Chapter 49: Stupid Monkey Smart Monkey
[User has killed (2) low-level Disaster Class. +30 stat points.]
[User has killed (1) high-level Disaster Class. +20 stat points.]
Mark landed on the ground and he cleaned the blood that spread on his face as he looked around at all the monsters in the area. They were still charging for him, so he would not have time to rest yet.
Mark glanced at his system tab at the side and he saw that he now had a hundred stat points to work with. Since Mark was going to be fighting against a lot of monsters right now, he needed to improve both his agility and durability so he could move around however he wished.
He was already very agile and he could tell that his strength and stamina were not lacking since he was barely tired after that altercation.
"Vanitas! We need to move the other superhumans out from here! Most of us are dead and the rest can't fight anymore! There's a helicopter on the far side of the beach. If we move over there, we can use it to escape!"
One of the remaining A ranks shouted out to Mark for him to retreat, but Mark just ignored the man as he continued changing his stats. The man shouted at Mark again and tried to get his attention! The man knew that it was only a matter of time before the monsters killed all of them! The plan was already messed up and they needed to get out before they all died.
Mark was not having any of that. They wanted him to abandon Arit and leave? Was this man insane? Mark was going to charge forward until he finds Arit. He didn't care what they did.
"If you want to leave, then leave. I didn't come here with the NSA. I came here alone. So I will fight alone as well if I need to. Don't try to drag me down with the rest of you."
Mark finally finished sending his extra stat points to the stats he wanted them to be and a new prompt came up:
[Does the user wish to add Stat points to the selected Stats? Yes/No]
Mark chose yes and he felt his body becoming lighter and tougher as the system moved the stat points.
...
[User has added 40 points to Agility]
[User has added 40 points to Durability]
Agility: 600 (+60)
Durability: 460 (+46)
...
Mark grinned as he raised his clenched fist to eye level. He couldn't believe how much power he could get from just killing monsters. Mark knew that he lied to the NSA about his power. He didn't tell them that he had a system for his own reasons, but that did not mean that what he told them was completely wrong either. Mark was now sure that the more he killed, the stronger he could become!
"Come at me, you fucking EXP!"
Roar!!!
Boom!!
A massive explosion of power echoed across the entire forest as Mark jumped into the fray with the monsters and they went at it like wild animals. Blood flew like a river and the entire landscape was reshaped through the force of the raw power that Mark and the Anima were releasing while fighting!
[User has killed (3) High-level Disaster class +60 stat points]
[User has killed (10) Low-level Disaster class +150 stat points]
Mark was in the middle of smashing a monkey's head in when he heard a woman shout from beside him. Mark slammed his fist into the face of the monkey in front of him and watched the monkey fly away. He then turned to see what was happening and he saw that a large congregation of monkeys were chasing after two superhumans.
The monkeys realized that Mark was harder to deal with than the other superhumans and they decided that they would go after the easier prey! Mark charged off from where he was standing and dashed towards where the monkeys were congregating!
Boom!
Mark slammed his foot into the head of one of the monkeys and it exploded in a shower of gore that made all the other monkeys in the area recoil in shock! Mark grabbed the monkey beside him by its tail just as it was about to run away and he used it to slam another monkey into a tree and they both crumpled into paste as they were destroyed!
[User has killed (4) Low-Level Disaster Class +60 stat points]
Mark was about to charge into battle again, but he stopped as he heard a branch crack from behind him. Mark immediately dodged to the side as the tree beside him was obliterated by a large rock!
Boom!!
Mark rushed to his feet and he saw that it was that same Monkey Anima from before that was attacking him. Mark narrowed his eyes at the monster and he could have sworn that he saw that monkey smile at him as it picked up another large rock from the side and prepared to throw it at Mark.
Woosh!
Mark moved out of the way just as the rock was about to hit him and he caught a low-level Disaster class that tried to attack him from the side while he was distracted. Mark tisted the monkey's neck with both hands and a loud crack echoed through the forest as Mark snapped its neck!
Crack!
[User has killed (1) High-level Disaster class +20 stat points]
The monkey that was throwing the rocks was one of the low-level calamity class monsters and Mark could see that it was far more intelligent than the other monsters since it wasn't just charging in like the other stupider monsters.
It was taking its time and staying far from Mark while throwing rocks to distract Mark so that the other monsters would have a chance to attack him. The monkey was probably on the same level of strength as the Ant-headed Anima that Mark fought in City A.
It would not be difficult to deal with this calamity class if it was alone, but it would be more troublesome if the other monsters in the forest kept attacking whenever Mark was distracted.
"OOHH!! OOHH! AAHH! AAHH!"
The anima suddenly shouted out to the other monsters in the forest as it told them to not give Mark any room to breathe. Mark saw all the monsters charge him and he decided he needed to get some space between them. He turned and grabbed the two superhumans that were being attacked before dashing off with the two humans under his arms. He needed to lose the monsters so he could come up with a plan.
He wouldn't be able to fight the calamity class if all the smaller disaster classes were constantly attacking him, so the best thing he can do now is to draw them into a chase that would allow him to deal with them in different one-on-one situations. That way, he could kill the disaster classes before having to worry about the calamity class.
"To the helicopter! Take us to the helicopter! We need to get out of here right now! There are too many of them!"
The female superhuman started to shout out orders at Mark as she pointed in the direction where the helicopter was and she was stunned when she noticed that Mark was not even going in that direction! He was moving deeper into the forest away from the helicopter! Was he really going to try fighting all those monsters on his own!? There were too many of them!
"What the hell are you doing!?"