Event Prizes
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The world around me vanished only to be replaced with the smell of freshly cut grass the humidity of southern heat. My eye quickly adjusted to a familiar blue sky and people staring at me. I stared down and remembered I was naked.
People, humans with strangely long ears, slightly pointed noses, and eyes a little larger than I was used to, continued to stare at me. On their fingers, I counted six digits, but that wasn't the end of the strangeness. Their hair color and body shapes were all weird. I saw more purples, dark reds, and blues than a feminist parade. Only their eyebrows and facial hair were the same color as the hair on their head.
An armored hand gripped my shoulder. "Get your bearings; we only have 2 hours, and zombie survival is a team sport. My name is GreyKnight44, but you can just call me Draigo." Draigo said.
I turned to see a man dressed in mismatched knight armor spray painted grey. There were only two options I could take him seriously or laugh in his face. He was right; this was a team sport. But the guy looked hilarious.
"RuthlessRedRex, but I go by Red." Just as I said that, my collar went off in a killing burst. Electricity light I'd never felt before coursed over my body, blasting out in terrible arcs. I bit my tongue instead of yelling. Blood splashed against my mouth, and I focused on the job at hand.
My body had doubled in toughness, and I only had two hours to cause enough mayhem to level my Root Of Black Dragons skill. "We need to focus on the job at hand. Is this a flesh farm?" I grunted out.
"Are you going to be alright? I know a healing spell." Draigo said.
"No, I'll live; it's just a little shock." When I thought I had a handle on the pain, the shock grew worse. Literally, a day ago, this would have killed me. I should be leveling like crazy, but it seemed I couldn't level my skills until after an event ended.
It was much like how I couldn't level my skills while my backflip quest happened. Though that didn't seem to apply for more abstract quests or quests that involved everyday survival.
I sucked in a breath and let it out. This meant no stealing cars, or I'd destroy their electronics. On the bright side, two hours of this would really improve my shock and pain resistance skills.
My world hadn't stopped at yellow or green; it tinted a bright blue. At this point, my strength should be around 7 instead of six. When Force Body was activated in full, it would be 12. That rating was still much weaker than any other of our targets.
"Draigo, we need to destroy this flesh farm." I heard the rev of an engine, and the people around us immediately lined up.
"Let's hide and monitor the situation." I heard the bark of a dog and knew hiding wasn't an option.
"I'm burning this place to the ground and everything else I find. You can help me or do your own thing. If the undead managed to leave this world, they'd be a plague on the universe." I said.
"Do you really believe an abominable intelligence?" Draigo said.
I stared at the 40k weeb in front of me and suddenly didn't give a f**k if he was caught and eaten. Some of the zombies were more than strong enough to rip us limb from limb. We were here to get points and more dice. For a grey knight wannabe, he sure didn't want to get his hands dirty.
Why was Draigo here, or did these people look too much like humans to him?
After three seconds of being here, I understood they were the flesh farmed for undead consumption. For a grey knight wannabe denying enemy resources was apparently a step too far.
"We're not going to kill them," I said.
A plan had already formed in my mind. It was worse on the living here, but the residence was a lost cause anyway. Attacking the farm stock would probably cause a fight with Draigo. So, I'd burn down all their food and resources of the living. If the zombies couldn't feed their live stop, they'd have no choice but to butcher them. Truthfully, it would be kinder to just kill them myself.
I shot off and activated Hatchling's Flames. We were surrounded by a virtual garden of Eden. Fruit-bearing trees of all kinds filled covered the area. My dragon's flames caught quickly, taking great pleasure in burning the fruit most of all. This time I burned indiscriminately and watched my points slow increase from 0 to 3. It was a start.
The zombie shot towards us on an Outlander 450/570 shooting at us with an AK. Bullets whizzed over our heads and smacked into my back. They felt like mosquito bites compared to the shock my collar gave off.
We cut a sharp right and shot through a thicket before doubling back. "So, you have the sprint skill, too," I said.
