Once again, Austin found himself in a situation where he was going up against the shadow fighter. He started to think back to his first few exchanges he had with the said person. Being an Altered, it meant that Austin was naturally faster and more powerful than he usually would have been. His Altered form wasn’t based on speed or anything, but he still would have somewhat of a natural boost just for being an Altered, yet he was still unable to hit the shadow fighter. This was all due to them being nimble, slippery, agile and flexible at the same time. ‘I doubt this person is an Altered, otherwise they wouldn't have reacted the way they had when they were going up against that Vixen guy that protected the Scavenger’s daughters, and I can tell whenever they talk about the other Altered they have slight fear in their voice. ‘If I was to come up against someone like this, who was an Altered that enhanced these traits in a person, then I would lose. I need to figure out a way on how to
Fast, agile, nimble, flexible, and a brilliant sense of timing. These were all traits of the shadow fighter that allowed them to win every fight they had. The question that ran through Austin's mind was how was one meant to defeat someone like this.Sure, he could bully his way to victory, using his large size and endurance to tire out his opponent and win the fight, but that wouldn't work in every situation.A high kick aimed at his head, and raising one hand, he managed to block the kick just in time. Though the attacks didn't really hurt him, his face was feeling a bit sore due to the constant hits.Immediately Austin threw a blind attack back, but didn't feel his fist connect with anything. The shadow fighter was already by his side and delivered a strong kick to his ribs."If I keep hammering away, you will eventually fall, right?" The shadow fighter asked, letting out a nervous laugh, as they themselves were not so sure.'Focus, focus!' Austin thought to himself.Having never be
Inside of the elegantly decorated restaurant that acted as the Scavengers' base, Vixen was giving a full report of what had happened at the underground fight to Vox, the leader of the Scavengers. He had already heard a little bit about what had occurred over the phone.He was angry then and that was the reason why he told Vixen to bring his captive straight to him. Now that he was hearing everything in person though, his anger was rising even more than before.“I see, I see,” Vox said, his hands held together. A few moments later someone had come in from the back, and started to whisper into his ear.“Alright, it looks like we have found everything we need, Vlad Epison,” Vox said standing up.This whole time, Vlad hadn’t mentioned his name once. To be honest, he thought that they would ask him all sorts of questions about Austin and who he was or where he had come from but they hadn’t said a word. The fact that they knew his name without him saying anything, he had a very bad feeling
Inside one of the many factories throughout the tier-4 city, an unexpected event had occurred that shook all of the workers to their very core. It was something they had never expected and had no clue how to deal with. It was hard for them to tell what time of day it was, as their routine had been broken, since the windows had been blacked out inside of the factory and the mines had no sense of daylight either. It was hard to tell why exactly the factory did this, maybe as a form of control. Their phones during working time would be taken away from them as well. They were easy for them all to get to, but they were afraid of breaking any more rules. The first thing that Elijah along with a few of the other workers did was apply first aid treatment to the old man Earny. He had been hurt pretty badly. Thankfully Elijah, due to his kind of work, knew how to treat someone and there were adequate tools in the building.‘His temperature has gone down a bit and his heart is beating quite s
After eating the crystals for a while, as expected, Gary’s stats had increased. Before it was something that could only rise with certain quests or levelling up, but now he was gaining stats without either of those things happening. Seeing as he had found a way to increase his stats, he felt like he was right to use the points from before on increasing his energy or his health. However, he did notice something else. The crystals that stated they were at the basic tier were no longer doing anything for him. Before he would have to eat a few and he would gain a few stat points here and there, but now there was no increase after eating five of the crystals in a row. The intermediate crystals he found would still give him stat points, but they were extremely rare with him only finding two of them. ‘I guess I should stop with the crystal eating for now. There is still a crate full of these things, and I can’t imagine how many more could be mined from this place. For now, I should just
The factory workers, in a sense, had a better view. From their rooms they were a floor higher but through the windows, they were able to have a look at the factory ground floor and see everything that was going on. A lot of them, although they felt a strong sense when they heard Gary’s words, it was hard for them to believe a stranger could do such a thing. What did one even mean when they said that they would get them out of this place safely and create a new life for them all. Even if there was a person that could do all of that, why would they do that for them? All their lives they had been less fortunate, just for having been born in a city like this. They had long accepted their fate, yet now for some reason they were looking at someone who was fighting for them. Yet they still couldn't believe it. Gary had moved, jumping from his position, it was so quick and by the time he had landed or they had registered in their heads that he had moved, he had already knocked the squad le
