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Chapter 8
The huge man charged after Kain. "Shit what can I do about him?" Kain thought. Even with his outer ki technique, he wouldn't stand a chance. He had nearly no defense techniques besides the ones built into his martial arts. "I don't know, lets see if he has a weakness to magic. Energy bolt!" The blast fired out, but Dameron just shrugged it off and continued his charge. He brought the club down towards Kain, with him barely dodging it, feeling the air off of it.
"Well that didn't work." Kain thought sourly. He began to think again. "Well, I won't be able to last long with my mana, but I could power up the outer ki. But if it doesn't work, I'll be done." Jumping back, he began to increase the ki flow in the outer technique.
Increased input, Str +60, Dex +60
"Oh, that looks a little better, kid! But how long can you keep it up?" Dameron laughed.
Kain rushed forward and threw out a punch. Dameron blocked it with his club, but with noticeable strain. Kain followed up with a quick kick to the side, which slipped past the guard of Dameron, making him fly a little away. He tried to follow up on it, but abruptly stopped when the blunt weapon buried itself into the ground right in front of him, now glowing with bright orange ki.
"You're gonna regret that, kid," Dameron growled. "I'm gonna fuck you up."
"Oh shit," Kain thought before being struck in the jaw with the weapon. Trying to maintain his footing, he spit out some blood. "He can use outer ki, too, shit. This is gonna hurt. I have to get closer to the clan."
With his increased strength, he jumped up onto a building and ran off, trying to get as much distance as he could. Not long after however, he felt an arm grab his shirt, stopping his progress.
"Not gonna happen, you little shit!" Dameron threw Kain off the building onto the hard concrete below.
"Last ditch effort!" thought Kain before boosting his ki even further.
Increased input, Str +100, Dex +100
"I can only hold this for at best a minute or two," thought Kain. He could feel his mana dropping at a huge rate. He shot forward, striking Dameron in his stomach. Kain could hear him gasp for air as Kain jumped up and brought his foot across Dameron's face, causing his body to spin around before hitting the ground.
"Goddamn it, kid, I'll kill you!" The huge man snarled. He boosted his own outer ki, and the orange ki rose high.
"That's a lot stronger than mine, I didn't stand a chance," Kain said solemnly. Before his eyes could register Dameron's movements, the huge man was already hitting him. He was struck several times in the gut, causing him to keel over. When Kain did that, Dameron brought his elbow down onto Kain's neck, firing him deeply into the ground.
"I'm gonna make you suffer before I take you out of here," he sneered. He brought his club down onto Kain's legs, causing a stifled scream to escape his lips. The outer ki surrounding Kain dispersed, leaving Kain completely defenseless. Dameron prepared to swing yet again. Kain prepared his mind for the pain that was about to come.
But it never came. After a few seconds, Kain struggled his way onto his back so he could see his surroundings. Standing above him was a man he had come to know over the past week. "Murkuro!"
"You got yourself into some trouble I see," he replied simply. He was holding back Dameron's weapon, struggling with the strength put behind it. Dameron jumped back, preparing for the fight with the newcomer. "Hey big guy, you might wanna rethink what you're about to do," Murkuro said calmly. A second later, two other people dropped next to Murkuro. They were level 31 and level 34 members of the Crimson Rain.
"You guys are still weak, I can take this many," said Dameron, narrowing his eyes. His outer ki spiked to its maximum.
A second later, all three members of Crimson Rain did the same. Despite being a lower level, Murkuro's ki was no weaker than the others. All four combatants rushed towards one another, Murkuro blocking Dameron's attack. The other two struck him in his side, sending him flying back.
"Damn it, I will not lose!" Dameron rushed out, striking one of the members across the face, leaving it in a bloody mess. He tried to do the same to the other, but the Crimson Rain member ducked under it and brought his fist into Dameron's stomach. Murkuro charged and jumped up to strike his jaw with his feet. Before Dameron could recover, the battle ended abruptly with the other clan member focusing his ki into his hand a struck the neck. The hand penetrated it, and Dameron's neck began spewing blood. Moments later, he dropped to the ground, dead.
Kain was extremely exhausted. He saw the bloodied clan member slowly stand up. "Good, no one had to die for me..." he thought. Then his vision went black and he passed out.
"...ain! Kain!" Kain was abruptly woken up by Murkuro shaking him. They were no longer on the street; they were now in a white building that Kain assumed was the medical room for the clan.
"How are you feeling? You were bleeding pretty hard for a little before your body seemed to just heal up." Murkuro was looking at him with worry.
Kain pulled up his status window to see his health was almost completely filled back up. "I'm fine. My ability allows my body to heal pretty easily. I'm almost to full health. It's pretty convenient." He leaned up, removing the blanket that covered him. Then he noticed how little he was wearing and immediately pulled the covers back up, since Murkuro was not the only one in the room. "Was the undressing really necessary?"
Murkuro looked at him with amusement. "We had to check for any other injuries. You sure you're okay?"
"Yep," Kain said, noticing his clothes across the room. "Could you throw me my pants?"
"Sure," Murkuro said. He reached back and tossed them to Kain, who quickly put them on beneath the sheets. "Now, what happened?" he asked, regaining the serious mood.
"Basically, I was walking on my way home and the dude just randomly attacked me without warning. Though I found out that information on me was being sold through something called the Abyss Auction," Kain replied calmly.
