"Wait!" Shun yelled. He watched Sun Ting run away with her vessel towards the soul beast location.
"What are you gonna do now, Shun?" Yami asked. He knew that Shun would still go for help even if he couldn't defeat the beast. "You know this soul beast is way out of your league."
Shun gritted his teeth with his fist clenched together tightly. Another set of bombs was dropped over the buildings and caused massive damage along the way.
"Ying, I'm aware I'm weak, but it won't stop me from helping those in need. I'll leave that Raider to Sun Ting, but I'll help the citizen," Shun looked at Yami with a smile. "Stay safe."
Shun transformed into his artificial body and left Yami all alone.
"He knows I'm strong, yet, he didn't ask for my help," Yami muttered with a shrug. He turned around and opened his system to check the new unlocked soul when a notification popped up.
[!QUEST]
[HELP DEFEAT HAKI.]
[DESCRIPTION: DEFEAT THE HAKI TOGETHER WITH SUN TING.]
[REWARD: TANK CLASS SKILL TWO UNLOCKED.]
[FAILURE: QUEST CANCELLED.]
"Now, that's what I call a decent reward," Yami muttered with a laugh and looked back at the soul beast bombarding every few minutes while encircling around the area.
Yami wanted to oppose the soul beast alone since he doesn't like Sun Ting, but at level five status, he would have a hard time killing the beast.
Yami started running toward the soul beast's direction and observed its movement. Since he was not supposed to be on-site, Yami jumps into one of the tall buildings nearby for a good view of the soul beast.
"Hmm, it's encircling an area. I need to find a way to kill it with minor damages," Yami stated while calculating the distance where he could kill the soul beast without exposing his identity.
When the soul beast hovered closer to Yami, he saw Sun Ting above and kept firing Ice Spears on the soul beast scale.
"For that kind of soul beast, for sure, something was on its back to defend itself," Yami muttered. As a previous spy, he calculated the pros and cons of every situation and thought about his next move if the plan didn't succeed in the first place.
After he said those words, several bombs appeared on the soul beast's back and were directed towards Sun Ting.
"Will she survive that?" Yami muttered and waited for the smoke to disappear.
There, Sun Ting used an Ice Shield to protect herself. She proceeded to blast the soul beast with Ice until it created a hole on the surface, and then she pierced a lot of Ice Spears inside the soul beast's body.
Yami looked at his screen, which contained the soul beast Haki's information.
[ABILITY: BOMB/SUICIDE]
"That beast will self-destruct after receiving heavy damages from her," Yami muttered while shaking his head. "Why doesn't she notice that?"
Yami jumped to the nearby buildings and went closer. He was also conflicted about what he would do since he lacked skills.
He looked at his inventory and clicked the recent reward.
[TANK CLASS SOUL UNLOCKED: MAD STEEL]
[SKILL 1: CHARGE OF MADNESS]
DESCRIPTION: DASHES IN THE DESIGNATED DIRECTION AND ENHANCES THE NEXT BASIC ATTACK FOR 5 SECONDS.
COOL DOWN: 10 SECONDS
MANA COST: 70 PER USE
[SKILL 2: STEEL SHIELD]
[STATUS: LOCKED]
"This is it, the shield!" Yami exclaimed. He looked at the soul beast bombarding the city again and was about to turn toward his location.
Yami prepared himself and bought a dagger in the system's store. It was the only thing he could afford since it was paid with real money. He waited for the soul beast to hover around the street where no people were around.
[SHADOW SHIFT IS ACTIVATED.]
Yami teleported below the soul beast's head and plunged the dagger into its scales. He made sure to push it deeper into the soul beast's body. After all, he only needed to activate the Suicide ability to finish the quest.
[CHARGE OF MADNESS IS ACTIVATED.]
Yami's body dashed at the soul beast's tail with the dagger, creating a massive injury and causing the activation of the ability.
The soul beast roared loudly and slowly fell to the ground with black fume coming out of its body.
[HELP DEFEAT HAKI: HAS BEEN COMPLETED. YOUR REWARD CAN BE FOUND IN THE INVENTORY.]
Yami immediately jumped away and activated the 'Steel Shield' to lessen the damage from the impact.
A yellowish shield engulfed the soul beast's body before landing on the ground like cotton.
Hiding behind one of the buildings, Yami saw Sun Ting hop down from the soul beast back with bewilderment while looking at the shield she hadn't cast.
After five seconds, the soul beast's body exploded loudly and shook the ground, but the shield confined the explosion.
The shield disappeared after 10 seconds.
Yami left the site before Sun Ting could sense his presence. He went towards the city where Shun had gone into.
A group of citizens crowded Shun as they helped move a huge pillar to the side to free those people who were trapped inside the building.
"Is there anyone that needed help?" Shun yelled while looking around.
A smile formed on Yami's lips. He was always fascinated by Shun's attitude of being too selfless, a mindset he would never achieve.
Yami was about to talk to Shun when a group of old men angrily strode toward him.
"You're from the Defender base, right?" One of the oldest among the five stepped up and yelled at Shun.
"Yes, I am," Shun answered firmly. He knew they were there to cause trouble.
"Is this what you called saving? My house and shop are broken to pieces! Why is that Raider outside the base!?"
Shun was stunned since he also didn't know the reason for the abnormality of the portals.
"This is a new way for Raiders to attack our world, but don't worry, the base is already detecting the cause of the portal's abnormality. If you have any complaints, please write them down in the Complaint Center. The agents will handle them as soon as possible," Sun Ting stated. She appeared behind Yami and walked toward the crowd.