Viktor could not believe his eyes. The monster was already in such a condition, and yet...

'What the f*ck!'

"Master!!!" Barry shouted as he braved himself and aimed the assault rifle in his arm, pointing it at the monster with his hands trembling.

Seeing that the black monster was still in the middle of recovering and had not recovered enough to get back up, Viktor forced himself to move and swiftly shot the monster with the powerful magnum bullets from his desert eagle.

Bang! Bang!

The bullets effectively pushed the monster around with each shot. As the bullets pierced its skin, a shrill scream came out of the monster's deformed mouth.

But it wasn't enough to kill it.

"Stupid!" Viktor reprimanded himself while gritting his teeth. Realizing his mistake, he quickly shifted his aim toward the monster's head, but the monster had already used its recovered hand to cover its head and block his bullets

Now that the situation had become threatening to his life, Viktor fell into a dilemma once again.

He currently had two options in mind. One was to run away as he already had the supplies he needed on his back, while the other was to stay and finish this abomination.

Although there was quite a chance he might fail, his instinct was telling him that his magnum bullets would be enough to kill the monster as long as they hit the right spot, which was the brain.

Urrggghhh!

Seeing the monstrosity in front of him, His logic once again told his feet to turn toward the entrance and run, but there was a small voice inside telling him that if he could kill that monster, not only would everything turn back the way it was, he could even possibly get a massive amount of points for killing this boss-type monster.

Clenching his fists, Viktor decided to give it one more chance. Using his newfound agility, he ran to the side trying to find a better angle to shoot the monster.

However, by the time Viktor started moving, the monster had actually recovered. That thing was much faster than he thought; it was fast enough to almost catch up to him despite his high agility.

"Darn it!!"

Viktor hid behind one of the larger stones from the rubble, and as soon the monster attacked, he rolled to the other side and quickly aimed his gun at its head.

Bang! Bang!

Unfortunately, he moved too fast while shooting the bullets, causing the first bullet to miss and the other one to only scratch the monster's head. The bullet wound was deep enough to kill any normal animals, but it was clear that it was not the same for this abomination.

This brought him another problem; he only had two magnum bullets left. If he did not make good use of them, then...

Ignoring the bullet wound it just received, the monster continued to charge at him. Viktor calmed himself down, and as he dodged the monster's black arm, he noticed an opening.

Afraid that there would be no other chance, Viktor quickly concentrated on his target and got ready to pull the trigger.

Bang! Bang!

However, he was shocked to see the monster's arm forming into a wide sharp blade, blocking the bullets while slashing it toward him. At the last moment, his 30 point agility saved him once again, made him roll to the ground.

He was in shock. He seriously did not expect that the monster had the ability to change the form of its body as it pleased and almost kill him.

'Good thing I was fast enough!'

Unfortunately, before he could celebrate his narrow escape from death, the monster roared and immediately charged at him again.

"Blyat!!" He really should have followed his logic and ran!

However, just as he stood back up, he realized that he could not feel his legs, and they were heavily trembling. He was not sure if it was from fear or if it was from the heavy impact just now, but it did not matter either way.

"Darn it!!"

[Two minutes left.] 𝚋ｅｄｎ𝚘𝚟ｅｌ.ｃｏ𝚖

Is it just going to end like this? Given a second chance, only to have the same outcome?

What a joke!

Suddenly, when the monster was only two steps away from him...

Tratatatatatatata—

The monster was hit by a barrage of bullets from the back of its head. It was Barry, courageously shooting at the monster with his useless assault rifle.

"Get away from my master!!!" he loudly shouted. Although his voice shook a little, the bullets did not stop.

Provoked, the black monster turned around and swung its arm toward Barry instead.

"You fool! Run! Get back!!!"

BAMMM!!!

Barry was fortunate enough to block the blade arm with his rifle sending him flying to the other corner.

The assault rifle was cut apart and Barry's blood splattered on the wall.

Things turned to the worst and Viktor took a glance around him. The two bodyguards were busy shooting the incoming zombies from the entrance, and Viktor did not see any of his friends still in this room. It appeared that they had all fled to safety.

As Viktor once again can feel his legs, he slowly stand up

"I'm sorry, Barry... Even if I want to, I have no power to kill that monster…"

He had already taken a few steps toward the entrance when he heard Barry's trembling voice.

"Master…, run… master!!!" the kid's voice cracked.

The kid's words crack something within him and give him sudden courage or more accurately insanity as he swiftly dashed toward the black monster and threw his bag of precious supplies at it.

It was as if he lost control over his body, he said.

"You ugly bastard!!, get away from my servant!!!"

The abomination turned toward him, looking as dominating as ever, and at this last moment, the Djinn words can be heard laughing.

"If you're not going to help! Shut the f*ck up!!"

When the monster took a step toward him, Viktor braced himself, ready to fight with everything he had.

It was at this moment, a notification came to his mind.

[You have managed to stay alive for 3 hours.]

[Quest completed.]

[You are being awarded a battle art.]

[Battle art - Rank C - Strenght Up]

Seeing the name of the skill, Viktor was excited. It seems it was a skill that he needed to fight this monster, but surprisingly the notification was still not yet finished.

[You manage to evade your untimely death and define your destiny. Fate is pleased with your quest completion.]

[Your reward has been upgraded.]

[Divine Art - rank C - All Might]