Chapter 4: Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist
Lyra stared at the civilian, ignoring her 'mother'
Having these people admire her should be a good start, she had manage to scare off a Grade A being, which helped her acquired the Faith System, since it required these people to be in awe of her.
*Howl!*
The howled of several wolf echoed throughout the street, and with each howl becoming louder then the last, and the earth tremble in terror.
"Wolf? Or perhaps a Werewolf?" Lyra blunted out loud, turning her head away and gazing towards the noise.
She hadn't expected to encounter another monster so soon.
It seem her first day as an Transmigrator, wasn't as peaceful as those Protagonist she read.
Lyra saw a pack of wolf with furious expression and hungry eyes, with some saliva dripping down their mouth, as if they saw the most delicious food in the world.
"They are wolf alright, a very hungry wolf" Lyra exclaim, nodding to herself.
She wasn't afraid of the wolf, but it does send shiver down her spine, not like she would admit it herself.
The wolf completely outnumbered her and the civilian behind Lyra, if she were to guess, there's approximately 20 or more wolf approaching them.
These wolf could help her level up, beside its the beginning of the apocalypse, so shes isn't worried of dying by some low ranked wolf.
Other then the grade A three headed monster, shes isn't afraid of a mere pack of wolf.
Atleast that's what she tell herself.
"Ten Shadow Technique: Rabbit Escape" Lyra exclaim, forming a hand sign.
[-100 MP(10 × 10 = 100)]
*Swish*
Immediately, 10 rabbit with white fur and red eyes materialise from the shadow, they emitted a negative aura around them.
"Go" Lyra commanded, pointing at the pack of wolf in front of her, approaching rapidly.
The 10 rabbits dashed ahead, going as fast as a normal human sprinting.
Lyra nodded in satisfaction, having her command being followed is quite satisfying for her.
After a few more second, one rabbit made first contact with the wolf, jumping right into its mouth without knowing it.
*Swish*
"*grrrr*" Wolf 1 grumbled in annoyance, the rabbit it eaten had dissipated not leaving a single trace.
*Swish* *Swish*
Multiple rabbit dissipated upon making contact, the 10 rabbit did not stand a chance against a big opponent.
After awhile, all the rabbit had dissipated.
Lyra slapped her forehead "Of course, they die without putting up a fight" Lyra muttered, seeing the rabbit dissipating without even slowing down the wolf.
The 20 or more wolf were approaching at a rapid rate, and were a few meters away from reaching her.
One wolf jumped high in the air, its jaw opened, aiming at Lyra's head.
Lyra coldly stared at the incoming wolf, and an card materialise behind her, bigger then her entire figure.
"Consume Card: Garou" Lyra exclaim, inches away from the wolf opened jaw.
[Consumable Card: Garou has been used, One remaining used left]
The giant card behind her spun rapidly, dissipating into white particles, before it flow inside Lyra's body, in an matter of seconds.
*Swoosh* *Pushs!*
Her right hand swiftly redirected the wolf movement, before she smashed its head with her left hand, sending the wolf flying away, and crashing it into another wolf.
*Pam* *Thudd*
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[Dealt -10 HP to Level 4 Wolf]
All the wolf stopped in their place, staring at the now dead wolf.
They glare at Lyra, their fangs showed and growled sounded out from the pack of wolf, its anger were visible.
"Its a bit disgusting" Lyra shook her hand, washing away the blood from the dead wolf.
Lyra took her martial art stand, her feet stood firmly on the ground, and she imagine the flow of water coursing through her entire body.
She signal the wolf to come at her, with an provoking grin.
Her action angered the pack of wolf, as they howled, and charged at her figures with bloodshot eyes, piercing through Lyra.
"Water Stream, Rock Smashing Fist! " Lyra exclaim, readying her hand, as she imagine the flow of water.
*Swish*
Her hand flowed like a river, smoothly redirecting the charging wolf towards another wolf coming from the back.
*Swoosh* *Thudds*
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[Dealt -30 HP to Level 5 Wolf]
The charging wolf died just from crashing into an higher level wolf.
"I'm not done yet!" Lyra shouted, positioning her body, readying herself.
*Swish* *Swish* *Swish*
Her hand moved rapidly, attacking the level 5 wolf vital spot, while redirecting wolf level 4 attack towards the ground.
[You killed a level 5 Wolf: 0.5 Attributes Point, 0.5 EXP]
And the wolf level 4 that fallen down is smashed by her palm, crushing its skull with immense force.
Staining her hand in bloody red liquid, and the floor being splashed by the pink brain matter of an level 4 wolf.
[You killed a level 4 Wolf: 0.4 Attributes Point, 0.4 EXP]
The move she had made was filled with the intent to kill, instead of the intent to defense herself.
