Chapter 60: Survive!
Aamir blinked, standing in middle of nowhere looking around in confusion. unfamiliar environment. Endless grasslands stretched outbefore him, broken only by scattered trees. Some areas were barren, replaced by sands that shifted like a desert.
The sky was a dull gray, the air thick with an unnatural stillness. He couldn’t quite shake the feeling that something was wrong. His senses screamed at him—he was being watched.
A glowing screen appeared before his eyes.
[Task: Survive.]
"Survive? From what?" Aamir muttered, his voice sharp with confusion. He glanced around, trying to understand the situation. As if in response, a dark shape began to appear on the horizon. A heavy shadow formed, growing larger, creeping across the ground like a living thing.
Suddenly, a beast emerged from the shadow, its body shrouded in a crimson-red aura. The creature was nearly ten feet long, its sharp teeth gleaming and claws dripping with malice. Despite being on the Grandmaster level, Aamir could feel the deadly presence of this creature, as if it could tear him apart in an instant.
He gritted his teeth. "I can beat this thing... why did the system say ’survive’?" He clenched his fists, narrowing his gaze. "Let’s see how strong you reallyare."
The beast lunged at him with terrifying speed, its claws slashing through the air toward him. With a swift motion, Aamir dodged to the side, narrowly escaping the attack. "You’ll need more than this to kill me," Aamir taunted, his voice unwavering as he closed the distance.
In an instant, he punched the beast with a single, forceful blow. The impact was so intense that the creature’s skull shattered with a sickening crack. The beast crumpled, dead before it hit the ground.
A small red orb of light floated up from the fallen beast, circling around Aamir before it entered his head, merging with him in an instant. The system’s screen flashed:
[Congratulations, Host. You have killed a Shadow Crawler.]