Marx again without minding his head activated Halo Steps and was flung to the side his head was facing. He braced himself as he made another hole into the wall.
This time it was not that light. He felt like his ears had been blocked. Thats not the word. If he could see his ears, he could have seen the blood trickling down. He had burst his eardrums.
He had activated the Halo Steps late and he had received a slap on his head then coupled with the impact of the collision had led the effect.
At the moment, the only sound he could register was that of his heartbeat. He struggled to pull himself out. He did it finally but it was not like his enemy was going to let him have an easy time.
Immediately his head was out of the wall, he was suddenly in the air and he fell meters away. He did not register the pain at first because he was already in too much pain.
He tried to open his eyes but all he could see was a white screen infront of him. He cursed which he instantly regretted because the pain in his chest did not let him off.
His lungs had been injured and it was then that he was realizing that he was feeling pain whenever he breathed in or out. He wanted to curse again but he could not dare to take the pain.
His eyes started clearing but it turned out it was becoming like a translucent screen. What he saw appeared like an angel of death infront of him. He closed his eyes halfway as he felt his ear clearing.
He realized the system healed the soft tissues faster. He could finally hear something from afar. His ear finally cleared and his eyes turned clear.
He saw the spider staring at him. The alpha probably thought that his immobilty meant he was dead. There were cheers from the females and children. But not all of them were cheering though.
Marx realizing that decided to lay low as he watched the countdown finally reach 0.
[00:00:00]
He sighed as he thought of his weaknesses. His major weakness was that his body was weak. He realized that the system had a limit to how far it could protect his body. He had to make his body tough so as not to waste the system's boost and protection.
He was now wondering what the system was going to do. He knew that it was probably a super move that could defeat the alpha instantly.
He lay as he saw a notification appear.
[Marx will be protected from the effect of ultrasound of frequency 32KHz
>Effect to last for 10 seconds]
[00:00:10]
Marx could not quite understand about frequencies but he could only hope the system was going to be of great help. It was not like the monkeys heard the sound but the effect was about to be felt.
The monkeys had their ears bleeding. But that was not the best or say worse case for the monkeys but best for Marx. Who could have thought that the system could be this great.
He did not know much about frequencies but he was sure that that was a one hell of a frequency. What he did not know was that even without the system's protection, he could not have heard it but it would still cause him severe damage.
The next scene made him feel at the top of the world. The giant spider crumbled. The monkeys fell on each other but the alpha seemed to suffer severely.
What Marx found shocking was the fact that once a monkey fell from the spider, it would lay unconcious for several seconds and start running away. By the end of the ten seconds, all monkeys had crushed and some were already running.
The ones in the seat were running very fast.
When the countdown stopped, the alpha stopped writhing in pain and lay still. All monkeys that had fallen were now running away. None daring to run in his direction.
The pain had been nullified and now he stood up. In the next thirty seconds, there was not a single monkey in the vicinity. In the middle was the alpha.
Marx walked towards it with a smile on his face. It shone brightly despite his injured face. His hair was all messy and the shirt he ws wearing was all tattered on the back.
He removed the shirt and he was left bare. The alpha lay on its front and looked intimidated. It had fearful eyes and it still had red ears. It seemed to be awaiting judgement.
Marx bent to it and laughed.
"Now this is the real you. A weak and small pathetic monkey. I wonder how it feels to lose. You almost had me there though," Marx spoke and laughed mid sentence.
The alpha did not do anythong and just bowed its head in shame. One thing it knew was that it was nothing more than dead meat after all that harm and damage it had caused him.
"I want more than nothing to kill you but I have my reason to keep you alive. That is why I will be taking you with me," Marx said and picked it by its head.
One could think that he was carrying a handbag as the monkey dangled on his arm as he walked out of the stadium. He was not in a hurry to leave thus he walked slowly through the city.
Remembering where he had his bike parked only made him sigh. It was going to take him long before he reached it. At the moment, he only wanted to leave the city.
He had picked his backpack from where the monkey had been sitting and they were now walking between the buildings. Without suspense, he finally reached his bike after almost three hours.
The system had already healed him and he was not that tired anymore though he could use some sleep. He hopped on the bike and made the monkey seat on his shoulder. He made it carry the backpack for him.
He had already changed into another shirt. Thankfully he had carried lots of them. He could survive with two pants for long... As he paddled out of the city with a constant speed of 50km/hr, he could not help but ask the system what it had done.
[From my observations, I had come to realize that it had been using infrasound to communicate with the rest. This is usually the common method of communication between animals.
>Infrasound is usuall below 20Hz in which humans cannot here. System had to use ultrasound which is usually above 20KHz to disrupt its communication.
>Ultrasound is usually more than humans can hear and thus can cause damage to them. The frequency used of 32KHz can be used to disrupt electronic devices and system implemented this frequency to disrupt the link between the alpha and the monkeys.
>It cannot use the same frequency as before to communicate with the monkeys since that channel is destroyed. Also, the alpha will probably never betray you after it did not fight back to not come with you]
Marx had his lips rounded. He was falling for science with every word the system said he could not understand. He now had the desire to know more about science.
He also felt glad that the alpha was never going to leave him. He looked at his right and saw the alpha hunched on his back staring at the front. He smiled and paddled faster when another notification appeared.
[Marx has accomplished a side quest.
Rewards> Marx can now chose between box 2 and box 3]
When he had seen the notification, he was happy but the rewards were not as expected but he had missed choosing a box earlier today due to the complexity of the situation he was in.
He did not try to cancel out the odds and chose randomly box 3.
[2; access to system features for ten minutes.
3; limited access to knowldge from the system the whole day]
Marx laughed at himself. Was it that he had such poor luck or was it that the system wanted him to ask questions. He could only opt for the latter because he believed that he had the best luck.
Had he not been lucky and gotten After Entropy which turned out that its name was Entropy Seeker? This could only mean that the system was trying to enlighten him.
He did not take it to heart especially now that he could ask questions the whole day. That was better even if it was limited access. There was very much information which he did not know especially the one he had limited access to.
He did not think much and he directly asked a question that had intrigued him. Frequencies. What he had just witnessed just showed how using frequencies could be useful in battles.
"Entropy, I want to know more about frequencies."