"when you leveled up, only the aspect that being used the most went up. For example, when you leveled up by fighting monster, only your Dexterity, Endurance, Strength and potentially Defense went up. You could also leveled up without killing any monster"
"Potentially?"
"We know this when Ryan leveled up after killing some monster. Let's say he got hit multiple time, his defense might go up aswell, but since he didn't, we didn't know."
So my theory isn't far off. That's good to know.
"Also, they only went up by 3 point, either distributed by 1 for 3 aspects, or 2 aspects with one aspect receiving 2 point. We didn't know if 3 point being granted to one aspect is possible"
"I see, is there anything else you know?"
"Hmm... The system seems to be helping us in any ways possible. Even if you're weak, the system will somehow manages to gives you a chance to survive with certain skill"
That explains how I got Flicker with a trash starter stats.
"Even the magic, skill, and weapon is made to suits the individual, or as the system call us, the [ Player ]"
"So I'm guessing, you're in an archery club, and that Mister used to play with sword?"
"I used to, but I quit archery long ago, and yes you're correct about Ryan"
"... If you don't mind, Can I see your Status?"
"...Why?"
"Just curious, I will show mine as well if you want"
This somehow sounds dirty. Even Ryan pulled his head up to see what we were doing but his daughter pulled him back to his seat.
"Ah, if you don't mind, can I see both of yours as well?" I said to Ryan and his daughter, Alice
"Well, here you go"
Ryan is the first to show his. His daughter flinched and try to stop him but he shakes his head and said "don't worry"
[ Status: Ryan ]
[ Age: 43 ]
[ Gander: Male ]
[ Species: Human ]
[ Fatigue: 14 ]
[ Level: 5 ]
[ STR: 11 ]
[ DEF: 5 ]
[ DEX: 7 ]
[ END: 8 ]
[ SPD: 6 ]
[ VIT: 6 ]
[ INT: 3 ]
Level 5 already? This guy must fought tooth and nail to save his daughter.
Anyway, he got both Vitality and Speed, wonder if he already have them or acquired them somehow.
I looked at Hana, waiting for her answer.
"... Show me yours first"
Whew, under normal context, this would've been so weird.
[ Status: Kaiden ]
[ Fatigue: 42 ]
[ Level: 1 ]
[ STR: 2 ]
[ DEF: 2 ]
[ DEX: 3 ]
[ SPD: 4 ]
[ END: 1 ]
[ INT: 3 ]
[ LCK: 5 ]
It's quite embarrassing to show this.
"LCK?"
"It's luck, got it after being saved by you guys"
"You're indeed lucky then. But how exactly?"
I explained how I managed to survive this far.
"Wow, you're actually very lucky, even the system acknowledge it"
"I know... So am I lucky enough to see yours?"
The Status, of course.
"... You look weak, why not"
Oof, that hurt a little.
[ Status: Hana ]
[ Age: 17 ]
[ Gander: Female ]
[ Fatigue: 16 ]
[ Level: 3 ]
[ STR: 6 ]
[ DEF: 2 ]
[ DEX: 8 ]
[ END: 4 ]
[ INT: 4 ]
[ FCS:6 ]
"FCS?"
"Focus, help you to stay calm in an intense situation apparently"
"How did you knew that?"
"Tap on it and a description will show up"
"I didn't know that."
"Um..."
Alice suddenly put her hand up while covering her face with the other hand.
"I- I didn't feel comfortable sharing mine so... Im sorry"
She sound so cute~ I guess she didn't want something to be figured out?
"That's fine"
"Well? Did you see what you want?"
"Yea, I guess that's it. I will talk to you later"
"Sure"
I went back to seat, but it was already taken by Rebecca, with Terry beside her.
"Did you like MY window seat?
She looked at me, with unchanged expression from earlier.
"Yea, I like it"
Guess it's hers now but why? Her original seat is already on the window side. Terry looked at me with a tiny smile on his face. I guess it's obvious what's happening here.
"Welp, enjoy it I guess"
Making myself comfortable where she use to sit, I looked back what had happen.
So far, I've done nothing to contribute to our survival. There's one when I sent a goblin flying, but compared to the rest, it's almost nothing.
Terry luring them away, Russell's wrestling with a hobgoblin, Rebecca paralyzing them and Kathy taking out the first hobgoblin we encounterd seems to be the major reason we survived.
I wonder if back in the campus, all of them knew each other before meeting me, but judging on how they react on Kathy and Russell's death, I guess they just met while running away. Or they don't want to think about it too much. It's the same for me.
Actually, Ryan and Rebecca seems to be close with each other even before we escaped.
Oh yeah, I wonder if Eric manage to survive. I didn't even thought about him. Our lecture hall was on the ground floor so it would be a miracle if he did survive.
Wait... My STUFF!! LAPTOP, IPAD, POWER BANK! I FORGOT THEM! I have my phone on me but still!!! What should I do when this is over?!
... Actually, will this even end? Can we somehow stop all those monster before getting wiped out? Where did this monster come from anyway? The system mentioned a dungeon break, so I guess a portal or something? That will explained the sudden attacked.
If that's the case, no Matter how many we kill, they will just keep appearing, and potentially even stronger monster will appear.
