Chapter 23
"Tch. Ugh, I can't remove that corrupted skill Karma has within such a short time but I can edit the skill." Says one of the programmers
"Damn it!! Then we have no choice...we will have to eliminate Karma from the game now."
"What? You want me to terminate his account?"
"No, that will be too obvious. The only thing we can temper with is his status and the game. He is currently in the second stage right?" Asks the admin.
"Correct."
"Good, first reduce his level to negative 10."
"N-Negative??!!"
"Yes, let's hope he gets eliminated in the second stage with this huge handicap. I must not let the higher-ups find out about this, they will be checking up on the game tomorrow..." Says the admin.
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Task complete:
+11000000 exp
Rewards: all of their assets.
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Phew...
"Karma?"
Hm?
I look back and see the three girls.
"Oh hi. I'm here."
The three girls look at one another anxiously as if they want to confess something.
"Karma, what is this?" Asks En.
En talked?!?!! To think I would hear her cute voice again...this-
"Karma?"
"Ah! Yes...this is...well. They tried to ambush me so I had to eliminate all of them."
En looks at the mutilated disappearing corpses and stares at me.
"What?"
"No...nothing." She says and left.
"Eh? En? Where are you going?" Says Reina.
Reina looks back at me and I nod. She then follows En into a building.
And Ika is just standing here confused.
"Oh right! There's something I need to get here. Want to follow?"
"Ah! Y-Yes!" Says Ika.
We went to the outskirts of Polem and to what seems like the remaining of a military camp.
It's been completely thrashed here. And sand is covering almost everything. The tents are submerged into the ground, the building which is made of bricks is slowly falling apart.
I whisper to get Ika's attention, she is in awe at the sight.
"It should be around here..." I say, touching the sand below.
"What?"
"Do you have a shovel or anything to dig out the sand?"
"Uhm...no?"
Hmm...i will do it this way then.
"Stand back," I say, planting a C4 in the sand.
*beep*
*BOOOOOOOM!!!!!*
*cough* *cough*
Oh well, that takes care of it.
From within the sand reveals a submerged bunker. There is a trapdoor at the top.
"Won't this attract the monsters?!" Says Ika.
I point at the giant centaur minotaur. It is galloping away once it senses my presence.
"What?"
"...let me show you this," I say.
After I tortured that silverfish bastard. I started gaining a new title.
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Title: King of Monsters. (Automatically inflicts fear on low-level monsters. +10% def and atk)
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"...wow..."
"Yeah, so as long as it's not a boss-type monster, they should run away," I say.
I open the door trap and a panel pops up
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The skill "Mind of an expert" has been edited:
1000% exp boost to -100% exp boost
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What?!?!
Negative 100%??!!
What the hell?!! First, it gives me an insane boost, now it gives me a handicap?!?
What the...
Or...is this the work of the developers?!
Damn it!!! So they did notice my insane growth, I expected them to notice it at the third stage!
Ugh, I have to hurry and get to safety or I will be dead if they reset my level to 1 when I'm outside.
"Hurry, let's go," I say to Ika.
I jump inside and hurriedly run to the armoury. It is dark and dirty here but the sand has not found its way in yet.
"Eek!"
"What?"
Ika grabs onto me and hides behind me, pointing at a huge spider.
The fear effect is still ongoing so it is running away from us.
I have no time to bother about that spider but...
Tears are welling up in Ika's eyes.
"Are you...scared of insects?" I ask.
"Eh?!...i...am..."
I sigh.
She is shaking.
"Hold tight," I say, holding her hand.
!!...
She blushes and looks away.
We reach the armoury room but it's locked, I kicked the door down and kill the remaining monsters inside the room even when they are not attacking.
"Ika, help me find a blue safe," I say.
"T-This one?"
!!!
"Yes!!"
I immediately run over and type in the password.
*beep*
It opens and reveals a green jet injector gun.
"Is that water in it?"
"No, not water, poison."
"Poison!!?"
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Poison injector.
Atk:0
Does no damage but when shot, inflicts the poisoned status.
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"I don't get it, how is this useful?" Asks Ika.
"Well, of course. Being poisoned do not do much damage over time either. But! Do you remember that we can feel everything especially pain in this game?"
"So being poisoned is painful?"
"Yep. It's a pain similar to being stabbed and it's worse because it's lasting."
"A lasting pain of being stabbed..."
"Can you handle such pain for 2 minutes?"
"I don't think so..." Says Ika.
"Yep, so most people will just faint and be eliminated from the game once poisoned. The only exception is people who are ridiculously resistant to pain and can endure such torment."
This is what I want to get...
"Alright, let's go, we don't have much time."
Though confused by how worried and impatient I am, Ika didn't ask anything.
Alright! The trap door is just right there at the end of the corridor-
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System warning:
Your level has been reset to -10
All stats, level-based skills and titles will be removed to default.
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!!!!!!
Oh no...
*BOOOOM!!!*
The giant spider from just now crashed through the wall and blocked our path out.
"I-Its here again!"
...
"Run."
"Eh?"
"RUN!" I shout.
I grab Ika's hand and aimed for the opened vault at the other side of the bunker.
"W-Why?!"
"Then can you defeat that thing?!"
"N-No, all of my stats and skills are support-based and cannot be used for fighting." Says Ika.
"Damn it!!"
Several other spiders crashed through walls and chased after us.
Once we reach the vault, I immediately push the iron chunky door with all of my might and manage to close it. One spider almost got through but was squashed.
*huff* *huff* *huff*
"W-Why are we hiding here?"
"Why? Can't you see? They can crash through those deteriorated walls, only the vault is safe."
"N-No, I mean... it's my first time seeing you running away and not fighting..."
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