The Martial Unity

The Chief Priest wore a tall head guard, beautifully decorated in all sorts of bright feathers and fabrics. His chest was bare except for the cape that hung across his collarbone with finely polished jewels and precious metals. His lower body was covered by a skirt which first wrapped around him like a loin cloth before extending into two long pieces between his legs that stopped just below his knees.

He had no weapons aside from the crude sacrificial dagger that seemed formed of obsidian. However, he still felt like the most dangerous opponent he had ever come across.

The Priest began to speak words Leonel had no ability to understand. Still, the latter's nerves remained tight, whatever senses he had honed to this point being pushed to their upper limits. The strain even caused blood vessels in his eyes to burst, coloring his whites in red.

With little more hesitation, Leonel knocked another atlatls dart. This time he used more power, pulling back with as much as 50% of his strength.

Out of habit, he hadn't gone all out with the first strike because the physical stats of the Priest were so low. But now he knew this wasn't a normal enemy.

Seeing that his attempts at communication failed, the Priest's brows furrowed as he raised his dagger once more. But this time, he aimed it toward Leonel, chanting with a calm rhythm.

The nude young lady strapped to the table watched on blankly, her gaze, once filled with fear, turning dull. She seemed to believe that no matter how this all ended, her fate was already sealed.

Leonel's spear shattered against an invisible barrier once more, but this time Leonel could faintly feel it condensing. It wasn't a feeling as sharp as his touch, sight or hearing, but it was there.

'A sixth sense?'

Suddenly, Leonel dropped down at his fastest speed. A moment later, a loud boom shook the Sacrificial Room's wall, leaving a deep impact.

A cold sweat matted Leonel's back as he hopped up, sprinting to the side as he knocked another dart.

He dove forward, sliding his arm across the air sideways and causing another dart to whistle across the air with a sharp sound.

'Dammit, I thought I would only have to fight normal humans in this place. Could it be that ancient humans found these awakened abilities too? Or maybe is it that these Sub-Dimensional Zones aren't as historically accurate as I originally believed?'

[Anomaly detected… Recalculating…]

[Sub-Dimensional Zone detected: Mayan Tomb. Spanish Invasion]

[Sub-Dimensional Zone grade: C]

[Clear requirements: Enter Chief Priest's Sacrificial Room (Complete). Save Chief Priest]

[Side Quest: Unable to detect. Scope of system too limited]

[Side Quest: Defeat 100 Spaniards (Complete) … Reward pending]

[… Recalculating…]

[Side Quest: Unable to detect. Scope of system too limited]

Quest: Defeat 1000 Spaniards (Complete) …

[… Recalculating…]

Quest: Defeat the

[… Recalculating…]

[Reward Upgraded]

detect. Scope of

a minimum of three other individuals. Subject's D-grade ability is

this broken watch across the walls till it broke. How was this considered a system? How could it

too late to tell him. Instead of telling him what the side quests were, it waited until he had already completed them to tell him. And,

'Forget it! Focus.'

The only

once more, but his sharp senses caught the fact the Priest was forced to

took advantage of his own centrifugal force, landing on his feet and not losing a single

have 47 more darts. If I can't see any results by the time I have 25, I need to take the risk

his strength perfectly, never using more than 50%. He realized that this Priest was entirely reliant on his odd energy. The old man getting on in years didn't make any large movements. Aside from shifting his feet every so often to face Leonel and raising his arms,

don't believe that he

a strong sense of danger

mistake. He dodged the Priest's last strike, but he hadn't heard a loud boom to his back like he had heard every time previously.

way just in time, but

Just like that, the 40 some odd darts he had left were shattered to pieces, leaving the Priest grinning an ugly yellow toothed

sprung upward a moment

his attention toward Leonel's darts, the Priest completely unleashed

like a mad man sprinting around the room as though he was on a racetrack and not in a temple.

one strike at once. Controlled strikes take 5 seconds to charge but

rank this seventh category. The speed of these energy strikes is at 0.89. The agility of the

need to dodge before he sends out his strike or I'm finished. Luckily I've overestimated the Priest's coordination. If his control over his energy

run, taking out three silver rods he had strapped to his left hip and twisting them together, discarding his atlatl

smooth motion, he shrugged off what remained of the box of darts, leaving about 20 pounds

ducked the most recent controlled energy strike, he leaped into the air toward the Chief Priest, his silver rod morphing into a bicycle before he

was stunned for a moment. Where could he had ever seen such technology? Luckily for Leonel, his silver rod

Priest was currently just over a hundred meters. Even if he ran full tilt, it would still take him over

'One second… two!'

so far that his knee scrapped against the ground. Sparks flew as the metal fitting

He had fought with his life on the line for too long to feel the same shuddering nervousness. There had been nothing but him and his own thoughts for months. There was no way he was going to lose

very likely target my bike itself…

battles kicked in. All things considered, only having to account for just one opponent at a time was marginally easier despite the godlike abilities

'Here it comes.'