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Three years had already passed since he found Ohma. Three years living in a pile of junk.

After discovering how much gold he had, the man hoped that today the day he was finally going to find Niko.

He then heard a moan, snapping him out of his thoughts.

Swinging his sword, a pained yelp echoed. A zombified head was rolling away from him before stopping in front of a pack of zombies or a pack of walkers according to his Observe.

Now how did he end up here? Two years ago when he and Ohma recently stole some cash from a yakuza member.

Flashback

"Hurry, their gaining on us!" Ohma yelled.

"What does it look like I'm doing for the last five minutes?!" Russell yelled back, completely ignoring the entire gang chasing after them.

Turning to their right, the two stopped when they realized there was a fence.

Russell quickly went towards the fence before facing Ohma and cupped his hands.

"C'mon we don't have much time." He said before Ohma nodded his head and placed his on Russell's hand.

The two could hear that the yakuza members were getting closer, making Ohma climb faster until finally he was on top.

"Okay, now it's your turn," Ohma said before seeing Russell smiling.

Suddenly a soda can hit his forehead, making him lose his grip and fall to the other side.

"What the fuck did you do that for?" Ohma yelled. Russell sighed before looking at the Asura.

"Look, you can hit me later but right now we need to split up otherwise they'll just keep following us."

Ohma knew he was right, but the three years of his life made him appreciate his companion.

Ever since he met Russell, the guy had eased their life. Whenever they stole something, the kid always stole more food than him or more distracting when he was the one stealing.

When they had to fight someone from taking their turf, the kid would disappear and reappear behind their attacker or sometimes beat the living shit out of them.

"Tch... fine, but you better not get yourself killed," Ohma said and ran as fast as he could.

Once he was gone Russell turns readying his "Presence Concealment" but then something else happened.

Time froze around him before a tear, in reality, appeared and sucked him in.

When he woke up from it he saw an apocalyptic city. There wasn't a single life.

At first, he thought it sucked him to another dimension only for his menu to open, displaying a message.

IT'S DUNGEON TIME!

This is a special quest. Special quests occur randomly. It can be dungeon, a quick time event, or during the main questline.

Special Quest: I will survive.

Description: Stuck in a zombie apocalypse, you have 40 minutes to slay the zombie king.

Success rewards:

3,000 exp, additional 10 stat points. A new weapon of your choosing, 3 skill points fighting style, and Id dungeon.

Failure: Death or no rewards.

Flashback End

And now here he was. Three minutes had already passed since it had sucked in him and there was still no sign of the Zombie king.

Though he noticed a red bar filling up. Maybe he needed to fill it up to summon the king. Some games had mechanics like that, requiring the player to defeat a certain amount of mind for the mini-boss or even a boss to fight.

Seeing that the area was clear, he let out a relieved sigh. "Status," He thought.

Username: Russell

Str: 55
Int: 55
Wis:50
Dex:95
End:95
STMN:80
Luck:?

Well, his strength had increased. He really didn't think exercising would increase his stat that much, though. His endurance and dexterity probably increased from his constant fistfights. His intelligence probably from the constant planning whenever they plan to steal. His stamina was already obvious.

"Skill Sets," He thought as the screen changed.

Emotion Suppression.
Observe
Autopilot (lv.3/3)
Presence Concealment (lv.2/3)
Actor (lv.2/3)
Pickpocket (Lv.2/3)
Insta-genius (lv.2/3)
Looting (lv.3)

So far those were his skills also he figured out why the skill was only up to level 3.

Turns out the skills had its own way of gaining exp. It relied on usage.

Some gamers had this, but his only reliant on the usage and the effect on the targets.

If he used Presence Concealment on someone with a skill that could counter his the skill level rises exponentially and according to the data certain skills had the potential to evolve.

His looting had already reached its maximum potential. Pressing the ASCENSION button. The Looting skill shattered like glass before being replaced with Golden Vein.

