Even though it looked like we were winning, Akai still had the upper hand. And until something incredible would happen, there was nothing much we could do but to pray he would be the first one to tire. But from the looks of it, that thought remained as a wishful dream.Will had already instructed his four allies about the plan without even verbally commanding them. With just his eyes, the old man relayed his information and controlled the battlefield… For a moment, we had a chance. And if we could successfully perform all of these steps somehow, this plan could win us the battle.Our only advantage at this point was our sheer numbers and individual powers. And since I was introduced to this team, my teamwork was the most vital thing about it. So I needed to make my shot count before I could even pull the trigger. A thousand bullets would not guarantee our success, but a bullet that could hit my target would.Icarus finally used his blazing sword and desperately waved it against Akai.
“It’s all over, Aoi. I won this match.”Akai finally aimed at my sister and seized his already gigant advantage to close in the battle. I could surrender now and offer my life, but I knew that leaving Akai would mean death to my sister and the entire world.Akai left me with no other choice but to reveal my position and hit him from this angle. By announcing where I would shoot my sniper, Akai would know where to hunt me down, considering I would expose my body for him. But thanks to this situation, there was nothing I could do to stop him. So I bet every last mana on the shell and tried shooting Akai.However, my guts told me I would miss it. And I did. The moment I pulled the trigger, Akai threw his katana towards me and planned on using his fist to crush my sister’s throat. With his bare hands alone, Akai could kill my sister. And the bullet thrown in my direction was sufficient enough to block my attack,Launching another shell would take at least two seconds. And I needed to take
I cynically tripped the man and forced him in a close-quarter fight before using my guin. Although I knew that fighting in hand to hand combat was not my style, I assumed that this sniper also shared the same difficulties in battling against melee range. I was a sniper, so I knew my own weakness. I also witnessed that this masked man was someone more powerful than me. He took down Akai with one bullet. It took me a few to even catch him off guard, but I still struggled with our battle. But not him. Not Obsidian.But if there was one thing I could never forget, it was punching a sniper before they could even aim their rifles was my best shot. That tactic bought me some time while fighting against Akai. Thanks to Vulcan’s training, I may have already bulked my body into the perfect warrior shape. I even used my sniper as a stick for a weapon. If I had the chance to brawl in a fight club, maybe I could win my first few battles before ending up in the hospital. However, the same didn’t h
“Before anything else, I should warn you that monsters from the third phase area will respawn unlike these two… easy levels. I have already defeated the third phase for you. You can escape… But I want to see you try,” Obsidian explained, whilst in the midst of battle.I had no idea why the masked man shared such valuable information, but it only meant one thing. And that was how some people could escape this place. But the only problem that was obstructing that route was the masked man wanting to kill me and the survivors. Obsidian must have already known that I was willing to protect these people because of my shaken conscience. Little did he know that I couldn’t care much about these survivors, but saving them would buy me some respect from Elena and my sister. If I turned out to be the heartless guy I wanted to become, those two women would turn their backs against me and see me in a different light. But if the worst comes to worst, I would play the villain for them to escape this
But when the fog disappeared, he was still standing there, unfazed and intact. Not a single limb was cut or taken out. The masked man seemed unharm, as he stretched his arms and flashed me a smug look on his face. “Those bullets don’t do shit against me. You should probably know that by now.”He wasn’t kidding. When Obsidian said those words and presented it to me, none of the detonating leads did anything to his skin. I thought bringing out the big guns would do the trick. But after what I had seen, I guessed the masked man was just a monster.Maybe that explained why nobody could kill him. And that he freely shot my parents without even suffering the consequences. But despite the horrifying image before me, Obsidian wasn’t enough to scare me off. In fact, I was more thrilled than ever, wishing to put a bullet inside his skill with his name on it. I also couldn’t wait to reveal his identity in front of the entire world. If I wanted to kill this man, I needed to know his name and th
Time moved slow… slower than usual. I strained my brain thinking of something to do, and yet everything was just too late. There was no saving myself now. So as the bullet flew over, I closed my eyes and wished my life could end quickly. But the bullet never came. It would only take one lead from the masked man to kill me. However, it didn't happen. When I opened my eyes, a wall of some sort blocked the attack. My system had also announced that a spell of some sort was cast beside me. And magic touched my skin.I remembered this wall. The spell had the same vast arcane surrounding the environment. And the only person I knew who had this ocean-like mana was Akai and my sister. I always reminded Hina to leave this place and save herself from all the dangers of this world, but she didn’t listen. She never did. The barricade Hina made was enough to keep my soul intact inside my body. When the bullet crashed against the panel, the wall became its cushion and put to an end from its moment
Time wasn’t on our side. Obsidian tried hitting us with his sniper, but Hina continued lifting me up and creating walls in front of me. It was as if she was reading my movements. When the masked man pulled the trigger and launched a set of bullets in my direction, I went to the side despite having no platform for me to step on. But I trusted my sister. By the time I jumped above ground, I trusted my instincts and rolled on the side. Like I had said, there was no ground to catch me when I fell. But as soon as I gyrated my body, a floor made of soil immediately materialised and cushioned my feet. The next thing I knew, I tumbled to the side and evaded almost every bullet coming in my way. The shells that I couldn’t dodge still didn’t hit me. The moment those leads from the masked man could take me out, Hina summoned a wall in front of me and protected my face.I didn’t have the time to thank my sister and carried onwards with the fight. Time was also our enemy. So when I found an open
As I glanced on my side, Hina still wanted to fight. She stood up and used the rock beside him, but her legs kept shaking as if an earthquake struck us. But the ground remained still. There was no earthquake. And when I appraised her status, my system described her with a fatigue ailment in addition to her drained mana right beside his health bar.[Iron Maiden has been deactivated. Obsidian is too powerful to be compressed!]Those were the words that marked our doom. The moment Obsidian broke free from the [Iron Maiden] all hope was lost. I had no idea how to win now, especially when my sister was on the ground. She couldn’t me right now. But Hina had already assisted me until her body fell on the ground. Although she desperately forced herself to move and stand with the help of a rock, Hina couldn’t cast any more magic and would remain sluggish until she could recover her mana. Obsidian stood on the other side of the map, unscathed and unbothered from the spell. The [Iron Maiden] wa