Yuro scratches the back of his head with his hand and turns, his eyes looking left and right, for something to get out of there.
He thinks momentarily, "Now what?" before grabbing his phone and looking at his stats.
[ Combat detected: Emergency sorting of stat points to player 306 in progress ]
Name: Yuro Okasu
Title: None
Level: 10
Rank: E
Class: Brawler
Skills: Crafting ( Level 2)
Observation ( Level 2)
Devour ( Level 1)
Ramble ( Level 2)
Advanced movement ( Level 3)
Translation ( Level 1)
Evolution ( Level 0)
Stats: Defense: 7
Attack: 15
Agility: 17
Stamina: 11
Awareness: 19 ( + 3)
"Where do you think…you're g-going?" a voice calls out behind Yuro. In a daze, he turns and sees a robed skeleton standing on one leg. Its skull is missing the upper right side.
Its ribs, exposed by the ripped robe, stick together with a black substance, each with cracks in different places.
"You…killed my brother, my ONLY family, that I had left from my world…." Amathus's voice shakes as he speaks, the empty sockets of his skull are filled with darkness….Yuro, staring into these dark sockets, can imagine a pair of glowing red eyes staring at his soul.
"You…." Amathus mutters as the black substance leaks everywhere around his skeletal body. "...will see hell on earth…HUMAN!" he shouts, in a tone where his voice begins to shake out of pure rage.
The black liquid forms around his body as an armour with sharp spikes as its shoulder pads, the upper right side of the skull fills with that black substance as it hardens, and forms a wave pattern.
Yuro, unable to move due to sudden pressure in the air, sees the skeleton's eyes glow now with a bright red light.
Suddenly, Yuro's skill [ OBSERVATION ] activates on its own. That allows Yuro to see the monster's stats before him.
Name: Amathus ( Real name: Arch Amathus)
Race: Skeleton (Origin: Human)
Class: Necromancer
(Revealed!) Level: 59
Skill: Ressurection Level 33
Bone Army Level 34
Absolute eye Level 55
Bone construct level 38
Iron Body Level 99
Ganurix control Level 999
Ganurix manipulation Level 999
Summoning level 48
"What…" Yuro says with his mouth almost open and his eyes widen. Before being met with a fist that comes out of the system, connecting with his face as the force of the punch speed and strength sends him to the wall.
"I'm not finished!" Amathus shouts pointing his index finger at Yuro, a voice rings inside his head as if telling him what skill Amathus uses.
"[ Bone Construct ] {fusion} [ Ganurix Manipulation ]"
Two giant skeleton arms appear behind Amathus, the black substance stretching and covering the knuckles, making it fit like a fingerless glove.
With a swift motion, Amathus makes a straight punch towards Yuro, and the left skeleton arm follows as it hits his body at full force, blood spatters everywhere, and when the left skeleton arm makes a 10-foot distance away from Yuro, his body floats for 10 seconds into the air due to the impact, then he falls to the ground.
He could feel the cold blood streaming down his face, entering his right eye, temporarily blinding it.
He squirms onto the ground holding his hands at his right eye.
"IT STINGS! IT STIIIIIIIINGS!" He shouts in a bloody scream, the pain he feels is just like when you accidentally let shampoo enter your eyes.
"Oi." The voice of Amathus echoes with a slam of his right hand on the floor…not even a second later, the right skeleton hand follows, slamming the bony palm on Yuro, but not even a moment later, the fingers of the arm close, making a fist which raises upwards, braking the floor and transforming into rubble.
Inside the rubble, his bones crack and more blood spills out as the rubble begins to compress because of the hand grip. With just a simple throw of its skeleton wrist, the right skeleton arm throws the now ball of debris to the wall, destroying it while at the same time freeing Yuro as he falls to the ground.
"I'm feeling a bit of pity for you, human." Amathu, in a calm tone, says. "Even when you acted so mighty, killing my brother and damaging me beyond repair. You have not struck a single strike on me now, so come. Take a hit" He says raising his hands, leaving his face and chest wide open.