Golden Vein skill: With this skill, your capability to loot and scavenge items has increased. 70% increase in looting or scavenging silver items, 30% increase on gold items, and 10% on platinum items.

He blinked at the screen before using the HELP menu. From what he could understand, it ranked items based on copper, silver, gold, and platinum.

Copper rank items are anti-personnel items and have the highest chances of evolving to a higher state with an 80% chance of succeeding.

Silver rank had a 75% chance of evolving and its anti-army up to anti-fortress.

Gold ranks had a 60% chance of attaining a higher form with it being anti-fortress to anti-world.

Finally, Platinum ranks had only a 5% chance of evolving since it's anti-world to anti-universe items. It's no wonder it had the moniker of 'taboo items' or 'suicide items'.

If he read it carefully Copper ranks weren't actually weak, it's just the area effect is limited. However, if the item evolved, it had more room to grow compared to other ranks.

He then looked at his sword for a minute. If remembered correctly, this was a copper rank.

Would you like to evolve your item? Y/N Cost: - 3,000G + (Gold: 100, 897, 200)

Curious, he pressed + and the amount increased to 6,000. He grinned before pressing a few more times until stopping at 12,000 and pressed the Yes button. The tanto glowed a few moments, lucky there weren't any zombies in any sight.

Then it stopped. Russell had noted that it had more designs on it than its former state. Almost resembling the Rebellion of DMC reboot.

SWORD OF REBELLION (rank: silver) (anti-army)

It has a holy and demonic effect on enemies and has an auto-aim on vital areas of the target depending on the level of the user. It can also answer the user's will if it's separated.

Sweet, he was about to celebrate until hearing several moans and groans; he turned and saw another pack of zombies.

"Alright, time for a little practice," he muttered as he trudged towards the zombies with his sword ready.

Just as the zombie was about three steps away from biting him. He quickly swings his blade diagonally. The zombie's upper body slid off before becoming dust.

"Well, it said it had a holy and demonic effect. Since zombies can be a by-product of demonic energy, the holy properties could have a greater effect." He muttered before sweeping his blade onto another a zombie's, once it lost its footing, he swung his blade towards its head.

Seeing a police zombie with a pistol, he dashes towards it while cutting down the walkers close to him. Just as one zombie tries to grab his left arm, he jumps to the air before slamming his sword vertically to the zombie police. As the zombie splits, he wasted no time in grabbing the gun.

Item gained: Desert eagle.

He wasted not a single second as he fired. Some bullets struck its target, some missed but still hit another one.

Opening his menu, he quickly placed another 12,000 on his pistol before pressing 'Yes'.

JACKAL (Rank: Copper)

Boom-Jacka-Jacka-Boom. This is a customized semi-automatic pistol with 14 bullets in the casing. Made of silver-mercury and being customized as an explosive round.

"Alright, Jackie let's see what you can do." Russell before firing his gun. Three bullets left the barrel before hitting one of the walking dead.

What happened next made drop his jaws. The bullets didn't just pierce the zombie it had obliterated its upper torso. It did the same thing to the rest before hitting a wall when the dust cloud had settled. There was now a hole big enough for someone his size to fit in.

Looking at his pistol, can it be even called pistol? It was more of a hand-cannon, then back to the hole. He could only say this.

"Damn..."

Not wasting any more time, he unleashed a hail of bullets before switching to use his sword.

Soon more types of zombies came up. Runner, Tanker, Screamer, Bloats.

When he encountered the Runners he had a slight difficulty in hitting it with his gun since they had enough intelligence to know where he was aiming at. He had gotten a little creative in killing it. From using propane tanks and other explosives to making the ground slippery or sticky.

Tankers were a lot more handful and terrifying. Those things had armor that his gun couldn't pierce through. At least until the tenth shot.

His sword had been enough to slice through it. So combining the recoil of his explosive round to stun the zombies, he would then chop them up. Piece by piece.

