Chapter 6 - Firestorm

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[Name: Lucy Greene]

[Race: ??????]

[Age: 38]

[Level: 19]

[Experience/Soul point: 102,540/160,000]

[Occupation: None]

[Class: None]

[Stat points: 228]

[Health points: 47,500]

[Mana points: ------?]

[Energy points: 300]

[Strength: 160]

[Agility: 164]

[Intelligence: 172]

[Dexterity: 169]

[Defense: 164]

[Notification: 1]

[Innate skills]

[ Fire Immunity, Fire Generation, Fire Manipulation, Fire Integration]

[Acquired Skills]

[Regeneration {High}, Infernal Summon {Low}, Ring of fire, Phoenix dew.]

"When did _?" Lucy's thought are cut off.

The monster roars and lunges at Lucy, but she's faster than she thought she was. She leaps out of the way, and the monster crashes into a tree, knocking it over with a crash. The monster turns and snarls at her, its eyes glowing red with rage. Lucy raises her hands, and a ball of fire forms in her palms. She throws it at the monster, and it explodes on contact, sending the monster flying. It lands in a heap on the ground right next to the cop's car.

The monster gets to its feet, and it looks even angrier than before. It swipes at Lucy with its claws, but she's faster than it is. She dodges the attack falling on her back, with the monster looming over her, she screams and lands a kick from the ground on the monster's chest. The monster roars in pain and staggers backwards. But it's not giving up. It rears up on its hind legs and swipes at Lucy again. She hurriedly ducks under the attack, but the monster's claws catch her shoulder, leaving a long gash. Lucy feels the pain, but it only makes her flinch compared to the feeling of her body exploding for hours on end.

The monster charges at Lucy again, and she braces herself for the attack. But at the last moment, she rolls to the side, and the monster crashes into a nearby wall. The wall starts to fall towards Lucy, and she quickly rolls out of the way. As the wall crashes into the ground, she sees an opportunity. She focuses her energy trying to remember the previous feeling, and a burst of fire shoots out of her hands. The fire wraps around the fallen monster, setting it ablaze. The monster roars in pain as the flames engulf it. Lucy watches as the monster thrashes around, trying to put out the fire.

The monster's thrashing knocks it into another wall, causing an explosion of sparks to rain down on the city floor. The flames spread quickly, and the entire area is soon ablaze. Lucy has to act fast.

She turns to run away, ignoring the flames that are licking at her feet. As the monster thrashes, it causes buildings to fall. Lucy sees a small building falling towards her, and she dives out of the way. But as she rolls to safety, her gaze catches the monster trapped under some rubble, she finally gets a full view of the monster. It resembles a combination between a black bear and a lizard with teeth the size of her fore arm and claws the size of her feet.

A message appears scaring Lucy into a jump.

[Clawed Nabet]

[Level 8]

[Health point: 8779/11500]

"That's... Level 8? But I'm level 19 right? Then I'm losing to something much weaker than me. That's really pathetic." She continues her retreat but then slows to a halt, her mind screaming at her. She stares back at the clawed nabet, rage boiling within her. She wants to destroy the creature that dares to attack her.

She reaches into herself, drawing on all of her strength and energy. Then, she does something she's never done before. She shouts a word that she's never spoken before.

"Firestorm"

As Lucy shouts the word, the air around her starts to shimmer and crackle. A wave of heat radiates out from her, and the flames around her intensify. She feels the power building inside her, and she knows what she has to do. She thrusts her hands towards the monster, and a massive ball of fire shoots out of her hands. The ball hits the monster, it swells and then explodes in a blinding flash. The flames shoot up into the sky like a geyser. When the light fades, Lucy sees that the monster has disappeared. In its place is a charred crater, and the fires have been extinguished.

[You have killed clawed nabet ×1]

[Exp gained: 200]

[Skill learned: Firestorm]

A wave of satisfaction washes over her as she relaxes.

"I know i have a system now but why the fuck are there monsters now. Like the fallen aren't already enough huh."

Lucy is taking in a few extra breaths of relief when she hears another roar. She looks up and sees another monster charging towards her. But this one is different. It's taller and looks more powerful than the first one. It swipes at her with its claws, and she barely has time to dodge. It snarls at her, and she can see the hatred in its eyes.

[Clawed Nabet]

[Level 15]

[Health points: 21,000/21,000]

As the second monster swipes at her again, Lucy calls on all of her strength and fireballs burst from her hands. The monster's skin is tough, and the fireballs don't do much damage. But they do distract it, and that gives her a moment to think. She looks around and sees an oil tanker on the edge of the city. An idea starts to form in her mind. She uses her flames to pull the tanker over, and it rolls towards the monster, the metal slowly melting under her power's influence. The monster roars in anger and swipes at the tanker. The tanker explodes, sending a wave of fire and debris towards the monster.

The explosion hits the monster, and it staggers back. But it's not down yet. It snarls at Lucy, a glance at it's health points and she can see that it's badly hurt. But it's still coming for her. She braces herself, but she knows she needs to do something more. She reaches out with her powers, and hits it with an attack.

" Firestorm"

It staggers taking more damage this time.

" Firestorm"

" Firestorm"

Lucy pulls on whatever energy she has left and spams firestorm after firestorm.

The monster collapses to the ground, and the battle is over. She runs towards the city, and she sees more monsters on the horizon. She's exhausted and hurt, but her son is still unaccounted for so she ignores the cries of people as they're being ripped apart.

Slowly she gets into her car, surprisingly there's little damage from the attack on her car and it starts with no problem.

She drives out of the city hoping she's not too late.