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Chapter 5 - Trying to Survive Part 2

Jin and his ragtag group were hiding behind a pile of rocks. Close to them, you could see two people fighting. One with a costume of what looked to be a plague doctor from the old world, and the other was a man missing an arm wearing a military outfit. They seemed to be fighting whilst having a casual conversation.

The man in the military outfit who they realized was Zom - the number 10 hero of this city then regenerated his arm and then said, "Come on, Wither I know we may hate each other but the city is in chaos, and people are dying. I know you may be a villain and hate my guts, but you care about the people in this city."

The man who was in the plague doctor outfit who they realized was Wither - the number 10 villain in this city then spoke, " Fine but after we stop this I will come after you". They both left towards the area where the wall had broken.

Jin and the rest of them let out a sigh because if those two started fighting it would be bad news for them to get caught up in. They carefully used the rocks as cover to move around the city before they finally found the which was usually heavily guarded. They only had one rank F hero guarding the place and they realized they had to take him out if they wanted a chance to survive this thing. They carefully stalked him and waited till he was fighting some monsters to charge at him.

The teenagers rushed past the F rank and he was ready to chase after them, but Jin rushed in punching him in the stomach with [Body Compression Low Rank F]. The F rank was thrown back and was about to counterattack him, but a horde of goblins latched onto his limbs. Jin rushed to the ever-closing door. He barely made it and sighed while giving them a thumbs up. He went with them to an elevator and then he felt a sudden urge to throw up as he realized that leaving the F rank back there meant a gruesome death for him.

He understood that he couldn't think about this now and that he needed to find and save his brother. He looked up at the teens and said, "We're gonna be stuck with each other for a while so why don't we introduce ourselves. I'll go first I'm Jin and I'm 17 years old". They seemed pretty surprised to know that he was around their age. The girl with emerald-coloured hair introduced herself as Sasha and was 15 years old.

The slightly taller girl was a bit hesitant but as she had seen her friend do it, she reluctantly told him her name. "Im Yuki, im 16 years old" she said timidly. The only male besides from me quickly introduced himself as Jack and was 18 years old, he said it very fast because he wanted to get it over with.

They eventually reached their desired floor. The 3 of them went over to the armoury whilst Jin followed behind. The door was closed and Jin put all his energy into a [Body Compression Low Rank F] punch.

The door had a deep and disfigured dent, but it didn't open fully so the teens could fit in, but Jin being the large man he was couldn't fit through. Jin fell to the ground exhausted and shut his eyes for a bit till he drifted to sleep for about 5 hours.

When he woke up, he felt fully rested and was surprised to see that everything was extremely quiet.

He soon looked over to a bag filled with an orb that had what looked like a storm within it accompanied by a sword and a letter, Jin picked up the letter and began to read it to himself. "Dear Jin, we would like to thank you for helping us, but we have our own things to do, and you have yours. We have left you some things that can help you and we left some food behind. We hope you survive, and we greatly thank you for saving us."

Jin took his bag and put it around his back while taking the sword out. He went over to the staircase and was surprised to see a goblin leap at him. Jin was surprised so he couldn't defend himself and the goblins sharp claws slashed at his arm.

It's claw ripped through his skin as if it were a hot knife sliding against butter. Jin bit his lip to distract him from the pain as he used [Body Compression Low Rank F].

He swung his sword towards the goblins neck and with a swift and clean slice, its head came off. Jin knew that he had to take the charge and rushed towards the other goblins.

He used [Body Compression Low Rank F] on all four of his limbs and then slashed at the goblins which caused a massive blast of wind to ripple through the air. The blood was all over him and he felt disgusted.

He quickly went back up the stairs to the bathroom and washed up. Jin then made his way to the office of one of the high-ranking heroes and was surprised at how luxurious it was.

It had a carpet made from the silk of a B rank monster and Jin swore that the bed in the side room of the office cost his yearly salary ten times over. He went over to the bed and thought about how the goblins got in. He then laid down before checking his status.

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[Name: Jin Jiyu]

[Age: 17]

[Race: Human]

[Title: None]

[Job: None]

[Level: 2]

[EXP: 0/200]

[HP: 110]

[MP: 70/120]

[Strength: 1.4]

[Agility: 1.4]

[Endurance: 1.1]

[Intelligence: 0.4]

[Energy: 1.2]

[Stat Points: 1.0]

[Skills: Body Compression Low Rank F]

[Techniques: None]

[Trait: None]

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Jin decided to put his stats into intelligence so that he could better formulate plans and if and when more system choices appeared he would be more prepared.

[Name: Jin Jiyu]

[Age: 17]

[Race: Human]

[Title: None]

[Job: None]

[Level: 2]

[EXP: 0/200]

[HP: 110]

[MP: 70/120]

[Strength: 1.4]

[Agility: 1.4]

[Endurance: 1.1]

[Intelligence: 1.4]

[Energy: 1.2]

[Stat Points: 0.0]

[Skills: Body Compression Low Rank F]

[Techniques: None]

[Trait: None]

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He felt that things got a little clearer and he could make connections to things with much more ease. Jin finally understood that the goblins could have used the eye scanner to get in. He felt a sharp pain in his head as he gained this new thinking power and closed his eyes.

The room was quiet, but that silence was soon interrupted by an explosion waking him up as he looked outside, noticing two people entering through a hole in the wall. He was hyperventilating for a moment. He focused and said, "I guess I can never really get a break" as he opened the door preparing for a fight.