"It was the enemy's bad decision and your luck."
"Yeah, yeah, I was already lectured by Cohren sheeshh"
Axis leaned on the chair while looking at the city from the balcony. His body ached. It's been a day since they completed the job.
Raze drove them back with heroic tales while he immediately injected an anesthetic juice in him just so he could move his body.
"Still, you were too rushed; even with protective gear on you, you shouldn't have pushed deep into the enemy."
His brother Yuri said while leaning on the side.
"Yeah, I guess I got lost in the moment and panicked."
"Your life is more important than the mission, the chief said it himself"
After diving back to the warehouse yesterday in triumph, their boss as well as Cohren lectured them on what they did wrong and how they got lucky.
It seems Ravenklaw has stolen something far more valuable than the target case, which made them very prudent and cautious in case anything happened, Another thing was, they had already planned to leave the abandoned museum for a while already.
It was their attack that prompted them to immediately bolt out of the place. Otherwise, if they had stayed and cooped up inside the building, the trio wouldn't have completed the mission.
The enemy also had greater numbers than he had expected. He alone took down seven guys, while Raze took down two and Troy gravely injured another. It was estimated that the enemy had about 20 people in their ranks.
Not to mention, from their reports and findings, they discovered the enemy indeed had a netrunner, but it seemed the enemy's netrunner was busy with something else; otherwise, they could have easily noticed the scouting ball.
The scouting ball... Although it was personally handmade by the technicians of the gang, it still cost a whopping 300 credits to make.
If it weren't because they looted the enemy weapons and gear when the Raveklaws left, their compensation would have been less.
He grabbed his credit card and saw the money he had.
[400 credits deducted from your account]
[Total: 773 credits]
His money has returned to being acceptable once again.
"Hey, I'm serious," his brother said with crossed arms.
"I know... anyways, I wouldn't have dived towards the enemy if I wasn't confident in surviving," Axis reassured his brother again.
Yuri shook his head and turned around. "Anyways, stay put for now and rest."
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"I think I'm going to go to the bar," Axis said. With all the 'excitement' he experienced these past few days, he was already feeling cooped up and bored, having spent an entire day in his apartment.
"Don't take any jobs!"
With those last words, his brother soon left the apartment.
As he stretched his body, he still felt pain in some places, but because of the fast regeneration passive ability he had, he should be back in full form in just a day or two.
Speaking of passive abilities...
He went to the build tab and saw his experience points.
[1053]
He gained a whopping 550 exp from the job alone.
'I guess it's true what they say... The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.'
He then went to the technical build. He originally wanted to purchase the increase in vitality by 5% because of the pain in his body but what happened yesterday made him want to avoid taking the front lines of the war. At least, if possible, he wanted to complete a dangerous mission without risking his life, and that's when the increase in accuracy will come.
He planned to use a rifle or sniper as his main weapon from this point on and become a support.
So what if it was cowardly? What's the use of being brave if you're just going to die at the end?
Of course, even without being long-range supported, the increase in accuracy is already a big boon.
He purchased the passive ability and felt something squirming on his arms and head before it instantly vanished.
'How does this work? ' He knew his aim had already improved alot.
He opened his character tabs.
Axis Smith
Physical Stat: 1.9
Technical Skills: 2.18 (^0.28)
Perception: 1.4
Personal ability: in bullet time, for 3 seconds, you go into bullet time once a day.
Unique Skill: Duplication: Able to duplicate an item of a certain size one time a day.
His technical skills increased by 0.28.
‘How does it exactly work??’
He wondered how could one just suddenly be better at accuracy with a single click. But he shook his head, as there were too many mysteries in life.
In the meantime, he stood up with a small groan and got ready to head to the Odyssey. It was only 10 a.m., but who said one couldn't drink?
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"God damn, are you still here for a job? You are hardcore."
Harold click his tongue when he saw him entering the bar.
"I didn't come here for a job; I came here for a drink."
Axis rolled his eyes when he heard what Harold said. He sat on one of the bar stools and ordered a drink.
"Give me something very cold; it's so hot these days."
"Coming right up."
Axis looked up and saw a hologram of the news.
[The Mortimer Family has reached a deal with the BioCyber Corporation and will make a press conference.]
The news was just all about what the big guys at the top were doing.
[In other news: a suspected variant was caught on camera for the second time this week. It is suspected some nomads have smuggled them inside the city and-]
'A variant inside the city? How is that possible?’
The walls of Neodurn aren't just a simple obstruction to block the variant monsters; they are also installed with AI defense systems that work 24/7 to detect, identify, and repel any variants once they get closer to them.
Smuggling a variant inside the city can only be possible with the bigwig's power. It was definitely not a nomad clan that did it.
"Here..."
Harold placed a cold drink in front of him.
"You know you're awfully.. quiet. Troy and Raze had been talking nonstop and spreading how they got to their mission; of course, they didn't spread specifically what the mission was, but that didn't stop them from bragging."
"Well, pain helps," Axis shrugged.
"Your reputation is rising; keep it up, and you'll be getting personal commissions."
'Personal commission, eh?"
This was when a client looked specifically for a person to do their job. It means you already have a reputation for your skills and can be trusted. One no longer needs to look for a job, as it will come to you. And naturally, the pay for such jobs were higher than ordinary bounties.