Sorry that it's been so long since I uploaded, I started my sophomore year of college, while still working full time. So yeah, enough of my complaints, here we go.
Update: Sorry again, ch 5 will be coming out soon. Just realized while writing some of it that I had labeled this Chapter 3. Now it's right.
I have no connection and own nothing related to The Gamer
Chapter 4
It was Saturday, and Kain was debating on how he would become stronger. He had already decided that by Monday, he would make himself strong enough to win. His dad had some arm and leg weights, so he stuck those on. Then he went for a jog.
"My body is weird, so I figure that by completely exhausting my body, good things happen, right?"
Kain was definitely right, because not long after he started...
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Str to go up by 1
"Yes! This will be a great way to train today."
He continued to do the exact same thing for the whole day.
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Str to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Str to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Str to go up by 1
His stats had increased so much! It was almost worth two whole levels. Kain knew he would have to do so much more. He fell asleep, completely exhausted.
The next day, he would work out his speed. He remembered very well getting his ass handed to him, simply because he couldn't see his opponent. So for the first half of the day, he did sprints and any activity that worked out his reaction time and speed.
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Dex to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Dex to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Dex to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Dex to go up by 1
Through strenuous activity, you caused your Dex to go up by 1
For the rest of the day, he decided to spend time on his newly found martial arts skills. He was successful in raising those each to level 10 each.
This was some extreme grinding. He had gained a ridiculous amount of points in his stats, and a bunch in his skill as well. He felt he had a chance now.
The Gamer
Kain Rockbear Lv 3 Exp 2.33%
Health: 140/140
Mana: 200/200
Vit: 14
Str: 15
Dex: 19 + 2.09 (Since Tae Kwon Doe Lv 10, increase 1% each time)
Int: 20
Wis: 7
Luk: 2
Points: 5
Money: 33,500 Won
The Next Day – Martial Arts Club
Kain walked in with a purpose. He felt no need to wait, so he walked directly up to Tagura.
"Can I have a rematch?"
Tagura looked at him, surprised by the question. "Um, I guess we can, we have another open match Wednesday, do you wanna do it then?"
"Actually, I wanted to do it today. Any way you can?" Kain was being very abrupt. He had hated losing so easily and he wanted to prove himself.
Again, Tagura looked surprised. "I guess." He walked over to Dadora and spoke to him. Dadora glanced over at Kain with a confused look on his face, but he nodded not long after. Tagura walked back over. "Ok, the mats are open, we can go ahead."
Kain quickly walked over there, followed by Tagura. Other members noticed the match that was about to take place and started talking amongst each other. "Why so soon, three days won't be enough to make any kind of difference," one said quietly to another.
Dadora walked up to the mats. "Get ready, guys." Both of them got into their fighting poses. Tagura noticed that the pose was completely different than last time. He distinctly remembered a style similar to street boxing being used by Kain last fight, but this looked like a polished Karate form. He gave Kain a quizzical look, to which Kain continued to look sternly at him, intent on winning.
"Fight!"
Kain dashed forward, closing the distance in seconds. He struck out. Tagura barely dodged in time, completely shocked of the difference in Kain from three days ago. Tagura recovered however, and not long after they were exchanging blows. When they broke up, Tagura spoke. "Kain, how did you learn Karate in three days?"
Kain spoke up, "That's not all." He changed forms, switching into a Tae Kwon Doe form. He rushed forward again. When he was close to Tagura, he sweeped his leg, trying to break Tagura's balance. Though again surprised, Tagura had a lot of experience fighting and was able to quickly slide back, distancing himself from Kain.
Kain switched his pose yet again, this time to a basic Judo form. Tagura was completely shocked, there's no way someone could learn so many skills in such a small amount of time. It wasn't as if he was using the basics of the basics, he was using full techniques, and Kain seemed very fluid in performing them. Kain took advantage of all these thoughts. Grabbing Tagura, he threw him over his shoulder. Tagura hit the mat. Everyone stood there, watching this match, completely shocked. A moment later Kain was standing over Tagura with his fist in position to strike. After waiting a moment to make sure that Tagura was not going to continue fighting, Kain stood up straight and offered his hand to Tagura. Still holding the shocked look on his face, Tagura accepted and stood up with Kain's assistance.
