As soon as the host got ready, Shane also looked vigilant as he stared at the screen with focus. The monster growled at the same time, showing off its bloody and sharp teeth. Its body suddenly moved and flashed in front of Norman. It almost felt like a flash as the body moved and when it reappeared, its claws were already up in the air, ready to hit its prey.
Shane instantly spoke, "Kill it. Now!"
Norman had been holding his sword, but his hand trembled as he stared at the monster at such a close distance. A layer of cold sweat formed on his forehead, "I can't kill someone!"
Shane's face darkened, "If you don't kill it, the monster will kill you! Don't you have some brain?"
"I do!" Norman gritted his teeth and raised his sword to block the attack. He took deep breaths to suppress a hint of tremor bubbling from his heart, "I just don't want to kill someone!"
"Haven't you killed a mosquito before?" Shane's voice was freezing cold, "Do you feel this so-called compassion and kindness at that time? No, you just go ahead and kill it without hesitation!
Does that make you selfish? No, you are only trying to survive! So man up and kill it!"
Norman was stunned after hearing that lecture. His system was right. He had indeed killed insects and mosquitoes before without feeling guilty. This monster was also a similar being, trying to harm him.
So he shouldn't be guilt-ridden at a time like this.
The host soon became motivated and attacked the monster without hesitation and with any traces of guilt in his heart. The two sides got serious while attacking and dodging.
After a few rounds of attacks, a deep and dark growl escaped the monster's throat. Norman's hands gripped the hilt of the regular sword. As minutes passed, his clumsiness while fighting decreased a lot, but it seemed as if his entire body was getting more and more tired.
At the same time, the monster didn't get tired at all. It continued to fight with the same power and claws. Even more dangerous was the fact that as time passed, the monster learned more tricks to deal with Norman's attacks.
It was becoming harder to deal with it. A layer of sweat formed on his forehead as his breathing went faster. He backed away and stood at a distance, staring at the monster with a frown, "System, what should we do?"
Shane glanced at the stats window and said, "We have attribute skills. Do you want to use it?"
"What's an attribute skill?" Norman's head was full of questions as he continued to attack.
"Everyone has certain attributes and power, and yours is darkness and lightning. That means you can use spells concerning these attributes."
Norman showed an expression of understanding as he nodded and said, "Show me the spells that I can buy."
After a while of multitasking, Norman managed to buy a few spells and weapons based on his attribute. One was an electrical sword. It could only be used once, and it would thrash electrical energy on the target.
Another that he purchased was a spell to attack the enemy with an electrical shock that could make the target freeze for a few seconds, but it can only be used five times. The most important weapon that they bought was a small dagger that could be thrown at the enemy, and the place where it'll be thrown will be shocked with electrical power.
Even though big monsters couldn't die, this dagger could at least reduce the HP by half. The most important thing was that Norman could use it unlimitedly. With these three weapons, Norman was emptied of all his Crana. He sighed and asked, "How will I receive more Crana?"
"Don't worry about it, host," Shane spoke, "A livestream is turned on that can give commission. So you'll be able to earn money as long as you please the audience."
"Who is the audience?"
"Residents of the system world," Shane stopped his host from speaking further, "Host, please focus on the mission first. We can discuss this after fighting with the monster."
Yes, Norman was still fighting the monster. More likely, he was dodging the attacks rather than fighting offensively. He moved back a few steps and quickly took out that dagger and aimed at the monster. The dagger flew through the wind as it attached itself to the arm.
Suddenly, the area where it stuck received a high voltage electrical shock that stunned the monster. It didn't seem like it had done any harm to it other than burning some fur….
Norman's eyes narrowed, "Why does it feel like this isn't powerful enough?"
"Host, we don't have any other choice. We better use this instead."
Norman pursed his lips and said nothing. He knew he didn't have any other choice. At least, this dagger was better than that sword. Maybe he should use both at the same time.
He pulled out the sword as he called others the dagger. It came back to him and flew in front of him in the air. He grabbed it with his left hand and aimed his sword at the monster, "C'mon!"
After that, another round of fights started between the two. Shane laid back on the ground as he watched the scene and yawned.
It was good that he didn't need to fight at all. He had even turned off the senses sharing button long ago. So it almost felt like he was watching some first-person action movie.
He stared at the screen for some time before his thoughts drifted to the messy things that had happened previous times. To be honest, he was expecting something to happen now too, but it didn't.
He couldn't help but frown. Something was wrong, but he couldn't point his finger.
The fight was almost over. The monster got tired and exhausted to the point that it fell to the ground on its face as its breathing went erratic. Norman walked over and finally gave the monster a killing blow. At this time, the host's entire body was covered up with blood and sweat. He took deep breaths before putting the weapons back in his inventory.
Suddenly, the entire space trembled as the scene in front of his eyes disappeared. He stood there varily and asked, "System, what's happening?"
Shane wanted to yawn again when that question was asked. He forced the yawn down and pinched himself as he said, "You're entering the body. Officially. Congratulations, host."
He just wanted to go to sleep after that boring fight. If he were given a chance, he would have killed the monster in one go.
The next moment when Norman opened his eyes was the palace. He looked down as he realize that the entirely naked monster had become himself.
He stared at his own furry body and groaned, "Can we buy some clothes for this damned monster first?"
"Sure, be my guest," Shane didn't stop his host from spending money randomly like this. Every time his host purchased something, aside from sending money to the system world's office, he would also get a certain percentage. So the more his host buys things, the more beneficial it would be for him.
These were the things he should keep to himself.
"Done," Norman finally felt satisfied after covering up the bottom part with shorts. He took a deep breath and asked, "Now what?"
"Now, you have to order your subordinates. You might have obtained memories of the monster. So it wouldn't be difficult to find those subordinates now."
Norman was silent for a while as if he didn't want to talk about those memories. He nodded and directly walked outside the broken palace.
After reaching the porch, he stood there and let out a roar.
His voice was so loud that the entire place seemed to have trembled under his feet. Birds and other small animals rushed away from the palace grounds, hiding behind trees.
Soon after this, as Shane continued to look through the screen, a few monsters shorter in size stood in front of Norman. Even though they looked similar, their height difference was too much. They almost looked like little kids in front of him.
Norman yelled again for a while as if he were talking to the monsters, and in return, they yelled once before scattering away. He breathed a sigh of relief, "It should be done. So easy."
"Don't celebrate so fast," Shane reminded his host as he raised his head to stare at the scene, "They'll come back. They're all intelligent creatures as you have seen throughout the fight. You can't fool them for long."
"What do you mean?"
"Just wait for it," Shane frowned, "You might as well be ready to fight."
"No, how are we supposed to destroy this world?" Norman was anxious now, "Shouldn't that be our main focus?"
"That is our focus, but saving your life is more important."
As expected, the monsters came back and stood there without moving, glaring at the bigger monster there. They realized that something was off too soon. Shane sneered and said, "Host, be ready. We have to start destroying this world by getting rid of your misbehaving subordinates."
Norman looked at the sea of monsters. Why did it feel like the monsters that returned were more in number? He took a step back as a trace of fear filled his eyes. He couldn't fight so many monsters at the same time!
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