Chapter 121

I couldn't even understand how I knew that it was around that much, but at that moment it didn't matter.
My body had sprung up and fixed itself into a fighting position. I only then realized that my left arm had come back, yet just like the heart rate problem that I was skeptical about, I simply did not have the time to think about it at that moment.
My eyes had become cold and calculating without a speck of remorse or other emotion that could get in the way of my conquest...
My conquest to survive once again.
*Rustle*
The rustle now was a lot closer and had come from one of the nearby large bushes, yet due to the size of everything in this world, I had found it a lot easier to identify the movement within the bush before eventually linking it back to an animal I had seen before.
*Screech*
A loud screech-like squeak left the mouth of the rate as it lunged towards me while baring its fangs at me.
Its movements felt oddly slow... Unlike the other rat, this one seemed to be a lot weaker, yet that was not the main focus of my surprise.
It had only taken me an instant however, I had already found myself in front of the creature with my palm extended and muscles I had not recognized until now bulging from my forearm alongside several nerves.
I looked at the rat with an unwavering stare of coldness and killing intent. A killing intent that dominated seemingly anything I looked at.
Unbeknownst to me, my eyes were now containing a faint yet visible crimson halo that surrounded my pupil.
I had been ready to kill from the moment I had heard its movement, and as if my body was moving instinctually to those thoughts, I could only watch as my body moved on its own and my hand turned into a blur before slamming into the figure that had charged at me.
*SLAM*