A Gunslinger's System in a World of Magic-Chapter 264: Flurry Of Advancements

The battle was a rowdy one. It was the closest to a war Henry had ever been in. Neither side stayed in place to be met by the enemy as both sides charged to meet in a massive clash while pushing toward opposite directions.

Right after Henry got his sixth kill of the battle, a mighty Ax came swinging down at him but he reacted fast enough to lift 'Cudgel' and hold the weapon in place only to be warned by his Precognition of a coming attack just in time to push back against the Ax by an inch and roll away to avoid the arrows that came whizzing at him the next second.

The Orc returned with its Ax attack but Henry was faster, placing a bullet in its head with 'Cudgel' while he pointed 'Violent Retort' at the Archers that just fired at him. Taking them out one after the other with each of the two mana-infused slugs in the weapon.

[Kill-Reward: 850 Exp]

[Kill-Reward: 800 Exp]

[Kill-Reward: 800 Exp]

The battle wasn't happening in a completely barren field so there were trees around and in realization of how quickly and intensely he was going to get overwhelmed if he remained on the ground amid such a physically charged battle, Henry called to the spell imprinted on his back atop his ~Arcane Tapestry~

*Extra Arms!*

The five watery tentacles sprung out from the large spell circle on his back and Henry extended two high above to grip tree branches and pull him up on them. Just as his feet were about to leave the ground, the shadow he cast which overlapped with that of the Orcs and Knights around him, became darker and Nyx leaped out while letting out gallant neighs.

She was coated in the shadow of <Shadow Dash> and blitzed through two Orc warriors before they could react, launching them away to slam into others so she could take advantage of their disorientation to clobber the first victim to fall prey to her stomps.

[Nyx has received 900 Exp]

[Nyx has Leveled Up!]

[Nyx is now Level 17]

[Nyx's Hit Point Maximum increased to 275]

[Nyx's Mana is now 285]

[Strength: 125 ———> 130]

[Speed: 220 ———> 230]

[Stamina: 120 ———> 125]

Even while the notifications of her level-up and the effects it had on her stats were arriving one at a time on a screen presented to Henry who was now perched on a tree branch, Nyx had struck down two more and started her journey to her next level up which was honestly not too far off.

While she was busy with her fourth victim, an Orc swung at her hoping to catch her off guard when a Spear stabbed it from behind and thrust so deep that it came out the front.

When the Orc keeled forward and hit the ground with a thud, Andor was suddenly there, pulling his Spear free. Nyx acknowledged his assistance with a harrumph and a shake of her beautiful black mane. Andor gave her a hard nod and the two went back to killing.

Henry above killed two more Orc Archers and became their prime target. They climbed into trees quickly enough thinking being below was giving Henry an unfair advantage. They were wrong of course. Their shots were just almost too easy to dodge thanks to Precognition and Henry's trained ability to perceive and avoid attacks.

So many archers fell to his attacks and an almost equal amount of Orc warriors suffered a similar fate and when Henry received the notification of his Level-up, he barely paid it any mind and just kept on with his kills.

Still, the notifications arrived and rolled out as they usually did on the holographic screen in front of his eyes;

[Level Up!]

[You are now Level 35]

[Hit Point Maximum increased to 350]

[Hit Points: 350/350]

[Mana Point Maximum increased to 460]

[You have received 6 Stat Points to Allocate]

The battle below almost turned in the favor of the Orc horde. They were just so many and Henry picking them off from above was not helping reduce them to a much more comfortable number when he himself was under constant assault. Sure, he had Precognition to help against the attacks but his attention was still drawn away from the battle below.

Knights were injured but most refused to be pushed back. Which was where Meryna and her fellow Clerics came in. They pressed their hands together and chanted prayers. As they did, marks that resembled crescent moons glowed on certain exposed body parts of each of the Knights and Andor as they were the ones they could most readily see.

From the moment Eloise alluded to an intense battle ahead, they had prepared this.

[Mark of the Chosen]

As it occasionally happened, the system delivered the name of the spell to Henry on a holographic screen along with a description he skimmed through. Essentially the spell required a long preparation and the marks would act as conduits for the healing spells they will now chant. Ensuring they didn't need to have a direct view of who they were healing to provide it. Especially useful on a battlefield where positions change a lot and very quickly.

