12 Training my ass off!
Arthur POV
The charged mana shot formed in my open hand, it had a slight red hue to it, most likely because of Ddraig's aura and the power of destruction flowing within my body. It almost felt like friction coursing over my fingers and hand, close to the sensation of pins and needles. Though the feeling at the start was quite uncomfortable, it grew on me and I quickly got use to it, I realized the flowing feeling of power was extremely addictive, with my mind almost screeching at me saying 'more power'.
I looked to the zombie with a malicious grin, almost daring it to come closer. Though my thoughts interrupted my fun 'I need to speed this shit up! I'm getting caught up on the fact I can do whatever here and forgetting that this world is free XP for me! I could train for days and become extremely strong without hindrance' I said to myself with anger yet also excitement.
I decided I wasn't leaving this dungeon until it was completed!
After resolving myself, I released my mana shot towards the near approaching zombie. The sight of my mana shot tearing of its face and melting his already dead skin was gruesome, it continued until almost three quarters of the zombies head was gone and its body laying on the floor unmoving.
[Zombie killed: 200 xp//500 store points]
[Mana remaining: 1600/1650]
After using my mana shot, I watched my mana to see its regen rate. I concluded that i got back 1 mana a second. 'Okay I should have plenty to clear this dungeon, if I run out i could also try buying a weapon from the store.' I dismissed the sacred gear due to the fact it was not yet necessary against this level of foe.
I walked through the field, slaying any of the zombies I came across, though there wasn't as many as I had predicted
[Kill 20 zombies!
Goal: 6/20]
[Mana remaining: 1389/1650]
After killing the stray zombies I felt myself level up twice as my HP and mana increased. I decided not to but any of the points into my stats until I finished the objective.
[HP: 2200/2200]
[Mana remaining: 1389/2550]
I happened to come upon a town, it looked a lot like the sort of town you would find in the US. Houses with white picket fences and the American flag. I also noticed the fact that the streets were packed with Zombies, though some looked different to others. "Haha, look at all this free xp!" I said to myself. Looking once again top the odd zombies 'hm, these must be the mutated zombies that my system told me about. They might give me more xp or item drops! I guess we'll find out.
'observe'
[S-mutated zombie
HP-500
MP-5
Strength-22
Defense-21
Agility-3
Info- A zombie that has mutated. The mutation has increased its HP, strength and defense, however the mutation has lowered its already abysmal agility]
'Okay that doesn't seem to hard, it's a hard hitter but moves in slow motion' i said to myself with excitement.
The mutated zombie moved towards me. I decided to get it over and done with quickly to move on. A charged collection of the power of destruction flowed within my hand, I couldn't help but notice the fact the power was incredibly wild and seemed to obliterate everything it came into contact with, even the surrounding oxygen and Co2. I shot it towards the body in fascination and stared as the mutated zombie simply...Disappeared! As if it never existed. 'holy shit, as awesome as it is. This powers really fucking scary!' I thought to myself with awe.
[S-mutated zombie: 0/500 HP]
-100 mana
[S-mutated zombie killed: 400 xp//1000 store points//switch blade]
I could feel my body power up once again from the sudden level up after killing the zombie. "Ahh, its as I thought, leveling is so easy with my high human body and new passive skill!" I practically screamed to myself in pure bliss and satisfaction. I knew it wasn't hard to kill these zombies considering they couldn't defend themselves with mana, all they had was their defense stat. I pulled out the Switch blade from my inventory I received after killing the mutated zombie. It wasn't anything impressive, just a normal matte black switch blade. 'This will only be good for one use here. I cant use close distance when i have mana, its pointless. I'll just throw it at them!'
[HP: 2500/2500]
[Mana remaining: 1301/3000]
Whilst I was focused on the switch blade and the increase in HP and Mana. A presence from behind me interrupted my thoughts.
[Arthur: -250 HP]
"Ahhh! What the fuck was that shit" i screamed in pain, though it quickly faded. I noticed another zombie, what looked to be wearing a track suit with sweat bands on.
'observe' i said in my mind whilst focusing on the mongrel in front of me.
[A-mutated zombie
HP-450
MP-100
Strength-20
Defense-19
Agility-27
Skills-
Shadow strike- Can preform a quick strike against opponent. Move is unnoticeable. Uses 75 mana
Info- A zombie that has mutated. The mutation has increased its HP, strength, defense, though not as much as the S-mutation, the mutation has also massively increased its agility and mana]
After quickly reading the information on the mutated zombie, I cast reinforcement on myself to reduce any of the damage I might take. 'I'll try end this fast' I thought to myself.
I flicked open the switch blade and threw it at the mutated zombie, I had decided to use more strength when throwing than trying to be accurate, only for it to miss due to the sack of flesh moving quickly out of the way. I thought of a few ways I could beat the zombie fast and concluded with using my advantage of agility and my great potential of fire.
