Jogging home from the park, Adam was contemplating on what his mum was cooking for dinner that night.Not wanting people to see a kid abnormally speeding up and slowing down again, he opted to take the back alleys. Running around the corner of a building, he bumped into some people and fell backwards.
"Hey kid, watch where you're going"(Stranger)
"Sorry about that sir"(Adam)
Looking up at the manly voice that spoke, Adam saw
[Name: ???]
Lv. 6
Gang Member
'Oh sh*t'( Adam)
"Steve, what's going on?" (Stranger 2)
Another voice spoke out, which was accompanied by the sound of walking.
The gruff guy, a freckly red-headed skinny guy in tattered clothes, who'd been identified as Steve, replied
"It's ok John, it's just a kid that wandered where he shouldn't."(Steve)
"Oh he did , did he" said the man called John as he appeared from the shadows and stood behind Adam.
[ John]
Lv. 6
Gang Member.
'Shit, another one ?And this one is a lot bigger'
John was a hulk of a man. Big, blond, and ugly. With fists the size of mallets and a dull-looking face, he was obviously the guy who did most of the grunt work.
'These guys look dangerous. One wrong move and I'll be in trouble. I'm gonna have to escape cause I don't know what I'm dealing with, and two thugs with an obvious history of fighting isn't a something I want to mess with right now.They look vigilant so I'm gonna have to surprise them. The big guy looks slow so I should use the path behind the lanky dude since he(the big dude) is blocking the route where I came from .I'll have to prevent the lanky guy from chasing me though. He looks fast, and if I get delayed by him the big guy will catch me, so I gotta act quick. Ok, let's do this thing, and hopefully make it out alive.'
Making his decision, Adam, who'd never so much as slapped anyone, got ready to have his first fight with guys who grossly outmatched him.
"Alright kid, it's your own fault for wandering around this neighborhood, so if you know what's good for you, you're gonna give us the money you have on you before I and friend here get mad, and trust me, you don't want us mad. You understand ?"(Steve)
Taking out a slim switchblade and slowly approaching Adam, the man called Steve said.
"Ok, ok , I understand. I'll give you the money, just please don't hurt me",Adam said, with his hands raised and looking scared.
" Here, take the money"(Adam). Putting one of his hands into his pocket, he saw the lanky guy relaxing his guard. Mentally thinking 'Storage', he grabbed one of the bottles he'd drank from.
'Good thing I thought to take my trash with me.' Thinking so quickly pulled out his hand and threw the bottle at the lanky guy's head.
Not expecting this, the un-vigilant man reflexively shifted his head to dodge the projectile.
At the same time as this was happening, Adam took the chance to quickly approach him. Using Aura strike on his foot, he kicked the defenseless man's side of the knee with all his strength, aiming to incapacitate him. Not stopping for a second, even as he felt and heard a sickening crunch from the guy's knee, Adam took of,his face cool and collected, like an experienced killer, as he headed deeper into the alley and away from the giant.
"AAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH" he heard someone scream
"STEEEEEVE" he heard someone else shout.
Not turning back to check, he ran faster and faster, conserving his SP by not using any skills to prevent going into stasis in the worst possible place.
'What the hell..... I knew I had to do it but I didn't think I'd injure and possibly cripple that guy like that and feel so... normal. What the hell is wrong with me? Is this what having the Gamer's Mind feels? That I can do anything and everything without feeling remorse or fear? Could I even kill someone with zero effect on me ?'
Distracted with all these thoughts and worries, Adam didn't notice the new thug in front of him until it was too late.
BANG
[HP -50]
A split second after hearing the sound, he felt a sharp piercing pain and a force pushing against his stomach,stopping his momentum and taking him to his knees. Coughing out some blood, he looked up to to identify his assailant.
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[Name: ???]
Lv. 7
Gang Boss.
It was apparently the leader of the thugs who'd tried to rob him, and big level difference aside, the fact that he had a gun had sealed Adam's fate.
'How am I going to get out of this then?'
Gamer's Mind kicking in, Adam found himself quickly calming down and already thinking of a way to survive this encounter.' Well, at least it has some uses.' He thought.
[HP = 145/195][SP = 72/120]
Checking his remaining HP and SP, Adam formed a plan.
'Alright, with the HP I have left, I can take one or two more shots so there's not much problem there, although I should probably avoid being shot in any vital areas... might cause a critical hit or something. What I'm actually worried about is my SP, or lack of it rather.If I wanna survive, beating this guy is a must, cause running away will just get me shot to death.But to beat him, I'll need to get in a strong hit in, which means I'll need Aura strike.At the same time, I also need to approach him enough to do that, which will need Sprinting, the SP guzzler. Looking at the SP I have left, I can only use Sprinting for 1 second if I want to Aura strike him, which is impossible cause I can't reach in 1 second.The big guy will probably catch up soon too, so I have to do something now. Well..... this sucks'
[INT +1]
[WIS+1]
'I was wondering when those would come back. Guess the grind will be starting soon.' Adam thought to himself.
'Ok. Back to business. Guess I don't have a choice huh ?.... Please don't like a b**ch.'
Deciding to himself, the motionless Adam who'd caused the thug leader to lower his guard a bit suddenly started running as fast as he could without any skill's aid, trying his best at evasive maneuvers.
The startled boss focused again, moving the gun to try and focus on Adam. Shooting once, he missed him by a small fraction.Visibly irritated now, he shot again, this time three times consecutively.
Adam dodged the first bullet, got grazed by the second, losing 20 HP in the process, and Sprinted to avoid the last bullet and closing in on the boss at the same time. Staring down at the boss, who seemed to be confused as to why this boy could still move so well after being shot twice, Adam reached up, grabbed his head with both hands, jumped, then kneed his face in with an Aura strike powered knee, taking his anger on him in the process. Crying out from the blow, the boss was thrown back by the force and then collapsed on the ground.
[Critical Hit!!]
[Shock from blow has caused "???" to faint ]
[Gained 70 Exp]
[Gained +60% bonus for defeating an opponent 6 levels above you]
[ Level up]
These messages then popped up, assuring Adam that the boss had really been taken out.
'Whew, that was close. One wrong step and I would've been dead.'
Sighing to himself, Adam didn't grow conceited, thinking he won by his strength or anything. He knew if was just a fluke, and some lucky coincidences had allowed him to survive.
Just then, he heard some footsteps fast approaching. Thinking to himself, 'I gotta get out of here', he started running again, stopped to take the boss's gun and put it into storage to prevent anyone from shooting him in the back, then continued running , not noticing 2 very important messages which popped up in the process.
[ Warning!, nearing Dungeon, proceeding further will cause you to enter]
[ You have entered the Dungeon]
Name: Goblin village
Grade: F-
Floors: 1.
"Oh what fresh hell is this ?"
After running for a while and feeling that he's safe, Adam finally saw these messages and let out this statement.
"How can this day get any worse?" he muttered out loud, and then realizing a second later what he had just done yelled out "wait no I didn't mean that", but it was far too late, for he saw what appeared to be a group of children, except green, with seriously ugly faces, all heading for him while holding a club. Studying it, he found
[Goblin]
Lv. 5
Villager.
A small, and yet malevolent creature, Goblins are monsters that are known to cause mischief and injury, sometimes even killing and dying their caps red in the blood of their enemies. A menace to *****, these monsters must be exterminated as soon as they're found.
"Sh*t."