Free Hell's Glitch (LitRPG): Into a Dark Adventure by Belart Wright

lack
of offensive options on his starting weapon.  The Dagger had no reach at all
and now Sam saw that it did no real damage with normal slices and stabs.  All
its power seemed to come from critical strikes.  That last backstab had netted
him about ten times normal damage since Hardass was currently near half
health.  His other two strikes hadn’t even done a decent fraction of damage to the
creature.
    “There’s only one way.  I have to do it!”
    He ran straight at Hardass and dodged to the side.  His roll
took him much further than he expected, but Hardass was already protecting its
back by moving away from Sam.  It was quick and smart enough to know not to
expose its weakness a second time.  Sam slashed at its side for a small
pittance.  It attacked and Sam rolled again to the same side and struck it
again.  Hardass’ back was again close, but just out of range.  Sensing danger,
Hardass prepared its spinning attack again and Sam was forced to roll twice to
the left to get out of its range.  The attack took as much recovery time as Sam
had predicted and he was also right about not being able to close the gap
between himself and its back.  He couldn’t even get a good slash in before it
was ready to attack again.  All that and Sam’s health was already down to
seventy-five percent again thanks to the poisoning.
    He then stood at mid-range and waited for the creature to
attack again.  It went with the long piercing attack.  Mid-range was definitely
too far, so Sam closed in the gap and instead of attacking, he stopped and
waited for Hardass to attack.  Hardass lifted its right hand and struck down at
Sam with its most straightforward attack so far.  Sam used his Deflector and
pushed its whip-like arms and razor claws towards the sky.  Hardass staggered
backwards a little, leaving its pulsating heart exposed.  Sam took one step
forward and thrust his blade into the dark blue heart.  A drum beat echoed in
his ear along with the sound of a knife slicing through flesh, sounds of a
successful parry and opening blow.  Hardass wilted down; its wood splintered
and cracked as Sam kicked it from his knife.  Some strange glow from its body had
enveloped Sam in a ghostly white mist.  Sam’s soul count popped up in the lower
right corner and he saw it increase from zero to four hundred.
    Hardass’ corpse remained on the ground but seemed to be
quickly decomposing into mulch.  The poison it had laid on Sam was still
draining his health.  He was currently at less than fifty percent.
    He now noticed a smaller purple bar under his health bar
that seemed to be ticking down.  He guessed that it was the duration of the
poison effect.  He only had to endure for a bit longer to be rid of it.  He
waited in place while the little bar had completely run out.  By the time it
did, he was left with less than ten percent of his health, but more importantly
he was free of the poison.  He took another swig from his Soul Fire which
restored his health close enough to full.  He was left with only three more
drinks before the container was empty.
    He took a deep breath then brought forth his menu and
checked over his equipment, mainly his Dagger.  He was right about it only
scoring its main damage from critical hits.  It was an assassin’s weapon after
all.
     
    Dagger
    Knife
    A small blade, typically reserved as a last resort on the
battlefield.  For most, it is a useless weapon, but a few know human vital
points quite well and look for the perfect moment to strike.
    ATK (total attack power) 37
         Weapon Damage 10
         S ATK (strength attack power) F = 0
         D ATK (dexterity attack power) B = 27
         M ATK (magic attack power) F = 0
         B ATK (belief attack power) F = 0
         F RAT (fire rating) 0
         L RAT (lightning rating) 0
         D RAT (dust rating) 0
         P RAT (poison rating) 0
         B RAT (bleedout rating) 10
    Weight: 1 lb
    S ABS: 200
     
    “There’s no