Chapter 19

Gregory was red with anger. He was frothing at the mouth as he roared his order.

"Attack! Kill them all!"

With that, the two groups started attacking each other and soon the area in front of the Ambolt police station became a war zone.

The officers who were in the building all heard the initial gunshot and rushed out to assess the situation. Instead of joining either side in the fighting they tried to avoid them and started barricading away the area where the fighting was.

The fighting quickly became hectic as criminal gangs were not particularly famous for their combat tactics. Most of them were ill equipped to fight in the first place, while the majority had at least a knife to fight with, some of them had to make do with various blunt objects like baseball bats and bricks, or simply trash they found on the way.

The ones with stronger combat abilities were in a somewhat better position as they didn't really need a weapon to fight. The most notable example of this was a separated group of the fireflies who were throwing an excessive amount of fireballs around the battlefield.

Initially the fireflies seemed to be winning due to simply having greater combat power, but the situation slowly turned in the green dragons' favor thanks to them being present in larger numbers and having a prophet as their commander.

During the fighting, Peter and Sarah were separated and the boy was desperately searching for his sister. While running around he bumped into a Firefly member in the middle of passing out and took the opportunity to improve his chances of survival.

[Successfully absorbed class 5 flame blessing.]

[Result: STR +0.1, AGI +0.1, MGC +0.06, EXP +50]

[Level up!]

[Unlocked ability: Monster in the dark]

Peter quickly looked at the ability description but it didn't seem like a combat ability so he disregarded it for now. He had a lot more pressing issues, most important of which was Gregory Brann himself.

The man was completely covered in flames and the temperature was rapidly increasing as he made his way towards Peter, pure hatred clearly visible in his eyes.

[Entity class 14]

[Ability: Intimidation]

[Star attribute: <Restricted access>]

Before Peter could complain about the disparity between what the interface told him and what he was seeing with his own two eyes, the flaming man started running towards him.

He coated himself in shadows, not to hide, since his opponent was too strong to be tricked by it and it was daytime anyway, but to take advantage of the minuscule speed increase he got from it. He finished just in time to see the gang leader swinging his fist at him.

Peter narrowly avoided the first strike but he was hit in the chest immediately after. He flew backwards and crashed into another gangster before falling to the ground.

[Health: 58%]

[Achievement unlocked: Get below 70% health]

[Achievement unlocked: Get below 60% health]

[Total rewards: END +0.35]

This was the worst state Peter has ever been in, he was feeling dizzy, had difficulty breathing, he could feel his mouth gradually filling up with blood and was barely resisting the urge to start vomiting.

By the time he noticed Gregory coming to finish him off it as too late to react, so he raised his hands in an attempt to save his own life.

However, before the punch could hit him, someone unexpected blocked the attack. It was the man who was shot when all of this started. He was still dead, signified by the hole in his head being significantly larger than before, but he was still standing, protecting Peter.

Peter tried to look around for an explanation when he saw Sarah slitting someone's throat surrounded by a dozen walking corpses, clawing away at anyone who got near to their master.

Trying to get himself out of the horrible situation he was in, Peter grabbed a knife the dead man was carrying on his belt and tried to stab his opponent.

[Achievement unlocked: Star seeker!]

[Reward: All physical attributes +0.2, INT +0.05, MGC +0.05, EXP +100]

[Remaining tier 2 path achievements have been locked.]

Peter managed to stab the man's arm but even with the sudden strength increase, it did little more than scratch his skin before the blade started melting away. Seeing that he had no chance of winning, Peter desperately tried running away with the little strength he had left.

Gregory meanwhile simply tossed away his reanimated subordinate before the flames around his body started flaring up even more. Those unfortunate enough to be near him could see their skin slowly burning up before it started peeling away layer by layer.

There were only two people on the battlefield unaffected by the heat. One of them was Helen whose face showed only annoyance and a hint of sorrow as she was looking towards the single person other than herself who was left standing. Anthony Williams, the strongest person present.