"Excuse me?" (Nun)
"Ah, I'm sorry for taking you by surprise, I know this might all seem so sudden but please bear with me. As I was saying, my name is Jake, and this is Ken, we are here to look at the children present and see if any of them possesses strong or useful gifts. For those that we deem to have those we will take, as for the others, they can remain within your care."
"… Wha..what makes you think we would just allow you to do that?"
Said the nun while stuttering, even she understood that against these men she couldn't do anything. The gift she received was called [Growth Acceleration] a gift that came from her overflowing love for raising plants.
As its name suggests, it speeds up the growth rate of any plant or vegetable she raises herself. Although quite practical, it is useless when it comes to combat.
"Oh, were not asking for permission silly, were just letting you know so that no unnecessary fights occur. As you can guess by now, we are very very bad men. I mean if we weren't we wouldn't be kidnapping children now, would we? Anyway, since you know the situation already, relay our message to whoever is in charge, we don't want to waste our time."
The nun was terrified, her legs were shaking uncontrollably and as if by reflex she started running, probably to the direction where the Head nun was currently.
"Sigh*, you know you could've worded it out better you know? I feel sorry for the poor sister."
"bah! It's better for me to tell her the truth right now than to have her be delusional about the situation of the children. Having her think that the children are having great lives when they in fact aren't stabs at my conscience you know?"
"But wouldn't letting her know and putting her in a situation where she is constantly worried even worse? (mumble)"
"hm, what was that?"
"It's nothing… you oaf (mumble)"
{This battle junkie just wants to fight; his intentions are too obvious}
Tap tap tap*
Suddenly the two of them heard multiple footsteps coming their way. From a distance they could see the nun they just talked to being accompanied by a group of nuns, one of which, who was at the forefront, had a different uniform than the others.
"Well well well, might you be the one in charge of this place?"
"…"
Silence, that was the only answer Jake received.
"Don't be such a foul sport, why don't we introduce ourselves once more? My name is-"
"Leave."
"…Hm?"
"I said leave, I will never hand over my children to the likes of you. Over my dead body."
"Likes of me? Now isn't that rude?"
"Enough chit chat, if it's a fight you want–
The head nun angrily shouts as she suddenly takes out a metal machete from her back
-then it's a fight you'll get!"
The other nuns also took out weapons of their own, some carrying metal bats that the children played baseball with, while some carried gardening tools such as rakes and scythes. Although they were frail looking nuns, it should be noted that most of them possessed the gift [Physical Enhancement], making those tools they carried as dangerous as actual weapons.
"hehehe just as planned. I'm gonna start now, wanna join in?"
"Knock yourself out, hitting women, especially nuns, makes me feel a little uncomfortable."
"It's not like I'm going to kill them, the boss strictly commanded us to not kill unless necessary so unless I wanna get my ass whooped after arriving at the base, I'm just gonna subdue them. Besides, capturing a couple of armed superhumans would probably be good practice for situations where I have to control my strength."
Jake excitedly exclaimed as he stretched and warmed up his body. After he was seemingly done with his stretches he suddenly lunged towards the group.
The nuns startled by his sudden actions were taken by surprise. One nun at the right side of the group was the first target, Jack appeared in front of her and promptly punched her stomach. Although she should possess twice her normal durability, one punch was all it took to knock her out.
"Welp, that's one down huh. Come on now, if you guys are this weak you probably won't even trigger my gift. Never mind, beating me."
On that faithful day 3 months ago, Jake awakened a gift that fitted his personality perfectly, raising his combat level to several folds. It was the perfect gift for a battle addict like him, even managing to make him tear up a little after receiving it. Combat oriented gift [Battle Frenzy]
[Battle Frenzy:
When facing against an "opponent", Stamina is increased by 10% while Speed and Strength are increased by 5%. The longer the battle continues the stronger the status effects, (For every second that passes 0.1% is added to the aforementioned effects.]
His gift specifically mentioned "opponent", making it so that it won't work against those significantly weaker than him, as they are not considered opponents but rather prey.
After 30 minutes of fighting he had already subdued more than half of the remaining nuns, as expected of people who were gifted, although he was holding back not many managed to last this long against him. But-
"Haahhh*, if I knew it was only going to be this much I wouldn't have taken the effort to purposely taunt you guys."
it was still not enough
"This is just a waste of time, Lets stop this no-"
Every single strand of hair on his body suddenly stood up. Just as he was about to ask for the stoppage of the battle, out of nowhere his gift was suddenly triggered, covering his entire body with a faint blood red aura.
"What the-, ... are you sure your a nun? that's quite a strong killing intent you've got there. "
"Well unfortunately it seems that my subordinates were unable to satisfy your will for battle, so why not try your luck with this lady? I'm sure I won't disappoint."