‘Critical Strike level 2…. Wasn’t the skill called Targeted Strike before?’ Shinra wondered. He would need to query the System later, there were a lot of new things he’d noticed since the System returned to him today.
Hard to believe he’d almost died a few hours ago, and now he was about to die again.
‘By a damned doll!’
[Upgrade to Critical Strike 2 commencing. Rapid integration unlocked. Prepare, Death Walker.]
Shinra wasn’t sure what ‘prepare’ meant. Skills and upgrades all seemed to affect him differently, but they always hurt. Fade 2 had knocked him unconscious. ‘At least if I pass out, Wintersbane might stop the fight without me …’ was as far as
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