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[User Is confirmed: Trina, 15, orphaned, student, lives alone]
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[Welcome to the Apocalypse System]
[Entering the Beginners Mission World...]
[Story Mission: The people of Song City all knew about the coming of devil tribulation, they all prepared but the dragon army is stronger than their expectations. Most of the citizens migrated to a remote area and built a city. Unfortunately, the devil overlord sent batches of dragon army to the village. There are dragon's everywhere watching all powerful humans in the village and killing them. All civilians lived in fear in their house, it would only take a breath for a dragon to kill them all. Some of the rich ones used money to buy protection charms from the powerful people. The devil's intention is to take over the world
[Lowest Ratings: Survive 10 days in either the village or Song City ]
[To have higher ratings, kill more dragons and safe more people of Song City]
[Not having the lowest rating may result in death of the player]
[The system tends to protect beginners, this level will not be too hard, it's an opportunity for beginners to have a good foundation]
[Alert! Alert! Alert!]
[Mission Intrusion: Due to an abnormality in the your transmitting susyem, you are transmitted to another player's mission]
[Mission level increased tremendously]
[Main Mission: Slay a dragon lord]
[Secondary Mission: Find the other player]
[You and the other player are bound as one, you share the same mission]
After Trina finished reading the words, they disappeared. Her vision darkened that she couldn't even see herself. After a period ytime she heard a loud screech and furn back, her vision cleared again.
WHAT!
Trina doesn't understand how this happened. First she was absorbed by a game, next transmigrated into another where she now have to share mission with someone. Trina doesn't know which of the missions as better; to survive in a place for nder the attack of dragons for 10 days isn't a small feat but slaying a dragon lord…it depends on how strong the dragon lord is
Before Trina, there are bushes and long grasses every where but there is a cleared path in the bush. The path was obviously cleared by the foot of men oassi g through it consistently
Trina knew in this strange place, to survive she need Intel and equipment . She is a game mistress and it isn't her first time playing video games so she is quite familiar with the how the control works.
"Character window" Trina called in her mind
Luckily there is the same control to every game including thiz reality game.
As she called in her mind, a character attribute window appeared in her vision
[Name: Trina and ???]
[Age: Undetected]
[Gender: Secrecy]
[Title: None]
[HP: 100%]
[Stamina: 100]
[You and the other player share the same identity]
[The identity will be changed when you meet]
Trina doesn't want to accept the idea of sharing an identity with a stranger but what can she do against the system. She was the one who intruded another person's mission in the first place
Trina looked at her details and swiped the screen in her vision
[Strength: Level 1{normal youth strength]
[Agility: level 1{normal youth agility]
[Constitution: level 1]
[Spirit: Level 1]
[Intuition: Level 1]
[Abilities are calculated by the system; bounded players share the same abilities]
Trina looked at her attribute, she wasn't expecting anything big either. Through hee mind she swiped the screen again and the screen showed anoother thing
[skills: none]
[inventory: None]
[Equipment: Kitchen Knife, Dagger, Map]
[Skills, inventory and Equipment are shared between bounded players]
[Rating: Bounded worthless player]
This is the only part Trina found interesting. At least e to age might not have to search for weapon everytime. She hopes that the other player is not a just anybody, it should be someone that can take care of him or herself.
Trina trekked a long distance and got to a place where the path turned left. She is heading a low screech from that direction, she dont know if she should continue or not but she still turned and venture father
She heard a loud screech and halted. From the storyline of this mission, she could make out the beast screeching; a dragon
She heard a loud screech again and halted her steps, her heart beat faster and she couldn't regulate her breath. She heard the swing of wings over her and she looked up, she saw a dragon flew over her and went away. She saw the dragon land in a place not far from her and decided to follow the dragon.
