As Sabas dashed toward him, Alex entered his shadow and moved away.

During Berserk, Sabas’s Combat Value was doubled and his mana output was tripled, making him as strong as C.

For Alex, the most sensible choice was to run away and find a different wolffolk with a rare or above grade Fenrir bloodline, but he knew how difficult that would be.

He could also leave the place and stall for Sabas to come out of Berserk however because Sabas had gone insane, leaving him alone was a choice he couldn’t make.

After making some distance, Alex jumped out of his shadow and channeled mana throughout his body.

The pain dimmed and strength coursed through him.

At the same time, Sabas’s maddened gaze landed on him and Sabas lunged forward.

His claws gleamed with wild mana and his maw snapped open as he let out a deafening roar.

It struck Alex, causing his focus to weaken for a moment. Mana coursing through his body halted for an instance and he resumed it right after.

The next Instant, Sabas’s claw reached him.

"Shit," he cursed through gritted teeth and raised his dagger to block him.

The claw and dagger met and ground against one another.

A tremor ran through Alex’s body and blood seeped out from the corner of his lips.

Sabas raised his other arm and clawed at his side.

Alex immediately stepped into his shadow and appeared beside him.

His dagger gleamed and he stabbed it into his back.

"Grk!" Sabas let out a short shrill cry and swung his bestial arm with all his might, intending to slam it into Alex once again.

The arm filled Alex’s vision, and just as it was about to hit him, he jumped into his shadow and appeared at Sabas’s side. Then, he charged his fist with mana and punched.

The fist connected and Alex felt Sabas’s rib giving way.

"Ugh!" Sabas groaned and stumbled to the side.

Alex channeled mana into the Strength Amplification channel of his right leg and slammed a kick into Sabas’s back.

A loud crunch echoed throughout the area and Sabas staggered forward with a lost look on his face.

Seeing the opportunity, Alex grinned and remarked, "Let’s end this."

He channeled as much mana as he could in his dagger and thrust at Sabas with all of his strength.

The dagger reached Sabas and passed right through him.

Alex blinked and finally registered what had just happened. Was it an afterimage?

Right when Alex was about to stab him, Sabas had used his monstrous mana to move away from him and had left an afterimage for Alex to follow.

Alex’s eyes widened and he instantly jumped into his shadow or at least tried to. Before he could fully enter his shadow, Sabas’s claw landed on his back and tore arcs of flesh off him.

"Ahhhh!" Alex let out a chilling scream and fell to the ground.

"Huff... S-Shit..." he cried and his ears rang as Sabas’s footsteps echoed like heavy bells.

His eyes began to turn heavy from exhaustion and pain and Sabas reached him.

Sabas lifted his bestial feet right above Alex’s head and growled, "Die!"

The feet landed, dust rose and cracks spread across the ground but as Sabas looked down, Alex was nowhere to be seen.

A couple of steps away from him, Alex sat with his bloody back against a tree and his eyes set on the blue screen before him.

[System: Host Alex, you have acquired a skill — Dodge (F)!]

He had obtained [Dodge] an instinctive skill which warned the Player about incoming attacks, making it easier to evade them.

His heavy eyes drifted toward Sabas and he mumbled weakly, "Shop."

The interface appeared and he chose [Miscellaneous] he scrolled through all of it in search of specific items and soon found them.

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• Uncommon Healing Potion - 1,000 EP

• Uncommon Fatigue Relieving Potion - 1,000 EP

• Uncommon Mana Potion - 1,000 EP

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Potions were mystical medicines concocted with herbs and other materials. At the moment, they could become Alex’s saving grace but consuming a potion before reaching D could cause heavy backlash both to his physical body and his mana channels.

Unfortunately, Alex didn’t have a choice.

[System: Host Alex, you have purchased (Uncommon Healing Potion) x1]

[System: Host Alex, you have purchased (Uncommon Fatigue Relieving Potion) x1]

[System: Host Alex, you have purchased (Uncommon Mana Potion) x1]

He immediately took them out of his inventory and three glass vials with liquid of varied colors in them appeared in his palm.

He pulled off their lids and gulped all of them one by one.

The red healing potion, green fatigue-relieving potion, and blue mana potion slid down his throat and a burst of mythical medicinal energy coursed through his body.

"Ugh!" He groaned as his body instantly heated up and his wounds began to stitch back together.

"Dammit!" He tightened his jaw as the pain intensified due to the healing effect.

Unfortunately, though, Sabas had heard his short whimper.

Sabas turned his head toward him and dashed forward with his claw glowing with a newfound intensity.

Seeing that, Alex remarked, "Seems like he is running out of gas..."

Sabas’s bestial feet dug into the ground and he jumped.

Even though, Sabas’s claw was closing on him. Alex didn’t move instead he clutched his dagger and stared at him with determined eyes.

Sabas’s claw neared him and warning bells rang in Alex’s head. He instantly entered his shadow and at the same moment, Sabas’s claw crashed into the tree.

Using the tree’s shadow, Alex climbed onto Sabas’s back and then jumped out of it.

His dagger’s blade glowed heavily and brightened the area for a moment.

Sabas tried to dodge but suddenly, his knees buckled.

"Heh," Alex smirked and shouted as he brought the dagger down, "Do you not know that Berserk only lasts for 10 minutes?!"

Sabas’s eyes regained their sanity and the next moment, Alex stabbed the dagger into his head.

The mana stored in the blade erupted like a volcano and Sabas’s head exploded into bits of flesh and his blood rained down on Alex.

Alex landed onto the ground with a thud and blue screens materialized before him.

[Kill: Wolffolk (Bronze V) (E)]

[Experience: +25]

[Evo Points: +25]

He dragged himself closer to the dead wolffolk and placed a hand on it.

"System, use this corpse as material for Evolution Pathway: Wolffolk," he mumbled and remarked inwardly, Please work.

A blue screen appeared before him.

[SoE: Scanning the item for the needed resources...]

"Yes!" He cheered and let out a relieved sigh.

[SoE: Success...