BXBX NOVEL Chapter 31 Survive Zoar
Nix grimaced, he had realized that wasn't the best question to ask a human.
"I am the one who is supposed to be detoxifying you." He could see the anger flashing in her eyes.
Raising her hands again, she closed her eyes momentarily. A soft glow surrounded her body.
Nix felt his muscles start to relax, his body began to unknot. The pain in his chest started to disappear. He was about to ask how she did that when she opened her eyes.
"You see I am not the one who is supposed to test you, I am simply the one who is supposed to detoxify you." She explained, her voice gentle and calm.
"The test is in the next room." She whispered.
A door magically appeared in front of her. She walked forward and opened it. She stopped and looked back at him. "If you were to pass this test, we would have known your true capabilities." She pointed to the room.
'We?' He thought with the raise of his eyebrow.
"If you fail..." She paused, her eyes glowed again as it turned a bit sinister.
Nix was left hanging in suspense. 'What would happen if I failed ?' He thought to himself, the question still lingered in the back of his mind.
The lady stepped to the side, awaiting him to enter the room. "I think you should find out for yourself, don't you think?"
He hesitated for a moment. It was too late now, if he was afraid to do this, he wouldn't be able to. He shook his head as he stepped inside.
"Good luck!" She whispered then gave a wink.
The room was dark, the only light was a bright green light which shines through the ceiling. It was like a green haze hung in the air. It gave off that eerie feeling, like something was watching him. He walked forward, his footsteps barely audible against the thick carpet.
Bang!
The door sealed shut behind him.
Nix was a bit uncertain as to what he might face, he needed to call on his user interface.
[Name: Nix Lae]
[Level 4]
[Health: 100/200]
[Exp: 100/100]
[Energy: 300/300]
[Strength: 100/200]
[Agility: 100/200]
[Trait: Courage, Hope, Survival, Determination, Rage]
[Class: Wheedler, Beast slayer, Dragon tamer, Beast summoner, Pilferer]
[Summons: Raiken]
[Gift: Fire, Telekinesis]
[Points: 347 to be distributed]
Whatever he was going to face, he was surely going to invest his points on his health and energy if the need calls for it.
Rhhhng!
Nix's ears were pricked up, he could feel something was wrong. He turned around in the direction in which the sound came from.
From the shadows he could see glowing yellow eyes staring back at him. It all came rushing back to him. The battle in his home. It was the same creature! This was no time to be afraid, he had to use that knowledge he had gained last time.
The creature stepped forward, It's armor was made from mail which covered the entire body of the creature except the face. It was made from metal, a mixture of gold, silver and iron, its eyes glowing as they stared right at Nix.
This meetup only confirmed what Nix already knew. The creature was really sent from this organization, he was sure of it. It looked like it was built for fighting, but Nix had an advantage now, he had fought one of its kind.
A piece of scrap metal shouldn't be a problem with his newly acquired strength and level.
The eyes made him uneasy, it had mirrored the way that lady had looked at him. He couldn't help but feel some sort of connection between them.
'Survive? Does that mean I won't be able to defeat this creature?' He wasn't sure, but this encounter had given him a new outlook on the creature. If he could defeat it, he might thwart what the organization was trying to do with him.
"You must be the one..." It paused, it looked at him for a moment, then it spoke again. "Yes, I can feel it!"
'It can talk?' He frowned at the creature.
[Gift: Fire in effect]
He was glad his gift had returned, he had a feeling it would be disastrous to let on he had a passive gift also.
He had not seen or heard of anyone who had a second gift, like his family had. His family might just have been special gift users.
He began to wonder if that was the reason they were hunted, but what he couldn't still understand was why they had attempted to assassinate them.
The creature brought unpleasant memories to him, so was his brewing hatred.
He couldn't take any chances with this creature, if it could speak, that means it had some sort of intelligence and that was not a good sign.
Mune had said that this was a dangerous test.
"Mr Zhao!" He yelled in hopes of being heard. Surely they were watching him from somewhere.
There was no response as expected.
His brows furrowed in disappointment, they were definitely ignoring him to face his fate.
His attention went back to the creature. Balling his hands in a fist and gritting his teeth.
"The one?" Nix questioned what it had said earlier, taking a defensive stance.
"You are the fire gift user!" Its eyes gleamed more than it already was, it's nose scrunched up in a growl.
"I think that was already verified before I was sent here." He deadpanned in response.
"Let's see how far you've grown." It bent down and stretched it's back. It turned its neck from left to right and popped it with a series of clicks in rapid succession.
The corner of Nix's mouth raised in disgust, 'was all that really necessary?'
"Don't hold anything back or I am not going to enjoy killing you." It snarled at Nix.
"Like that is going to ever happen!" Nix shrugged his shoulders, smiled, and slowly brought one foot behind his back. He put his weight on it and brought an open palm up.
He had to deactivate his gift because it was going to take a toll on his energy level. He had to start relying more on himself than his gift.
His hunch had him thinking that this was done to test his capabilities as a fire gift user, that he wasn't going to give them the satisfaction.
This creature was trained to meet his rank, this could probably have been determined by whoever that lady had spoken of, who also possessed his gift. Therefore it would know his attacks and ways to counter it.
[Strength activated. Your blows have been increased by 100%]
[Agility activated. Your movements have been increased by 100%]
He would have to go with an unconventional approach.