The screamers and bloats were the easiest bunch as long as he kept the distance he was safe. Heck, he even the latter zombie was a bomb.

Finally, he was done there with nothing left but dust and mutilated corpses.

Checking the timer, it displayed that he had 30 minutes left. "Status."

Username: Russell

Str: 90
Int: 80
Wis:75
Dex:95
End:95
STMN:85
Luck:?

Suddenly the ground shook.

WARNING! WARNING! BOSS BATTLE.

Russell quickly reloaded JACKAL and readied Sword of Rebellion.
Just then the ground exploded as a figure. Despite its tattered look, he can still understand that the clothing was for royalty befitting of a king. Speaking of which said king also had a seven crowned jewel.

"Who dares challenge me?" The king said before spotting him. "A human? That's not possible... I have ensured that all mankind has been eliminated three years ago." The king said while approaching him.

"Wanna make it a thousand years?" Russell joked about something that irked the king.

"SILENCE!" The king summoned a gigantic claymore before swinging it down.

The sound of metal meeting metal echoed. "WHAT?" The zombie said in shock.

"You really... need to lose some weight, grandpa..." Russell said between grunts as his feet dug through the ground from blocking the blow with his own sword. With a roar, he pushed the king back.

"Observe." He muttered.

ZOMBIE KING LV. 40

Stats:
str: 100
end:100
dex:100
Stam:?

Well, his stats weren't that high compared to him.

Ping!

Hidden buff: Sword of Rebellion.

Adds additional boost of stat points to strength, and mental and physical debuff resistance regardless of the level of the enemy. It had a radius of ten feet and 3 minutes time limit before losing its effects.

"Filthy vermin... You shall suffer my wrath." The king's voice echoed.

"Well then, come and get some. Grandpa." Russell taunted and made a 'c'mon' gesture.

The king roared before dashing towards him. Russell unleashed another hail of bullets but noticed it wasn't working well.

Blocking the attack, the force was so strong that it flung into a building.

"Ouch..." He groaned before rolling away as the king appears out of nowhere and tried a decapitation. He then used Presence Concealment running to another room.

"Hiding will not help you."

As soon as the king passed him, he didn't think twice of swing his sword at the king when he saw his enemy was wide open.

A pained shriek came out of its mouth. Before the king could find him, he quickly used Presence Concealment once more.

Each time the king would look away or pass him, he would strike, but some of his blows were blocked or dodged.

Finally, the King pinned him down with its sword that forced him to block.

"Wow, you really suck at hide and seek." He joked.

The king roared before swinging its claymore with a greater force.

He could dodge the attack before spotting the king getting into a stance.

"Observe" He muttered while his Insta-genius skill worked. Once more shooting his enemy to stop the king, but again the bullets merely turned to dust.

The king delivered four slices. He could only block until the fifth swing. While he wasn't able to block it, his Autopilot lessened the damage.

Once more it flung him across several rooms before stopping outside.

"Thank God, I had that skill." He muttered before blocking the King's claymore.

"DUDE GET A BREATH MINT!" He yelled. "Where did you get that blade?!" The king said as he pushed his blade.

The human merely chuckled. "Who knows, I'm not even sure myself." He said before pushing him back.

The human then made a stance, a familiar stance. A sudden feeling of dread filled its being as it saw a visage of himself, except it wasn't a rotten being but one of living flesh. With post-haste, it raised its sword, but it was too late.

"Deadman's swing," Russell muttered before swinging his sword five times.

"Foolish boy, do you really believe that technique will work? It is I who made that, and I know its flaw." The king said while blocking all five strikes.

Yet why couldn't it shake the feeling that it had, the feeling that it was a trap? Suddenly it screamed in agony as the blade pierced its body. Looking down, he saw the damn sword had struck its right shoulder. Then turned and saw that It's right arm was being held.

