He was alone...
The battles had been too gruesome and tragic.
He had thought that there aren't any people left in this place.
That only monsters were left.
And here he was in front of a woman reeking of slaughter.
"Name?" Asked the woman.
"Ray" He answered. Before, he hadn't heard himself answer clearly, but right now it seems that he could hear it now that he had accepted the dreams as his supposed-to-be future.
"Shiva", Then said the woman in return.
Afterward, words were never spoken again.
They had attacked each other at the same time.
What followed was a bloody fight that lasted for an hour.
And as the curtain calls, it was him who had won.
Below the bloody and wounded him is a woman, she had fought with a smile, and she died with one...
...
"Shiva..." Ray murmured to himself.
The Shiva in his dreams is one of the strong people that had survived the longest.
He was not the only one who survived, there were others. And probably, there were even other survivors too whom he had never met.
From what Ray remembered he had met 7 people at the end.
'Alone, there are things even I couldn't do', Ray thought as he looks at his sacred crest.
Ray then checked his status.
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[Name: Ray ]
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Stats:
[Strength: 24]
[Agility: 23]
[Vitality: 25]
[Mana: 5]
[+] Skills
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Ray had gotten a total of 5 golden apples from the 150 zombies he had killed. He had consumed them immediately when he got them and had now reached the limit of maximum golden apples he can consume.
From the latest zombies, he had also managed to get another set of throwing knife so now, he had a total of 12 throwing knives.
Thinking about the items he had received, there were still the 150 stat fragments and T1 syringe he still hasn't used.
He still doesn't plan on using the stat fragment but he could take the T1 syringe after a while.
Ray then examined the new items he had gotten as rewards from the rankings.
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[Nutrition Pill]
Grade: Common
Description:
A pill developed by a ninja clan. It contains all the nutrients you need to have a healthy body.
Swallow it and you don't need to eat and drink water for the day.
Warning: Prevent women's periods, and can act as contraception.
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[Sacred Blood]
Type: Special Item
Consume to gain a random sacred crest skill.
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[Divine Blood]
Type: Special Item
Consume to gain a random divine rank sacred crest skill.
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[Cloak of the Anonymous]
Type: Artifact
Passive effects
All stats + 5
Immune to inspect, tracking, and divining skills.
Indestructible
Description:
Bind the artifact by giving it your blood.
An ancient artifact crafted by an unknown civilization
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Seeing the items' descriptions Ray found out that most of the rewards this time appear to be something made to benefit a group.
He had already gotten a T1 syringe and had consumed 5 golden apples so the additional 60 golden apples and 13 T1 Syringes would be useless to him right now.
Still if he calculated it, then it was equivalent to a massive 500 stat points increased to a group. He could only imagine how it would increase the grade of a group if he had one.
A pity, he is alone right now.
Ray then took the Cloak of the Anonymous.
From what the description said, it told him that he needed to bind it with his blood, so Ray took out a throwing knife and gave a small cut on his fingers.
There were no worries of zombie blood on the throwing knife since it came from the storage.
Ray then aimed a drop of blood at the cloak and could then see it vanish.
Afterward, Ray felt as if he were embraced by a cold force as he received a notice.
[Cloak of the Anonymous successfully bound]
[Effects Received]
[All stats + 5]
[Immunity to Inspect, Tracking, and Divining Skills]
Ray checks the changes on his body.
Ray could see a black shadow on his back, he was now wearing an ethereal looking black cloak.
Ray found it conspicuous and wanted to hide it, and as he was thinking so, it then turned invisible.
Seeing the cloak turned invisible, Ray finds it handy, the previous look was too eye-catching.
Then this time Ray took out a T1 Syringe.
Ray then tried to find a blood vein on his left wrist.
After Ray found one, he then stabs the needle of the Syringe on it.
Ray then slowly pushes the liquid from the Syringe into his veins.
It felt like putting alcohol on a wound.
It stings at first, but then it felt like a pleasurable pain running through his veins.
It has then spread on his whole body as he felt his body undergo a transformation.
From the sting to his veins, going through the veins into his whole body. His muscles in his whole body experience a sudden muscle cramp for a few moments as Ray then felt his whole body heat up.
He could see his skin turning red.
Afterward, the pain then arrived on his brain, as he then felt something was released.
His brain felt refresh like it was bathed in cold spring water.
Looking around, Ray could feel his eyes improve, he could see far clearer than before. He could now see the details of missus pink's underwear. He could see the animal designs on it together with its wrinkles a few meters away... pink bears.
Ray then received the awakening's notice.
[Awakening Complete!]
[Because of the muscle state of your body, effects have doubled]
[All stats + 10]
[Gain skill 'Bullet Time']
Ray then checked his new stats.
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[Name: Ray ]
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Stats:
[Strength: 39]
[Agility: 38]
[Vitality: 40]
[Mana: 20]
[+] Skills
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Ray then look at the people around.
It seems they had also received rewards; He could see them taking out golden apples one after another.
He could even see some people having received T1 Syringes.
The white-haired man in particular gave his members one T1 Syringe each, as they then started using it on themselves.
And as Ray looks at them, he saw an interesting change.
"Buwoooo...."
"Hahaha!!!"
The meat slime man laughs loudly as it found its new changes. It seems that it could even talk normally right now.
It had now gained a humanoid body with four arms, but with a slimy disposition.
"Uwah, a ditto had suddenly evolved into a slimy machamp, shocking" said the boy with glasses in monotone.
"Ugh! still disgusting for me" said the voluptuous woman with thick make-up.
Ray inspected the evolved meat slime.
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[Name: Jakal ]
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Stats:
[Strength: 18]
[Agility: 11]
[Vitality: 21]
[Mana: 5]
[+] Skills
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[Skills]
Petty Curse (Active Unique Skill) - weaken the status of an individual by 20% for 1 minute. (CD: 10 minutes)
Inspect (System Skill) - Examine object/ person's status.
Bullet Time (Active Awakening Skill) - x5 time perception for 5 seconds. (CD: 6 hours)
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"Hahaha!" Jakal keeps on laughing as it then looks at Ray.
"YOU! -" When he was helpless, he still hasn't forgotten that this dude had stolen his sword.
But when he was about to walk at Ray, he was suddenly stopped by white hair.
Ray didn't know what happened, but he could see white-hair whispering a few words which stopped Jakal.
Ray moved his sight towards the other people around.
Ray could see people walking towards him.
3 people from the 1st group.
It was their leader, schoolboy, and missus pink.