2 Chapter 2: Level Up!

The sound of Wilhelm's feet hitting the ground echoed throughout the dark and hollow cave, from behind him, a colossal spider was slowly closing the distance.

Wilhelm started to frantically look for a way out, but to his dismay, they were currently running down a narrow strip… he only had one choice, to continue running forward.

'Why are the monsters in this world spawn camping!?!?' Wilhelm cursed his bad luck as the spider started to visibly close the distance.

Suddenly, from Wilhelm's right, the wall collapsed and a wolf standing on its hind legs appeared, it had long white fur, red eyes, and was at the very least, 4 meters tall.

Small shards of rocks blasted everywhere and scraped parts of Wilhelm's body, he momentarily ignored the pain and continued running as fast as he could.

'Put my free stat point into agility!'

[Agility has been upgraded to level 9]

Immediately, a warm feeling spread through Wilhelm's body and revitalized it, furthermore, his strides started to noticeably move quicker than before.

'Holy shit, this system is the real deal' Wilhelm thought excitedly and looked over his shoulder.

The two gigantic monsters were currently glaring at each other as if they were fighting for who had the right over Wilhelm.

The wolf-like monster growled loudly and swiped down with its right claw, to which the spider responded by thrusting a few of its legs forward.

They both collided and the sound of metal clashing rang in Wilhelm's ears causing him to shiver in horror.

'M-metal?'

Wilhelm didn't feel like spectating the dangerous fight anymore and quickly dashed away, he had thought about staying and killing the injured monster that won the duel, however, their battle would probably attract more oversized monsters.

He continued running down the seemingly endless cave for about 5 more minutes until finally, he saw sunlight at the end of the tunnel… Wilhelm felt as if luck once again shined down upon him.

His pace quickened as he used up the last bit of energy his body had left, his muscles which were under the effect of adrenaline started to tense up and he could feel aches all throughout his body.

'Damn, I wish I was transported to this world when I was in my prime, my old bones can't even handle this meager amount of movement'

Wilhelm clenched his teeth and finally made it out of the tunnel, the bright sun rays temporarily impaired his sight and caused him to squint his eyes.

*whish*

The wind fluttered his wavy and unkempt blonde hair, feeling the cool breeze, Wilhelm couldn't help but slowly open his eyes and scan his surroundings in curiosity.

At the sight, Wilhelm couldn't help but inhale a breath of cold air, he was surrounded by a thick forest, the luscious trees pierced the clouds and their trunks were extremely thick… tall shruberries, plants, and other wildlife were all abundant in the large forest.

"H-huge" Wilhelm exclaimed, the trees, no, practically everything was ten times bigger in this world than it was on earth.

Wilhelm glanced behind him and peered into the ominous cave, he gulped down a mouthful of saliva and unsteadily walked toward the forest.

'This forest doesn't look too friendly, but anything is better than that damned cave' he thought

Wilhelm walked beside one of the tall trees and couldn't help but raise his head to look up, the tree seemingly had no end in sight, as he couldn't see past clouds.

"Sigh"

Wilhelm breathed out a long sigh and fell to his bottom, letting the tree support his back… he was far too weary to continue any further.

'Why the hell did this happen to me? That fairy said something about being amongst the 1% of humanity, perhaps there are others with me?' Wilhelm mused to himself while making himself comfortable.

Wilhelm lifted his head and gazed at the cloud filled sky, complex emotions flashed through his eyes as his sight landed on the abnormal mass in the air, it was adjacent to the sun and looked similar to a red moon.

"The government hasn't killed me and put me in some sort of highly realistic VR, right?" he whispered to himself as he felt the throbbing pain from the small wounds acquired when the huge wolf broke the wall.

Wilhelm wasn't a stranger when it came to modern technology, the world was being revolutionized with things such as A.I, games, and even weapons… hell, even the world's biggest library, the internet, was almost at every average person's fingertips. As long as you weren't lazy, you could practically learn anything you wanted.

With technology being developed so fast, it wouldn't even surprise Wilhelm if this was some sort of joke that someone played on him, alas, the pain, smell, and surroundings looked far too real for him to play it off as a joke.

After a few minutes of rest, he tore off a few pieces of fabric from the sleeves of his shirt and wrapped them around the scrapes on his legs, afterword, he stood up and resolved himself to find some food. His grumbling stomach was an inconvenience to his mental health.

Wilhelm's bare feet flattened the 2-inch tall grass as he walked, he warily observed the tall bushes and trees, making sure no giant spiders or wolves snuck up on him… Suddenly, from his left, he could see the bush visibly shake.

He took a few steps back and squinted his eyes, the bush wasn't shaking too discernibly, meaning the animal inside wasn't of colossal size. In fact, he would even go as far as to say that it's likely not bigger than a household pet, though, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Soon, the animal responsible for the ruckus popped its head out. A relatively medium sized animal appeared in front of Wilhelm, it had large round eyes, brown fur, a set of large ears, and looked like an oversized and mutated rabbit from earth.

"Sigh"

Wilhelm breathed out a sigh of relief and stealthily hid behind a nearby tree, he plucked out a long and thin piece of bark while keeping an eye on the unsuspecting rabbit… he made sure that the sound he conceived was minimal.

Wilhelm was no amateur when it came to hunting, he had done it many times in the past, whether it was humans or animals, the concept was simple… Kill the target before it can see, smell, or even hear you. This was, however, not easily done, especially since Wilhelm didn't have a gun or at the very least, a bow and arrow.

