Alex left the conversation after that, as he doesn't want to bother me when I am fighting. And I believe that he did not expect me to response to his call since I am supposed to be in battle.
I would not have divided my attention if it was really a battle. It is not. Not really.
This is more like a one-sided massacre, as I move along the corridors towards the storages and vaults for some good old fashion looting. That was the plan, at least before I learned that these assholes had beaten me to it.
Honestly, I did not expect to rob a bank while it is being robbed. But I will get what I am here to get.
Since those men are starting to make use of their guns now, I decide to make use of Magneto, leveling it up as well. The magical barrier from Magneto is far more than a match for bullets, and the responses of spears made of ice and fire make quick works of the gunmen.
"Oh, what the fuck!? Argh fuck! Fallback! Fallback! This guy can shoot fire!" one of them calls out and manages to run off to inform whoever in charge.
I allow him to do so while executing everyone else in sight and making use of their XP. I ignore the girl who hastily follows me from the restroom, as she is just baggage.
Once I finally reach the storages and the vaults, the guy who had escaped before is nothing more than a mangled corpse on the floor next to the feet of an enormous man, who towers over everyone within the room.
And if that is not intimidating enough, his muscles are swelling absurdly. I suppose that he is the boss of this place, and I am not very impressed.
Aside a dozen or so armed men, there are at least 20 hostages. Most of them are women, and not all of them are fully clothed. I suppose that is about right, for this sort of things happen quite a lot in the Zone.
The strong eats the weak and becomes stronger, and because of this very fact, a lot of surviving players were real monsters in the old timeline, more so than the monsters that they had slaughtered for XP.
"Who the fuck –
I vanish in a burst of speed before reappearing in front of the opened vault, finding what I have come here for in the first place.
"How the fuck did you do that?" the armed man nearby calls out as he aims his gun at me. His hostile action requires a demonstration, and I flash Amaterasu, sending his head flying across the air.
It crashes into the unmoving boss, causing everyone to gasp. Their gasps turn into screams as the boss breaks into countless bloody pieces. I did more than just pass through the man with blinding speed.
He is not like that general. Thus, I can use my swordsmanship on him to great effect. There was some resistance when slicing through his body, but it is nothing that Amaterasu cannot handle.
I turn around to look at the armed men and the hostages and also at the women who is standing right in the doorways. "If you don't want to die then drop your weapons and get on your knees."
The men instantly did and then either raise their hands or drop to the floor. The hostages on the other hand appear to be relieve, especially the women. Great, now I have more baggage.