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"Ruuuuuun, Ruuuuuun"
The voice shouted again, Sean looked back to see why the man wants them to run. He saw something he don't know how to describe. Magma hands, burning eyes, breathing smoke, superb strength. He had read some novels that speaks about magma beings, most time they are the devils.
Sean took to his heels, grabbing the girl along. The three of them ran as fast as they can but they can never outrun the devil who is already close to them. The man who screamed earlier ran closer to Sean and said
"You see that building over there?"
"There are lots of buildings here, which one are you talking about?"
"The one that is broken down among them, we run into it and hid. We will devise a plan to kill the devil"
"Kill the devil? I don't understand"
"Run faster, he's catching up"
Sean tried to run faster bit the little girl is holding him down, Sean carried the girl on his back and run into the building with all his might leaving a considerable length of distance between him and the devil.
"Split up and hid,l. When he comes in, if he finds me first, you strike him from behind and of he finds you first I'll attack him. Don't be afraid, those devils are not that strong. Hid in a separate place from the girl and watch her back" the man gave his plan to Sean and Sean hid the girl in a coner of the broken building. Sean covered the place he he hid the girl with bricks to erase all trases of her before he also hide in another corner alternate the girl.
The devil came in and growl, he couldn't see anyone in sight. He entered into the building and started sniffing the whole area but didn't smell anyone. The devil gave up searching and was about to leave when he saw a place. This place have more bricks packed on it than other places. The devil went to it and removed all the bricks; he saw a girl under. The devil growled and and hold the girl on her, carried her up and squeezed it. Sean saw this, he ran out of his hiding place to the devil, he jumped up and strike the devil in his neck. The other man also came out if his hiding place to join Sean. The devil threw the girl down and smacked Sean's face. Sean does not only feel the pain from the slap, he also felt heat from the hand that slapped him. The devil kicked Sean away and went to the other man. The man had a gun with him but before he could even shoot, the devil squeezed the gun out if his hands at three it away, somewhere close to Sean. While the devil was busy punching the man, Sean stood up at took the gun. He shot all the resolt in the gun at the devil's head. The devil turn back at him and growled. Sean screamed loudly as he ran to the devil, he jumped on the devil's neck and strike the devil with his dagger until the devil dropped dead. He received a message from the system
[Your target is dead, you killed a devil soldier]
Sean was gasping as he rolled on the floor, the devil was hot and when he jumped on the devil's neck, he kind of burn his butts. The other man stand up with lots of bruises on his face, they both went to the girl at found her dead. Sean felt like crying and his eyes already teared up but before they fall, new messages popped up in his vision
[Alert! Alert! Alert!]
[Mission Intrusion: Due to an abnormality in the transmitting system, another player was transmitted into your mission]
[Mission level increased tremendously]
[Main Mission: Slay a devil lord]
[Secondary Mission: Find the other player]
[You and the other player are bound as one, you share the same mission]
[Identity Changed; Identity will be confirmed when you meet the other player]
[You share skills, equipment and inventory with the other player]
[One skill or equipment or inventory cannot be used by the player at the same time]
While Sean was reading the message, his eyes went blank and tears fall off his eyes, the man that was with him mistook it for the pain of losing a loved one. The man pat Sean's back and try to console him, this is what jeered Sean out of his reading position
"It's ok man, things like this happen frequently in the apocalypse that we are in"
Sean doesn't understand 'devil lord' in his mission so he asked the man
"The devil we killed now, I thought you said he is not that strong"
"Yeah, I meant that he is devil soldiers are the weakest among the devils, there are still devil generals and devil lord"
Sean remembered the system notified him that he killed a devil soldier, now his mission is to kill a devil lord who is at minimum three times stronger than a devil soldier . For what reason? The system's mistake?
"What's your name?".
The man askwd for Sean's nane and another message appeared
[An NPC asked for your name; set a code name that the system will call you, you can modify it later]
[Code name:_______]
Sean thought for a while, the babe that came to his mind is Sheoul so he set it as his code name
[Code Name Set]
[Code name: Sheoul]
"My name is Sheoul".
"Mine is Bean, I have a secret place that we can survive in, come with me"
"How safe is your place?"
