CHAPTER XXXXXI: POWER
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{12:08 LOCAL TIME 2ND JULY 1ME}
UNCOMMON PERIOD
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FORT CHAVEZ NOBLE ROAD
SUGAR
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< ZONE EVENT ALERT >
EVENT NAME: Wild Beast Horde
DESCRIPTION: The continuous horde kept the beast population at bay at night, but now that it is done, the Beast has come out to play. A wild beast horde is forming, they will converge on population dense areas but prefer to go after groups in the wide. These are the biggest threats to Noble Road's integrity. The sheer number of Beast destroys anything in its way
Objective: Survive the Wild Beast horde.(0/1)
Objective: Save at least 51% of the group stuck in the Horde. (100%)
Rewards: EXP and free Noble road route.
{Time Until final wave:1M:22s}
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Everyone was in position. There were even more people with all types of weapons facing away from the overpass, waiting for the last wave. The professionals had made a few Common rank walls to slow down the beast and give the party a more secure location.
Sugar had brought all of the leadership into her raid party chat so they could communicate better. Her father had everyone in place in quick order, they seem to trust him implicitly. A fact showed by the confidence they now had in her based on her father’s word alone. ‘What had he done to get their trust so quickly.’ She thought. Six months wasn’t a very long time to get people to trust you that much.
Sugar shook her head as the countdown to the last wave ticked down to zero.
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< WAVE BEGINS >
{Final Wave commences
Live Well or Die Free}
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Unlike the other waves, the beast didn’t just start spawning in around them and rushing them. Instead, it was quiet for a few seconds, then dragged on for a minute.
Mickie looked around as everyone scanned their sectors. “What the-”
A loud, high-pitched scream pierced the skies above the overpass, cutting off any other words and thoughts, followed by hundreds more screams, all from above them.
“Shit, flyers!” Jack said, looking at his daughter with fear. She had never seen that look on her father’s face before, so she wasn’t sure.
“What?” She had to ask; she knew she wouldn’t like the answer, but she still needed to ask. That was leadership. You don’t avoid hard things. You guide people through hard things.
“We don’t have any anti-air weapons; we had to leave them when we left, and few combatants with anti-air powers,” Jack explained, not making any excuses but informing his leadership. He was more than glad to pass that buck, even if it was to his daughter. She was more powerful than him now. Jack had always been around powerful women, and it never intimidated him. He was a man, and men were never intimidated by competence. And his daughter was as competent as they come. He made sure of that from a very young age. And she wouldn’t disappoint him.
“Oh,” she was right; she really didn’t like that answer at all. Kuma licked her hand to comfort her. “The auto cannons are still viable, have a few provide them with more Mana, they will be working over time on this wave. Lyla?” Sugar looked at the lean woman with her swords.
She shook her head. If they get within a few dozen meters, I can hurt them, even kill them, but they will avoid me after a while, and it will cost a ton of my -Will- to empower my attacks. I would rather stay here and protect the guns if you don’t mind.”
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“I actually don’t mind. Someone needs to save us, though; I guess it's going to be me.” Sugar cracked her knuckles and grinned, similar to Mickie.
“Attagirl,” Mickie said with the same smirk and a ton of pride.
Kuma whined. “And you to Kumie.” Sugar added.
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{1:10 DUNGEON TIME}
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LONG BEACH AIRPORT
COLONEL & SOTO
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< New Scenario begins. >
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< Objective Control North runway tower >
{North runway defensive Tower 0/1.
0/1000 durability.
North runway Hanger 1 defensive Tower 0/1.
0/1000 durability.
Douglas Park defensive Tower 1/1.
13/1000 durability.
{Players in current Scenario: 16}
< WARNING TOWER DURABILITY IS DANGEROUSLY LOW! >
{Kill monsters to increase the durability of Towers.}
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< THE NORTH RUNWAY BOSS SPAWNS >
{Time until BOSS Spawns: 57M:08s.}
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David ran out of steam once he got closer to the north runway. To be fair, they were all running out of steam; they had long overused their potions, and the cooldown on them was still in effect. Jimmy’s team had only an hour-long cooldown, but David, Ron, and Terrence had days; even the hunter team's cooldown was a few hours.