"Yea, your pretty fast; I thought you were more of a barbarian type," Draigo said.
A zombie burst from behind a tree about to tackle Draigo to the ground. While it was fast to my eyes, it might as well be moving through molasses.
Ding!
PER +1
PER 20
My fist smashed the creature in the jaw. I flashed Force Body and Mortal Telekinesis for a moment before the blow struck. The undead's head crumpled in on itself like a rotten Jack-O-Lantern.
Ding!
Event Points +5
Total Points: 8
I needed to make killing these things more manageable. There was a grain silo nearby, so I charged for it. We crossed over fields and ditches. I slew nearly a hundred head heads of cattle and inventoried half of them for later. Zombies threw themselves in our path, and we killed them.
Draigo pulled a glowing sword from his inventory to fight off the undead while I punched them to death. They only gave 3 to 5 points with each kill. From my earlier work, the orchards behind us were ablaze, and I directed the flames even from a distance to leap over fire breaks and catch more woods.
Ding!
Event Points +50
Total Points 388
The smoke had managed to kill a few human livestock before the zombies could get them out of the orchard. Next, we found a vast crop of corn, and I wasted no time setting it on fire too. After that caught fire, we ran like hell down the road towards a large village.
It could be called a gated community or another pin. While the cows were kept in fences, the living were kept in a bunch of false villages.
A stream of undead shot out from a guard tower while a group on the walls pointed their guns at us. Before, the bullets did jack all to me, and I didn't think these would do any better. Then, I felt a round slam into my chest, dent, and fall to the ground. After giving it a good look, I realized they were using rubber bullets. That must have been why they didn't hurt.
I activated Force Aura and Sprint. The lines of zombies fired live ammo. My vision shifted into violet, but I couldn't let that bother me. This place needed to go.
My fist smashed through a zombie's chest and into the wall behind it. Flames gathered around my fist as I used the fat from the zombie's carcass to ignite in my fist. I couldn't do a thing to the stone wall, but I could throw this over the wall.
The zombies tried to stop the lump of fat I threw from sailing over the wall and landing on a wooden roof. From that moment forward, I began burning everything. The zombies threw themselves at me in a dogpile. My collar shocked them, too, with the force of multiple lightning bolts.
Fire alarms went off all through the village and the living evacuated. Around that time, my fire had consumed most of the area around the village. Firetrucks moved in to put out the orchard only to have little effect. My flames didn't burn like normal fire.
After my dream and using them at the orchard, I learned more about them. First, a black dragon's flames fed on fear, worry, and despair. Second, the corpses of those who fell to smoke inhalation made excellent kindling. Finally, and most importantly, undead burned like an oil-soaked log.
In their wisdom, the undead bastards did just what I wanted. Seven had piled on top of me, and I set them all ablaze. I sucked in a breath and felt my mana level swell. This was another part of the Roots Of Black Dragons skill. If mana was scarce, then I could make my own from burning things.
Ding!
MAG +1
MAG 7
The orchards, the cornfields, and even their walled city burned under my gentle flame. I avoided the people as best I could. Sure, a few died from smoke inhalation, but they were all going to die anyway.
A smile spread across my face as I stood amidst the burning corpses around me. They flailed and clawed against me uselessly as the rounds they carried exploded, filling their undead bodies with shrapnel.
Draigo had hunkered down behind an oaken shield while I charged a hail of bullets. I admired his survival instincts. Medieval plate armor wasn't known for its ability to deflect bullets. Then again, I didn't think his wooden shield would be much more effective. Wood layered on leather did resemble bulletproof glass in some ways. That was if the discovery channel was correct.
From behind some trees, I spotted my prize in all of this. The zombies left behind a four-wheeler, and it was shiny. It looked like a 2021 Handa, but that was impossible. Even if I could read the alien writing on it, I didn't see a giant H anywhere. Still, no one was using it.
