Outbreak

After checking the apartments one-by-one, they finally chose one. It was a simple apartment, with one master bedroom and two guestrooms.

The master bedroom have its own bathroom inside of it. The kitchen looks nice and the living room was quite spacious. The furnitures are also nice and simple, all in the color of white, black, grey and light brown.

The rent were also cheap for a room this big. It was also perfect since it's just a block away from his sibling's school so he immediately finished the transaction to rent it.

"Can the two of you stay here for a moment? I need to go back and meet with Mrs. Rian and visit all of my workplaces."

Those are his words after they unpacked all of their things. The master bedroom was given to him by his siblings even though he asked them to get it.

Neither the slightly matured Elaine nor the childish Von wanted it. Elaine seriously told him that he deserve the biggest room while Von said that he doesn't like the furnitures.

"Okay. We'll wait here," Elaine replied with a smile. She already expected her brother to go.

"Okayyy! We'll just watch television. Sister, where can I watch cartoon?"

They bought a television earlier together with a refrigerator and washing machine. Elaine helped Von before turning back to him.

"I'll cook lunch for us so make it quick, brother."

Vince smiled at Elaine and kissed her on her forehead. He did the same to Von before leaving their new home.

He was very happy and quite emotional because he already accomplished one of his promise to his parents.

He rode the taxi with a happy smile on his face.

After 1 hour...

He finally finished going to his workplaces to gave them his resignation letter. They congratulated him especially Mrs. Rian, their landlord who wanted to throw a party for him. He respectfully declined, saying that Elaine will cook lunch so he can't eat.

He was once again riding a taxi to go back home.

In the midst of whistling, a hologram screen suddenly popped out in front of him. Vince was not that surprise now and read it calmly. However, the words written to it made his heart beat fast.

[The God of Death is looking forward to your battle.]

"What battle—"

Suddenly a piece of building fall in front of the road.

Boom-!

The driver was surprised and stop the car immediately.

Screeechhh-!

"What happened?"

The question was soon answered when an 8 ft. tall, green-skinned monster appeared.

"ROOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!"

The thunderous roar made the ground rumble. They were caught by the shockwave of the roar and the car they were riding flew to the side.

Vince's body acted in reflex, throwing his body at the side of the driver. Hugging him and protecting him so his body won't hit anywhere that could harm him. His body blocked the glass shards broken from the impact and some hubris.

Clink-! Smash-!

"Ugh..." he couldn't help but groan in pain. He took a deep breath.

The scent of blood soon spread inside the car, assaulting their nostrils. Vince's head and body was now covered in blood and pieces of broken glass pierced in his head. When the driver saw his condition, he shuddered in fear.

"S-sir!" the driver panicked when he saw the blood on VVince's body.

"I'm fine— ugh..." he tried to smile and assured him but his head ache again and he got dizzy making him groaned in pain once more.

"Sir you're not fine!" the driver shouted.

Vince pushed the destroyed car door in the driver's side so he can leave.

"No, no. Forget about me. Leave now, okay? Run as fast as you can."

The driver gulped nervously. He seemed to be conflicted on what to do.

Vince smiled. "I'm a player," he said to the hesitating driver. When the driver heard this, his expression instantly changed.

"Thank you sir! I'll leave you here now! Please take care!" he instantly run away from the broken car.

After the driver run away, Vince bear the pain as he removed the glass piercing his head and his body.

"Ugh," he closed his eyes as he breathe heavily.

After that, he immediately activated his Healing skill and healed himself. Black smoke came out of his hand and seeped through his injuries. His injuries disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Vince took a deep breath to calm himself down. 'Calm down, Vince.'

Despite the fear, he summoned his courage and decided to get out of the car, he wanted to checked the situation first. He hid behind one of the destroyed car and observed the surroundings.

There are no civilians in here. It seems like they already evacuated. However, he could see two players struggling to fight the monster.

One of them was an archer. He was holding a burning bow and arrows. The archer let go of the string and the arrow shot up, however, the monster saw it and easily grab it with its bare hand.

The arrow was instantly extinguish.

Vince could see the despair in the archer's face. While the other one is a lightning mage.

She kept shooting lightning strikes from her hands, trying to paralyze the monster. But it seems that her level was too low to affect the monster.

Vince immediately summoned his skill window and look for a skill he could use to kill that monster. He remembered that the higher the grade, the higher the mana consumption. So with his current level, the skills that he could barely use are Analysis, Healing, Enhance, Wall of Darkness, and Last Wish.

He first used Analysis to know more about the monster. Although, he wanted to help, if he just rush forward without a plan, he'll most likely just be a burden instead.

Species: Orc

Level: 12

Rank: Common

HP: 500/600

XP: 580/2300

Strength: 27

Agility: 20

Stamina: 25

Vitality: 24

Mana: 20

Charm: -2

Skills:

Roar of Power [E]: Release a soundwave that can destroy things in the area. The strength depends on the user's fighting spirit.

Golden Aura [D]: Boost the user's strength by 50%.

Tough Skin [D]: The skin will be hard to penetrate and have minor immunity to all elemental and physical attacks.

Boulder Fist [E]: Every strike of the user's fist will be as strong as a boulder.

The monster's skill that he used earlier seemed to be the [Roar of Power]. The skill is simple and straightforward.

'And it's Level 12! Oh my god. How was I supposed to help when I'm only level 1?!'

Vince bit his lips. He used [Enhance] to himself and his body immediately felt stronger. His stats also changed temporarily.

Name: Vince Stade

Age: 21

Level: 1(5)

Rank: Common

Class: Priest

HP: 49/50 (239/240)

XP: 0/100

SP: 100

Strength: 12 (16)

Agility: 10 (14)

Stamina: 15 (19)

Vitality: 10 (14)

Divine Energy: 20 (24)

Charm: 10 (14)

Level 5! Vince was amazed. However, the Enhance skill consumed energy while activated.

Also, even though he's now stronger. He's still level 5. The gap is just too big and he didn't know what else to do in this situation.

He pondered for awhile. His mind is telling him to run and save himself. He should just call the Player's Association and asked for help.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth before dashing forward.

[The God of Death wish for your success.]

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