[You fucked up! Run!]
“Where to?” Gary asked. As far as his eye could see, the streets and rooftops were full of monsters of all kinds. “Running away will not help me find Leah. Didn’t you say I shouldn’t run away if I want to think about saving the world?”
[That’s…] Ai couldn’t find words at the moment.
Gary turned around and walked to the center of the rooftop. It was a building with a little over 10,000 square feet in area, so there was plenty of space on the rooftop. It should be enough for a battleground.
Gary stood there and waited for the monsters to come to him. The first monster that came upstairs was a land bird that resembled both ostrich and kangaroo, but it looked very terrifying.
Gary instantly remembered the Terror Bird he saw in games. This was like a terror bird with arms as well. And its scream was ear-piercing.
[It’s level 31!] Ai hurriedly said. [If you get hit by its beak once, you’re dead!]
Gary clenched his fist as the monster bird furiously flapped its little wings as it ran toward him with long steps and at a great speed. Any normal person would have shat in their pants if such a bird were to come running at them, but Gary was far from being scared.
His clenched fist began to vibrate.
The ten-foot-tall monster bird closed in with its mouth open and tried to swallow Gary like a pelican would swallow a fish.
Gary punched it in its chin. His punch packed ethereal power and utterly broke the monster bird’s beak into bits. “Haaa!” he roared and threw his fist into its big chest.
BUDUM~!
A massive hole opened up in its body.
[This…] Ai went speechless as the monster bird pathetically collapsed to the side and perished. [Energy formation! You shouldn’t have been able to use it until you crossed level 100, but how did you…]
Gary looked at his fist, and he could see translucent energy covering it like a flame. “I thought of using the energy in my energy pot, and this thing came out. With this, I feel like I don’t have to run anymore.” He looked at his second fist, and this also now got covered with this translucent flaming energy.
He didn’t waste any time in absorbing the land bird’s energy and grew a little bit stronger.
One after another, zombies, ghouls, and monsters of all kinds kept coming up to the rooftop. Some came up the stairs, whereas some literally crawled up the entire building to get to the rooftop. Either way, it didn’t matter because Gary treated them all the same way. With both of his fists, he utterly punched through the monsters left and right.
They kept coming, and he kept destroying them as if they were mere punching bags.
The number kept increasing with every second. His stamina kept draining, but he also kept leveling up, so his stamina and health also recovered to an extent.
Seconds turned to minutes, and piles of monster corpses filled the rooftop.
Gary was fighting the last monster alone on top of a large pile of dead monsters This monster was a rather peculiar one in that it had six eyes in its face. Other than that, it very much looked like a ghoul with its flesh torn and body rotted.
Only this monster was able to bear the weight of Gary’s punches and pushed him to his limits.
In the end, when Gary combined both of his fists and threw a double-fisted punch, the resulting attack turned out to be much stronger than a single-handed punch, and it blasted the six-eyed monster’s torso to bits, sending its head and limbs flying in different directions.
Gary was still standing, but his body kept releasing vapors. His heart pounded at the rate of 1000 beats per second, for it had long surpassed the human limit.
Only after a few seconds passed and no other monster attacked, Gary asked, “Is it over?”
[Yeah. I think so.] Ai answered, sounding amazed with Gary’s achievement. [You can rest now.]
Gary loosened his fists and fell to his butt. His whole body felt utterly spent.
[You defeated 18,417 monsters in total within three hours.] Ai’s voice rang in his mind. [This is an epic level achievement! You’re the first to achieve this feat in this world!]
[Your energy pot has vastly increased in capacity!]
[Showing your stat window…]
[Name: Gary Lennon.
Title(s): Ghoul Hunter, Zombie Hunter, Monster Massacrer.
Age: 27.
Level: 131
XP: 1010/1310
HP: 1002/86460
STR(Strength): 21,891
STA(Stamina): 22,810
DEF(Defense): 11,430
SPD (Speed): 17,532
AGL(Agility): 15,001
AWR(Awareness): 9440
Available stat points: 35,820
Energy Pot: 213 species’ energy accessible.
Energy Echelon: Energy Formation Stage. ]
Seeing the stat window, Gary took a deep breath and uttered, “Scan for her.”
[I’m already on it.] Ai responded. [It’s dangerous, but after seeing your talent, I don’t think I should be holding you back.]
[Initiating Echo Energy Scan!]
A wave of energy swept all around Gary and spread for many miles, alerting more monsters in the process.