Before I threw it in my inventory, I checked the fuel. It smelled like water. That was a head-scratcher. Did these people use hydrogen engines? That was one of the most explosive kinds of engine they could make. I stared at the bottom of the ATV at the tube that ran into the engine.
"Aren't you a thick boy? I bet you're filled with hydrogen gas, aren't you." I caressed the highly explosive tube and quickly realized that any vehicle I took from this place might explode on me.
"Red, we're running out of time; we should go find some cover for our teleport," Draigo said.
I stared at the 40k weeb. "And pass up an opportunity to demoralize them. No thanks, I'm here to earn points." I said.
Since the fires began, I'd earned a steady if a small stream of points. My flames had become almost sentient. When the firefighters bravely ventured into the fire, my fire retreated. This fooled the firefighters into believed their methods were successful. Once the firefighters were good and deep in the burning forest, my flames surrounded and burned the zombies alive.
Not all of the brave firefighters fell for the ploy. Some remained behind to radio for help.
I could pick them off, of course. I'm sure the firefighters are very aware of the burning flesh pin behind me. But that isn't what this is about. Nope, I wanted to bump up my score and do some more damage.
My collar had run out of juice while I shocked the zombies, so guns were back into play. Yes, I could have removed it then, but I wanted to earn my freedom. Unfortunately, Kale also had big titties. Being her slave was the perfect Ice breaker. I had a feeling the longer I stayed with Silent, the less safe my ass remained.
I picked up an AK from the ground, one of those with live rounds, and aimed at the hydrogen fuel tank on the bottom of the firetruck.
Ding!
System Message
Teleporting in 30s
That was plenty of time to do what I wanted. So I took aim and squeezed the trigger.
Click!
I looked over to the side of the gun and saw it had jammed. That's why it had been thrown down in the first place. I yanked back on the c*****g handle and pulled the bend round out.
Ding!
System Message
Teleporting in 20s
With a flick of my will, I nudged my flames to gather closer to the firetrucks. One of the firefighters tried to move the truck out of the way. I fired.
From a little over 350yrds, my bullet hit the dirt a few feet away from the tube. My eyes twitched, and I fired again, only to hit the truck's red paint job. Again, I focused; this needed to work. Everything was set up; if I managed this, the trucks might explode for even more points.
Ding!
System Message
Teleporting in 5s
I sucked in a breath and let it out. This had to work. I fired another round. The round slammed into the hydrogen tube, and my flames rushed in, and a grin spread across my face.
What I imagined happening was a subtle explosion and an eruption of flames. I never expected the fire to go too far. But when my flames drank in the hydrogen, it fueled them to new levels. Finally, all three trucks exploded, and the fire formed a wall expanding in all directions.
Blue light gathered around me just before a truck mirror would have taken my head off. Then, in an instant, I was gone.
Ding!
1 Flesh Farm Destroyed
Points rewarded 2000
Event Points: 5000
Rewards:
For Earning 10 Points +1 Bronze Skill Upgrade Die
For Killing 1 Zombie +100G
For Earning 100 Points, +1 Bronze Skill Die
For killing 10 Zombies +1000G
For Earning 1000 Points, +1 Silver Skill Die
For Blowing Up Multiple Large Vehicles, +3 Silver skill Die
For Destroying A Flesh Farm +1 Gold PARAM Die
I appeared back in Silent's room as if nothing had happened. Silent still slept, and the sun looked as if it hadn't moved. Did events exist outside of time, or was there some time dilation effect? Or was I piloting a body double this entire time? Could I have been standing here the whole time with my mind controlling a virtual body?
Ding!
Root Of Black Dragons lvl5
Type: QI
Rank A+
Description – The essence of a black dragon lives within your qi, allowing the user to learn exclusive black dragon abilities and access dragon-only areas.
Acts to level – Black dragons are bringers of chaos and misery omens hated by all. Therefore, actions that cause rampant destruction will level up this skill.
