Your Skill Is Mine

Bolgor continued to blow steam from his nose into Joon's face. Joon thought, 'This hurts…I wanna cry…but I'm numb…I'm too in shock to move…'

Running towards Bolgor, we're 4 players, and Duri.

The 5 of them were brewing up their skills, some of them chanting:

"Ice Sparrow!"

"Blood horse!"

A horse made out of blood formed, he had blood eagle wings as well, and a player was riding on it holding a shield and sword made out of glowing blood. As he dashed forward, a pile of red flames came from the horses mane and tail, leaving a trail.

One player had ice diamonds forming on the ground under him, and his hands and arms were covered in ice. As he pressed forward, a glow of white ice covered in dark pink aura shot out from him.

Duri, right behind the two of them, and had on two golden gauntlets on her hand, and gold tattoos formed on her skin.

She told the other two players, "Oi. You two played the old version of this game right?"

They both said: "Y-Yeah!"

"Remember that one skill you had to unlock? A skill where you can possess dead corpses, sharing some of your power with them, and performing two man attacks against an enemy with them but it only works once?"

"Yeah that's the uh…the uh…Parallel of the Undead? Yeah that skill!"

"…In the old version of the game, we had limits to that unlocked skill, even though it was it was a Zealot tier skill itself, Zealot tier meaning it was a highly ranked skill itself. We could only use the skill once per body we manipulated. But this time it's different. We don't have limits right now, we could do the same skill among each other."

"Yeah we could! But you know what counting down thing he does? How can we counter that?!"

Joon heard their conversation, and he thought, 'If…this minotaur is an NPC, then he has patterns. If not, then they have to attack as soon as he starts counting down. But what I've noticed from his countdowns, is that he doesn't dash off towards us when he reaches the number one. He makes us think he is, but then he attacks mid-countdown. Tch…I look pathetic. I just noticed that I have a health bar at the bottom right corner of my vision, and I can see everyone elses. My health bar is almost running out, and This pain hurts…I kinda want it to be over. But my fear is…whatbif I really die in real life?'

Duri said to the other players, "The others are dead and Joon is about to die. Trying to rescue him is not an option, we must forget about that brat. We need to time our combos together perfectly, we need to anticipate Bolgor's attack when he starts counting down. And try to notice anything that could give us a clue on his weakness during takeoff. Or, we could just attack as soon as he starts counting down, due to his speed and unpredictability. Don't fuck around and slack off. I'm trying to win."

Bolgor asked Joon, "You are familiar with my name. Are you a surviving fallen Angel? How do you know me?"

Joon looked at Bolgor, replying with a bloody smirk, "You really wanna know? Really really? Fuck you, that's how I know."

"5….4…..3…..2-"

Joon exclaimed with everything he had left, "This fucker is counting down-!."

Bolgor dashed backwards and collided with the players, but the players were swirling around each other, and Duri punched the ground behind them, giving them an extra boost in speed.

The players skills of blood and ice slashed past Bolgor, and Bolgor slashed past them.

They all stood still, and the players had fallen dead with blood splattering from their bodies.

Duri rolled to the right, with a cut in her head opening up.

"No…no…fuck."

Bolgor still had Joon in his grasp, and he was walking towards Duri.

Some wounded and surviving townspeople were crying in pain, and some tried to escape.

Bolgor said, "5…4…3…2…1-."

He vanished, slaughtering the townspeople with his sharp fingers that were wounded or trying to escape.

Bolgor zipped back in front of Duri, and Duri was struggling to get up with her golden gauntlet gloves.

Bolgor said, "You are an agile human."

Duri thought, 'Mid-Tier skill - Chameleon Adaption. It allows me to adapt to any environment around me, giving me the ability to manuever in ways that can keep me from getting wounded. The downsides is that I'm only a level 15 player. The lower my rank, the less effective the skill is. Shit…my health bar is below half…I can't take too many blows.'

Duri said to Joon, "Joon, you have a God tier ranked skill. Now's the time to fucking use it."

