After escaping from the centre of the military, Jake ran through the gates of the academy and found himself in one of the stalls that was still open but the owner had run away due to the commotion.

    Quickly entering inside, Jake sat down on the bare floor panting hard.

    "Phew! That was a close one." Jake said as he removed his mask and placed it down beside him and checked on his injuries.

    "How did I do zee?"

    "You did good." Zee replied. "In fact, exceptionally good. As much as I don''t like praising you so you won''t get big headed and do something rashly, I gotta say you did well."

    "I can''t believe you were the same weakling that could hardly defeat a runt. You have grown so strong that you managed to defeat an omega werewolf."

    "Hey, it feels like you''re using the opportunity to insult me." Jake said.

    "I wasn''t insulting you, I was instead praising you."

    Jake imagined that if Zee had a face, he would have been smirking now.

    "Alright, it''s time to check those new skills I was given so I can go help the others." Jake said as he opened up his system.

    Opening up his system, Jake saw that he had really been given the +2 to his strength.

    Status

    User: Jake Lucas

    Level: 17

    Combat level: Skilled

    Skill level: Trained

    XP level: 1600/6000No?v(el)B\\jnn

    HP: 50/50

    Strength: 66

    Agility:64

    Endurance: 57

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    "Well too bad I was unable to level up. Anyway, I hope the new skill is worth it." Jake sighed as he opened up his skill tab.

    Skill Tab

    Melee combat (Lv2): Deals 20 damage with intermediate weapons therefore removing 20% HP from enemy.

    Stealth (Lv1): Increases evasion chances by 10%

    Inspect Skill (Lv2): Brings up information of an enemy

    Frenzy Strike (Lv2): a skill that deals rapid consecutive attacks for 6 seconds, with a cool down timer of 10 minutes.

    Second wind (Lv1): Restores 5 points of user''s HP. (Skill can only be used once a day)

    Stun Strike (Lv2): stuns the opponent, making them vulnerable to attacks for two seconds. cool down timer; 5minutes

    That was when he heard the same shout again.

    ''Wait, that''s Sophia''s voice.'' Jake thought to himself as he wanted to call out to her but that was when he heard the content of her words.

    "Please, someone save her! I can''t and don''t want to lose her. Please save her!" Sophia shouted.

    ''Save her? Save who?'' Jake thought as he looked up and squinted his eyes.

    That was when his eyes landed on the werewolf holding onto Kate''s neck while squeezing it tightly.

    Jake''s instincts kicked in and his heart raced very fast as he saw Kate being held up like that. Without thinking twice, Jake dashed towards the werewolf with all the speed he could muster while also channelling some Qi to his feet and hands.

    Then he got to the werewolf''s position. He quickly squeezed the hand tightly and gave the werewolf an uppercut sending it flying with anger evident on his face.

    The element of surprise had worked as the werewolf was so focused on Kate in its hand that it failed to sense anyone coming towards it.

    The werewolf finally came back from wherever it was sent by Jake and even those on the sidelines had also come closer. That was when Jake was told that Vynn died.

    Immediately he heard it, images of his parents being murdered by werewolves appeared in his head while his fists were tightly clenched and he was grinding his teeth back and forth.

    ''I couldn''t help my parents back then because I was too weak. The family I had formed in the academy, this filthy beast took one of my family members again.'' Jake thought.

    ''Why? Why can''t I just live peacefully? I failed Vynn just as I failed my parents. I couldn''t even get here in time to protect him.'' That was when Jake lifted his bloodshot eyes to look straight at the werewolf.

    ''Vynn, I promise, no matter what, I will avenge you.'' Jake promised as his hands that were clenched were now open.

    "Arghhh! I''m gonna kill you!" Jake shouted as he quickly activated his inventory and equipped his sword from his system and without thinking twice, Jake dashed towards the werewolf.

    With a blink of an eye, Jake was already in front of the werewolf. He quickly swung his sword out towards the werewolf''s neck but the werewolf had leaned backwards avoiding it.

    Then the werewolf unleashed a lightning fast kick towards Jake but Jake had already acted fast enough by backflipping twice therefore getting away from the werewolf.

    Immediately his leg touched the ground, Jake pushed off strongly towards the werewolf with all the strength and Qi left in him. With a strike to the shoulder, Jake''s sword landed going an inch deep and drawing out blood.

    Then Jake quickly moved back and threw a roundhouse kick that landed squarely on the werewolf''s head therefore lifting it from the ground and making it go tumbling and bouncing on the ground.

    Everyone on the sidelines didn''t know how to react. The werewolf they had all struggled with, a masked stranger was currently toying with it as if it was nothing.

    Sophia quickly ran towards Kate and lent her a hand to get up.

    "Are you okay?" Sophia asked.

    "I''m fine." Kate replied as she and Sophia were now making their way towards where the others were.

    "Who the heck is that guy?" Sophia asked.

    "If I''m not wrong, which I''m sure I aren''t, then that is Jake." Kate replied not taking her eyes off the fight.

    "Jake?" Peter almost shouted. "I know he was strong, in fact stronger than me. But how on earth is he toying around with a Beta werewolf like it''s just a basic tier beast?"

    Kate shrugged. "I don''t know. And honestly, I don''t care as long as he can help kill that werewolf and avenge Vynn."

    There was no further conversation between them because they were now concentrating on the fight as they could see the werewolf getting up from the ground after the strong roundhouse kick that was unleashed on its head.

    And strangely enough, it was fine. No single speck of blood on its head or anything then it looked at Jake angrily with its claws springing out.

    "You''re a dead man for what you did. It''s not like I was going to let you all go." The werewolf claimed.

    Will Jake be strong enough to defeat the werewolf, or will they all meet the same fate as Vynn?