“Who's there!” he shouted while waving his gun around, ready to fire.

“I want to team up!” I replied from behind the big tree.

“Why would i want to team up with an enemy?” he asked as he aimed the gun at the tree i was behind.

“We only need to collect 16 key each, it will be safer for both of us if we work together to collect the keys. It will be much easier to take the keys from others if you have someone watching your back for you,” I explained.

Seeing that he was not budging and was getting closer, i tried to convince him once more “look at your watch, don’t you see that others are already grouping up? If we don’t work together, we will have to face multiple enemies alone!”

“Okay sure, i will work with you, let's team up!” he replied. I could not see his face as i was hiding behind the tree, thus i could not tell if he was lying or not.

I used 20 of my spirit energy on shadow clone skill and summoned replica of me, leaving me with 280/300. From it’s looks to it’s clothing, the clone looked exactly like me. I mentally commanded the clone to go around the tree and meet the shirtless guy.

The clone followed my mental orders without complaints and left the safety of the tree. However, just as the clone got around the tree, a barrage of bullets pelted the clone instantly turning it into shadows that dissolved into the ground.

“Hahaha, why should i work with others to find 30 more keys, when if i work alone, i just need to find 15 more keys,” he gloated while shooting at my clone.

Author note: There are always idiots in the world, so for don’t complain that i’m making everyone dumb and making only mc smart. Mc will meet smart or people with average intelligence later on. So don’t worry. I’m just making this realistic as there are lots of idiots in the world.

“Wait what!” He exclaimed as he saw my clone turn into shadows.

Using his momentary loss of concentration due to the surprise, i quickly go out from the other side of the tree and counterattacked.

Realising his mistake, he quickly turned his gun towards the real me and tried to fire at me. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, I used my aura and released it towards the him. My spirit energy instantly dropped to 257/300 due to me using aura to immobilize him.

Faced with the overpowering energy, he shivered and stopped moving. Try as he might, he could not stop himself from freezing up. All he needed to do was to pull his finger a few inches more and the bullets would swarm me. Not that it would’ve helped though with all the defensive tools i had, at most it would do was lower my spirit energy by a lot.

He lost his wits for a few seconds before calming himself and regaining back control. Due to me having low control of my spirit energy, it was not strong enough to kill an enemy with just my aura. The best i could do was immobilize the enemy for a few seconds.

However, a few seconds was all i needed to finish the job. I instantly turned my machete into a throwing knife and threw it at his face. My magical energy dropped to 83/100. With my increased stats combined with the gantz suit, the knife flew like a spinning shuriken and zoomed towards him. My throw was perfect and the knife spun beautifully towards him. I had handled knives many times before and was one of the best weapon i was proficient at.

The only weapon i was very familiar with were throwing knives and pistols. I had used knives as tricks multiple times before, thus i was highly proficient at handling knives. Pistols on the other hand, i rarely used even though i was very familiar with how it works and how to properly shoot.

Back when i was working on the streets i always had a pistol tucked inside my pants by the belt. I had kept it to keep myself safe when working. Almost everyone had a gun while working on the streets, i was no exception. My partner had taught me how to hold and shoot it in case of emergencies. Though i had learnt how to use it, i had only used it twice before.

“You idiot! If you are so desperate to just collect 16 keys, you could have allied with me and then backstabbed me when we collected a total of 16!” I yelled at his stupidity after throwing the knife.

Sounds of tearing flesh and broken bones was heard as the knife lodge itself into his face and left through the back of his head. His face turned into a cluster of blood and gore as the knife decimated it.

(Author note: welp, looks like Rambo X Mc is dead. Don’t worry, mc will meet another rambo later in the story. :D. They will meet and team up later in the story, just not in this arc.)

I walked towards the corpse and picked up my shifting mithril before looting his corpse.

Hehehe, looks like i was right about not needing to buy any guns for myself. SWEET! Though i’m not familiar with rifles, beggars can’t be choosers right? I can just get more guns from others.

This guy really decked out his AK-47. Upgraded piercing ammo with unlimited bullets. He must have spent almost all his points on this!

Wow you really went full aggressive mode with all your points buddy.

Checking his corpse for loot, i found that all he had was the Ak-47, a flashbang and a skill which let him see far away.

After hanging the strap of the ak-47 around my shoulder, i picked up his watch to get his key. Since i did not received any physical key when the game started, i presumed that the watch was the key.

The moment i touched his watch, a notification appear on my watch indicating that i had acquired a key. The red dot that was right on top of me slowly dimmed and disappeared after i acquired his key. A number 2 was added on top of my green dot indicating to everyone that i had acquired 2 keys.