Joon replied in pain, "Shut…up. You don't tell me what to do. Plus, I don't even know how to use it. It's over for me. Just run. This fucker will kill you like he did the rest of the players. Haha…I'm starting to realize…this isn't a game anymore."

"If you know it's not a game, fight like your life is on the line, fool."

"Heh? You hear what I just said? It's over. My health bar…is going down slowly, I'm at less than 10% health."

"Tch! We're the only two players left from our group!"

Bolgor interrupted, "Enough human interaction."

Duri and Joon said at the same time to

Bolgor, "Shut up."

Bolgor stepped forward once, saying, "5-."

He vanished, Duri's heart beat hard, and she vanished as well.

Duri and Bolgor collided with each other, with Duri's fist throwing a punch, and Bolgor slashing at it.

Duri dropped to her knees, and her arm fell on the ground. Blood ran down from her head, and her arm socket.

Duri coughed, saying, "Agh! Dammit! Real or not…this shit hurts…I feel like I'm dying…"

Joon thought, 'I'm almost finished…almost…I don't even know how to use my skill…is this me giving up already?!'

(FLASHBACK)

(5 years ago)

(In an alleyway)

(Seoul, Korea)

14 year old Joon was hit in the face, falling in a puddle of water. Standing behind him was his father, Baek.

Baek had his arms folded, saying, "What? You giving up already? You're gonna let your bullies kick your ass all over again?"

Joon spit blood to the side, and stood up with bruises on his face, and he held his fists up in a fighting position. He was standing in front of four older kids, bullies he dealt with at his school.

Joon said to Baek, "It's only one of me…against four of them. I can't win!"

Baek responded, "You'll never win if you don't give it your all. You don't have any friends, so it's been you versus those four this entire time your whole school. They think you're weak, they think you're worthless, and you were letting them have their way with you. And I for one, will not let my own son be bullied anymore. Fight back. Don't let them push you around."

Joon looked at his father with a black eye and a bloody lip, and just nodded.

'Fight back…don't let them push you around…fight back, don't let them push you around…'

Joon took deep breathes, and he dashed forward, and the four bullies dashed forward as well, and the fight began again.

THWACK!

FFT!

SMACK!

BATHOOM!

CRACK!

The sounds of fists connecting with faces and stomachs rang out loud, the sound of grunting went off, with the sound of blood hitting the ground, and splashing from the nearby puddles.

30 minutes later….

Joon was the only one standing, with his clothes dirty and his face even more bruised up, and his bullies on the ground unconscious. Joon was breathing heavily, looking at his father, grinning with a missing tooth.

Baek smiled, and he walked towards his son, pulling his head in close, and placing it on his stomach, hugging him with one arm.

Joon asked, "Did I do good?"

"You did good, brat. Now they have no choice but to respect you. You fought, and won against what seemed like impossible odds. The ones who always looks down on others, are the ones who are the weakest…and you, Joon, are the strongest."

"….I am?"

"Yes. You are…"

(FLASHBACK END)

(PRESENT DAY)

Joon gasped, and he was still in the clutches of Bolgor. Joon grabbed the spike that was pierced through him, saying with a grin, "I won't lose to you, cow."

Bolgor gasped, "Your power is rising."

[Do you want to use Abbadon's Blood? You are within range of your enemies blood. Consuming his blood or anyone's blood will give you all of his skills and abilities, and you will garner half of his physical appearance]

'Consume? As in, drink?! I'm not a fucking vampire! That's gross! But…I have no choice. My strength is at 100, so I hope I have enough strength to break off one of his horns. Tch…Duri has one arm now, and she's almost at her limit, her health is at 11%. But if she can be in sync with me while I do this…then we can beat him.'

Joon exclaimed, "Duri!"

Duri sat up with a grin, and she punched the ground with her other gauntlet glove, making the ground rumble, and making everyone around stumble backwards.

At that exact moment, Joon thought, 'Got it!'

Bolgor started to countdown, "5…4…"

Duri sat up with all of her strength and rushed at Bolgor, and she threw another punch. Bolgor gasped again, and slashed at Duri's glove, but Duri shifted her fist downard and punched the ground below Bolgor, making the ground stumble more, and making Bolgor lean back.

