Chapter: 19

Jay braced himself and held his breath. He raised his arms up into a boxer stance with the bloodied knife gleaming in his right hand.

The rat’s claws gashed down his arms; Jay successfully protected his head and torso, but deep cuts on his arms began to bleed.

Jay dropped the knife from the pain as his arms were turning red.

“Ahh! you bastard” Jay clenched his jaw as his anger and adrenaline helped to dull the pain.

[You are bleeding]

[0.7 damage per second for 3 seconds]

[You are bleeding]

[0.7 damage per second for 3 seconds]

“A double-fucking bleed!”

Kicking and stomping at the rat’s head a few times in frustration, Jay forced it to back up.

This was Jay’s first fight, and it wasn’t long into it before he realised that he needed to be a bit more tactical.

He picked up the knife, preparing to dodge and counter attack the rats’ next attack.

Jay taunted it “Come”

[Stress Response] (Passive) activated. +5% melee damage.

“Nice” smiled Jay with a predator-like grin.

The rat lunged and snapped, but Jay back-stepped and stabbed at the rats’ head.

“Take this bitch!”

Planting the knife right onto the rat’s head, it didn’t penetrate the skull, but thankfully still did damage.

[-1]

Unfortunately, Jay’s damage was not high enough to factor in the extra 5% melee damage.

The rat was aggravated from the attack and went savage – it knew it was kill or be killed.

“Riii-Riiiiiii~!”

It didn’t let Jay pause, continuing to attack – it’s survival instincts completely kicked in.

While its head was still numb,it didn’t retreat as an intelligent creature would have – stepping forward, it sunk its teeth into Jay’s leg.

“GRRR!~” Jay released a primal, guttural roar from the pain as he clenched his teeth.