A few hours earlier….
-Alert Alert Alert
"The System of the facility has been hacked. The Prisoners are escaping. I repeat, the System of the facility has been hacked. The Prisoners are escaping," a man hurriedly announced as he saw the situation getting out of their hands.
Someone had hacked into their facility and is helping the prisoners escape the facility. They need to take proper action otherwise all the work they have done up till now will go to waste.
"We are sending most of our Active forces to-" Before the man could complete his sentence, another person standing at the corner of the room spoke,"I will go and I will go alone."
Hearing his declaration, the others couldn't help but look at that man with a wide-eyed look.
"But sir, those people are all monsters on their own. We can't take risks by sending you alone," the man tried to talk the other man out of it but the other person, the black-haired man, spoke with an annoyed yet threatening look,"Are you implying that I am not strong enough to deal with a bunch of normal people who can't even use their systems?"
"No Sir! I apologise for my misconduct," the man apologised to the black-haired man and put his head down in slight frustration.
"You seem to be forgetting that with the head of the facility gone, I am the strongest person present here right now, and that means my orders are absolute. Do you understand?" the black-haired man, the Puppeteer of Death, spoke with a prideful look as he glared at the man making the announcement.
"I apologise for my misconduct, Sir! It won't happen again," the man spoke with his head down as sweat trickled down his forehead.
Nobody uttered a single word after that as The Puppeteer of Death left from that place. The man who was making the announcement looked at him from there and sighed before shaking his head as he muttered,"Whatever happens is not my fault," before moving to make another announcement about stopping everyone else to go to deal with the escapees.
Meanwhile, The Puppeteer of Death who was running towards the facility once again looked at his status screen with a wide grin on his face.
[Name: Puppeteer of Death
Level: 66
Class: High density Metal Manipulator
Attack: 34
Defence: 30
Strength: 45
Wisdom: 90
Intelligence: 50
Mana: 13920/14520
Stamina: 286/296
Stat Points left: 42
Special Skills:
1.Passive Multidimensional Control:
The user can manipulate everything without using his brain actively.
The mana cost for controlling the metal has been cut down to zero.
The user needs to spend 10 mana points for every 1hours whether he is controlling any metal or not.
Solo Quest: Prevent the prisoners from escaping.
Difficulty: Easy
Reward: +1 Stat point in all Stats]
"Easy Stats," he muttered with clear happiness audible in his voice as he ran carefreely towards the facility. If not for the fact that he had to maintain his composure, he might as well have started laughing out loud for the reward he was sure to receive through this quest.
......…..
Back to present….
"Blood Sacrifice: First Moon," spoke Zero, and the blood started oozing out of his body at a rapid rate. His heartbeat rose and the mana he had changed its nature to a more violent one. Even his previous white hair and white eyes, both turned red, and now he looked more like a ferocious beast than a human being.
-Whoosh
Zero vanished before appearing behind the puppeteer and attacked him with all his might, but before his attack could connect, one of the puppets came in between and pushed Zero back.
Zero, after being pushed away, landed back on the floor and, as soon as he touched the ground, once again he vanished before appearing in front of the puppeteer.
-Boom
Another puppet came in between and the punch connecting to the puppet made a loud impact, blasting the puppet away. However, despite being blasted away with such momentum, the puppet soon gained back its original form within a few seconds.
The people watching, especially William, couldn't help but be dumbfounded at the skill that Zero was showcasing. His previous mana levels weren't enough for Zero to make those kinds of moves which he was showing now.
'Heck, even at best, with the amount of mana Zero had, he would be E grade at best, but… but this is totally something else. At this point, it wouldn't be farfetched to call Zero an A grade fighter. Just who is this kid?' William thought, observing Zero fighting against the puppets all by himself.
The others were also having similar thoughts as they saw Zero fighting a high-profile battle against an A+ Rank System User.
"He is losing," spoke Sera, the Saintess, as she observed the battle. She looked seriously at the battle with complete concentration, although a tinge of worry was also visible in her eyes as she looked at Zero.
Clair, hearing Sera's words, looked at the battle which she couldn't even properly follow through. This battle was too fast for her even to notice the positions the puppets and Zero were making. At one point Zero was on her left and the next second he was on the right side.
'Can't we do something to help him?' was the thought that most of the people had in this place as they watched the fight which would decide their future from here onwards.
[Emergency Quest: Throw your sword at full power at the puppeteer in exactly 12 seconds]
A screen comes in front of Clair and her eyes turn wide open, wondering about the meaning of the quest. Still, given the situation and having no other options, she immediately took out her orange sword and waited for the perfect time which the screen was showing.
She took her stance and started counting on her own without looking at the screen.
'3… 2… aaaand throw!!!' She throws the sword as her countdown reaches zero.
As if waiting for the chance, Zero immediately grasps the sword and stands in front of the puppeteer. There were three puppets moving towards Zero…