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Chapter 10 - First encounter part 2

"Get it off me! Get it off me!"

*Rolling on the ground.

Upon hearing Luke's screams, I hesitated...

*Aim.

(Hold on a second... what if I miss and end up killing Luke?), I thought as I watched them struggle.

Honestly, I'd rather save the potions for myself...

"Get it off! Quickly! What are you waiting for?!" Luke shouted as he tried to fend off the rabbit.

I found no other alternative but to approach and...

*Kick.

*Kick.

"Ouch! What the hell are you doing?!" Luke exclaimed as he received the aftermath of my attempt to help him.

"Hold it!" I exclaimed.

"AAAAAA," he screamed furiously as he tried to grab the rabbit by the neck.

*Kick.

*Kick.

*Thud!

Finally, after a few attempts bravely endured by Luke, I managed to hit the rabbit squarely, and it had no choice but to give up its attack and retreat from us.

"Grrroooohh!" it glared at me with malice and growled, but this time it was different.

*Squish-squash-squuueeelch!!

"What... what the hell am I seeing?" I said incredulously as I watched the 'rabbit's' jaw split open, revealing a horrifying image.

(Oh my god! Who designed this thing? It looks terrible, but it's got a lot of detail), I thought a bit scared, yet impressed.

*Click-clack *Click-clack.

"I'm sorry, buddy, it's nothing personal," I said as I readied the weapons.

"Grrraah!" the rabbit also seemed to sense danger coming from me, and it eyed me distrustfully, ready to pounce.

*Bang!

I fired.

*Whoosh!!

The rabbit tried to dodge, and although it mostly succeeded, I managed to blow off its left hind leg.

!

"Graaargh!" the rabbit howled in pain as it tried to flee into the jungle.

*Footsteps *Footsteps

"I'm sorry, buddy, I'll leave a good review on the game page in your honor," I said as I walked towards it and prepared to put it to sleep.

"Wheeze-howl!" As I got relatively close, the rabbit let out a weak howl, almost pleading for mercy.

*Bang! *Bang!

I shot, but...

"Roaaarrr!" Even as its body bled, that creature could still growl at me and move.

*Bang! *Bang!

"Roarr!"

"Just die already!"

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

It took 4 more shots to kill that thing.

":.."

(What's up with this thing? I put 4 bullets into it and it still won't die), I thought, astonished by the creature's toughness.

I was about to turn around to check on Luke, but then I remembered something...

(Shouldn't there be a window popping up when you kill a monster?) That thought made me pause and look at the rabbit suspiciously.

*Bang! *Bang!

"Graaah... gaaah...gaa-" After taking two more hits, the rabbit finally breathed its last breath.

"..."

(This son of a bitch was playing possum...)

[You have killed a wild white rabbit!

Assessment: (F)

Abilities: Strong legs (F), Basic agility (F), Basic sense of smell (F), Monstrous vitality (F)

Material for Muta-genes found! Gather enough biological material from this type of individual to synthesize genes in the laboratory!]

(Interesting... is it because of the monstrous vitality that it didn't die quickly?) Seeing the rabbit's abilities, I figured out why it endured so many shots.

Seems like the difficulty of this game is a bit higher than I expected...

"What's your status?" I asked Luke about his condition as I approached him.

"Haaa, Haaa, I'm okay, just a few scratches," slightly out of breath, Luke sat down on the ground and checked his wounds.

Some scratches adorned with blood, though fortunately they didn't seem too deep.

"Haaa, Haaa, I won't trust rabbits again," jokingly, Luke exclaimed as he glanced in the direction of the deceased monster.

Giving Luke some space, I stepped back a bit and tapped the 'tattoo', which was actually the Technological Core embedded in my arm.

[Floor 0:

Enemies defeated (Gobrakians): 0%

Allies eliminated (Earthlings): 0.001%

Enemy bases: Unknown

Ally bases: None (Establish a base in a safe location!)

Minimum quota of monsters eliminated: 5/20,000 monsters

Resources (Earthlings): Precious metals/Material for Muta-genes

Enemy resources (unknown race): Unknown]

(I see, someone beat me to it...)

Referring to the first monster kill for us Earthlings, but it seems someone already achieved that feat.

(They probably boasted about it in the global chat), I thought, a bit curious, and opened the global chat.

[Global chat:

Splinter0051: "Wow, monsters are something else in this game, a raccoon took like 10 shots"

QuantumQuasar: "A raccoon? Wait till you see what's in the savannah, I've seen like 3 lions the size of an elephant!"

Girlfashion2: "Help guys, a 3-meter bear is chasing me, the bastard won't die and I already emptied my entire magazine on him!!"

CyberspaceSage: "F for the one above, changing the subject, has anyone seen those goblins?"