"Very safe, it's a place in a broken house like this, the devil soldier don't really attack collapsed buildings. Trust me"
Sean was thinking about bean's offer, he is afraid of making a wrong man a friend but then, a message appeared in his vision
[Two new equipment are added to your inventory, A magic sword and A Magic Shield]
[Summon equipments to see their stats or use them]
Sean knew he can't do that here. Anyway, where in earth did his bounded player find a magic sword?
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Trina and the guy with her suddenly swim out of a river. They had ran inside it earlier and hid inside it against the dragons. They hid under the grasses until they couihesr the dragon's movement anymore.Trina was breathing heavily with her mouth because she almost suffocated.
"I cannot remember the last time I swam" Trina said when her breathe regulated
"what do you mean, you should swim everyday to take your bath"
"oh, actually I come from a more civilised place so we don't bath in rivers"
"doesn't matter, what's your name?"
Messages popped up in Trina's vision
[An NPC asked for you name, set a code name that the system will call you]
[Code Name:_______]
On Trina's previous game, her code name was Queen Trin so she decided to use it again
[Code name set]
[Code Name: Queen Trin]
"My name is Queen Trin, you?"
"Sean, you?" Sean replied
"Quinton, you can call me Liu" the young guy mispronounced the name
"No it's not Quinton, it is queen Trin. You can call me one if them"
"I guess I'll tay queen then
"Ok Liu, what you did earlier, is that magic?"
"my father is one of the magicians in Song City" he started while walking out of the bush and Sean following him "although we are not famous from the start, at the advent of this mysterious devils dragons, magic is the only way to keep them off"
Liu paused to confirm Trina's attention. Trina was very happy that she can get information about this world for free then she realized that this world is not as complicated as the real world, or should she say this current mission background
"I'm listening"
"When the dragons invade us we were helpless at first, the village's military tried their best in stopping the dragons but failed. One day, around five dragons attacked one magician and he won against them. Then the village realised that only magic can be used to stop them. Isn't this Chen's sword and shield?" he asked" I thought you picked them up"
Chen asked when he saw the weapons in the bush.
"they are to heavy for me to use so I dropped them during the dragon chase"
Liu drew out a dagger from his left side
"take this, it will at least help you chase off a dragon"
Trina collected it and swing it in the air like she is striking something to test how fast she is in it. She admired the dagger and immediately some words popped up in her vision
[Name: Magic dagger]
[Type: Sharp weapon]
[Rarity: Damage]
[Attribute: protection]
[Effects: Fire repel, fresh cut]
[Able to take as loot: Yes]
[Remark: It is very rare in Agrah, can cut through level 1 defence skin]
When Trina was reading the dagger's attribute, her eyes went blank, she looked like she is unconscious. Liu who have been calling her slapped her into consciousness, Trina have finished reading all the messages though " what's wrong with you?" "uhm, I was...I was trying to remember the way you cut the dragon earlier, you know I am wondering if this dagger cat do the same" "it can't, but it can stop and slow down a dragon"s fire. If you want to kill a dragon, take sword and the shield, I will teach when we get home" " home like your house?" " if you are bent on going to your cousin's, you can find the address yourself, just drop my dagger and the sword, you can go your way" "of course I'll go with you, I hope my cousin is safe" "the probability is low, those dragons and devils already destroyed 60 percent of the Song City ai there's just this village left" Trina put on a sad face to convince Liu that she is really here for her cousin "am not that cruel actually, even if y
****************************Sean thought about Bean's offer, he doesn't know whether he can trust him or not but he thinks in this apocalypse world it will be better for someone to be alone. More numbers will attract devils"No. I can't go with you to your hiding place, it will only attract devils, it's better we separate""If that's what you want"Bean went out of the building leaving Sean with the little girl's corpse. Sean buried the corpse under the broken bricks. When he was going out of the building he heard the sound of footsteps running to the building. He retreated back inside and hid in a corner holding his dagger and listen carefully to what the intruders were saying"Haha, see what we have here. It's an harmless lady"The voice of a man sounded with clear excitement accompanied by a cruel laugh The voice became clearer and the two people were coming closer to Sean.Sean hid behind the entrance door and