From a man being given one rusty gun, and then transforming it into a perfect iron gun, then a bronze gun. And as if that was all, he multipled them into six rusty guns and a slightly better gun. Like a magician doing a magic trick. Leaving as if everything was normal, without any explainable whatsoever. 'My gut feeling was right. This man is indeed more powerful than most of my masters.' Pertina thought, as she saw Jason leave. "...I told you guys they were not normal. I told you. That man is a god at the level of a Novak." Timicus felt those words escape his mouth during his stupor. "..." "..." The other two kept quiet, and watched the duplicate leave like a blur of light. One thing was for sure though, they thanked the gods they did not fight with Jason. Meanwhile, Jason. Hurried off and later arrived back to his group. Everyone was up, and saw the duplicate arrive, and walk towards Jason, as usual. Throughout the process, it threw an object towards Anabella, who was shocked
At the same time, he created three duplicates, where each one stood in between them on the triangle, being the mid point areas of the triangle. One in between Joe and Jason, another one in between Joe and Anabella, and the last one between Jason and Anabella. Thus creating more protection for those in the center, and more security to Joe and Anabella. That being said, they stood at guard, and waited for the situation to turn at any given point. All of them tense, and nervous to the bone. And the situation only changed when they began hearing faint cries from all around them. Faint cries of women pleading for mercy and forgiveness. "Now you guys tell me... that I aren't the only one hearing all of that." Jason said. But nobody answered him. Everyone was too nervous and focused on the soroundings to have time to joke with him. 'I guess I'm not.' The faint cries became louder and louder, as if whatever was crying to them, was getting closer and closer. The cries ignited strange feel
"Ah, shit. We got trouble. Beatrice, can you Rank up?" "Y–Yes!!" "Rank up then. Hurry up, and protect us with your barrier." "Yes!!" [ You have spent 600 Energy units to promote yourself to the next rank ] [ You are now Rank 2 ] [ All your statistic index have increased by two points each ] [ Your INT has increased by six points ] [ Your ERG has increased by four points [ Your STR has increased by four points ] [ Your AGI has increased by three points ] [ Your VIT has increased by three point ] [ You have been rejuvenated ] Beatrice heard the notifications, and without wasting a nick of time, she enacted her barrier when the cool down effect was canceled. The golden barrier appeared, seemingly more solidified than before. And from the definition, it would also last longer than before as she was now Rank 2. Everyone finally relaxed upon seeing the barrier, and it was also the time when the first creature collided heavily onto it, causing everyone to feel a sense of deja v
The group moved on, and along the way, they were presented with groups of hideous creatures, like the Sloth Eaters, at close proximity. Anabella had, at some point, moved closer to Jason. Roy had also moved closer to Joe, who had Adolf on his back as usual. And even he, seemed repulsed. Jason as well. 'I won't lie... I am more disgusted than frightened. No. The only time I was really frightened, was when I died. Now that... was true fear.' He thought, and as he thought, he arrived at the door of one of the many houses around here. The houses weren't even houses, but the group settled on that word. They were large enough to hold three to four people comfortably, with not much free space for each. But the shack before them was even larger, being half a size larger, to almost twice the size. Hence even a group of ten could be crammed inside it. Of course, without much space to breathe. "So we will be going in, but I warn you, you won't be comfortable inside. Still wanna go?" Jason
Roy felt himself losing control over his body. It began trembling in fear, and his breathe also became torn and raggered. But the demon didn't stop there. It also widened its eyes, and along with a maddened smile that stretched out to reach both of his ears, it was nightmarish. And to make matters worse, it took baby steps towards him. Roy lost hope at that point, and could even hear his own breathe from a mile away. Even his chest was heaving up and down. 'It's over. It's over. Its over. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die.' He continously thought. The demon walked all the way close to him, and lowered its body closer to his face. It's breathe brushed past his face, smelling like sulphur and burnt flesh. "..." Roy still did not move, and had his eyes tightly shut. He couldn't even muster up the courage to call out for help, or beg for mercy. Fear had taken over his entire biology, shutting down 90% of his thoughts. Right now, he was ready to accept death at any moment.
A flash of light appeared within the sea of green mist, and from it, Jason and his group appeared, sprawled on the ground. "Ugh..." Jason sat up feeling groggy and light headed, and checked Beatrice for any wounds from the fall. 'Thank God she's okay, but damn, does my head hurt.' He thought to himself, and then checked the well being of everybody else. Anabella was okay, and had just sat up. Joy and Adolf seemed relatively alright as well, as well as Roy. Brute and Pertina were okay as well. As for Timicus... Ah, Timicus... '...Shit, the poor guy was left behind. He's probably dead by now.' He thought, then closing his eyes to try and sense his duplicate. Anabella and his group also r***2ealized this, and were left in silence, each having heavy thoughts weighing down on their hearts. 'Is this... what the end of the world means?' Anabella thought, now being aware of how ruthless and cold blooded Jason could be, if push came to shove. 'I have to be extra careful around him from
「Fire!!」 Boom~!! A distinct voice of anger and vigor rang out, followed by a blaring explosion that lit up the entire misty night sky like a blooming sun. "The hell..?!" "Kyaaa!!" Jason and his group were startled into covering their eyes protectively. The light above was too bright, and almost blinded them, which was an unpleasant feeling. "Kreeaaaa..!!" "Kaaaaa..!!" The half-demon imps seemed to have felt the same, as they shrieked in pain amidst scrambling away, leaving the sorounding region in peace and silence. "What... just happened?" Jason queried in stupor. When he opened his eyes, the green mist within a hundred meter radius was gone, and the area was as bright as day. If not brighter "...The hell?" Meanwhile, the half-demon imps, ranging within the hundreds, crumbled down weakly, evaporating into dried mummy husks of their former selves, before disintegrating into dust. Joe and the others also saw through this, and marveled in fear and amazement at such miraculous
While Jason and his group were having their own mishaps and troubles, his duplicate was not faring well either. In fact, it fated much worse than them. 'This... is a hell zone.' It pondered on the overall situation it was in. It was a hopeless situation for anyone. No, a dreadfully dire situation. The green mist aside, there were zombies everywhere, in all shapes and forms. Some crawled, some slithered, some hopped... but one thing was definitely for sure... 'They are human-like? No, it's better to say that they are novaks instead, since this is their world.' It assessed, holding Timicus down and grasping his jaws tightly. This locked out any options for the man to let out any sound. The both of them concealed themselves behind a dead branch, being blanketed by a veil of light that made them invisible from the naked eye. Yet that alone, failed to difuse the unease and dread that both young man felt. It was far from achieving that motive, miles far. 'Man... at times like this, I w