Chapter 4: I gained a new ability but it's still trash Part 2

The silence of the night is deafening. They have been inside the carriage for a few minutes, and sounds of weapons clashing could be heard outside.

The tense atmosphere makes Klein shiver. No. Klein noticed. He wasn't the one shivering. It is the girl in his arms.

Klein tried comforting Esme with reassuring words but it's no use.

Klein sighed at his helplessness. Other isekai protagonist would have the power to eradicate a country by now, but not him.

Klein clenched his fist, promising to himself to become strong.

"Hmmmmm..."

A moan broke Klein from his reverie. His hand is still on Esme's bun. When he clenched his fist, he unknowingly squeezed it, eliciting a moan from its owner.

Klein' placed Esme in front of him to allow easy access on both of his hands. Shame is absent from his heart. He deludes himself that he is only doing it to calm her down.

And calm her down he did. Esme is panting but she is not shivering anymore.

Sound of fighting can still be heard outside, and the sense of weakness came back. He was of no use and he didn't even know what's happening.

He didn't want to leave his comfortable position but he resolved himself and said, "I'll look at what's happening."

Klein lay her in the side before inching closer toward the entrance. He flung aside the curtain and peeped.

And he wished he didn't.

A sense of terror flooded him after he looked at the battle.

Two large wolves stand above the rest. They are twice as large as ordinary wolves with blood red eyes that spoke of malice. They have elongated fangs that will rapidly tear your neck if given the chance.

'Hungry wolves.' Klein thought to himself. 'Just my luck. Rico said that it's hard enough to encounter one but there's two here. And there's more than thirty wolves in here. But the only good part is that we still outnumber them.'

Klein observed the battlefield and noticed that both side seems to be in a stalemate. Rico is facing one of the hungry wolves while the boastful bearded old guy is facing the other one.

The other guards are facing the wolves one on one or two on one. There are casualties in both sides; there are dead wolves and injured humans. Unlike wolves who only know how to attack, humans on the other hand, back off when they become injured. Though, they still help in the fight by using projectiles.

Their battle is half-hearted. They are focusing on defense as if they're waiting for something.

Klein thought to himself before noticing the battle with the Hungry wolves.

So, that's it. They're waiting for the strongest group's battle to be finished. weather, the hungry wolves win or old man Rico will win. Whoever won will tip the scales in their favor.

Compared to the mobs' battle, the battle between the bosses are intense.

The bearded old guy parried the Hungry Wolves' slash with his spear.

Clang.

The sound of metal hitting against the wolf's sharp nails resounded. Just like what Rico had said, the bearded guy Kelly is evenly matched against one Hungry wolves.

But there's a problem, there are two hungry wolves.

Kelly is forced to divide his attention between battling one hungry wolf and helping Rico who's also battling his own hungry wolf.

Hungry wolf 2 crouched on the ground and with a burst of strength, leaps towards Rico. Rico countered by raising his arms, one hand in the handle and the other in the stem of the blade as he blocked the wolfs charge.

Unfortunately, Rico miscalculated the wolf's momentum. He tumbled on the ground, and the wolf landed on top of him.

He gathered his strength and used the wider side of his swords to push the wolf out. But with gravity on the wolf's side, his efforts are futile.

Rico's situation is dire. Claws aren't its only weapon. The wolf attacked with its maws, biting toward Rico.

But before the wolf completed its attack, the hair on its body tensed up, and it leaped sideways. Just in time to dodge a spear hurled on its way.

Klein's heart skip a beat. Not because of the wasted opportunity but because the spear landed in front of him. If Kelly had thrown the spear with a little more strength, he would have been head shotted down there.

Kelly saved Rico with a thrown spear, but it left him weaponless. But not really. No adventurer worth his salt would carry only one weapon.

But the hungry wolf didn't know this. Seeing an opportunity, Hungry wolf one pounced toward the defenseless Kelly, but Kelly unsheathed a dagger from his back and slashed toward the wolf. The wolf tried to evade but being in mid air, it has no option.

The wolf sacrifice its leg. Its leg blocked the dagger and a long gush appeared. It is now dripping blood. Klein can see that it has trouble standing up.

Klein surmised that just a little more and they will attain victory. The danger would soon pass, and he wouldn't need to fight. He can't do much anyway.

But fate has other plans.

"Father!!!!!"

A girlish cry appeared on his side. It is Esme. Klein focuses his gaze on where she is looking and he can see that her father, the merchant, is fighting a lone wolf on his own.

Even with his limited fighting experience, Klein can see that Esme's father is at a disadvantage. He is at a defensive while the wolf is at the offensive, hopping here and there.

Klein wanted to help him to score points from Esme but he rationalized that he is not that strong. In fact, he is the weakest person in the whole world.

He can do nothing to help. Sadly, the girl by his side didn't share the same sentiment.

Disregarding her fragility and with a sword in her hand, Esme joined the pray, hoping to help her father.

"Aaahhh"

And with a high-pitched war cry that shouldn't belong in this type of battlefield, she runs toward her father.

Unbeknownst to everyone, there is a wolf cub that is observing the battle. It doesn't have any intention of joining the fight. It is here to learn. It is the cub of both the Hungry Wolves and it is here to see and to learn how its parent hunt. It's like bring your child at work day.

Sadly, it notices Esme. Instantly, it categorize her as weak, and it quickly disregarded her and focused its eyes onto its parents fight.

