Chapter 6

I got up from my bed very reluctantly. I wanted to stay in the warm embrace of the bed but I had things to do. First, I took the tendon out of my inventory and placed it next to the window. I would need to wait for it to truly dry. That would take half a week or so, but that was alright,

I created another dungeon and into the second floor. I used the system and equipped my armor. I then took everything I would need. I, for the first time took my bow out and equipped my quiver and arrows. I then went into the dungeon.

I walked through the portal and walked out the other side. I found myself in the middle of the street. It was empty, too empty. No groans or walking noises. I ran to one of the buildings, the buildings here were actually quite short. The tallest one was around nine stories. That was the one I ran to.

I then jumped from window to window. I eventually reached the top. The roof of the building. It was empty as well. But from this position I could see everything. I started to scan the area. Nothing was moving. It was too suspicious.

I continued to look throughout the area. I then saw something move. It was a blur, jumping from area to area. It then jumped through a clear area. I saw it, a zombie.

[ Muntant Zombie:

Level: 4

Health: 145

Strength: 12

Endurance : 12

Vitality: 13

Agility: 22

Dexterity:4

Senses: 0

Intelligence: 0

Wisdom: 0

]

"Fuck." I said to myself. I watched as the zombies continued to jump from area to area. It then landed on top of a building around a hundred twenty meters away. I just stood there. Not even moving. Nothing. To use this situation I pulled an arrow from my quiver and nocked it onto the bow. I pulled it back, my breathing started to slow down as my focus increased. My muscles flexed and pulled even harder.

I then released the arrow. The arrow flew across the street and into the chest of the zombie. I was aiming for the head but it seems the arrow landed on the heart. The zombie feel to the ground and died.

[ Defeated 1x Muntant Zombie + 150 EXP, 1x Weak Agility Crystal ]

I took the crystal out and crushed it. As I did my agility increased by two, for some reason, there are a few reasons why this could happen. The crystals give more power the weaker the person, or the crystal just gave a random amount around a certain number. These two were the main ones.

I jumped from building to building, landing on the building the zombie died on. I then plucked the arrow from the ground. The zombie seemed to have disappeared while I jumped here.

I returned the arrow to the quiver before I started to scout the area. A dozen zombies at that point started to creep out. Their bodies were much stronger than the other zombies where he first started. It went from normal to decent. They were also two levels higher, so that was to be expected.

He nocked his arrows and took aim. He aimed for the heads, then he released. The arrow flew across the street and it struck the head of one of the zombies. It died immediately and its body started to turn to dust. I nicked another arrow and aimed. The arrow was the released, the arrow flew across the street and struck the head of another zombie. Killing it very quickly.

I did it again and again. Because they were only fifty or so meters away, hitting my intended target was much easier. Each arrow struck the head of the zombie, killing them. Because of their stupidity, they didn't even notice that their comrades were dropping like flies.

By the end I received the skill, Shooter.

[ Shooter:

Level: 1/100

Users of this skill will find it easier to shoot their intended target. Each strike will become stronger in force and easier to pull.

]

"This is very con-" I said before my sixth sense screamed at me. I jumped to the side and where I just was a zombie was next to and its fist had just swung at where my head was. It looked me straight in the eye before it charged again. I threw the bow into the inventory before I took my bat and slammed it on the zombie's head. It was the Zombie Slayer bat. But I was alright with it. I swung again, it was knocked back. As it stumbled back I swung at it again.

As it fell to the ground I swung down upon the neck of the zombie. It then died and gave me its EXP. It was quite good. It was level 5, so the EXP was enough for me to level up.

But what was better was the skill I learned.

[ Skill Learned: Swing

Level: 1/100

The user of this skill will swing harder, faster, and smoother.

]

It was alright. I guess, I practice swing a bit and it felt a bit different but barely. But before I could get back two more zombies came my way, I used my bat and slammed it into the head of one of the zombies. It smashed into the head of the zombie. But as it did the bat was broken. The part that hit had broken off and it turned into light.

I quickly grabbed my machete and slashed the head of one of the zombies. But it didn't go far, but it was alright, I pulled it out and spun. As I did spin I swung the machete right into the neck of the zombie. It died from this, the other zombie was right in front of me, its fist was reeled back and ready to strike me.