pin himself to the wall, he is peeping through a hole in the door. He
**********************Ding!Sean was breathing heavily when he heard notification sound, he opened his status window[Acquired Skill: Sharp Weapon (Dagger) (Basic)Sean saw his first skill, he is not an harmless player anymoreSean was suprised about how he got the skill so he checked the other notifications[Stabbing: Inflict zero damage to the opponent][Striking: Inflict zero damage to the opponent][Continous Stabbing: Inflict Continous Damage of 10 per stab, Opponent is dead; You killed a devil][Striking: Inflict 10 damage to opponent][Hitting: Your opponent hit you, Inflict 5 damage to your HP. Causes bleeding…][Striking: Inflict 20 damage to the opponent][Punching: Inflict 5 damage to your HP][Continous Punching: Inflict 30 damage to your HP][Stabbing: Inflict 60 damage to opponent][Target is dead, You killed a human][To recover HP, you have to eat and rest][You killed two beings using dagger, Skill Earned][Sharp Weapon: Dagger ( Basic)]When Sean got out of the buil
Finally, Sean felt safe for the first time since he's been in this game. There is a place that they are in, Sean looked around and realised it has lots of dirt in it. After a little clearing work on the underground hideout, Sean felt tired. Lyla still had her guard up, listening carefully and inspecting their surroundings, after making sure that there was no intruder, she stopped and settled down. She stole glances at Sean and asked him"You did a great job out there, what were you doing before the devil came?""I… uhm…I was a wrestler""Wrestler? You don't look like one" Lyla looked at Sean all over again and confirmed that he just looked like a normal man. Except for his tough skin and a few bruises that he's got on his body which he got through labour, he's just a normal man."Yeah, I just started training and I never won a fight against my colleagues"In this underground hideout, there is only one bed and one sofa which clearly Lyla must have seen in the building before moving t
Sean was woken by the sound of movement in the room He opened his eyes to see Lyla eating some snacks at the opposite corner. She must have taken it from somewhere in this place, where she hid it. Sean closed his eyes again so he could rest his eyes a bit but the system appeared in his vision. He can see on the system that he has unread notifications. He doesn't know if he should read it now or later. Sean opened his eyes again, laying his haze on Lyla and Lyla stiffened up Food had a different value at the time of war Common snacks were expendable at normal times but at the time of war? They are a cause for fight! The same way she was almost robbed the previous night Sean have already known Lyla's intention after witnessing her suspiciousness around him "It's ok if you don't want to share, there are long days ahead got you took keep food for" Sean smiled at Lyla and Lyla let down her guard a bit. Sean lifted up his shirt and underneath it, there was a leather bag. This
Sean clicked on the unread messages and the messages appeared in his vision[Bounded Player earned a skill]Name: Basic knowledge of magic][Type: Skill book][Rarity: Basic][Attribute:None][Effects: None][can loot out of the mission: No][Remark: Magic book for beginners]Sean wondered what kind of player he is bound with and why this player loves magic equipment and skills.While sran is still thinking, a message popped in his vision [Hunger: While in the state of Hunger, Maxima Stamina is 30 percent lower than normal and is exhausted twice as fast. When Stamina is I sufficient, damage over time might occur to HP]After he gobbled down the canned food, that he Hunger Status was removed from the slot "There is hunger in the game too?" He thought quietlyOnce again he was amazed by the realism of this game Then suddenly, he frowned again. Thanks to the newly discovered hunger status, he will have to find a way to complete his mission faster or he might just have to search for fo
"Of course you won't know about the devil general. These devils are more like humans, apart from their looks and their blood lust. When the war started, it was the whole devil army that came to destroy the city, after their victory, the devil may have started retreating little by little. Then there was no devil general. A soldier just took five if it's comrade and massacred a whole street, when the Devil Lord asked for reason, gr said there has to be someone that will input fear into the heart of the humans or humans will take the devils for granted. The devil Lords and King thought the idea to be a good idea so made him a general and gave him devils to control. The devils moved to somewhere else out of the city, leaving the devil general to check us. Those that were brave enough to go against the devil general, they left the city to the village, most of them got killed though. Despite the devil general just having a small number of devil soldiers in his army, no one dared cross him o