But suddenly, an idea formed on its head. It would present the weakling's head to its parents. They would surely be proud of it.

It crouched and silently approached the battlefield. It planned to rip Esme's head off in one strike.

It crouched lower, pulling power in its legs. It jumped with its mouth open ready to tear onto a young girl's flesh.

Thunk...

Its plan was interrupted because a stone hit its body.

A growl escapes from its lips. It wasn't injured, not at all, as if there is no strength in that throw.

The wolf cub retreated. The element of surprise is lost and it can see that the girl is watching it with worried eyes.

It looks around looking for the transgressor who interrupted its hunt. Instantly, its annoyance shot up.

It saw a a weakling, weaker than even the girl. 'How dare that weakling disturbs his hunt?' the wolf cub thought to itself.

With a glare in its eyes, it sprints toward the weakling ready to gnaw at his flesh.

Klein had noticed a wolf cub creeping toward the battlefield and he saw that it's target is Esme.

Without any hesitation, he unloaded the carriage and picked up a stone. He threw it hoping to get Esme's attention, but his aim was off. Luckily, it hit the wolf cub but unluckily, it's attention is on him now.

A chill crept on Klein's back after he saw the cub sprinting towards him.

He wanted to shout but he stopped himself, shouting won't help him at all.

He looks at his surrounding, hoping to find a weapon. Sadly, they were too far. The only one close enough is the spear that Kelly had thrown.

Earlier, he had tried picking it up but it is deeply embedded in the ground. With a strength of 5, he can't pull it, and he quickly gave up.

Left with no choice, he runs back toward the spear. Using both of his hands, he shook the spear but it won't even budge.

He hopped on the spear, his feet lifting of the ground as he hugged the spear with both his arms and legs. He hopes to use his weight to dislodge it.

But all his effort only amounted to lowering the angle of the spear with the ground.

Crunch.

His whole body vibrated along with the spear as if somebody crashed onto them, and a sticky liquid splash on his back.

Klein looked back and was instantly scared witless.

The stupid thing skewered itself. It must have jumped toward my head but when the spear lowered... It hit him right on its mouth. Even if the other end of the spear is blunted, with the force of its jump added to the fact that it "swallowed" the end... Tsk.. tsk.. it can only count itself as unlucky. Hell yeah, fucking plot armor.

Klein sprawled on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief. The terrifying encounter is now over and...

Klein is forced to stop his thoughts. His whole body shivered.

He looked toward the Hungry wolf and he noticed that it was looking at him with its murderous red eyes.

The hungry wolf disregarded Kelly and sprinted towards Klein.

Klein has only one thought in his mind and it says run.

And run, he did.

And that's how Klein found himself in this predicament; with a angry hungry wolf on his tail, and Klein running for his life and tripping.

Klein closed his eyes as he saw the wolf maw approaching his face.

Dear god. If I isekaid again please let me have a powerful cheat. If not, that dick changing size will do.

Klein waited for the pain and darkness to envelope him.

And waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Klein opened his eyes, expecting to meet with a beautiful goddess that will give him cheats.

But instead, he is greeted by a wolf's maw that is opened wide, as if something is blocking it, preventing it from coming close and going near him. There are even a few cracks in its fang.

The necklace on Klein's chest is floating and glowing.

Suddenly, something clicked in his mind.

My plot armor! Surely I wouldn't die three weeks after I transmigrated. He combed his memory for an explanation, and it didn't take long.

Gem of Blessing.

It is a gem that can store an ability from a blessing; even a useless person such as himself can use a powerful ability with little to no effort.

But even with its OP characteristics, it wasn't widely used because of its drawbacks.

It is hard to make and it has only a one time use. And thats not even its most serious disadvantage.

If a person stored his ability in the Gem, they wouldn't be able to use their full power as if part of their power is stored inside the Gem.

It is necessary to use the Gem first. After using the Gem, it will break and the donor who stored their ability will finally be able to use their power with its full potential.

So when Klein received the Gem as a gift, he was elated. It proved that he has a special place in his childhood friend's heart.

The Gem can also become his trump card.

And it did. It saved his life.

Irina's Blessing is called Barrier. Her Blessing allows her to deflect any physical attacks.

And with the Gem in his hand, he can also deploy a Barrier. The wolf can't hurt him anymore.

Not really, this gem has a one time use and I don't know how long this will last.

The hungry wolf back up a bit, sizing its target, before it sprints toward Klein.

Bang.

It stopped short a few inch before him. Its head dented as if it hits a wall. The wolf whimpered but Klein can see that it has not given up.

Klein noticed that the glow that is coming from gem is much darker than when it first appeared.

I don't know if its a few more minutes or a few more hits before this Gem run out juice. But I do know is that i need to run.

The wolf backed off again, and prepared to clash against the barrier again.

But then...

Awooooo!!!!

Another Howling can be heard.

The hungry wolf gave Klein a nasty glare before before bolting away.

That seems to be a howl for retreat.

All the tension escaped from his body, and he sprawled on the ground.

Finally, it is now over. But that was close. Too close for my comfort.

Ding!!!

For successfully driving away a magic beast, a new Ability has been unlocked.

Unlocked Ability: Weak Presence

Weak Presence (Passive): You are so weak that any predator don't even consider you as a prey.

You won't draw any aggro from Beast(normal and magical) unless you attack them first.

Klein looked at his new ability before deciding.

Fuck!!! Another useless ability.