After Wain made up his mind, he continued on his way to the park. By this point, he had moved less than a third of the way, but in all that time, no trouble had occurred. Wain watched as the occasional mutated insect attacked fleeing humans and devoured them alive. But, nothing was happening to attract Wain’s attention.

Wain jumped over another house and looked at a moving car in the distance.

“Looks like someone decided to use the vehicle. But, they don’t know yet that there’s a dead end of collapsed buildings ahead of them.” Mumbled Wain looking at the car’s course.

Then he realized he’d made the right decision not to use the vehicle. It was quick but not safe. Wain was very strong, and he knew it, but that didn’t mean he had to act carelessly. The force was made up of many factors, which were only effective at certain times and in certain situations. But, all of them combined to help a man survive and move on.

Wain was about to move on, but suddenly a monster attacked the car and caused the vehicle to crash into a gas station. There was a deafening explosion, and bright flames erupted in the distance at the same moment.

Wain turned around, but he saw nothing unusual. He didn’t expect the car to crash into the gas station and explode, but there was nothing for him to do there.

He jumped to the next building, but suddenly he heard a loud roar.

Roooooooooooooooaaaaaar!

To Wain’s surprise, this roar came from the direction of the gas station.

‘That’s definitely not a human voice. Hmm, maybe I can get a soul with the attribute of fire there?’ Thought Wain looking at the gas station engulfed in flames.

Monsters could appear for a long time, over several years, but could appear because of a single event in just a few seconds. It depended on many factors, but the main one was the presence and state of Soul Essence.

Wain realized that the fire explosion had caused a monster to appear in the center of the hearth. Perhaps it had been there originally, and the explosion caused its body to change, but perhaps it only appeared after the explosion.

Wain headed towards the blown up gas station, quickly jumping from one building to another. To get the Plasma Destruction Sword, he needed three souls. One of which had to have the fire attribute. There was no restriction on condition or soul Rating.

So even if some fire zombie showed up at the gas station, that would be enough. But, if Wain’s enemy happens to be a powerful monster that got the power of fire because of the explosion, then he won’t mind fighting such an enemy. The stronger his enemy was, the more stats and Soul Essence he would get. After all, one of the most important tasks for Wain was to level up and get close to the evolutionary stage. This would be his first big step toward true power.

As Wain approached the gas station, he saw the monster that let out that furious roar. This monster looked like the demon from hell that many stories tell about.

The monster was about two meters tall. It had red skin and black, burning plates all over its body. It had two crooked horns on its head, but its eyes were cold and calm. Bright fire emanated from his feet, easily melting the concrete beneath the monster.

“Hmm, it doesn’t look like a zombie. It looks like something more serious. The different variations of monsters are almost endless. He looks pretty strong, but not so strong that I have a problem with him.” Wain muttered and jumped onto the next building.

At that moment, the distance between him and the gas station had shrunk to forty meters. This meant that standing on the roof of the building, he could attack the monster using the Destruction Sword. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍．𝒆𝒕

Wain snapped his finger, and a massive, dark sword appeared over the monster’s head. The weapon came down on the fire demon, but the monster noticed the impending threat at the last moment. However, it did not react sharply to this attack. Instead, the monster took half a step back, and the Destruction Sword plunged into the ground in front of him.

“It has excellent instincts, but it’s not enough.” Proclaimed Wain and swung his arm.

The dark sword flew out of the ground and struck the monster again. This time the fire demon did not dodge. Instead, the long claws on its arms caught fire, and it attacked back.

To Wain’s surprise, the dark sword could not withstand high temperatures, and the Destruction Sword was melted. This was the first time Wain had ever seen any elemental influence on his sword.

“Hmm, it looks like this battle won’t be as easy as I thought it would be. I’m facing a rather problematic opponent.” Mumbled Wain, and a massive pistol appeared in his hand the next moment.

Wain fired several precise shots into various parts of the monster’s body. But, the fire demon just continued to stand still. Bullets flew off its plates, fell to the ground, and melted beneath its feet.

“In that case, let’s try to change the target.” Proclaimed Wain and fired a few more shots.

He understood that the bullets could not penetrate the plates on the body of the fire demon. However, that was why Wain was now aiming precisely at the monster’s eyes. Wain was accurate enough to shoot at the same point several times in a row from this distance.

The monster saw the trajectory of the bullets and so swung his hand sharply. The fiery claws sliced the bullets apart and melted them instantly.

‘By the looks of it, not only is it powerful and tough, but it’s also pretty smart. Damn, smart monsters are a whole new level of difficulty.’ Thought Wain and jumped off the building.

He tried to kill the monster from afar, but it didn’t work. His only option was to fight the monsters in close combat. However, there were several problems with that. The biggest of which was the incredibly hot flames emanating from the monster.

Thanks to its high Stamina rating, Wain’s body was strong enough to withstand that temperature for a while. But, Destruction Sword melted because of this fire, not instantly, but quickly enough. However, if the monster’s fiery claws collided with the dark sword, the weapon would melt in seconds.

“This monster is superior to me because of its fire, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any weaknesses,” Wain muttered.

The next moment the fire demon attacked Wain. He bounced sideways past the monster’s fire claws. The claws slammed into the wall of the house and partially melted it. The monster abruptly pulled its claws from the wall and looked at Wain.

He slowly stepped away from the monster to the side at that moment. The fire demon thought that Wain was trying to escape, and of course, it wasn’t going to let it do that.

The fire demon lunged toward Wain, leaving a trail of fire behind it. However, Wain wasn’t going to dodge. It decided to take advantage of the fire monster’s main weakness – water.

After all, Wain wasn’t trying to escape. He approached a fire hydrant on a nearby road, not far from a gas station. When the monster almost reached Wain, he shattered the fire hydrant, and a stream of water rushed upward.

The fire demon had not expected something like this to happen. His whole body was covered in water and partially extinguished. The flames tried to ignite again, but it was impossible while the water was continuously poured on the monster.