《I want to live》ch. 13 light
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“Hey, wake up.”
“Ahh!”
She screams and backs off as she sees me. She is scared of me.
“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you.”
“Really?”
“If I wanted to do anything, I could have done it when you were sleeping.”
She looks at me as her fear dissipates. It seems like she’s trying to say something but she can’t talk. I look at her heart and it is hiding timidly.
“T, tha, thanks.”
“You’re welcome but, why were those men bothering you.”
“I, I don’t know. Whenever I’m alone, men try to approach me.”
Men try to approach her? It maybe has something to do with her appearance. She looks weak and cute when she’s timid. She’s a little short, her blonde hair and blue eyes are quite beautiful too. I want to pat her head. I look at her heart and find something... strange... Though I don’t know what it is.
Oh, I think I got a plan.
“Hey, I know how to stop men from approaching you.”
“What!? How?”
“You just have to become scarier.”
“Ehh?”
“Look, you’re going to attract men to dark alleys, then, I kill them. With time, men will fear you, I promise.”
I have to reach at least level 25 if I want to get good equipment. Players are more fun to kill. I won’t get drops from players but I can get a lot of XP if the players are somewhere around my level.
“I don’t think I can do it; I would feel bad.”
“You don’t have to feel bad; they’ll be following you on their own will. Either way, I’ll be the one killing them.”
“Hmm, fine.”
I get a bad feeling looking at her heart. It just makes me shiver.
Well, what can go wrong.
“My name is Chrys, nice to work with you.”
“I’m Lightfromabove, you can call me Light.”
“Well, let’s begin.”
…
We’ve been fooling people for some days now. This is the last time for today, it’s almost midnight. Light was a little nervous at first but she got confident extremely fast. Now she even tries to seduce them willingly. It also seems like she’s enjoying this a lot. Her heart still makes me shiver.
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I see Light entering the alley. I’m hiding inside a dumpster taking a glance from some little holes I made.
“Today is the day, boss.” (Redder)
“I told you, boss, there is nothing to fear. The rumor about a blond woman inviting men to kill them is false.” (Redless)
“I admit you were right guys but, it’s always good to be careful.” (Blackflame)
“Why are you taking so long guys! Don't you want to come with me.” (Light)
“Yeah! we want to go with you.” (Blackflame)
“Good! I like strong and decisive men like you.” (Light)
What!? What are they doing here? I’m surprised at Light too. She is talking to them very seductively; she even whispered the last part in Blackflame ears. Blackflame trembled a little and his face turned red. They are walking in my direction. When they pass the dumpster, I jump and use Handcutting in a fast motion. Redder head falls. The other two jump in fright. I use Heavenlyhand on Redless before he can react. Now there is only Blackflame left.
“Hello Blackflame, Long time no see you.”
“What are you doing here!?”
“Just admiring the night sky.”
“Inside a dumpster!”
“You got me. I’ve been planning this since you killed me. This is my vengeance”
I’ll scare him a little. Seeing him scared is quite funny.
“You! Why would you do that? I just killed you once.”
“You see, I’m quite resentful, so I can’t let it pass.”
“You bastard, do you think that, just because you killed my friend, you can kill me?”
“Yep.”
“I’ll show you the consequences of insulting a member of Fire Lion.”
He takes his greatsword out and does a heavy step. I’m prepared so I just jump and dodge the ability. I approach him and attack the arm which is holding the sword. His sword flies away, he looks impressed. My strength is a lot more powerful than before. I grab him from the neck and throw him to the ground. I step on his face.
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“What did you say, what were you going to show me?”
“Shut up!”
“Don’t worry, I don’t have the hobby of torturing my prey. I’ll just kill you fast and clean.”
“Just wait! if I see you again, I’ll make sure you taste the ground!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll see you again and I’ll kill you again. I promise.”
“Ahh!”
He blows into light particles as I step on his head. It’s fun to play the villain. I don’t plan on following and killing him, I’m not even mad at him. I look at Light. She looks delighted. Her heart is beating quickly and it show signs of... sexual arousal!? I think I know why she gives me shivers now.
“So... I think this finish our journey together.”
“What!!”
“Well, I reached level 25 this morning so I don’t need to do this anymore.”
“But it is so fun...”
“It is fun, but I need to do other things.”
“I don’t want this to end. I haven’t felt this much fun in a long time.”
I feel like this is becoming dangerous.
“What about this, when I finish my other things, we can do something together, but for now, we’ll separate.”
“Hmm... fine.”
“well, see you later.”
I like playing the villain anyways. When I finish my plans, I’ll play with her.
Oh right, I haven’t seen my new stats.
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Name: Chrys
Race: Human
Class: Monk
Subclass: -
Level: 25 (2,785/11,800)
Fury: (150/150)
Bits: 8,456
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Stats:
-Constitution: 15 (17)
-Strength: 50 (52)
-Dexterity: 15
-Affinity: 15
-Harmony: 15
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Equipment:
Helm: Kobolt soldier helm (common) [+1 constitution]
Chest: Kobolt chain armor (common) [+1 constitution]
Pants: Kobolt pants (common) [+1 strength]
Gloves: -
Boots: Kobolt soldier boots (common) [+1 strength]
Rings: -
Amulet: -
Right hand: -
Left hand: -
-
Abilities:
Active:
-Blue hands(veteran): 5% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)
(activate to increment the defensive power of your hands by 20% for 15 minutes)
-Red hands(veteran): 15% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)
(activate to increment the offensive power of your hands by 20% for 15 minutes)
-Wolf leap(veteran) 2% - 5 fury – cooldown: (2 seconds)
(You make a fast leap with 30% increased velocity towards you opponent)
Passive:
-Skywalk-style(?): (?%)
(Skywalk effects are slightly increased and your speed while doing skywalk is increased by 10%)
-Stonekick(?): (?%)
(Stonekick power is slightly increased, while doing a Stonekick you become immune to staggering)
-Handcutting(?): (?%)
(Handcutting cutting power is slightly increased, Handcutting has bleed)
-Heavenlyhand(?): (?%)
(Heavenlyhand power increased, Heavenlyhand causes staggering)
-Flex movement-style(?): (?%)
(Flex movement effects slightly improved, it also reduces the remaining cooldown time of the abilities each time you gather power)
-Body strengthening(veteran): 24%
(You get the ability to use fury to strengthen your body)
-Handy dandy(veteran): 17%
(When fighting unarmed you get 40% increment in strength)
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My abilities have leveled to veteran and got some boosts. I have been putting all my points into strength, it’s working nice for now but it’ll give me some problems later. The problem with having low dexterity is that I won’t be able to hit my opponents without them having the artificial dodge activated. I got a plan for that. With constitution there's no problem, I just have to dodge all attacks, maybe AoE magic will be difficult but I’ll manage it later.
Affinity and Harmony doesn’t cause any problem for now, I don’t have a lot of active abilities. I’ll try to collect only passive abilities since they don’t use fury. Affinity also increases the power of passive abilities but the ones I have now scale better with strength.
I’ll fix the dexterity problem first since it’s the most important one.
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