NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18: Ending the Mission
Justin waved his sword violently and cut through an Ash Imp. The dust scattered on his body but he dived out and sliced another Imp.
'Is this how we would continue? Killing these things non stop? This is hell. I have to say but we may end up dying here..on our first mission.'
Justin smiled and sliced another Ash Imp. To his right Sera was shooting off some Ash Imps. His eyes widened when he noticed that some groups had vacated.
"How did they..."
[ Beep!!]
[2/10 Ash Imps Slayed]
"What? How is that possible? How are they killing these things?" Justin muttered and was temporarily lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice that some Ash Imps were coming at him.
"Justin!!" Sera exclaimed and he tilted his head towards her.
She had already dived and she slammed her gun against the face of one before shooting it in the throat. It collapsed on the floor.
Then she gave triple shots at the remaining three Ash Imps and the shots hit her desired target.
"Next you want to get mad, do it while we are not surrounded by these things." Sera blurted out and Justin stared at her.
"I'm sorry."
"You don't need to. Just fight." Sera said and began walking away.
"Wait.... Are you not surprised about how Myia is killing these things? I mean I never knew she could be that useful." Justin said and clenched his sword tightly.
"Yah but I can't come to think about it. We could iron that out once we get out of here." Sera said and began walking away.
[3/10 Ash Imps Slayed]
"You got to be kidding." Justin muttered to himself.
[4/10 Ash Imps Slayed]
[5/10 Ash Imps Slayed]
[6/10 Ash Imps Slayed]
Justin stared at the messages in shock. They were killing too fast and easy. He wondered how they had come to kill those things. He wondered why the system registered their kills.
'Fuck! If I lay my hands on those things, I will squeeze their throat.' Justin resolved as he remembered that this mission will end without him giving a single kill.
Then he exclaimed loudly in anger.
Somewhere behind, some groups were slaying the Ash Imps and as usual the system wasn't registering it.
"Come on Deril, you must kill to earn yourself some points. Sitting over would not save you." a man in grey hair said.
Deril was sitted close to them watching them kill and grumble. His yellow hair waved in the direction of the wind. He had fought hard to kill these things but the resilience of the system made him crazy.
"Well you are not earning as you are there." Deril snapped and the man smirked.
"But we are at least fending off these things. If haven't been doing we would have been dead by now."
"Yah I agree. Its only twenty minutes and we would be done here." Deril said and looked away.
Suddenly the Ash Imps multiplied and began to move towards them. Deril stared at it in shock.
"Everyone fall back. We can't afford to strike again. We would only try to avoid getting hit. These things regenerate and multiply." the grey haired man said.
Everyone began to step aside and watch the Ash Imps come towards them. They held their weapons tightly.
'I wonder why we haven't been able to use our skills and talents. They restricted it to a certain level I guess but why? Are they wishing us death or what?' Deril thought to himself.
Then an Ash Imp dived towards him while he was lost in thoughts but it was penned down almost immediately.
Deril stared down in shock. Then he saw Zakar stamping his feet against the body of the Ash Imp. The hits were hard and he was precisely stamping on every part of its body.
"What...what are you doing?" Deril asked in confusion and the other players also stared at him to understand what he was doing.
He continued stamping in hard and didn't respond immediately. He allowed the curious minds to wonder.
"I'm killing this thing of course. This is the only way." Zakar said and turned to look at Myia who was also stamping on one pf the Ash Imps. She raised a thumbs up and he understood immediately.
"My fellow players, we were brought here to be carved into a smaller number. We were brought here to die which is why we have not been able to use our talents to fight. Now the only way to survive this is by killing these things. Guess what? Our target can regenerate and we do not have the time to fish out a spot that's not regenerative but we have the time to stamp non stop until it dies. That's the only way to kill these things."
"What's wrong with you? You think you are a God who came to give us salvation?" someone blurted but Zakar smiled. He has anticipated this would happen.
"Whichever way you look at it, you have fighting these things without the system registering your kill what stops you from having a little trial here?" Zakar said.
"He's right. We consider his words and if it works we would be grateful but if it doesn't so be it." Deril said.
"Oh. It would. Just watch me leave. I think my team mate just killed another Ash Imp. Bye." Zakar muttered and vanished into a Rift.
Deril clenched his fists and dived towards one of the Ash Imps. With a single blow he brought it to his feet. Then he began slamming his fists into its body, breaking its bones and muscles alike.
The other players stared at him in shock secretly praying for the plan to be a success. Deril continued to hit in until his system flashed before him.
[1/10 Ash Imps Slayed ]
"What the... it worked?" he muttered lightly.
"It worked!!! Let's kill these things!!!" Deril exclaimed and every player dived out towards the Ash Imps with cruel speed.
"Thanks man. You've saved us a great deal." Deril muttered to himself.