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Chapter 23 - Escape

Sensing the energy entering him, Arman pulled up his stats to see just how much he had improved.

Origin Info

Name: Shura

Race: Human

Talent: Limitless, Origin Eyes

Bloodline: Unknown

Originator Rank: Rookie Originator, D rank (Primal star)

Planes conquered: 0

Basic Stats

Strength: 8+(3)=11

Agility: 2.01+(5)=7.01

Speed: 2.01+(5)=7.01

Intelligence: 2.01+(0.1)=2.02

Source: 2

Endurance: 9+(6)=15

Vitality: 10+(10)=20

Soul: Null

Combat Rating: Slightly stronger rookie.

Seeing his new stats brought a low smile to his face.

"Oh, seems like i broke into D rank quite quickly" exclaimed Arman.

"You have a long way to go, now don't be proud of just this much" reprimanded Light.

After checking his stats Arman went towards the sewer entrance getting ready to get out if here but before going in he carefully checked to see f there was any noise down there.

With no noise heard he confidently plunged himself into the sewer for the third time.

As soon as he entered his nose picked up a strong sense of charred corpse and some distance away from his there laid the remains of the scorched zombie being fully burnt and looking at the devastation cause it didn't seem to have died peacefully.

Taking some time looking at his work Arman exclaimed a deep sigh and strode forward intending on getting out of here as soon as possible.

Travelling continuously for some time without any other danger appearing Arman let his guard down a little bit. 

Just when he was nearing the end of the sewer a black shadow darted from a dark corner and slashed at Arman with its sharp claws.

Being suddenly attacked Arman was not prepared well and suffered a shallow wound on his shoulders causing drops of blood to form.

Not trying to get another wound despite the pain Arman composed himself and turned to look at the foe that harmed him.

What came into his view was a dog sized rodent completely black in color with eyes blood red glistening with ferocity. Its claws were long and sharp shinning slightly and likewise its teeth were also long and sharp seemingly able to tear into flesh and bones easily. It had a slim and slender physique with loose muscle density seeming very flexible.

Looking at this foe a sense of seriousness appeared in Arman's eyes and not wasting anytime he checked it's stats.

Info:

Name: Zombie Rodent (Mutant)

Race: Zombie

Talent: Infection, Dash

Bloodline: Medium rank mutant rodent

Rank: D Rank

Basic Stats

Strength: 14

Agility: 20

Speed: 20

Intelligence: 0.5

Source: 2

Endurance: 2 

Vitality: 14

Soul: 0

Description: Once an ordinary zombie rodent but after massacring it's whole colony of fellow rodents mutated into a ferocious and bloodthirsty beast with basic sneak attack senses.

Combat Rating: Extremely dangerous and bloodthirsty but due to pure speed based mutation is really fragile.

Talent info:

Name: Dash

Rank: Medium Grade D Rank 

Level: 1

Details: Can dash forward in a certain direction with speed upto 500m/sec.

As Arman was staring at the zombie the zombie was similarly staring at Arman as well like a hunter staring at it's prey.

"Just great another troublesome fellow and that too right when we were about to get out" complained Light.

"This one is probably more than just troublesome, and with the way it is looking at me makes me think it already sees me as its dinner" commented Arman.

While they were talking the zombie suddenly dashed towards Arman in such fast speed he could barely react but just when it was about to strike him he barely defended himself by putting his hands in a defensive posture.

Even though he blocked it the sheer speed that it had came forth with launched Arman backwards crashing in the wall making him cough blood.

The zombie not intending on giving any room to breath for Arman dashed towards him again but this time Arman was barely able to dodge by steeping aside making it crash into the wall.

Arman aware that it will attack again backed up swiftly while taking out his pistol. And expected right as Arman backed away the zombie again charged towards him.

"This is going to be such a pain to deal with. Light got any ideas" asked Arman.

"At the moment no, but seeing it's frail defense one or two bullets should be enough to deal with it. The only problem being its too damn fast to hit properly. Somehow try to slow it down" said Light.

"Easier said than done" retorted Arman while dodging another of it's attacks. 

Seeing Arman dodging it's attacks it became more and more frantic attacking Arman with sparing a single moment. 

As time went on Arman's injuries kept on increasing while the zombie seeing blood became more and more reckless in its charge.

Seeing it getting more reckless a plan formed in Arman's head and during it's next dash he made a slight misstep giving it the opportunity to inflict a greater wound on Arman.

The zombies claws sliced Arman's shoulder's inflicting a bone deep wound making Arman stagger backwards while the zombie stopped for a moment due to his blood and it was at this moment that Arman decisively fired a bullet in its direction.

Due to it's momentary pause the bullet struck it in its legs leaving a deep wound in its legs which hindered its movement and not wanting to waste this opportunity Arman fired a couple more shots at it.

But it dodged those shots but barely.

Looking at the being that inflicted this wound on it. The zombie became even more frenzied and charged towards Arman again but due to its injury it staggered a bit missing Arman.

And Arman not planning on giving the zombie time to recover fired a couple more shot at it.

This time the shots seemed to injure the zombie and with a final growl it collapsed on the ground.

Seeing the dead zombie Arman let out a sigh of relief while from the zombie's body a breath of energy entered him.

When the energy entered him, Arman's injury stated to heal at the rapid rate and seeing this Arman became surprised finding this new function of the energy really awesome.

After somewhat recovering from his injuries Arman decided to get out of here and then check his stats after reaching a safe location and he did just that.

So without wasting any time he got up and started rushing towards the exit this time without letting his guard down and thankfully this time without any mishapp he made it to the exit and went out of the sewers.

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