The System’s Harvester

Mid Evening - Unknown Season : Leviathan | Class: ERROR

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*CHOMP* The deafening thump of the wyvern's maw snapping shut echoed through the air as it slowly turned its head to look down at me with the eerily human glow in its gaze. Calculative and curious.

-This is gonna be a real pain in the ass...- Feeling it wrap its aura around me, my pupils dilated, and I instinctually stuck up my arms to brace myself.

But instead of launching a spell, or pulling me back toward it with telekinesis, I only found the underside of my arms lit by an orange glow. -W..What?!- In an instant, the entire valley beneath me had been liquified, and the colossal wyvern blotting out the sun hurled itself toward me. *FWOOOSH*

It wasn't going to let me reach the ground no matter what.

"Tch..." *Vwoop* Hastily pulling out my tied-off lance, and storing my axe, I tightly gripped the rope and waited.

But in the fraction of a second I gave him, the wyvern completely closed the distance between us, and opened its mouth once more.

-NOW!- *CRACK* Hurling the lance into the gums between its teeth, I threw myself just out of its jaws before gripping the taut part of the rope and getting slammed into the wyvern's cheek. *THUMP* The lance was holding, but that wasn't going to be for long.

*Vwoop* Pulling back out my axe, I slammed it into the wyvern's horrifically thick scales, instantly getting the axe head stuck.

But it was what I wanted.

*CHOMP* As the wyvern chomped down, crushing the lance and cleanly slicing through the rope, I let it go before adjusting my grip on my axe and pulling my fist back with everything I had.

Being right at the base of its jaw, I was going to simply obliterate it. -Let's make this quick.-

*SNAP-WHHHAAAAMMM* *CRRRRACKLE* The scales on the side of its face instantaneously shattered, with the area right around my fist liquefying entirely.

But... -My hand.. hurts?- Although I hadn't felt the sensation of pain in so long I had nearly forgotten about it, as the sharp, jabbing pain followed by an unbelievable burn ripped through my hand, my mind went blank.

My hand broke.

And the worst part... "RRRRAAAAHHH!!" With a deafening roar, the wyvern seemed to grip me with its aura before hurling me into the mountainside dozens of kilometers away.

A distance I covered in a matter of seconds. *CRACKLE-WHAAAAMMM* But as the mountain liquified and exploded trying to catch me, my eyes stayed on the wyvern's jaw.

It was clearly damaged, with its scales completely scattered and it writhing in pain as bright red blood seeped from the corner of its mouth.

But.. it's jaw was still there... It wasn't even slack... -W..what...-

Had I still had my upgrades, that kind of punch would've removed a section of the atmosphere with it... -Yet not only is the wyvern in one piece.. that punch broke my hand...-

As I laid there, watching the wyvern's rage-filled gaze snap to me, I could only feel disbelief. -Did I really.. rely on upgrades that much?- Ever since my system was wiped I knew I was weaker. -But for my body to become this fragile...-

I almost couldn't believe it.

But as I watched the massive wyvern in the distance let out a furious roar, I felt a fire light in my chest while the sensation of adrenaline flooding my body hit my mind like a drug I didn't know I needed.

*Tap* Gripping my axe as the wyvern hastily closed the distance between us, the fire in my chest spread to my eyes, and a smile spread across my face. -To think I forgot what it felt like...- "TO FEEL AWAKE!" *WOOM-CRRAACKK* Ripping my axe from the quickly hardening wall of molten rock, I bolted out of the cave so fast the walls ruptured before stopping and staring into the wyvern's maw with a look of excitement.

-To think all this time, I thought telekinesis was some complex skill...- Thinking back to how the wyvern threw me with its aura, I visualized a long rope forming within my aura, looping around the wyvern's maw several times before pushing the ends of the rope away from each other. *VWOOM-CHOMP* Watching its jaws be forcefully snapped shut, my smile turned greedy. -I see.. so that's how it is!-

Aura couldn't create force out of nowhere, it was more like a cloud of mist that could be crystallized into strings or objects, while needing something with mass to push or pull on to exert force.

