บท 9: Clutch
"How am I going to survive this without killing anyone?" I muttered as I looked at the damage points I had accumulated from half-killing a guy.
There are only seven people left including me and if it weren't for the Mythical Race Attribute, I would've already been puking from the stress and fear of what awaited me.
"Who's next, who's next?!" The guy that did the deed instead of me asked with a psychopathic expression on his face.
Should I use bullet whirl on him too…? No, I can't afford to kill a guy just because it seems easy.
"Oh, and where did that sword come?" That very same guy questioned as he stared at a white-coated, slim-built, tall guy with a sword in his hold.
"Doesn't he lowkey look like Kim Do–?!"
Slash.
[Damage Dealt: +64]
Within a blink, the guy holding the sword had severed the psycho's hands and slit his eyes.
"Huh…?" He reached out to his face and felt the wounded eyes with his fingers, or rather, his handless arms, "Grhyaaaa!?" an ear-deafening screech followed right after.
"It hurts, it hurts!" He yelled out as spluttering blood took over his own face, swiveling on the ground as he tried to get rid of the pain one way or the other.
I could only stare at this scene flabbergasted, "Ah?" a breath left my lips as the coated guy turned to face me.
"Noid, how far have you fallen?" The guy spoke. His baritone voice was music to my ears.
"Huh? Y-You know me?" I asked as the left members all turned to face me.
"How wouldn't I?" He smirked slightly as he appeared right in front of me.
"Honestly… I have no clue who you are." I muttered, feeling fear rather than nervous about my first interaction with another human in real life after such a long time.
"Now that hurts me a little, we talked just a few minutes ago with each other," A look of dejection slightly etched itself on his face.
"...?"
No way, it's not that guy, right…?
"Hmm, would the username [Smool] recall anything?" He thinned his lips as he squint, seeming lost in thought.
"No fucking way!?" I yelled out, flabbergasted.
"Yes way, Nord." He called my game username, not my RoastCord one that was Noid.
"Ehhh?! You're that very same person who sent those cute-ish emoticons while we were chatting?!"
"Calling them cute rather than my facial expressions… Are you gay?" He asked with his deep voice full of seriousness.
"Fuck no I ain't!" I complained in a high-pitched voice as I fisted his shoulder.
[Damage Dealt: +0.05]
"Ah, sorry for the damage…"
"Don't worry. I've got something to talk about to you after this quest ends." He disappeared from my sight and after two seconds he was back in front of me again.
[Damge Dealt: 96/100]
I can't help but be left slack-jawed at how fast and strong Smool really is.
It's mind-boggling.
Didn't he get the system just like I did earlier? Shouldn't he also be a newbie currently?
"Nord, you must clear the challenge already, the ones fighting each other are almost done and dead. Damage dealt to a corpse doesn't count, you know that yourself."
"Yeah, I know that but…" I trailed off.
Should I try and actually fight someone?
"Phwa~?!" I gasped for air after receiving a slap to my back, pushing me forward toward a guy who seemed to be smirking.
"Haha… you seem like an easy target. You wanna kill yourself?" He voiced as he pulled a knife from his pocket.
"Are you the up-and-about usual delinquent found everywhere on the streets? How did you even get a system?" I voiced nonchalantly.
This Mythical Attribute really is useful.
"Huh? You wanna go at it, ha?!" He began swinging his blade mindlessly toward me.
"Hmph," I sidestepped successfully even though I was full of doubt towards my own body.
"Whoa…" I let out a breath as I tried to regain my balance.
These stats… really work, don't they?
"Rah!" He slashed by his side, trying to reach my face.
Although, everything seemed to slow down in that very instant.
"Did the world slow down, or did my thought processes accelerate?" I wanted to ask out loud but it wasn't really possible, instead, I pushed strength towards the muscles of my arm, raising it up and taking hold of his hand.
"Gha!?" He groaned as I pushed force into my hand.
"H-Hey, wait, wait! Y-You'll break it if you– Grahhh!"
Oh, that crack did certainly feel nice in my hands. I thought as he fell to his knees on the ground.
[Damage Dealt: +14]
[Damage Dealt: 55]
I've got 55 damage points, I need to do more damage than this.
"Oh, crying now, aren't you?" I scoffed as I took hold of the other hand that he was using to punch me, although I didn't feel anything from something as weak as that.
I wrapped my fingers around his wrist and… "Kgrhaaa!?" another crack entered my ears.
[Damage Dealt: +10]
"Now we'll turn around the elbows at a one-hundred-eighty-degree angle," I voiced my next course of action as terror filled the guy's face.
Snot and saliva had already taken over the lower part of his face.
"What a disgusting being you are, even more so than I." I stared at him in disgust.
"P-Please, no more…" A stream of tears were cascading down his face.
"Oh, but I seemed an easy target right?"
"..."
"Right?"
Cr-Crack!
"Kgha, hah, hah… bluwerghh!" After turning both of his elbows at an unnatural angle gastric juices blew from his mouth and nose, filling the vicinity with a rotten smell.
[Damage Dealt: +25]
"Okay, only ten more damage to go, okay?" I grinned as I reached for his knee.
By the time I broke his right knee, he was already unconscious and face-flat on the ground.
[Damage Dealt: +12]
[Additional Damage Dealt]
[Additional Damage Reward: 2 Coins]
"Coins?"
[Nord has cleared the quest!]
[Nord is free and released to return.]
[Nord returns in: 00:05 Minutes]
"Meet me up at Fallington Subway Station tomorrow at six in the afternoon." Smool voiced before clearing the quest himself.
"Okay… Wait how the fuck does he know where I live–!?" I couldn't even finish my sentence before materializing in my own room with a thud as I smashed to the ground with the back of my head.
"Kgha…" I grunted in pain and then just slacked my body of any strength, "Now that sure wasn't anticlimactic for me." I whispered as +15 points were added to my stat points which quickly turned into a series of question marks and two potions added to my inventory.
Ding.
[Someone from afar has gifted you the "Vest of Weight Loss"]
"Huh?!"
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ItsHashi
ItsHashi Woohoo, I got the contract offered for this novel today, thank you everyone!
The first main quest has been done and the mc clutched for himself after getting a push from mister Smool, now, what will follow in the next chapter based on the last notification he received? Find out next time.
FAWK THAT ANIME OUTRO AND SLIDE POWERSTONES FOR THE CONTEST(i know i've cast my shame away, but I genuinely hope you all are enjoying the novel i'm writing.)
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