This Guy Knows How to Impress

This level of courage isn't something just anyone can achieve.

Even if Cynthia said she was forced by Bruce to come on the first day, that's still pretty impressive.

At the very least, Joanne was sure she wouldn't have that kind of courage.

Just like today, Bruce took people out to hunt monsters.

But she could only clean the hotel with Dominic.

Knock, knock, knock!

The room door suddenly was knocked on.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Jerald!"

Click!

Joanne opened the door.

Standing in front of her was Jerald with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the talented man in front of her, Joanne suddenly had a flash of an image in her mind!

Jerald was about the same height as Bruce.

Both were tall and handsome, but why did it feel like there was such a big gap?

"Jerald? What brings you here?"

"I came to see you. Are they gone??"

As Jerald spoke, his gaze passed Joanne and looked into the room.

Joanne didn't return to 8046 last night, he had come over then too.

Knowing Joanne was staying with Cynthia, he didn't think much of it.

"You couldn't see from there??"

"Well, I did see them leave, so I came over! Joanne, take a look at this."

Jerald pretended to be mysterious, then took out a bowl and a pair of chopsticks from behind him.

The bowl contained half a bowl of yellowish rice, two pieces of vegetables, and a small handful of pickled vegetables.

"You haven't had lunch yet, have you? This is specially ordered for you from Manager Heywood. Hurry up and eat..."

"Huh? No, thanks."

Seeing Jerald treating food he usually wouldn't care about as a treasure at this moment, Joanne felt inexplicably desolate.

"When Bruce left, he left a lot of food in Mr. Cedric's room."

"Huh? He left a lot of food?" Jerald was dumbfounded.

"No...really?""What's the point of lying to you?" Joanne remained unsmiling. "And when he left, he even said, 'If you come over for lunch, we can go together. It's lunchtime now, I'll take you.'"

Upon hearing Joanne's words, Jerald's eyes lit up, and he quickly grinned.

"Heh, this guy really knows how to impress, huh?"

The two of them called Dominic and then found Cedric!

Then, Jerald was puzzled.

"Oh my... Braised beef, poached chicken? And there's stir-fried intestines, cold mixed shredded vegetables??"

Bruce hadn't planned for Jerald's breakfast today.

So, to be on the safe side, he spent the whole morning networking with Manager Heywood and the others.

He just grabbed a little breakfast downstairs from Manager Heywood.

Given Manager Heywood's cunning nature, he certainly wouldn't give him too much food.

And compared to the food here with Bruce, the food over at Manager Heywood's was practically pig slop, wasn't it??

Seeing so much delicious food, Jerald couldn't wait.

He quickly called a few people over and shamelessly started eating.

However, he didn't throw away that bowl of white rice.

Because only those who have experienced hunger know how precious food is.

In contrast to Jerald's wolfing down the food, Joanne was different.

Because she had breakfast and the food and water Bruce provided, she wasn't very hungry.

At this moment, her mind was full of Bruce's questions from yesterday.

"It seems I have to find someone to protect myself."

Joanne wasn't naive; she quickly figured out the current situation.

If she wanted to live normally, she had to find a guy with decent strength to protect herself.

Otherwise, things could really go wrong.

But based on the current situation, there were only two people who could protect her.

Bruce and Jerald.

"Jerald? No... "

Thinking of Jerald, Joanne glanced at him stuffing his face, feeling a wave of despair.

"This guy, he just doesn't seem reliable no matter how you look at him! As for Bruce? He's definitely capable, but he's just my student, why should he protect me?"

"And, why did he tell me those things last night... Huh, why did he even tell me those things?"Joanne suddenly had a flash of insight, her whole body stunned: "Could it be that he also feels... my goodness... no... it can't be, right??" Joanne was a thoughtful person.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have become a professor at such a young age.

With Bruce's reminder, she only needed a short time to guess his intentions.

But Bruce didn't care anymore.

Anyway, this kind of thing would eventually come to light.

Ssshh!

A sickle mantis plummeted from the sky, swinging its scythe towards the group!

Bruce raised his hand and flicked it.

Whoosh!

A wind blade sent the sickle mantis flying again, severely injuring it once more.

"Ben!" Bruce lightly commanded.

Squeak!

Ben received the order and dashed towards the mantis.

Its running speed was extremely fast, catching up to the injured sickle mantis in seconds.

The sickle mantis was initially hit by Bruce.

Injured, it was about to go berserk, but suddenly, it found a huge shadow looming over it?

Although the mantis was two meters long, its strength was mainly concentrated in its two scythes.

Other parts of its body were quite fragile, how could it compete with the strength of Ben, who was in the early stages of bronze?

So, before it could react, Ben was already riding on top of it, grabbing its head, and effortlessly snapping its neck.

[Ding, congratulations, your wind attribute ability has been upgraded to middle-level black iron.]

The sudden system prompt made Bruce smirk.

Finally, his ability had upgraded!

Whether it was physical fitness or abilities, there was still room for improvement in the early stages without using crystals.

And as long as he kept using them, the rate of improvement wasn't too slow.

Just like Bruce.

In less than two days since the apocalypse began, not only had his body grown much stronger, but his abilities had also leveled up along with it.Bruce glanced at his current attributes.

Name: Bruce

Age: 21

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 136 kg

Vitality: 38 (Normal adult male value is 10)

Mental Strength: 40 (Normal adult male value is 10)

Strength: 40 (Normal adult male value is 10)

Agility: 36 (Normal adult male value is 10)

Enhancement Level: Black Iron High Rank

Ability Level: [Wind Attribute (Middle-level Black Iron)]

Antagonist Exclusive Skills: [Antagonist's Eye] [Antagonist's Heart] [Antagonist's Aura]

"Tsk tsk, not bad, not bad!"

Seeing this attribute panel, Bruce's lips curved into a smile.

His mental strength and strength had reached 40 points, and the other attributes were close to 40 as well.

It's worth noting that Bruce hadn't used any crystals today!

It was entirely due to the potential brought out by Cynthia's previous rewards and the battles of these two days.

With these current attribute values, he was already satisfied.

As for the difference between middle-level Black Iron and early-stage Black Iron abilities?

Actually, there wasn't much difference.

It's just that the storage capacity doubled.

Hmm! That is, ten shots.

Things like the compression degree of Wind Blades, release speed, and the precision of Wind Blades weren't related to ability levels.

To enhance these aspects of abilities, what needed to be improved was mental strength.

The higher the mental strength, the easier it was to control abilities.

The speed would also be faster, the accuracy higher, and the power stronger.

With both high mental strength attribute and ability level, the released abilities would be more diverse.

For example: Wind Wall, Tornado, and so on.

Of course, Bruce couldn't reach this level yet.

"Damn, how are they so powerful?"

"This is too exaggerated, isn't it?"