Chapter 5

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Gray, who was quickly evading the attack, stumbled and lost his footing. A protrusion at the base of the coiled giant tree was right in the path he was trying to dodge.

Gray’s foot was tripped by the tree root, and he lost his balance instantly. He turned his body and fell down.

It’s over!

Gray was shocked. Although he seemed to have dodged this attack from the gnawing rabbit, the next attack would definitely not be easy for him.

Gray did his best to quickly adjust the force on his body. Almost at the instant the hand that did not have the knife touched the ground, he used all his strength to prop his body up so that he could turn around and face the enemy directly.

However, the anticipated attack did not come.

Even the attack that Gray thought he had luckily dodged did not seem to be like this.

The gnawing rabbit maintained its sprinting posture and actually stopped in the middle of the attack, not moving at all.

Gray did not understand what had happened for a moment. He did not dare to move carelessly, afraid that his actions would once again agitate the gnawing rabbit. Time seemed to have strangely stopped just like that.

In the next moment, the gnawing rabbit’s huge body fell to the side in a daze.

Gray was surprised. What kind of move was this?

Immediately after, the gnawing rabbit seemed to have lost its breath, and its body, which was lying on the ground, no longer moved.

This…

Gray did not know how to explain everything in front of him. He did not think that he had the ability to make the other party play dead to avoid the fight.

In an instant, Gray recalled that in the split second of the fight, the dragon egg seemed to have sent out some strange energy through his body to the rabbit?

The little fellow even had this ability?

However, now was not the time to investigate what the dragon egg had done. Danger was hidden everywhere in this forest. Gray could see that the gnawing rabbit had fallen, but he was not certain that it was dead. Its chest seemed to be faintly undulating.

Without delay, Gray hurriedly took a few steps forward, quickly arriving beside the gnawing rabbit.

Sure enough, the gnawing rabbit had passed out for some reason, but it was still alive.

Looking at the giant rabbit up close, the impact was even greater.

The giant rabbit was half the height of a man, and under its fur were strong muscles. Gray felt uncomfortable whenever he thought of the dagger-like rabbit teeth that almost tore off his skin and flesh.

Gray stood on the gnawing rabbit, putting his weight on its body.

He was afraid that he would not be able to kill the rabbit in one hit if he could not find its heart, and would wake the rabbit up instead, so he placed the knife on the rabbit’s neck.

This was the place.

Gray felt that he had found the place he wanted. Immediately, he opened his eyes wide, and a mouthful of cold air rushed into his lungs from his nose. He used almost all of his strength to drive the knife in his hand into the rabbit’s neck.

The gnawing rabbit suddenly began to twitch violently. That powerful force almost made Gray unable to hold the knife in his hand. Gray knew that this was a critical moment of life and death, so he turned the knife around and suddenly pulled it to the side.

Immediately, blood gushed out from the neck of the gnawing rabbit!

The struggling movements of the gnawing rabbit became even more intense. Gray used all of his strength to firmly suppress the gnawing rabbit!

This was the most direct and primitive competition between two lives. The strength of a tier 2 gnawing rabbit was several times stronger than Gray’s. If it wasn’t for the fact that it had no consciousness and was only relying on its survival instinct to struggle with brute force, Gray was afraid that he would have been unable to suppress it long ago.

Finally, just as Gray felt that a century had passed, the struggling gradually weakened.

The violent struggle accelerated the blood loss of the gnawing rabbit, and also accelerated its death.

After a while, the gnawing rabbit finally stopped moving.

Gray tried to move the knife, but there was no response. Only then did Gray confirm that the gnawing rabbit was indeed dead.

The moment Gray confirmed the death of the gnawing rabbit, he felt a burst of energy flowing from the gnawing rabbit’s body into his own body.

This surge of energy eased some of his fatigue, giving him a feeling that his strength had been strengthened.

What was this?

Gray felt a strange feeling. He immediately opened his attribute panel:

[Gray]

[Strength level: Tier 1 (4/10)]

[Classification: Human]

[Ability: None]

[Description: Adult male, no bad habits, has better-than-average physical fitness]

He found that there was an additional column at the end of his strength level.

4/10?

Gray tapped on this new string of numbers, and the system’s explanation immediately popped up:

[Requires 6 life energy points to level up.]

Linking this information with the feeling of obtaining energy from the gnawing rabbit, Gray suddenly understood. It seemed that he had killed the gnawing rabbit and obtained its life energy, and a constant increase of life energy would ultimately cause his tier to undergo a qualitative change.

Gray understood that this was the law of this forest.

This was the mission that the Guardians faced!

In order to protect their original world, they had to continuously kill and become stronger in this forest until they could resist the Void Undead in this world!

In an instant, Gray felt the heavy sense of the mission being carried on his back. It was the heavy weight of life and also the heavy weight of protection.

This also increased Gray’s motivation to search for elemental crystals.

“Little guy, hurry up and come out. You have a heavy responsibility.”

Gray couldn’t help but feel something for the dragon egg on his back.

However, the dragon egg clearly couldn’t understand Gray’s complicated thoughts. It seemed to have also felt the death of the gnawing rabbit. At this moment, it was trying to convey to Gray its desire for something on the gnawing rabbit’s body.

Gray had no choice but to carry the gnawing rabbit back to the safe house.

It was impossible for Gray to break down the gnawing rabbit here.

After all, this was still the forest. Even if there weren’t as many wild beasts as he had imagined, it wasn’t absolutely safe.

The fight just now had caused quite a commotion. Coupled with the bloody smell on the rabbit’s body, it wouldn’t be good if it attracted some powerful predators.

Just as Gray was about to make a move, the system’s notification suddenly popped up:

[do you want to break down the gnawing rabbit: Yes/No]

It can be done like this?

Gray was surprised by the system’s convenience and chose Yes.

After a short flash of light, the gnawing rabbit’s corpse disappeared.

Gray opened his backpack. Inside were rows of small boxes, and each box seemed to contain a type of material. There were now three units of meat, one unit of skin, and two special items.

Gray set his eyes on the two items.

[Gnawing rabbit teeth * 2]

[Mana crystal * 1]

Mana crystal!

Gray was overjoyed. He had actually obtained a mana just after killing it!

Gray hurriedly clicked on the window of the mana crystal.

Immediately after, a finger-sized, diamond-shaped crystal with mixed colors appeared in Gray’s hand.

As soon as the crystal appeared, the eagerness of the dragon egg reached a climax once again.

This was what it wanted!