"Waahahahaha! I feel so Alive!" Lyra shouted, once again laughing manically to herself, like some sort of villain.
Lyra eyes move to the right, caughting sight of an sneaky level 3 wolf.
Lyra charged forward, catching it off guard as her hand pierced the wolf eyes, hitting the brain.
She gripped tightly on the wolf eye-socket and directed it towards another wolf, sending it flying meters away.
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[Dealt -10 HP to level 4 Wolf]
''Ew'' Lyra couldn't help but blunted it out.
She shook her hand, washing away the brain matter on her palm, her face converging in an disgusted look.
*Swooosh*
Lyra rolled away, dodging an attack from above, just when she took a breath to rest, a wolf charged at her from her right side.
Mouth open, with its sharp teeth showing, aiming at Lyra's moving figure.
*Chop!*
[-40 Damage]
The wolf bite down on her arm, its teeth going through her skin, catching Lyra off guard.
Lyra clicked her teeth in annoyance.
"Zafkiel" The sound of an bell echoed and a giant clock with roman numerals manifested behind her, along with an archaic pistol and musket on both her hand.
Lyra swiftly aimed her Musket at the wolf head, pressing the trigger as soon as it made contact with the musket.
*Bang!*
The wolf head exploded into pieces, its body dropping to the ground, without any sign of getting up
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
Her right arm now had a bite mark and her clothes were ruin, "Annoying" Lyra blunted.
Fortunately, she didn't feel pain from the bite, thanks to her Endurance being Null.
Lyra looked away from the bite mark, and saw that she was surrounded, the pack of wolf were all around her, not allowing her to escape.
Looks like, she wouldn't be able to kill them without receiving a fatal injurie.
Was she afraid?
The answer is yes and no....maybe
Her hand were trembling, barely able to hold the musket and archaic pistol properly, mainly due to the recoil of the gun.
And her hand were starting to be slightly more numb, probably cause by the wolf bite.
This made her realise how dull and boring her past life was, the adrenaline pumping through her vain, made her feel Alive.
An creepy grin form on her face, her eyes shining in crimson light, and she hold the musket and archaic pistol tightly.
Lyra wanted more of this feeling, the instinctual fear inside her, did not stop her from wanting more.
The five goblin she defeated was indeed a joke compered to the pack of wolf.
Honestly, she felt like vomiting upon seeing so much blood and gore, especially the one where she pierce the eyes and hit its brain.
She wasn't used to seeing it.
Lyra took a deep breath, calming herself down, and suppressing it.
She raised her archaic pistol and aimed at the pack of wolf, she might be surrounded but that doesn't mean she would lose.
Lyra wasn't planning to die on her first day as a Transmigrator.
With her mind cleared, she pressed the trigger.
*Bang!*
[Dealt -20 HP to level 4 Wolf]
Lyra shot one of the wolf leg, she wanted to shot its head but due to inexperienced, she missed and shot its leg instead.
*Howl!*
The pack of wolf howled in unison, as they once again charged towards Lyra in a coordinated manner.
"Good! Get closer so I won't miss!" Lyra shouted, aiming her musket and archaic pistol at the charging wolf.
Lyra grinned madly and pressed the trigger of both the archaic pistol and musket without hesitation.
*Bang!* *Bang!*
[Dealt -40 HP to level 3 Wolf]
[Dealt -20 HP to level 4 Wolf]
"*Grrrrr*" Wolf 3 and wolf 4 growled painfully.
Lyra manage to stop two wolf, but the rest continue charging towards Lyra, without looking back at the two injured wolf.
"Aleph" Lyra pointed her musket at the first number, then a red aura materialise and went inside her musket.
She aimed the musket at her head, ''I win this'' Lyra muttered, confidently and pressed the trigger.
*Bang!*
Lyra disappeared from her spot, dodging an wolf attack as it scratched the concrete street with its claw.
Moment later, Lyra appeared in front of a random wolf, few meters away from her spot.
Her archaic pistol were aimed at the wolf forehead.
*Bang!*
[You killed a level 4 Wolf: 0.4 Attributes Point, 0.4 EXP]
The wolf head exploded into pieces, its body falling down on the ground lifelessly.
"Zafkiel, Aleph" Lyra exclaim, the red aura went inside her musket.
She aimed the musket at her head and pulled the trigger.
*Bang!*
Her figure disappeared and reappeared in front of another wolf, four meters away from her previous spot.
The archaic pistol were aimed directly at the wolf forehead, and Lyra immediately pressed the trigger.
*Bang!*
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
Its head exploded into many pieces, blood splattered on Lyra face.
Her beautiful and delicate face, had finally been stained by blood.
"Damn it" Lyra cursed, she didn't like blood being splattered on her cheek.
In her moments of distraction, she didn't see the wolf charging from behind her.
