"XinXin, run!" Li Wei screamed when he saw the wyvern heading towards Li Xin.
Fortunately, he had pushed her a distance away so the wyvern couldn't reach her instantly.
There was no hesitation; he aimed the gun at the wyvern.
He had already placed the gun in his pocket when the invasion started, but the wyvern didn't give him enough time to take it out.
During the second attack, the gun was almost in his hands, but he was still a little late when Li Xin used the fireball to stop the wyvern's attack.
"Die, bastard!" He pulled the trigger without hesitation.
*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*
*Ghwaaaa!*
The wyvern screamed in pain as the bullets penetrated its skin, and black blood flowed out. It stopped and defended with its wings, no longer charging towards Li Xin.
*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Li Wei continued to fire, bombarding the wyvern with bullets.
*Katch! Katch!*
But suddenly, the bullets ended.
"Damn, the magazine is finished," he cursed and directly opened his panel, distributing all of his 371 attribute points.
**ATTRIBUTES**:
Strength: 133 ↑100+ | Agility: 134 ↑100+
Intelligence: 137 ↑100+ | Endurance: 106 ↑71+
He did have another magazine, but he didn't see any serious injuries on the wyvern after being shot.
Another reason was his terrible aim. It was lucky that the wyvern was large enough for him to hit it without missing a single shot.
"Fuck you," Li Wei cursed loudly and ran towards the wyvern with full power.
He purchased a new sword from the system shop because his previous sword had been thrown a little distance away from him.
*Ghwaaaaa*
The wyvern roared as it saw him coming and directly charged towards Li Wei in anger.
Due to the curse from the gods affecting its intelligence, it didn't think too much.
"Die!" Li Wei shouted angrily as he jumped into the air and swung his sword with full force.
He slashed directly at the wyvern, which was almost as big as a tree.
*Ghwaaa*
The wyvern roared as it saw the sword coming towards it and tried to block it with its wings.
However, the next moment, the sword sliced through its wings like butter, and the same fate followed with its body and vitals behind it.
[Ding, Congratulations for killing a Level 5 wyvern. You gained 500 XP]
"XinXin, are you alright?" Li Wei didn't care about the notification. After he landed, he ran directly towards Li Xin, taking her in his arms.
"Brother..." Li Xin muttered weakly with a pale face, wanting to say something.
"Don't talk. Drink this first," Li Wei bought a mana potion from the system shop for 100 coins and placed the bottle to her lips, letting her drink.
"Umm?"
Li Xin felt a pleasant sensation through her body as she drank the mana potion, and her complexion improved quite a bit.
"Didn't I warn you not to use all your mana?" Li Wei scolded her as he saw her face regain color.
"Brother, are you alright?" Li Xin ignored his question and inquired.
"I'm fine, just a few scratches. See." Li Wei showed his minor injuries that had already healed significantly due to his increased attributes.
"My mana is still recovering, or I would have healed everything," Li Xin replied, looking worried.
"Don't worry about me. Just don't use any skills now. Do you know how scared I was seeing you like this?" Li Wei ruffled her head; his heart almost stopped when he saw the wyvern heading towards her.
"Um, I was worried too, you know," Li Xin replied with a pout.
When she saw the wyvern attacking him, she felt despair and almost cried.
Seeing she was worried, Li Wei decided not to ask more, or she might really cry.
"How do you feel now? Can you still fight? If not, don't worry about anything. I'll help you level up later," Li Wei expressed with concern.
"I'm all right, just a little headache, and nothing else. What about you, brother? Why don't you heal yourself?" Li Xin inquired after recovering a little thanks to the mana potions.
But before Li Wei could reply, a voice came from behind him.
"Did you kill the wyvern?" asked a woman in a military uniform who arrived with a group of fully armed soldiers.
"I did. Any problem?" Li Wei replied with an irritated tone.
They had just escaped a life-threatening situation, and someone asking questions about it made him feel very irritated, especially since the wyvern was headed towards Li Xin.
"No, actually we were ordered to take care of higher-level monsters, and this one escaped here. That's why we came to take it down. But when we saw the corpse, we wanted to confirm it, and nothing else. I really appreciate you for killing this wyvern for us," said the military woman.
"You both seem to be in a weak state. I think you should follow us, and we'll keep you safe until you've fully recovered," she added.
"No need. We're fine, and I don't think even level 5 monsters will come here after seeing the corpse of the wyvern," Li Wei replied, pointing at the wyvern's corpse.
