Chapter 4 - 4- New Weapon

Chapter 4: Chapter 4- New Weapon

In the neighborhood that Talon lived in was a giant warehouse used mainly by the Seoul National University for food and other necessities that it receives every month from the government to keep the university running.

It was a very huge, concrete building with thick metal doors and had an almost impenetrable set of windows all around its walls. It was the perfect place to hide from Dimension Walkers. Not to mention the food it has stored in it which could be used to save Talon's life and perhaps the lives of other people.

So, without time to waste, Talon quickly started running through the destroyed streets of the neighborhood.

The number of Dimension Walkers had dramatically increased during the time Talon was inside and so it didn't even take a few seconds of running before Talon was met with numerous monsters that saw him as a good target.

Looking around him, Talon immediately dashed around them as fast as he could. Luckily, even with their rather ominous speed, Talon was able to outrun them and escape. However, the more he ran, the larger the group of entities that tried to attack him grew. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

"Why is everyone after me!" He cursed. "I can't even fight all of them!"

Running through the streets, he noticed another group of monsters right ahead of him, feasting on dead people.

"You might need a weapon, boy," Acrypha said casually as she followed him.

"I know! But where am I supposed to get one?" He asked.

"Crush one of those orbs that you got previously." She said.

"Huh? Why?"

"Just do it."

Talon did hear her saying that these orbs would give him rewards but considering the situation he was in, he had no other choice but to bet on these orbs.

So, rummaging through his pocket, he pulled out one of the orbs, precisely the blue one with the very faint light. Looking at it for a second, Talon gulped before he closed his eyes.

"Here goes nothing."

*CRASH*

With a simple exertion of strength, the orb was destroyed into pieces as the particles fell to the ground. At the same time, the faint blue light rested on Talon's hand as it suddenly grew in size.

Before the young man could even react, a long object was resting on his hand. Looking at it closely with a surprised gaze.

"A spear?"

What he saw in his hand was a long blue spear with a sharp blade at the end of it. The blade had a beautiful decoration running across its shaft and ended perfectly at the point where the blade and the shaft merged.

"Why am I getting fewer points with each monster I kill?" The young man frowned when he noticed that he wasn't getting the same number of status points as before.

"The more of these low-level things you kill, the fewer rewards you will get," Acrypha replied as she simply looked around her curiously, not bothering with the apocalyptic nature of their environment.

"Aaah, is it to stop people from just killing weak enemies?"

"Exactly. The stronger you get, the stronger the monsters you need to kill become."

Nodding his head, Talon's eyes moved to the spear again. The reason for that was that a window had just popped out of nowhere right above the weapon.

[Blue Lapis Spear (Common Item): A spear born from the essence of the sea. At the base level, it can easily kill any enemy Level 10 and below. It can level up and max out at Level 10. At that level, it can kill any enemy Level 30 and below.

Level: 1/10

Bonus Points: +5 Strength, +5 Agility, More effective against sea creatures.]

"Nice weapon..." Talon nodded his head with an impressed look. A spear that can kill monsters levels above Talon and can even kill monsters at level 30 is very powerful.

Slashing with it a few times, he felt Acrypha's eyes on him.

"So, this is the reward you've been talking about?" He asked as he slowly peeked from around the corner of the street to check for any monsters.

"Yes. With each monster you kill, there is a chance that you will get a reward. It's not 100% the case every time, though. And the rarity also depends on the monster you killed and a lot of luck."

"So that's why those two monster orbs didn't have any shiny lights inside of them?" When Talon unexpected the two cores, they were completely gray, akin to pieces of stone in contrast to the colorful nature of the first two cores.

"Seems like you figured it out."

"I see." Rubbing the back of his head, Talon finally exhaled a breath and started moving again. The other monsters following him were getting closer so he had to continue to his destination if he didn't want to get stuck there.

The run to the warehouse was a 10-minute one. Since the neighborhood he lived in was small, the streets were also very small which made evading monsters impossibly hard. However, Talon found a way around that problem by using the destroyed buildings around him as hiding spots that he could move through without alerting the monsters.

With that, he continued running toward the warehouse as fast as he could. The darkness of the day cast its looming shadows on Talon. The weather felt cold even though it was summer and the ringing sound of the huge portal in the air was akin to a twisted background music that followed Talon wherever he went.

'I can't find any survivors!' Not even after he moved for minutes and minutes did he find a single living human being. Talon was starting to feel guilty that he didn't save anyone else in the apartment complex when he left.

However, he knew that there was so much he could do in that situation. Now, after barely 20 minutes since everything went into a frenzy, Talon was actually doing way better than he expected.

'I can save some people! I just need to find them before they get eaten alive!'

As he had that in mind, he suddenly heard a loud scream coming from a nearby street. Immediately, Talon's attention perked up.