Ralph ran a hand through his hair, pushing the long streaks up and to the back of his head. The strong wind kept it there, though the sand carried along with it did not leave it alone.

{They don't even notice you, and what do you mean 'let loose?' As if you can fight all four of those things.}

“What?!“ Ralph said, frowning. “What makes you think I can't?“

{?? Can you?}

“Of course, I can!“ Ralph said, leaning back while looking at the system's window with sharp eyes. Insulted, Ralph looked around himself and spotted a dead tree a few meters away. Even in the raging winds, the husk of the tree did not move. “I have a lot of experience, you see.“

Ralph pulled the heavy bag on his shoulders to the front and tied it to the tree. He pulled on it once to see if it is held in place and shrugged his shoulders once he was sure it was fine. In an environment where anyone would have had a hard time even walking around, Ralph moved as if he were in a sandbox in a playground.

Dusting his hands, Ralph turned back to the three monsters a few dozen meters away from him and dusted his hands.

{Experience in dungeons?} the system asked.

“No.“ A wide, sadistic smile etched itself on Ralph's face as his eyes reddened. “Experience with crushing bugs.“

***

The deathworm, tired of waiting, rushed into the deformed rhinoceros. Acid welled up from deep within its stomach as it spread apart the hundreds of teeth in its mouth.

Seeing the incoming attack, the rhinoceros growled. It shook its body, ready to charge. Green fluid appeared inside the mouth of the encroaching deathworm. It formed a ball inside its mouth, just above the edges. The ball compressed and widened as the stream of acid was about to be shot out.

“GWUH!?!“

A loud thwack spread through the air.

The deathworm's giant mouth snapped shut on the ball of acid. The lethal substance spread through and out of its mouth. A sizzling sound followed as the monster's face burned from the acid. It thumped on the ground and rolled around in pain, screaming out whatever grotesque and feral sound it could make before its mouth melted away.

Right below the face of the worm was a boy with black hair fluttering to the side. He looked at the worm with a satisfied grin while rotating his wrists, as if stretching them.

And below the boy, tearing deep into the sands, was a giant crater.

“Hm, good kick,” he said. “Messed up the landing, though.“

The rhino shook its head in confusion at the turn of events. Before long, its eyes fell on the ant-like human being down on the ground. The rhino growled and kicked its legs against the sand.

Ralph's feet were pushed up and down as the ground thumped and trembled. Turning to face the sound, he saw a grotesque gray mass charging at him. Impressed, Ralph pumped his eyebrows and lowered his stance.

He stared head-on at his enemy.

A cloud of dust and smoke spread out.

A trail was left in his wake as Ralph met the Rhino's charge with a charge of his own, running toward the monster at max speed. The Rhino did not hesitate for a second, hell-bent on crushing the boy underneath its feet.

Just as Ralph was about to be trampled by the monster, he fell backward. His feet slid against the ground and the momentum carried him under the rhino. The reckless rhino didn't notice as Ralph went under it.

Ralph pressed his hands against the ground, breaking his slide just as the Rhino passed over him. He pushed himself off the ground with his hands as he flipped mid-air and landed on the Rhino's back.

“Woah.“ Ralph stumbled on the giant monster's back as it continued running ahead. He spread his arms wide and balanced himself. He turned and casually walked on the Rhino's back, up to its head.

“How dare you point your horns at me, fucker?“ Ralph placed his hand right behind the neck, unwilling to touch the grotesque head. A dark mist spread around his hand as mana coalesced near it.

“[Dark Dimiss (E-)]”

“GRARARA!!!“

The light left its eyes, no sound reached its ears, the smell of the putrid monsters, the taste of the sweaty saliva in its mouth, the feeling of its legs kicking against the ground.

Its entire world, gone.

The rhino thumped and quaked in its confusion, unable to sense anything at all, the monster slammed its feet on the ground, then its head.

“Oop.“ Ralph jumped off the monster with nimble steps and landed back on the ground. He turned around to see the mad rhino charging toward the worm, still reeling in pain.

{HOST! ABOVE!!}

Ralph turned his head upward at the system's words.

Black rain fell from the sky.

Narrowing his eyes, Ralph used mana to better his eyesight. The bald vulture flying overhead had noticed the anomaly down on the ground. With each flap of its wings, dozens of feathers streaked down from the sky and rushed down, tearing the air apart in their path.

Ralph hopped back, dodging the first of the feathers by a mere inch. He continued running back as the feathers fell from all directions. As if he were dodging rain itself, the boy twisted and turned his body just enough to avoid every feather that came his way. He hopped over the dunes and then swerved away from the rhino and worm when dodging became a pain.

Clicking his tongue, Ralph's gaze shot upward. He stared at the descending feathers. The ground thumped as he planted his feet ahead. Ralph pivoted and twisted his body, his hand raised up. He grabbed one of the falling feathers while turning around, dodging every other feather in the same fluid motion. His hand twisted down as his mana coursed through his hand and flooded into the feather.

The vulture, the side, the ground, and then his eyes turned to the vulture again.

A burst of air spread through. Ralph's muscles contracted and bulged out as his hand shot from the back to the front. Like a shot of the strongest gun, the feather left his hand. It tore through the air as loud booms rang out in rapid succession.

Before the other feathers could fall.

Before the vulture could see it.

Before anything could change.

The feather blasted through the winds and lanced into the head of the bald vulture.

The monster screamed in pain. Its loud screeches only outpaced by the blood flowing out of it.

Immediately, Ralph jumped back and avoided the last set of falling leaves. His gaze never left the vulture as it stumbled up and down in the air, losing any and all semblance of balance, struggling to merely keep itself from a crash.

{~Tweeet}

“What the, are you whistling?“ Ralph giggled at the system's window as he dusted his hands. “That was a 10 on 10 shot though.“

{Fucking hell! Do it again and get that thing down!}

Ralph clicked his tongue and shrugged. “No can do,” he said, looking at the mess the monsters found themselves in within the 10 minutes. “I am out of mana.“

{Yo… what?}

“Out of mana.“

{WHATTT?!}