The first thing he did was run to the spare room where he kept most of his stuff. There was a bow and arrows.
They were meant for sport not battle but they should do for now until he can make a better weapon.
He ran back to his window and peaked outside. The streets were still teeming with monsters and he couldn't see any human at all.
He could see a few corpses being devoured but that it, not a single living human. He figured they were hiding in their rooms like him.
He decided to go hide in another room but just as he was about to turn around he saw a dark shadow flying towards his window.
It was a huge bird with a wingspan of over 4 metres. He couldn't tell what kind of bird it was until he saw it face.
It was not the face of a bird at all, he couldn't explain it but it was bald and red. It flesh pulses with muscles and veins like a beating heart.
It had a wide bloody mouth with rows of sharp teeth like a shark and the sound it made did not resemble any of a bird he knew.
It sounded like the dying wails of damned souls. " Ahhhhh." He screamed and closed his ears which were buzzing.
He felt dizzy but he knew if he fell here that thing would kill him. He grabbed his bow and nocked an arrow.
His eyes focused on the bird, everything became clear, each flap of it wings, it small slit eyes and massive mouth.
He saw it as if it was moving in slow motion then he let the arrow lose. The air screamed as it cut through it.
The bird failed to react and the arrow pierced through it eye. It screeched loudly cracking glass and causing his ears to bleed.
He had never heard such a terrible sound. It fell to the ground below and died even before it even hit the ground.
( Level 5 soul screecher killed, experience gained. Player has risen to level 4, + 2 free stats.)
He didn't have time to read the notification because more of those birds were coming and not just them.
Other abyss spawns were running towards his building. " Shit." He nocked another arrow and fired.
He hit one bird and then fired another arrow and they dodged causing him to miss. He turned around and ran.
He ran out of his apartment and closed the door behind him. However he realised he had made a mistake.
In the passage were 4 of those imps from before. Without wasting a second he nocked an arrow and fired it.
It pierced through the head of one of them, the others ran at him. The distance was too short he knew he wouldn't have time to shoot another arrow.
He hanged his bow around himself then pulled out two arrows. They were made to be reusable so their shafts were made of carbon fiber which was more durable than wood.
He held the arrows in both hands, he was quite nervous but his ability made it easier to track their movements.
He realised these things were much faster than an average human. Probably faster than the fastest athletes even with their short statues.
However he could clearly follow their movements as if they as fast as toddlers. With his better martial arts, he was confident he would win.
The first one jumped at him and tried to slash his face with it claws but he was already expecting that.
He crouched dodging it claws then stabbed the arrow straight to where he expected it heart to be.
Fortunately he was right and it died immediately, he pulled out the arrow and stabbed behind.
He felt his arrow piercing the something soft. The imp screamed and he shoved the arrow even deeper into it eye.
Then he rolled on the ground dodging the third, the fourth was caught off guard by him rolling towards it.
He grabbed it foot to throw it down which was a mistake. It kicked and hit him on the ribs.
His body rose and hit the wall, he felt a metallic taste in his mouth and air leaving his lungs. ' Damn they're strong.'
They had more physical strength than their tiny bodies would suggest. The only reason he was even able to take them on was because they were savage things without any training.
They had a lot of strength they couldn't use properly. The remaining two attacked him at the same time.
He attacked the one of his right and it stopped to block but it was a bluff. He turned and stabbed the arrow at the one of the left.
Caught off guard it couldn't react before he stabbed the arrow through it brain killing it. The other one left alone screeched loudly and attacked him like it was mad.
This made things easier for him, it didn't even defend itself, it was just hell bent on killing him.
He stabbed both arrows into it eyes, he had realised their eyes didn't have eyelids, they were just big black orbs.
He relaxed believing it was dead, then it swung it arm cutting him on the stomach with it claws. The force sent him crashing on the wall.
He fell down with a groan, it fell down and died as well. He took his arrows and ran to the stairs, dragging blood behind him.
The room he wanted to go into had other creatures inside and so was every other room in the hallway.
Fortunately the doors were closed except three which he assumed was where those imps came from.
He ran up the stairs but just as he reached the passage of the next floor he saw multiple creatures eating human remains.
He knew everybody on that floor was dead. He looked around and saw a red door, without a second thought he went inside.
The room was tiny, filled with cleaning and other material. He found a cloth and wrapped it around his stomach to stop the bleeding.
Even so he had already lost a lot of blood.
" System, show me my status." He wasn't sure if that would work.
Status:
Name: Akaris Cronos
Race: Human
Level: 6 ( 37%)
Class: N/A
Free stats: 6
Strength: 11
Agility: 11
Perception: 17
Defence: 9
Vitality: 10
Will: 15
Spirit: 18
Innate traits: Eyes of Cronos (??????)
Awakened skills:
Hawk Eyes- level 6 ( 72%)
Future sight- level 1 ( 8%)
Inspect- Level 1 ( 0%)
Gained skills:
Archery- Level 7 ( 83%
Hand to Hand combat- level 4 ( 54%)
Spearmanship- level 1 ( 14%)
Swordsmanship- level 1 (32%)
He was surprised that hawk eyes was still there, he was certain the system said it evolved into Eyes of Cronos.
"Invest all free stats into Vitality" he ordered and felt the wound on his stomach itch. He had played too many games to not understand what each of these stats meant.
After that he locked the door and fell asleep.