9 Rallying the Masses

" Yes here, but before that…

Hidden Mission passed: Defeat the Boss of Human camp in his Monster form.

Rewards gained: 1,000,000 Exp, 1 Misc. Item, 3 Rare skill cards, 5 skill upgrade cards, 1 Epic equipment card. 

You have reached Level 20."

' Well, that's quite an unexpected surprise, I was able to reach Level 20 before fighting the main boss, that's good. I can upgrade my skills and get some new ones plus this Misc.Item is also new. Let's see what I got. ' 

" System, What are Misc. items? " 

" Misc. Items are items which are not included in the category of equipment, they are rare with different skills that are not available with normal equipment. You are lucky that you completed this hidden Mission and got this prize. It is rare even for hidden missions. If you would have killed the Boss before he transformed, you might not have got this item."

" Well, sometimes things happen for good, and I was quite lucky. Now, let's see what we got? Show me what misc. Item I got?"

" Necklace of Loki: This is an item imbued with the power of Norse god of Trickery and Mischief, Loki. The user can change his appearance to any human or monster form but the form can't be more than 4ft bigger or smaller than the User's height. If only wearing a single form, can be maintained without any time limit but if the user or necklace gets seriously damaged, the form will be seen through.

Note: Magicians with a higher level than Level 40 will be able to easily see through your form."

' Well well, Now I think that someone might be pulling the strings behind the scene, otherwise, how can I get this item when I need it. Could I be so Lucky? Well, that's for later. I need to purchase some skills and Upgrade some of mine.'

' System, suggest me "one-shot kill" assassination skill.'

" [Shop: 

   Skills: Cutthroat (Upgradable): Skill complementing Stealth. Whenever in stealth near the enemy, you can use this skill to easily kill the enemy from the shadows, without making any sound. Unless the enemy is not very high level than you, you can kill him with a single slash.

X-Ray (Upgradable): If concentrated on any body part, the user can see the internal structure of that body part, the user can see the nerves needed to instantly kill or paralyze the enemies. Enemies that are 5 or more levels higher than you can detect it. "

' Use my skill cards to buy "Pyro", " Cutthroat", "X-ray". '

" Skills Purchased. "

" Use, My Skill Upgrade cards on, Pyro, Float, Giant's Strength, Hollow Body, Dark Slash."

" Skills Upgraded,

Pyro: Able to conjure and manipulate fire at will, fire burns for some time even without oxygen. 50% damage reduction from any fire damage.

Skywalk: Now you are able to walk in the sky. You can compress air below your feet and launch yourself in the air.

Titan's Strength: 30% increase in strength when used.

Light body: 30% increase in Agi and Dex when used, 2.5% Reduction in strength and endurance.

Void Slash: A slash powerful enough to tear the Void and deal Lethal damage to enemies even 10 levels higher than you.

Note: Your body is not strong enough to be able to use it more than once per day. After use, the User will be inflicted with a weaken status which lowers the user Stats by 75% for 2 hours. "

' Hmm! The upgrade has increased my power very much and now I have an assassination skill and a one-shot kill skill but with an obvious drawback of one use per day. But this skill can also help me defeat the boss. As for the equipment card, I will store it for future use. '

After checking my rewards, my sight went towards the dead body of the mini-boss, I was going to use corpse absorption but I stopped, " Hey System, is the blood of this monster useful or can it be used in my evolution?"

" No, it's far diluted to be used in the process of your evolution but the blood he drank can be used."

' If he was the mini-boss then the blood he drank must be of the boss.' I thought. After asking the system, I used corpse absorption and I could feel myself getting stronger. Now, I needed to rally the men and women as my meat shields.

I won't use children or the elderly even if they are fated to die, I need a moral line otherwise I will become an apathetic monster which I don't want to. I will never harm innocent children unless necessary to do so.

I used the Necklace of Loki and transformed into a handsome man of 30 with scars on my arms and chest. The night was still going, I used corpse absorption on the remaining corpses and I could feel that my stats increased by 5% whole.

I expanded my dark sense to search for the living creatures the size of humans nearby and I could sense about 50 people including 15 children in the camp.

I started walking towards the nearest sign, which was of a child. I reached near a room that was locked with a metal door but its hinges were not strong enough to take a punch from me. The door came off and what I saw inside made me want to kill those fuckers thousands of times. The child inside was a girl of about 8 or 9 years old, she was naked, sitting in the corner of the room. 

But her eyes, they were vacant without any emotions. Even from the noise of the door opening, she didn't even flinch like she was used to it. I understood that these bastards raped her and not only once.

I took a blanket from the room and wrapped it around her, my action had some effect on her and she turned towards me with the same vacant gaze. I tried to talk to her but she didn't respond.

I just picked her up and started making my way towards other signs, I met some children and elderly who were in their 50s. I reckoned that they were probably cannon fodder or distractions.

The first one I met was a man nearing his 60s, he was terrified and shivering in a corner after hearing the loud noises. When I opened the gate to his room, he tried to hide.

I slowly convinced him that I came to save them, " Wh..who are you? Get away from me, I don't want to die!"

" Don't worry, I am not here to harm you. I came here to help you guys. I am with a group of my own, we save people from these assholes who keep you as slaves. "

With my base Cha stat which was further increased by the use of the necklace, I was able to convince him easily.

"We're you the guys who were fighting outside? Did you really came to save us?" he asked.

" Yes, we were the one fighting outside, sadly I am the only one who is left, don't worry though we have more people at our base camp. " I was thinking of another counter answer when he suddenly said, 

"Thank God, if it is true we will be able to survive, and we won't have to work as slaves anymore. You are our savior, you saved us, I can't thank you enough. Saviour, tell me your name please."

" Silas, Silas Belmont, I am a native European. But let's hurry up, we need to take each one of you out of here. Let's go."

I took this name cause first it was cool second, Silas meant god of the forest, it didn't match but still, it sounded cool and Belmont was the title of Dracula in Castlevania, and the way I am going, I will probably evolve into something like a vampire.

After seeing different rape victims and rescuing all the 50 people in the camp, I started a meeting with everyone present.

" Men and Women, I saved you today from the grasp of these scum, but tell me why were you guys caught in the first place? "

Murmurs started happening, some said they didn't have any weapon to fight, some said they were hungry and voluntarily joined the camp, some said they wanted protection.

" Silence! Let me tell you why you were caught and used? Because you didn't fight, None of you fought with your life on the line, not even for yourselves, you couldn't even protect kids from the grasp of these monsters and you call yourselves a man! You still have the audacity to make excuses. If you really are humans, not some slave animals then pick up a gun and follow me."

My cringy but true motivating lines had an effect on them and some of them started to pick up weapons. I further said, "I and My team have just found the source of this plague. It's a monster if we destroy it we will be able to stop this plague. Men of all ages and Women under 40 come with me to defeat the monster.

But before that, we will meet with other camps and add them to our groups. Everyone, pick up your supplies and rally with me. "

It was time to use these people to gather the other camps under a single banner, and defeat the evil boss,heh!

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Author's Note:

This chap was quite late, mainly because I am busy with worldly matters and this fanfic is my hobby, but I will try to post at least 3 to 4 chaps a week. I will try to make it reach 15k words as fast as I can just 600 more words, but review the story.