On the third day, however, little white couldn't take it anymore and joined Michael to eat the meat of his latest kill.
It had a gross look on its face as it tasted meat for the very first time. He ended up spitting it away while Michael laughed his head off.
Little White looked at him in contempt but still ate the meat with a strange expression on its face. After eating a little, it went to the side and sat by itself. As if contemplating on the action it just took now.
"Don't feel bad Little White, you did what you did because you were hungry. It doesn't define who you are." Michael said to cheer up the little rabbit and it worked after a while. Because it came to him for comfort.
Michael looked at the rabbit with fondness and they left again to try to find a way to get out of the distorted dimension.
After getting the beast soul from the blood tree, Michael had not attempted to hunt any monsters that lived in the area around but after being here for a few days, he had gauged the power levels of most of the beings he had seen.
However, even the weakest creature here was stronger than him by far and he would have a hard time killing one.
So after careful consideration, he decided to hunt a small hedgehog with blood spikes on its back. The creature could turn into a ball and move at a very fast speed and no weapon in his possession could possibly break even one spike, but if he hit the underside which was more soft. He could get a kill for sure.
He waited till it was night before summoning his weapons and using the wolf talisman that gave him a buff.
Fortunately, under the moonlight. The buff was increased even more and that made Michael happy. He put the poison on one of his blades and dashed off to kill the unsuspecting prey.
It was eating the dead bark of a blood tree when Michael stroke as fast as flash. He slashed the dagger at the neck of the creature, hoping he could maybe kill it in one fell swoop if not injure it severely at least.
But luck did not seem to be one his side. The hedgehog dodged the dagger by far and only a small cut was made on its neck. The wound was barely noticeable and not at all deadly but it made the hedgehog mad.
There was fury in its eyes and it quickly turned into a ball and gave chase to Michael at once. Michael had already expected this and stuck close to a blood tree as the creature rode blazing fast.
It made a u-turn and continued to him again while shooting out spikes from its back. Little White was clutching Michael's neck tightly and you could tell it was very scared. Michael decided to bring him on this trip this time.
He had to witness blood being shed so that he could avoid his own being shed instead. But it was still as scared as ever and closed its eyes as it were on Michael's shoulder.
'Wimp' Michael thought inwardly and dodged most of the spikes that flew at him while also using his daggers to block against the ones he couldn't dodge.
He didn't block one in time and it went to for his chest but it hit the Bony armor and a 'ding' sound was heard.
Michael was surprised and looked at the armor to see the damage. He saw a long scratch on the armor but it had not managed to pierce through though.
'Wow, this armor is my saving grace if not I'd be dead'. Michael said inwardly and praised the armor for a few moments before focusing on the fight once more.
The hedgehog was now furious as Michael received no damage despite its continuous efforts. It sped up again and this time Michael could not dodge in time.
The hedgehog was right in his face and would soon run right into him. And when that happened, he would be full of holes.
He put his hands in front of him to block and divert the hedgehog away but it was no use. He might had avoided the attack to its head but the hedgehog still hit him armor.
A loud scratching sound was heard and relief washed over Michael. The hedgehog had not managed to pierce his armor but the armor was now scratched like mad and another attack like that after a few tries would definitely pierce through it.
The hedgehog though, after failing in that attack was stabbed in its underside by Michael when it uncurled itself from a ball.
The dagger had not managed to pierce to deep bit blood still sputtered out. The hedgehog then rolled itself into a ball again but its speed was significantly reduced after the injury it received.
"Not as fast as you were little ball." Michael taunted the hedgehog a little bit to make it agitated and his annoying nature didn't fail him.
The hedgehog even though injured, couldn't stand the thought of Michael hunting a superior creature like it and decided to teach him a lesson even though it would make its injuries more fatal.
As it ran, red blood spilt out but Michael noticed while dodging that the blood of the hedgehog turned black soon after and the hedgehog stopprd and started to twitch and convulse on the floor. Its internal organs were melting fast and they poured out from its small injuries to the floor. The would sizzle when they touched the floor and soon afterwards, the black blood would dry at a rapid speed.
The poison was finally taking action and it was showing itself in full force. The hedgehog wasn't even given a chance and died soon after.
{Fallen primitive creature Blood Hedgehog killed. No beast soul obtained. No beast shard. Blood shard obtained}
Michael heard the system whisper in his ear and was surprised when he heard system said primitive. A primitive creature was as strong as this and was even able to leave multiple dents and scratches on the mutated beast armor.
Even though the armor was at a higher rank than the creature, it could still cause damage and that was a big deal though.
'I didn't get a beast soul, but at least I was able to see the weakest of creatures true strength here. Along with the fact that I also tested the poison. At first it was slow but then it showed its worth'.
Michael knew that if he used the poison on any other creature back home or even on a creature in the system trial, the creature would die within seconds.
The poison was simply that good. But it had also ruined the meat and now he knew he couldn't use it to kill creatures that he planned to eat. Unless he wanted the acid in his stomach to melt him inside out.