Lydia selected yes and soon a list of requirements was shown
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[1. Proficiency must reach 100% -current proficiency: 35.6%
Kill ten enemies using Air Manipulation: 5/10][1]
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Lydia could also see a small scroll lying on the ground. She smiled thinking about how lucky she was at the moment. She picked up the scroll and the scroll's information was shown before her.
[Stealth {Active skill Level 5 First Star Order}- Skill that hides and completely erases the existence of a user from the sense of those around him. Note: Effect wears off when attacking or when hit by an attack.
Consumes 10 mana on activation and depletes 5 mana every 30 seconds the skill is active]
Lydia took a second to decide before learning the skill. Although it was a skill that depleted a lot of mana. She thought it was worth it. Since she had leveled up Lydia's mana had replenished to the maximum.
Lydia was in the middle of her thoughts when she heard movement behind her. She turned around and could see Huey standing there and breathing heavily with a sword in his hand. She also noticed that he had not closed the zip of his pants.
One look and it was clear that Huey had rushed to get here as soon as he heard the commotion. It warmed her heart a little seeing him care about her enough to rush to her aid.
"Your zipper's open" Lydia said pointing at this crotch.
Huey looked down.
"Ah" he jumped and quickly turned away to fix his zipper.
"Are you hurt?" Huey asked once he fixed his zipper.
"Just a light cut on my arm is all" she said.
Huey didn't know what came over him but he immediately came close to her to inspect the wound. It wasn't that deep of a wound but it needed to be taken care of immediately to avoid infection. Huey got his bag and out of his bag he took out a med pack.
Moments later, Huey and Lydia sat down while Huey wrapped a white cloth around her arm. It reminded Lydia of the first day the apocalypse had begun after their first life and death battle with the black wasp.
"Oh yeah Huey I think that man was a member of the tiger gang" Lydia said.
"Why do you say that?" Huey asked.
"He had the same tiger head tattoo on the side of his head" Lydia said. Huey didn't say anything and only spoke when he was done.
"Come on let's get to the others. I have a bad feeling" he said.
….
Jordan, Candice and Rina could only stare at the brick wall that blocked the path to the other end of the alley they had run to.
"Its…a"
"Dead end" Jordan interrupted Rina who in a state of shock and helplessness had blurted out the obvious.
"What do we do now?" Candice said. She was panicking. This was a situation where she saw no way out of. The others didn't respond they were just as clueless about what else they could in this situation. The ravids had come up behind them and had stopped at a distance of about 10 meters from the group.
The others noticed this too.
'Are they following orders?' Jordan thought as he saw the colossal ravid standing at the back with its arms crossed. Jordan might have imagined it but he thought he saw a smirk on the creature's face.
"Well there isn't really much we can do in this situation" Jordan said.
"That is not helping right now" Candice said
"All we can do is fight with every thing on the line. If I die then I'll be going out in the heat of battle" Jordan said as he smashed his two fists together and a small amount of lightning sparks were released. "Don't hold back"
As if waiting for the exact phrase to be spoken the ravids charged in.
"Rina!" Jordan shouted.
Rina took that as her queue. She opened her mouth and consuming all her remaining mana a large sonic wave blasted into the ravids killing some on the spot and injuring some others. There were also others that were completely unaffected and that was most of the ravids. What it did do though was slow them down which gave Jordan an opening that he took advantage of.
Using his fists Jordan punched out with all his strength. After eating the beast meat for a while now and adding his gauntlets on top of that. His strength was as follows.
[Strength >> 70(+15)]
Jordan's fist landed on one ravid's head and the result was instant. Its head was blown apart like a watermelon. Pivoting off his foot Jordan twisted his hip and rotated his body generating a large momentum that he released with his raised leg. Jordan delivered a vicious roundhouse kick to the chest of another ravid sending it flying.
[You have…]
[You have…]
After that what proceeded could only be described as a rampage. Jordan punched and kicked where ever he could. He had even managed to level up twice. On the bright side leveling up made him stronger and his depleted stamina would be regenerated. He immediately used the stat points he gained to his Strength stat making him even stronger than before. However it was clear that he would be overwhelmed by their large numbers.
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Meanwhile watching the battle from the top of a building directly above the battlefield stood Damien and a group of ten others. They were all members of the tiger gang.
"What do we have here?" Damien whistled in a low tone. "A large group of ravids have gathered here for those three. They seem strong but its clear that they won't be able to handle this many at the same time"
"That guy looks strong" one of the gang members said
"Yeah he is strong but I can see it. He'll make a mistake soon" Damien said as he watched Jordan. His eyes were giving off a slight purple hue.
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Just as Damien had predicted Jordan had made a mistake in his timing and as a result one ravid managed to land a strike with its long claws across his back.
Jordan felt the sharp pain from the claws. His movements slowed for a moment. He quickly turned around and smashed his fist into the ravid's chest. It completely caved in and flew off like a missile, knocking into another group of ravids in the process.
"Jordan close your eyes!" he heard a shout from a familiar voice.
It was coming from Candice.
Jordan hesitated. What if she got him killed? But soon he too realized that if he died then the others would follow just as quickly.
Jordan closed his eyes. And Candice opened her palms into the sky.
"[Blinding light]!" she said as she activated her skill. A bright white light spread throughout the area and cover a radius of ten meters. It even affect those who were hiding of the roof.
"We have three minutes before the effects wear off" Candice said as she charged forward with her dagger. She cut through every ravid that was in her way and slowly she too was getting soul essence. Rina wasn't too far off. She realized that if they didn't take advantage of the situation now then their chances of survival would be low.
Like that the trio went of a killing spree. Slashing and kicking and punching as fast and as hard as they all could. They were on a time crunch after all. Jordan had gone in deeper creating a path that led all the way to the colossal ravid.
He didn't notice this until he felt a slight pressure to his back and his instincts were screaming at him. Jordan turned just in time to see a large fist heading for his back. Jordan could only roll up his shoulder and raise his forearm. The massive fist slammed into his arm but the force was more than Jordan could ever handle. Jordan felt the force travel through his entire arm and his shoulder before he felt his body become light.
No it wasn't that his body had become lighter, he was actually sent flying.
Boom!
Jordan slammed into the wall of the alley completely breaking right through it.
The girls froze when they saw this. They turned in the direction that Jordan had been in before and they could see the colossal ravid retracting its fist. One clear look and it was obvious that it was the one that had hit Jordan.
The colossal ravid looked at them all with an angry expression.
The colossal ravid had recovered from Candice's stun attack
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