Chapter 836 A Deadly Trio
The large battle had come to an end, with one person left standing, while the other was lying flat out on the floor. Ice had passed out, and to those watching, there was a clear victor. The only thing was, those watching had no clue just how close the match really was. Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com
To them, Gary, while taking the hits non-stop from Ice, looked like someone who was invincible and had an unlimited amount of stamina. That was because for that short period of time, those two things were certainly true.
‘You were incredibly strong, more so than I could ever imagine. You also helped me see what it’s like to fight against someone that has strong elemental powers, and you also showed that I’m still not strong enough,’ Gary thought to himself, trying to clench his fist.
In doing so, his fingers, his whole fist, was weak, but one thing did occur, and that was a ding sound from his system.
[Quest complete] [You have leveled up!] [You have leveled up!]
[Level 34 >>> 36]
It was the first time in a while since defeating one opponent that Gary had leveled up more than once. Which was nice for him to see; with it, he would gain two stat points he could use as well. They were handy, since the higher level he was, the fewer stat points he would receive even from consuming Altered and beasts.
But on top of that, there was a little more in terms of rewards he had received.
[You have received 2 pawn points] [Total pawn points: 7]
‘I still have 7 pawn points I can use. I can use these to upgrade my other stats or see how much is required to upgrade my skills as well. I can also use them to unlock new skills if they're available. That’s why I’ve been keeping them for the time being, and there’s another reason as well,’ Gary thought as he looked at the points building up. He needed to think about what was the best situation in all of this and what he could do, but before that, he needed to figure things out himself.
He raised his hand, hitting the top of his forehead; his vision was quite blurry.
A signal was given, a hand raised in the air, and they knew what to do.
One of the men that were watching everything so far didn’t act on the order straight away; instead, he looked around for a few moments before he broke from the wall and charged forward at Gary. His hand had transformed into a sharp reptile-skinned point, and he was heading right for Gary.
‘Sh*t!’ Gary thought as he saw this. ‘I can hardly move, and if I get hit by that, I’m dead!’
The downside of using the last stand skill was that one needed to get rid of everyone before using it, otherwise, they would be in a really bad position, just like what Gary was in now.
The person came closer and closer, that was until a man appeared in front of the two of them. He grabbed onto the stinger, and a card was thrown out right at the attacker’s neck.
Letting go of the stinger, the man fell to the floor with the card lodged into his throat.
“Blackjack! Blackjack just saved the new guy, wait why would he do that!” The prisoners asked.
"Hey, more like why did someone try to attack Gary, did they think this was the perfect chance to get rid of him?"
Right then, Gary’s eyes were seen closing, and it looked like he was about to fall to the floor. Right before he did, Blackjack held out his hand, catching him. He then lifted him, placing him over his shoulder.
No one dared to step forward again, and right after that, Blackjack knelt down and lifted Ice from the ground, placing him above his shoulder as well. He was carrying them as if they were weightless and with such ease even though he was smaller than both of them.
“These two, don’t touch them, they belong to me,” Blackjack answered with a smile and began to walk away.
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