Chapter 57 Appearance

Clyde stared at the red floating text for a few moments. His eyes widened in disbelief.

His forehead was furrowed so deeply that it seemed as if his eyebrows might knit together at any moment.

But then Clyde calmed down. There's no point getting upset over those notifications because they never played by any clear rules in the first place.

Whoever has the power behind this apocalypse will determine everything. So Clyde didn't protest much anymore and was just getting ready.

"Fine. Give me all you got," Clyde said to no one. He gripped the hilt of the Elderglass Sword tighter.

His body was still a bit tired after fighting dozens of Skeleton Warriors yet he knew that he couldn't rest now.

The notification text before his eyes disappeared. After that the atmosphere became quiet.

The Skeleton Warriors scattered around him started to disappear one by one as if they had been erased from reality.

Just like bugs, zombies, and enemies that Clyde previously killed.

Clyde knows that these are times of transition. The time when new enemies will appear along with notifications about the latest Wave.

[ Quest Rank has been changed successfully. ]

[ Quest Rank changes to A. ]

[ Wave 11 starts! ]

Clyde gritted his teeth. Changing the Quest Rank from C to A was truly outrageous. Whoever did this seems to have a psychopathic personality.

However, when Clyde felt that anxiety, a happy notification appeared before his eyes.

That notification wasn't something that the apocalypse system popped up like a notification about the start of a new Wave.

But the notification appears for himself. From a system that has been his ally all along.

[ Private Attribute activated: Easy-Mode! ]

[ Quest Rank: A (C) ]

Clyde grinned. He hasn't seen that notification in a while. It was as if the system didn't feel the need to tell him about it.

But now the notification about [Private Attribute] being active reappeared. As if to give Clyde confidence that something is backing him up from behind through all this trouble.

There was silence for a few more moments. Yet, unlike before when Clyde always felt anxious when the quiet moment between Wave changes occurred, Clyde now felt calm after knowing that [Private Attribute: Easy-Mode] had activated and reduced the level of difficulty he would face.

'But it's longer than the previous one.'

Previously the monsters that came out of the square pattern on the wall didn't take this long. What happened?

They seemed to take more time to prepare monsters for Clyde. And that's not a good sign.

If it did take that long, there was a high chance that the monsters that appeared would be strong ones.

While Clyde was thinking that, something shaped like a vortex appeared in front of him.

The vortex is a combination of pink and black energies that create a strange and unusual feel.

From that human-sized vortex, legs stepped out one after another.

The legs were long and smooth as if they had been chiseled out of porcelain.

Then the body of the owner of the beautiful legs appeared.

She is a woman with jet-black hair and red eyes.

She was wearing revealing clothes. You could even say that she was almost naked.

She was only wearing a kind of black underwear that looked shiny.

So that the curves of her waist and thighs - which are pretty thick - are exposed clearly.

Above, she was only wearing a black bra that looked shiny as well. The black bra barely covered her busty breasts.

Clyde swallowed reflexively. As a man, seeing such a sight before his eyes must have made a warmth start to build up within his body.

But Clyde immediately noticed the shape of a pair of huge bat-like black wings that stretched behind her body.

The wings indicate that she is a dangerous being. Not a sexy woman figure that Clyde should admire.

The woman's face is also smooth and oval in shape. Her lips are thick and red. The woman smiled, making her face look seductive.

"Hello," she greeted in a deep sensual voice. "What's your name?"

Clyde's conscious mind returned before he was consumed by the seductive sight the woman displayed.

Clyde pointed his Eldeglass Sword at her. "You who will be my opponent this time?"

The woman kept smiling. She tilted her head to one side. And Clyde who saw it felt that small movement was so sexy.

"Yeah, let's just say it that," the woman answered ambiguously.

"What do you mean?" Clyde asked.

The woman did not answer more. Instead, she flapped her wings and flew.

Clyde immediately put himself on alert. Now, their battle will begin.

The woman changed her hands to look like claws. Then it shot towards Clyde with incredible speed.

*CLASH!*

Luckily, Clyde still managed to raise the Elderglass Sword in time to block the claw.

​ The woman grinned. "Not bad."

Then she turned her body. And threw a kick at Clyde.

Clyde blocked the kick with his hand.

The woman then floated away. Only to circle Clyde and attack him from behind.

Clyde, who had already thought that this was going to happen, rolled sideways to dodge.

The woman landed where she had been with claws extended forward.

[ Burning Hand (Lv.10) is activated! ]

Clyde stretched out his hand towards the woman. Then let out a huge torrent of fire.

The fire managed to hit the woman. Then a scream came from her.

"Arghhh!"

It was a shrill scream of pain. Clyde grinned because he finally knew he could hurt her.

At first, Clyde was worried because the woman looked different from the enemies that had previously appeared.

She spoke and greeted him as if she had some awareness of her own.

Unlike the monsters that appeared just now that were just empty bodies driven by the power behind their existence.

The woman also had a more varied form than the previous monsters. These things made Clyde conclude that she was no ordinary monster.

As soon as the fire disappeared, Clyde could see the shape of the woman.

She knelt with badly burned skin. However, her eyes did not reflect anger. But a feeling of surprise.

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