Delivery of a Package 2

"Move you useless rats!"

The bandits obeyed immediately, which further raised Akiol's suspicions. The voice came from a large man carrying a giant machete. The man's voice boomed, "Khahaha! You have slaughtered quite a bit of my underlings. I shall take you on from here! Now come at me together!"

The group gathered together. Basil pointed at the man and said, "That's Karvar, the Mini boss we need to defeat."

Rough dusted off his buckler, "Same as always?"

"Yep."

The group looked at Akiol, "We aren't sure how you play so. . ."

Akiol raised a hand, "Don't worry about it, I'll assist when needed. Other than that go murder this man."

The group moved forward. Rough took the lead, holding his buckler up. The moment he got close Karvar swung down with his giant machete. The moment before it his Rough's buckler, the buckler flashed white.

The machete slammed into the buckler, but the force behind the move seemed to vanish. Rough redirected the giant machete and stabbed the waist of Karvar. A white circle appeared over the hilt of Rough's short-sword. It quickly shrunk and the moment it disappeared Rough stabbed his sword three times in rapid succession.

He then slammed his buckler with the pommel of his short-sword and taunted, "Come on!"

This was the cue for the others to join in. Torch twisted off his hand and rapidly fired bullets. Think began to create several cuts across Karvar's body, whittling down his HP.

Quill began chanting a spell once she finished she shouted, "Back up!"

The three did so immediately. A strange purple rune appeared underneath Karvar. He looked down confused.

Quill smiled, "[Draconic Eruption]."

WOMM~

A giant purple pillar of energy erupted from the ground, engulfing Karvar in its path of destruction.

Karvar yelled in pain as his HP began to fall lower.

The pillar faded and the trio went back to work. Think's sword moved fluidly across Karvar's back. Upon the end of the strike, two cuts formed on Karvar's back.

Torch ran out of bullets in his arm and put back his hand. He then tapped his hip, two triangles popped out. Grabbing these he clicked a button in them and tossed them towards Karvar. They rotated through the air. As if being guided by a hand they landed on Karvar's temples. Small blades shot out and latched onto his skin. Then a powerful electric shock coursed through his body. Temporarily stunning him.

Think sheathed his sword and hovered his hand over the handle. After waiting two seconds he gripped the handle, unsheathed the weapon and slashed Karvar in one smooth motion whilst murmuring, "[Thirteen Sword Strikes]."

Exactly thirteen fresh cuts formed on Karvar. The Mini boss ripped the device from his temple and roared with anger.

Rough shouted, "Berserk! Watch out!"

Karvar gripped his giant machete tightly and swung horizontally towards Rough. Raising his buckler he prepared to use a counter move.

Akiol's eyes narrowed, this attack was a feint. Rough's buckler flashed but Karvar turned the machete. Rotating he slashed down vertically towards Rough.

There was one critical weakness of the Counter Expert variant. If they missed a counter move then they would face a serious amount of 'end lag'. This meant Rough would be unable to move for the next second and a half.

Think would be unable to stop the attack due to Sword Master lacking stagger attacks. Quill was busy chanting and it was only known to her when she would be done.

Torch could prevent the situation, but that would take some time. All his devices required some sort of movement to activate. Thus he was unable to help here.

Basil could heal, but Akiol didn't know if Rough would be able to survive the blow. The machete was aiming for his head, so the strike would be a critical one. Along side the powerful stats of a Mini boss, one who was in a Berserk state no less.

Akiol shot forward, an orange glow surrounding him. This glow extended four inches from his skin. He became a blur and slammed his foot into the machete. Making Karvar miss Rough by a bit and hitting the ground instead. Akiol hovered in the air for a split second. So he used the opportunity to deliver a heavy kick into Karvar's face.

Wham-!

The giant bandit slid to the side. Quill's orb began to glow as she complimented, "Nice opening! [Draconic Eruption]!"

The pillar appeared, this time Quill did something a little different.

The orb began to spin in a circle rapidly. She held out a hand, "[Compress]!"

The pillar began to swirl and the energy was forced into a circle shape. The energy continued to tear at Karvar, just not as violently.

The orb stopped spinning and flashed a purple color. Quill clenched her fist, "[Unstable Reaction]!"

Whom~!

The energy grew violent, the calm purple orb of energy grew chaotic. The energy quickly tore Karvar's HP into pieces. The energy ran rampant for five seconds before disappearing in a blink.

Karvar remained standing.

He then fell onto the ground, his HP now zero. Rough let out a breath in relief, "I thought I was going to be carved in half!"

The Aura around Akiol vanished. He looked towards the bandits and saw each of them release a dark green mist. After a few moments they reacted to the piles of dead bodies, "A-Ahhh!"

The bandits began to flee in different directions. Which startled the group. Akiol frowned at the mist, was it Karvar's ability?

Rough walked over to Akiol, "That was really cool! Was that a Berserk Skill?"

Akiol shook his head, "No, just something I picked up a few months ago. Besides I feel like that finisher Quill did was way better."

Quill shrugged, "A mere part of my skill set. Instead you flew across the field, made Karvar miss a strike, and left an opening for me to finish him off."

Akiol grinned, "Well I wouldn't let Rough became two over here. Regardless it seems like you all have massively changed in skills and in looks since the last time we met."

"We are growing stronger by the minute."

Akiol received a notification from the group chat. When he looked at it he frowned, "It seems like something came up. I'll have to catch you all later."

Think quickly asked, "What about the loot?"

"I don't need anything so keep it for yourselves. I'll see you all later."

Akiol quickly logged out and took off his headset. He quickly leapt off his bed and headed towards the front door.

The group chat message was from Yielya.

Yielya: @Akiol, there is some shady guys at the front door looking for you.

Akiol went to the front door and saw Yielya chatting with some average looking dudes. Akiol was slightly intrigued by this, he had assumed it would be from the development team for his meeting with a developer or someone for his questions. However these guys looked extremely unprofessional.

The two dudes noticed Akiol and asked, "Are you James?"

"Yeah. . . what do you need?"

The two brightened at his response, "We have a package for you that we need you to sign. It's quite the package so we would like for you to come and double check everything."

"I didn't order anything."

"We are aware of that, this was sent to you by a prestigious individual. We simply need you to sign a form that essentially says that you received the package."

"Prestigious individual? Who?"

"You are most likely unaware of this name. But it's from Billiam Thornwall."

Akiol was shocked but didn't show it, "That's an interesting name. What did they send?"

The two looked at each other and shrugged, "We weren't told. We simply deliver."

Akiol's interest reached a high amount so he agreed, "Very well, let us see that package."

Yielya interrupted, "I'm coming along too."

The four walked to the back of a large moving truck. On the side of its cargo hold the words read: Rylo and Joe Delivery Service.

The two walked to the back of it and opened the cargo, inside a large package was tightly secured onto the truck. One of the two handed Akiol a clipboard with a single piece of paper on it, "I just need you to sign here."

Akiol read through the contents and was quite pleased that the two were telling the truth. It simply stated that he agreed to the fact he received the package. He even double checked the contents and back part of the paper, but there was nothing suspicious about it.

After he signed the paper the two unloaded the package into the garage of their house. After a shake of hands the two bade farewell and left in their truck.

Yielya was circling around the package as she asked, "What do you think is inside?"

Akiol shrugged, "Not sure, let's find out though."

They tore down the cardboard box and revealed a wooden crate. Akiol sighed, "What was the point of the box?"

"Who cares, let's open this too."