After being revived, I made a post to hasten the meeting to today, I made several excuses to make them agree to it.
Waiting at the designated location, there's already a group of people gathering. Upon seeing me walking alone, one of them makes their way to me.
"Are you the one that killed a Minotaur?" The guy said in a serious tone.
"Yea, you guys are pretty early"
"We just want to make sure this place is safe, and also to make sure this isn't a trap by the rumoured crazed killer"
Oh yeah, there's that. It's kind of stupid to gather a lot of Awakened in one place to kill them, I doubt whoever that is strong enough for that.
"Crazed killer?" I asked.
"Yea, that sick bastard, going around and killing for no reason"
"No reason?"
"Yeah! Why else would he do it? All he did was weaken our attack force!"
"So it's only one person?"
"... We didn't know, might be a group because of how that killer managed to kill a whole squad. Even if his special skill is strong, there shouldn't be a way to wipe an entire squad."
"There might be a way. For example, if the killer's special skill is trap magic or necromancy then it's possible"
"There's a magic like that?"
"Who knows? What I know is, that every Special Skill is stupidly strong and doesn't have any drawbacks. If the Special Skill is trap magic or necromancy, then that Skill must've been near perfect."
"Hmm... That's concerning"
Indeed, even he realised that the Special Skill could always be overpowered, no matter the user.
I get that the system wants to give us an advantage over the monster but there is this feeling like the system isn't complete, like a rushed project.
If this is a game, the developer should take note of this and patch the errors and bugs.
As we continued talking, another guy showed up, alone, just like I did.
That's... Weird. He must have been strong enough to get here alone.
He is wearing a black hoodie jacket, the zipper is open and shows a white T underneath. He is also wearing fingerless gloves, he reminded me of an edgy-type MC.
"Who are you?" I questioned him as I was uncomfortable with his presence.
"Huh? Isn't this supposed to be a gathering to discuss how to kill the dungeon boss?" He said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"Well, I'm asking you because you came here alone, are you a leader of a group of something?"
"Hahaha! No! I ran solo! I don't need a team to survive in this new world!"
... Ah, he is the delusional MC type.
"I see, you must've received a strong Special Skill then"
He laughed again, this time louder and had a sign that he was deranged. Poor guy.
"Yes! My skill is strong, I might've been able to kill the Boss alone!"
I said the same thing too you know? I was quickly humbled after that.
"Then why are you here?" The guy talking to me earlier suddenly spoke.
"Because... Hah, I have an idea on how to kill it, but I need a bit of help"
He paused before answering, yep, this guy is not that strong. Perhaps strong enough to get here alone, but not enough to kill a Dungeon Boss alone.
"I will wait here! When all the people gather, I will share my ideas! Don't worry! You will be a part of history!"
This guy suddenly became energetic, waving his hand and making unnecessary gestures like an anime character, how cringe.
I will let him be the first to tell his idea so it won't interfere with an actual good idea.
He sat down on the sidewalk while smiling, a creepy-ass smile that is. Seems like he's excited to share his goofy idea.
I will let him be.
After several hours, more people arrived and formed a crowd in the area.
About 8 grouped people came and each group had at least 7 people with the most people being 9.
We have reached the time planned for the meeting, but only a small crowd has formed. No military or those big groups on the internet are here. Are they not participating?
They must've thought it was another silly delusional attempt made by a random kid, thus not wanting to participate.
Whatever, I'm not expecting a large-scale raid anyway.
I clapped my hand to get their attention and finally began the meeting.
Soon, I became the centre of attention, standing in the middle of the crowd. My anxiety kicks in, but it's not longer have control over my body.
"Ahem, first of all, I wanted to say I appreciate your bravery and showing up to today's event! As you guys know, we are gathered here to discuss how to kill the dungeon boss. I have a little information regarding the Minotaur Boss and I will share it first"
It became silent for a while, then a little laugh was let out by one of the group.
Are they laughing? Did I say something funny?
"Is there anything wrong?"
"Are you the guy? The one who's going to lead the raid?"
"Um, no. If there's someone with a better leadership skill, then they will be the one leading the raid. As I said, I'm just here to share my information"
They let a sound of "aaaaahhhhh" like they just realized what I meant.
"I see, we thought a level 1 was going to be our leader or something"
Oh right, they can't see my actual level, but they should've at least seen my stat. What's up with that?
"Umm, ok, so I have this cloning skill and I use it to gouge out the strength of the Boss Minotaur. That is the information I'm going to share"
"Cloning skill?"
I summoned all four of my clones, and their face suddenly changed from faces of mockery to a serious one.
"Nice special skill! That's truly helpful! Too bad it won't do any good for me!" The hooded guy earlier suddenly appeared behind me.
This guy... Fine, let's get this over with.
"You said you wanted to share your wonderful idea right? Go ahead then" I sarcastically said.
"Yeah! Thank you!"
"WAHHH!"
A guy suddenly yelled out, like he was in shock. Soon, a chain of gasps ensued, like they couldn't believe their eyes.
What happened? They all staring at this guy...
[ «Appraisal» ]
[ Status: Gabriel ]
[ Special Skill: Absorption ]
[ Level: 279 ]
[ STR: 325 ]
[ DEF: 278 ]
[ DEX: 264 ]
[ SPD: 272 ]
[ END: 409 ]
[ INT: 412 ]
[ WIS: 378 ]
[ LCK: 108 ]
[ MGT: 324 ]
[ FCS: 206 ]
[ VIT: 278 ]
WHAT?!?! WTF IS THAT ?!?!!
He laughed maniacally.
What are those stat!? Is that possible?
"Hahahaha! Have you guys seen my status? That's good! Now I'm going to explain how I got it!"
How... Will he tell us..
"You have seen my special skill, right? It allows me to instantly absorb the skill, stat and level from a monster corpse! Isn't that crazy!?"
It is crazy, and here I thought mine was insanely overpowered, no, that thing shouldn't even exist!
"Did you guys know what I mean?! That means I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER!!"
He said while raising both of his hands like he just won a race.
Is... Is he actually? Then... What am I...
NO! It's not the time! If that's his Special Skill, then there's only one way he could've gotten that strong!
I rushed him with my weapon drawn, but before I got to land a hit, I was suddenly pulled from behind.
It's my clone, he threw me so high in the air.
A loud boom suddenly appeared, it felt like something had hit a sound-breaking speed.
The sound confuses me, and after landing, I regain my focus and take a look at my surroundings.
The group behind me is gone, leaving only their bottom half scattered around.
"Whew, you dodge that! Amazing!" He excitedly said.
Yeah, no doubt about it, this guy....
"I will explain my method now, I will absorb all your skill and stats and kill the Minotaur myself!" He proudly announces.
I need to kill this guy!
But instead of moving forward, my instinct is screaming for me to run. The feeling is so intense, I've never felt like this.
I ran, leaving the group.