When it came, it also scared the monster away from the nearby area.
"Oh, okay then. Take care. We'll take our leave. Let's go, squad," the military woman said, noticing Li Wei's unwillingness.
She felt a little disappointed but left with her group.
"It would've been troublesome if they kept inviting us," Li Wei muttered with a frown.
He knew they invited him because they saw the wyvern's corpse cut in two. Otherwise, they wouldn't even bother to ask, as in their eyes everyone would just drag them down.
"Yes, they would definitely ask us to fight later," Li Xin agreed with a nod.
She, too, was aware of their intentions. In this world, people would use you until you were useful and then cast you aside; even the military was no exception.
"Let's avoid any unnecessary interactions with the military or anyone for now. With the monster invasion, the power grid couldn't function normally, which meant most of the communication tools would not work. Even the military will lose its connection and with no one to control them..." Li Wei didn't continue any further.
Until he is sure, he will never accept someone's kindness, even if they had no ill intentions.
"Okay, let's recover here. I will take care of any monsters that will come," Li Wei suggested as he found a place under the roof for her.
He also sat down and held her delicate hand to soothe her.
In response, Li Xin gripped his hand tightly before leaning on his body and getting lost in thoughts.
'I should buy some skills first. Who knows if another level 5 monster will show up,' Li Wei thought to himself while observing his health points.
Health Points (HP): 315/400
'So I really took the damage; anyway, let's see the skills.'
With a thought, he opened the system shop and started browsing the skills section. As a jack-of-all-trades, he could buy the skills of every class and soon he found the best skills for himself.
They were Heal, Cure Poison, Slash, Guard, Fireball, Frost Nova, and Arcane Shield.
A total of seven skills, each costing 99 coins, which meant a total of 693 coins. For anyone this would be a big number but he has 3071 coins so he didn't hesitate and purchased them.
[Ding, Congratulations on learning the following skills - Heal, Cure Poison, Slash, Guard, Fireball, Frost Nova, and Arcane Shield.]
**SKILLS**:
**Analyze Eye (Goddess of Death edition): Level 1/5 (0/10000)**
- Heal: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Cure Poison: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Slash: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Guard: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Fireball: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Frost Nova: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
- Arcane Shield: Level 1/5 (0/1000)
Arcane Shield is a versatile and potent spell. When cast, it creates a translucent, shimmering energy barrier around the caster or a designated target.
'I should also upgrade them to level 5,' he thought to himself as he had a surplus amount of skill points now.
There was no hesitation; he started upgrading frantically. One skill point meant one thousand skill XP. So to level up a single skill to level 5, he needed a total of 15 SP and for the seven skills, it was 105 SP.
It was not expensive, of course for him, who was getting ten times SP. However, he still felt pain as he upgraded his goddess edition Analyze Eye to level 5.
Every goddess edition skill needed ten times the skill XP to upgrade, which meant he spent a total of 150 SP just on this skill.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curse inwardly but when he looked at his upgraded skills, he felt relieved.
**SKILLS**:
**Analyze Eye (Goddess of Death edition): Level 5 (0/60000)**
- Heal : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Cure Poison : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Slash : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Guard : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Fireball : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Frost Nova : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
- Arcane Shield : Level 5/5 (5000/5000)
**Note - because you are a Jack-of-all-Trades, you have to complete the class quest to unlock the level cap of all skills except Goddess of Death Edition.
'Now I don't have to worry too much. I can cast Arcane Shield on XinXin if there's a need to,' he thought to himself and examined his minor injuries.
"Heal," he chanted, casting the skill.
In that instant a holy light emerged from him, healing all of his injuries within a second.
Health Points (HP): 400/400
Mana Points (MP): 600/685
"Hmm, now I am good. XinXin, why are you looking at me like that?" Li Wei asked as he felt her stunned gaze.
"Nothing," Li Xin shook her head and continued to lean on him.
Seeing her like this, Li Wei ruffled her hair.
"How are you feeling now?" he asked as he saw her face had regained the color.
"My MP has recovered enough and I'm ready to fight again," Li Xin said, looking at her mana points.
Mana Points (MP): 50/140
Although still low, she wasn't in a weak state anymore.
"Okay, then let's go. I'll help you level up," Li Wei nodded.
He wanted her to have power to protect herself, so raising her level was important, as it would increase her strength.
Li Xin didn't refuse, as she herself was eager to level up.