Just one more level to achieve level 10, I hope there are big rewards waiting, though I need more experience to level up again.
Xavier's experience bar is 118/757 points. Therefore he needs atleast a couple of horde of goblins more to kill.
That's easy, since there might be more goblins in the vicinity, let alone the the whole district.
Eleanor on the other hand, leveled to level 5, unlocking another skill called:
[DARK REGENERATION — CAN REGENERATE A WOUND, INJURIES, INTERNET DAMAGE, AND EVEN LIMBS FOR A COST OF TWICE THE PAIN OF THE INFLICTED DAMAGE.]
And leveling up the first skill to level 4.
The three didn't stay there for too long. The two decided to head for their apartments that is quite far away from the university ground but Eleanor demanded to follow her to the dorms that are inside the university ground.
"If you want me to follow you, then help to my demand." As she spoke her words, Noire grabbed the hilt of her katana and was ready to deliver a blow as she excludes a killer intent.
But then, Xavier stop her. Eleanor too, backed off because of fear, even with life and death situation earlier, she was still frail and frantic but due to her class, it seems that her expression is limited.
"We can't, even though your life was saved by us, it doesn't mean we will be responsible for it. And also, demanding us is akin to a suicide word. Don't forget, the two of us can kill you in any moment."
"Fuck off, do your thing. I ain't interested in you no more." Noire brushed Xavier's hand before walking away.
"If you want, meet us at the East Train Subway at noon, three days from now. Though we'll not wait for you." With that, Xavier followed Noire east of the University grounds since the area was built near the district center.
...
By the time they left the university ground, it was afternoon near 4pm they are currently walking at the edge of the university ground just before a not so tall concrete wall that are surrounding the area.
It was atleast 10 feet tall though the two was used to cut class by leaving the university ground using some cracks and crevice in the walls. They left the wall easily like it was a simple chore.
From the building earlier that are shrouded in green mist to the outside walls, they walked inside the campus mini forest that are built especially for morning walks or akin to a park. Thus, their expectations was met as there is no monsters there, just a couple tens of survivors, a group of them is the same group that fought the last goblin brute earlier.
"Sooner or later, they will be hunted by another monsters since crowds always attracts another form of crowds." Noire remarked.
"And also, why didn't you just let go of Eleanor like that, she's our slave and she have a unique class... Don't tell you fell for her?"
"Come on, you're my type, those slut looking like her is just an A grade for me... Besides, soon, she will encounter the chaos and madness of apocalypse like those happen in webnovels. We don't know, she might change to become a real slut."
"Don't joke with me, we know each other since day one and yet two decade passed and you haven't confessed to me for real."
Xavier didn't respond. The two of them are childhood friends, akin to twin to the point of developing the same mind and personality with one another. Though, Xavier was more cold since his family is just a full of money chasing adapter monkeys and Noire is more on reckless and devoid of humanity because of how others treated her chubby outlook back in the past.
But neither of the two had really romantic feelings to each other, it just something close to lust and relation to each other. And yes, they do it, sometimes.
The outside of the wall is another forest but not too large, just the twice of the park in the university thus after atleast 30 minutes, the two of them arrived at the actual highway.
During their journey in the forest, they didn't met any monsters and just some another surviving humans who fled from the east side of the district known for its half commercial and half residential facilities.
On the edge of both areas, the two stood and mesmerized how beautiful the world was. Most high rise building like towering apartments or commercial facilities are either burning or already burnt. The visible road is full of blood and guts, corpse both human and monsters laid in ground. The sky is shrouded in dust and smoke as the sun make it more visible and eerie.
The road was roamed by greenish humanoid similar to the goblin brutes but they didn't have any pointy ears or nose, instead, their are more bulkier and seen wearing some decent leather armors and a refined swords and shield.
"Orges or orc, I can't remember well."
"They their are orges, orcs is more similar to pigies."
The two made their way to the east city. Making sure not to face a group of orges since they didn't know what their full capabilities yet and can only rely on their knowledge. But this didn't last lost, the two eventually met a group of orge, there are 5 of them with both sword and shield at hand, and the surprising thing is that they can talk in english but not quite well, they only used it to communicate to each other.
"Human meat."
"Hunt and kill!"
It was in the small alley, probably a bus width sizes area so the bulky orges can only rush towards them two at a time, but it was still a struggle without physical enhancement.
"This is the first time I miss someone!" Noire condensed her internal blood to boil and warm the coiled blood in her arms with a cost of mana but it also made her more agile.
Swoosh!
Tang!
Xavier didn't clashed with the shield but waited for the orge to swing his sword before parrying it and delivering a heavy cut in the monster's torso.
"Fuck, they're capable of regeneration as expected!" Xavier swung his sword but was blocked by the orge but Xavier was quick enough to block the incoming sword in a cost of getting knock away.
Noire was about to conjure a 2 meter blood spear when she suddenly felt a presence shows up in the rooftop in one of the building in the alley and...
Boom!
A large explosion appeared in the center of the orges and a blue translucent slices left in the air simultaneously with one another and as the fog of dust faded and Noire standing next to Xavier, a silhouette of a men appeared there before an old man with clear beards made his appearance.
"You young lads are lucky enough to run onto me, if not you'll be dead now or being r***p by those greenies." The old man spoke in a dry voice.
The two didn't listened to his bragging, while Noire was was conjuring a long crimson spear, Xavier was already dashing forward with his sword at back.
Pang!
Surpassingly, Xavier sword met the old man's silver sword and neither both got knocked away. No, Xavier's heavy blow seems easy as the old man didn't even charge and just simply placed his sword at the front.
"Young lads, I'm not a monster even I look like thi-" Before he can finish, he moved his sword at the side to met a 2 meter crimson spear that met with his sword, splashing blood everywhere that turned into blob.
"Sacrifice!"
The blob of bloods that scattered in the old man's body didn't came back to Noire but exploded into a mist that surrounded him even further.
"Needles!"
As the mist shrouded the old man as it also became more solid, turning into needles the size of a pencil. Noire's control of blood after masteral level became more stronger and the area of control became 100 meters around her, thus she can do things like this in cost of sacrificing the bloods as well as unable to control it once activated twice outside the 10 meter close range.
Knowing damn well that the blood needles is just a feint surprise that would not do anything. Before the blood needle fell to the ground and even before the mist solidifies, Xavier already rushed forward and stabbed infront of him.
Plash!
A blood gushed out of the old man's right torso, a sword placed before him as it redirected the hit from the heart towards the right side of his chest.
I'm not gonna fall to your traps, old man!
Xavier didn't retrieved the sword back as he knows that it was intentional thus he dashed backwards and missed the slashing sword of the old man by a hair breath.
"Young lads nowadays, doesn't even respect el-" Again, before he can finish his sentence, Noire already dashed forward and using a tiny reservoir of blood to trap the sword the swung infront of her to stop moving.
Swoosh!
As fast as sound, Noire's sheated katana instantly flew in the air but the old man was wise and dodged it after abandoning his silver sword, pulling the silver sword that belongs to Xavier in his chest.
He didn't said a word, but with enhanced strength and speed, he instantly leaped out of the valley onto the air using the walls as support, he didn't stopped, wise enough not to face the potential conjure of blood from Noire.
"He just stole our farm infront of us."
"But you managed to inflict a huge damage to him... Hey bro, grabbed that sword, I have a feeling that it is more powerful thay your petty sword that he stole."
Xavier held the sword from the ground, his anger for being robbed was instantly changed as he made a slight smile.
"Yeah, this is great."