"Your right that move was yours, so it's only normal for you to know it's flaw, but that was your mistake," Russell said before shoving his gun into its throat and emptied the entire clip.

Since its reign, the king never felt such pain that could be inflicted unto him, for no human or weapon could touch him until now.

The blade had holy energy coursing through it, yet demonic energy.

It couldn't understand how such a thing exists. Divine and demonic cannot work as one, yet the sword's existence defied that logic.

When the gun was finally empty, the boy had not stopped merely changing tactics by using his mere hands.

Again it was impossible nothing had penetrated his aura. The boy should have been reduced to dust moments ago, yet here it was the boy was beating him to the ground with nothing but his fist.

Russell knew his situation wasn't good. If he even let a single slip, the king would recover hence why he had resorted to using his fist instead of reloading.

Even then he can feel himself getting weaker from fatigue, yet he felt like he was getting older.

Grabbing his sword, he quickly severs the left arm before doing the same with the right. He ignored its screams as he plunged his sword to its chest and swinging upwards.

Looking at his health bar, it had only a quarter left.

"Boy, before my end comes tell me your name and that sword." The king asked despite its head being split into two.

"Russell and this the Sword of Rebellion." He said earning a chuckle.

"A fitting name for a sword. Go forth and set your path child of man, you have my blessing."

With that, the king became dust.

Special Quest: I will survive (Completed).

Description: Stuck in a zombie apocalypse, you have 40 minutes to slay the zombie king.

Success rewards:

3,000 exp, additional 10 stat points. A new weapon of your choosing, 3 skill points, and Id dungeon.

Failure: Death or no rewards.

"Status." He muttered.

Username: Russell

Str: 100
Int: 95
Wis:90
Dex:105
End:105
STMN:95
Luck:?

Well, that means his a tank if his stats were correct but he wasn't stupid enough to take any hits even if doesn't hurt.

"Skillset." He muttered.

Emotion Suppression.
Observe
Autopilot (lv.3/3)
Presence Concealment (lv.3/3)
Actor (lv.2/3)
Pickpocket (Lv.2/3)
Insta-genius (lv.3/3)
Golden Vein (lv.1/3)

He then pressed ASCENSION, soon his two of his skills shattered and replaced.

Ultra-instinct (lv.1/3)

Ka-ka-ka-daze. Your previous skill has grown, it's not an omen or mastered ultra-instinct. This skill heightens your senses even further than the norm in detecting dangers.

Well, no comment on that. The good thing was that it was now similar to Spider-sense.

Prodigy (lv.1/3)

Anything you do I can do better, Anything will be better than you~ This skill had developed where any skill or techniques can be copied and learn with 70% accuracy.

That wouldn't be a problem with the use of Observe, he might replicate any moves with a hundred accuracy. He just had to deal with the headache.

Nightcrawler (lv.1/3)

Now you see me and now you don't. You can become invisible to your enemies despite being in front of them. You're now capable of attacking your enemies without exposing yourself.

Well, that's an improvement. That meant he can now focus on attacking his targets without worry. Unless they have some radar.

Checking his skill set once more. He nodded at what he saw.

Emotion Suppression.
Observe
Ultra-instinct (lv.1/3)
Nightcrawler (lv.1/3)
Actor (lv.2/3)
Pickpocket (Lv.2/3)
Prodigy (lv.1/3)
Golden vein (lv.1/3)

His screen changed once more, displaying various sets of skills. "Let's see... no, no, ooh. Absolute zero... Blitz... Mastery of arms and set."

Again the screen changed before weapons of various kinds surrounded him. Russell couldn't feel overwhelmed by the amount of weapons.

Something caught his eyes. It was a pair of black and white gauntlet and metallic greaves. The gauntlet covered most of the wearer's arms with yellow jewel and 2 golden spikes. Upon closer inspection, he could see a pair of thrusters on it and his boots coupled with a small saw.