Elijah was a member of White Rose and there was a reason why he had been sent out to this tier 4 city. He and many other members of White Rose had been sent in search for the cause of the infected Altered as they had been named. There had been many cases of infected Altered appearing all over the place, not just in tier-4 and 5 cities. However, those had the most reported cases. It seemed like someone was using them as a testing ground.Because of this, Elijah was to do research into where the infected Altered were coming from and where the black Altered solution was. They knew that the first ones to get their hands on it would be the gangs, but they needed to know who was supplying it to them in the first place. Because it was clear that this wasn’t just an operation by some tier 4 or 5 city, it had to be something much bigger than that. So far, he had gathered no clues on the infected Altered or the infected solution. Before he could even try and do research into who could be pro
Gary was over the moon with being granted the pawn points. He could use these to either upgrade the stats that couldn't be upgraded through the crystals, evolve his subordinates, or use it to unlock new skills as well. It was the reason why he had entered the tier-4 city in the first place. In hopes that he would get quests to help him grow. The fact that he had found beast crystals was an extra bonus. On top of that, he was able to test out his new strength. He could feel his body becoming lighter, his movements moving with ease, and his mind syncing up more so with his body. It was hard for Gary to explain, but when he transformed as a werewolf, although he could move faster than he ever could in this form, there were times where he just thought the body was still lagging behind the thoughts in his mind. As he grew stronger, the delay between what he wanted to do and his boy was getting shorter. It was perhaps because of this that Gary actually hardly struggled with adjusting to
Xin had already expended a lot of energy in her Altered form, and holding her breath during her combat had worn her out quite a bit. Her single wing sticking out from her back was still there, but the lightning power that sparked from it was dwindling.“Big guy, be careful; this one’s tough,” Xin commented.Austin stood strong, looking at Gil getting up on his feet. As he did, Gil’s body muscles were flexing in and out. The smoke that was lingering from his body was starting to grow as well.“I know. I hit him with a pretty big shot, and I know I’m not weak,” Austin replied.After just getting back out from the hospital and recovering, the first thing Austin didn’t expect was that he was going to have to get into a fight, but from a single look, he could tell this person was strong.Not wasting any time, he had jumped out of the window and knew what he needed to do.“You're a bigger hitter than me, so I’m going to have to support you!” Xin said.As soon as she finished her sentence, G
With Xin being who she was, she had faced many different types of Altered, but going up against Gil was the most unique one yet. For one, he was a rare Mythical type. These had great power and a chance of great elemental ability as well.Not only that, but she had seen something somewhat unique to an Altered which she hadn’t seen before. The fact that Gil was able to transform his body, and in doing so, it affected his powers.Being large in size, he was strong and durable, while being smaller in size he had incredible speed. It was because of these transformations that Xin had felt like she had already seen it all.They had been fighting for a while now, so he had to have used either his partial or full transformation. There was nothing left for him to show, with no surprises, it was time for her to finish off the fight herself.The one wing that extended out from her back, the same size as a hand, was covered in yellow sparks that continually went off. They were condensed in size, g
Sparks from Xin’s Altered form couldn't stop flying off from her body. The strange hardened feathers constantly were shooting off small bolts of energy from one to the other. Even just standing still, her elemental power was activating.“You think things are going to change just because your appearance is now a little different!” Gil shouted as he lifted both of his hands up, locking them together. He was in his large form, having shifted from the smaller one.Doing so allowed him to pick up more strength than he usually would. The attack was going to be a big one. Gil’s hands smashed against the ground, and the whole building started to shake again.The people from above fell from their seats. Shelves tumbled down from the vibration, and it looked like the building was warping from within itself. However, the shaking had eventually stopped.With it stopping, the people on the second floor could see that they were now okay, and it was the same for Amy and White, who were close to the
