With his companions safe inside the vault, Viktor was hoping that he would be able to freely grind himself some spirit force points, and when things become too difficult for him to handle, he could just use [All Might]'s to breakout and run.

At least, that was the plan.

However, now that the second stage abyss creature started to show itself, he needed another plan.

Fight, flee, or hide!?

At that moment, another critter suddenly jumped at him. Fortunately, Viktor moved fast enough and barely managed to slash the creature in two.

His heart was beating frantically.

If he had been just a little late, he would have had his flesh bitten off him.

Viktor's thoughts were so distracted by the hellhounds heading his way that he become careless.

He did not even have the chance to compose himself when a few dozen more critters rushed at him yet again.

He did not have time to stay idle.

Viktor swiftly ran while slashing every furry creature that jumped at him. It was then that he saw them.

On the street a distance away from him, pitch-black hounds were running toward his direction, the fire occasionally crackling on their bodies slightly brightening the core of the street. Even though those flickering lights were not burning bright, they were still quite eye-catching in this dark night.

Those hounds were running his way so swiftly that they were practically dashing toward him.

'Sh*t.'

Viktor quickly decided to use all his unused points right away.

"Put all stats into agility!"

[Your agility has increased by 10 points.]

[Viktor Romanov]

[Strength - 29 (33)]

[Agility - 49 (59)]

[Endurance - 31]

[Battle Power - 36(41)]

[Spirit Force - 53]

With the weapon and boost, Viktor was able to increase his battle power to 41. It was a significant improvement, but it was still quite far from the hellhounds' 50 points of battle power.

Of course, he still had his 4 minutes of [All Might], but he would be dead if he used it carelessly and more came while he was affected by the skill drawback. 𝚋ｅｄｎ𝚘𝚟ｅｌ.ｃｏ𝚖

Not having any bright ideas at the moment, Viktor decided to keep dashing away for the time being.

Viktor and the Djinn ran through the snowy street at full speed. A few seconds after, he looked back and realized that one, two more hellhounds were following closely behind him.

Their speed was not any less than his, who had 59 points of agility. No, from the looks of it, their speed was faster, albeit not by a lot.

The distance between them had lessened quite a bit despite Viktor having run at full speed.

Thankfully, the situation did not just bring bad news. Now that all these abyssal creatures were chasing after him and the blue husky, his companions in the bank vault should be safe.

Although the situation was not exactly favorable to him, this gave him a little peace of mind..

Viktor was running forward as fast as he could when the Djinn suddenly warned him once again.

"Woof woof!"

"Fu*k!!"

He wanted to turn back and run the other way, but the rattling noises behind him did not allow him to do so.

The hounds behind him were beginning to catch up.

Wasn't he basically surrounded!?

Even if he managed to exit the town, the snowy plain would most likely make it harder for him to face these flaming hounds.

Viktor was racking his brain trying to come up with a solution, but it was not easy to think properly when he had to focus on running from these monsters.

"Djinn, any idea here!?"

He was hoping that the Djinn would be of help to him, but to his surprise, the blue husky suddenly turned into smoke and went into his lamp.

"What the f**k, Djinn!?"