Chapter 19

Rob gripped his broken spear with his right hand. He no longer had a left arm or hand. His peripheral vision blurred, but his eyes stayed focused.

Adrenaline coursed through his body. The added speed and power was all thanks to his complete Lizard Bone Armor set’s special ability: Instinctual Burst.

The jungle clearing was drenched in blood. The puddles of red was blood that formerly belonged to both himself and his enemy.

He pushed forward and made a low jump towards the Jungle Lizard Queen. His knees skidded and slid across the stream of blood. He moved with enough speed to get beneath the Jungle Lizard Queen’s belly. He lifted up the point of his broken spear, and dragged the tip across the queen’s underside.

Her stomach peeled open, revealing itself like a zipper being undone. A gush of blood and organs exited as the stomach binding broke, showering Rob in red.

The momentum of his slide had him arrive on his knees just beyond the Jungle Lizard Queen. He was soaked head to foot in blood. Drenched.

The Jungle Lizard Queen toppled behind him. A rush of messages followed in his retina. The battle was over.

Before checking the status updates, Rob couldn’t help but smile. His heart pounded in his chest. His body was in agony from the loss of his arm.

And yet, Rob felt like he’d just experienced one of the greatest moments of his life up until that point.

The danger. The excitement. The thrill.

Even with a currently missing arm, Rob felt himself eager for the next battle, the next hunt already.

He took in a deep breath, steadying himself.

He could feel his Health points begin to rise up again. The wound of his missing arm was not only closing up, but he could see the beginning of his arm slowly begin to grow back.

It was growing back at a very slow rate—it probably would take a few hours to grow back, but he was comforted to know he hadn’t lost it forever.

Taking another deep breath, he turned to the messages in his retina.

Rob was just about to focus on both his new title and newly acquired quest when a new series of alerts began to stream in.

Rob’s eyes widened with glee and excitement.

He didn’t even know where to start.

The amount of gains he’d just acquired was blowing his mind.