Yuro grunts, feeling pain all over his body trying for even just a bit, to move his legs. Until a voice rings into his head.
"Switch with me."
Yuro pauses, not moving a single muscle, hearing a voice that resembles his own, makes everything around him slow down.
"Don't think! Just switch with me!"
Yuro thinks for a bit, he sees Amathus waiting with open arms for him to take a hit.
"DON'T THINK YOU FUCK! SWITCH WITH ME I SAID! SW-"
Before it can even continue, Yuro slaps his own face, which makes the voice stop, and he begins to think.
"Whatever that voice was, it was probably also the main reason….of how I got into this mess."
Forcing himself, he dashes towards Amathus. And with a swift left hook, he lands it on the skull. But as the fist makes contact, Amathus's skull doesn't budge, not even a single crack on the skull. However, Yuros fingers and bones, crack on impact, as if Yuro hit a concrete wall at full force.
"ACK-" he crumbles to the ground holding his left hand in pain. But Amathus just stared at him, in pity.
"Human. What are you? At first, when we fought, you stood so proudly KILLING my brother in cold blood. But now, you are just like a–" Amathus says, with a swing, he kicks Yuro's chest with his right leg, the force sending Yuro 20 feet away from Amathus, but at the same time, damaging his organs due to the force of the kick. "–pathetic insect." he finishes his sentence, his red eyes glaring at Yuro, waiting on his next movement.
Yuro's body shivers, every bit of his muscle is in pain at a slow pace he gets up, blood dripping from his mouth as he looks at Amathus.
They lock eyes, but even before he gets the chance to get up properly. He hears his voice.
" [ Bone Army ] "
From the ground, bubbles begin to form, as if the whole floor transforms under Yuro into a boiling pot of water. A hoard of 100 skeletons emerges from the bubbles and, as if on cue, Amathus speaks out. His voice echoes through the halls.
" [ Garnurix Manipulation ]My advocanets, kill the human."
The black substance goes over to the 100 skeletons, as it stretches over their hands, making countless gloves, from the middle of it, a sword made of the same black substance forms.
The skeletons stand there for 1…2…3…4….5 seconds as if registering the command. Then they turn towards Yuro and dash at him with inhumane speed.
Yuro tries to get up, but the sheer pain of his body makes him have a bit of difficulty. A slash appears on his chest, like when a scourge of mosquitoes group on a human, on Yuro's body multiple slash wounds from their weapons appear on his body.
Yuro coughs more blood as more slashes appear on his body, Amathus just looks at him, the red lights in his sockets glowing like a candle flame, he points his index finger at him.
"Twilight blue. Purple sky. I call on the one who shall turn the tides."
On his left, reality seems to twist into a spiral as from the centre, black smoke emerges, soon making a gate.
"I call, by the power of [ summon ], the king of all beasts both land and sky. Chimera."
From the gate, the head of a lion comes out, but as it continues to walk, its full body with goat legs and a goat head with bat-like wings on its back, and its tail benign a white snake with shiny scales reveals itself.
"Your meal is that." He says pointing at the human, the Chimera only looks at the human, and it lets out a smile of hunger.
Yuro looks around, more slashes appear on his body, he spots at the corner of his eye one of the skeletons about to slash his sides again, gritting his teeth, he turns, pushing through the pain to land a solid punch on the skeleton right side of the skull, which brakes its jaw, killing it in the process.
[ The requirements for the class weapons have been reached. Generating weapon for class brawler….]
The rest of the skeletons rush in, aiming directly for his head to turn into slices of meat. However, the Chimera rushes in before they can do anything, and with a single bite, the skeletons are gone.
Yuro's eyes widen in shock. The beast is the most powerful and deadliest species throughout Greek Mythology, he remembers reading about the Chimera.
Without warning, it opens its mouth and a scorching fire mixed with the bones of the skeletons comes out, the fire gets closer and closer to his face going at a high speed.
