The shadowy woman stopped looking at her, and turned to look at other preys that it could easily attack. And that would be... 'Oh shit.' Joe, himself. She did not say anything and burst towards his direction. Her speed was very fast, being far faster than anything he had faced till this point. Not even the fastest athlete could compare. 'Shit. She's too fast.' He thought. It felt like a bull car was charging over at 40 miles per hour. And he was but an ordinary human, with more power than others. But he was also a fighter. An ex gang leader. "Earth Pike!!" He placed both hands on the ground, and strained himself to use his Talent. The earth below him shot towards the charging shadow woman, like a spear ready to piece through her chest. But she easily maneuvered it with a twirl-like turn. This allowed her body to shift sideways, and letting the earth pike to brush past her waist instead. 'Dammit. She dodged it. She's too fluid with her movements.' He thought as he pulled back. The
'But it's enough!!' He thought, and he charged towards the barrier with Beatrice. One duplicate charged towards Joe, and the other went towards the shadowy woman. All the while, the shadowy entity just stood and watched. Seemingly intrigued about the situation, and how Jason was still alive. "..." Meanwhile, the shadowy woman saw Jason become three, from one. And at first, she was stumped on which one to attack. But after seeing one charge at her, she charged at him too. 'Rank me up.' The duplicate commanded, and immediately after, his Rank increased once. Now, he was a Rank 3 Combatant... and most importantly, his Energy was back to full. [ You have spent 900 Energy units to promote yourself to the next rank ] [ You are now Rank 3 ] [ All your statistic index have increased by three points each ] [ Your ERG and INT has further increased by seven points each ] [ Your STR has increased by three points ] [ Your AGI has increased by three points ] [ Your VIT has increased by fi
'Holy fuck God, Read the mood!!" Hr thought in absolute panic. Anabella's heart sank, and she buried herself into his arms. Beatrice and Roy squeezed in between them. Jason was slightly overwhelmed, but still made sure to hold on tightly to Joe and Adolf in each hand. Fortunately, the Talent's effects finally kicked in, and he burned two hundred points without hesitation. And at that point, the shadowy woman's blade was already inches away from piecing through Anabella's back. But fortunately for them, they vanished instantly, escaping a hellish nightmare. Wam~ The shadowy woman's blade suddenly pieced through nothingness, and that almost broke up her balance. "...!!!" But she managed to stabilize herself, and stood there in shock. Twice. She was fooled twice today, which made her angry, yet wary of Jason. Meanwhile, the shadow entity did not move, and turned its head. It's eyes seeing through a distance of a couple of miles, and there, it saw Jason and his group appear. It ha
Hence he was still weak. Plus, there were many more mysterious things out there. Him being strong, and having a lot of Talents, did not mean he was invincible. As for these guys, he was not afraid of them. Roy and Beatrice were too innocent at the moment. Anabella was too much of a pushover and a coward. The only ones he was wary of, would be Joe and Adolf. And even then, Joe saw how powerful he was, and would tread carefully. But Adolf was a different case altogether. And speaking of these two, they were still on their last breathe. Joe had helped Adolf stop his bleeding, and as for himself, he was partially fine. "...Guess I can't help it." He stood up and went to the both of them. 'I'll just heal them up a bit, and make it seem like an arduous process.' He thought. The moment he moved, the two kids flinched back slightly, but unlike Anabella, their fear of him was not that exaggerated. Roy had hints admiration within his fear. And Beatrice, she still could not understand how s
Even Anabella was aware of that small fact. The reason everyone was recovering so fast, was probably thanks to him. She thought. To them, there was nothing Jason could not do. Run faster? Exert greater strength? Release fire? Manipulate force. Or even teleportation. He did them all. Now include healing to that list. "Is that so?" He took in everything with a poker expression. Anabella nodded, then stood up to leave. She had also told him that they were back at the Safe Zone, hence he should not worry. Joe watched her move away, until she was out of his vision. He then faced up, for there was nothing else he could do at the moment. His body was still in great demand of repairs. Especially so, when he felt his energy take its time to refill itself right now. 'How can we increase the rate of us healing faster?' He thought, closing his eyes to take yet another rest. 'Maybe... that boy will surprise me once more...' Meanwhile, just as Anabella left Joe, she went to sit besides the chi
The process went on for another two hours. During the time, Anabella went up and down, trying to ask around for food. Unfortunately, she had nothing to trade with. A few people had fruits they found within the forest. Some even had more than they could chew for now. But decided to save them up for later. Even if they would rot, they were unwilling to share. She ultimately returned in defeat. "No hope?" Jason asked as he lay down for another 'rest'. He had mended Joe and Adolf's wounds six times during the two hours. Once every twenty minutes. By now, Joe was close to being perfectly healed. He was able to stand up, and even moving around. Do light exercises, and a light jog. But still had to fix a few internal problems. Meanwhile, Adolf was still unconscious. He was healed for the most part. His wound closed up, and his complexion was close to being ruddy. But still unconscious. They tried waking him up, but he seems to be in some sort of coma. Which was strange. Jadon used [Deci
'Damn, my stats are beyond the roof. I doubt I could physically lose against any Rank 3 or below.' Jason reviewed his Template right after walking out of the Safe Zone's barrier. It was now habitual to check his Template after every battle. Or after a long period of time. Just to see his progress, and also to plan how he would play his moves later. For now, he had more than enough Stamina, and Intelligence. They were quite high for his Rank. From his deduction, the average stats of Rank 7 should cap up at 80 points. And his other three stats, barely made it to the low levels of this Rank. Hence he was not arrogant. The last time he was, it led to the whole Zombie chase situation, then ultimately meeting that terrifying shadow. 'I don't want to go through that ever again. Not in a lifetime. So from now on, until i can confidently take on a Rank 7, I'm not strong enough.' He thought to himself, taking charge and leading the team forward. Joe stayed behind, and watched over the team
Ten minutes later, everyone was back on track. Jason had somehow managed to calm down Beatrice, who was now too embarrassed to even raise up her head. Meanwhile, Jason himself did not mind the whole experience. Just that after holding her in his arms for a while, he subconsciously felt more closer to her. But more importantly, 'God actually exists? Well I don't have any right to not believe in his existence pertaining to my circumstances back home. But still, this opens up more of my belief in him.' 'As well as those gods from myths and other religions. And speaking about them, and other paranormal things... does that mean mom is actually not actually crazy?' '...Holy shit. If that's true, then those things that she saw... those things that haunt me in my dreams... she was not actually lying?' Jason's thoughts clouded his mind in darkness. The multiple theories and conclusions he previously came to as a child, were proven right and wrong. The most frightening one being proven righ