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“But why? I don’t think that we can gain such powers while just sleeping. Perhaps it’s RealVision that’s doing this. In games, they reward you for achievements. Surviving this long could have been one.” Hugo asked the group. Although his status hadn’t changed, his confidence received a huge boost with his increase in strength.

“No, I don’t think that would be the case. They are ready to kill thousands, so why allow all the others to more easily survive after a few days? Their goal is evidently to put us in a bad situation.” Jonathan calmly responded to Hugo, he already had his own idea of what caused this.

“That’s true. Then what could have caused this?” Rana asked with curiosity.

“I think I have an idea. From the time we escaped the camp, the only thing that has changed is the amount of time we walked and our food. Walking probably had no effect, so it’s most likely the food that is the cause of.”

Guillaume smiled when he heard this.

“We ate meat. To be precise, predator meat. Have you noticed how big these wolves were? Even the young ones were the size of wolves from our previous lives. The babies were also super big when compared to normal dogs. As such, I think that there is something in their flesh. Maybe a substance like steroids, but hundreds of times stronger. After digesting it, it enhanced us.”

“Oooh, that make sense.”

“Yeah, I agree.”

The group was pleasantly surprised by Jonathan’s hypothesis.

“Hundreds of times stronger than steroids? Steroids are known for make your life span shorter so this substance could very well kill us.” Stephanie stepped up and gave an argument.

“That’s true. But we don’t know what the substance is, or if it even exists, so we can’t come to any conclusions. And even if it was that strong it might not have any effect. There was always something weird about RealVision. Their technology advanced to quick, eclipsing the current ones. Maybe they put this substance in it and with their technological discoveries removed its negative effects.”

“Even if that might be the case, I do not think that I matter right now. Death in five years or not, it helps us live, so we should use it.” Julien interrupted the debate.

“You do have a point. In my opinion, we should start establishing a pyramid of Maslow. Since there are wolves here, there is undoubtedly wildlife we can use to feed ourselves on. Especially since the wolves are so big. This already makes it so that the first stage is complete. We know how to build shelter and weapons. In addition, we gained a lot of strength from the wolves, so it’s only a matter of time before the second step is complete.” Jonathan also supported that opinion.

‘If you add to that the fact that I basically have an edge in every aspect, it’s probably hard for me to get killed by wolves. If you mix agility and control, you become faster, and you can do stuff like parkour effortlessly. If you mix control with strength, your usage of strength also becomes better, allowing you to output more. If you mix the better speed and better strength, you get amazingly explosive movement, punches, or throws. Now, if you add perception to that, you can see exactly where you want to go, or strike. This is especially useful for spear throwing. In other words, I am now a perfect war machine, without any flaws. You can’t touch me, while I can hit you at your weakest spots with maximum damage and you can’t dodge.’

Jonathan’s fighting and escaping confidence bolstered from all the gains from today. He even padded himself on the chest.

‘Huh?’ When he hit his chest, he noticed that there was no pain. Even his arm didn’t hurt. Hitting his chest a few times, he was sure of something. Suddenly, his ‘perception’ of touch made him feel like he could examine every singly part of his body. He could feel everything being more active.

‘Hahaha’ He laughed of joy inside, ‘It seems like I also have an attribute of ‘healing’ or else it would be impossible for a broken rib to heal overnight. Now I don’t have to fear getting injured. I wonder if this means that I can eat poisonous things.’

“Furthermore, we should find more of those wolves or any predator. I previously killed a small animal, but didn’t get any boost like this. This means that only predators have any of the substances in them.” Guillaume also added this fact.

‘Now that the wolves are mentioned, I don’t think that this is a coincidence.’ Although he didn’t know, his brain was processing at a much higher speed.

‘Steph and I both ate some of the special dark baby wolf, and we both got multiple abilities. Perhaps become my potential is greater, I gained more. Normal wolves boosted people, but not as much as the dark wolf it seems. Wait. If that’s the case … who ate the dark mother wolf?’ Having realized something, Jonathan turned to stare at Guillaume.

The latter seemed to have felt something and likewise starred at Jonathan.

Seeing the look on Jonathan’s face, Guillaume seemed to know what he thought and simply smiled at him.

He whispered something that Jonathan wouldn’t usually be able to hear at that distance. However, his ‘perception’ attribute made it so that he could just barely hear it.

“You surprise me even more. It seems like you have more than two.” Guillaume said.

This phrase shook Jonathan. Even if Guillaume said that he had two, the strength and the perception one which could be confirmed by that fact that he heard what he had said, Jonathan would be surprised. Now that Guillaume mentioned “more than two” Jonathan Knew that his secret was already partially discovered.

‘This man is not normal. I refuse to believe that he can see through me this easily. Always so composed, ahead of everyone. No normal person could be like this when teleported here. Hell, he might have five attributes and be hiding it.’ Jonathan continued to stare at Guillaume.

‘He’s definitely hiding something. Either he discovered things that I’m missing, or he was … there’s no way that true. Right?’ Forgetting about what he was going to think about Jonathan simply decided to never trust Guillaume.

In fact, the moment he could, he would leave this group with Stephanie.

Thinking about it Alex was also slightly suspicious. Could there be something that teachers knew but students did not?

‘I couldn’t care less. I just need to gain power. If I can eat wolves until I become so strong that I can snap them in half, I’ll be able to do anything I want.’ Jonathan seemed to gain a new objective. He needed power! A path had revealed itself, so he would be steadfast in walking it. Only then would he not be scared of betrayal and could secure Stephanie and his safety

“Our priority should be moving away from here, who knows if the wolves are going to catch up to us. Even if we are now stronger, we probably can’t fight a full pack. That’s all for now, move out!”

After Guillaume’s command, the group quickly packed up and walked towards the sun.

During the walk, Jonathan build himself a new spear, adapted to his height and strength.

He was exited for the future. Would they find other humans? Would they fall into a pit of hell and starve to death?

He didn’t know, but he found enjoyment in imagining any outcome.