an instant kill.

The feeling of fighting with his life on the line thrilled him, the whimpering of the wolves as they died was music to his ears.

He had always had an amazing talent for fighting which made him quite a popular figure and sought after prodigy in his early days, well that was until he was discovered to be qi deficient.

Qi deficiency wasn't the lack of qi but the lack of pathways through which qi used to circulate around the body, this made one unable to temper his body with qi though it was present in his body.

Thousands of years ago when qi was just introduced to this world, it was a common disability but a very rare case to see nowadays.

Treatment for it was too expensive for someone like him to even think about and even those lucky enough to be treated always displayed mediocre talent in cultivation, such an Investment in Seth was just not worth it for anyone even with his talents.

Regular training to keep his body fit was all he did nowadays, the way he fought right now reeked of an experienced fighter but that wasn't the case, all this was his unexplainable battle instincts and incredible control over his nerves.

But no matter how incredible his talents, it still couldn't make up for his inability to use qi and it began to show.

20 minutes into the fight and he was beginning to weaken, his recent energy boost already exhausted. He barely dodged out of the way of a wolf bite and retaliated when he was slashed on his arms by another wolf. He hurriedly moved back and tried to stabilize himself but was once taken unaware by another wolf from his left which had crept up to him, he barely dodged its lunge as he grimly realized that his senses had begun dulling.

Gradually he was pushed back into the cave and once he was pushed in, there would be only one ending for him.

The pile of wolves that had been created from his earlier kills was now being used as elevation for the other wolves making him an easier target to attack and their attacks more effective, this forced him to move several steps backward in a bid to reduce this advantage.

He found himself being forced backward till he was finally pushed into the cave. a never ending number of wolves swarmed into the cave and immediately attacked him.

His body was covered in wounds from scratches and bites he began slashing daggers left and right with a mad grin on his face not caring to defend himself.

He could feel a stinging from his right shoulder and realized that his right arm had been torn off, he tried attacking another wolf with his left hand but it dodged and instead slammed into his chest sending him to the ground, Seth watched as the wolves instantly raced up and began biting into him.

He felt empty as he watched death in the form of the wolf approach him, "so this is death, hope I can get a real nice fuck in the afterlife, I deserve that much after such a glorious battle" he laughed inwardly, he had no time to think of regrets.