[Duri used : Golden Tank (Mid Tier skill - PL : 9,564)]

**PL stands for power level**

Joon immediately grabbed one of the horns off Bolgor's head, and used all of his strength to rip it off. Bolgor screamed, and his blood flew off.

Joon gulped In fear, and he let Bolgor's blood land in his mouth. Joon swallowed, and he almost threw up, saying, "ACK! ACK! EW! FUCK! SO GROSS!"

Just then, Joon's heart pounded, and his eyes glowed red, most parts of his skin and hair was turning red, he grew four black horns on his head, he had red glowing wraps around his fists and forearms, and had black tattoos forming all over his body.

Bolgor exclaimed, "He's copying me."

Duri said, "Kick his ass."

Joon pulled his fist back and punched Bolgor in the face, and they both went flying through multiple stores and walls, flipping over and over.

They hit the ground, and Bolgor vanished in speed, but Joon copied him, ramming his horns into Bolgor's stomach, splashing more blood everywhere.

Duri watched Bolgor's health bar go down tremendously every few seconds. And then she saw Joon's health bar.

'Joon's health bar was extremely low, damn near 3%. But since he copied Bolgor's power and skill, his health bar is a little longer than Bolgor's was.'

Joon's system appeared in front of him again:

[Attributes for Joon while In Abaddon's blood mode: Healing attribute - Top Tier (PL-70000) Strength attribute - Top Tier (PL-74000) Speed attribute - Top Tier (PL-72000) Defense attribute - Top Tier (PL-70000). Attributes vary in which being you copy.]

Joon was dashing back and forth past Bolgor, hitting him in the face with a series of a single strong punch every time, sending Bolgor flying through more shops each swing.

Joon was running forward, but he was running like a bull, on all fours, and the ground cracked as he ran fast, with the ground shaking.

Bolgor sat up, and he roared, making pieces of rubble fly towards Joon. Joon used his sharp fingers to slash away the rubble as he ran forward, flipping past some as well.

Bolgor began to leap really fast on some of the flying rubble, going at full speed, and he stabbed Joon in the cheek with his sharp fingers, and they both were sliding backwards on the ground standing on their feet, with shops and houses towering down as they slid backwards on the ground fast while still standing.

Bolgor said, "You are weak, but have mimicking skill. A skill never seen or heard of. Who are you? How do you know the name Bolgor?"

Joon grabbed Bolgor's arm, and ripped it off, making Bolgor scream. Then, Joon flipped in the air, and smacked Bolgor with his own arm, throwing Bolgor far away again.

As Bolgor was trampling all over the ground, Joon was above him, and smashed his fist on top of Bolgor's head, slamming him to the ground as a the ground cracked once again.

Then, Joon grabbed Bolgor's hair, and slammed his knee into Bolgor's face.

Bolgor bounced back, and he slashed Joon across the face with his sharp fingers. Then tried to jam his horns into Joon's stomach.

Joon caught the horns, and Bolgor yelled, "RAAAAAAAGGHH!!"

They both went in the air, spinning rapidly, and Bolgor asked, "Who are you?!"

Joon answered, "Your father."

"Huh?!"

"Sorry. It sounded cooler in my head."

Joon planted both feet on Bolgor's face, darted down to the ground, smashing the back of Bolgor's head into the ground with his feet. Joon, still holding onto Bolgor's horns, was on top of Bolgor now, he ripped the horns out of Bolgors head, and stabbed Bolgor in the eye with them.

Joon laughed, saying, "Fucking hurts doesn't it?! Why did you attack this place? And us?"

Bolgor replied, "Fragment Lord….of this region….ruined everything. Hungry."

"So you wanted to kill us for food? You deserve everything you're gonna get."

Joon stabbed his sharp hand through Bolgor's chest, and ripped his heart out, killing him.

[Enemy, Bolgor, slain. XP gained - 11000 points. XP level 1 completed, gained 1 skill point.]

Joon was turning back to normal, the same as his appearance. He said, "Oh. Sweet."

Joon passed out on the ground.