Instantly flipping around, I stomped onto one of the Infected to cushion my fall before spinning around.
After feeling that I had built enough momentum, I swung towards a general direction and slaughtered many Infecteds.
*Roar!*
"Looks like the big boy has come down to play." With a loud thud, the Mutated jumped down and crushed a few underneath it.
"This is gonna be a bit hard..." I swung again, tearing off multiple heads in that swing.
[Level 8 - > 9]
'I don't know what it is, but I think I'll have a better chance when I reach level 10.'
Such thoughts brought me to cause mass genocide on the Infected.
"Woah!"
I jumped out of the way as a flying Infected crashed beside me. I looked towards the big guy and saw him picking up another to chuck.
I began my dash towards him while occasionally avoiding the biological projectiles. I swung my flail towards his head again and tried to latch onto it again.
Alas, he blocked it with his main right arm, but that doesn't mean I wasn't able to latch on.
Propelling myself towards him, I struck his arm with a full-power punch. A series of cracks can be heard from his arm before pushing me away and going in for a low kick.
I jumped up, only to be met with a punch in the face. I quickly held up an arm to block, but the punch broke through my defences and connected with the side of my head. I felt my skull crack a bit before getting sent off.
My flight caused me to crash into a crowd.
[Level 9 - > 10]
"Heh... Lucky..."
I was bordering on unconsciousness, currently. My eyes were drooping, until I heard a voice.
"You can't die now. Are you willing to leave Him alone?"
"Hehe... Y-you're right... If I leave him alone, he'll become an even bigger loner."
After saying that, I shakily got up and stood with a determined glint in my eyes.
"Stat Gate"
***
[ Name: Ada Ambrose ]
[ Level: 10 - Soldier ]
[ HEALTH: 30 / 200 ]
[ MANA: 25 / 40 ]
[ STAMINA: 56 / 95 ]
[ TITLES: None ]
[ CLASSES: ... ]
[ STRENGTH: 24 ]
[ VITALITY: 19 ]
[ DEXTERITY: 20 ]
[ SPEED: 17 ]
[ MANA: 4 ]
[ WISDOM: 5 ]
[ DEFENSE: 0 ]
[ Stat Points: 8 ]
[ FULL RECOVERIES: 1 / 3 ]
***
"Full recovery."
After saying that, Ada began feeling the bone in her arm rearrange before mending, and the dent in her skull buffed out.
*Crack Crack*
She cracked her neck several times before whipping her flail back towards the Mutated Human.
The Mutated Human raised its arm in a cross shape. It expected to block the puny figure's strike but then found its arm bent inwards. Even though its arms could absorb some of the impact, the flail head could still connect with its head, resulting in a loud bang.
[ Strength 24 - > 32 ]
Ada raised her strength to bypass its defences before sprinting for it. Zigzagging through the horde, she was able to reach it. She swung up, causing the flail to stack upon its many segments before being brought down.
The flail separated its left arm before being swung again—this time from the side. The Mutated sides caved in while simultaneously being sent tumbling.
It wasn't able to tumble far, though, because the leg pulled it back. Ada swung her flail at its leg and made it latch onto it.
With a twirl, she spun around the one-and-a-half-meter-tall muscular man, causing heavy casualties to the Infected crowd.
"HAAA!" With a loud battle cry, Ada raised her flail before bringing it down with the man still attached.
A loud thud resounded, followed by the sound of her kill.
{"Level 10 Mutated Human killed!"}
[ Level 10 - > 14 ]
"*Pant Pant* Heh... Mutated, not a huge deal..."
She then walked over and sat on its corpse before looking around at the damage she caused.
{"Ding! [Genetic Nexus] detected! Would you like to store it? [YES] or [NO]"}
"Hm?" Seeing the blue panel pop up again, she noticed a subtle golden glow coming off the corpse.
"Heh! Lucky!"
After accepting, she looked to see her new Genetic Nexus.
===
[Genetic Nexus]
[Mutated Human's Finger]
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"His finger?" She then began reading its description.
["The finger of a human who loved nothing more than multitasking. Such love caused him to develop two additional pairs of arms during his Mutation."]
Seeing the description, she then thought of a good idea.
"I would like to absorb it."
{"Absorption of Genetic Nexus, Granted! You have been bestowed the ability ...—