Chapter 46: The Timely Hero
"Crap! I\'m so terribly injured. What do I do now? How am I gonna win this fight? At this rate, we are all gonna lose if something doesn\'t change soon."
"Oh heavens! Why was I given such a silly host?" Zee asked no one in particular.
"What do you mean?" Jake asked in between coarsed breath.
"Why are you fighting like your friends?"
"What do you mean?" Jake asked with a raised brow.
"You have something no one else has. You have a system, so use it. Jake use the system. You have more skills at your disposal than any of your friends then why don\'t you use it?" Zee chided.
\'I guess Zee is right. I have been acting like a fool and not making use of what is at my disposal.\' Jake thought. \'Well, that ends now.\'
Jake then opened up his system and navigated to his skill tab.
<Skill Tab>
<Melee combat: Level 1 (Deals 10 damage with basic weapons therefore removing 10% HP from enemy)
<Stealth: Level 1; Increases evasion chances by 10%>
<Inspect Skill: Level 2; Brings up information of an enemy>
<Frenzy Strike: a skill that deals rapid consecutive attacks for 2 seconds, with a cool down timer of 5 minutes.>
<Second wind (Lv1): Restores 5 points of user\'s HP. (Skill can only be used once a day)>
<Stun Strike; stuns the opponent, making them vulnerable to attacks for a second. (Lv1) cool down timer; 2 minutes>
<Strength Surge: Increases user\'s strength by 10 percent for five minutes. Cool down timer; 1 hour.>
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This were all the skills Jake currently had in his system. He glanced at the one that could currently benefit him right now. Before he did anything else, Jake also opened his status screen.
<Status>
<User: Jake Lucas>
<Level: 8>
<Combat level: Novice>
<Skill level: Untrained>
<XP level: 200/800>
<HP: 10/30>
<Strength: 35>
<Agility:31>
<Endurance: 38>
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"Damn! My HP is currently low, I think this skill will be quite useful now." Jake thought while activating his skill, <Second Wind> and then immediately, his HP increased a little bit.
<HP: 15/30>
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"Haha, Good thing this works otherwise, I don\'t know what I\'m gonna do." Jake said. \'Okay, now that is done with, it\'s time to payback that wolf.\' Jake exited the building with his body all sore and his face and head still bleeding.
Just when he exited the building, he was met with a scene that horrified Jake so much. He saw the werewolf popping Ben\'s head and devouring his body whole. Then he noticed the werewolf looking towards Kate who was laying on the floor. Seemingly sensing what the werewolf was about to do, Jake quickly ran forward and activated his skill.
<Strength Surge> increasing his strength by 10 percent. Quickly glancing towards his system, he saw it worked for his system was displaying, <Strength:45>
Instead of the former 35. He saw the werewolf going for Kate and lifting her off the ground meanwhile, Jake was just 5 feet away.
Then the werewolf lifted its mouth to bite Kate\'s head off and then finally, Jake got there and held on tightly onto the werewolf\'s hand causing it to let go of Kate.
"It is not over unless I say so." Jake said with his eyes blazing with evident fury. Then Jake quickly kneed the werewolf In its stomach with full strength almost knocking out the wind from the werewolf\'s mouth. Then Jake lifted the werewolf up by his hand then he slammed the werewolf down with full strength therefore a huge crater to form on the ground.
Then Jake moved back a bit while looking at the werewolf who was carefully get out of the crater. "You… how are you so strong suddenly?"
"That is for me to know and for you to shut the f***k up!" Jake screamed as he dashed towards the werewolf. And then started rapidly punching the werewolf but the werewolf was carefully avoiding the punches that was aimed at his vitals while waiting for a chance to attack back.
With each hit Jake landed, loud bangs and shockwaves was been spread around everywhere. It was evident that Jake was putting his all in his hit. Meanwhile his friends that were watching were suddenly confused.
"How is Jake suddenly so strong?" Peter asked with a raised brow. "I mean we all saw how the werewolf easily dealt with him and then Jake went flying to a building and now he came back stronger than before."
"Let\'s just hope it is enough to defeat the werewolf." Cindy said while bringing a slightly conscious Kate over so she won\'t be caught in the cross fire.
Meanwhile back at the fight, Jake was still rapidly punching until the werewolf angrily let out a bit of energy that pushed Jake back a bit and then the werewolf tried to dash towards Jake but it was unable to move one inch because Jake had activated, <stun strike> therefore keeping the werewolf stunned and unable to move. To which Jake just smiled and quickly picked up a sword and activated<Frenzy strike> and <melee combat > and then he started rapidly attacking the werewolf all over and over again with all his strength.
Finally, the time limit for Frenzy strike and stun strike elapsed and then Jake quickly used the \'Triple Threat skill\' to get behind the werewolf who was now riddled with injuries from head to toe.
"Is that all you got?" The werewolf asked with a sinister grin that made him look like a demon from hell coupled with his injuries.
"I\'m just getting started." Jake smiled and quickly dashed towards the werewolf. Luckily, <Strength surge> was still active. He still had 2 more minutes on the timer to go.
Using The Triple Threat technique, Jake got to the werewolf\'s position in less than a second, and then started swinging his sword all over the werewolf from head to toe while the werewolf was now taking the fight seriously by dodging, avoiding and hitting back with full strength.
Jake used The Triple Threat technique again to get behind the werewolf and then he quickly used The Primary Guard sword strike he learnt to slash at the Werewolf\'s back causing the blade to go more than deep into the werewolf\'s neck therefore causing the werewolf\'s neck to spurt out blood.
Jake then moved back again to create a bit of space to look at the werewolf for an opening to strike again.
\'Damn! I only have enough stamina for one more Triple Threat technique.\' Jake thought worriedly. \'oh well, I need to make it count then.\'
Instead of waiting for Jake to come at him, the werewolf ran towards Jake and in response, Jake quickly used the Triple Threat technique to go around the werewolf and he swung his sword towards the werewolf\'s hand with his full strength and then finally, he managed to cut off the werewolf\'s hand but it came at a cost.
Jake\'s stamina was depleted and the skill <strength Surge> was over leaving Jake on his knees panting hard due to exhaustion. The werewolf stopped running and it looked at its stump that once had his hand on it with anger evident on his face and then it lifted its head to look at Jake but it could see Jake on his knees gasping for air.
Trying to take advantage of the situation, the werewolf now calmly walked and smiled towards Jake who was screaming at his legs to move out of the way but he was truly exhausted. His friends seeing the werewolf walk towards Jake, decided to run towards Jake to at least assist him.
Especially Peter who had somewhat regained his strength. So currently Peter, Cindy and Sophia were the ones running towards Jake because Kate and Jake were to weak to move. It turned out that they will be too late to help because the werewolf was now holding onto Jake\'s curly hair with his one remaining hand.
"I gat to admit, you are really strong for being able to chop off my hand." The werewolf said looking at its stump again. "But don\'t worry, it will heal up nicely after am done eating you and your friends."
Jake hearing the werewolf\'s threat, tried his possible best to move but he was unable to. Then the werewolf opened its mouth wide to eat Jake and Jake also closed his eyes seemingly accepting his fate.
Meanwhile, his friends seeing the werewolf\'s mouth inch closer and closer to Jake\'s mouth, they screamed out loud unable to do anything for they were to far away but that was when a gust of wind blew on their face and when they looked up, they could see someone running towards Jake with an inhuman speed and finally he got Jake\'s position and chopped off the werewolf\'s one remaining hand that was holding onto Jake with ease as if he were cutting through butter.