The message sent out by Kai was heard loud and clear by everyone in the Howlers, and some of them took it to heart. Instead of trying to win their fights, they now were trying to last as long as possible.Raven had transformed his body; large heads had appeared and were in the air. Numba had been picked up by one of the Hydra Altered’s heads, its teeth biting down on his stomach and flinging him to the side until he hit a wall.“This Altered’s strength is crazy; does he have the same strength in each head?” Numba thought as he tried to get back up.Charging in were both Marie and Olivia at the same time. They struck from two sides, trying to hit the heads, but weren’t fully committing. They were carefully waiting for a strike and moved from side to side.Marie had avoided attacks from one of the Hydra’s long winding heads, while Olivia, as she jumped back, swung her hands and used her whip. It was effective in hitting the Hydra, but she didn’t dare try to wrap it around its head due t
There were a lot of decisions to make with the new stats and pawn points that Gary had managed to achieve, and it was best if he used them now because at any moment, he felt like something was coming.The fight against Ice was far tougher than the fight against the North and the South leader, but all of this was for more to come.‘First, I will allocate the stat points,’ Gary thought as he tapped his system, giving himself a few points in two areas.The first was his endurance.[Endurance 88 >>> 90]‘The strength difference at every ten is increased, but as the numbers get higher, the difference isn’t felt as much. Either way, as I’m fighting tougher enemies like that of Ice, Endurance seems to be a big factor in getting hurt less.’[Dexterity 82 >>> 85]‘With that, rather than being able to hit harder, I need to be able to hit more and get my attacks in, so I’ll increase my dexterity.’As for the pawn points, Gary then went ahead and used two of them on his health. Each pawn point at
---The final plan that Carter had, to try and turn those who had allied up against each other, had failed. Carter already knew about Ice’s past; there wasn’t much he could do with that.He was one of the few prisoners who knew what they had done. Through the extent of his own powers in a clash, he had killed those around him that had no involvement. He wanted to stay in the prison, but he suddenly had a change of heart.Then, there was Blackjack, the first man Carter was unable to get any information about, so he only had Gary, and now even that hadn’t worked.“What were you going to do?” Gary asked as he moved forward. “I bet if I was in here, and the Phoenix Gang wasn’t already targeting me, you would threaten my friends, my family, that are on the outside.”“You are a cruel person in this place; those that are already trapped, you force them to do your bidding by trapping them even more in this place. I can safely say that you are a person that I don’t mind getting rid of.”Gary n
---In the center of the prison, many had backed away from Ice standing in the middle. He felt like an unstoppable giant. No matter what attacks landed on him, they barely left a mark; if they did, it was almost as if it didn't affect him at all.His giant club was hitting the physical-type Altereds and overpowering them with his strength. Even those that were fast and could get closer were affected by his strong ice powers.He could block attacks with his ice, freeze those who came close to him, and create a number of unique attacks of his own. When a group of prisoners approached him, he slammed his foot on the ground. Ice grew from the floor in several sharp spikes, piercing those who took a step too far."What are we meant to do, Stinger? This guy is too strong!" one of the prisoners exclaimed.They looked around, waiting for an answer, but the prisoners themselves were struggling to even see Stinger. That was because he had hidden himself among the crowd of prisoners, waiting for
Blackjack was on the move to the North side. He was quickly going past the Altereds that were trying to attack him, ducking and weaving through them all at a fast speed. At one point, he leaned back, and one of the prisoners accidentally attacked another.‘It’s a good lucky day today, I knew it would all go well today.’ Blackjack smiled as he progressed further and deeper inside. As he finally got near the end, he threw out the last of his cards.They came out sharp, hitting four of his opponents on the head, causing them to fall to the floor, and that’s when he could see Calvin sitting on the floor, healing one of the prisoners.“Calvin, it has been a while, right?” Blackjack asked. “I’m surprised to see that you teamed up with the South Group. After going against them for so long, it resorted to this.” “I had invited you several times to join my side,” Calvin stated. “I had even healed your body after the fight with the Warden, and yet you still refused. So what else was I supposed
The fight continued with all three of them continuing to fight against the Altereds coming their way. Although most of them were relatively easy to deal with, there were a few tough ones.Those that knew how to fight either waited for the right time to strike and got a good hit in or were harder than just a single hit or two to take out. When this was the case, Gary would use one of his skills.He would use his Lethal Pounce, Claw Drain, and even once in a while, he even used his Claw Strike to attack them from surprise. When this was used, it seemed like next to no one could stop it.Blackjack had been keeping an eye on things that were happening around him, and when this happened, he would focus on just avoiding blows that he was able to do with ease.‘Is he conserving his strength?’ Blackjack thought. ‘That’s surprising. I don’t see many Werewolves fight like that. Is it because he’s worried about when he has to go up against the Warden? No, that can’t be it.’With a keener eye, Bl