Checking the watch again, i could see many groups of people forming, There were 8 groups of 3, 7 group of 2 and 3 people who were alone. 7 had already died. A few had a number 2 on their dot.

Since i had killed the guy, there were only two other people left in my section. Those two had already met up. Thus, all i had to do was join them to form a team of 3.

Before heading off, i tried practicing with the assault rifle. I had never held a rifle before and was not used to handling the recoil. Thus i had to practice and learn how to wield it properly before i get into another battle.

Though i had not used it before, i had seen the thugs in the mafia holding it while importing and exporting goods before, thus i knew how they held it. I replicated their motion and held it just like they did.

I gripped the pistol grip of the rifle with my dominant hand which was my right hand and held the handguard with my left. I positioned the butt of the gun to the area between the right chest and shoulder. I lowered my right eye to the level of the front sight and peered through the slot to aim.

I dragged the body of the muscle man and leaned it by a tree. I backed away from the corpse giving myself distance and aimed again.

Seeing the disfigured face of the man through the front sight, i pushed the safety button off and pulled the trigger.

A loud thundering booms sprayed from the nozzle and ejected a hail of bullets at the body. Bullets hailed the body like bees and a fountain of blood poured from the body. The first half of the bullet i fired hit the target where i wanted it while the rest missed.

With my high strength and proper positioning of my body, i handled the recoil easily for my first time. However, the roaring booms of the bullets echoed loudly into my ear and distracted me after a few seconds.

Dam! They didn’t say anything about going deaf while firing an assault rifle. No wonder they always wore ear plugs while firing. This is way louder than pistols!

If i fire this in an enclosed area, i’m definitely going to be deaf. I will have to buy a noise canceling device if i want to continue using this gun in later rounds.

Unlike what i saw in TV, the explosive sounds of bullets was very loud compared to what they showed.

After resting my ears, i increased my distance from the body and fired a round of bullets again at the target. I fired in short bursts to maintain my aim and to prevent myself from going deaf.

Unlike others, who would man up and preserve through with the punishment to the ears ust like that muscle head did. There was no way i was going to allow myself to go deaf when i could avoid it.

I continued training with the the gun for a while, resting after every burst of shots until i was confident enough to use the rifle in a combat situation.

Confident of my skills in aiming and handling the rifle, I quickly left the area and ran towards the direction of the other 2.

With quick haste, i sped through the jungle without any problems with my shifting mithril in machete form. I was attacked by small snakes while bursting through the leaves and branches. However it was nothing i couldn’t handle with my gantz suit for protection.

Half an hour later, i got closer to the other 2 red dot in my section. There were still in the same position as before. I just needed a few more minutes till i reached them.

I slowed down my pace and tried to regain my stamina along the way. I had been jogging through the woods for half an hour and it was better if i was in peak position. Although i wasn’t tired due to my high stats and gantz suit, it was better to be safe and sorry.

After a few minutes of walking, my green dot was right beside the one of the red dots. The two red dots were separated by an inch on my screen on the watch.

While cautiously going slower, i shouted to get their attention “ hello! Is anyone there? I want to team up!”

No reply. Everything was silent except for the sounds of wildlife in the background. The eerie silence greet me with great confusion as i pondered why they aren’t replying.

Thoughts of it being a trap filled my mind but i continued forth. With a barrier bim in hand, i slowly walked closer and closer until i saw a silhouette. Even if it was a trap, with the barrier bim, gantz suit and my high stats, there was nothing i couldn’t handle. There was no one with enough points to kill me easily.

A woman was sitting down on a fallen log with her back to me, she was motionless. As i was by her back, i could not see her face.

“Hello! I mean you no harm, i just wanna team up with you, i’m scared of being alone,” i tried to convince her by acting weak and tried to used her motherly nature that could could had have “could you help me?”

However, she kept quiet and remained still, not saying anything.

Alarm bells rang in my mind as i knew something was definitely wrong. I could see on my watch that she was still alive as her dot was still right above me.

I clutch my barrier bim tightly and backed off from her immediately. I felt a great sense of danger emanating from somewhere and immediately used my barrier bim. I could feel a surge of power coming my way from a certain direction.

A transparent shield surround me as a blast of spirit energy blasted against my barrier. A raging beam of fiery red spirit energy impacted against the barrier sending me into great confusion and terror.

That beam of energy was so strong that it would have dealt a lot of damage to me if not even killed me if it had directly hit me. My heart was sent racing at the prospect of almost dying.

How is this possible! I know for sure there aren’t any skill or weapon that cost less than 2000 points that can do that much damage! How is it possible that someone has it!