Fight Fight Fight
Slowly they joined their chant following hers their eyes slowly narrowing and turning red
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
She was shouting now clutching the mic with white fingers hating the monsters but loving them too They had crushed her old life but gave her this brief month of being on top of the social circle even if she was nothing more than a glorified mouthpiece No matter how twisted it was at least she was loved
The system had given her a skill that made even that stoic boy struggle to resist her smile And just as quickly the system had taken it away Leaving her with scar tissue For that at the moment she wanted to bring it all crashing down And so she sang howling her dissatisfaction
FIGHT
Raina continued to shout yelling her call to action her skill imbued voice echoing over most of the town but some people were already insensible at this point Vicious their vision tinged red they turned and stumbled outward picking up trash and furniture gathering weapons
When they found monsters they threw themselves at them with wild abandon not caring for their lives Because they heard a beautiful voice and it told them one thing Fight
Men and woman attacked each other in their haste to find and kill a monster They surged outward the weaker among them losing their feet and being swiftly trampled But the crowd cared not They were scared weak people and Raina had given them something to cling to In her strange magic they found strength
Not their own strength but the strength of a vicious hungry mindless mob
Chapter 83
Randidly stretched cracking his neck as the moon rose over the city
Unlike Donnyton this monster horde had come quite soon after sundown So around 6 hours later when the monsters were too thinly spread to be considered anything more than the usual amount the survivors collapsed ready to rest for the rest’ of their lives
As he returned to the city he couldn’t help but laugh at his own joke But then he looked around at the piles of bodies and he sobered up somewhat
It had been bloody More so than Randidly expected But he supposed that the machine guns had been barely used The ammo stores were running low before the horde How could they be expected to handle 20k monsters
Even if they kept the number of classers low for tomorrow the sheer number of people here meant the hordes would be large Surviving would be tough Briefly Randidly considered remaining here trying to assist for a while longer
But then he shook his head He could not help every village grow He was here to create an advantage for Donnyton And the advantages in recruiting they would gain would be more than enough
In addition Devan had told him about some of the dangerous seeming notifications that he had received a few days prior as Donnyton apparently advanced to a Trainee Village Hopefully this also meant that Nul would relent and allow Randidly to learn more skills from his skill challenges And just interact with him in general
At any rate it was time to head home Or at least it would be tomorrow
Over the course of the night Randidly had gained 3 levels in Spear Mastery 2 in Phantom Thrust and Spear Phantom’s Footwork 1 in Eyes of the Spear Phantom 4 in Phantom Half Step 2 in Heavy Blow and Fighting Proficiency 3 in Phantom Onslaught Sweep and Edge of Decay 4 in Pollen of the Rafflesia 1 in Agony 6 in Circle of Flame and finally 1 in Physical Fitness
But for the moment Randidly did not yet distribute his PP Instead he walked through the depressed city heading towards the location of his cooking job This would likely be the last time he would be here so he wanted to join in the work Especially when they were offering free food to the survivors in an attempt to keep up morale
Randidly was not really interested in charity but he supposed building up goodwill and grinding his cooking skill just a little longer with the superior cooking equipment wasn’t such a bad thing
Luckily for Franksburg the Senator had survived even while the headquarters was largely ransacked by skeletons by locking himself in the closet and crying himself to sleep Most of the previously intimidating military presence had fled leaving him alone to man the communications room
The Freedom Fighters as a group searched for him found him and then satisfied everyone wandered to find the nearest bed Even Anthony who had only commanded the battle had red rims around his eyes and was starting to slur his speech
Alana supposed it was only natural this was their first beast horde They had fought monsters before but they didn’t know what it was like to be afraid for their lives And to think they had nowhere to return to
Internally Alana admitted to herself that it was slightly cruel what they were doing Without their assistance they wouldn’t have acquired a Newbie Town for a few more weeks At that time their average level of strength would have risen another level
Admittedly not to the point where they could have survived what came for them last night but still
Shaking her head Alana turned around to talk to Devan and his squad only to find another group of 3 had crept up on them
Still awake Alana said with false casualness but inwardly she was slightly afraid of the masked woman in front of her She had felt the pull on her will too as Raina had chanted fight but had resisted it Once the conscious choice was made it was rather easy to push its influence aside but she then had to watch as people had their arms cut off and stuffed their bloody stumped down the throat of a monster to kill it their eyes gleeful
It was a dangerous power when you allowed it to consume yourself
Yes Raina said simply And I know a place that is giving out free food to survivors I know a chef there I’m sure you all are famished Won’t you join me I have something to discuss
Raina explained slowly cautiously but she could still see Alana hesitate
Are you sure Alana asked carefully That you really want to abandon what you have here
Yes Raina said simply for the first time realizing what a boon the mask was The other woman could not see the change in her expression Things are fine now but I expect there to be backlash for what I did to all those people
Alana remained silent but her gaunt eyes meant that she had seen it too Most of the lives lost at the end were not due to people being overwhelmed by monsters but rather due to people fighting without any care for their lives throwing themselves into danger in order to inflict wounds on the monsters
The rest of the walk continued in silence and Raina admired the professionalism of the people who came down from this village to the North The head of the squad who Raina had heard was a knight marched with his squad members following behind in formation even now prepared Their equipment looked well cared for and practical She wondered idly what they had gone through to get to this level of skill
Raina saw Randidly as she walked up working the front of a stand one hand blurring as he cut food then moving it to the pan all the while speaking with a customer His movements were liquid and smooth even as everyone around him hurried back and forth struggling to keep up with the mass of people willing to stay awake for food
Of course 10 feet away from the stand piles of people were laying snoring next to their half eaten plates
It’s here Raina said stepping into line To her surprise all of the people from Donnyton had extremely strange expressions on their faces as they gazed up at the food
Raina ignored that and tried not to worry overmuch over how Randidly reacted to her face Would he even recognize her with the mask Of course he would he had made it for her but
After what felt like an eternity their group reached the front of the line Randidly’s stoic eyes slid up to them appraising them Raina froze unsure of what to say
But what she didn’t expect was for Randidly to largely ignore her turning to the others Fatigue level
Moderate but no injuries Devan said smartly saluting towards Randidly Rubbing his hands on his apron Randidly nodded