Life Howling - Chapter 10

<Survival Combat>


My eyes cracked open when the morning light creeped through the curtains. how… long did I sleep for? It was around 4 when I came home….


I reached for my phone to check the time. It was still 7 in the morning. 


“Was I only asleep for 3 hours…this doesn’t feel right…” Something is definitely off.


All of my wounds have been treated thanks to the Divine Heal, but that didn’t account for the severe tiresome I was feeling. In that white room, I gave my all to survive and even after, I wasn’t able to get a full rest in the hospital. And I could’ve sworn I passed out when I got home?


But somehow… my body feels completely fine when I awoke so early after barely sleeping?


“My body feels fully recharged. Actually, it feels as if I have more energy to spare. I wonder… if that’s it.”


Divine Flesh. That has to be it.


Wasn’t that the skill that consistently flowed Divine Energy into my body? That energy was supposed to relieve my body of all fatigue, increase my recovery, and raise my strength to a certain extent.


Could this by the reason why I only slept for 3 hours? Did it reduce my 8 hour sleep pattern into just mere 3?


sigh…


Looks like I wouldn’t have to worry about being tired any longer. Well, I should be thankful for that. 


I turned to look at the calendar. Today was October 15th, my day off. Should I really be thankful for today…. or, not. 


“There’s too much going on at once… before, I was struggling to eat, and now there’s that thing I have to worry about…”


Sighing unconsciously didn’t help me at all, but there’s nothing else that could be done. 


With already twelve fights in, there is something I’ve learned. Knowing the number of items I can carry with me.


I’m sure… that everything I am wearing and my phone was transferred along with me. So… if what I’m thinking is correct, taking few more items shouldn’t be a problem.


When I step into that place, I’m able to pick up a flail and use it to my content since I have acquired the flail mastery skill. But, I should still consider taking a weapon or a tool with me, right?


What would I need? Something that… I’ll need in that place.


“Since I can’t put my finger on it… I might as well take everything I can.” 


I got up from my seat to change my clothes before grabbing for my wallet. And, before I could walk out the door, my phone began to vibrate violently.


I stared into my phone only to see a name, Kim Su-Hyun, displayed on its screen. Kim Su-Hyun… a classmate from college. Someone who I sort of dated. I put the phone on silent and slid it into my pocket. I didn’t have the time to be dating anyone right now.


***


A stuffed bag was right in front of me full of variety of things. First was water. There were two bottles of water, chocolate pies and bread biscuits, and nuts for my snack.


First Aid kid was also stuffed in the bag, but I had removed it as they were no longer needed with the skill I’ve acquired. Aside from that, I’ve purchased a walker with high platform and plates that are used by hockey players. Thanks to that, it took a chunk out of my balance – which made my account look very empty. 


It scares me to even dream about going back to school…. No. I should buy what I need.


I’ve tried on the hockey plates. With these on, I shouldn’t feel too much pain when I get bit by the Dobermans. After, I threw on the backpack on top of the plates. 


My watch was already pointing 1:50. It was time for me to go. After I sighed a few times, the time had come. 


hwahhk.


Everything in my sight had changed in an instant, and before I knew it, I was already in the white room from yesterday. 


alright. It looks like I can bring everything I have on me. Should I go buy a gun somewhere to bring it here?


But I had no money.


Beeeep.


Player : Yoon-Hwan Jung

Ability : Lyfedearc Divine Law LV 1. Absorb LV 1. Steel Body LV. 1. Lyfedearc’s New Warrior Flail Mastery Lv 1.

Weapon : Flail

Status : Second Test Passed

Point : 0P


A sound rang, and my information appeared. Do I already have 4 skills? When I looked down, a flail was already in one of my hands. 


I lightly swung the flail around. Swinging it in figure 8’s, trying to get the hang of it again for what’s to come. 


“It’s crucial to get the flail’s fundamentals down as soon as possible. Since the flail’s tip is connected to the handle via chains, I can’t be handling it like other weaponry.”


The written words of Lyfedearc’s New Warrior Flail Mastery slithered out of my lips.


“Because it uses much centrifugal force to make attack, it leaves lots of open areas and requires great footwork to support the action.”


I spun the flail in the very spot I was standing on before jumping forward, and back.


It felt like a step-move in boxing. Once I completed checking myself, I moved on to the next phase.


schhhhhh.


There was light coming from all over my body. A Divine Power shifted from my body to my arm, then gathered in the weapon. With this, my flail was full of Divine energy. It increased its power by a fold instead of just hammering down the enemy.


This is the Lyfedearc’s New Warrior Flail Mastery.


It wasn’t just a martial art to handle flails, but also apply the Divine Power into weapons or the body.


I was really surprised after acquiring the skill. Who would’ve thought this would be possible. 


I stopped swinging, and put my backpack down on the ground to look at what was in front of me. A sound went off.


beep!


Third Test

Survival Combat – The Forest of Death

1 point earned for every enemy killed


“What?”

While I was looking ahead with a dumbfounded look on my face, the world had changed before my eyes. The white room disappeared, and I was in a dark room.


“sigh…”


It was a dark room. A pitch black room, and I was standing in the middle of it. Before long, my hands were up trying to get a feel of what was around me.


hwaak.


The Divine Power’s light shined. I now could see what was around me, and where I was standing.


It was a small stone chamber made with an unknown surface. The ceiling was arched and the rest was in a square shape. This was a survival combat, right? and, The Forest of Death.


“Damn it, how can they just put me in a place like this…” I told myself it was a good decision to bring everything in the backpack. I honestly didn’t have any better reason to bring food, but it seems it worked out for the better. 


I’m happy, but pissed off at the same time.


“Are they telling me to leave this place…”


They did say it was a survival combat. I gulped before heading forward. As I walked, I concentrated the light in my hand to my head, making it shine to what I was trying to see.


When I walked out of the room, I realized I was in a gloomy forest. From the outside, the stone chamber just appears to be a small arched building, and the outside was just a regular forest. Thankfully, it wasn’t a mountain, just a flat forest.


But how do they expect me to survive here? If I survive, I should get something in return but…


jik. jeek.

jik. jeek.


Is what I thought before I heard something nearby. Something was coming closer, dragging something on the ground. When I looked up, there was a shape moving in the dark.


gulp.