*Chop!*
[-40 Damage]
An Wolf bite her left arm, restricting Lyra from using her musket.
*Chop!*
[-50 Damage]
Following the first wolf, another one bite down her right arm, restricting Lyra from using her archaic pistol.
Their movement were coordinated with each other, as if they know what to do.
Lyra tried to free herself from the wolf mouth, unfortunately for Lyra, several more wolf launched themselves at her.
[-50 Damage] [-40 Damage] [-45 Damage]
[-35 Damage] [-60 Damage] [-30 Damage]
The pack of wolf bite down her leg, neck, wings, hands, and stomach.
They completely restricted her movements, and more wolf were coming to assist.
"This is bad" Lyra exclaim, finding it hard to move her limb.
The wolf coordination were astounding, Lyra had underestimated their intelligence, and her HP were draining rapidly,
To make it worst, she had no way to regenerate her HP back, as she just recently got the Healer Class, and she doesn't know how to use it.
'Why didn't Passive Dodge activated!?' Lyra complained, glaring at the space in front of her, blaming the World System for giving her such an Useless Skill.
If this continue, she might actually die and be eaten alive by these hungry wolf.
There was no way to regenerate her HP, and she doesn't know how to heal herself yet.
But what can she do to free herself?
The Ten Shadow Technique: Rabbit Escape won't help her since the rabbit would be killed in a second.
Using the Consumable Card Garou again, would be a waste, since it only give her the martial art and Adaptability, not the body and experience.
And she had 18 minute left before it the consumable card duration ends.
[-45 Damage] [-50 Damage]
Lyra desperately struggled, trying to free herself but to no used, the pack of wolf had firmly locked her in place, their fangs going inside her skin and blood were drawn.
All Lyra could do now, is stand firmly in place and made sure she doesn't fall or lose her balance, or else the pack of wolf would jump on her and bite her head off.
Thankfully, she was quite tall, taller then her past self.
'More wolf are coming...Think of something me!' Lyra mentally shouted at herself.
...
"Get away from my Daughter! " an male voice shouted from the distant.
Lyra stared at the man running towards her, 'Daughter? Is he the previous owner Father?' Lyra immediately guessed the man Identity.
'Is he trying to save me? Sorry but I think I be fine on my own' Lyra thought, but she didn't stop her 'father'
Even if she try to shout at him to stop, he probably wouldn't listen, and would have continue to try and save her anyway.
[-73 Damage] [-35 Damage]
Lyra ignored the man, and focused on trying to free herself, but to no avail.
"These wolf have strong teeth" Lyra commented, her archaic pistol and musket, disappeared in an black flash.
Her strength couldn't rival eight wolf that were biting her body, and the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist were of no help.
"*Sigh*" Lyra sighed, she had no choice but to use her Attributes Point.
''System put half of my Attributes point on Strenght" Lyra confirmed, although sounding an little reluctant at spending her Point, but she had no choice.
Or else she dies.
...
[7.5 Attributes Point had been added to Strenght]
[Strenght: 13.5]
[[ Strenght: Grade D ]]
....
Lyra body glowed in brilliant arrays of light, blinding the wolf, along with the other who set their eyes on this scene.
"You pay for this!" Lyra shouted, her voice were fierce and cold.
*Swoosh* *Swish*
Her right hand swiftly flow through the wolf flesh, cutting the level 3 wolf in half from head to tail, and blood splattered on her clothes.
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
*Swish* *Swish* *Swish* *Swish*
Her hand went through their flesh like an water stream, cutting several wolf in half, as if her hand were made of stone.
The wolf tried to attack, but to no avail.
*Swish, Swish, Swish!*
In an quick succession, several after-image of her hands materialise, and pierced through the body of the wolf, that was biting her from shoulder to toe.
...
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[You killed a level 5 Wolf: 0.5 Attributes Point, 0.5 EXP]
[You killed a level 4 Wolf: 0.4 Attributes Point, 0.4 EXP]
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[You killed a level 4 Wolf: 0.4 Attributes Point, 0.4 EXP]
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
...
In just an quick motion she had killed, eight wolf that was biting her body.
*Grrowwwll*
The other pack of wolf growled, gritting their teeth and showing their fang.
Their fierce and vainy expression, indicated that they were angry.
*Wolf!*
Wolf 1 and wolf 2 charged at Lyra bloody figure, their claw out as they strike her body, intending to cut her to pieces.
*Swoosh* *Swish!* *Swish*
Lyra hand smoothly redirected their attack towards the ground behind her, before karate chopping wolf 1 neck, slicing it and detaching it from its body.
She slowly stood up and walked towards the lying wolf 2.
She stepped on wolf 2 head, crushing it to pieces with pure strength, killing the wolf in an brutal manner.