The club quickly rushed up to Kain. "Where you hiding your skills last time?! That was amazing!" one said.
Another spoke quietly, "Damn, he looked like he was completely defeated last time, I can't believe he fooled me."
Kain looked around, satisfied with his win. Then his eyes settled on Murkuro. He seemed vaguely interested in the match, but as if his mind was elsewhere.
Looking at his level again, 24, there was no way he was normal. Kain thought that he had to be like him. Kain decided that he would soon find out what he was hiding.
Later that day
Kain watched as Murkuro left the club. Waiting a moment, he followed after him. Kain kept out of his sight, but he continued to follow him onto the street. Kain knew this was a weird thing to do, but if he really did have some special thing like he did, Murkuro would be a great person to learn some things about his life.
It was getting dark, and Murkuro took a sudden turn off into a side street. Thinking he was going to lose him, Kain started walking a little faster. He turned the corner, but no one was to be seen.
It was pitch black and a creepy street...Kain started feeling nervous. Maybe he should head home. He turned around to do just that when he heard something coming in his path. Maybe Murkuro had seen him and wrapped around?
His question was answered when a rotting corpse came into view, lumburing towards him.
Kain felt fear for only an instant, then Gamer's Mind kicked in. Kain looked at the level of the zombie, and he noticed it was level 9. He hadn't fought anything of that high of a level yet. Looking at the zombie though, Kain began thinking he could handle it though. It was extremely slow and seemed clumsy.
Kain got into a fighting pose and moved towards it. Once the zombie noticed him, it moved faster, groaning loudly. It was still very slow though.
Doing a few quick strikes and then finishing with a Judo toss, he dropped the zombie's health down to zero in no time. It melted away as if it had never been there in the first place. 600 XP!
He noticed another noise, and he looked behind him only to see three of them this time, lumbering towards him. Kain prepared to fight them. He rushed forward, digging his palm into one's chin, and following up with a roundhouse kick to another. The last one he threw into a building he was near. 600 XP! 600 XP! 600 XP!
Level Up!
Kain smirked a little at the level, but it dispersed almost immediately as he turned around. There, slowly walking towards him, was a horde of zombies. He started counting and stopped after 20. He turned around to see a group nearly as big the other one. "Damn it! This might not go so well," thought Kain.
If he let them come to him, he would have to fight more than 40 of them. If he rushed into one, he would only have one group and break his way out. He chose to do just that. Running at full speed, he rushed at the group. He immediately engaged the first zombie and struck it down in a heartbeat. He continued to bust through them, beating them as quickly as he could. Turning around to strike one, only to turn back around to defend against the previous. While fighting, Kain thought he saw a level up screen, but he wasn't sure. He fought through the horde, hoping to find an exit. But it wasn't coming.
More and more of them surrounded him, with no end in sight. One he knocked down bit his leg, and he stumbled under the pain. They were slowly overpowering him with numbers. "This is it... This is the farthest I was able to go. To think I'd die to something so weak..." Kain closed his eyes, waiting for his death.
Then he heard a noise not far from him. It was a weird noise, as if there was a slight hum. Then he heard another noise, a much more sickening one. The sound of bones breaking. He opened his eyes to see a person fighting at a speed he could barely follow. The humming noise came back, and the person's fist glowed blue. When the person struck a nearby zombie, a hole was blasted through it. There was another zombies nearby it, and they were all destroyed by the attack as well.
In at most a minute, the person had destroyed all of the disgusting creatures that had surrounded him, leaving Kain alone in the middle of it all, speechless.
"You dumbass, why are you here?!" shouted the person towards Kain.
Kain looked at him dumbfounded. "...Murkuro?"
The Gamer
Kain Rockbear Lv 5 Exp 2.33%
Health: 140/140
Mana: 200/200
Vit: 14
Str: 15
Dex: 19 + 2.09
Int: 20
Wis: 7
Luk: 2
Points: 15
Money: 33,500 Won
Question to you guys, should I make my chapters longer before releasing them? They do seem to be significantly smaller than a lot of other fanfictions that I have enjoyed myself. Very open to suggestions in how to improve.