Chapter 40

Michael cracked his knuckles as he stood in front of another Gate, Lakshmi and her sisters were not coming today since they were busy for the day as school was also finished, though he didn't mind it as he entered the Gate and it locked as he saw that he is a forest as the met with the materialised enemies which were Kobolds as he immediately dashed towards them as the enemies roared at him.

But he extended the rings from both his arms and then used them like a whip and slapped them all together as he jumped and whipped shot four rings from each arm as they hit and destroyed the ground as the Kobolds as he landed on the ground.

A few of the enemies were left, but he took care of them quickly as he killed them all quickly as they all disappeared as he smiled to himself.

'Good, it's becoming easier to kill the enemies in the two star Gate. But I shouldn't get cocky and level up more before moving to the higher level Gates.' Michael thought to himself as he watched the new enemies appearing.

The Demonic Snakes appeared as he couldn't help but blink at the vast number of them all, being 30 in number as he felt his throat go dry at seeing large horned snakes all looking at him with their beedy eyes.

"Okay, that's really creepy. And all of them are snakes." Michael said as he laughed nervously as he looked at the enemies.

'Why did it have to all be demonic snakes? Now they're going to attack together and it's going to be disgusting to watch!' Michael thought to himself as he shivered a bit under the gaze of his new enemies.

And his fear became real when all those snakes hissed at him and charged towards him as he screamed in fright at the sight of all of those large snakes slithering towards him and around the trees left in the area after his attack.

He immediately quadrupled his strength and sent all the rings on his right arm shooting towards the snakes as the rings destroyed many in the front, and behind them as well. Though the rest of the snakes were nearing him as the lot of them opened their mouths, showing their fangs as his eyes widened as he immediately realised what they were about to do.

He dashed to the right as he dodged the acid that was being spit by the Demonic snakes as his rings came back as he went and uprooted a tree before he threw it right into the mouth of one as it got stuck in the snakes mouth.

The snake frantically shook its head in an attempt to free itself of the tree, but it also had the added effect of hitting the other snakes beside it as Michael shot two rings from each arm as he killed more as he ran behind a boulder twice his size.

He looked at the snakes which were hissing at him as they were quickly making their way to him as he kicked the boulder and sent it flying towards the snakes as it hit them, causing the snakes to scatter.

'Keep on with the assault. I have to everything I have here.' Michael thought to himself as he threw another tree at the snakes before he followed after it.

The tree hit two snakes as he grabbed the tail of one of the fleeing ones and started to use it to beat the other snakes. He slammed the snakes body on the others as he sent some flying and bashed the head of a few as well.

He then threw the snake he was using and then shot out his rings one after the other as he killed more as he ran like the wind as he threw, slammed, smashed and ripped apart the snakes using his hands and rings to destroy them all.

After 10 minutes of fighting, he finally killed the last of the snakes as he panted due to all the running, he hissed as he looked at his right arm as some of the acid fell on him while he was fighting, thankfully the damage wasn't much.

He was also scraped a bit, while his level meant that he can't be damaged that badly by the snakes, the damage that he could accumulate from fighting all of them would be disastrous for him, especially since he also have to fight the boss.

"It was easier when Lakshmi was with me. Not to mention the fact that I only had to deal with a lot less snakes." Michael said as he sighed and rubbed his forehead.

'I wonder what kind of boss it will be this time. Wolf, Snake, Asura?' Michael thought to himself as he got ready for the fight.

His questions were answered when a [High Asura (lvl 20)] appeared as he smiled at the sight as seeing this enemy was much better after fighting against all of those snakes at once.

'Once I get back, I better watch animal videos to clear my mind. Seeing all those writhing is not good for my mind.' Michael thought to himself as he isn't a big fan of snakes.

But as he looked at the boss, he noticed the sword in its hand as he blinked at the different weapon in its hand as he got ready.

'Well, let's do this.' Michael thought to himself as he dashed towards the boss.

He ran towards it as the Asura swung it's sword down as he dodged to the side as he ran towards it as he managed to get near it. He triples his strength and then jumped towards its knees.

With the increased strength when he kicked the Asura's knee and bend it in the wrong direction as he broke it's bones as the Asura screamed in pain as he jumped back.

He then ran on its arms as he jumped towards its face and sent a punch after increasing his strength by five times. The punch connected and caused the Asura's head to be sent to the left as over half of its HP was gone now.

As he fell down as he shot the rings one after the other on its body as the armor cracked from the force of his rings as it's HP decreased again and went into the red area.

He landed on the ground as he saw the Asura fall down without the help of its right leg and due to his own attack as it cried out with its sword falling out of its hand.

He looked at the sword and then at the Asura before a smile appeared on his face. He went and grabbed the handle of the sword and lifted it up, though he had to double his strength due to the weight as the Asura looked at him in shock.

"Hi! Bye!" Michael greeted with a smile before he brought the sword down.

The Asura watched the sword fall done as it's eyes widened before it sliced its head in half and broke the ground from the force.

Right after that the boss disappeared as he has cleared the level as he looked at himself and smiled at how he was able to do it.

'Alright, I am able to clear a 2* Gate all on my own. But still, I should move into a 3* until I am at least 28 or maybe 30.' Michael thought to himself as he left the Gate and collected the stars.

He went to the HQ and exchanged it for money as he smiled at the employee.

"Thank you for your hard work." The receptionist said with a smile.

"No problems. Thanks for your help as well." Michael said to her before he walked away.

The receptionist smiled at the boy as she watched him leave as she let out a sigh.

"It's always good to see Players come back from Gates." The receptionist said as she sighed in relief.

"Can't say I don't agree with it. Even if they have become Players, it's still no guarantee for their survival." Her friend said from her desk.

"The only thing we can do is make sure that they get the relevant information." The one of her left said with a smile as the two nodded.

'Yeah, they're right. I just have to make sure that they are capable of such Gates and make sure that they are equipped for it.' The receptionist thought to herself with a smile as she continues to do her work.

Michael meanwhile looked at the money he is accumulating as he smiled as he has many ideas on how to use it, after he has discussed it with his mother of course.

'It will take some time before she is fully recovered. This is going to be difficult.' Michael thought to himself as he walked as he thought about his mother.