Soto and Colonel didn’t seem to have a mana problem. They both had powers that replenished their pools on kills, and they had been killing a lot. That didn’t mean they weren’t mentally exhausted. They had had one restful night of sleep in six months, and Colonel had been transported all over the multiverse in that time. His idea of time was a little warped. He was just glad he didn’t return to a few hours after the breaking, or that would be a disaster. Well, being super OP like Soto wanted to be would have been great. To be fair, unfair?
A ghoul jumped at the tired monk. He was so spent he either didn’t see it or couldn’t react to it in time.
BANG
A glowing 50 cal round disintegrated the ghoul's head, causing the rest of its body to tumble over the still-running monk.
Okay, he was a little OP already, but this was just his job. He could have done that before magic, ghouls were just not made to fight high caliber weapons. He could see how ghouls against a typical archer would be terrifying. You would probably end up fighting a porcupine after you ran out of arrows.
Colonel had to shake his head. His thoughts were everywhere. He had to concentrate. He picked off three more ghouls attacking David by the time they caught up to him.
He was jogging with heavy steps, barely moving, his eyes were sunken, and Colonel could tell that he had used a power to temporarily boost himself, but he was obviously feeling the backlash of it.
“Need a ride?” Colonel asked as Soto pulled their armored car up next to the overzealous David.
“Yes,” the monk lamented.
Colonel put his hand out and yanked him up easily. There was a seat behind the turret, and David sat there catching his breath. Soto took off down the runway towards the furthest Tower.
Ghouls bang on the reinforced front door of a two-story showroom-style building. The glass was surprisingly tough then.
Of course, that’s when it broke, and ghouls started to rush into the building. Colonel’s perception ability picked up three beings on the top floor, but only one of them was moving. The other two looked bedridden. The moving player went to the stairwell to their floor and threw something down it. A bright flash of light enveloped the entire bottom floor killing off all of the weaker Veteran Enhanced Ghouls but pissing off the stronger ones.
Soto kept the speed up, but it was becoming more and more evident that they weren’t going to make it. “Shit.” He cursed as Ghoul's bodies were crushed under the six-wheel vehicle.
“Go! I got this.” Soto said, running over a few ghouls who were too slow to get out of the way.
Colonel didn’t need any more prompting, he activated his boot mod.
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{ITEM NAME: Legacy Boots
ITEM TYPE: Footwear
ITEM RANK: LEGENDARY(set item)
ITEM DESCRIPTION: Black combat boots with reinforced heel and toe. They are not considered armor and can be as stylish as the player likes. These boots CANNOT be identified by any skill, item, or ability under mid-legendary.
Bonded to Colonel
ITEM EFFECT: (ACTIVE)Once per target, the legacy can use Major Quick Step, which allows him to cover a distance of 100 meters in one step(in mortal Realm). The player can take as many steps as long as they are moving towards a target, with no limit.
Cost: 100 Mana -10 per piece.
RARE MOD: 100% increase to Dexterity per piece.
PLATINUM MOD: Self-cleaning & Self-Repair.
DIAMOND MOD: 100% increase Dexterity on uneven terrain per piece
EPIC MOD: Dispel ground magic of Low Epic and below.
LEGENDARY MOD: Earthquake: Once per week, you can stomp, creating an earthquake directed at any target you wish. The power of the earthquake is based on combined physical stats.}
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Three quick steps later, the Colonel was in the building with his fist through a grand ghoul who was about to cast an attack spell. Colonel activated his grenade style using the Platinum Effect.
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{CREATION NAME: Light Grenade Style
CREATION RANK: Platinum
CREATION DURABILITY: 2550
CREATION TYPE: Attack spell(Active)
CREATION DURATION: 5 uses left.
Cool down: 5 hours after all uses.
RECHARGE COST & TIME: 25,000MP & 90 minutes.
Description: By feeding mana into this tattoo, the player can create a grenade that, when thrown, explodes into light and concussive power. Each explosion is additive, causing mid-Platinum damage.
Cost: 35MP per use.
RARE EFFECT: Additive damage.
PLATINUM EFFECT: Ordinance dump; dump all grenades for multiplicative damage.}
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As soon as the grenades flew out of him, he quick stepped back outside, and the night became a day for a second before a massive shockwave pushed even him over.