Although this all felt very sudden to Ivan, he didn't have much time to search for Shannon out there.

The longer Ivan moved, the less likely he was to find Shannon alive.

Ivan was very familiar with various games, especially RPG games, so he more or less understood the system that had chosen him.

"Status window!" For starters Ivan had to know what his body's current status was.

Ding!

[Name: Ivan Clifford

Level: 1

Title: -

Attributes:

- VIT: 8

- DEF: 6

- STR: 10

- INT: 5

- AGI: 7

Unused attribute points: 10

Skill:

- Wind Blade (Active Skill) Lv. 1

Launches 5 wind blades at the enemy in front of the caster, requiring 10 mana to activate. Cooldown 30 seconds. ]

"My status in the real world is terrible," Ivan said sadly, he was used to seeing the status of his character in the game.

When he saw this newbie status Ivan really had a headache, he realized that he was currently not that strong.

Although Ivan has the help of the system, his strength is just slightly better than ordinary humans at this stage.

Ivan thought that he had to raise his level as quickly as possible, so that he would become stronger. With his current strength it was still quite difficult to survive amidst the invasion of monsters.

"I seem to have forgotten something." Ivan remembered that the system had also given him a weapon.

Ivan quickly called up his Inventory window to check the information of the weapon.

In the Inventory window there was only a shiny one-handed sword, Ivan quickly picked up the sword to see the information.

[The Despair Sword (One-Handed Sword)

A sword filled with dark despair, this sword is for people who have given up on life.

To be able to use this sword requires 10 STR points.

After being equipped with this sword the user gets a bonus STR of 10 points and also AGI of 5 points.

Skills that can be activated:

1. Aura of Despair (Active Skill)

Emits a black aura that can increase 10% Attack Speed for 30 seconds.

Cooldown: 1 minute

2. Despair Punishment (Active Skill)

Launch a critical attack on the enemy's vital points the damage caused is increased by 30% of caster attack. Gives the enemy bleeds status.

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Cooldown: 5 minutes].

Only then could Ivan smile broadly when he saw the greatness of the dark black sword in his hand, with this sword, his survival difficulties were reduced.

"At least I still have hope with this sword." Ivan stroked his chest with relief.

Ivan quickly grabbed the backpack that was in his room, then went to the kitchen to get a medicine box and some snacks.

Ivan put everything into his backpack, after making sure his luggage he rushed to the front door to go find Shannon.

However, Ivan's steps stopped when he heard the howl of their pet dog. Ivan tapped his forehead hard, how could he forget this creature.

"Fairy, listen to me carefully. Guard this house and don't let anyone other than me and Shannon in, kill them if they force their way in. Do you understand?" I quickly gave the dog the order.

Actually the name Fairy with its fierce look typical of German Shepherd dogs was not very suitable, but Shannon insisted on giving him the name Fairy.

Fairy barked in understanding, I petted her and quickly put on my boots, ready to go.

Luckily the lights were still on in the hallway of their apartment. Although there was still electricity Ivan chose to use the fire escape instead of using the elevator.

Ivan ran down, the more he went down the louder the screams sounded. When he reached the ground floor, Ivan opened the exit door from the fire escape.

The screams that Ivan had previously heard were even more clearly heard this time, he could even see several people running into this apartment building.

Unlike them Ivan walked out of this apartment building, immediately he could see many people running in various directions to avoid the monsters who started chasing them.

"The situation is worse than I thought. I have to hurry!" Not wanting to cross paths with the monsters, Ivan ran to avoid the road with the monsters.

And Ivan's destination this time was Shannon's school, he was sure that Shannon was still at her school, if not Shannon would still be around her school.

The distance between their apartment and Shannon's school was not too far, only about 3 kilometers apart.

Although the distance was quite far on foot, Ivan had no other choice at the moment, so he hurriedly ran to the west where Shannon's school was located.

Along the way Ivan could see several buildings destroyed, he was sure that it was the work of monsters.

Ivan also encountered several small monsters that he could easily defeat with his sword.

After wandering in the middle of the road like this Ivan realized where these monsters came from, he could see a dark black portal in the sky and the monsters came out of it.

And the monsters didn't stop coming out of the black portal and the black portal wasn't just one, Ivan didn't know for sure but from a distance he could also see black portals in other places.

"If this is how they can easily take over the earth," Ivan muttered while gritting his teeth when he saw the monsters that flooded the road in front of him.

Seeing that, Ivan immediately turned to a small road that could take him to Shannon's school faster.

Besides being able to avoid monsters, Ivan could also reach his destination faster. Fortunately, Ivan did not encounter any monsters while passing through this small road and his journey became much faster.

From a distance Ivan could already see Shannon's school building, but what surprised him was that when he got closer the building was half destroyed.

"No way!" Ivan's face turned pale as he saw the horrific scene.

Ivan walked closer and he could see that there were many bodies scattered around the school grounds. Ivan could see wounds on their bodies from scratches from wild animals.

"This must be the work of those monsters," Ivan said, feeling chills as he looked at the scattered corpses.

From the corpses Ivan saw, he could tell that none of them were Shannon. So Ivan could still hope that Shannon was still alive.

"Shannon! Answer me if you're still here!" Not thinking too much about his actions, Ivan shouted as hard as he could to call Shannon.

Ivan thought this was more effective than having to go around the school looking for Shannon's whereabouts.

Ivan didn't stop yelling for Shannon, he did that about 10 times. Until finally Ivan got an answer.

"Brother! I'm here!"

When he heard that, Ivan immediately turned his gaze towards the third floor of this school building. From one of the windows on the third floor Ivan could see Shannon shouting for him from a distance.