It was just like any other object, except devoid of mass, so even at a glance it was tricky to use. -But what if I used it to spread out the weight of an impact?-

Pulling back my axe with both hands, I instantly drove it into the wyvern's chin, bracing it across my back before spreading the weight of the impact out with a series of massive columns of aura. *CRACKLEE*

*PUMF* The entire area I distributed the impact was instantaneously flattened before being sunk into the ground several meters.

But it was working. *CREAK* Bending my axe across my back, I stood up, forcing the wyvern's momentum into the ground next to me while keeping its face aimed at me. -Alright you oversized bastard...- Wincing slightly as my brain felt like it was tearing itself apart, I looked up at the rest of the wyvern's body hurtling toward me, and stiffened my aura underground in hopes of strengthening it. -Let's see if your neck can handle this!-

*WOOOOM* Watching his neck begin folding and bending over itself, my greedy smile widened, waiting for the satisfying snap of bone.

But the snap that met my ears wasn't from the wyvern's neck. *Clank*

Feeling the unfathomable weight pressing down on me suddenly vanish, I froze. -W..what...-

My axe snapped, unable to continue holding the wyvern's head in place.

*CRUNCH-WHAAAAMM* Immediately correcting its head by carving it through the ground, my pupils dilated and snapped to it.

If I let it correct itself from the position it was in, I was going to either die, or have to run away.

Without a weapon or proper resources, I had no way to win.

But instead of taking advantage of its disorientation to run away, in the fraction of a second I watched the wyvern begin correcting the position of its head, I bolted at it, pulling back my non-broken fist as I approached its crown, the back of its skull, while using my aura to slow it down as much as possible.

-I have to put everything in this...- Zoning out, my expression turned cold before my fist teleported into the wyvern's scales.

*CRRRRACK-WHAAAMMMM* Its scales shattered instantly in an attempt to absorb the impact, but as cracks ripped through its nearby horns, its body went limp.

*WooooOOOSH-CRACCKLEE* Smashing apart the flattened rocky mountainside as it limply fell only its back, I stared at it somewhat blankly while gripping my arm for a moment.

But as my nerves finally eased, a slightly crazed smile washed over my face. "WHAT A RUSH!"

My left arm was completely broken, with my hand and forearm completely shattered, and my shoulder thrown out of socket.

But I was used to much worse. *Pop* Casually popping my shoulder back in place with my other broken hand, I pulled my glove off to see just how bad it was, only to find my hand already purple, and somewhat swollen. -But there aren't any bones sticking from it... How lucky!-

*Cl-l-link* Quickly closing it back up, I honestly mostly ignored it. -Hopefully, my body's ability to heal won't be hindered by my lack of upgrades too...- Normally, such an injury would take about a day to heal. -But without mana I can't even guess how long it will take...-

"Hooh..." -For now...- Looking up at the massive wyvern, laying unconscious as if sleeping, I used my aura to open its mouth before quickly hopping up into it, and kicking the top of one of its fangs as hard as I could.

*CRACK* It immediately bent inward, sticking the root out of its gums before I used my aura to push it out and move it into my inventory. *Vwoop* -Let's finish you off, shall we?-

Quickly making my way around its tongue, and toward the back of its throat, I hopped down into a chamber that connected the throat to its sinuses with a splat, instantly sinking ankle-deep into a pool of saliva so corrosive, it burned my lungs just breathing near it.

*Vwoop* But as I crafted what was essentially a massive nail from its enamel, and stabbed the tip into the roof of its sinuses, I hopped up onto the blunt head and gave my farewell. "It was a very pleasurable fight, Mister Wyvern. Thanks for waking me up."

Lifting my foot, I used my aura to keep me held down before stomping. *CRACKLE* It drove the bone nail straight into its skull, and pierced its brain.

*Ding!*

*Ding!*