She trekked the path and turned left. In front of her, around a meter away was a dragon eating someone and another person running from it. The dragon flew over to the man running , the man have a sword and a shield with him. As the dragon got closer, the man swing his sword and it smoothly cut one of the dragons wing. The dragon screeched loudly as it landed on the floor. It took few steps back as it summoned it's breath, the dragon opened it's mouth and fire gushed out of it's mouth to the man. The man hold up his shield and the fire hit it. The dragon's breath lasted for around fifteen seconds still, it didn't penetrate the shield. The man moved forward towards the dragon and hit the dragon with his shield with all his strength, the dragon's head swings left and moved back a few steps exposing it's chest. The man took the opportunity to strike the dragon's chest. The dragon screeched as it fell on the ground, it growled and it died.
All this while she was standing by the road side watching the fight, after all, she need to kill a dragon and killing a dragon lord and kiling dragons looks like a day to day basis here. Trina when to the half eaten body and picked up the sword and shield.
The man that just killed a dragon looked at him and went to him.
"those are mine"
"oh, I am sorry but am in dire need of an equipment right now"
"who are you? it's been six months that the dragon tribulation started yet there is someone who dares come out of his house without a weapon, looks like you are on a sucide mission"
Only if this man before him knows that she is truly on a sucide mission, he would not take pride in asking that. He is just a guy in his teens but he have a mature face and aura, this must be because of the dragon tribulation. He must have been through a lot, surviving six months in this dangerous place is a great achievement to start with
"uhm, I am Trina, I was invited here by a cousin of mine who lives here so I have to travel all the way from my country, I didn't know there is a tribulation going on neither did my cousin told me"
A dragon screech was heard, it sounded from afar, but it sounds like it's coming closer. Well there are lots of long grasses here, as long as a man
"Get in the bush, stay low, if it get closer don't make any sound, if you can, don't breath" the guy said and ran inside the grasses bending very low that the grasses covered him, I had no choice but to do the same.
Although he didn't collect the sword and shield from me, I don't think I can use them, they are just too heavy for me. While carrying the shield I dragged the sword in the floor and went into the bush. I also bend very low.
Another screech was heard and this time it's closer, the sound got closer and closer until it stopped. It is a dragon and it just landed on the where we were before we left for the grass.
The dragon make some pathetic sounds after it landed, that must be because if his dead comrade.
"I think dragons are just predators, how come they have feelings too" Trina thought
The dragon give a loud screech into air and not quite long two more dragons joined him, they both gave pathetic sounds just like the first one did. The first dragon take few steps back and breath out fire on the dead dragons body, the other two dragons did the same. They burned the dead dragons body till it completely turned to ashes.
Sean peeped through the grasses, he saw the first dragon seems to be taller that the other two dragon, she hope it is a dragon lord
"Sha...Sha... Sha"
The first dragon gave three short screeching sounds facing the other dragons. The two dragons bowed to the first one while the first one flew back to where came from.
"these dragons are mysterious, they are even communicating, forming a group and choosing a leader. No one it is called a dragon army.
The two dragons started sniffing the ground and searching for any clue left behind by the killer of their comrade. One dragon searched the left side of the road while the other searched the right
Trina doesn't know what side they are in but what gave her out was when she was dragging her sword earlier, it dtew a line right to where she is. One of the dragons saw that line and called the other. One of the dragons flew, not too high but high enough for it too see everything in the bush while the other dragon entered the bush, paving way with it's breath
The flying dragon followed the line while the other one was also trekking the distance, following the line.
Trina looked at her company who is just a meter away from her. The guy intentionally kept that distance so that Trina will not be a burden on him. Trina gave him a puzzling look "like what should I do". The guy widened his eyes
"ruuuuun" he shouted took to his heels, Trina also do the same. Immediately Trina left her previous post, the place got burnt.
Trina was terrified, she had never been hunted in her life before
"zig zag"
the guy's voice ranged out again and Trina started running zig zag. Whenever she leaves a place, the place gets burnt immediately. Sean started running with all his might, his legs almost touching his neck
The guy stopped running and shouted at Trina
"behind me"
Trina ran and stopped, hiding at the back of the guy. The guy stopped and hit his shield on the ground. Air accompanied with sand gushed out the ground blowing against the two dragons. They both use this chance to run out of their sight, out of the bush. Although the dragons have high intelligence, they have a very low predating instincts. When the air calmed down, they searched the whole bush but didn't find anybody so they went back flying up in the air.
****************** "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 dist
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
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