Abilities
1. Hatchling's Stomach –Food that would normally make you sick will recover HP.
2. Black Dragon's Blood – Immunity to most poisons and diseases.
3. Hatchling's Flames – Dragon fire that even a hatchling can conjure.
4. Immature Dragon's core – With every breath, your body gathers and stores mana like a dragon. Magic Parameter unlocked.
5. Immature Dragon Aura – The user's qi has sprouted the black dragon's root. 10% resistance to magic attacks.
6. Blessed Of Earth – x2 CON and an affinity with all Earth-based skills.
7. Blessed Of Fire – x2 STR and an affinity with all Fire-based skills.
8. Blessed of Air – x2 AGL and an affinity with all Air Based Skills.
9. Young Dragon Core – Your dragon core is more developed and stores more mana.
10. Dragon's Flesh Tempering – As you take damage from battle, the qi in your body adapts to make you stronger. 1% chance to gain STR and CON after taking damage from battle. STR and CON increase by 10% of QI.
A-rank skills are officially overpowered as f**k. The question is, how much stronger would an S, SS, SSS skill be compared to my A+ skill. Was that the limit, or were there even higher-ranked skills? Was King's skill an S or higher?
Pain Resistance lvl30
Rank: D
Type: PER
Description: A skill defined by the user's ability to accept pain.
ATL (Acts to Level): Withstand tremendous amounts of pain and formulate thoughts, complete complex action, or ignore the pain completely.
Abilities
1. Prism Status – Pain comes in many varieties, and now your vision will be tented while in pain. The longer you feel pain and the more severe the further down the rainbow, the user's vision will change from red to violet.
2. Malevolence – Pain causes negative thoughts to take root and slowly turns the user into an edgier person. -20% Pain when focusing on dark thoughts.
3. Prism Trail – The source of your pain can be tracked by the shifting color tint.
4. Tested Will – While pain isn't muted, your will is strong enough to withstand it. +20% stun resist.
5. Prism Rush – The further down the rainbow, the greater your strength. +5% STR increase per shade of the rainbow. Red to Violet. Max 35%
6. Shades Of Pain – Enemies glow while your vision is tinted.
7. Greater Focus – +25% chance to ignore pain when a greater goal is involved.
It was a little sad that I'd have to give myself over to the equivalent of pain demons to get this skill much higher. Two hours of death shocks from my collar only go me 10 levels in the skill. When I get this collar off me, I might never level it again.
Ding!
Pain Resistance is lvl25
PER +5
PER 25
Pain Resistance is lvl30
PER +6
PER 31
Shock Resistance lvl25
Rank: D
Type: CON
Description: The user's very body becomes resistant to harmful electrical attacks.
ATL (Acts to Level): Withstand electrical attacks to increase this skill's level.
Abilities
1. Redirect: Transfer 10% of shock damage away from vital organs.
2. Static Absorption – 5% of shock damage is converted into energy.
3. Battery – Redirected shock damage is stored in the Dantian and converted into qi.
4. Fast Charge – +10% of shock damage is converted into energy.
5. Discharge – When grabbing onto another person while being electrocuted, 10% resistance to shock damage.
6. Redirect – When catching shock-based damage with your hands, you have a 20% chance to redirect them and take no shock damage.
Ding!
Shock Resistance has reached lvl20
CON +4
CON 17 (34)
Shock Resistance has reached lvl25
CON +5
CON 22 (23.8) (47.6)
Ding!
Close Combat lvl7
Ding!
Marksmanship lvl8
Ding!
Force lvl3
Ding!
Spring lvl6
My body ground against itself as my vision blurred, and I existed in complete agony. I changed almost as completely as when I first gained parameters.
Nickname: Red
Title: Traveler
Parameters
STR 4 (5.8) (11.6) (13.6)
CON 22 (23.8) (47.6)
DEX 7
AGL 17 (32)
QI 18
PER 31
MAG 7
World Waifu Relationships
Kale 19/100
Silent 52/100
- Writer
