ROOOOARRRR
A huge roar was heard in the forest, all the children including Lilian were startled.
"That roar! It can't be a high-level zombie, but here?", thought Keito and then said, "Everyone, come here and don't split up, let's go back to the city now."
But by the time they planned to leave, it was too late, the zombie was already here, he was almost three meters tall and one of his arms was so big that it dragged on the ground.
"What is that, it's huge!";
"How are we going to fight it?";
"Shit, we're going to die!", shouted some of the children in shock.
Lilian quickly activated [Evaluation] to see the statuses of the big zombie.
[Race: Hammer Zombie
[Lvl: 27
[Hp: 327/400
[Mana: 0/0
[Power: 51
[Stamina: 22
[Intelligence: 6
[Defense: 28
[Magic: 0
[Agility: 4
[Abilities]
[Throw; level 2], [Regeneration; level 2], [Super-Strength; level 5], [Pain Resistance; level 6], [Fortitude; level 4].
"He's hurt, he must have fought something before he came here..." muttered Lilian.
While everyone was perplexed by the sudden appearance of this big zombie, it advanced toward the group; Keito immediately went ahead with his big ax and also moved towards the zombie, and suddenly it raised its arm and hit the ground with all its might making Keito lose his balance.
The zombie took advantage of Keito's loss of balance and threw a huge punch in his direction; Keito defended himself using the ax as a shield, but was still sent flying with the force of the punch.
The children around were shocked and didn't know what to do, should they help? But they were too weak, or should they run away? If they ran, they would be alone in the forest.
Lilian was biting her nails with nervousness, "Damn it, just when it's my turn to leave the town this happens... I can't die, not again!", she thought.
Then Lilian decided to act and shouted, "Keito! I'll back you up!".
"That girl is insane";
"She has no idea what she's saying!?";
"Damn are we going to lose to a girl!", muttered some of the children.
When Keith saw Lilian taking the initiative, he stood up and nodded, "Fine, but remember to stay away, don't get close to him or you'll be dead," he said.
Lilian rolled her eyes and spoke, "I'm not that stupid!"
Keito laughed when he heard Lilian's words and shot towards the zombie, dodging the punches while attacking. The zombie's punches were very slow because of the abnormal size of his arm, they had an overwhelming force.
Lilian used the [Blood Manipulation] to control the blood that was coming out of the zombie and then used [Blood Blades] and all of the blood solidified into sharp shapes; Lilian moved her hand and shot all of them, they penetrated deep into the zombie's flesh, but it far from being enough to knock it out.
[Race: Hammer Zombie
[Hp: 268/400
ROOOAR!
The zombie roared and turned to Lilian with eyes red with anger, he ran at her while directing a punch.
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Keito, who saw what was happening and tried to stop the zombie, but it was too late, he was blinded by rage and only had his eyes on Lilian.
Lilian sees the situation she was in and tries to keep calm and think of a solution, "Even if I run, I won't be able to escape this zombie... and where would I go? I can't go to the middle of the forest and run the risk of attracting more zombies."
"I got it!", muttered Lilian, as a huge fist came towards her she used [Blood Manipulation] and gathered all the blood on the spot in her hand and formed a huge fist of solid blood, almost the same size as the zombie.
BOOOOOM!
Ding!
[Acquired Skill
[Blood Fist; level 1]
Lilian and the zombie were thrown backwards by the impact of the fists; the zombie had half of his arm severed; Lilian had most of the damage neutralized by the blood fist, only fracturing a rib when she was thrown by the impact, and breaking a few fingers on her hand, otherwise she probably would have lost her entire arm if not killed.
[Name: Lilian
[Hp: 12/50
[Mana: 46/100
Falling to the ground Lilian spat out some blood, "Damn this shit hurts too much!", said Lilian all bloodied up; with a little effort she stood up and activated [Evaluation] on the zombie.
[Race: Hammer Zombie
[Hp: 102/400... > 104/400... > 106/400...
"Don't fuck with me! This motherfucker is regenerating!", shouted Lilian.
Keito sees the situation Lilian left the zombie in and didn't wait any longer and seized the opportunity.
