25:Fighting Hundreds
Date Created: Feb.8, 2017
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An hour later since the battle started the scene outside of Shade Academy became a place of chaos.
Kian couldn't help but freeze the moment he arrived at the battlefield. What welcomed was no longer the tall gates of the academy but a swarm of monsters trying to break through the entrance.
If not for the fact that the players were keeping a tight formation, they would've already broken through the place.
Kian's heart sank when he noticed that there were fewer players than before. He tried to search for Shawn and Bea but they never entered his sight.
"Where?!" he was alarmed and sneaked into the gap in the formation of players, not minding whether he had to face the monsters.
Kian fired barrages of bullets at the monsters as he tried to make way. He managed to spot parties of players stranded within the massive sea of monsters.
He had the skill Flight so he was quite lucky. Most of the monsters couldn't reach him so he easily managed to give support.
He flew around the battlefield as he searched from party to party for Shawn and Bea before he managed to find the duo together with a few more players.
Bea who was giving support behind Shawn didn't notice that there was an incoming monster behind her as she fired off another skill towards a monster.
"Bea, dodge!" Kain screamed and flew to them at full speed.
He aimed his pistol at the monster and fired a Phantom Bullet. Bea who just turned around and saw Kian fire bullet dodged.
The monster behind her exploded into fragments of light and disappeared. At the same time, Kian arrived and landed on the ground.
"What took you so long?!" Shawn shot him an annoyed look.
Kian didn't bother with him and instead inquired about the situation.
"There's actually a stronger enemy out there manipulating the three monster bosses. Just a while ago, it fired a wave of light from the north. Every monster hit by the wave got stronger. They managed to breach the formations set up by the players" Bea explained with horror still in her eyes.
Kian's heart sank. A stronger enemy appeared? How are they supposed to deal with it when it was already hard to just fight with the overflow?
"T-then, how many died?" Kian gritted his teeth as he asked with a grim face.
"I don't know. Probably hundreds" the black haired girl shook her head and sighed.
"Anyway. We can't leave this place so we can only give it our all and kill as much as possible" Kian shrugged and raised his pistol.
"There's already a few formations laid out in this area. You don't have to worry about your mana" Bea nodded.
The players reorganized themselves. With Kian present, the load on them became lesser.
In the battlefield, no one relaxed their vigilance despite stress accumulating inside them. They applied all techniques they know just to make sure they don't fall from exhaustion and die.
Kian was also pretty exhausted but the continuous rise in his levels as well as his proficiency in his skills kept him going. There was even a small smile on his face because once he reached a hundred percent proficiency in his skill, he'll be able to freely changed their properties and damage.
A message appeared before him.
"Oh?" Kian stopped his attacks to read the contents.
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Name: Killing Hundreds
Type: Optional
Level: (Depends on the current Level)
Time Limit: Duration of Overflow
Description:
A war against humans and monsters occurred and you're currently sided with the humans. You need to reduce the battle power of the enemies.
Requirements:
0/500 Monsters Killed
Rewards:
10K EXP
5K Mid-Ranked Rune Stones
Magic and Spirit Points +5
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His eyebrows shot up. This was the first time he ever received a quest for monster subjugation. Since this game aims to make the world feel as real as possible, quests were not given by the system but by the local residents of this world or the NPCs.
"Timely" he felt elated.
What he needs right now is strength. Just the experience points reward from this was already high not to mention the five point reward for the Magic and Spirit Points which would be helpful in casting skills.
He summoned Xian beside him.
"Xian, keep a look out for monsters sneak attacking me." he said and resumed his slaughter.
He even went as far as to use his mana like water just to unleash multiple skills all at once.
An hour later, Kian and the others were already spent. Some of the players could barely even stand up despite their high stat point.
Kian sat inside a circle together with a few other players. They were surrounded by a few players who just switched with them to rest.
He opened the Quest Window to see the quest.
"Juat a few more till five hundred. Man, this is a pain" he complained and closed the window.
He thought that killing five hundred monsters with help from the other players was a breeze. To think that it actually wasn't so easy.
Despite his complaints, he still felt excited since there's only a few more monsters before he could get the rwards.
He saw Bea sat down near him as she took out a bottle of water and drank.
"Kian, what random quest did you acquire?" she asked as she turned around.
"Kill five hundred monsters. You?" Kian asked.
Her eyes went wide before she answered...
"Mine's kill 100 monsters using Formations. Mine's easier than you"
Kian couldn't help but groan upon hearing her answer.
It seems that the rule of ranking quests also apply to other quests as well. The faster a person levels up, the harder the quests they will receive.
If this was still a normal game, Kian would've been happy since it would keep the balance within the game. However, they were now in a death game.
He decided to open his Status Screen since his energy still haven't rrecovered that much.
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Name: Kian
Class: Magus (Gloom Warlock)
Sub-class: Enchanter
Element: Darkness, Metal
Rank: Warlock
Level:50
HP:100%
MP:100%
Affiliation: Gloom Faction
Strength:10 (2)
Agility:10 (2)
Vitality:18 (2)
Dexterity:10 (2)
Magic:80 (3)
Spirit:80 (3)
Rune Stones:27.8k
EXP: 40%
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Skills(Created):
Bullet I (90%)
Adhesive Shot (85%)
Liquid Metal (35%)
Phantom Bullet (40%)
Skills(Learned):
Mana Gathering (Passive)
Flight (30%)
Dark Element Application I (Passive)
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"Just a few more experience points before I get a ranking quest" he turned serious.
He had a bad feeling all along about the ranking quest for the Grand Warlock rank.
As he was about to stand up, a force hit him and he was suddenly sent flying. He landed on the ground with a bang, creating a loud explosion.
Kian groaned as he tried to stand up. He noticed that his health points was down to sixty five percent.
He turned back to see the second boss, the Barbaric Bullish Axeman. The other players who weren't paying attention were also sent flying just like him.
At the same time, a Status screen appeared on front of him.
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