"For Demacia- was it?"
Exclaimed Su-ho as he wondered whether the boy was just like him- what if he too was a regressor- here to save Earth from it's intended destruction by the demon realm and its eventual demonisation after the Milky Way's Transcendent Guardians fell- leaving little time for their inheritors to truly train and defeat the Demon Realms own Transcendent beasts.
Though he had his own suspicions he ignored them, now was not the time for this as he thought this another Skeleton lunged at him threatening his self of sense- but then as if having precognition he simply sidestepped away from the skeleton as he smashed it into bits with a heavy kick – turning it into dust almost instantaneously.
Behind him however were the other humans still alive as they approached the battlefield- they knew that they had to fight and that to deny this would lead to even more deaths- they had to do this for survival.
Gradually the humans had advanced further as they marched on for the earth and in between this all was Su-ho as he hid in the midst of them helping once or twice if any skeletons made it his way- but it was obvious he was recuperating after consuming so much stamina.
Though the Skeletons weren't much- due to their frightening appearance and due to their ongoing shock of being abducted by the Transcendent figures they still hesitated and as such injuries rose, as gradually they all received scratches or two on their bodies.
Despite seemingly recuperating in-between all the people Su-ho was really just taking the last kill- as only the last kill gains any reward and it gave him sufficient time to steal the runes and increases his attributes.
In essence he was monopolising the situation like the incarnation of greed itself- taking for himself and only for himself.
'I wonder how all the other battlefields are finding this task- so far all the people still alive here has gone down to 64 living from 102 to this it was a drastic amount- but still was too much as in cannon only 30 odd people survived- it seems my very presence has disrupted the timeline- is all he said.'
Believe it or not but there were countless other battlefields like this one all across the entire world- not just the Federation and the states but in Europe, Asia, Oceania and every other continent in the world right now the whole world was fighting – fighting for their survival, fighting to win and force the demons back. Looking at the battlefield they were in- seemed to say that it was an amalgamation of all types of ethnicities being placed here as they all stood together fighting hand in hand- it was the goal I guess.
'Due to being summoned here early I guess- I need to prepare myself as I know the others on different battlefields will soon look for newbies to kill and take their runes- before this wave there a few others meaning if they weren't prepared they would be eaten by all the other beings sent before them from different parallel earths and such.'
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Back To Jacen:
Currently the only frontier- he selflessly rushed and ended the Skeletons in front like a wild beast in search of prey he attacked with ferocity clearly possessing no martial arts and combat skills- yet with his zombie experience he utilised that to the full and scoured the area of Skeletons.
And soon the others behind him finally caught up with and they finally finished off the last skeletons remaining alive(?)
With mere dust now left and broken bones littered across the battlefield.
Finally the threat was gone for now as Jacen merely took in air as he breathed in deeply in and out- sweat was pouring from his temple like rain drops slow but steady- suggesting how much work he'd actually done- it clearly showed how many Skeletal beasts he'd clearly demolished into purgatory.
While he was huffing and puffing suddenly a high pitched tone rang out and with a face that said 'fuck that imp', he looked into the skies and there he was the damn imp as it grinned rather snarkily while stretching his cheeks out – causing him to look like even more of a monster than before.
"Congratulations you've successfully passed the task set out for you and I'm sorry about those that died- I'd forgotten to mention that fact- oops a mistake on my part- anyway I've removed it so feel free to walk or whatever."
Ignoring the damn Imp, Jacen checked his status- but when he'd done so suddenly AT spoke out to him as it said – [Sorry for the inconvenience Host wait a few minutes as the system has just been updated while you were fighting – to readjust and synch with your realm the System has evolved as such.]
And after about two or three minutes, it finally turned on with my stats being displayed as such -
[Name]: Jacen Walker
[Sex]: Male
[Race]: Human
[Title/S]: N/A
[Spirit]: 2,400 → 2,890 [Linked to your Dragon Force Rune and Mind attribute- the higher your mind attribute, the better control and output of Spirit that can be used.]
[POW]: 15 → 22.6
[AGI]: 10 → 14.8
[MND]: 9.3 → 11.2
(For a normal human all their stats are of five.)
[Attribute Points Remaining]: 0
Runes/Skills:
Dragon Force Runic Cultivation: This allows your body to become substantially stronger and causes you to have a higher grade physique than normal, it strengthens your ligaments, limbs, skin, bone density and also it gives you access to your latent ability of Spirit which can be used in multiple ways to strengthen yourself.
Paw's Fury: With this ability you are able to pour your spirit into your palms and strike at your foes causing immense damage – when this happens your palms will gain a green glow – be careful, for it is lethal to another being if used correctly.]
Looking at it seemed that the health bar was now gone- presumably useless who knew, as I then saw my Runes/Skills bar and there I found something weird, I mean when did my Dragon Force essence become a rune and then it happened.
As soon as I remembered of the Dragon Force as if by instinct and pain, I felt my right hand gradually become enveloped- in pain so much so that I wanted to scream in pain- it felt like someone had begun carving my right arm sand then spreading salt and lime juice on top of it.
It stung like hell and he didn't know what to do, however it seems the people behind him saw his state and as if by fear they felt an ominous aura collect around Jacen as they all hurriedly stepped back, for a second they thought they'd seen a Dragon of sorts a golden one as it roared loudly, causing some of the people to wet their pants, while others fell to the ground due to the killing intent leaked from Jacen - 'I'm definitely not gonna try stealing his runes' was what they all thought at this point in fear and apprehension.
And then it happened gripping his right hand in pain- finally the sting wore off as his sweat seemed to have become a tidal wave as seen on the floor- showing just how painful it felt getting his unique rune activated.
Yes after the pain subsided his aura headed back in as he slowly lifted his denim jacket upwards and then he saw it- the head of a dragon with its long body on his right arm- clearly an Asian dragon as he knew a western one definitely didn't look like this, it was merely a black outline of a dragon- but when he though of it – it turned gold- knowing this he hurriedly deactivated with some type of knowledge unknowingly acquired just now.