Great Orobouros (rank: Gold)

Let your fist do the talking. Forge from the remains of the dragon of Infinity and Dreams. It is said that at its full power it can shatter half of the planet.

Increases striking power and damage every one blow. Additional damage to Dragon-types.

Cool name and holy shit, that's one terrifying weapon. Raising his arm towards it, the weapon vanished before reappearing on him. He tested it with an occasional clenching of his fists.

The armory vanished immediately as the white orb descended until it was in front of him. Curious he grabbed it before The orb shattered into a ring with a skull design before settling on his right middle finger.

Ring of Salazar (Rank: Silver)

The soul of the zombie king has acknowledged you as it is superior becoming spirit arm. Grants necromancy.

Then a strange sensation filled his mind, it soon became unbearable as seconds passed before disappearing.

Mastery of Arms (lv.1/3)

Grants mastery over any form of weaponry regardless of how advance said weapon is.

Hearing a growl, Russell turned and saw a Tanker walking towards him.

Russell then raised his arm as his ring glowed. Two coffins then erupted from the ground before its cover slid off. He wasn't expecting it to be a pair of ghouls to come out if he was honest.

"Kill." He ordered as the ghouls screeched as it charged, on all fours, towards the zombie.

They bit, clawed sometimes even made some wrestling moves. Russell already figured out that it has intelligence since he can see them working together instead of just relying on their number. One distracts the target while the other goes for an opening.

Russell then tensed his legs as they bulged from the tension.

Blitz (lv.1/3)

By tensing your legs, you cross short distances in a single leap.

In a single leap, he had crossed their distance before delivering a powerful uppercut with its thrusters working for additional momentum and impact. The Tanker soared into the air before Russell jumped after it and switched to Sword of Rebellion and performed a few air combos and fired JACKAL a few times. It blew the zombie back from the impact than one ghoul jumped and grabs his arms before throwing him toward the Tanker without wasting a moment; he spins in the air before delivering a heel kick to the head. The small saw on the greaves spun, splitting its head into two.

Russell landed with a hint of grace as the body fell. He looked at the ghouls, both standing idly with an occasional growl. Waving his hand in dismissal, the ghouls nodded and returned to their coffins before sinking into the ground.

Well, that's convenient. He thought they would wander off until he summoned them. After collecting himself from what just occurred, he checked his last skill.

Absolute Zero (lv.1/3)

You have become immune to any harmful forms of magic and canceling or sealing magic. If the subject is a living being its magic will be sealed for 10 seconds, if the player is in contact with a magical spell it will cancel it. The user cannot use any offensive magic directly unless it's ki based attack, buff spells, or healing, cannot cancel any form of ki attacks.

Okay so kinda like Asta then. "Should have the damn print." He muttered before His eyes widened.

"Oh, shoot, I completely forgot. Ohma's in trouble. Id dungeon: exit."

Three hours later he was back in the junkyard. There he was Tokita Niko, seeing him in action with his Niko style was awesome.

There was only one way he could convince Niko to take him as a student. If Ohma impressed him with his desire to live, maybe showing his potential and determination to learn could work.

Without wasting time, he quickly used Nightcrawler until he was close enough for a sneak attack.

When he was, he quickly delivers a kick, but Niko could block it. Though he looked surprised that he got close to him.

Without stopping sent a few combos to the man.

Niko was definitely impressed, not only did this kid sneaked behind him but was keeping up. Using his Water kata, he redirected the punch and delivered his own while holding back most of his strength.

The boy was a prodigy, the boy could use Water kata and all it took was him seeing it once granted it still needs some work.

When he used Adamantine Kata, the boy jumped back. "Why did you stop?" He asked. "I just got the feeling I might break my hands if I didn't stop." The boy answered.

This time Niko laughed the boy was a prodigy alright.

"Yosh I have decided. I'll take you too. So kid interested in learning my Niko style?" Niko said.

"Wait what?" Russell couldn't help but ask.

Optional Quest: Niko style (Complete)