Sure enough, they stood in place, still far away, and chanted their prayers as the marks glowed on the bodies of any injured Knights, healing them to enough good condition to continue fighting.

[Nyx's Skill <ShadowDash> is now Lv.3]

[<Shadow Dash> effect: 35% ———> 40%]

Right after that notification, Nyx made another kill that leveled her up,

[Nyx has Leveled Up!]

[Nyx is now Level 18]

[Nyx's Hit Point Maximum increased to 290]

[Nyx's Mana is now 300]

[Strength: 130 ———> 135]

[Speed: 230 ———> 240]

[Stamina: 125 ———> 130]

And even then, just like it was after her previous Level Up, she continued to fight and soon, mostly thanks to the Clerics delivering such on-point healing, the group triumphed over the horde but there was no time to rest.

Henry came down from the trees, a few percent short of a Level Up, and joined the group to continue their journey according to Eloise's sensory spell and it wasn't long until she was alerting them of more trouble ahead. Another horde. It was like that all over the Dungeon.

As they were being empowered unnaturally by the action damaging their very dimension, the Orcs charged to destroy every raider within while clearing a path for their exit to the world outside once the time was ripe.

And so, Henry started things off. Finding trees to pull up onto while firing shots from above as their group sought to defeat a second horde. This one was complete with Casters.

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Two kills later;

[Level Up!]

[You are now Level 36]

[Hit Point Maximum increased to 360]

[Hit Points: 360/360]

[Mana Point Maximum increased to 470]

[You have received 6 Stat Points to Allocate]

[You now have 12 stat Points to Allocate]

Protecting himself against the spells that were shot at him by the casters below with the use of his <Hat of Shielding>, Henry picked them off with relative ease. Nyx and Andor were below supporting his efforts. Somehow, despite the rowdiness of the battle scene, the three retained a sense of camaraderie only between themselves.

The Casters had their shields up but Nyx's relentless hammering and her ability to dive into the shadows made her more than a match. At times she'd shatter shields and open up the target for Henry to kill without him having to expend too many bullets.

And other times, Henry's bullets would break a shield for Nyx to stomp on the enemy and kill it before it could erect a second one.

And soon,

[Nyx has Leveled Up!]

[Nyx is now Level 19]

[Nyx's Hit Point Maximum increased to 305]

[Nyx's Mana is now 315]

[Strength: 135 ———> 140]

[Speed: 250 ———> 260]

[Stamina: 130 ———> 135]

And soon after that, before even half of this horde was done with, Henry had killed enough and amassed enough Stat points for a familiar ring of notifications he had heard so much lately…

[Level Up!]

[You are now Level 37]

[Hit Point Maximum increased to 370]

[Hit Points: 370/370]

[Mana Point Maximum increased to 480]

[You have received 6 Stat Points to Allocate]

[You now have 18 stat Points to Allocate]

… And another ring of notifications that were not as common;

[Skill Level-Up!]

[Marksmanship is now Lv.6]

[Marksmanship Lv.6:

Your Gun toting skills have become further honed;

•Skill's passive Effect of +15% Accuracy increased to 20%.

With this increment, you have an added 20% chance of making a successful kill.]

Henry rolled his eyes at the useless reward he received for leveling up his marksmanship and got right back to taking out enemies from above.

Every kill was rewarding him with 1000 Exp now, which was evidence of the Orcs getting stronger still. Nyx now received 1050 for each kill and, of course, it didn't take long for Henry to receive notifications of more of her next advancement. But as it turned out, this was a significant milestone.

[Nyx has Leveled Up!]

[Nyx is now Level 20]

[Nyx's Hit Point Maximum increased to 320]

[Nyx's Mana is now 335]

[Strength: 140 ———> 145]

[Speed: 260 ———> 270]

[Stamina: 135 ———> 140]

[Level 20: Nyx's System will now undergo a restructuring Upgrade]

[Nyx is now Level 20]

[Nyx has acquired the Skill: <Shadow Body Manipulation: Dread Horn>]