004 The Hunted Prey (Part 1)

[YOU LEVELED UP]...

[YOU LEVELED UP]...

[YOU'VE SLAIN A GOBLIN]...

[YOU LEVELED UP]...

[YOU'VE SLAIN A WOLF]...

[YOU LEVELED UP]

"Phew...that was unexpected!" Shun grunted and panting after a long fight.

"Let's get out of here" Rai whispered.

"Is it really okay that we broke into their place and steal so much food?" Rai spoked.

"It's fine, It's fine, the cops are not around, we can do whatever we want!" Shun responded as they walked out of the grocery store, carrying some snacks and crackers.

[IGN:HUNTER]

TITLE: City Hunter

ABILITY: Alchemy Magic

ROLE: Assassin/Wizard

[LEVEL 11 : EXP 505/4900]

HP: 1634/2210 (+7.9 HP/second)

MP: 182/290 (+1.8 MP/second)

MAGIC : 334

PHYSICAL: 109

MAGIC DEF: 43

PHYSICAL DEF: 21

AGILITY : 2.4 m/s

"Did they applied some changes with my stats again?... It's seems like they remove the 'plus magic per mana' feature" Shun lifted an eyebrow.

"Yeah you're right! The creator must be detecting some flaws with the system!" Rai replied, staring at his own stats.

[IGN: BOLT]

Title: Hunting Assistant

ROLE: Wizard

[LEVEL 7 :EXP 1278/4000]

ABILITY: Lightning Magic

HP: 1200/1890 (+4.8 HP/second)

MP:123/198 (+1 MP/ second)

MAGIC: 228

PHYSICAL: 59

MAGIC DEF: 22

PHYSICAL DEF: 14

AGILITY: 1.7 m/s

"What the hell is up with this physical defense, am I that prone to punches and swords?" Rai was unhappy with the systems performance.

"Yeah, I also received a nerf for a second time" Shun bluffed to give sympathy.

"Really? That must be tough!" Rai replied with a sympathetic tone.

"Wrmmh armmg webmmn gohmm nowmm?" Shun mumbled as he spoke while chewing.

"Huh? What are you saying?"

"Where are we going, now?" Shun repeated after swallowing the food in his mouth.

"Let's see, MAP!" Rai commanded.

[NOTICE]

MAP ACTIVATED

"Ehh, there's a map?" Shun mumbled.

"You didn't know?"

Rai started swiping into the holographic screen.

"Almost 60% of the whole Tokyo has changed, including the name and structures" Shun whimpered as he glanced at the map.

"Is this really Tokyo? There's so many places has changed, I don't know what is what and which is which..." Rai responded.

"What are those red areas on the map?" Shun questioned after noticing.

"Those are danger zones, danger zones are mostly consist of D-rank monsters...Players or Monsters, anyone can battle in the danger zones" Rai slowly explained.

"So the safe zones are obviously the opposite, right?" Shun asked.

"Yeah, safe zones are the places where battles are not allowed. Players can take a rest in the safe zones, but there's an exception!..." Rai suddenly change his tone.

"Exception? What?" Shun curiously glanced at him.

"If a player challenged another player or if a monster manage to break in the barrier! And remember every safe and danger zones in the map are constantly changing according to the monster's movements!" Rai explained as they started walking again.

"That's a bit scary, like if a slept in the safe zone and it changes to a danger zone, a monster will kill me asleep?" Shun questioned.

"Yes, we're in Shibuya right now, the quickest way is to take this rote, straight ahead!" Rai mumbled.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Shun uttered.

"Noting! Let's continue moving forward, there's a large scale danger zone ahead, that probably it!" Rai responded.

"The raging cheetah, you mean? or the other one? " Shun curiously asked.

The cheetah I guess! The white knight can only be found in castle ruins, so get ready to fight the cheetah.

You're an assassin/wizard and I'm a pure wizard, we're both not suited for head to head battle. If we failed, we're dead!" Rai nervously explained.

"Man calm down, your trembling!" Shun patted his back.

"Just how strong is that monster?" Shun questioned.

"D-rank, but it's fast as hell" Rai responded.

"It's already 11 PM, I wonder what happened to the other players.." Shun suddenly wondered.

"They're obviously dead!" Rai responded.

"There are over 125 million people in Japan that's impossible that they all died!" Shun mumbled.

[WARNING]

DANGER ZONE

"Then they might be hunting to level up!....huh?"

Rai suddenly stopped moving and quietly signalled Shun to stop.

"Why?" Shun whispered.

"We entered the danger zone, something is coming!" Rai whispered back.

"Wusshhh" Shun heard something, rushing near him.

[NOTICE]

DAMAGE RECEIVED

CURRENT HP: 1435/2210

"Huh? Why?... " Shun wondered after seeing the blood dripping from his left arm.