Lyla agreed with Sean and she continued talking"You are very good with the use of a dagger. Are you sure you want to do this? Are you sure you are strong enough?"Sean understands Lyla is asking if he is mentally prepared for the fight against the devils and he won't just get killed before the fight starts."Come on, I made this decision and I'm ready. Moreso, I've got no choice, unless I want to be trailed by devils until I die or the tribulation is over. If I'm lucky, I have to do this. Sean smiled and reassured Lyla.He didn't want to risk their plan.He had not minded fighting the devil soldiers. If it was some human soldiers or thugs, he can easily dodge them instead of going to a fight with them. But this? With the scent?It surely was a different matter entirely."Uhm, apart from being safe, is there anything we can loot from the battle? Something that can at least help us through the tribulation" Sean asked ay after thinking of what profit they can derive from the battle"You
Achievement! Your dungeon leveled up for the first time, you are awarded 20000 pointsAchievement! You are the first devil to get a dungeon skill, you are awarded 30000 pointsYour dungeon earned a Name Title: Gursta Incredible Achievement! You brought Gursta from the devil world to your dungeon, you are awarded 50000 pointsGursta: Home of the dead Spirits(level 1)Remark: Your dungeon has become the home for dead spirits.Howl of the dead: +2 fear debuff when your dungeon is under attackAgony of the dead: +5 fear debuff when you are under attack in your dungeon Dead Summon: Summon the spirit other dead to your dungeon at the expense of your dungeon spiritChance to earn a title: Heir of Gursta This title can only be leveled up when there is more death in your dungeon[Your monster; Mou, guardian of Gursta leveled up]Name: MouOccupation: Guardian of GurstaInitial RatingsStrength 100 Spirit 102 Intuition 100 Construction 100 Agility 100[Overall Ratings 502][System Protection
I went out of the training room and I met Mou at door post"What are you finding here?""We heard some noise and from the training room, Warg told me you are in here and I was worried about you. I couldn't enter according to Ward's order so I am here waiting for you "I smiled at Mou and commend her for what she did"you did well Mou, you are dismissed "" Yes dungeon master"Mou said and went away while I went to the dungeon core"You need a mirror""For what?" "To look at yourself, you look more mature and strong. Your aura has become stronger. Prize for give days on the training room""What do you mean by five days, I only spent few hours in that place ""Yeah but I'll be glad to tell you that time is slower in the training room so five days are gone. Have you viewed your stats?""No, let me. Status window "Name: Levin WalkerOccupation: Hybrid of devil and human (dungeon master and super human)Character attributesStrength 65 Spirit 60 Construction 49 Intuition 70 Agility 62Ov
I fell on the ground, rolled on it and stood up. The cut on my back healed up in a few breaths. I looked around to see if anyone was with me but I still saw nothing. I drew out my sword, using the Holy Veil's senses and sight to predict where the next attack will come fromI realized that dinse my greatest fear is Nothing, I'm fighting Nothing The sense of danger that I felt is more concentrated on my left side so I guess that is where Nothing is. With all my speed I ran there and with all my strength I swung my sword but I stopped halfway. Nothing twisted the sword, forcefully collected it and threw it away. Nothing squeezed my neck, I almost died. Nothing threw me away and I gasped for air as I landed.To kill nothing, I need to find my advantage against it or its own weakness.Nothing slashed me again as it healed up immediately. This continues for a long time and I have to endure the pain. All the cuts nothing caused on me were healed instantly, as if they were never there, exce
Then an idea popped up in my mind.The spiritual core The spiritual core has the ability to control its spiritual energy. All I have to do is find ways to get back to the third floor and search for the Core.I released my spirit and covered my body with it and I ran towards the coming spirit energy. I dive into it and despite the cotcr of being pulled backwards, I manage to swim out of it as I get to the third quarter. It was all in ruins; broken bricks everywhere and I have to search for the core I begin my search for the north side of the quarter I searched the whole side very well but I couldn't find any pink shining coinIt's stupid, searching for a pink coin in a collapsed building.I have no choice though so I kept searching I went to the east side of the quarter and started another search . I searched the whole side but still found nothing. I heard the sound of the spirit energy coming towards the third quarter againThis is real trouble. The spirit energy is going to and fr
