Max stood in confidence despite the raging storm above Nevaksha Base. The rain pelted down, turning the ground muddy. His specialised weapon, the warhammer, hummed with his synergy force.EXA-4.03Extraterrestrial Armament number four, third prototype.A warhammer made using an alien monster’s unique body parts to draw out its specific strength. The ability to manipulate gravity. Especially made for Max.  It was in his hands now, after what felt like an eternity.He glanced at the person who threw the warhammer towards him, while also targeting the humanoid alien’s back in a measly attack. It was none other than that three percent thug. ‘Jed Hunter, was it?’Jed flinched at him, probably due to his destroyed eye. It left a horrid hole on his face, a mockery to his own handsomeness. No matter.He didn’t know how the weakling did this. His specialised weapon was supposed to have a security measurement that wo

Max was frozen in place, immobilised by the poison he didn’t know before. His end was approaching. Creeping slowly, taking in the panic that he tried to hide.“See?” The humanoid monster was too close to ending his life. “Humans are fragile. So weak and powerless, but you multiplied by thousands every day. Just like bugs, you said.”Max’s heart pounded, urging his muscles to move.“Thank you for the good food. I’ll enjoy every bit of you, human.”But, a burst of fungal structure suddenly sprung from the ground, forcing the humanoid monster to step away to not get caught inside. Separating them.Max knew what it was.“Fungal Forest.” A figure clad in jagged white full armour said from the dark, walking behind the humanoid monster with ease. “Pretty convenient trick, don’t you say?”Jed Hunter came to the rescue.The humanoid monster growled, its

The air brushed fiercely all around Jed’s body as he tried to make sense of the monster’s strength. He had to do something before it greeted him in the sky and kicked him down to the earth. “Shadow Cloak!”[Item – Shadow Cloak was drawn.][You may activate its invisible feature at will.][However, attack initiation will deactivate its feature immediately.] A dark cloak shrouded around Jed’s body, and he disappeared into thin air.Invisible. “So I was right.” The semi-translucent humanoid monster remarked. Its slender face looked like a piece of chopped wood with a pair of slanted eyes and wide mouth, looking around it in wonder. “You absorb creatures to get their strength too. Just like me. I wonder if you can fly, too.”Jed couldn’t. It’d be cool if he could, though.The semi-translucent monster looked up at the sky, couldn’t

[Item – Frogsbane Coil was drawn.]Jed swung the dull pink whip, snapping his wrist to make the end curl around the tailless manta ray reptile. It screeched in anger, but Jed didn’t let go. He gave a thug on his Frogsbane Coil, making him and the manta ray reptile to jerk each other.He managed to get on its back despite the flying monster’s useless roar of shockwave and struggles. Once he got a good grip on the manta ray reptile, Jed drew his right arm and shot it quickly to its thin back.The flying monster roared and roared in pain, but Jed didn’t let go. He curled his fingers on the small core located in the middle of its chest and wrenched it out. The manta ray reptile gave a final roar and its struggle ended. It dropped dead from the sky, along with Jed who couldn’t stop grinning.“Well, there’s no better time to eat a snack than now, hmm?”And so he did.[Ultimate Skill – Devour was activated.]“Damn right!” Jed laughed as he was free falling from the sky. “I better get the bes

Jed’s dual swords, Noxblades, glinted under the flickering lights of the narrow corridor. His breath came in measured intervals, each one syncing with the hum of the ship’s bio-engines. Standing across, a slender humanoid alien mirrored his stance, its own dual blades that came from its long limbs shimmering with an eerie, otherworldly glow. With a sudden movement, both of them lunged. Blades clashed against blades, sparks flying as they exchanged rapid, fluid strikes. Jed’s muscles burned as he parried and struck, his eyes locked onto the alien’s unblinking human-like gaze. The alien’s movements were almost dance-like, its agility matching Jed’s Hyperreflexia, a passive skill that granted him superhuman reaction times for dodging and countering attacks swiftly. Not stopping, Jed recalled the skills that came with these dual blades. ‘Crosscut!’[Active Skill – Crosscut][CD: 59 minutes 59 seconds][Core: -500]As if his arms were moving on their own, Jed gave a crisscrossing attack