Six.
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
Five meters.
Four meters left.
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
Three meters.
「 ...Now!!! 」
As the smog engulfed the witless Necrobiotes, Nuel lunged forward towards the biggest of the four monsters - and with his boosted [ Initiative Chance ] stat, he acted first.
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[ STATS ]
Initiative : 40.75%
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The blade-tipped gunlance was swung upwards with both of his hands, it missed - it actually missed!
「 F**k my Accuracy! 」
He clenched his jaw and rolled forward, he flung his gunlance again, this time horizontally across the zombie-bot's fleshy upper torso this time.
A wide gash immediately appeared across the monster's chest as its blackish, putrid ichor sprayed out.
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -31.7 (Slash!).
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -2.2 (Electrical!).
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
「 ...F**k, melee damage still sucks even with the Giant's Strength buff... 」
The undead creature cried out loud in its mechanical voice, but Nuel was not done yet.
He rolled to the side to avoid the rampaging Necrobiote.
But his relatively low Evasion-stat caused him to got shot at point-blank - his right calf was hit 'lightly'.
Nuel's [ HP ] -5.2 (Glancing!).
Nuel's [ HP ] -3 (Multiple Bullet Wounds!).
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
He returned the gesture with a few more butchering moves from his gunlance instead.
Once or twice metal clanked against metal, but the rest were the sound of the sharp blade tearing through fleshes.
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -32.2 (Slash!).
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -65.1 (Critical!).
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -2.2 (Electrical!).
Then with the gunlance's bladed tip pierced deep into the creature's back, Nuel resolutely activated its .
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You have successfully used .
The has now entered cooldown.
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A high-voltage electrical discharge exploded from inside the undead monster - buzzing electrical arcs travelled everywhere throughout its bio-machine body, killing it in an instant.
Level 3 Necrobiote Rusted Dead's [ HP ] -82.9 (Electrical!).
The zombie-bot drooped to its side as it squeezed a wail in its dying, synthetic voice.
Ding!
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You have successfully neutralised (1) .
You have received +3.57.
You have received +3.
You have killed (5) targets consecutively within 30 minutes.
You have obtained .
Your [ XP Multiplier ] stat has increased by +0.2 for the next 30 minutes.
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Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
Turning towards the other two - now alarmed - Nuel straightaway launched himself towards them.
With his which increased his [ Initiative Chance ] by 27%, his condition was perfect for close quarters; he was almost guaranteed to always have the first move!
Level 1 Necrobiote Zombie's [ HP ] -34.2 (Slash!)
Level 1 Necrobiote Zombie's [ Hp ] -67.6 (Critical!).
Level 1 Necrobiote Zombie's [ Hp ] -2.2 (Electrical!).
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -33.2 (Slash!).
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -2.2 (Electrical!).
The smaller zombie-bot perished with its head cut off.
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You have successfully neutralised a .
You have received +1.29.
You have received +1.
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The other flailed its metal arms around within the smog, trying to hit the unseen perpetrator.
And its desperate action somehow connected!
Nuel was hit hard against his left arm, that it felt like it was fractured.
Nuel's [ HP ] -19.7 (Blunt!).
「 F**k, that hurts!!! 」
So Nuel turned towards it and cleaved at its head and torso a couple of times before its health gradually reduced to zero, pathetically.
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -64.7 (Critical!).
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -25.9 (Slash!).
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -2.2 (Electrical!).
Level 2 Necrobiote Shambler's [ HP ] -59.7 (Critical!).
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You have successfully neutralised (1) .
You have received +2.58.
You have received +2.
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Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
Ding!
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[ Special-Issued Mission : Anti-Necrobiotic ] : You have hunted down a couple of Necrobiotes. Hunt a total of 100 Level 1 Necrobiote (or its equivalent) to obtain a special reward.
-----Tips : A higher level monster would count higher in the tally. Example, one Level 2 monster is equal to two Level 1 monsters, and so on.-----
Requirements :
• Necrobiotes Hunted : (16 /100).
Rewards :
• × 1.
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「 A special-issued mission?! Ah, a title mission... Woah, it's been a while since I last saw this. I think it could only be triggered by the first player to hunt down five monsters of the same species continuously... 」
「 ...my previous Soldier character had the [ De-Bubonicant II ] title, and it gives me the crafting-based . 」
[ Special-Issued Missions ] were a type of chain-mission which granted unique titles called the [ Special-Issued Titles ] to any first player who completed them.
These missions could usually be triggered by being the first to hunt new types of monsters, or being the first to explore a hidden zone or a new dungeon.
They could even be triggered by being the first to obtain a certain [ Subclass ].
Not only that, [ Special-Issued Titles ] from these missions could be upgraded by completing its subsequent chain-missions.
「 There's a few ranked players who got Necrobiote-titles before, I wonder which one of them was obtained from this special-issued mission... 」
Nuel pushed aside his tangential thoughts and quickly left the area, not even stopping for a bit to loot the corpses, lest his [ HP ] bar dropped below the threshold already.
If it did, his [ CE ] stat by then would be halved, and that would also mean his [ Movement Speed ] would be halved as well.
And it meant he would really lose his life before he could reach .
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
「 F**k! 」
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[ STATS ]
HP : 64.3 /150.5
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[ ADDITIONAL ]
• : [ HP ] -3 every 5 seconds. If remain untreated in the next 12 hours, will develop.
• : [ HP ] -1 every second. If remain untreated in the next 1 hour, will develop.
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With blood spilling non-stop from his injuries, soaking the exosuit inside-out, dizziness pulstaed in his mind as he sloughed his way into a ruined building.
Despite that, his remained ready in his grip, and his was turned on all the way.
He carried himself up the damaged staircase silently to the second floor and came up to a broken window facing south.
He was trying to get an unobstructed view of Estama!
「 Now, the laser comm... 」
That was when his Sense talent suddenly pricked up - there were human mental signatures nearby!
To be exact, three of them!
Those were the first human mental signatures he had sensed outside of the and its personnel.
「 I think I can guess... 」
The group of humans approached the building he was in quickly before a loud male voice shouted from downstairs.
"Ya alright there?!"
"..."
"Ya hear me? We saw ya fight earlier, pretty wild with that shock stick you had, no?"
「 They saw through the smokescreen...? 」
"Well, we saw ya gotten some heavy injuries, and we had a healer with us. What ya think?"
「 A healer? Which Subclass would that be...? 」
Nuel's [ HP ] -3 (Multiple Bullet Wounds!).
Nuel's [ HP ] -1 (Haemorrhage!).
"Tsk, only the healer comes up, I'll trade," Nuel replied aloud as well, imitating the commanding tone of a certain lieutenant.
"No, ya can't do that. Another of us will climb up with the healer. Take it, or we'll leave."
"...I'll take it."