The Man Who Killed the First Monster

Running in the dark night three silhouettes maneuvered through the back alleyways. Occasionally, they would leap over buildings on the rooftops when the ground was too dangerous.

In the lead was Nuniq. His eyes didn’t stop moving from left to right as he was wary about the surroundings. He ran on top of the roof, as the edge came closer he jumped without hesitation. Nuniq landed on the other roof as he rolled on the floor before standing back up and continued running. For a mere teenage boy doing what only daredevil parkour enthusiast could only do was a rather refreshing sight for Jason, who ran at the end of the line.

Impressive. Well, with them being level nineteen, their status must be pretty high. Jumping from roof to roof isn’t that difficult, but them doing it carefree at least showed they aren’t afraid.

Then came Tapeesa’s turn, she ran without slowing, and at the last few feet, she sprinted hard. She jumped, floating in the air for a brief few seconds as if her body was light as a feather. She landed on the other roof, cleanly on her two feet, and continued running.

I’m not surprised seeing her doing it so easily. With her stats like this, she’s definitely more of the mobile type.

Adriana Tapeesa Igruk

Lv: 19 Job: None

EP:71/120, I.B:500/500,

Str:10, Agi:32, Dex:7, Sta:10, En: 40, E.R: 10

Status Condition : Healthy

Skill: E.Boomerang, Ice Barrier

So, she’s one of the lucky ones. Ice Barrier seems cool enough compared to Energy Guard. I bet it has another sub-skill like Hakeem’s, and from the look of it, her guard is quite higher, considering she only put ten points in it.

Jason jumped over the ledge of the roof and landed on the other roof with ease. He grinned, seeing that the two in front of him took a glance at his jump performance.

They must be quite proud of jumping over the roof, huh? Let’s take a look at the edgy brother.

Eric Nuniq Igruk

Lv: 19 Job: None

EP:27/30, E.G:1500/1500,

Str:39, Agi:21, Dex:4, Sta:18, En: 10, E.R: 20

Status Condition : Healthy

Skill: Beast Spirit, E.Guard

The brother isn’t so lucky but seeing his guard, I think his energy guard level is more or less the same. If his energy guard is this high, I can imagine the hardship this kid had been through. Or he might found a training trick about leveling the guard up. Well, beating oneself up doesn’t seem so bad since it does level the skill up.

Jason followed along with the two siblings as they went further away from the center of the city but deeper into the danger zone. They fled quite well, considering the orcs were still searching for Jason through the night like a blind bat without any clues on Jason’s whereabouts.

Suburb area? Are they hiding here?

“Let’s go. We aren’t far from here,” said Tapeesa. She was on her knees while catching up to her breath.

Her low stamina started to show. Doing all those sprinting and jumping over roofs were probably too taxing for the girl.

Ah, a time when I ignored the importance of stamina. Hmm, I think it had been quite a long time since I was out of breath. I guess putting those points wasn’t worthless after all.

“You don’t want to take a break first?” Jason asked.

“No, we can’t. There might be orcs still patrolling around this area,” said Nuniq.

The boy is quite level-headed. He definitely had a lot of experiences. I wonder what their grandfather is like.

“Get on Tapeesa,” said Nuniq as he showed his back.

The sister hopped on Nuniq’s back as the trio continued their journey. Jason was wondering which house they were living in. But out of his expectation, they exited the suburb area and continued their journey. While the man wondered, he then stopped on his track as he saw what was at the far end of his night vision.

A freighter?

Jason looked around and saw the waters of Lake Ontario.

It can’t be, can it?

“Hurried up,” said Nuniq as he noticed Jason was standing there staring.

Jason picked up the pace, and soon the trio stood at the edge of the pier. The freighter he saw was a bit far in the lake, and with the huge body of water in between, it was a perfect barrier for any land-based monsters.

A sliver of a smile etched on Jason as he was impressed by the simple logic.

“Hop on,” said Tapeesa.

Jason looked back at the side and saw the two siblings were already on an inflatable boat. The siblings came well prepared as they must have hidden the boat close to the pier.

Jason hopped on the boat as the duo started to row. The freighter was quite far for them to just row but thinking about their heightened status, Jason’s thought that rowing might turn out to be a lot easier.

He looked at the back of the boat and saw the engine. He wondered why they didn’t use it.

“You guys are not using the motor?” Jason asked.

“It’s too loud. We might catch the attention of the fishes,” said Tapeesa.

“Fishes?” he asked.

“Fish monsters,” said Nuniq as those two words were enough for Jason to understood.

Then a terrible thought came into mind.

Wait, if the aquatic monsters are already here, then are they all over the lake?

Jason was getting worried. Although he was confident in defending himself, an aquatic battle seemed a bit daunting since he never experienced it.

“You don’t have to worry, my grandpa had handled most of them. So they won’t be a problem,” said Nuniq.

A little while, they reached the freighter. Jason stepped on the freighter, he felt a thug on his hand.

"My grandpa," said Tapeesa.

Led to a room, Jason saw someone lying on the bed.

"A fisherman?"