Murkuro got an angry look on his face. "How the hell did they find out about you? We were trying so hard to keep you secret so it wouldn't happen. Have you been training at home?"
"Not really. I train my illusion barriers on my way back home, but besides that, no."
Murkuro rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Shit, that makes sense then. We should have told you not to make illusion barriers much outside of the clan. Doing it constantly like that probably drew their attention."
"Should I stop doing it now?" Kain asked.
"It doesn't really matter at this point, they know of your existence now. If you keep doing it, just make sure to be on guard for more attacks, since you won't be paying as much attention to your surroundings." Murkuro thought for a second. "We're gonna have to increase the number of guards around the area. I'll have to tell the captain."
"Oh, I just thought of something," Kain said. "What job do you do in the clan?"
"That was off topic considering you almost died today." Murkuro smiled. "I do whatever I can to help around, I don't have a set position. Usually I'm helping out the protection of the clan though."
Kain nodded. "And do you know more about what the Abyss Auction does?"
"Yeah." Murkuro got a sour look on his face. "They're the best around for buying goods for this world, like magic items and the such. But they don't discriminate what they sell. That includes people. All right, I gotta go. On your way home, the two guards outside this door will shadow you to make sure there are no more enemies nearby in hiding."
"Okay, thanks." Kain got up as well.
The trip home was uneventful. But being as quiet as it was, Kain began thinking of his strength. "I need more defense. So far, all I've focused on is attack. It's not enough for a fight."
Thinking of ways to complete that task, he arrived at home. There was no one else home, so he sat down and debated on what to do.
It reached nightfall. Kain finally decided on what he was going to do to get stronger. "Mana is a strong force. If I want to get stronger, I need to master manipulating it. Once I can change its form, I can use it for defense."
He walked outside and wandered off towards a bare area. Kain raised his hand. "ID Create: Time Warping ID." It slowed the time down by 4 at its current level. Raising his hand again, he created an inner illusion barrier. "ID Create: Ghost ID."
Not long after, Kain was surrounded by gray colored floating ghoulish creatures. He immediately attempted to hit one with his fist, which passed right through it. He added ki to it and tried again. This time, the attack hit and destroyed the creature. "Like I thought, you have to use techniques that include mana to hit it," Kain thought.
Kain fired his energy bolt several times at the creatures. It was doing minimal damage. "This is gonna take forever," sighed Kain. He trained that skill for at least an hour, though in the real world it was only 15 minutes. It reached level 10. He raised his hand, broke the illusion barrier, and began training his spirit technique to quickly recover the mana he had had lost.
"Okay, this time I'm going to create some new skills now that I have a good handle on using the mana," he said, raising his hand. "Ghost ID."
Now as the ghosts came towards him, he created an energy bolt, but didn't release it. Instead, he kept adding more mana to it, slowly building its size. When it was nearly three times the size of the previous energy bolt, he let it go, destroying the ghost instantly.
Through a special action, a new skill was created
Large Energy Bolt (Active) Lv 1
More effective larger form of the basic spell Energy Bolt
Increases damage by 200%
"That wasn't too hard," Kain said, smiling. "Okay, now how about a barrier?" He poured out a small amount of mana from his hand. "Okay, flatten...and become durable." Kain manipulated the mana as he said the words, doing as he said.
Through a special action, a new skill was created
Mana Shield (Active) Lv 1
Barrier that takes a certain amount of damage before shattering
"Great! Mana Shield!" A barrier surrounded Kain. To test it, he walked up to a nearby ghost and let it attempt an attack. It wasn't able to pass the barrier, but the barrier was noticeably damaged. "I'll definitely have to grind that, it's so weak." He fired a Large Energy Bolt at the ghost so he could continue his skill creating in peace. "Okay, one more long distance technique." Kain thought of all of the shows he had watched, and then Dragon Ball Z came into his mind. "Let's try to make a beam attack!" Kain grinned.
Kain made a large energy bolt, but when he let go, he kept flowing mana through his hand, connecting the bolt to his palm. It shot out just like he had planned it to, a flowing blast that mowed through a line of ghosts.
Level Up!
Through a special action, a new skill was created
Mana Beam (Active) Lv 1
A very strong attack that continuously fires mana out of the palm.
Increases damage by 200%
Can be held until mana runs out
"Perfect!" Kain yelled out. "Okay, one more! But this time, close distance." His plan took Kain a considerably longer time to pull off. He pulled mana out from his palm, gripping it in his hands. Protruding out of his grip was a long, poorly made beam.
Kain grimaced. "That's not good enough." With a lot of effort, he sharpened the mana. Along the thin edges of the blade, the mana was quickly moving to create a cutting effect.
Through a special action, a new skill was created
Name your skill?
"Mana sword," Kain said.
Mana Sword (Active) Lv 1
A form manipulation of mana that has a sharp edge, looking similar and acting just like a sword.
"Perfect. Now it's time to train." He readied his new blade, preparing to charge the hourd of ghosts that had been slowly surrounding him.
The Gamer of Crimson Rain
Kain Rockbear Lv 14 Exp 6.83%
Health: 290/290
Mana: 470/470
Vit: 29 + 12% + 11%
Str: 34 + 12% + 11%
Dex: 30 + 11% + 12% + 11%
Int: 20 + 12%
Wis: 12 + 12%
Luk: 2
Points: 60
Money: 33,500 Won