Quest complete
[Critical Hit!]
I paid the message box no mind and moved to the closest lowly thug and delivered a backhanded punch into his temple sending him to the ground too. It was also a critical hit due to where I hit him and he, like the first one, was rendered immediately unconscious and out of the fight. I ran towards the third one and kicked him in the balls –it was a dick move but it was necessary if I wanted to complete the quest. I was rewarded with another critical hit and another unconscious lowly thug. I'm sure he lost his ability to have children but I couldn't care less about that. I checked their remaining HP with Observe and while I had just taken away around half of their max HP I have given them the 'Unconscious' status, probably due to the nature of my blows and the pain I delivered with them.
"What the-?!" I heard the leader of the crew shout as he realized three of his cronies have been rendered unconscious in less than ten seconds by admittedly a scrawny looking teen. The shock gave away to anger quickly enough and he snarled. "Kill that motherfucker!" He shouted and not a second later Katase and Muruyama where on him with their shinai swinging fast and gracefully in a deadly dance. The Lieutenant Thug pulled out a bat from somewhere –game logic I suppose and began to defend himself but I'm sure it won't be enough to deal with Katase and Murayama.
I couldn't appreciate the impressive display however as the three remaining thugs advanced on me their faces pulled into horrendous snarls of anger and hate. I felt nervous, knowing that I didn't have the element of surprise anymore, but Gamer's Mind calmed me and I my head was cleared. They had numbers on me but I was definitely smarter and thanks to reinforcement I was probably stronger and more skilled than them. I had this on the bag but I had to be smart about it.
I smirked as I made a 'come hither' motion with my left hand. "Why are you guys taking your time? Come and get me! Or... let me guess, are you afraid I will punch the living daylights out of you as I did to your worthless friends?"
[A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Taunt' has been created.]
[Taunt. Active. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. You know when to be an asshole to rile up your enemies into attacking you and make foolish mistakes. Taunted enemies will gain a boost of 100% in their strength but will make stupid mistakes in their anger.]
Well… I wasn't expecting that but it was appreciated very much. I saw the three of them becoming angrier before they ran towards me to give me the beating of my life… as if I would let them. The first one reached me and he tried to punch me on my face but it was slow and telegraphed. It had power behind it, probably enough to seriously injure me, but like I said it was slow and my mind directed my body into what to do.
I grabbed him by his forearm as I stepped to the side and used his momentum and my own strength to twist around myself and I sent him directly into the path of the second thug. The collided into each other and a generous chunk of their HP was taken away by the very hard hit they suffered. They were sputtering in pain on the floor and they won't be getting up in at least a minute meaning that I had time to deal with the last thug until those two recovered.
The only standing thug was a few feet away from me when I turned towards him and he lashed towards my head with a punch that I managed to duck under thanks to my higher DEX and I moved into his guard shoving a hard elbow blow into his stomach that almost doubled him over. I leaned stepped back a little before twisting my body to the left, pivoting with my right leg, and delivered a roundhouse kick to his temple. I sent him flying a few feet and with Observe I saw he was unconscious the moment he hit the ground.
Then I turned towards the two remaining thugs who were now trying to rise to their feet. I rapidly walked towards them and I spartan kicked him on the side of his face back to the ground and finished him up with another kick to his head that rendered him unconscious. The last thug was about to run towards me if I read his intentions right but I swiftly neared him, grabbed his head with my hands and pulled it down as my knee rose. The result was a broken nose and for the last thug to be pulled into unconsciousness as he bleeds from his nose.
[A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Hand-to-Hand Combat' has been created.]
[Hand-to-Hand Combat. Passive. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. Hand-to-Hand Combat is the art of using your body to attack your enemies and also using it to defend yourself from unharmed and harmed enemies alike. Increases STR and DEX by 10%.]
[By fighting against multiple opponents STR and DEX rise by 1!]
[By fighting against multiple opponents VIT rises by 2!]
[Quest completed!]
[Your level has increased by one!]
I looked at the announcements and smirked in triumph knowing what this meant for me. It seemed like things were going to be easier than what I was expecting but seeing that I basically came from another dimension then it was… understandable? No? Meh. I don't care. I just wanted to become powerful, get a Harem in the process and look like a badass while doing it. It was not a lot to ask for and it seemed like... the universe? Gaia? I don't know what but it was on my side.