Achievements held a very special meaning for the Climbers.
Being the first in achiving something was always welcomed, as it came with rare gifts from the Towers such as rare items, ancient weapons and powerful skills.
Shiva, who had regressed back to his past knew this fact. What's more, he was also aware of the fact that those who could kill five hundred monsters in shortest time whould be allowed a chance to a legendary class!
But despite knowing all this, Shiva slowed down his pace of killing the monsters. It was because of a single reason...
"Shall we get my class then?"
....to get the same class he had in his past life!
Holding a glass bottle containing some liquid in one hand and a lighter in the other, Shiva smirked as he heard the continuous honking sound of a car in the distance.
Currently, he was hiding behind a wall of a collapsed building, some distance away from a fuel station!
And at the fuel station, hordes of monsters could be seen mindlessly jumping around in anger, frantically charging towards a certain car. This vehicle had a fire extinguisher tied to its steering and was continuously honking.
Shiva smiled as he observed the large horde of monsters.
"This should be enough."
With a swift motion, he jumped out of the wall, lit up the bottle in his hand with the lighter, and threw it at the fuel station with all his might.
Some monsters turned around, others stopped and looked in his direction, but it was too late. Before they could even take a step, the flaming bottle hit the ground, and in an instant, everything went red.
-BOOM!!!
A deafening sound echoed, and Shiva's blue panel began to ring non-stop.
"Hehe, that was good enough, I guess…"
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(Before the explosion)
After dealing with some of the goblins that were drawn towards him, Shiva silently advanced. Along the way, he encountered a group of eight red kobolds blocking his path. Taking a moment to assess the situation, Shiva tightened his grip on his small knife.
Silently creeping behind the first kobold monster, he attacked, aiming for the back of its head. Without making a sound, the kobold died.
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Type - Normal
Rank - E
A deadly assassination move, wherein attacking enemies from behind deals critical damage to the target. If the target is unaware of the host's presence, the effectiveness of the skill doubles.
Proficiency - 14%
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Silently looking at the skill description with satisfied eyes, Shiva concentrated on his next target.
Even though his title increased damage when he got hit first, Shiva preferred avoiding hits altogether by eliminating enemies before they had a chance to strike.
Choosing to sneak up on them, Shiva quietly dispatched another koboldo. Unfortunately, a third koboldo noticed him and let out a shriek, alerting the other koboldo beside it.
Realizing his presence, they attacked simultaneously, but Shiva skillfully blocked the koboldo's blunt sword with his short knife, preventing any damage.
But that did help with something. Shiva's title effect was triggered, and strength temporarily filled his body! With a wide smile, Shiva pushed back the koboldo and slashed its throat, easily killing it. What followed was a total.... massacre!
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Even though Shiva's physical strength was similar to that of normal humans, his battle senses and techniques were that of the Demonic Emperor's.
Combined with his high perception, he danced amidst the creatures, decapitated them one by one! Even though he was a necromance in his past life, he excelled at close combat, and the measly koboldos were no match for him.
"It's quite hard to move in this weak body."
Shiva mumbled, brandishing the short knife and wiping off the blood on it in the process.
All the Kobolds blocking his way were now dead, so he moved forward. After covering some distance, he reached his destination—the fuel station.
A smile spread across his face as he walked to the fuel pump. He took the fuel gun off its resting place, and started spilling fuel over the entire area.
After some time, the whole place was covered in petroleum. However, he wasn't done yet. He approached a nearby car, seemingly abandoned by a panicked civilian or the unfortunate person dragged out by the monsters.
Regardless, that wasn't important at the moment. Shiva grabbed a fire extinguisher nearby, pressed it against the car's steering, and then...
—hoooooooooooooonk....!!!!
The car's horn started honking nonstop. With a lingering smile on his face, Shiva ran out of the fuel station and concealed himself behind a collapsed wall.
Not shortly afterward, monsters started to appear—goblins, kobolds, ghouls, and some lizard-like creatures. Within just 5 minutes, there were more than hundreds of creatures surrounding the car, irritated by the incessant honking. They slammed into it from every direction.
Just as the monsters were about to break into the car, Shiva stood up and threw something towards them.
-BOOM!!!
A loud explosion followed, raining carcasses of monsters and spilling blood and flesh everywhere! At a distance, Shiva stood, observing the monsters burning, some destroyed to pieces by the sudden blast.
It was an insane idea, one that could have led to his death if it attracted stronger monsters or if something from the explosion had hit him. Considering it was a gas station, the act was indeed crazy, but the reward was not shallow either.
Hundreds of messages blocked his view:
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"This is enough, I guess!"
Shiva's smile widened with every message, but there was also a hint of disappointment.
"So many corpses… Such a waste!"
Feeling somewhat happy and somewhat dejected, Shiva walked forwards, killing off some monsters which were lucky enough to survive the explosion.
What he had thrown earlier at the fuel station was a makeshift Molotov cocktail, made by filling some fuel inside a liquor bottle. It was the reason why he had spilled the fuel all around the gas station—all for buring the monasters a mass and leveling up together!
It could have gone very wrong if he wasn't careful, but considering the rewards, it was worth it. Besides, he had successfully executed this insane act in his past life; there was no way he would fail now!
Anyway, he leveled up a lot thanks to it.
Some brave or dumb monsters who survive the explosion by heaven's luck tried to attack him, only to die miserably by his small dagger.
Evn though the explosion had died down, the messages were not over yet, as some monsters were still burning to death.
Nevertheless, after a while, the message he was waiting for finally arrived!
"Hoho… 14th? that was close."
Shiva sighed in relief as he saw that he was the 14th person to achieve this. It may seem like he was aiming for a rank within ten, but in reality, he was trying to be rank higher!
The first ten people who acomplish this achivement will be given a chance to obtain a Legendary class and will be transported to the Hall of Legends, and those who rank below 100 will be given a chance to attain a epic class.
Classes were very important factor for climber so the higher the rank, hiegher the probabolity of their survival and strength. So it was seem dumb for Shiva to sim of a epic class instead of a legendary one, but that wasn't the class.
"Come on now… I am waiting."
He was aiming for something else, something that is far better than the legendary classes.
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