A group of humanoid spider monsters were sniffing and searching everywhere as they roamed the streets.Through two small holes in a wall, a young lady was observing what was happening outside. She had a long thick brown braid that reached all the way below her bum. “These spider monsters are everywhere. They are in dozens,” she looked at the people behind her, most of whom were injured.“Can’t we escape without being seen?” an elderly man asked. “If we leave this city, then maybe, we’ll get to a safe place. There’s a mountain in the west. The monsters probably won’t get there.”“Unfortunately… these monsters are not that easy to fool,” she said. “They are leaving tiny threads everywhere. Those threads will probably send them signals if we touch them. Even I will have a difficult time crossing these roads without alerting them. Once I get spotted, I’m done for.”Her words didn’t help them at all. “You’re level 34, aren’t you? Even you can’t do anything, Sesi?”The brown-haired woman Se
More than thirty monsters with upper bodies of humans and lower bodies of spiders came climbing the building from every direction.Naturally, Sesi screamed in fright. “We should go!” Though she said that she had no way of escaping them because even though she was at a higher level than the spiders, the spiders were faster than her!However, Gary didn’t look the least bit interested in running away.He grabbed Sesi’s hand and picked her up into his arms, startling her.“W-What are you…” Sesi’s face flustered.He threw her up high into the air. “Kyaa!” Sesi let out a cute scream because she really wasn’t expecting that. She thought he was going to run while carrying her in his arms, but not this!The spider monsters did not care about Sesi right now because Gary was right in front of them, and they shot webs from every direction. But none of their webs hit Gary, for he turned into a blur and utterly destroyed the bodies of the spider monsters with his punches. One punch was all it took
Gary was walking in the street, with his eyes closed. He was searching for Leah’s presence.Sesi was fighting the monsters in front of him. (He said he wants to save the world, but he’s looking for his lost lover? Can I really believe his words?)She mostly used her braid to get the job done. As long as she wasn’t outnumbered, she managed to beat the monsters and level up.Gary didn’t step in unless it was necessary as this would help her level up fast.In a matter of an hour, Sesi reached level 40, and she was thrilled about it.“I’ve played a few games in the past, but this is much more exciting,” Sesi told him. “I don’t even have to punch or kick, and I can still kill monsters without getting my clothes dirty. This is a really cool ability. If I hadn’t encountered that long-tailed rabbit, I wouldn’t have acquired this skill.”What Sesi noticed was that she got new skills only after defeating monsters that were leveled higher than her. No matter how many low-leveled monsters she ski
A few days later.In the western half of the city, a group of humanoid dogs had dragged living humans over to the neighborhood full of trees.They dropped the humans at their boss’ feet. Their boss was a twelve-foot-tall black werewolf, who was dripping poisonous saliva from his mouth. He was not a person from this world.“Is this all you could get?” he growled as he saw the four people. “They wouldn’t even be enough for a snack!” He was sitting on top of a throne made from cutting big trees. “If you don’t bring me at least ten people next time, I’ll add you all into the soup.”“We will bring you the people, Boss Boggy! So, please don’t kill us!” The dogs begged for their lives as they left the scene.The werewolf, Boggy, picked up the wounded people and went to the nearby garden where there was a lot of boiling pot. Next to it were piles of leftover bones. He tossed the humans into the pot, added some herbs and leaves before closing the pot with a big lid and then sat upon the hot li
“I asked you a simple question, mud bloods,” Boggy had his hands behind his back. His amused expression was slowly glowing darker. “Why do you have that black sword that belongs to the Dark Witch!”Leah didn’t answer, or rather she couldn’t. (Dark Witch?) She had no clue who that was.“Leah!” Rowan yelled. “I’ll buy time, so run!” He charged the tall werewolf, which was even more intimidating than the minotaur.“No!” Leah shouted. “Stop!”But Rowan swung the mace with all he got. “Bubble Blast!”However, nothing happened. Boggy stopped the mace with two fingers by holding one of the spikes.Rowan’s eyes widened to the max as he realized just how much of a power difference was there between him and his opponent.“Rats that don’t know their place tend to die early!” Boggy kicked Rowan in the gut, sending him flying. He coughed out blood. His ribs broke, and he crashed into a tree. Ninety percent of his HP was drained with that kick. He was bleeding from the nose, mouth, and ears but sti
Boggy brought Leah and Rowan to his throne and tossed them on the side. He then kept staring at the pristine black sword. “The Dark Witch’s sword… It’s possible that she died.” He frowned. “I heard that she used to be the favorite concubine of the Immortal King. For her to lose her sword, it probably means that she’s lost her life. Last I saw her, she was battling the Cosmic Cultivator Chun Fu! Even the First Key couldn’t defeat him! I can only hope that she managed to gravely injure that monstrous man before dying.”Boggy felt like rushing to his boss Yves straight away, but he couldn’t just leave his soup that was in the middle of being cooked. There was also Leah and Rowan that he needed to deal with.“What should I do with these two?” he wondered, squatting down next to those two. “Should I wake them up and make them fight each other to death? They look like friends, but I bet they’re going to slit each other’s throat the moment you tell them only one of them can live. No matter w
A swift thrust from behind with the full intent to pierce through the opponent’s heart made Boggy believe that he was definitely going to win.It was really a life-or-death situation for Gary.In that fraction of a second, Gary’s toe touched the ground. He put 10,000 stat points to his speed, and another 10,000 points to his agility.Using just the support of his toe, he swiveled in an instant and managed to catch Boggy’s hand, widening his eyes.Boggy’s heart shook for a second.Gary now put 10,000 points into his strength stat and lifted Boggy’s big and heavy body and smashed him to the ground left and right as if he was washing clothes.Boggy’s bones ached, and he bled from many places by the time Gary stopped. Boggy coughed blood and was getting back up. Gary spun and crafted a spinning kick that saw Boggy crash back to the ground head-first.Still, Boggy was growing madly. Even though he was bleeding badly from his head, he looked more angry than afraid.[This is one tough bastar
Rowan slowly opened his eyes and saw a beautiful brown-haired beauty staring at him. (Who is she? An angel? Am I in heaven?) He smiled, but a second later, he realized something. (Wait, angels are men, aren’t they?) His body responded quickly, and his eyes fully opened. He quickly sat up.“Whoa, took you so long to wake up,” Sesi seemed tired from shouting at him. She could have easily pushed him, but she didn’t want to touch a stranger, so she only shouted. Rowan still didn’t wake up from all her shouting, so she had to splash water on his face. Now that Rowan woke up, he had a bit of a confused look on his face. “Who are you?” He looked around and realized that he was inside an old building.He could see Leah still resting on the floor not far from him, but there was a man next to her. “W-Who are you? Why are you sitting next to Leah?”“Where would he sit if not next to his lover?” Sesi responded.Rowan was surprised. “H-He’s Leah’s lover?”“Why? Do you perhaps have feelings for her