[-20 Damage due to overwhelming strength]
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
[You killed a level 3 Wolf: 0.3 Attributes Point, 0.3 EXP]
"Take that" Lyra blunted, kicking the air and sending the blood on her leg, away from her.
Lyra turned towards the remaining wolf, and began counting them in her mind.
'Seven wolf left' Lyra mentally confirmed.
She had killed 18 wolf so far, although she had to use her Attributes Point, Zafkiel, and Consumable Card Garou to achieve that.
If only she hadn't been distracted, she wouldn't have had, to use her Attributes Point, but what's done is done, and she can't change it,
An strange yellow glow caught her eyes.
Looking closely there was an golden panel on the top right corner of her sight.
[Remaining Bullet: 3 / 20 (+1 per day)]
Lyra eyes twitched ever so slightly.
She hadn't notice it the first time she used Zafkiel, but now the second time she use Zafkiel, she noticed an odd golden panel in the top right corner of her eyes.
'Stupid me!! Of course it had, limited bullet!' Lyra shouted at herself, slapping her forehead.
She thought that the bullet were infinite, so she had used them recklessly, but who know that it had a limit of only 20 bullet?
Well it's reasonable since its the skill is only Level 0
'I need to use it wisely' Lyra thought, staring at the golden panel in the top right corner of her eyes.
"Zafkiel, Aleph" Lyra spoke, an red aura materialise from the first number and went inside her musket.
And the golden panel immediately changed, the moment the red aura went inside her musket.
[Remaining Bullet: 2 / 20 (+1 per day)]
Lyra crouched down.
She put down the archaic pistol, and grabbed several stone on the ground, making the wolf confuse, and hesitated to make a move.
The civilian hiding in the restaurant were confuse as well,
Why was the 'girl' kneeling? Was the civilian first thought, upon seeing her action through the big cracked hole.
Lyra slowly stood up straight, she raised her right up to her face, holding four stone on each cap of her finger.
'I wonder if outside item will be Accelerate as well, if it's touching my skin?' Lyra curiously spoke in her mind.
"*grinning* Let's test it shell we?"
Lyra pointed her musket at her head, with an grin before she pressed the trigger.
*Bang!*
Lyra pulled the trigger but unlike before, she didn't disappeared.
Instead her pose had changed to an throwing motion as if she had just thrown something.
*Wooosh!* *Wooosh!* *Wooosh!* *Wooosh!*
*Bam! Bam! Bam!*
[Dealt -99 HP to level 3 Wolf]
[Dealt -99 HP to level 3 Wolf]
[Dealt -50 HP to level 5 Wolf]
[Miss]
The rock Lyra had thrown, were sent flying at an speed invisible to the naked eye.
Hitting Three out of the Seven wolf, with one rock smashing into the nearby building, creating a small hole through it.
"Not an head shot..but still close enough" Lyra exclaim, her musket, and archaic pistol, along with the giant clock disappeared in a black flash.
With three wolf injured and losing blood, she now had a chance to win without fatal injuries.
25 wolf against 1 zombie, now reduced to 7 wolf(4 wolf Fatally injured) Against 1 zombie.
The pack of wolf Intelligence were slightly higher then normal wolf, but they still wouldn't be able to match a human intelligence.
Still she couldn't underestimate it, she almost had her limbs torn off.
She doesn't want her arm to be torn off, even if she wouldn't feel the pain.
*Howl!*
The wolf howled again, but this time, instead of charging forward, they were making an escape.
"Eh?...." Lyra tilted her head, dumbfounded at the sudden retreat.
...
"..."
The pack of wolf doesn't seem like their coming back, for an sneak attack.
"Their escaping huh"
Lyra eyes twitched, she clench her hand tightly into a fist, as vain appeared on her forehead.
She took an deep breath, before glaring at the retreating wolf, going further and further away.
"You Dare Leave After Attacking Me!?" Lyra exclaim, the aura of death emitted from her presence, suffocating anyone who were too close.
"How laughable, I won't allow it!" Lyra declared, as she took a running form.
*Woosh*
Lyra charged forward without hesitation, going straight towards the nearest wolf.
Her eyes scanned the wolf vulnerabilities, before staring at the wolf eyes.
In a few second, she caught up with the level 4 wolf, and prepared to pierce its eyes out.
*Squash!* *Splash!*
Her hand went through the wolf head, splashing brain matter from the opposite side, like a water splash.
[You killed a level 4 Wolf: 0.4 Attributes Point, 0.4 EXP]
She retracted her hand quickly, her face converging into a disgusted look.
Lyra hadn't expected her hand to go through the wolf skull,
She shook her hand, washing away the blood onto the ground, before resuming her chase.
Lyra will not let the wolf escape, not an single one of them.....