Chapter 8: Golden Box
The time passed slowly, but every second was a torture for them. The bird was still up in the air, releasing strange cries every couple of moments as it had a crazed look inside it's eyes, watching the people inside the house.
Old man Zhang already tried to shoot a few Fireballs, depleting his Spiritual power after that, while waiting slowly for it to recover. Spells like Fireball couldn't be used infinitely, and with an explanation from the old man, Wang Tao immediately understood. People were given 100 Spiritual power after learning a spell and with each cast of the spell, it would go down, leaving the user in a fatigued state.
This totally changed the perception Wang Tao had towards using spells. The Fireball was only a level 1 Skill but it already costed 10 Spiritual power for one cast. That means a person is able to use it only 10 times! How about level 2 skills? Or higher ones? This totally caught Wang Tao and Ying Yue off-guard, but they could only shake their heads in resignation. Now's not the time to think about that. First, they had to deal with this damned bird before they could even leave this place alive and head to Yon City.
"What are we gonna do now, young man?" asked old man Zhang with a perplexed voice. The longer they stayed inside the house, the more dangerous it will become! The cries of the bird gave him a bad feeling. Perhaps it's calling for reinforcement, or it might even attract more danger to them!
Looking at old man Zhang with a knowing glance, he could figure out what he meant. Gritting his teeth, he resolutely said "We have to bait it down! Regardless of how many fireballs or bullets we shoot, it's gonna be able to escape easily in the air. It's speed is double of what the other birds had."
"How are we gonna bait it down?" Ying Yue's trembling voice could be heard from under the bed. She was desperate and hopeless. Her bullets could not pierce even the frogs and she had no powers like old man Zhang and Wang Tao, she was basically useless in this situation.
"I will head out of the house and bait it to attack me. Then it's gonna be our chance to inflict injuries to it, if we manage to break one of her wings, then it's gonna be easier to fight her on the ground.
"But it's too dangerous!" said Ying Yue with a worried look on her face
"So are we supposed to wait for it to gather reinforcements? Who knows how many birds are gonna come back next time or what other trouble is gonna arise, we have to be quick. The commotion already lasted for a while, we can't waste much time" slowly spoke Wang Tao too her, with old man Zhang nodding at his words.
"I will bait it down, old man Zhang, you have to destroy one of it's wings with a fireball no matter what, otherwise we're doomed! Ying Yue, you stay inside, you won't be able to help us."
Having said that, he swiftly approached the door preparing to get out. No matter what, he had to do it. This wasn't the place where he was gonna die eaten by some wild beasts with no corpse left behind.
Opening the door, he quickly left the house. Holding the Pistol with the remaining Normal Ammunition, the moment he got out of the house he already pointed towards the bird in the air.
Bullet sounds rang out mixed with the bird's angry cries making everybody that could hear it tremble. Just two days ago, situations like this would have never happened, but now, it was happeningeverywhere around the world.
As it saw the atrocious human that killed it's kin get out of the house, shooting at it, a desperate and long wail from the bird could be heard.
swoosh
In one swift movement, the bird was already in front of Wang Tao as his heart tightened.
'Too fast!' thought Wang Tao as his heart tightened before rolling on the pavement to evade the beak that almost pierced his head. In a split second before he jumped, his pistol was actually aimed at the bird's left eye before a bullet penetrated it, destroying its eye!
awooooool! awoooooo!
Desperate cries from the bird could be heard in the air like a symphony as its other eye turned a scarlet color before it attacked even more menacingly.
Wang Tao's heart tightened, as he kept rolling around the floor to evade the attacks of the bird.
It was in the middle of one roll that the bird actually managed to peck his thigh with it's beak, leaving a bloody hole inside.
Arghhhh!!!!
A bloodcurling scream erupted from Wang Tao before he angrily pointed the gun at the other eye blasting it into oblivion. Two fireballs at that moment came and hit the bird's wing, as the sound of breaking bones could be heard.