3rd person POV
Arthur quickly sped around the mutated zombie with his advantage over agility. Even though the zombie had noticed the movement, it wasn't able to keep up with the quick movements. Arthur had clenched around the zombie, inwardly gagging at the thought of being so close to the rotting creature and used his pyromancy to release a large burst of fire to incinerate it.
Arthur succeeded in bringing the zombie down with the miniscule losses of parts of his clothing and a most likely ruined sense of smell for the rest of the day. The rotting creature dropped to the floor still being singed by the remaining fire. He then deactivated his reinforcement skill.
"You could have used the boosted gear to end it faster you know, wasn't that your goal?" Ddraig said to her host in confusion. Arthur replied quickly after hearing her confusion "I know, but I still need to do some limit testing, after all I am still a green horn when it comes to fighting. I'll use the gear when I cant kill a zombie quickly. After all, they have all gone down with one move so far" Arthur explained to her.
[HP: 2262/2500]
[Mana remaining: 1081/3000]
Arthur then checked his system to see what rewards he had gotten for killing the second mutated zombie.
[A-mutated zombie killed: 400 xp//1000 store points//switch blade]
'so i got the same rewards as the other then I guess? Arthur thought to himself.
Arthur then saw another window appear in front of his eyes.
[Skill obtained:
Shadow strike- Can preform a quick strike against opponent. Move is unnoticeable. Uses 75 mana]
Arthur POV
'Hehe, nice! This skill will work really well to remove singular combatants. I need to get a new melee weapon, id rather not have to use my hands' I quickly decided to check the system and see how many points I had and whether i was able to get a melee weapon to use.
'It would be a huge waste to uses my free buys from the store for weapons. Well, that's unless the weapons something like EA that Gilgamesh used'. I asked Nabe to bring up the store so i could see how many store points i had and what melee weapons I could use.
[Store:
remaining points:5000
{melee weapons-
Kitchen knife: Your generic kitchen knife. Usually found in....You guessed it, A kitchen!
Rank: E
cost- 50 points
Military knife: A knife provided by the military to a soldier. Good quality steel! Comfortable
Rank: D
'Yeah that's enough of that! Nabe can you look for a katana or something of the sort please' I questioned my maid.
Wakizashi- Japanese sword. Traditionally made during feudal Japan. Well tempered. Easily maneuverable. Good quality
Rank: C
Cost-500
Katana- Traditionally made Japanese sword. Usually longer than the Wakizashi. Well tempered and good quality
Rank: C
Cost-500
#ON SALE#
Murasama- Known as the one cut, one kill sword! After a single cut, leaves the target paralyzed for a time if stronger than user. Or dead if weaker!
Rank: S
Cost-100,000]
'UGHH! i really want Murasama! Looks like I'll be saving up for a while' I said to myself desperately.
'Nabe, can you buy the wakizashi for me please' I asked my maid/system
*Kaching* I heard once again when I bought something from the store.
[New weapon bought: -500 system points// 4500 left
Wakizashi- Japanese sword. Traditionally made during feudal Japan. Well tempered. Easily maneuverable. Good quality
Rank: C]
I brought my new sword out to preview it and was very pleasantly surprised by the design. 'Jesus! It looks really nice!' i thought to myself happily.
The sword had a black ito-wrap with a dragon engraved tsuba. The blade itself was pitch black. I swung my new blade to get a test of the grip and concluded that I absolutely loved it.
I continued going to each zombie I could find whilst using my new Wakizashi and the skill shadow strike. I ended up using a lot of my mana and decided to rest for 10 minutes in one of the abandoned houses with Nabe after she came out of my system to keep me company. I also decided to claim my reward for completing the quest.
[Quest!
Kill 20 zombies!
Goal: 36/20
Rewards: 1 level// diamond necklace
Failure: death ]
'Okay. So i may have gone a little over the goal needed to complete the quest. But hey, fre xp is free xp!'
Another screen appeared in front of my face/
[Secret quest completed:
Goal- Kill at least one mutated zombie 3/1
Rewards: New title! 1000 xp
Zombie slayer- Do 25% more damage to any undead foe!
'hah! Nice, that will come in handy when slaying these undead mongrels!' I thought to myself.
During my time killing zombies, I had managed to level up a total of 5 times now, 6 times now if you include my extra level from the mission! 'The amount of levels I got when killing stayed consistent with nearly the same amount of xp needed, but I'm sure that wont last long!'
I also now had a total of 12500 system points from killing all of the zombies.
'Right, if this is like a dungeon from solo leveling, I'm going to have to defeat the boss before I leave. I'll update my stats and see where im at' I said as I opened my system.
