Eyes closed, Isaac sat in a lotus position, like he always does. His both swords resting on his lap, his hands resting on the sword's hilt. There was no sheath for the swords, though; they were naked, splashed with red, blue, and black blood.

  GRRRRRRRRRRRR……..

  When suddenly, a thunderous yet low growl sounded, making him open his eyes.

  Isaac beforehand knew that someone had entered his territory, but what, he had no idea.

  It wasn't present in plain sight, but hiding inside the land, no, it wasn't hiding, cuz it was running, furiously, with such speed that in one second it was 50 meters away.

  He could feel all this, and he knew this fight was going to be dreadful; either he would live, or that being, who was in reality a human, cuz the map had told him so.

  But never in his dream had he thought that what he would see would be a tiger. A black majestic tiger, which was as big as a cow, its menacing eyes were full of pomp and glory, as if everything was below it.

  And there it stood like a king in front of him, telling him that a king has arrived, bow down.

  But he wasn’t willing, not to bow down to this tiger or anyone, so he held both of his swords hilt tightly.

  “In island number nine, a group of 16 people is going around slaughtering everyone. They have guns, bombs, and other lethal weapons. We are creating a group of warriors to fight them, that is where the last battle will happen, and the last one remaining will win. So choose, do you want to go there to fight the final battle, or fight with me right now and die?” The tiger spoke.

  Its voice was evil, complete evil. There was no emotion, no life, it was as if a shell was speaking, but there in hidden lied this power which was ready to burst and slaughter its way through everything.

  So Isaac asked, "When do we leave?"

  He wasn't willing to fight here, and he was sure that killing him wasn't as easy as the tiger made it out to be. Even if he died, the tiger would lose all its teeth; he would make sure of that.

  So it was better to go where the final fight was and decide who the final winner would be.

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  "A girl would come to bring you. Be prepared. The battle will happen before the next alarm and further destruction of the island." The tiger said, and with that, without glancing one more time at him, it leapt into the sky and ran towards its next prey.

  It was fast, oh, it was so fast, his eyes could barely catch it, it was that fast, and it made Isaac harden his grip on the sword and run towards the group of monsters he remembered lived in a pack.

  …………..

  A predator.

  A pure predator.

  That was what Mark felt when meeting the man in blue. The aura that the man leaked was like an ocean, whose depth was unknown. Nature was calm and serene, but in anger, that ocean could turn into a tsunami, and that was how the man felt to him.

  A worthy warrior who wasn't worth getting killed here, but fight where he belonged and die where he belonged.

  So he gave him the same invitation that he received, and with that, he went towards his next destination.

  But not everyone was a warrior; some people were just that, people.

  Angrily, Mark leapt towards the second man he found, before he couldn't drink the blood of his enemy, but this time, he would surely bathe in it.

  Seeing the angry tiger menacingly coming towards him, Gale slammed his hand on the ground, and like a mountain, sand spikes raised from the land, covering the front area completely.

  But what happened next left Gale shell-shocked, as if the spikes didn't exist, the tiger came, ignoring them, turning into blackened shadow, as it leapt towards him.

  Turning his hand into a sand spike that could even pierce the stone, Gale punched the tiger with all his power, but again his hand touched nothing, yet the tiger's tail that circled around his neck, touched him, bound him, and threw him towards the tree that was behind him.

  With his full power, Gale tried to turn and slam his legs at the tree to protect him and jump back towards the tiger, but the pressure and power through which he was thrown, he had no idea, the moment his legs touched the tree, the tree shattered, his legs bones shattered, and before he could do anything else, the tiger was in front of his sight.

  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…….

  ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR………

  Gale’s scream broke in between; his entire head was engulfed by Mark’s giant mouth, and in one shut, his head splattered like a watermelon inside Mark’s mouth.

  [Killer gift activated, permanently stealing 0.1 Elemental Resistance Stat.]

  Chewing the head, Mark ran towards his second prey, which was a group of Stone men, on whom he had kept his eye on.

  This was a group of fifteen Stone men. From big stone men who were as tall as 8 feet big to small stone men who were 6 feet tall, this group contained all of them, and this was the biggest group of stone men inside this forest.

  So, consuming the head and five fish meat, Mark made himself full to the brim. As his size grew, his appetite grew too. Now he could even consume close to seven or eight fish meat without feeling the bursting feeling, but before he had eaten three stone man's heart, so he wasn't feeling that hungry, but for the next battle, he wanted as much energy as possible.

  [Cooked Fish eaten, permanently increasing 0.3 Agility stat]

  [Cooked Fish eaten, permanently increasing 0.2 Vitality stat]

  [Human head eaten, permanently increasing 0.1 Intelligence stat]

  And with that, he was ready, so without wasting any time, he lunged towards his next prey, or better, his next preys.