Chapter 25: 25
"Just a little more Ben, this is the only chance of your survival." He struggled in his mind, his thoughts racing to find a solution amidst the chaos. The pain sharpened his focus, heightening his senses as he sought any advantage he could find.
"The bird is faster than me, bigger than me, and stronger than me...Doesnt matter how much I attack it, it keeps coming." He thought with a determined expression before he came up with a plan.
The bird condition wasn't any better than Ben, all he needed to do was do a critical injury. But the problem was closing distance to that berserk bird. There was barely only chance of survival at this stage, so he decided to bet on hs body and leave everything to fate.
With a sudden realization, Ben closed his eyes and stopped struggling on the ground. As he left his body free to be picked up by the cold metallic claw of its predator, as the bird grabbed him and took off into the sky.
Even with his eyes closed, Ben was able to see everything clearly thanks to his blood tracer skill. He could feel himslf getting lifted in air, much above the pine trees. The fire on the ravans feathers subsided, leaving varrious burn and cut marks on it.
Ben could feel that his body was being tossed up. Just like any other bird, the raven tossed its prey, and moved his peck towards it to catch its prey. Everything was going accorting to Ben's plan, but he kept himself calm, still pretending to be dead.
Ben body hit the raven's peck slowing sliding in its mouth barely a centimeter away from being eaten. Suddenly, with brust of strength, Ben opened his eyes again.
"The only way for my attack to hit the target is to close the distance between me and the enemy. But my enemy is fast; I can't close the distance between us. So, the only best course of action is..."
"To let the enemy close the distance between us," he thought, opening his eyes again with a sharp smile as he sensed he was high enough in the sky. "I will launch this attack with every ounce of strength I have gained!"
"BLOOD NEEDLE SKILL: MAXIMUM CAPACITY!"
Ben shouted in his mind, as if it were his last scream before his death. A crimson-red needle started to manifest between his fangs; it grew larger and larger, almost twice the size of a normal blood needle, before it slowly turned golden yellow in colour, emitting heat like a hot red iron.
"BANGGG!!"
A blasting sound reverbratted through the air, as shower of blood spread eyerywhere. The battle had took a complete opposite turn, as the fames cleared one could see the devastating scene before him.
Ben was still in the air, recoled by the force, he was thrown away from the ravan. While the ravan on the other hand, fell lifelessly, as its head was completely blasted off from its body, killng it in an instant.
[HP: 0.1/5.0]
Ben was falling from the air. His ears were ringing, his senses were slowly going numb, his vision was fading away, and the only thing he could see was a status bar, indicating his critical HP.
He closed his eyes and let his body relax. There was nothing more he could do but rest. rest from the monotonous life he had been living until now; all his senses were now at ease; he could feel his body stop falling from the air; and the ringing sound in his ears turned into a whispering melody.
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"Ben!"
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"Ben?"...
"Ben?"
"Grasp." A child, about 11 or 12, woke up, huffing and panting, while beads of sweat covered his face as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.
Mom, do you need anything? Sorry, I fell asleep." The child immediately stood up, being attentive to a woman in a blue dress lying on a hospital bed.
"Hmh... Such a good caretaker you are." The woman giggled, but the smile on her face couldn't hide the tears falling from her eyes as she looked at her beloved child, as if she were looking at something precious she was about to leave.
"Mom, why are you crying? Do you need anything? Just tell me, and I will bring it for you." The 12-year-old boy, with blondie hair and crimson blue eyes, ran towards the bed, holding her mother's hand, determined to do anything for her smile.
"There is nothing more you can do for me, dear. I am already very lucky to have a child like you." The woman spoke, her voice heavy with emotion, swallowing the lump in her throat. "Listen closely, Ben; my time in this world has come. Momma is sorry, but I can't accompany you anymore in this cruel world."
Listening to his mother's words, crystal tears dropped from the young boy's eyes. not complaining, not fighting, as if deep down he had accepted this day would come. He listened to his mother closely, engraving each and every one of her words in his heart.
"Promise me, Ben, whatever happens, or however the world treats you, You will never give up on your life." The woman said this, extending her pinky finger towards him.
The little boy, in response, didn't utter a word as he extended his pinky finger to interlock with the woman's. and nodded briefly.
"Promise me, you will live a life worth two of us."
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"I promise, I won't give up on my life." Ben said in a determined voice as he opened his eyes again, looking at the floating hologamic screen with sharp yet purposeful eyes.
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[Quest Completed: Prove your will to live ]
[Reward: Evolution Unlocked, Vampiric Mosquito ]
[Alert...HP is critical, cant evolve.]
[Emergency mode initiated, requesting to unlock reward from third quest...Permission granted]
[Reward: Absolute Recovery x1, has been used.]
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[Initiating evolution....]
[Congratulations host! You have successfully evolved into a 'Vampiric Dreadwing Mosquito'. ]
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