Mender's group had already gone to the portal leading towards the mansion.
The office Lady Flaye, after discussing a few things with the schoolboy Yale who was waiting for her, too had gone to the mansion's portal afterward.
Ray wanted to ask the angel which was now floating asleep at the center about some questions, but before he could do so, he suddenly saw another group of people moving towards him.
Now, it was the bald man, and together with him, he had brought his full crew.
'Now, it seems I can't get a break'
Ray look at the bald man which was slowly leading his group towards him.
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[Name: Dobberman ]
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Stats:
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 22]
[Vitality: 18]
[Mana: 11]
[+] Skills
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[Skills]
Blitz (Active Unique Skill) - Increase the strength and agility of a maximum of ten individuals by 10% for 5 minutes. (CD: 5 minutes)
Inspect (System Skill) - Examine object/ person's status.
Bullet Time (Active Awakening Skill) - x5 time perception for 5 seconds. (CD: 4 hours)
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Ray then examined the people around Dobberman, and as he looked carefully at their hands, he realized that they have the same sacred marks as him. It means that they are already under one group officially.
Checking their status, including their leader, there are only two who have awakened, 5 of them are even ranged, Unique skill users.
A total of 8 people.
"Hello there, I am Dobberman" as the man arrived in front of him, the man gave Ray a simple greeting.
Ray then replied, "State your purpose"
Hearing this the bald man just smiled, he then said, "Man! You're really strong! 150 zombie kills, very impressive!"
As the bald said these words, Ray noticed that his other members are slowly surrounding him.
"..."
"Let me just say that I'm here to do a trade you say" The bald man continued.
"Hoh, really?... and I say that the matter of surrounding me is included in the trade?" Ray said as he looked at the people around, a few of them are even snickering as they heard his words.
"Let's just say that it is just countermeasure, in case things go wrong" Dobberman laughingly said.
"Is that a threat?" Ray asked coldly.
"No-no, don't misunderstand. This is not a threat, you see... I said it earlier, this is a trade..."
Dobberman then continued,
"From the ranking rewards, you must have received more than one T1 syringe, and I say we're somewhat interested in those, you see"
"And what is your offer?" Ray asked calmly.
Hearing his words, some of the people around are mocking him.
"... does he really think he is in the position to say that?"
"He must be thinking we're just the same as zombies..."
All the people around have already had the taste of what it's like to kill people, and right now their blood lust is still isn't over yet.
They are thinking that Ray is only capable of killing the slow walking zombies, and for them who are superior for killing live people. That is nothing...
If they were given time, they thought they could do the same thing as Ray.
And even if he had gotten the +5 all stats from a syringe and the stat points from the zombies he killed, what could he do if he was surrounded.
That's why they were laughing at him. He must be stupid for letting them surround him. He should've run before they could do so. Now, the fight is already over before it could even begin, they thought.
Now, he is under their mercy, they could throw a barrage of ranged attacks anytime and he certainly wouldn't go unscathed.
What could he even do?
Hearing Ray's words, Dobberman just laugh and said,
"We are feeling good right now, so how about you just give us everything you have right now, and we'll then turn around"
"And what if I refuse?"
"Then let's just say, things won't end well" Now Dobberman stopped giving off pretense.
Hearing Dobberman's words, the people around are now on attack mode ready to attack Ray.
"Hahaha..." Ray laughed calmly.
Hearing his laugh, the people around are were murmuring amongst themselves.
"He must have turned crazy from the scare..."
"... He's kinda pitiful in a way, hehehe"
...
Seeing the people ready to kill him, Ray found himself funny.
Earlier he was disappointed with himself for feeling pity for some people.
He felt a weakness in his heart.
When one is weak in his body, then he must have at least a strong mind and a strong heart.
But now Ray realized, that even if he does nothing. The world would see to it that he would have one, even if right now he doesn't.
If he would remain weak, he would be left behind, and be killed.
The world isn't even at its worst yet, but still, right now, he could see people wanting to devour others for themselves.
Earlier, he had seen them kill people during the chaos, he even saw a child being killed by one of them.
These people are the worst humans, but it is a matter of fact that these kinds of people are normally the ones to survive at the start.
