Chapter 9 - Welcome Newbies

Niko looked at the bald man with surprise. Even though the battle was fast, it was completely savage-like. In games, the character would hit the monster many times and the monster would only die when their HP reached zero, it was very unrealistic but easy to handle. Some games tried to make it more realistic by adding gore, however, it was nothing compared to this.

Niko's eyes then looked at something that caught his attention. The bald man's hand was bruised and bleeding uncontrollably. Even with the loss of blood, the bald man emotionlessly ripped one of his sleeves and tied it around his hand.

"It seems like there is a side effect to his strong skill..." Niko shook his head inwardly as the man had almost lost his hand for everyone here. or maybe for himself.

"Wow! Who is this man!?" Someone said in the background.

"How is he so powerful!?!" Another exclaimed.

People looked at the man with fear and admiration as if they were looking at a real-life hero. While others couldn't hold themselves from vomiting as the beetle was showering the earth with green blood.

The dead beetle then began to glow in a white sparkling aura. The glow then strangely began to move as it was coming together on top of the beetle. The glow then became a translucent sphere of white light and as the orb of white light began to disappear it left behind a small knife. The knife looked like nothing special but just a normal sharp knife made out of some kind of metal. The man then moved towards the beetle and picked up the knife.

The bald man held the knife and thought for a moment before saying, "Store." The bald man's wrist began to glow as a black watch appeared and suddenly the knife disappeared.

"That watch allows us to store Items!" Niko looked at his wrist, however, it was not there. "Hmm. Do I need to have an item first to activate it?"

"Ahhh!!" A painful cry was heard from the spot where the other beetle was located. Everyone who was once focused on the bald man turned towards the cries. The other beetle was tearing apart people left and right, however, it also possessed many injuries on its body. One of its eyes was gone and the wing cover was ripped off along with the wing. A few legs were also missing as the beetle looked like it was one step away from death.

The crazy-looking man that Niko spotted before, had his tongue stretched out of his mouth. The tongue was the length of a few meters and it was slashing towards the beetle at ferocious speeds. Others were trying their best to hit the beetle with rocks or anything they possessed.

What took the bald man one move to do, was taking many people a lot of work. Clearly showing the difference between those who are level 1 and those who are a higher level. Even if the level was the lowest level possible above one, there was a clear difference.

The other fly-like bugs had flown over after massacring the weak humans that attempted to flee, but they were taken out by the remaining courageous humans. Niko discovered that these flies were extremely weak as they were level one. Only their speed could be something to watch out for and that was also their biggest weakness as they could barely control their direction due to the fast speed. If those humans who had fled fought back, they could've had a chance to survive.

Niko took this opportunity and faced the huge beetle that lay lifeless in front of him. The dead beetle made him feel uneasy, however, he continued on.

[Spirit King's Order]

The faint aura that surrounded Niko's body, began to become much more prominent, as it became a darker shade of green. The aura moved about like tentacles, a few inches from his body. The beetle then began to be surrounded by the same aura that surrounded Niko. The aura that surrounded the beetle wasn't as prominent as the aura surrounding Niko, as it was extremely faint, however, it was enough to make a connection to Niko's aura.

Some people around looked at Niko and their bodies began to feel uneasy around him. Some people stepped back as they felt the pressure from the aura, while others looked in admiration, knowing that this was a skill or something of the sort.

"Woah! Another one!" A woman said.

"Why do I feel so afraid and weak around him?!" Someone said.

Suddenly, a small translucent light green orb came out from the back of the beetle. The orb was the size of a grown man's fist, the center of the orb was white, while the smokey-like space surrounding it was light green. The orb looked like a glass orb, filled with a green gas with a small lightbulb in the center of it.

The orb then slowly moved towards Niko in a clumsy manner. Many of the people around looked at this with shock as they wondered what was happening. The bald man turned towards Niko and looked strangely at him. The first time an expression was registered on his face.

After Niko used the spell, the aura that surrounded his body seemed to calm down and become much fainter. The orb now surrounded his body as if it was a moon orbiting a planet.

Niko was interested in learning more about this little orb of green light.

[Celestial Probe]

...

[Name: Weak Spirit]

Rank: None

Potential: None

[Status]

Strength: 1

Constitution: 1

Agility: 1

Intelligence: 0

Mana: 0

Mana Power: 0

Spirit power: 0/0(No potential)

A strange look appeared on his face, "Uh… This…"

This spirit was extremely weak and Niko knew that this spirit would be unable to defend him against strong opponents, "This spirit won't be able to rank up as its original body was not killed by me, and the rank was already low... Maybe… I can use this spirit as a meat shield… To be able to actually have them protect me, I need to kill my own monster to be able to summon them like the Spirit King himself. Then I can feel a bit safer…"

Niko was still slightly disappointed, however, seeing the little guy surround him brought a bit of a safe feeling towards his heart.

After checking his status, Niko had also realized that his mana power went down to two and there was a five minutes countdown until it was back to normal again.

"Yes!!" A man cried in happiness

"Thank God!" A woman also cried

The cheering of many people, took Niko out of his own thoughts as the battle had ended and the beetle was finally dead. Looking around Niko realized that only a portion of those summoned here was left alive. Suddenly, Niko's heart clenched.

The grass was covered by a layer of crimson blood as dead bodies were spread throughout. Niko couldn't help but have his face darken. He still needed to get used to all of this. Many people around him began to vomit, while others began to faint. It seems like the adrenaline is wearing off.

The bald man stood there with a calm face looking at these dead corpses on the ground. Niko understood that being like that bald man in this world was the best for him. Therefore, he needed to stay calm.

"This will occur a lot in this world… My goal is Anita. Nothing will get in my way of finding her!" He vowed to himself. If he allowed these dead bodies to affect him he would never find his sister.

"Clap!"

"CLAP!"

"CLAP!!"

Slow clapping was heard coming from the jungle Everyone's eyes turned to look at toward the direction of the sound. Many people stepped back and their hearts clenched. Many thoughts popped into their minds and what they saw shocked them.

A man wearing leather-looking armor walked out of the jungle with a big smile on his face. The man's skin was tanned and his dark hair long under a leather norman helmet. Even though he had armor that was made out of leather, his shoulders were armored by two things that looked like the exoskeleton of the beetle that had just attacked them. He was slightly muscular as his height was higher than the average man. On his waist was a small sword that seemed to possess the same boring look as the knife the bald man received from the beetle. The man truly looked like a character from one of those video games.

"A human!" Someone screamed

"We are saved!" Another gave a shout

As he walked towards them, everyone turned and moved closer to him with curiosity and hope. It was like the killing and death had all gone away, and that man was their new light of hope. The smiling mouth of the man began to open as he spoke almost in a shout some rather comforting words.

"Welcome! Newbies!"