Earth's Doom

Elias (1)

'BOOM!'

"UWAAH!" I screamed while I ran around as fast as I could.

"You're crazy! This is unfair!" I nearly dodged a flame projectile and burned my right shoulder.

This madman suddenly summoned flame projectile thingies just one second after our sparring session started. He's using magic on someone who can't do magic like me?

I leapt to my side and rolled on the ground, avoiding another flame projectile, "'take it easy' my ass! You're going all out on me!"

"Aw, don't be mad, newbie. This is me being easy on you~" he lifted his spear up and crouched down in a stance that reminded me like a tiger that's about to leap towards its prey, "or do you want me to come hunt you down myself?"

Eep! I swallowed down my shriek and stood up, running some more. This is bad. I have to think a way out of this. Stat window!

[Stat points: (Kim Minjun)]

[Strength: 18]

[Intelligence: 10]

[Agility: 15]

[Physique: 15]

His intelligence point is the lowest, yet he decided to use magic on me. Ideally, I would like to finish this off before he can go melee on me... I picked up a huge rock nearby and hurled it at him as strong as I could. As soon as I threw it, the rock had a faint reddish aura around it.

'Crack!' the rock broke upon meeting his fist. This guy really just punched a rock and broke it to pieces...

"Hey, so your element is fire, too. Just like me," he grinned mischievously at me, "c'mon, you can't just throw rocks at me all day." Could that faint reddish aura be my magic? So red is fire, huh... Kind of a bad matchup here I'd say, if only my luck gave me water element...

"Tsk, we'll see about that, you sly fox!" well, no point in wishing for luck now. I hurled another rock at him, this time way bigger than before.

'Boom!' Sure enough, the rock broke again upon hitting his right fist, but this time I hid behind the rock and leapt forward as soon as he shattered it.

"You--" he was caught by surprise as I grabbed his right hand and...

"YEOWCH!!"

I bit him hard. Until it drew blood.

"Argh!" He leapt back with a surprised face, "you--you bit me!? Who the hell bites people!?" He pressed down on his wound with his left palm.

"And who the hell bombards people with flame projectiles!?" I wipe his blood off of my lips.

[Skill: 'Fighting dirty' is activated. Your stats are increased by 3 points each]

[Stat points: (Yoo Chaerin)]

[Strength: 18]

[Intelligence: 8]

[Agility: 13]

[Physique: 13]

Oh? So this skill works for people, too. And it seems that it only activates upon first contact with enemy? Great. Now I have something to work with.

"Hahah... Hahahahah! Good, good! I like your style of fighting," he laughed maniacally, "come, entertain me more." His eyes glimmered red. This is bad. Even though my strength is now of equal value, but my physique is still lacking compared to him. I still can't win in a hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, even though I'm not a stranger to fighting, I'm sure he's a more experienced combatant than I am. Stats alone can't bring me to victory.