The Dungeon System
25. Complete stage 2

Adam stood with his back against the wall, and was covered in blood as he faced off against the last three coyotes slowly approaching.

His dagger dripped blood.

Adam strangely felt a feeling of satisfaction after killing and it seemed like he was enjoying it a little.

Instead of feeling annoyed that he was enjoying the thrill of fighting and killing beasts, but instead of facing the possibility of truth, Adam took a therapeutic approach to digesting his realization.

[It must be because of the Hunter Mind that makes me happy hunting and it makes me easier because I don't feel guilty after killing a beast] said Adam who avoided the thought that he himself enjoyed fighting and subconsciously avoid any thoughts that will make him experience a mental crisis.

Three smart coyotes clung to each other as they approached Adam who was also slowly retreating as he planned his next move.

Although the intelligence stat of Adam and the coyote are not far from each other, intelligence is subjective to each race which will vary in its application, so a human who has an intelligence stat of 10 can be compared to a savage beast with an intelligence stat of 30 in terms of intelligence in terms of maintaining and using information.

However, intelligence status is not only limited to mental abilities but also includes sensory abilities and energy use.

So even though they were not directly smart as their stat showed, they have very sensitive senses and have different applications of their high intelligence stat compared to Adam which has largely improved on mental abilities and sensory abilities.

He knew that facing them head-on, even though he could still defeat them, would cause him injuries and deplete his HP and MP which he had to save for the final stage.

He had the option to use his call from the Collector Unique Skill, but did not want to rely too much on his abilities and also wanted to save his MP.

As they continued to approach him and he kept the same distance between himself and them, Adam after a few minutes did not reach a solution that would not deplete his MP and or HP, but having the risky idea he had thought of it might work.

"I don't have time to waste and have to finish this now" he said, jumping to the left.

As he dashed to the side, he dashed inside so that he could collide with the ferocious beasts in the middle of the sealed cave they were in, so he had room to maneuver.

With a distance of 7 meters between them, Adam and the monsters attacked each other directly, just as expected.

The beasts that were expecting to collide head-on for close combat were unprepared for the risky move Adam had planned.

From a distance of 5 meters Adam used all the power in his hand and tried to get the goal and trajectory as accurately as possible while throwing a dagger in his right hand towards the coyote in the middle.

The dagger was too fast to dodge and the coyote kept running in that direction so their momentum would only make his attack more fatal.

The coyote in the middle was stuck with no way out as the dagger hit the middle of its forehead, splitting its head and slashing the coyote's brain.

Reflexively the other two coyote beasts jumped to the side and changed the direction they ran slightly, that was what Adam had planned as they played right in his hands.

Passing the dagger in his left hand to his right hand and being the standard grip, Adam was ready to attack.

Despite being ambidextrous as an effect of the Hunter's mind it allows him to have better control over his mind and body, he still feels more comfortable using his right hand which he has been using since birth.

The way Adam fought was that he would use weapons in the most direct and efficient way he was able and inspired to do so from the movies and series you would see on television, but never had any real training on the use of weapons. .

By the time the coyote beasts realized their mistake, it was too late and Adam had reached the coyote beast he was aiming at that could not react before being stabbed by a dagger.

As Adam pointed his dagger at the beast, it was not a definite killing attack and the beast slashed with its sharp claws down his throat in a last-ditch effort to knock Adam down with him.

Pulling back his head with all his strength, Adam had just managed to dodge the fatal attack, but he was slashed deeply from his lips all the way down to his neck.

A deep slash had split Adam's lips and descended into his neck, but fortunately not penetrating his throat otherwise, the attack was enough to kill him.

If it was his real body would have deep scars for the rest of his life, but knowing that it was only a form of dungeon and only lost 20 HP, he said, Adam was not overwhelmed by pain and focused on the situation at hand.

Pulling the dagger rather than stabbing the beast at the side again, Adam repeatedly stabbed the side of the beast and each time would receive a notification of how much damage was lost.

-12

-24

-15

-27

To death and shattered into pixels in his hand and so did the beast that Adam threw a dagger into his hand leaving a dagger on the ground.

With one beast left, it was an easy killing and as he dashed towards it, he swung his sword at his left hand.

As he approaches the moaning coyote beast, who was intimidated by the scene of his comrades being savagely killed, Adam launches himself into the air.

With the force and momentum he fell upon the beast, Adam stabbed his two daggers down with each piercing through the eyes and slashing into the beast's brain, as blood sprayed onto Adam's face.

Falling back to the ground Adam finally finished the stage as the beast disappeared and his sword fell to the ground, while he lay there.