Chapter 24 Special Skill

Now, onto the next task. Opening the gate…

-Creak!!!

Though before I could even more, I heard the sound of the metallic gate, the one that led to the terrace, opening slowly as if someone was pushing it with quite a force.

I turned to look at that gate with a narrowed gaze, wondering what kind of people would be on the other side of the gate.

Caroline, too, looked in the same direction and soon enough an aged man, who was probably previously working in the gym, came out from behind the gate and observed us with a curious yet cautious look.

He had blonde hair and was really bulky and ripped. His black eyes were sharp and the squarish jawline made him look someone directly out of a movie or something.

'Something is wrong with him… and them too,' I thought as I observed a few more bulky men coming from behind.

They were armed with bats and other kinds of weapons, with the blonde one armed with a shotgun in his hand.

"Woooo, Looks like we are going to have a party, people!!!!!" One of the men cried out loud as he eyed Caroline with lust. I saw him immediately rushing to open up his pants, but then the blonde one spoke,

"Wait! Is there someone else with you both?"

He pointed his gun at us and it didn't seem like he was going to hesitate in shooting us.

"I hope you are not the ones I am trying to save," I muttered silently before looking at the side quest again.

[Save the survivors trapped on Floor 70

Time limit: 24 hours 6 minutes

Reward: A Random Special Skill]

'Doesn't surprise me that it's just not the zombies that are threatening humans,' I thought before looking at the three of them and they seemed to be trying to say something, but I couldn't care less.

'How long before he shoots?' I asked

[23 Seconds]

Though the time was probably going to vary depending upon how I react.

"Disarm them," I mutter and I saw that guy almost pulling the trigger before his arms were severed. Caroline was already there in a blink of an eye before anyone could realize what just happened.

[Temporal Deceleration!]

I saw that guy's arms falling apart and Caroline moving at a fast speed as she moved to disarm the rest of them. I saw their eyes opening wide in shock, as they couldn't even comprehend what was going on.

Then the blood started gushing out of their arms like a fountain and I saw them screaming and crying in agony. However, I cannot let them die on their own. I need to kill them with my own hands…

I moved forward and proceeded to finish them off using my knife while they were on the verge of dying, though I only succeeded in killing one.

[Ding!]

[You have killed a Human!]

[+50 Exp]

'Cheap,' I thought about their life before noticing that the side quest was still active.

"There are more of them up there, but there also could be some survivors," I spoke in a serious voice and Caroline nodded. She looked much more energetic than before and it didn't seem like she would be passing out anytime soon.

Slowly I entered through the metallic gate, thinking how long before I would get hit,

[24 seconds]

So, I proceeded to walk forward and upward towards the terrace with the knife in my storage dimension, with Caroline right behind me. I kept observing the timer and soon enough it reached 1s.

At this point, I almost reached the top and looking around, it seemed quite empty, as no one was present there.

[Eyes of the Time Keeper]

I used this ability at the exact moment and saw a bullet being hit on my right shoulder from behind about 1 second later.

[Temporal Deceleration!]

I muttered, turned around and then took out my knife from my dimensional storage and threw it towards that person who was about to shoot me. I saw another man with a gun pointing at me and I dived back down to the gym from the stairway.

Time started flowing normally again, and I took a deep breath before

[Active Time Regeneration!]

Within the next 4 seconds, my Time Points got back up to 60+ and I saw that man almost looking at me before I took the shotgun from Caroline's hand and

-Bang!!

[+50 exp]

The quest still wasn't complete, so I took precautions and moved up slowly and cautiously with the shotgun and my timer on. According to my timer, I wasn't going to be shot at the rate I was going up and soon I found out the reason why.

That bastard had a gun pointed at a female and looking at her carefully, she was already dead. It was hard to make out with her body covered in makeup and the way he held her, but she was already dead… just what is that guy trying to do?

Goosebumps covered my body for a few seconds before I sighed and moved forward slowly and slowly as I saw that the timer finally started showing

[34 Seconds]

Perhaps he was waiting for me to get closer or maybe someone was behind me, trying to take a proper shot? I don't know, but I wasn't going to hold back when it comes to killing this one.

Soon, I almost reached 10 steps away from him and saw the timer reaching almost 1s.

[Eyes of the Time Keeper!]

I saw the shot coming from my right, from a guy standing behind the wall, and he looked really scared, to be honest.

I didn't use my Deceleration ability this time and simply stood there and used the shotgun to injure the legs of the man who held the dead women.

Moving front and immediately moving back to dodge the bullet from the man on the right, behind the wall. I observed him shooting at me and missing his shot. He tried to take another shot, but before he could make it; I shot him using the shotgun I had.

[Side Quest: Save the survivors trapped on Floor 70: Complete]

[New skill acquired: Skill Fusion(Special)]