Chapter 17
The Request
Part 2B
Author's Note
My dear readers, first of all, I would like to apologize for last week's chapter. As I previously mentioned, I write as I go, and there are not any pre-written chapters that I can publish and upload. That is the only reason; still, I will do my best to even increase the number of chapters from one a week to a minimum of three per week, starting next month.
With this chapter, I beg for your forgiveness and hope for your patience with me. I will be going through a long journey, so I will not be able to publish anymore chapters during the two weeks remaining from this month, but I will try my best to fulfill my promises starting next month.
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Abdirizack.Sarman
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So it's possible, and I gained a new skill and a useful one at that: "Asult." As soon as I finished saying the last letter of the word, I felt something surging through my body, like I had been filled in all of my body with a mysterious energy, and I looked at men who were apparently waiting for an order. I looked at them all, and I decided who would be my first target.
The obvious option to be my target was the leader, or at least the one I think was the one, since he was giving out orders, and the second reason was that he was the closest one to me, although there was not much distance between them since the formation they took enables anyone of them to reach the next member within a couple of seconds. The question I asked myself was, with the use of these skills I have, it was easy for me to deal with six men within a few seconds, but will I be able to deal with these many? Here are twenty provisional men armed to their teeth, as the saying goes.
The issue was not if I was confident in myself or not, but the previous fight was my first ever, and the logic dictates the one against twenty is not a fair fight by any means. Not to forget my lack of experience, and to be honest, I contributed my first success to mare luck, so will the luck continue to be with me? That was another question. The other thing is that this new skill doesn't have a skill duration or cool-down, so does that mean I can use it indefinitely? Since the other five skills each have a duration and a cool-down period, I can just assume that and start fighting. It's just a gamble, and I don't have much time, so I need to reach a decision right now.
I just felt a chill run through my body, and then I noticed the man I was about to target staring at my location. I was sure that I was not visible, because without even thinking or noticing, I was actually lying down on the ground in the middle of a thick bush covered by the huge trunk of the tree, so there was no way in my little knowledge that he could notice me or see me since I didn't move a single muscle of my whole body from the time I hid behind the three.
I consecrated myself to him, monitoring to see what would be his next action. As soon as his eyes blinked and he turned his eyes, I said "Asult," activating the new skill while standing up and running towards the man. Before he did or said anything at all, within less than a blink of an eye, I found myself in front of him. It looked like I had been teleported instantly to his location, and suddenly I appeared in front of him out of nowhere, but the reality was much different since what I did was, when I took my first step, the second step rook directly to where he was kneeling.
I didn't have any instructions on how to switch the weapons; I knew that I could store and take them out at any minute, and the gun I had was not suitable in this situation unless I was going to kill, and that was not my intention at all, so on my way to him, I thought of the way only the word switch appeared in front of me, then I switched the gun to a sword, thinking, "So even they are monitoring my thoughts and can hear it," thinking that I used the flat side of the sword and hit the surprised man on the head.
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Ozak's points of view
The fight between the captain and the old man ended as quickly as it started. During the last few seconds of the fight, I felt someone behind me. Since I didn't want to miss anything, I glanced at my back and saw an unarmed young boy. With that glance, which didn't even take a split second, I realized that he was not a threat, so I continued watching the fight, still paying some of my attention to the boy, although he didn't move from his location. My senses were divided between what was happening in front of me and behind me at the same time.
I was wishing to be able to hear what was going on and, at the same time, to know why this young boy walked alone to this place, but I was mostly anxious about what was going to happen to my guard. As the sword was pointing at his throat only a few inches away from piercing his skin, the middle-aged man put down his and looked at my guard and asked him, What is a distinguished warrior like you doing here?"
Hearing that and the screen appearing in front of me coincided at the same time, showing me this time more details.
Name: Ozak
Age: 18
Race: Human
Rank: Rearguard
Status: healthy
Skills: You have been gifted four new skills.
1- Analyze
Gives you the ability to analyze any situation, and through that, based on your intelligence level, you will be able to reach the best solution for any situation you face.
The level of the Skill will increase when the level of the usage increased.
2- Hayber Hearing
That skill will give you, when you activate it, super-advanced hearing, which enables you to hear from a distance of one hundred meters.
The distance will increase when the level of usage increases.
3- Charm
You can use this skill when you need to alter the opinion of any other party about yourself. To achieve your desired outcome, you can target one person at a time.
The level of the skill will increase when the level of usage increases.
4- Illusion
Intelligence: 180/200
Strength: 20/100
Gifts: You have gained three gifts as an attribute.
1- Speed
2- illuminate
3- Mystery Map 1/50
Grade: 1
Phase: 1
Points: 02
Remarks: Phase two will start soon
Mission: Survive
Duration: 18 hours
Reward: Mystery map + skill + attributes