"That thing is faster than we expected, Shun!" Rai replied in a trembling tone.

Shun anchored his attention to Rai as he saw him dripping with blood coming from his legs.

RAI'S HP

[NOTICE]

DAMAGE RECEIVED

HP: 807/1890

"We underestimated it!" Rai mumbling and panting.

"Oii Idiot, your HP...." Shun muttered.

"I'm alright, just run! We can't fight it! I can't even use my lightning speed" Rai responded and unable to move.

"What the hell is this overwhelming pressure, it felt like I'm going to die if I move even an inch" Rai thought.

"Damn it, where is it!" Shun screamed in his head.

He started to look around him, looking for the monster. Shun quickly pulled Rai and hide in the corner.

"Turn off the light, idiot!" He whispered.

"Can you stand up?" Shun questioned in a whimper.

"I can, at least!"

"Do you have a plan" Rai groaned in pain.

"I suppose that monster is the type of monster that gets stronger as it continuously attack!" Shun answered.

"It seems like we're not the first one to get here. Now that I think about it, this place reeks with blood, not to mention this silence " Shun added.

"That means that monster killed anyone who enters here!" Rai cowered.

"Eahh, we should be careful! In one hit I lost almost 200 HP, I can't afford to die here!" Shun uttered.

"Black Cutter: Kurokatta!" Shun chanted, summoning his weapon.

[INVENTORY]

Black Cutter: Kurokatta

Physical Damage: 49

"Huh, Inventory...wait, what is this?" Shun grabbed the weapon that popped in the screen in front of him.

"Let's check the other skills, Show Skills!" He commanded.

[WARNING FULL SKILL INFO IS STILL LOADING (79% COMPLETED)]

[ WEAPON ALCHEMY (LEVEL 1)]

Mana cost: 10

Rank: S

Maximum creations: 1/1

[PASSIVE UNKNOWN(LOCKED)]

LEVEL 5 WEAPON ALCHEMY REQUIRED

[DOMINATOR'S EYE(LOCKED)]

NOTE: PLAYER LEVEL 50 REQUIRED

[UNKNOWN SKILL (LOCKED)]

NOTE: PLAYER LEVEL 100 REQUIRED TO REVEAL AND UNLOCK

[DARK CLOAK (Level 1)]

Mana cost: 20 (consumes 1 mana per second)

PASSIVE

[Shadow]

Physical attack weapons that affected by this skill will now deal magic damage.

Magic Damage: 68

[Poison]

• Slow down enemy by 1% for 5 seconds.

• Drain enemy HP by 1% for 5 seconds.

[Note: If damage has been dealt during the 5 seconds skill effect duration, the effect will be stacked up to 5 times.]

"Ehh, what the hell! Is this because of my level that my skills also improved or is it because the system constantly changes " Shun curiously mumbled.

[DARK CLOAK: BLACK CRESCENT SLASH (Level 1)]

Mana cost: 35

PASSIVE

[SHADOW ROB(LOCKED)]

NOTE: SKILL MUST BE LEVEL 2 TO UNLOCK

"They also added a passive skill for every skills I have, some of them are locked though.

As expected from the system, My skills have improved and changed." He uttered.

"Obviously, our other skills will have an enhanced features.." Rai responded.

"Move, we need to hide in the narrow corner!" Shun whispered.

"That thing needs space in order to have a great velocity and momentum, we're killing it in this narrowed corner!" Shun explained.

"Or we can be cornered here and get devoured by that terrifying monster.." Rai cowered.

"Mai, do you have any other skills to use?" Shun questioned before staring fixedly in the empty streets.

"Who the hell are you talking to?" Rai annoyingly responded.

"You're name was Mai, right?" Shun answered.

"Rai! My name is RAIIII!" Rai vexed.

"Anyway, I have a skill that can deal high damage, but it takes 40 seconds to activate and used almost 100 mana!" Rai added.

"That's it, that's definitely our last hope, were using it!" Shun responded as they sit into the dark corner, waiting patiently.

"Okay, that's what you said!" Rai agreed.

"Okay let's split up, I'm gonna be the decoy this time!" Shun explained and started walking out of the corner.

"Wait, what?" Rai tilted his head.

"I'm saying that I'm luring that thin inside so get the skill ready in time!" Shun whined, giving Rai a cold glare.

"Don't worry, I'm smart ya know! I'll figure something out" Shun lifted his chin.

"I'm not good at playing with cats, but if my intuition was right, then ist my win!" Shun grinned as he walked into the deepest and darkest side of the road.

"Damn, I should've stole a flashlight from that store earlier!" Shun mumbled as he stand in the middle of the darkness.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr" Shun can hear the growling sound from the darkness and he knew what comes next.

From a distance, he noticed the two burning red eyes observing him from the deepest darkness. That moment, Shun knew that he's fucked up...