String Art Technique.

Hazel has been staying at Lix's base for a few days already. Lix wanted Hazel to help scavenge for food, since they couldn't find any. Hazel was a bit dumb so she didn't notice, until Lix pointed it out to her.

They were staying in an old church a few minutes away from her house. The people there were Mary, Su, Luther, Konnie, Devin, Winny (boy), Calvin, Luis, Jonathan, Pat, Pam and Lix.

Mary, Su, Devin, Konnie, Winny, Calvin, Pat, and Jonathan didn't have any powers, so they were in charge of home work like laundry,cleaning, etc. While Luther, Luis, Pam, and Lix were the team in charge of getting food.

Hazel was enthusiastically welcomed into the small community, and Hzel tried with all her might to bring food home. One day, Hazel was getting ready to scavange.

"Oh? Hazel sweetie, can you bring in the clothes outside? Sorry to trouble you, but I need to do some cooking." A middle aged woman with black hair appeared. Mary was a kind woman with Su her daughter, they managed to escape and met Lix along the way.

"Ah, sure Mrs. Mary. And it's no trouble really." Hazel scratched her head.

"Sigh, way too naive.." Mary shook her head. She already thought of this, but this Ru girl was way too naive! There's 7 people (not including her) who could help with the clothes! And she didn't even think I was asking her just to tick her off...

"No Ru, just forget it. You wouldn't understand anyways." Mary smiled and dusted herself off. Hazel tried at first to gain style points, but it didn't really work. Plus the small community was so warm, it made Hazel let go of her act a lot.

Lix was surprised that Ru, who was always so aloof. Had a really nice personality. Pretty soon, he treated Ru just like his team members. No one had any complaints too, since Ru was strong and nice.

"Hmm..well then, bye!" Hazel waved to Mary, as she went out to scavenge. Her daily mission right now was to "Help Gather Food: 0/5". Hazel skipped along the way and killed a few zombies.

"Hey system?"

"Yes?"

"How was the system made?" Hazel was curious on how something like the system came to be.

"Well, Someone called hm...Creator 1. He created the main system to do small tasks for him. Then, the main system created us little systems. Then once we're done training, we are sent to do tasks that Creator 1 assigned us."

"Ah...who is this Creator 1 person?" Hazel thought he was some kind of being like a god, if he was able to create something like the system.

"..You can call him...like a high level craftsman."

"...So he's just a builder?"

"Well he's the only builder."

"Okay...Anyways, how many more zombies till I level up?"

"About 10-15ish left."

"Hmm.." Hazel picked up some random food items, and completed her mission.

"Ding! You have completed Gather Food Items: 5/5! Reward: 20 exp points, String art technique."

"Huh? String art technique?" Hazel was pleasantly surprised. She didn't expect that a normal mission would give her something.

"Would you want information?"

"Of course."

"Data: The string art technique, other name is Web technique. Is an ancient technique used to trap animals, humans, and other living beings. Once the technique is proficient enough, it will be able to use in close and long combat." The system read the words that came with the skill.

"Hmm..I guess this can help cover up the distances the whip can't reach...the traps though...sounds interesting.." Hazel rubbed her chin. She adjusted her googles, and clicked the option to learn the skill.

"You have learned String Art Technique (unique)!"

"Stats."

Hazel Usof

Age:17

Level 4

Str: 10

Sta: 11

Agi: 14

Int: 14

Def: 8

Skills: Detect (weak), String Art

Quote: As strong as an average man who had been working out.

"Hmm.. I didn't level up in a long time...let's level up first." Hazel thought. She roamed the streets. She killed many zombies, until she got the notification.

"You have leveled up."

"Stats."

Hazel Usof

Age: 17

Level 5

Str: 12

Sta: 13

Agi: 17

Int: 15

Def: 10

Skills: Detect (weak), String Art

Quote: Able to defend yourself and maybe one more person depending on the situation.

"..System, can you check Vu's stats?" Hazel asked.

"No."

"Hmm.." Hazel just would have been happy about the level up, but she now had people to protect. She just can't save one, she has to save the rest.

"Mutants give more exp right?"

"Yes."

"Can you detect mutants?"

"I could, but I would recommend upgrading your detect skill."

"Eh, i'll do it later." Hazel shrugged and continued killing some zombies. As she was fighting with some pesky zombies, a small hoard of about 7 zombies came. Hazel's eye darkened. She could risk it and fight the zombies for exp, or just escape.

Hazel thought about it more and compromised to herself. She killed a couple more zombies, before running away. Now, Hazel wanted to try something. She found a small group and laid simple spider like traps in front of her.

"Hey! Yoho!" Hazel shouted. The zombies turned and started running towards her. She got her sword ready just in case the traps didn't work. The zombies stepped on the trap, and their legs were pierced through by the sharp web trap.

When Hazel created the traps, the string just appeared as she felt a little weak. She assumed making string pop out of nowhere, consumed her energy. Her eyes lit up when she saw that the zombie couldn't move, but was still alive. Perfect for trapping people...

Hazel raised her hands and did a small pattern on her hands. As she was finishing, the string shot out and pierced the zombies head. Hazel was stunned for a moment.

"Woho oh!" Thought Hazel, as she looked at her hands. "That's pretty sick! I could earn tons of style points using this!" She grew excited. She spent the next few hours practicing her skills on other zombies, and soon she was confident that she could use it in a fight.

As if the world heard her, 3 mutants spotted her.

"Haha..I feel like this is staged..." Hazel looked at the system with her mind.

"..You're imagining it." The system replied.

"Sure..." Hazel got ready to fight.