As he was devising a plan to effectively kill the mutated rabbit, it suddenly raised its head in the air and sniffed a few times… it then looked towards Wilhelm's direction and revealed a set of sharp and pointed teeth. A set of teeth that no herbivore would possess.

Wilhelm furrowed his brows and entered into a fighting stance, he used the thin piece of bark in his hands like a spear and put it in front of his body, although he wasn't trained in the spear, all soldiers were taught to be good at improvising.

Once the rabbit caught sight of Wilhelm, a strange gleam appeared in its eyes as it revealed even more of its teeth, as if it was smiling… it stared at Wilhelm for a few seconds before it stood up on its hind legs and started rushing at him, it moved at a quicker pace than any human could possibly move at, however, it was still easily trackable with the human eye.

Wilhelm didn't flee nor was he startled, his expression was extremely calm as he pointed the end of the bark at the rabbit… he had faced many life and death situations in his time, this one was no different. Once he shifted the bark toward the rabbit, he patiently waited until the rabbit came in his attack range.

1 second…

2 seconds…

On the third second, the rabbit finally reached Wilhelm and vaulted at him, however, this was within his expectations. He lifted the ends of the bark and thrust it inside the open mouth of the rabbit. in one precise movement, the bark traveled through the rabbit's throat and exited its buttocks.

The rabbit, which was now skewered on Wilhelm's sorry excuse for a spear, writhed in pain before the life in its red eyes slowly dissipated… as it died, a strange light escaped from its backbone and levitated into the sky.

Wilhelm reached out with his hands and tried to grab it, alas, his efforts were wasted as his hands just passed through the obscure light… suddenly, a few sounds interrupted his train of thought.

[Carnivorous Raabite has been slain]

[180 experience has been acquired]

[you have leveled up and gained one free allocatable stat point]

Wilhelm stared blankly at the strange popups that appeared in his line of sight, as if he was looking at a gaming interface, at the corner of his eyes, he could see the notifications.

Wilhelm felt conflicted, none of this felt real until now… he was living a boring and peaceful life whilst sitting on his porch until suddenly, an androgynous fairy transported him into some kind of fantasy world with an RPG gaming interface.

Although he prided himself on his adaptability, getting thrown into a new world and almost dying to a few oversized monsters was not healthy for his aging body, in fact, he felt as though he aged 10 years and became an old man at this point. A troubled smile appeared on his lips as he shook his head, discarding his unnecessary thoughts.

He lifted his right leg and kicked the skewered rabbit off the thin piece of bark, if he was being perfectly honest, the bark was much sturdier than he had initially thought… according to common sense, the piece of bark would've snapped in half, alas, who was he to complain.

Wilhelm took the sharp point of the wood and rubbed it against the rabbit's neck, it wasn't very sharp so he had to continuously slash at the rabbit until finally, it's head plopped off. He grabbed the rabbit by its abnormally long legs and held it upside down as to drain all of the blood.

Once he was finished, Wilhelm heaved the now drained rabbit over his shoulder and ran away. He didn't want to stay in a location where the smell of blood wafted through the air, who knew what kind of monstrosities it would attract.

He jogged eastward for about 45 minutes until he decided to take a break and catch his breath… 'if only I was in my prime' he thought bitterly as he sat down. He shifted his attention to the falling sun and frowned.

"Tsk"

He clicked his tongue in displeasure, if he cooked the rabbit now, it would attract bugs and other unwanted things… not to mention, he didn't know what kind of monsters traveled through the night. He glanced at a nearby tree and resolved himself.

Wilhelm approached the thick trunk and started to climb it, although it was too thick for him to wrap his body around, he was perfectly capable of using his strong grip to hold on to the pieces of bark, and in just a matter of five minutes, he made it to a wide branch which could hold him and the rabbit.

He grabbed on to the branch and heaved his heavy body on of top it, once he made it on top, he rested his back against the trunk of the tree and used the rabbit corpse as a blanket, as disgusting as it seemed, Wilhelm was willing to do what was necessary, to survive.

Since he was in a relatively safe location, he finally had time to think about his future… he didn't know what the fairy hoped to gain from sending him here, however, he wasn't going to let himself die easily. To do this, he needed a solid plan. As someone who had played a surplus amount of RPG's and MMO's when he was a kid, such as Morrowind, Daggerfall, Baulders Gate, and Dungeons & Dragons, he was no noob.

There were generally four paths and many sub-classes based on these paths, they were respectively the warrior, rogue, mage, and archer. The warrior was strength based, the rogue revolved around speed and agility, the mage relied on mana, intelligence, and spells, while the archer was a ranged agility class.

Although he wasn't essentially choosing a class right now, he was determining where his free allocatable stat point should be placed… he felt that it was very important he didn't waste a single stat point.

Wilhelm stroked his chin in deep contemplation, as a man who preferred being alone, he needed a class that could survive without the help of others… Unfortunately, according to his knowledge, all classes were capable of being effective by themselves. Thus, he decided to focus on what he was good at.

He was very coordinated with hands and held great perceptive abilities, while his physical strength couldn't be considered optimal, thinking to here, he inwardly crossed out the warrior option and focused on the other three.

"Sigh, I'll just decide tomorrow" he whispered quietly as he closed his eyes and drifted into a deep slumber, the number of events that occurred today had exhausted his old bones.