"Brutal Destruction!", shouted Keito as he activated his ability.
BOOOM!
The impact destroyed the zombie's body and caused a huge tremor.
Ding!
[You helped kill a Level 27 Hammer Zombie]
[Contribution, 76%]
[Calculating XP...]
Ding!
[+367 XP]
Ding!
[You've gone up 3 Levels]
When Lilian saw Keito and heard the notification, she breathed a sigh of relief; she was all wounded and could not continue fighting that zombie otherwise she would surely die!
All the children who were watching the battle unfold from afar looked at Keito and Lilian with eyes shining in admiration.
"Wow, that was amazing!";
"Yes you saw that final blow, how awesome!";
"And that girl, you saw how he faced the zombie's fist! That was amazing," more and more praise could be heard from the children.
Keito approached Lilian and said, "You are insane girl... you managed to keep your cool right in the face of death and think of a solution"
"I-I think I leveled up by 3," Lilian said looking at Keito.
"Hahaha! Look at your situation and that's what you pay attention to... Buahahaha!";
"Alright, let's get going, I'll ask someone to heal you when you get to the town and don't worry we'll reward you for it!" spoke Keito.
"A reward? But why?", asked Lilian, confused.
"The why? Well, you killed a high-level zombie... one that shouldn't be here in this place, normally when there is an appearance of a high-level zombie around this part of the forest the adventurer's guild sends out a mission for people to kill it, and then they are rewarded", explained Keito with a smile on his face.
"But it was you who killed the zombie...", Lilian said as they walked towards the town, it was almost night already.
"Hahaha! No, it was you who did most of the damage to the zombie, the only thing I did was pick up the rest", said Keito, they walked for a whole and arrived at the entrance of the wall.
"Keito, you took your time, did something happen?", the guard at the wall gate asked worriedly.
"A high-level zombie has appeared in this region of the forest...", Keito explained.
"What? A high-level zombie... we need to inform the authorities and the guild, so they can deal with it!", said the guard, surprised by the news of a high-level zombie in this region of the forest.
Keito stopped the guard who was going to warn the others about it and said, "No need to worry, the zombie is already dead.
"Sigh... So you've dealt with him, that's a relief!", the guard exclaimed relieved, high level zombies always brought trouble, you never know what surprises they might have hidden, there have been cases where zombies exploded when they were almost dead and injured several people.
"Actually, no, it was this girl here who killed him...I just gave her a little help", Keito said as he pointed to Lilian who was holding his injured arm.
The guard looked at Lilian, then looked at Keito and said, "You're kidding right?"
"Buahaha! It's hard to believe isn't it, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it either... but this girl seems special. She possesses a very interesting magic!", Keito explained as the guard was perplexed by what he heard.
"A girl killed a high-level zombie? One who just awakened her system... haha, it's kind of hard to believe it", muttered the guard as he opened the gate for Keito and the children to enter the city.
Inside the city Lilian opened her system to see the changes.
[Name: Lilian
[Race: Human
[Age: 12
[Lvl: 1 > 4 [023/125 XP]
[Job: Beginner Magician
[Hp: 12/50 > 12/80
[Mana: 48/100 > 140/140
[Strength: 15 > 18
[Stamina: 5 > 7
[Intelligence: 25 > 31
[Defense: 8 > 11
[Magic: 20 > 26
[Agility: 5
[Active Abilities]
[Evaluation; level 1]
[Blood Manipulation; level 2] (Level Up); [Blood Blades; level 1]; [Blood Fist; level 1] (New)
[Passive Skills]
[Mana Manipulation; level 1]; [Mana Regeneration; level 1]; [Magic Enlargement; level 1]
[Blood Blades; level 1] (New)
An ability acquired after molding blood into blade form and solidifying it, great for slicing your enemies.
[Blood Fist; level 1]
A skill acquired after solidifying blood into the shape of a fist, used for defense and attack.
"Wow, my progress today was really good... I got stronger, gained new skills and leveled up a skill; it seems that blood manipulation can have its level increased when I mold different shapes that are accepted by the system as a skill...", thought Lilian.
After seeing the changes Lilian walked to the Adventurers Guild with Keito.