EchoDreamer: "Nope, the guy who died posted in a thread saying he died so fast he didn't even see it"

IllusionistVR: "By the way, is it true that if you die you can't log into the game for a day?

HoloHavoc: "It's true, many players who died also posted about that."]

(I see, a cooldown day to play again...)

Better not to die if possible.

"To hell with it, that's what I bought them for anyway," I heard Luke say at that moment, and I couldn't help but pay attention.

*Pop!

From his inventory (apparently), he pulled out a little bottle with a green liquid, which he opened and poured onto his chest.

*Ssshhh!

And with a strange little sound and a bit of smoke, the scratches on his chest healed completely.

(So that's how they work...)

As for where he bought them, it's pretty obvious there's a store you can access through the game interface.

"Alright, Haa, I'm ready," wiping the sweat from his forehead, Luke finally got up from the ground and approached me.

"Finish setting up the base, I'll keep watch, remember the goblins must know our approximate location," I told him as I reloaded my pistol.

"Okay," he responded and immediately set about planting the flag at the base.

Interestingly, the flag had a globe logo that moved slowly.

[An ally is attempting to set up a base! Their approximate location will be seen by the enemy race. Come to their aid!

-Time remaining: 6:00]

When he finished placing that flag, that message popped up.

*Clic-clac *Clic-clac

"Let's get ready, the first critter we see, we'll fill it with lead," Luke said determinedly as he prepared his two pistols.

"Agreed," I was ready for action too.

At that moment, the flag started glowing blue, and a hologram materialized showing a small building, not too big, with it inside and positioned in the center of the structure.

--

-5 minutes later...

I was sitting, watching as that building slowly came together while chatting with Luke, until...

*Footsteps...

*Footsteps...

"Get ready!" Luke said cautiously as he stood up.

Needless to say, I did the same.

*Footsteps...

*Footsteps...

(Right...)

"They're coming from my right, stay alert," I told Luke, and he took up a position slightly away from me, in a spot where he had an ideal shooting trajectory.

*Footsteps...

And then we saw them.

(Just as I imagined, no, actually a bit uglier)

Green creatures about the height of a slightly older child, elf-like ears, light brown eyes with a strange pupil, a large nose, and a very ugly face with some warts.

They wore only a loincloth of dark skin and what looked like a small pouch also made of skin.

And their weapon was what looked like a bone knife.

*Eye each other

Looking at Luke, it seemed he had the same idea as me, so...

*Bang! *Bang!

*Bang! *Bang!

We fired directly at the goblins, and they started running towards us regardless of being filled with wounds.

"Grrraah!"

"Grawwrr!"

*Bang! *Bang!

*Bang! *Bang!

*Bang! *Bang!

"Grrraahhhh!" yelled a bloodied goblin who still moved with a lot of vitality.

"DIE, YOU DAMNED BASTARD!" Luke shouted as he kept shooting, not caring that he was missing some shots.

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

Meanwhile, one of them was also trying to get close to me to stab me, so I slowly moved backward, distancing myself from Luke at the same time.

"KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!" I shouted to Luke as I reloaded my weapon.

"Graaarrrghh!"

"Raaaagh! Raaaagh!"

Seeing us move, they began to scream louder and their skin changed slightly in color.

(What? A special ability? Don't tell me they're berserkers or something like that?), I thought alarmed as I prepared for another round of shots.

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

(Shit, it's getting too close!), at some point, the goblin quickened its pace and despite its wounds, it came closer and closer until it was just a few meters away.

"Shit! Shit!" I ran to distance myself, but unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to my surroundings.

*Thud!

My back collided with a tree.

I quickly reloaded the gun, but my thoughts were frantic.

(Shit! I'm dead! I'm dead!), that's all I could scream in my mind.

"LET'S GO TO HELL TOGETHER, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I shouted and didn't hold back in the barrage of shots I fired at the goblin with both my guns.

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" I screamed like a madman as I saw it closing in on me.

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

*Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang! *Bang!

*Click! *Click! *Click! *Click!

My ammunition ran out, and with it, my hopes of killing it.

(I guess it's over...)

The goblin walked slowly, probably realizing I was out of ammo and calming down.

*Footsteps *Footsteps

*Foot- *Thud!

(Huh?)

[You have killed an enemy of the enemy race (Gobrakian)!

Rating: (F+)

Abilities: Stealth Agility (F), Cunning Traps (F), Small Arms Mastery (F), Pain Resistance (F+), Monstrous Vitality (E), Berserker (E), Primitive Aura (F+)

Material for Muta-genes found! Obtain enough biological material from this type of individual to synthesize muta-genes in the laboratory!]

[You are the first to eliminate a member of the enemy race! The tower will never forget pioneers like you!

-Your name will be engraved in human history (Earthlings)

-A surprise reward awaits you once you return to the tower's safe zone!]