It's just like challenging a devil to kill 300 super heroes. Whereas it is very difficult to achieve, it's not an impossible feat Grr.. The sound of battle dogs came from all directions and I was surrounded. I took my battle stance and gripped the hilt of my sword.They all rushed towards me at once but they didn't realize that all of them cannot bite me at the same time. Every time I swing my sword, at least two of them fell There is always this small space that I always have between a fallen dog and an incoming one. All o have to do os occupy the space and use it to my advantage I kept slashing and slashing for a long time and it felt like it's never going to end but I didn't stop.I can't get hurt right in the second quarterAfter around ten minutes of slashes, I finally killed three hundred batti dogs. Blood was dripping from my sword and my body wax coloured red[You killed all the monsters; mission completed][You can now go to the third quarter]I jogged from the second qua
Out of the dungeon"It was good having you in our team, never thought acute senses could be this useful"" Rose, people don't know that acute senses is more of predicting the future than it is useless "After we got out of the dungeon, we drove back to the cafeteria we all met to share the profits."Steve, bring out the black gold coins for account"Steve had already wrapped all the black gold coins in a cloth, he took it out of his suit I put it on the table"We killed twenty scorpions and five birds. Both monsters are level 1 monsters so here, we have twenty five black gold coins" Steve paused to see if everyone was listening and then continued " according to the squad rules, we share our profits equally. So here are five black gold coins for everyone " After giving everyone five black gold coins there still remain one on the table and everyone looked at Steve with a suspicious eyes" Did I count wrong? I thought there were twenty five coins here"" There are supposed to be 25. I k
"Desert, sand landscape desert, how can something like this be in a dungeon " rose asked" The last time it was some grassy area and dwarves in it" Maxine reminded" Ok stop everyone stop" Ethan halted ai do for everyone. "We are dealing with a cunning dungeon master here. The last people who entered this dungeon walked out alive, we don't know why. The dungeon master must have a reason for changing the dungeon escape every time but one thing I know is he is using the most easy way to capture us" "That means the dungeon master is trying to kill humans without losing any monster, that's genius " Maxine guessed" You are right Maxine " Ethan paused and then continued "forgetting the part of letting humans go, the first time it was a grassy area with dwarves in it, Now a sand desert . We need to think of monsters that can survive in a sandy area. Steve, what have you got"."Uhm, I don't think he's using monsters this time, maybe he wants to sink in the sand. What do you think Levin, you
"Welcome Levin, my name is Ethan and I have laser eyes. I am the leader of the squad, as I have two years of experience in dungeon hunting. May I know if you are experienced or not"" I am inexperienced but I've fought monsters before"" It doesn't matter. Your skill will be tested on the 27th of this month. By then everyone should be in Golg. Do we have any Golg resident here? "" Yes, max and I are in Golg currently"" Great, you guys should arrange a place for us to meet. I'll update you if there is anything else. Mind you Levin, the squad is just a five unit squad so you need to try your best in winning the fifth position."" Don't worry, I will"The conversation ended as everyone's name went from black to gray; that is to indicate that they are offline"I don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong but I do know one thing: 27th is three days from now and I need to prepare the dungeon for a real fight. I don't really need to kill them after all I waited till nightfall before I
Mou and I went to the top floor and I went to Warg"I made Mou the monster captain""I've seen it. Mou, I will forward all your duties to your status. The system will notify you when you received it""Ok, core protector. But there us one problem, there are some monsters scattered around the dungeon, they seem to be independent and won't listen to orders"" Oh yeah, the random monsters. Can you approximate their average number" I faced Mou and asked " No dungeon master, but I have come across six of them"" Warg, is there a way we can get all of them to gather in one place "" What are you going to do"" Tell them that this is my dungeon and of they will live here, they must obey me"" I don't think that is necessary because the system says the random monsters will disappear after the protection period""They are no more random monsters when they become monsters. Find a way of doing that and order Mou to do the task".I said I went away from Warg to the dungeon core. I sat beside it a