"If I only I could know what its exact stats were…" Leon bit his nail, trying to endure the pain of his leg being shot.
Yes, Leon actually didn't have the ability to see any of the monster's stats, only their names.
Basically, he would need to figure out everything by himself: stats, skills, fighting style, simply by analyzing them.
[Thanks for the meal!]
Meanwhile, EGO had devoured the last spider as it came toward the boy to check up on its companions.
'Yet again on speed,' he mumbled as he distributed the 3 stat points he got from it.
[Your Speed Stat has increased by 3 stat points!]
'Not enough…'
At this point, Leon felt like the sole option was just to run away and level up enough to be able to catch that thing off guard.
Its speed was too much for him.
But as soon as he thought of that…
~DING~
It was not the sound of a notification but… of a bell?
He looked to his right and saw a tall guy with a portable bell in his hand, shaking it lightly as it constantly made noise.
"Oh? If it's not Leon," the guy smiled, he was wearing sunglasses and seemed to be of the carefree type.
"Oh, hi, Dan," he was one of the people that actively talked to Leon even though Akira had been targeting him, probably his only friend.
"Well, what's happening-" Dan tried to pass the hallway to reach Leon.
But as soon as he showed even a single one of his fingers…
~RATATATATATA~
The level 5 [Ghost Gun Soldier] began to shoot.
"Ah shit, one of those," Dan scratched his cheek, "Don't worry, I got this, already killed a few of them."
"Oh?" Leon was surprised, he didn't know about his unique talent, maybe it was for long range?
But suddenly…
Dan closed his eyes, and then he shook his little bell while focusing.
"Come to me, golden fox," and then, he threw the bell to the ground.
~FWISH, DING~
A magnificent golden fox, slightly bigger than a normal one, appeared in the bell's place.
"Go!" Dan pointed at the monster at the end of the hallway, and the fox rushed at it.
~FWISH, FWISH~
It avoided almost all of the bullets, running on the walls, and soon reached the monster and teared off its face using its sharp teeth.
"Haha~ gottem!" the golden fox immediately came back to its owner and turned into the bell again, which Dan picked up from the ground.
Leon was astonished, this guy's talent was so unique and cool, like seriously? Being able to summon golden beasts?
"My talent's name is [Golden Beasts] by the way, what about you?" Dan explained, "But I can only summon that fox for now."
"Mine's [Devour], kinda confusing," Leon scratched the back of his head as he began to advance toward the end of the hallway, the corpse of the [Ghost Gun Soldier] down.
"Oh~ so do you eat monsters or something?" Dan laughed as he followed closely.
"Huh, you can say that…" but the moment Leon took another step, "Ouch…" he was still hit in the leg by one of the bullets, and it hurt like hell, forcing him to drag his injured leg.
"Oh," Dan noticed that, and without a single of hesitation summoned back his [Golden Fox], "Buddy, use [Healing Properties] on his leg!"
Being given a command, the fox immediately dashed toward Leon's injured leg and began to lick it.
"What the?" Leon found that extremely cute, and it was really ticklish.
But…
[Your leg has been cured! HP have been maxed out!]
He was actually healed, able to move again.
"You're a fucking lifesaver, Dan," Leon smiled.
"Don't mind it," Dan acted modestly, as he always did.
[Pfft~ your talent is way better than stupid golden beasts!]
"Let's stick together, I heard that some of the groups went crazy and started killing each other as they learned that killing humans actively gives out experience as well…" Dan looked perplexed.
"Huh, weird," of course, he knew of this since EGO told him, but these people, who were classmates less than three hours ago, were killing each other to stay alive?
"By the way, what's that thing on your shoulders?" Dan pointed at EGO, apparently he could see him.
"Oh, just a little companion," Leon patted EGO's flame head, and the devourer looked mad.
"Ohh! It's actually kind of cute, haha!"
[CUTE? ME? I AM NOT CUTE PUNY HUMAN, I AM THE DEVOURER!]
Looks like Dan couldn't hear EGO though.
"It just said that you were handsome too," Leon smiled, and EGO began to spin around Leon in a fit of rage.
"Anyway, the boss area shouldn't be this far anymore, I've explored the school for a while…" Dan mumbled.
They kept walking for a good three minutes, but suddenly…
"Sssss~"
"Kiskiski~"
"…"
In front of a giant hallway, which stretched way more than all the others, they saw a horde of monsters.
6 [Giant Scorpions], 8 [Demonic Spiders] and 3 [Ghost Gun Soldiers].
"Huh?"
[This is the final hallway before the final boss, all those that want to reach the boss need to complete it.]
[21 -> 14 students alive]
"Alright, Leon, show me what your power is about, huh," Dan shook his bell then threw it on the ground, summoning his fox, "My fox seems strong, but if it takes too much damage it will disappear, so I'll take care of the monsters with guns, you do the rest!"
"…" Leon looked at Dan for a few seconds, and he could see in his gaze that he truly believed in him, the fierce determination in his golden eyes and aura clearly visible, "Alright."
[Wow, this is true friendship! Now just kick those monsters so that we can get out, I want to see the REAL world!]
"GO! GOLDEN FOX!"
[Does he have to shout that every time, though?]
Leon began to dash inside the hallway, entirely trusting Dan's ability, as he completely ignored the gun monsters.
~BURN~
Plus, EGO was actively aiding him as he actively burned down all the spider web that were on the way, set like traps, or those that the monsters sent at them.
EGO could be damaged, but he couldn't be killed as even if he was crushed, he would just disappear and go back into Leon's body for a while since as long as the "owner" was alive, then he could revive himself just fine.
As Dan said, the golden fox rushed at the gun soldiers, and they were too busy shooting at it to even bother checking Leon.
They formed a great duo, and soon enough they would be able to reach the boss, right?