'I could do that??' i was speechless completely speechless. 'well this is something new..'
man i was so excited to use this new skill, the skill was S-Rank so it got me even more excited to the point i was trembling with excitement.
'Wait focus!'
I slapped myself with my palms on both cheek and got ready to join in on the fight
Minho got distracted fighting and healing others, that he forgot he even asked me a question. he was mainly fighting the scorpion with Hajoon so i have to take down the goblins boss
'okay lets do this..'
Without a second thought i ran towards the Goblin boss
SLASH!
SKREEEEEE!
I just slashed off a goblin Boss's Arm off like its nothing. The goblin boss was screaming in pain and Oh my.. It was angry now
SWOOSH THUD!
I barely managed to dodge the attack, after all i was still an F-Rank. even though I have a S-Rank skill, i still had low states. Thanks to te gears i was able to keep up with the speed. if i didnt had the gears I would've been dead meat by now.
'Damn it..'
CLANG! CLANG!
THUD!
It was becoming difficult to keep up with the goblins speed.
'i have to come up with a strategy'
I looked at my surroundings for a way to distract the goblin Boss and.. That was it!
I picked up a rock. yes a literal rock and threw it on the Goblin Boss's head. The Goblin boss stumbled and that was my chance
FWOOSH! THUD!
I looked at the Goblin boss speechless, its head was gone it was on the floor now "i did it.. i killed a goblin boss!" i mumbled to myself.
The corners of my lips curled up with the small victory i achieved, But then again i still had a bigger problem to face.
The Scorpion.
But the real question i.. how? i barely kept up with a D-Rank boss, So how would i defeat that thing?
I observed it and the scorpion was using its tail to mainly attack then for small attacks it was using its legs.
But first i need to know its regeneration speed so i can come up with a strategy, it's the most important step if i want to win this fight.
I glanced at Minho and he was now totally busy healing the injured team members.
The one fighting the Scorpion was Hajoon there is no way that guy would cooperate with me in any way, Though he was barely keeping up with scorpions attacks himself
He was inflicting it damage, But its still too small to confirm my attack pattern.
After alot of thinking i made my decision and joined in on the fight
This time instead of doing a calculated and single Default attack i will do a more effective attack.
I found the right time when it would lunge forward to Hajoon with its Arm And..
'Now!' I rushed to the Scorpion And Sliced its Arm Along with its head, i glanced up to see
And.. "Shit.." i mumbled to myself because i only managed to severe its arm
I felt chills run down my body when the scorpion slowly turned its head at me.
Well after that? you cant even imagine.. The scorpion boss was chasing me while i ran in circles, Of course even the scorpion was running in circles now.
And Minho? He was speechlessly watching me run in circles, Even the injured person forgot his injuries and looked at our 'chase' scene
I rapidly thought about ways to get out of this and somehow manage to kill that thing, the worst part? it had already healed it's arm
Ding! and Thats it! a most perfect plan popped up in my brain, But in order to achieve my plan i have to use more flame then necessary
"Okay lets do this!" While running i used more flame on my dagger, My dagger looked more like a Greatsword. honestly it was heavy, But i managed to controls it's weight with both my hands.
Thats when i stopped running facing the scropion
The Scorpion skid through the floor in attempt to stop, I stood infront of its way and pointed My Blade at it
And.. You can imagine the next part. Yes it's head dug into my flamey Greatsword and Before it could do anything I Swung my sword up and slice its head in half
***
[After defeating the Scorpion boss]
Yeah i managed to defeat that thing, but now im exhausted and getting healed from Minho to recover my mana i was running low on.
'i hope he doesnt find it strange that i managed to kill those things..' what am i even thinking?? its impossible for a person to see another person sticking to a ceiling crawling like a maniac with their eyes totally white and go "oh thats totally not strange"
What was scaring me more was his silence but i'd rather prefer him not to talk about what happened.
'he will totally tell koto about this its not gonna end good..' i sighed in defeat and gazed up at the dungeon exit nearing as we almost reached it.
As soon we exited the dungeon and watched as the dungeon gate started to close.
I found this as perfect opportunity to sneak away, But before i could do anything Minho spoke up
"Hey, shoto leaving so soon?" Minho questioned casually and spoke up again before i could say anything "Koto Said to throw a congratulation party for member who passed the test, you should come too"
Oh man Koto definitely knew i was gonna flee once i pass the test so he set up this trap? nah uh not gonna fall for it.
"Oh i think im gonna skip this one im-" I fake yawn and stretch to make it somehow convincing and continue " yeah im gonna skip this party and get some shut eye or maybe some rest" I faked a tired voice to convince him to let me go and..
"Oh i was really hoping for you to join in on the party" he spoke sounding a little upset
'Fuck! not this! better leave before i do get convinced to get into this trap!'
"sorry maybe next time?" i spoke tiredly of course an act and sneak away, i wave off then flee away like a prisoner.
***
[After Shoto's successful escape and arrival at home]
I entered the house and Took a deep breathe taking out my exhaustion, and damn a nice cold shower sounded the best to relax in peace.
After the cold and nice shower i sat on the couch ordering something nice to eat that's when..
"about damn time you accept me" a voice spoke up from my shoulder.
'Wait my shoulder!?' i jolted up from the couch and looked at the source of the sound, nothing was there. And damn i should've followed my mom's advice of not talking about ghosts
mum used to tell me if i talk about ghosts it might want to wander around me and maybe would get attracted and damn it she was right!
i got on my knees, closed my eyes and spoke up "o dear ghost please spare me i have no where else to go.." i opened my eyes to see and
"From which way do i look like a ghost?" The same voice spoke, except now it was in front of me
'what the-?'
"am i dead? are you here to take my soul?" I blurted out without even thinking of what im saying.
damn it i knew it was strange for me to kill an A-grade boss for me!-
"No you're not dead, im your ability Celestial ember" maybe i noticed it too late, But this thing is literally a little fire ball with tiny cute little hands and legs and it's size? it was size of my hand!
Wait a sec.. my ability?? I opened my mouth to speak "What do you mean 'My ability' how's that possible??" i questioned the little fire ball
"Yes your ability, Im a part of your fire, I mean my fire that you use." it explained to me. i was genuinely confused about what's going on
"You see before the reset, you hadn't accepted me and despised me. But now? you were proud of me like a new trophy, Therefore i chose to reveal myself though i might not be in my true form at the moment" And more explaining coming out of that tiny mouth
"So... Your the ability named fire buddy?"
"Technically speaking yes thats correct but im the owner of the ability celestial ember. the system broke the ability in simple form for you to understand your ability."
"What?? are you saying im stupid!? But... why would system do something specially for me? from what your saying it doesn't seem like system did this for someone other than me" I muttered to the little fire ball as it listened to me carefully
"Seems like the system has taken a liking to you" It shrugged its little shoulders
But it spoke about the 'reset' so that means even system knows about it, and what does this fire ball mean by 'the system taken a liking to me?' its genuinely strange... but anyways..
"wait can i give you a name?" i questioned eager to give this little fire ball a name. At first it thought about it then opened its tiny mouth to speak
"fine.. but! I am a boy so don't give me a girly name" its a he? of well then..
'what should i name him?'
TO BE CONTINUED...