I stepped to the side and with my machete I struck the leg of the zombie. The zombie stumbled before I slashed the throat of the zombie, and with my machete I thrusted the machete into the chest. It died with that as well.

[ Skill Learned: Slash:

Level: 1/100

Users of this skill will be able to slash hard, faster, smoother, and more focused.

]

[ Skill Learned: Thrust

Level: 1/100

Users of this skill will thrust harder, faster, smoother, and more focused.

]

[ Defeated 2x Muntant Zombie + 300 EXP, Skill Book: Magic Enchantment ]

With this I used the skill book and gained the skill Magic Enchantment.

[ Magic Enchantment:

Level: 1/100

The user of this skill can enchant their attacks or body with Magic. The more Magic added, the more powerful the attack or the better the body.

]

I was intrigued with this skill. So with it I used the skill and shot an arrow, the enchantment surrounded the arrow, having a small blue hue. It struck the wall and dug quite deep, but it took five percent of all of my mana. I pulled the arrow out and placed it in my quiver.

I started to scan the area. Killing any zombie I could see. It was pretty good. Each shot gave me EXP of the shooter skill. It was good.

Soon the only zombie left was the floor boss. I was so far away, around a hundred and seventy meters away. I took an arrow and nocked it. I pulled the arrow back and enchanted it before I released the arrow. The arrow flew across the streets before it was right in front of the zombie. It twisted the body before I blocked the attack with its hand. It then looked at me before it jumped. I could barely see it. It then landed on a nearby building.

It then jumped to another building. And like this the zombie started to jumped from building to building. It was fast and powerful. I pulled an arrow and nocked it. I then got ready, I watched ad the zombie jumped around like a… pest.

Suddenly it jumped at me. I dashed to the side and dodged the attack. The zombie then jumped away. It then started to jump around. From one building to another. It then tried to lunge at me again. I jumped to the side, dodging the attack. It then ran away once again. This went on for another five times before I noticed a pattern. It would jumped away, then a left, left, right, left, right, right, left, then strike.

Learning this pattern was useful but not entirely helpful. It only increased my chances of hitting by twice. After all, I only taken away half the wrong options. I aimed, my instincts guiding my body. I then released. The arrow landed on the zombie, straight in the forehead. It fell to the ground, it twisted its body and tried to land. But I activated the perk of my talent, Genius of the Hour. Everything slowed down, by so much. At a rate of around ten to one. I nocked another arrow and released.

The arrow struck the zombie once again. After that I nocked another arrow and released it, this one also hit the zombie. This time it killed the zombie. The perk then deactivated as it ran out of juice. I felt tired and out of breath, like I ran a kilometer in a minute. But that was it, I rested for a few second before my body returned to normal.

I went to the arrows and took my arrows back.

[ Defeated 1x Zombie Jumper + 800 EXP, Skill Merger Ticket, Skill Book: Heavy Hit ]

[ Level Up ]

[ Level Up ]

"This is very nice." I took the skill book and used it. It turned into light and merged with my body.

[ Skll Learned: Heavy Hit:

Level: 1/100

This skill consumes the stamina and mana of the user to increase the power of a single attack.

]

"Skill merger?" I muttered to myself when I saw that, there were a few games with something like this, and the name kinda explained everything.

It merged skills into one. It can make skills better and training easier. Sometimes. I used the ticket and tore it. It turned into light particles that formed a system screen.

[ Select you Skills ]

With that a list of my skills appeared. It scrolled through the list and found three skills that might merge well. Slash, Swing, thrust. These were the three basics of melee combat. With this it might increase the speed of my training. After all, I am training three in one. So it should be faster.

[ [Swing] [Slash] [Thrust] ]

[ Analyzing comparability… ]

[ Searching for Skills that can be merged into… ]

[ Done ]

[ Skill Learned: The Art of Melee Combat

Level: 1/100

This skill makes any and all melee attacks faster, harder, and smoother.

]

It felt good, I felt like I had become lighter, even if I hadn't. I was finished with this, so the best thing I could do now, I started to search the floor or levels and maybe some hidden boss or the like.