Cat and Mouse
Aleria ran towards a group of orcs, hoping to use them as a cover.
"Swosh!"
"Swosh!"
But before she can reach them however, several arrows fall from the sky like rain, filling their bodies with holes.
Suprise by this, an arrow managed to graze Aleria in her leg, diminishing her speed.
The orc archer is merciless, it doesn't care how many of its allies it kills in the process as long as it takes care of its prey.
Aleria is like a rat outside her hole with her every move in the palm of her enemy's hand.
Knowing that the situation cannot remain as it is, she accessed the Asgard Military Interference.
[Asgard military interface]
[Exchange successful]
[Merit point -80]
[Smoke grenade x 4]
a canister-type grenade used as a signaling device, target or landing zone marking device, or as a screening device for unit movements. (Wikipediea)
Hoping that it can atlis give her some time to come up with a plan, Aleria tosses a bunch of smoke grenades.
However to her dismay, the Orc archer will not allow it to happen.
Weakly covering its arrow with mana, it fires several shots. The wind generated by the arrows easily blew the smoke away.
Seeing that it doesn't work. Aleria didn't remain idle with the adrenaline pumping through her body, she started running, hoping to outrun the orc archer firing speed.
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Burktus frowned in the arrival of a new enemy. Although, he welcomes the women with the knife as she is nothing more than food on a silver platter. He already wasted hours of his time trying two kill the two before her and he would've killed one of them if the latter didn't interfere.
Now the two are hiding in the safety of their wall, making it extremely difficult for him to eliminate them.
He only needs a little more experience and he would become a Gobakji.
Barktus [Half-Orc] Lv. 96
HP: 3130
SP: 4920
Str: 237 +24
Vit: 284 +29
Int: 378 +76 +38
Agi: 212 + 21
Special Skills
Mana endearment (Passive): Enhance the flow of mana in the body and allow oneself to control mana more efficiently and effectively.
Enhance Intelligence (Passive): Increase intelligence by 20 percent.
Skills:
Bulin Mana Strengthening (Lv. 10) Passive : A rough mana strengthening technique created by Bulin in his younger year while living in the slum. This technique is a poor imitation of the Rios Military Mana Strengthening technique.
Stage 1: Increase all stats by 10 percent
Barktus Arrow Strengthening (Lv 3) Active : A technique made possible by Barktus immense talent in handling mana. It incorporates the concept of mana strengthening in arrows, further enhancing its piercing power.
After killing hundreds of tier 1 humans, Barktus is finding it harder and harder to spot a prey.
Realizing that the enemy number is slowly diminishing, Barktus is hoping to at least reach the rank of Gogoji (a tier higher than a Gobakji) before they are completely annihilated.
Focusing his mana to his eyes, his vision strengthened.
The woman with the knife is beautiful, the most beautiful creature Barktus has everseen but it wasn't her look that caught his attention.
He finds this new enemy of his to be strange. She's strong but also weak, he doesn't know why but he can't help but subconsciously ignore her.
This has never happened before, gauging the enemy's strength has always been one of his specialties.
He was baffled but after firing a couple of shots at her. Barktus realized that that's all about it, she was not as difficult to kill as the two cockroaches before her.
Disappointed, Barktus continues to fire his ballista, hoping to end it quickly so he can move on to another target.
Not long after, the woman with a knife find it harder and harder to cope up with his arrows and tries to find shelter with a group of orcs ,
Seeing this Barktus smile.
"Do you really think I'll hesitate killing a bunch of weakling"
Without batting an eye Barktus killed over a dozen orcs.
'What now?' He thought, intrigue with the woman's course of action. He never expected the woman to survive this long.
The woman after being hit by one of Barktus' arrows panicked and started tossing a bunch of stuff that produces smoke, hoping to find cover.
'A futile effort.'
With just a couple of his arrows, he blew the smoke away and watched as the woman ran.
The woman is fighting for his life but so as Barktus. He knew that if the cat didn't eat the mouse, eventually the table would turn.
Every shot he makes has an intention to kill, although it seems that the woman would die any moment now, Barktus never relaxed his firing.
Their sick game of cat and mouse has left a river of corpses in its wake.
The woman with the knife is smart, although she was alway in the defensive, she make sure that everytime Barktus shoots his arrow an orc would die.
Barktus didn't seem to mind this, for him it doesn't matter if an orc or a human died, he would gain experience either way.
He's actually feeling sad, seeing that it was only a matter of time before the woman died.
The woman has suffered numerous injuries dodging his attacks and experiencing extreme fatigue both physically and mentaly.
If it was anyone else, they would have given up already and let his arrow hit them, but that's not seem to be the case for this woman, this has earned Barktus respect.
'Let me see what else you got' Although the two men before manage to last much longer than her, they are struggling to survive, not like her who is actively aiming for his life.
The women once again toss a bunch of smoke producing weapons.
Seeing this Barktus shook his head disappointed. "Shk"
'I guess this is the end of our little cat and mouse'
"Swoosh"
"Swoosh"
"Swoosh"
Firing a couple of arrows to blow the smoke away, Barktus ready the final shot, but to his surprise the woman was gone.
Barktus laughed and lay down his ballista
"Hahahaha, I guess you can live another day"
He never expected he'd experience a lot of surprises today.
He sits in his tower and closes his eyes.
With a smile in his face he said "War is truly the best"
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