After that we told our good byes and teachers wished us good luck. We all jumped into our car. I also noticed that Jessica is going with us but I didn't spoke about it since I asked the girls to make a decision, I am not going to question it a second after that.
As we embarked on our journey, I thought a lot about what teacher mentioned and I realized that in the campus there was strict ban on any firearms but outside of the campus guns are pretty common. So I decided to quickly contact Annie and ask about it.
I picked up the communication while Karla drove the car and contacted Annie.
"Hi Vic. Did you miss me so much?" Annie asked.
I just ignored her remark and went straight to the stuff I needed to know.
"Hi Annie, I wanted to ask you something. How the guns work with the system and how big of a chance do we have against guns?"
"Like any other weapon. This is not some weird novel where author wanted MC to use sword so he made that kills made with guns did not count. Guns are perfectly usable and will not pose any disadvantage on you. But mana guns start to be available only from steel chest and guns you have in there are not very good. Faster monsters can dodge your bullets and monsters with constitution can straight up tank it, but normal ghouls and similar rubble can be killed with them just fine. You should pick up a pistol to your off-hand and try it! Mana guns use agility and magic for their damage and accuracy so you should have stats for them without issue. And regarding your second question, well Karla can shrug off pretty much anything that is not very high caliber or very special bullet as long she is in berserk, as for the rest I suggest you to not get hit."
"Are there any skills for guns?" I asked.
"Yes, they are, but not on such low ranks like you are right now, lowest gun related skill is tier 3 so even if you are skilled with guns first you will be able to get a skill for them is when you reach tier 2 class. And tier 3 is also a first tier with gun related classes. But all the skills and classes are made for mana guns. The junk you have counts as a gun and lets you qualify for skill and later the class but that is all. Those that use guns at this stage a lot will ruin their class progression since they will get just generic classes until tier 3 since the system checks what you predominantly use to kill monsters. But as long you shoot a ghoul here and there and mostly use sword it's fine."
So, gun skills are not meant for guns used commonly on the earth but for mana guns. She suggests me to get gun and start using it here and there since if I achieve certain level of skill with it should grant me skill once I reach tier two class that is going to be usable with mana guns which would synergize well with my rapier and fencing.
I thought about it for a while and decided to give it a shot. I didn't plan to use gun a whole lot but it is perfect backup weapon against people with guns when I need to face them or when coming close to the target is not possible.
At the end of the call, she warned once again before evolved animals and also asked to call her if by any chance I come across any dungeon. She ensured that I will know it if I find one.
As I finished the conversation with Anie, I felt questioning gaze pointed to my back. I turned around and realized that Jessica was sitting in the car.
"Please just don't worry about it. OK?" I spoke and chuckled.
She sighed and shook her head. "I am happy that you took me with you, I don't expect you to start trusting me from nowhere and divulging your secrets."
"Thank you!" I spoke and nodded.
As we left the campus and entered the huge park that was separating the campus from the city we had to slow down. Since pretty much nobody crossed this for long time there was a mess. Huge groups of ghouls and zombies everywhere. Bunch of crashed cars could be seen all around the road.
We had to ride next to the road and often stop to clear the undead hordes. After about and hour of this we saw something that surprised us all. From the thick bushes of the park a unusually looking naked woman jumped on all four and started running still on all four about a second after that from the same bush bunch of overgrown wolfs jumped out in pursuit of her.
I didn't hesitate even a second and jumped out of car with words.
"I am going to help her!"
I quickly ran towards the group as I came closer, I noticed that the six huge gray wolfs with shinning fur stood up on their hind legs as they rounded the women that was sitting on the ground holding her leg.
Standing on hind legs they were over 2 meters tall. As they were slowly closing on there prey basking in the fear that was visible in the eyes of wounded women I arrived at the spot.
First thing I done was that I aimed my frost cleave to hit two of the six wolves and unleashed it. I was surprised seeing for the first time. Skill released wave of very cold air freezing everything in its path. All that was after I released skill in affected area was patch of frozen ground everything else was frozen and shattered including the wolfs and even a grass. This made the wolfs pay attention to me and forget about the woman. The closest one launched at me while the other three quickly charged. I dodged the attack from the closest and quickly pierced its head, shattering it in the process. This made the other three wolfs flinch seeing me dispatch three of them in no time, I used this opportunity and launched to one of them and piercing his head, killing him.
When the last two wolfs saw this they decided to run for there lives. I quickly moved after them and finished them of with the one more frost cleave.
Now that the wolves were taken care of, I turned my attention to a wounded woman. And as I got a better look on her, I noticed wolf ears on top of her head and wolf tail on her back.