Chapter 49 New Opportunities

Chapter 49 New Opportunities

Adam faced the Brass Puppet again, but this time not in Rusty Ruins, but in the colosseum created in the virtual zone.

In fact, it was not a fully accurate version of the Brass Puppet, because one fight against Adam was not enough to fully explore this version of the monster. However, all physical stats were rendered quite accurately, as well as weapon sharpness and armor density.

Crackle.

Adam swung the needle, slicing off Brass Puppet's head. In the virtual version, Brass Puppet couldn't proceed to his second 'stage', so given Adam's greatly increased power, he won after only a few minutes.

"Well, in a way it's even a little sad, but it's already a passed point. Silvana, can you create someone stronger? Someone that I would find difficult, but possible to defeat." Adam asked.

"Sure. I've already chosen a suitable candidate."

At the same moment, Brass Puppet disappeared, and the empty colosseum changed to a dense forest with tall trees and massive rocks placed here and there. Then, a tall, muscular creature covered in thick green fur and red around the belly emerged from the clots of dark smoke. The monster had six pointed ears with long hairs, two legs, and two long front paws with sharp short claws, as well as a powerful jaw and four vicious eyes.

"This is Reckless Torok. Blue Threat Level, White Book. It's hard to say how strong it is, but it's definitely not the weakest of the Blue Threat Level. I'd say Reckless Torok is just below average." Silvana explained, "Shall I tell you about his weaknesses and strengths?"

Adam shook his head.

"I shouldn't. I didn't even get to test my new arsenal on Brass Puppet, but I'm sure this guy won't lose that easily!" Adam's eyes sparkled when the needle appeared in his hand, but this time something different happened. A multitude of threads floated in the air around Adam's hand as if waiting for a command.

[Weaver's Needle n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Make thread become an original tool that can be used to both kill and sew fabric, even if it is reality, itself

First Trait: Two Weaver's Grip.]

[Two Weaver's Grip

Choose which grip to use depending on what goal you want to achieve. No fast and agile opponent, no distant attacker, no brute force will be able to take you off guard.

The loose threads wrapped extremely tightly around Adam's arm, and especially his fist, holding the needle as firmly as possible as if making his arm and the needle one thing - one weapon. In this form, Adam's attacks were stronger, faster, and more accurate, and the recoil from parrying was much less due to the dense layer of threads. However, this grip also had disadvantages, because Adam's movements were somewhat restricted. He could not sharply turn the needle in his hand to block an attack from another direction, he had to move his whole arm to do so.

Well, against a slow opponent with powerful but predictable attacks, this was probably the perfect solution.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble. Reckless Torok's fists rained down on Adam, who defended himself with his needle. The ground shuddered as cracks split beneath Adam across the soft soil that could barely withstand such pressure.

"Yeah, I can feel it. If I hadn't opened my Lock and used that grip, my arm would have broken, but now... It's only a slight recoil!" Adam swung the needle, leaving a long cut on Reckless Torok's paws.

"ROOOOAAAAAARRRR!!!"

Reckless Torok continued to attack while Adam defended and counterattacked. Very soon, only a few minutes later, dozens of trees and rocks were destroyed, and the monster's body was covered in blood.

However, Reckless Torok didn't look like he was about to lose at all, on the contrary, he was getting stronger with each passing second, his attacks getting harder and faster.

'I see... This firepower isn't enough to defeat you without struggling and special tactics. Well, good thing it's not all I have. Time to call it a day!' Adam internally exclaimed before jumping back.

His needle disappeared, and his eyes shone again as he used his second Order, a completely new weapon in his arsenal.

Dozens of dense threads turned into a gauntlet reaching up to his shoulder with long, sharp fingertips that replaced the claws. Nexus's threads were not overlapping, they matched the Second Order as they were parts of one complex force.

[Weaver's Silver Claws

Sometimes to get the job done there is no need for elegance and pedantic precision as with the needle. In such cases, brute force is required, capable of tearing through any fabric or flesh of the enemy as well as anything that stands in the way].

Reckless Torok ran at Adam, quickly approaching and shaking the ground from his heavy footsteps.

Adam with a calm gaze, raised his left hand as his fingertips flashed brightly. Then, an energy wave traveled through the entire gauntlet.

At the same moment, five vertical threads like sharp blades launched forward, cutting the ground in their path and quickly clashing with Reckless Torok.

The threads traveled onward just as Reckless Torok. Reckless Torok took another step and fell, splitting into five even pieces.