Kenan had been holding onto his skill for the most opportune time to unleash it. He had to ensure he caught both hobgoblins off guard. He fired a wind bullet at both the shaman and the warrior. The warrior got hit in the stomach, stumbling and buying Kenan extra time to reach the shaman. The shaman, on the other hand, was safely behind its barrier—the same barrier that had been around the warrior only moments ago.It made Kenan realize two things. The shaman couldn't keep the barrier up simultaneously for both itself and the warrior, which meant that in the event of an attack on both of them, the shaman would prioritize keeping itself safe. In that moment, Kenan dug his heel deep into the earth, bringing himself to a halt as he fired off another wind bullet at the shaman.Once more, the shaman's barrier came alive to its defense, keeping it safe and buying Kenan enough time to use his half-turn moment to

[Your Active Skill Basic Fire Bullet has reached Level 1! Range and speed of the bullet have slightly increased. Cost has slightly reduced.]Kate blinked. It seemed almost blowing her own face off had been enough to get her Basic Fire Bullet skill to level one. She'd have to check for herself just how much it had changed. Kenan had told her he'd trained, but knowing her husband, the fool would have just repeated the same action over and over again.Kate paused. Her husband? Was he really her husband? After everything that had happened, everything he'd done to her—regardless of the end of the world, did she still want to be with him? Kate shook her head. She had no answers to these questions. Survival was more important right now, though to be honest, she hadn't stopped thinking about the quest the system had given. Twelve hundred exp just to consummate their marriage. Yeah, some things didn't add up."We can bring three of our stats up to level two with th

DAY 2.TIME UNTIL NEXT WAVE: 1 HOUR"Are you sure about this?"Kate asked as she gave Kenan a rather worried look. He shrugged."I mean, what's the worst that can happen? Just wave the wand and use it to cast your skill. You're not going to glow, and you don't need to scream Avada Kedavra.""Seriously?" She gave him a deadpan look."Just cast the damn skill, Kate. Your mana is going to need time to regenerate. A single cast each, for the wand and for the shaman staff. They might be the edge we both need for the incoming waves."Kate rolled her eyes but didn't argue anymore as she held the staff up, pointing it in the direction of one of the face-trees."Basic Fire Bullet!"The telltale fiery red spell circle came to life in front of the staff. In an instant—and in that same instant—it fired off the fire bullet at a speed that was most assuredly bullet-like. It flew across the clearing, leaving a blazing trai

Kate couldn't hold it anymore. She turned to the side and heaved, her stomach pouring out what was left in it. She threw a withering glare at Kenan, but he was so engrossed in his task that he didn't notice. She took a step back, watching as he stacked the last of the bodies. The clearing was a little larger now than before, so even with the amount of bodies they had available to them, it wasn't nearly enough to create a barricade of any significance. But it was still enough to create something that would not only impede the incoming wave of thirty goblins but perhaps even whittle them down so they wouldn't have to deal with all of them at once.So the same idea that Kenan had always had was put into action—using the bodies as a sort of barricade. He stacked them over each other to create a very low wall from one end of the clearing to the next. There wasn't nearly enough to create a barrier high enough to help them against the waves, but it was enough for what Kenan had in

Kenan had 330 exp left, but he didn't seem particularly inclined to use it—not even to raise his skills. But not doing so would make him a hypocrite. After all, he'd been the one to suggest they don't hold anything back and try as hard as they could to raise their skills to the next level in preparation for this boss fight that was coming their way. He needed an extra 180 exp to raise his Basic Wind Bullet to level two, about 30 to raise his new active skill to level one, and then another 132 exp to raise his Basic Weapons Mastery to level two. In total, 342 exp. He was twelve exp short, so he'd have to sacrifice one thing. The choice was rather easy.[180 exp spent! Basic Wind Bullet has reached level 2! Range, cast time, and damage increased. You can now easily attach this skill to your weapons and attacks.][132 exp spent! Basic Weapons Mastery has reached level 2! Damage with all weapons +5%, the cost for weapon-based skills -5%]Kenan frowned. His ski