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I know I just said "time to hunt" to sound cool.
But I am quite scared to attack these rabbits.
Yes, I am scared of rabbitsâ¦
But that is without justifications!
You see, the rabbits I fought were quite brave.
The little thing actually came to attack me.
Me, a little dragon!
How come a rabbit does not fear a dragon-like me?
I bet these Rabbits are actually quite fierce, I was lucky when I managed to evade the first one I encountered, or I would have gotten impaled by that giant crystal horn they have.
I do have scales but⦠I do not think they can resist piercing attacks like those.
At least, I would need to level up my Dragon Scales Skill, but I have no idea how to, maybe if I hit myself? But without dealing damage to myself, it is useless.
And my defense⦠There is no defense in this system!
There is only⦠Strength I guess?
Well, whatever.
Anyways, as I was saying, these rabbits are deadly.
I cannot take them lightly.
What if I run there and they quickly notice, and I get impaled by dozens of rabbits?!
Even with my regeneration, without Mana or energy to fuel it, I will surely die.
And I am currently starving, so I do not have enough fuel to boost my regenerationâ¦
Also, I am terrible at using mana, so I cannot really use magic, which is also too strong for someone so terrible at it.
Life is a pain.
I am filled with cheats, yet I am already struggling to see how I can hunt a rabbit.
I guess with great cheats come great responsibilities.
Wait, that did not make any sense at all.
Anyways, now what?
I cannot run straight to them because I am going to get killed.
Do these rabbits eat meat?
Well, they are eating grass, but maybe, if they are aggressive, they might even fancy my tender ice dragon meatâ¦
Just picturing all these rabbits ravaging my body with their fangs and taking away all of my flesh makes me reconsider this whole thing.
I need a way to distract a single one of them, bring it out of the group, and strike it downâ¦
Hmm, like the lion documentaries I have seen on Earth!
Hahh⦠Lions have it rough.
I keep looking at the rabbits slowly eating until finally, a little one begins to stray away from the big onesâ¦
It hops around, sniffing the snow and trying to find more grass to eat.
Suddenly, it walks away quite considerably⦠it is around ten meters away from the rest!
The other seems quite obliviousâ¦
I bet having giant horns and being all packed together really makes them confident that nothing wrong can happen, huh?
I lick my fangs as I stealthily move through the snow⦠I think my reflective, ice-like scales make it hard for me to be seen, especially if I walk so slowly and near the snow.
I find the rabbit finally finding a patch of bluegrass, which it begins to eat rather carefreely.
I glance back at the other rabbits, they seem just as relaxed.
Really, they are way too confident!
I am about to break that confidence right about now.
I quickly approach the little rabbit, but it quickly notices my presence!
Damn it!
I have to do it now!
I quickly infuse some little mana into my legs, which enhances my speed for a few seconds, a little technique I learned while practicing mana control⦠but it is nothing fancy because it has a duration of about 3 seconds and I waste more Mana than it needs because I am quite bad at using it yet.
Flash!
I quickly leap into the scared rabbit, but it hops right before I put my claws over it!
The rabbit glares at me with anger as it charges at me with its horn!
I use my ice breath, but it seems to not affect the ice-type monster at all, I guess I should have expected it, but I tried anyway.
CLASH!
A piercing pain fills my mind as the horn pierces through my stomach!
I knew it, these scales are useless!
Agh, you damn ball of fur!
However, now that it has its horn stuck in my stomach, it's mine!
I open my jaws as I bite on the rabbit's neck, breaking it instantly!
Victory is mine.
Ouchâ¦
The pain really is horrible, but I endure it⦠I think I can regenerate as long as I eat the rabbit and gain calories and energy thanks to Immortal Body.
However, the other Rabbits quickly notice what I did!
Time to run for my life!
I grab the smaller rabbit I killed from the neck, and dart away with all of my might!
I run as fast as I can, but the rabbits are actually catching up?!
Shit! Are they spiteful or something? Will they chase me down to the ends of the world by taking their young?!
Well, I am not planning to give up!
I have some mana left⦠and I begin to absorb all the energy I possibly can through Ice Absorption!
Suddenly, a burst of icy winds emerges down my legs, as I run incredibly fast all out of a sudden!
Oh woah, what is this?
I never thought that by infusing mana into my Ice Absorption Skill, I could get this boost in speed!
The rabbits keep running towards me, but I am now incredibly fast.
I am literally an icy rocket!
I run and run until suddenly, I realize that I jumped off a cliff.
Eh?
I glance down below.
We are so high that I cannot see anything below.
Shit.
I give one last look at the rabbits, as they⦠jump too?!
Are they stupid or something?
Well, I am too, because I am falling to my death right now!
The distance I am falling is tremendous, it fills my entire body with a chill⦠this is the chill I felt when I was dying.
This fear for imminent death.
Despair quickly takes hold of my senses, as I am paralyzed while falling, and even my heart begins to beat furiously.
Damn itâ¦
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