Rigid came out of the bartender's house and was immediately greeted by twenty people pointing spears, swords, and arrows at him. Behind those people was the blonde-haired man that Rigid followed last night. He looked at Rigid with a haughty smile while clapping his hands.
"Well, well, well, what have we got here? A newcomer who hasn't notified me of his arrival?" the blonde-haired man said as he walked through the people who aimed their weapons at Rigid. "How impudent you are young man, maybe I should teach you a little lesson for that."
'This blonde-haired person must be the leader of the people behind him and most likely, he's the main character Dave,' Rigid thought. 'Although he doesn't look that strong from his looks, I shouldn't underestimate him.'
The main character Dave walked towards Rigid with a lowered guard as if he did it on purpose. Rigid realized that and tried to think of the most effective way so he could avoid conflict with him. 'If I run from here and hide somewhere, he might send his underlings to chase after me,' Rigid thought. 'That way, I can kill them one by one and become stronger.'
"I apologize for my impudence to the main character Dave," Rigid said as he bowed at the main character Dave. "If you please let me take something inside to give you as an apology."
"Now we're talking, give me something that values your life," the main character Dave said. "I'll probably reduce your punishment, or maybe not even punish you based on what you're about to give me."
"Then..., excuse me," Rigid said as he walked into the bartender's house. He rushed into the room he was in before and jumped out of the window. He looked around and his eyes accidentally met with the main character Dave. Without saying anything, he ran as hard as he could toward the vast desert.
The main character Dave becomes furious when saw Rigid running away from him. He turned around and slapped one of his underlings onto the ground. He stomped on that person and then kicked him.
"What are you guys doing?! Quickly chase that ungrateful son of a bitch!" the main character Dave shouted furiously. "Drag him before me alive, you can only cut off his body parts and can't kill him."
The remaining nineteen underlings of the main character Dave could only nod and immediately carry out the orders given to them. They ran after Rigid who was already quite far from them.
Rigid ran while looking back. He saw that the underlings of the main character Dave were following him just as he had planned. 'I didn't expect the main character Dave could be that dumb, now I just need to hide and kill his underlings one by one.'
Rigid looked around and saw a towering pile of rocks not far from him. He headed toward there and go behind one of the rocks. He climbed up the rock and stayed there, waiting for the arrival of the underlings of the main character Dave.
The underlings of the main character Dave who were following Rigid arrived at the towering pile of rocks. They looked around and could find no trace of Rigid whereabouts.
"He just disappeared without leaving a trace, is he a main character just like the main character Dave?" one of them asked as he searched for Rigid's footprints on the sand.
"Don't joke around in a situation like this, we might end up being killed along with our family by the main character Dave if we didn't drag that person alive before him," another one of them said. "Let's split up and search for him, it's impossible for him to run freely in this extremely hot desert."
"Alright, I'll be standing guard here just in case he comes back this way," one of them said.
The underlings of the main character Dave reach an agreement and split up with the goal to find Rigid's whereabouts in the desert which has extremely hot temperatures. One of them was still around the towering pile of rocks while trying to find clues to Rigid's whereabouts around him.
Time passed until the sun was overhead. Rigid's sweat was pouring from his body onto the rock. The flowing sweat on the rock was noticed by the main character Dave's underling who was still around there. He looked above him and saw Rigid dove towards him.
Rigid landed on top of that person and immediately picked up a lump of sand with his hand. He stuffed the lump of sand he took into the mouth of that person. Not stopping there, he started beating him to death.
[You received 100 experience points]
[You leveled up]
On his second kill, Rigid felt calmer. He didn't feel at all that it was wrong for him to kill that person. He stood up and began to stretch the muscles of his body.
[Advancement Strength Development activated]
[Advancement Intelligence Development activated]
The body of the person who had been killed by Rigid turned into particles of light which were then absorbed into his body.
[You managed to absorb Wyatt]
[Your Strength slightly developed permanently]
[Your Intelligence slightly developed permanently]
"Nothing happened to me in my second kill and this screen message just says slightly developed," Rigid mumbled to himself. "Let's just proceed with the plan and see what happens in the end."
Rigid took the spear on the sand that belongs to the person he had killed. He tried swinging the spear and checking its suitability. Surprisingly, Rigid found out that the spear was apparently made of high-quality steel forged by an expert.
"I didn't expect that the main character Dave would arm his underlings with such high-quality weapons," Rigid mumbled to himself. "If I hadn't done research about weapons and how to use them properly, maybe I wouldn't have discovered this fact."
While swinging the spear, Rigid menacingly walks on the sand. He is looking for the whereabouts of the main character Dave's underlings. However, after some time he walked, he couldn't find any of them.
'Are they hiding from me? Or perhaps..., they get lost in this desert?' Rigid thought as he stuck the spear onto the sand. 'Maybe I should give them some provocation to lure them out.'
Rigid sighed with a deep breath. "I'm here! Come here and try to kill me!" Rigid shouted as loud as he could. "If you're not coming here right away, then I'll consider you guys just a bunch of cowards!"
Not long after he shouted, all of the main character Dave's remaining underlings surrounded him in all directions. Their faces looked very serious and they also gave off a strong killing intent toward Rigid.
"Oh, fuck...," Rigid mumbled to himself as he pulled out the spear.
All of the main character Dave's remaining underlings charged straight toward Rigid as they pointed their weapons at him. Those with bows pulled their bowstrings and began showering Rigid with their arrows.
Rigid who already knew how to use the spear effectively wasn't afraid of that. He held the lower part of the spear hilt and hold it tight. He began to rotate himself 360 degrees while swinging the spear vertically upside down like a wave. With ease, Rigid can use the spear to deflect every arrow that has been shot at him.
'It seems that the practice I did with a wooden stick was not in vain,' Rigid thought as he took a stance. He spread his legs shoulder-width apart and crouched slightly. He held the spear with both hands and took a deep breath. 'Let's do this shit and get rid of them.'
Rigid started to move while rotating 360 degrees at some points when arrows were shot at him as he swung his spear. The main character Dave's remaining underlings who witnessed what Rigid was doing became amazed and alert at the same time because his movements did not have any gaps at all.
Rigid narrowed his distance with three people who were shooting arrows at him. When he was right in front of them, he immediately swung his spear toward their necks and made all of them die at once.
[You received 100 experience points]
[You received 100 experience points]
[You received 100 experience points]
[You leveled up]
The main character Dave's remaining underlings who witnessed what happened to their friends felt that they had no chance of winning against Rigid. They would rather run from him than be killed by him.
[Advancement Strength Development activated]
[Advancement Intelligence Development activated]
The bodies of the three people who had been killed by Rigid turned into particles of light which were then absorbed into his body.
[You managed to absorb Alex]
[You managed to absorb Eric]
[You managed to absorb Oscar]
[Your Strength slightly developed permanently]
[Your Intelligence slightly developed permanently]
'Oh..., they think they can run away from me?' Rigid thought as he stuck the spear onto the sand. He picked up the bow and arrows on the sand that belongs to one of the three people he had killed. 'I'm probably not good at archery because I've never tried using a real bow and arrow like this one.'