A cold heart... right now, laughing no more, the existence of mercy and pity doesn't exist in Ray's heart.
As Ray stop laughing, the people around suddenly stopped breathing for a moment as they suddenly felt their surroundings grow cold.
Dobberman opened his mouth and said, "I know you must be feeling-
But before he could even finish his words, Ray interrupted him.
"Hoh? By things not ending well..." Ray then readies himself.
"You mean..." Ray summoned a short sword on his right hand.
And then with his agility multiplied with his strength… with the maximum speed and power, he could muster…
Ray suddenly strikes at his back! with lightning speed together with a shout, "Like this?!"
Ray felt a little resistance on his sword, as he felt it slice through something.
And as the people around watch in shock, they then saw a severed head flying.
There was an invisible person in his back and Ray had just decapitated him!
And as the people's eyes were on the severed head.
Ray then activated a skill.
'Bullet Time!'
Ray felt the world go slow, as his perception of time suddenly changes. Right now, for Ray, each second had turned into 5 seconds!
1 second!
The short sword is gone and was replaced by two throwing knives on each hand.
2 seconds!
4 throwing knives fly in four directions!
3 seconds!
4 more throwing knives were summoned on each hand!
4 seconds!
The three throwing knives Ray had thrown earlier had firmly embedded themselves into the foreheads of 3 people, killing even one of their awakened!
However, one had managed to evade and it was their leader! Meanwhile on Ray's side, 4 more throwing knives flew again!
5 seconds!
Without the element of surprise, Ray didn't aim the throwing knives on their heads, this time, the four knives flew into the body of four people, Interrupting the attacks of the people with Range unique skill.
On the other hand, on Dobberman's side, the shocked Dobberman activated his skill trying to reinforce everyone.
6 seconds!
Since they are not awakened people, the four people aimed by Ray isn't fast enough to avoid the knives, dropping to the ground as they were all fatally wounded, now the only one left standing is Dobberman.
7 seconds!
4 knives flew again! Now Ray depleted the throwing knives in his storage.
8 seconds!
The flying knives flew into the heads of the 4 fatally wounded, like a guillotine passing final judgment on the criminals' sins, the 4 flying knives ended their pitiful lives!
Now, it was only the leader left as Ray then summoned a short sword on his right hand, and aimed like it was a giant throwing knife.
9 seconds!
The short sword then flies, as Ray threw it towards Dobberman with the strength stronger than a professional weight thrower.
10 seconds!
The leader barely managed to block the sword Ray had thrown with his sword, but as he received it, he was thrown away.
Ray then felt the world returned to normal. As he felt so, there was a faint feeling of pain on his heart and brain. It seems the usage of the skill 'Bullet Time' puts some strain onto the heart and mind.
As the Bullet Time ended, Ray then slowly walks towards Dobberman as Ray summoned another short sword on his right hand.
...
Laying weakly on the ground, he felt his body hurt like hell.
Dobberman didn't know what happened.
The events were too fast.
At first, one of their awakened, the invisible Allan got decapitated suddenly.
Then next, before they knew it, knives were flying towards them, it even killed one of their awakened. It was good that he managed to use Bullet Time in time and dodged the knife.
But that sword throw!
When he blocked it, he felt a vibration in his whole body that hurt like hell!
Because of it, he felt some of his internal organs ruptured, and he might even suffer some hemorrhage.
Right now, there is blood on his orifices. He can't see well, he can't hear well, and he can't even breathe well.
His whole body is in pain, he felt like he was rammed by a truck.
'Blocking that sword was a huge mistake!' He should've dodged the sword, he thought.
As he was feeling regret, he suddenly saw a silhouette of a person in front of his bloody eyes.
'that must be him, shit!'
feeling regretful and feeling the threat of death, Dobberman then shouted,
"I don't want to die!!! Plea-!
But before he could continue his words, he felt a sharp pain on his throat.
Now Dobberman could do nothing but threw up blood and make blood bubbles on his sliced throat.
...
As Dobberman breathe his last, Ray received a notice for killing him.
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[Congratulations! You have killed Dobberman!]
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Rewards:
5 stat fragments (Item Fragments)
50 small souls (Souls)
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And as Ray looks at Dobberman's corpse, he even saw a few items appearing on it.