As Fire looked at his master screaming on the floor, it's eyes turned bloodshot before it went berserk and started running towards the bird. Now, without the ability to fly and it's sight being blinded, the bird was just a shooting target.
With a jumping motion, Fire was already on the back of the bird, before biting forcefully on the wounded wing. Desperate cries from the bird reverberated on the air as Fire's teeths pulled out a chunk of meat from the wing.
The bird's head turned at 180• degrees and just as it was about to uee it's beak to pierce a hole into this damned dog, Fire's mouth opened and a fireball hit it straight into the face.
At that time old man Zhang came running holding a machete that he got who knows where, before a small aura converged around his body.
This was the Body Strenghtening Skill he traded from Wang Tao earlier. All his points received a +10% percent boost, increasing his deadly attacks power. With a swish of the machete, it landed on the birds neck before it was sent flying in the air, as blood gushed out like a torrent from it's headless body. With an arc in the air, the head fell right before the door.
As soon as the fight stopped, Ying Yue who was hiding behind the door frame immediately rushed to Wang Tao before ripping a part of her shirt and wrapping it around Wang Tao's wound, making him scream in agony.
If it was in the past, the way old man Zhang, Wang Tao and Fire looked would be like merciless killers from horror movies, clothes full of holes, bruises and a body painted in the blood of the dead.
"Are you alright, Wang Tao?" asked Ying Yue with a worried look as she wrapped the wound with the end in a ribbon, which helped him stop the blood loss
Dragging his small body, Fire, who was drenched in the blood of the bird, as well as his own, the small body which carried dozens of bruises and places where it's hair was burnt, came slowly before Wang Tao before starting to lick his body in an attempt to ease his pain. Fire's now gentle eyes and Ying Yue's worried look touched his heart deeply. Was this the feeling of having someone who cares about you?
Old man Zhang soon came as well before patting Wang Tao on the shoulders as he extended his old, bloodied hand. "Rise, young man, we survived thanks to you."
A smile creeped on Wang Tao's face before taking his hand and slowly raised from the floor.
"We won the fight, but not the war.. this is just the beginning. We have to get stronger and stronger so we can survive.." slowly said Wang Tao sighing
Yes, they won this fight, but if they wouldn't have gotten the bird blind before breaking it's wing, would have they won? Of course not. The bird was too powerful, not even after a Fireball at close range managed to kill it, but what was worse is the fact that this type of bird is always in a flock! They were lucky, very lucky since they killed the other birds first, while the rest ran away. If they came all at once.. the result would be death!
"We were lucky. But the next time we're gonna fight, we'll be more prepared. Look!" said Ying Yue as she squatted beside the bird, pulling out a Golden Box from the floor. It must have dropped after they killed the bird!
It was only at that time Wang Tao remembered the system notifications that he got earlier after killing the bird.
The excitement that came after seeing the box was understandable. It meant armaments, skill books, or even something else! Since the normal mobs dropped stuff like the Pistol TypeF and Fireball skills, they wondered what type of stuff they'll get from this, never seen Golden Box?
As soon as old man Zhang wanted to open the box, Wang Tao stopped him.
"First, let's go inside the house. We can't stay here any longer. The battle might attract even more beasts or other humans, who knows what else can happen?"
Old man Zhang blushed slightly before taking the box in one hand and helped Wang Tao with the other. As soon as Wang Tao lied on a chair, he immediately asked old man Zhang to carry the bird inside. They haven't eaten anything in a while and this bird that served itself on a silver platter must taste pretty good, right?
As soon as Fire heard about food, his round eyes turned into sparkling stars before rushing outside, rushing past old man Zhang.
Soon, it came back inside wagging his tail, his mouth holding the three legged bird's legs, happily chewing on them like on a wooden stick.
A wry smile appeared on Wang Tao's face as he thought 'Did the legs make him remember the way we played catch with wooden sticks or the frog legs he liked to eat..?'
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