- chapter 4 -
August 4 2021
Morning
Inside the store, Lumi, with new clothes, a blue hoodie, black pants and shoes, stirring the tea calmly on the table.
The door opens. Revealing a beautiful slender figure, a big breasted woman, with a thin waste, pale red lips, puffed cheeks, eye like phoenix, sharp eyebrows, a straight black hair, and long legs that many man would stare at but his boss is still looking at her with his icy cold expression. It's like he's not even fascinated in what he saw right now, an air.
'hmph! I will make you mine, only mine.... If goddesses were real and they try to take you from me..... Let's see....' she thought darkly, but in the eyes of Lumi, in front of him is a woman emitting a dark and deathly aura.
"What are you thinking again? Your thoughts are manifesting now, with the awakening of mana, mana strengthen us, which in turn we also influence mana, the energy around us. Others would be aware of our or your plans if you don't hide them. You need to hide them well, understand?"
"Yes...." Sounding a bit sad because she scolded but brightens in a second because she realizes that it's because he care about her that's why he scolded her.
"Do you want some tea?" He asked her in his usual cold voice. She nods at his offer. And Lumi brews her a tea also. "We need to move out." He said to her.
"Eh? Sir, isn't this situation good enough for us?" She asked, surprised by his decision.
"Good question, of course this situation is good, but, you know about the system right? The system, gives us power, and why would it do so? The Apocalypse is here, why would it help us? Why would want it the inhabitants of the Earth to grow strong? What is their purpose? No one knows. And because of the system that assist us, many people will have the strength like never been before, and if we don't move out to other areas to explore, loot, clear, and investigate what happen in this world. Then we, will be a nobody, a ant that anyone can trample on." He explains to her in a cold tone, as always, and our waifu secretary of course gets it immediately, he knows her boss Lumi the most, aside from his mother.
"Yes sir, I understand what your point is, then sir? How about our weapons? Guns, maybe?" She confirm it, and asking immediately her concerns for their next move.
"The weapons, we need sharp objects, but guns? Maybe, guns will do as of now. Unless we don't encounter a true monster, remember, we're here in a apocalypse, where a system exist, we can get stronger by killing them acting as a exp just like in game, so anything can happen, nothing is impossible anymore." He reminded her his thoughts. She nodded fiercely, remembering his words. 'sir is truly admirable, his vision is great, his foresight in things are top notch.....'
"Let's go, we need to level up immediately."
"Yes. Sir."
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1day later*
[Level up!]
[You reach level 9.]
"1 more and I can finally do a minor step for the future. Mom and sis, wait for me, I'm comin'" Eyes shining blue that will send a shiver on anyone.
"Sir, everything is ready, the coins we earned, I use it to buy for our needs, clothes, potions for mana and health, and easy to cook food."
"Okay, good job, let's get going to our next destination."
1 hour later*
Lumi, standing at a riverside, like halberd, sturdy and mighty, with his usual cold demeanor, many females would be smitten. He frowns a bit, 'A river, if we want to reach the other side, what we need is a raft. But, the main problem is, there is a large beast there, no a large insect to be exact.
Martialis Herueka Ant. A prehistoric beast in Earth 120 million years ago, M. Herueka don't have eyes, they're legs are different from the regular ant you see, because M. Herueka ants don't dig much, they go to hallow rotten roots. There arms are soft and thin, they prey on soft bodied-arthropods usually but because of the size of this insect, there is a possibility to it eat a human.....
[Image here]
"This ant is a bother but also opportunity to level up. We need to take this insect down."
"Sir, but how do we cross this river?" She asked. And he answer her in a matter of fact tone. " Of course we make a boat, Jessica."
"Yes..."
"They're piranhas but they only attack you if they smell your blood. I test it a while ago though."
"W-what? What will you do if you were bitten by them? Or possibly this scary fishes will eat you alive, sir! Or mayb-"
"I can still escape them, even when I'm underwater, with my new stats after this apocalypse, I can easily swim and faster than before. So calm down." He cuts her off to ease her worry. Even though she still frowns at his work. "Hmph. How will your family reacts if they found out that your dead, you will make them sad."
"I know." He didn't explain anymore because, he already said his piece. And that immediately shut the mouth of her beautiful ex-secretary and now a friend...
And they make a raft to cross this river.
A little later, they reach the other side. They were immediately greeted by the shaking of the ground.
Screeeech*
A piercing screech. A large ant surface from the ground. The ancestors of present ants, a prehistoric beast, Martialis Herueka.
Lumi, as if challenge by the screech of the M. Herueka, coldly snorted to express his stance.
Offended by his snort. The M. Herueka Ant rushes to him with its six legs ready to tackle him.
"This insect don't have eyes, so probably, just like bats, they also use of the sound waves, the goal is, cut off it's antennas."
"Roger that."
Lumi opens his inventory to get his weapon. And so did Jessica.
[Halberd of Steel]
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-add 2% physical damage to the opponent.
Skill:
[Flurry]
-form a sharp gust of wind by the halberd itself.
[Iron Stilleto]
-add 2% physical damage to the opponent.
-[Enhance: Agility]
-enhance the agility of the user by 40% for 4s(seconds)
"Let's go." Cold as usual.
Lumi step by step, faster and faster, calm and steady, with the halberd in his hand. He sweep the halberd diagonally to intercept it's head and to also cut off the antennas if luck is on his side. They collide, he succeeded in intercepting but luck isn't in his side right now. The ant's exoskeleton is extremely hard. But it is enough.
Shwik*
A sound of slicing a branch.
Screeeeeech*
The M. Herueka's screech is much louder this time. A scream of pain. And also, panic, it can't sense it's surroundings anymore. With the panic surging it's mind, but animals have terrifying ability and that is, sensing the danger. It step back a bit to avoid being cut down, Lumi acts as the damager, gets successfully it's agro, and Jessica waiting for her chance to come, she's like a tiger, crouching, waiting for her prey to let it's guard down , and of course Jessica didn't let this chance go off just like that. She cut off it's legs, off balance, and of course Lumi and Jessica didn't let this chance go off just like that. They cut off it's fangs, and the stomach. It's struggled, but it knows it will die so she gave an unwilling high pitch screech. That gave a fright to other weaker monsters.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Congratulations on reaching Level 10.]
[As a reward for one of the first people who level up, you are rewarded a (hidden class) you can choose which path you want to take.]
"Good, we are done here...."