As the blue sky was busy being devoured by a large purple cloud, Frank observed a notification before his next fight, hoping for the best, he checked his status.
[Status
The passive skill Breathing(C) has been activated.
*You have gained 1 life!*]
[Status
Name: Franklin
Level: 1
Life: 11/120 ▼
Class: Half Soul Being
Attribute: Curse of Idleness
Skills: Average Gamer(C),Breathing(C), Hesitation(S), Idleness(S+), Drift(F), Meditation(F)...
Occupation: Maru's Servant]
Frank was shaking all over after discovering he only had 11 life left, he started asking around his group for a health potion but most of his group members only had a confused expression on their face while some thought Frank had finally lost it.
Unable to gain more health, Frank started to plan for his next duel, meanwhile Berry casually walked to the arena and returned without a single scratch on him.
Frank could only wonder what kind of godly talent Berry had.
Frank entered the stage while using his eyes to scan the surroundings, looking for any loopholes he could exploit, the nearest route to the white flag and to get a glance at the enemy or better yet if the enemy had any weakness.
But Frank shuddered when he finally laid his eyes on the enemy, while the crowd cheered, Frank next opponent was twice his size and very huge. He wore a pair of gloves on his hands and a pair of heavy silver leather boots on his legs.
Everything about him screamed "Boss Monster". Frank was stunned by the sight for a while and finally proceeded to search for the white flag, after running around the huge skeleton for a while, Frank finally spotted the flag directly behind the skeleton.
Frank stopped running and started racking his brain for a way to successfully steal the white flag but, there was no way for Frank to steal the flag without any injury because the huge skeleton stayed at the same position without moving.
Frank decided to use a feint on the huge skeleton so as to make the huge skeleton change its pose and create an opportunity to get the flag.
Frank ran head on to the skeleton, believing the skeleton would change its position when he got near, but the skeleton remained in the same position without even moving an inch.
As Frank was about to turn away from the front of the skeleton, the skeleton suddenly shot a punch at Frank.
Frank's body flew far away from the skeleton, after landing a few meters away from the skeleton, the crowd shouted with excitement believing Frank had died, a few of Frank's teammates clenched their fists while Berry shuddered, Maru who was watching with clear eyes finally had a bored expression.
Frank believed he had died as he lay on the floor, a few minutes passed but there was still no movement. After a few moments, Frank decided to see whether he was in heaven or hell.
He was surprised to see that he was still in the arena and glanced at a few notifications that appeared.
[Status
You have lost 10 health!
Your health has reached the bottom.
*Your attribute is reacting with your body.*
Due to the Curse of Idleness you feel intense fatigue.
*One of the benefits of your skill Idleness(S+) has been activated*
You view everyone around you as your enemy.]
Frank had a confused expression on his face but decided to stand up.
Frank glanced around his surroundings and saw a target on everyone's head, both ally and enemy, Frank turned to see the huge skeleton rushing to smash his head.
Frank decided to take a step back and he easily evaded the skeleton.
The skeleton realized what was happening and hurried back to maintaining his position.
Frank followed the skeleton and a fierce battle started.
For every one blow Frank evaded, Frank returned five blows back to the huge skeleton.
Frank hit the skeleton on its skull, arms, legs, ribs and everywhere that was open to him.
The fact was, Frank was faster than the skeleton.
A few skeletons were amazed with what they were witnessing, while some shuddered at the sight of a small skeleton beating a skeleton that was twice his size, Maru had a confused expression at first but after a while he was back to smiling and looking amused.
After a while, Frank's teammates started cheering and shouting;
[You can do it!]
[You can do it!!]
[You can do it!!!]
But Frank could not look at what was happening outside the arena, his whole focus was in the duel.
Frank thought since the skeleton was huge, it would only have basic attacks but every now and then the skeleton used some crazy skills like Charge, Smash, and a few other heavy attack skills.
Worse yet, throughout the duration of Frank's attacks he was feeling sleepy. Frank staggered to punch the skeleton one last time, after that, Frank could not move again.
He stretched his legs with all his might but they would not budge. Finally giving up, Frank closed his eyes expecting his demise but he was surprised an attack never came.
After opening his eyes a few minutes later, Frank observed his surroundings and saw a huge skeleton lying flat on the floor.
***
The crowd screamed with joy while 'the huge skeleton teammates' glared at Frank but no one could foresee what happened next.
***
After waiting for a few moments, Frank finally saw a new notification.
[You have killed a low class soul being.]
[You have absorbed some experience!]
At the same time Frank saw these notifications, the huge skeleton glowed faintly and disintegrated.
Frank could not look around because his fatigue finally caught up to him, making him sleep on the arena's floor.
***
Everyone had a shocked expression on their face when they saw what happened next and couldn't say anything for a long while.
Only one word was heard, and that word came from Berry.
Berry said:
[Zombie!]