As I drove Paulina and Stephen across the highway I couldn't help but become filled with joy. Paulina had finally leveled up from level zero and was now officially a real player just like me. It was something which called for celebration.
[WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE AN OFFICIAL PLAYER. HECK, YOU'RE JUST LEVEL 3]
"It seems someone has forgotten his little secret and grown wings," I muttered with a warm smile as if it could see my face. I felt really good blackmailing the Enigmatic System. It actually took me to a whole different level.
"What secret do you have?" Stephen suddenly asked me from the backseat. "You've been talking about this for a long time now and I'm beginning to wonder whose secret you're holding."
We got to the mansion and Paulina immediately went to prepare some food for us. While waiting for her, I and Stephen decided to watch some football. Surprisingly this was the only thing we agreed on and it was really relieving. He had annoyed me earlier and this was the only thing he could do to make up for the errors he committed against me at this moment.After minutes of watching the match silently, Stephen finally cleared his throat. I knew he was going to talk and I prayed he didn't say something offensive."So have you ever thought of taking your relationship to the next level?" Stephen asked me.I didn't need to fall into a deep thought to answer that question, "Yeah. I love Paulina so much and I'm willing to even marry her. Why are you ask
That same day after eating we decided to do some training. First I wanted to see how strong Paulina's player skills were and also needed to see how effective my new player skill would be against Stephen. So we left the house after eating and went to the wide lawn so that we could do our training."Do you think this is the best place to do the training?" Paulina asked me as she looked around. "Aren't you afraid of having this lawn destroyed?""I can always tell the Enigmatic System to fix it," I said to her. "I'm very good at bargaining."[YOU ARE BECOMING BOLDER AND BOLDER]I didn't say anything and pretended not to see the message. I didn't want to engage in any argument with the Enigmat
After Paulina was done with her training, Stephen turned to me and told me that we could now commence with ours. He had a deadpan expression and I couldn't help but wonder if he was going to use this medium to beat the hell out of me."Remember we're sparring," he started talking. With the way I was talking I actually thought he would say he was going to go easy on me because we were sparring. But the next statement he made shocked me."Use all your strength because I won't go easy on you," Stephen said as he kept a fighting stance. "Your enemies aren't going to go easy on you so take this as a lesson."I nodded and didn't say anything as I also kept a fighting stance. I then told him, "Don't think of killing me for my player level and skills."
"Activate Rush Absorption!" I yelled as I also charged towards Stephen who was running towards me. In this scenario where he was using several offensive player skills at me, Rush Absorption was the ideal skill to use. This was because it could make me become stronger from taking damage. It was the perfect touch I needed right now.[RUSH ABSORPTION ACTIVATED][DAMAGE: 50%][RUSH ABSORPTION: 50%]When Stephen neared me, he thrust out his right palm at my face. I immediately moved my head out of the way and I felt a strong gust of me rush by."Ah!" I yelled as I struck him in the face, sending him skidding backwards. I wasn't surpri
After some time I got up from the ground and stood up while staring at Stephen. I hadn't seen him use such a player skill before and I was truly scared. What if I had died from that blast earlier? Would I have been able to respawn? I wasn't even sure I still had any respawn yet. I could always ask the Enigmatic System later.[WHAT HAPPENED TO ASKING NOW?]The Enigmatic System sent me a message but I ignored it and said to Stephen, "How many player skills do you even have?""Six," he told me. "And all of them are at level ten now.""What?!" I was very shocked and couldn't help but exclaim. "All your player skills are at level ten?!" I stood frozen in place without moving for some time. I didn't know how to even begin fighting Stephen who was way more powerful than me and successfully landing ten hits. A level six player like him who had six player skills was way more powerful than me.Stephen saw through my expression and asked, "Are you gonna fight me with that expression of yours?"I took a deep breath and replied, "Something like that."Paulina, who heard me say that, showed a shocked expression as she turned to look at me, "You don't mean it, Jason. Didn't you see what he did earlier?"I chuckled as I patted her shoulders, "It is a mission and I must complete it no matter what."Jason and the Enigmatic System Chapter 111: Ten Hits
I continued running for one minute and my speed began building up till I was now moving in a blur. Stephen kept blasting in the wrong direction and I knew that he couldn't catch up with me any longer. In order to be able to move at the same speed as I was moving at currently, he had no choice but to deactivate his Blast skill. This was just how player skills worked. A player couldn't use two skills at the same time. He could only use them consecutively. I didn't know for players way higher than me, but from what I've seen this was how it was. Even Darwin who was a level ten player could only use his player skills consecutively and not at the same time."Take this!" I yelled as I moved towards the back and released a powerful punch at the back of his neck with all my strength. He was sent flying into the air with the impact and I immediately used that chance t
When I woke up I was already lying in a bed with Paulina sitting beside me. Stephen was standing near the window and had his arms crossed. The rays of sunlight seeped into the bedroom, dying it crimson. If one didn't pay close attention, they would think my room was covered in blood stains. It took me some minutes to remember why I was lying in bed. I had used Rush Absorption beyond my maximum limit while fighting Stephen. This made me suffer a great strain on my body despite using the Healing skill. If I had not been lucky enough I would have already imploded myself despite using the Luck skill on time."Welcome back from the land of the dead, Jason," Stephen said casually as if he had no regard for my life. Twice while fighting him I had almost lost my life and I was really upset with him right now.Paul