If we somehow managed to survive, will there be a way to stop the portal from appearing? If not, then this might be the new normal in the future. A society build around assaulting the dungeon before a "Dungeon Break" could happen.
I kinda want to see that happen. There's so much job opportunity if that actually happen. I could quit being a student and just went dungeon diving as a career!
That is, if I survive this whole thing, or the world survive.
... Can I survive th-
"Mff~"
?! What the fu-
"Don't look Alice. Really y'all? We got kids here!"
What... I stood up to see what's happening.
.... They're kissing?! Rebecca and Terry is kissing?! While people's around! How indecent! I want to do that as well! It should've me!
[ Notice: Mission Successful ]
[ Mission: Survive for 60 minutes ]
( 60/60 ) ✓
[ Reward has been delivered ]
[ Notice: New Mission ]
[ Mission: Survive for 720 minutes ]
( 0/720 minutes )
[ Reward: 720 Gold Coin ]
***
"Looks like this as far as we can go" the driver said.
There's a lot of cars in front of us. Even if we can go, the gas is running low and we can't go to the nearest gas station since there's even more cars around.
I don't want to jinx it, but I'm surprised that there's no monster around. The military did a good job at keeping them at bay. That or the attack aren't as wide spread as I thought it was, or at least it hasn't reach here yet.
"We can't just left the bus here, it's going to cost inconvenience to the other trying to get to the shelter"
"We are surrounded by cars tho, there's isn't much we can do" one of the adults in the bus said.
"There is actually, I will tell the driver on our left to stop for a bit so we can part on the sidewalk"
"Is that legal?"
"No? But there might be monster here sooner or later so that's the best we can do. Just pay the fine or whatever, at least we're alive to do so"
That's true, the longer we stayed here, the more anxious I become. What are the chances the monster is not going to appear? I don't know the answer but if monster and chances are put into one sentence then I'm not taking any damn chances.
"I will get out then, just stay here Alice"
Ryan stod up, sword in hand and proceed to complete his mission.
Guess I will help him. Not because I'm trying to look kind, but I genuinely want to get the heck out of here.
"You going out too kaiden?" Terry asked while holding hand with Rebecca.
What does it look like I'm doing? Asking the driver out on a date?
"Yea, I'm going to help him to make it quicker"
"I see, good luck~"
Don't look at me like that you fu*k face.
I gets out, and for a moment, I'm enjoying the feeling of the gentle sun shining on me. It is as if nothing had happen and it's just a normal rush hour.
If it isn't for the sight of Ryan having an argument with a driver, with a SWORD in hand then I would've believe so.
I went for the car behind us, hoping it will be a smooth process. As I got closer to the car, they put their window down before I reached them.
"Is that your friend? With the sword?"
"Ah... Kinda? He didn't mean any harm, he just wanna tell the driver something that I also wanted to tell you"
"Oh yea? What is it"
Before I said anything, the driver behind him, a guy with glasses gets out, take out a cigarette, light it and walk towards us.
"What's going on?" He asked after breathing in his cancer stick.
"The thing is, this bus that we are driving is running out of gas, so we want to park on the sidewalk as to no cause problems for the other. We want to asked you guys to be patience for a while and gives us a space to do so"
"Ahh I see, that's fine go for it" the driver inside the car said, while taking a hit of his own cancer stick.
"That's nice of you, I appreciate you guys doing that" the glasses guy said, exhaling smoke like a drangon.
If there's poison resistance aspect then I might have gotten it by now.
"By the way, you know what's happening?" The glasses guy asked.
"You didn't?"
"Well the government issued a notice for people in this area to get to a nearby shelter, talking about this monster or alien invasion kinda thing is happening"
"... Have you guys met any then?"
"No?" Both of them answerd at the same time
So it's true, this area didn't have any dungeon break yet... Actually.
"Did you see this blue hologram thingy appeared in front of you?"
"The thing they said on twitter? Isn't it just some mass hysteria?"
"Must have been some people tripping balls or something huh"
"Yea"
So they didn't see my status, which mean they nor this area have experienced a dungeon break yet.
That's bad, it mean it's going to be much worst then earlier, or even worst, it's going to happen at any moment. I doubt there will be a place that's free from monster.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
The glasses suddenly yelled out and rush behind me with urgency. It's Ryan, looks like he somehow manage to piss the driver off and he went for the baseball bat in his trunk.
Seriously? What did this guy do to get him mad?
There's a couple of people trying to calm the baseball guy, while there's more people seemingly trying to calm the already calm Ryan.
[ Notice: New Mission ]
Hm? New mission out of nowhere?
[ We've noticed that you're too weak to survive on your own. ]
[ A new missions have been issued to help you increase your strength. Please complete them! Good luck. ]
[ Mission: Kill as many monster as you can in 5 days ]
( 0 point )
[ Reward: The amount of points gathered will be turned into gold coin ]
[ Mission: Be in the presence of a monster as long as you can in 5 days ]
( 0 point )
[ Reward: The amount of points gathered will be turned into gold coin ]
"Woah... It's... The blue screen everybody's talking about!"
"You got them too?!"
They finally received it? That mean...