" [ Ramble ] !"
He shouts in a panic as he looks at Amathus and focuses on him. But nothing happens.
[ Error! There is no target to use the skill ramble ]
The fire gets closer, reaching his face. Everything around him suddenly seems to…slow down. Is this how someone feels when they're about to die for real?
He recalls more moments from his life, from reading and being also a fan of the book about the monkey king Sun Wokong to witnessing his parents die right in front of him because of a car accident.
"Movement…"
He murmurs. He grits his teeth which begin to creek due to the sudden pressure.
"[ ADVANCED MOVEMENT] !"
The flames reach Yuro, but nothing is there. The Chimera in confusion tilts its head to the left.
Yuro appears above the creature, he prepares momentum, before launching himself at the snake tail of the Chimera, crushing the head of the snake and causing it intense pain.
[ Weapon ready to generate!]
His body begins to be covered in a yellow light, he looks at the Chimera who turns to him, snarling.
Its mouth opens again, but since Yuro is much closer now, he feels the heat from its mouth slowly building up. Without hesitation, he throws a straight punch at its nose while sparks begin to ignite, normally, a punch of a human, wouldn't affect a beast like the Chimera. However, Yuro's punch makes the Chimera fly to the wall causing a crater to form.
The yellow light moves to his hands, engulfing them, before dying out, revealing that on his hands now, is a pair of fingerless gloves with a white star pattern.
Amathus looks at him in rage as the red eyes in his sockets become bigger and brighter. "HOW CAN THIS BE?!" He snarls, but Yuro just looks at him, not with pity, but with sorrow.
[ Observation passive skill has been activated ]
Class weapon: Brawler
Type: MMA gloves
Rank: E
Attributes: Soul attach (Allows the user to hit the opponent's soul which will guarantee critical damage if hit in the centre of the soul)
Buffs: +4 Attack
+ 4 Defense
Amathus appears in front of him in jsut a step.
Yuro reacts quickly and says [ Advanced Movement ]" Dodging the straight punch that Amathus throws, he gets closer and lands and lands on Amathus's skull with a left hook which cracks a bit on the sides.
He quickly dashes backwards from Yuro, making a 40 feet away from him.
"You–YOU!!! FUCKING PIG!" He shouts, his voice shaking in rage becoming almost unrecognisable.
" [ RESURRECTION ] "
Amathus's eye sockets begin to tear up a dark red substance, behind Yuro, the sound of the Chimera whining, as if… it's in pain. He turns and sees its body morphing from it. The 99 skeletons, come out through its mouth, but Yuro didn't wait.
" [ Advanced Movement ] "
He dashes towards him and makes the 40-foot distance in one dash, with swift motion his body tenses up, rotating his body and delivering a left hook that stops the skill mid-way, which kills the Chimera by choking it with the skeletons that collapse to the ground.
Amathus's body stumbles backwards a bit, Yuro throws a straight punch towards his chest, he quickly tries to block, but as soon as his fist hits his arms, the shock sends him almost to the floor if he doesn't stop himself with a wall made out of black substance.
"I will no longer hold back. You wort–no, you are not worthy, you're just a pathetic piece of rubbish." He says in a cold tone, the red lights in his sockets are as if they are looking at Yuro.
"I am sorry." Yuro's voice speaks out which catches Amathu's voice off guard. "I am sorry, that I killed your brother. I know what like…to miss a loved one." Amathus doesn't react, but his facial expression, even though a skeleton. Showed one of true rage.
"You….YOU–YOU PIECE OF SHIT! DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR APOLOGY WILL BE HELPFUL?! You killed my brother, and now you want me to accept your pathetic excuse of an apology? Just cause we are the same?"
Amathus says as he gets into a fighting position, the black substance covering his entire body making some sort of battle armour that covers his skeleton body from head to toe.
Cold sweat drops down Yuros forehead, Amathu's red eyes brighter than ever, resembling an eternal flame.
"This shall be your judgement. Human."