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Javier's life had changed from one second to another, in a blink of an eye. The moment he opened his eyes again, the world had suddenly begun to shake, the sky ripped apart, monsters emerged, everything was engulfed in chaos.

He was but a mere man in his mid-twenties, after he invited his parents to a small town for summer weekend where he had a cabin, he had enjoyed the weekend until… well, everything changed.

Within the town, many people suddenly died one after another, it was chaos and horror like he had never seen before. Giant beasts the size of elephants appeared, of all shapes and sizes, and showcasing fantastical powers.

However, amidst the chaos, there were strange holographic windows that popped up in front of his eyes, and those of everyone.

He was confused at first, very confused, and ran away for his life, somehow managing to use the car to run with his family, some other people had managed to escape too, but they were met with an even bigger surprise.

At some point in the middle of the road, a large hole in the sky opened and red, yellow, and brown-colored ethereal light began to come out, bathing over all of them.

At first, they thought it was nothing much, maybe some optic illusions, but a second after, they were suddenly attacked by giant wolves who were able to spit fire or control the wind, while their cars were crushed and launched into the air.And the second after that, he and his family, and those that had somehow survived all of this realized that something strange was happening to them… their bodies were strengthening themselves as a heavy and strange orb emerged in their chests.

Javier realized that his arms and legs began to grow with long blonde fur, and so did his chest, his jaw became filled with razor-sharp fangs, and his ears grew sharp and big like those of a wolf too, his nails became sharp claws, and his muscles became around three times their original size!

It was a painful transformation, but he and those at his side had somehow managed to withstand it within the seconds that it lasted.

Surrounded by wolves, Javier and his family who had suddenly transformed into half-animal people panicked, even more, they were completely confused about what they were and what was happening anymore, many were already having mental breakdowns, and they were going to be soon consumed by the wolves…

However, Javier somehow felt a rush of adrenaline, something rushing through his veins, something that told him to fight!

Fight! Kill! Survive!

His yellow-gold eyes flashed with eerie light she leaped over one of the giant, three-meter-tall wolves with furious and savage speed, reaching its head and using his sharp claws to destroy their eyes, his fangs crushed the wolves skin and even the skull, as he suddenly gained some strange lightning power of sorts, which he used to enhance his body and made himself even faster, crushing the wolf as if he had become an even fiercer beast!

BOOM!

The corpse of the giant wolf fell over the ground as his entire body was coated in blood, he suddenly felt a rush of energy as he saw that he… leveled up! And even gained Skills?! That's what the holographic window showed!

Before the wolves were to devour his family and those with him, Javier had already taken a big wolf down in an instant, the other wolves glanced at him with fear, as Javier roared like a furious werewolf, telling his people to fight and use their animalistic powers to kill the wolves!

It was sudden, but if they wanted to survive, killing these beasts was the only option, the world had turned into a dog-eat-dog world!His family and the people that had survived quickly roared, using their different animalistic appearances to fight against the elemental giant wolves, crushing them by combining their strength. Although they fought rather clumsily, they were still able to do good work, and somehow managed to decimate the wolves by working together!

After defeating the wolves, their animalistic instincts began to take over them, as they realized they had changed, and they were all hungry as well… No matter what, Javier wanted everyone to survive somehow! He decided to eat the wolves, as something within him told him that it was the right thing to do… something transcendental within his very mind.

He and his family and the other people that survived broke apart the wolves they defeated, and devoured their flesh eagerly, even finding the giant orbs within these wolves and devouring them as well, suddenly feeling an enhancement to their capabilities like they had never felt before…

After that, they had been slowly hiding from monsters and ambushing anything that they thought they could take down, slowly exploring the forest around the wolves they killed, only to find a giant pack of Thunder Wolves, who were coated in electricity and incredibly fast, they were a match for Javier's strength, and the concern about to being able to properly protect his people began to grow more and more within his face… he needed to do something… anything! He had to fight, he had to act!

He fought desperately and took down some of the wolves, but the pack was made of over thirty, and his stamina was infinite, some of the people with him were already being torn apart, and his family was fighting at his side desperately, but were being ultimately overwhelmed…!

The wolves rushed towards him ad pushed him down, his body suddenly felt weak as his orb in his chest weakened and seemed to be hungry again, his power banished into nothing as he was about to be devoured…

"No… It can't end like this! I have to… survive… mother…. Father!"

Javier cried as he saw his parents about to be devoured, he tried the hardest to move his body, to do something! But… he was not that lucky anymore. It was already a miracle that he had somehow survived until this point…

However.

FLASH!

"GGRRRYAAOO…!"

Suddenly, the wolf that was about to gobble him began to burn!

"EH?!"

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