Free Web NovelChapter 5: Chapter 5: Level 2
The bandages around his body spread, reaching all the way up to his neck and it tightened around his neck, making breathing difficult.
Riven gasped for air as he twisted his limbs in an effort to break free but instead of helping, it widened the hole across his chest making him bleed even more.
He gritted his teeth and mumbled,
"I can’t... die... befor... I find a... cure"
Then his body began to glow with a golden hum without warning, and it exploded with power even greater than the buff he had received earlier.
Not only that, the wound across his chest began to rapidly close not slowly but very quickly.
The system whispered into his ears.
(You have received a 3X buff for 1 minute!)
(Your strength and healing speed have increased by 3 times!)
For a second, Riven was shocked, then he glanced at the woman. She was on her knees, face pale, drenched in sweat, and gasping for air.
It didn’t take him long to guess what had happened to her... she had used her power once again and from the looks of it, it looked like it had cost her a lot more than before.
He didn’t say a word to her instead he twisted his limbs and unlike before, the bandages wrapped around his limbs snapped in two. He grabbed the bandage tightening around his neck and pulled it apart.
The bandages were torn and destroyed. He threw them to the ground and quickly destroyed any remaining bandages wrapped around his body.
Then he locked onto the undead in front of him and dashed forward with everything he had, appearing in front of the undead in a heartbeat.
Using everything that Riven had, he punched the undead, he felt something underneath crack and it didn’t stagger a few steps backwards instead it flew backwards.
It slammed onto the ground then bounced back up and slammed onto the ground. It repeated until it came to a complete halt.
Riven took a look around, he spotted the weapons that he had lost. His sword was at his right and spear at his left, not too far away from where his subject was fighting.
He glanced at the level 2 undead that his subject was fighting. They were still stuck in a stalemate with one another which didn’t shock him since they had the same level.
The level 10 undead was just getting up. He could probably help his subject but should he?
Riven thought for a moment and decided.
"First the weaker one."
Riven lunged towards the weaker undead and he grabbed the spear lying on the ground as he was on his way. When he was within reach,
His subject seized the opportunity and stabbed through the Undead’s body.
"Good job."
He destroyed incoming bandages and drove his spear into its chest when he was close enough. His spear started to turn into blue aura, seeping into its body and the spear got smaller and smaller until it disappeared from his view.
Blue aura slowly spread throughout its body from its chest. The same thing that had happened to the first Undead. Its consciousness was being sealed away.
The system whispered into his ears.
(Buff will run out in 33 seconds!)
Riven’s expression darkened. In response turned around, locked onto the undead, pointed his finger towards his sword, and commanded his subject.
"Retrieve my sword quickly."
Riven lunged towards the undead, getting closer with every second. When he was close enough, he hurled his fist forward but the undead dodged it.
Bandages around its body loosened and shot towards him. He destroyed most of them but a single one managed to wrap around his leg.
It pulled one of his legs making him slam to the ground on his face. He tilted his head — the undead’s sword was rapidly closing on his head.
Riven didn’t panic, he moved his head before the sword could stab him. It got stuck on the ground instead of ending on his left.
Using his legs, he kicked the undead making it stagger a few steps back. He got up and manifested another sword in his right palm. He mechanic
While battling, he heard the whisper of the system.
(You have sealed any enemy!)
(You have gained a subject!)
(You have gained 1 sealing power!)
He glanced at where the other undead were. A being covered in a blue aura was kneeling facing his direction. Before he could issue a command, he heard another whisper.
(Buff ends in 20 seconds!)
Riven gritted his teeth. If the buff ran out before he could finish the last undead then finishing the undead would become really difficult.
He has to finish him in 20 seconds otherwise he would have no choice but to abandon everything and run. He had already gained two subjects so it proved very fruitful for him.
As for saving the woman, he would try to carry her with him because leaving a fellow human to die would leave a foul taste in his mouth.
Suddenly, he felt like his subject was calling him. His head snapped to his right. His subject was holding the sword that he had lost.
"Throw it towards me."
His subject obeyed and threw it towards him. He caught the flying sword moments later.
Using both swords, he exchanged countless blows with the undead in a matter of seconds. The undead landed a few clean cuts across his body which closed up in an instant probably due to the buff.
(Buff ends in 10 seconds!)
Riven felt his blood becoming cold. Only 10 seconds remained, and he had to finish the undead in the remaining time.
His mind raced as he thought of a way. Realization dawned upon him.
"Only one way remains"
He had to create a distraction. There was only one method that was to create an opening for the undead to hit him. That way, it would lower its defense — it was something that he could take advantage of.
It was risky but it was the best move he could try.
So he lowered his defense intentionally. In an instant, the undead seized this opportunity and thrust its sword towards his unguarded left shoulder. He didn’t move to block it; instead, he thrusted both of his blades forward.
Riven’s blades stabbed through the undead’s body and leaked out from the wounds. In an instant, his swords dissolved into a blue aura and seeped into his body until they completely disappeared.
Then the undead’s sword also drove into its flesh afterwards but it let go of its sword when it was a few centimeters deep into its flesh.
The undead’s body twisted violently as the loud sound of grains rubbing against each other resounded through his ears.
Blood flowed from his shoulder to the ground as a grin formed on his face. He mumbled as the blue aura rapidly spread across its body.
"Become my subject."
A brilliant blue light exploded from the undead’s body blinding him.
As the light cleared, the system whispered into his ears.
(You have sealed an enemy!)
(You have gained a subject!)
(You have gained 4 sealing powers!)
(You have leveled up!
Current level: 2)
(Your buff has ended!)
