CHAPTER 23: THOSE RESTRAINTS FOR PLAYER

As the shortsword pierced Hailie’s throat, I felt another arrow coming from the crossbow flew, this time straight into my temple and seemingly into my brain.

"I called dibs on the smaller one." The crossbow guy said.

"God I want to lick this one’s face so bad." The shortsword added.

"Calm down now, let’s not tell them what’s going to happen, I want to see these lone cuties squirm when we get to that bridge." The last guy wielding the chain commented.

Urg, fucking disgusting. Who the hell thirst over women that much? Not me, of course.

The arrow ht hurts like hell, but wasn’t enough to deal significant damage to me, not even 5% of my HP even. So I kept looking at Hailie, with my hand pulling the arrow out.

She didn’t flinch.

And they surely have noticed, too.

Then, she started screaming, yet the only reason she screamed like a dolphin and start pushing the attacker away was because she noticed the shortsword lodged inside her body. Not because she was afraid or felt pain.

"No way..."

I checked the party’s HP.

CJS69Real: 94/102

Hailie: 20/20

She didn’t lose any HP, despite being an unarmored, buffless, itemless, cheatless, bitchless Ranger. Especially when a strike like that should be a crit.

The attacker froze, obviously and reasonably confused. But the chain guy obviously didn’t take much time before throw his weapon at Hailie.

"Chain Restraint!"

He casted, the chains then circled around Hailie, tightening with both of her arms in its grasp.

A spell I recognized, and depending on the weapon’s level, that chain needed a good amount of [Attack] stat, also known as your strength stat, to break free of.

Or she could’ve just dodge because that thing fly slow as fuck, but obviously, not smart enough I see, and definitely not strong enough to free herself.

Though, I cared about something more. The fact that she didn’t feel pain, and that she didn’t lose any HP.

I started laughing.

Like, really laughing.

"Muwfeha...Haha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

The kind that makes your stomach hurt, bubbles out of your throat like bile but leaves you lighter. I had been so ready to panic, to pull her back, to tell her to just combat-log (logging out mid combat) and wait until they were all gone to log back on.

But she was untouchable.

An actual god-mode, Eirlys did her homework and implemented an actual working code.

Good fucking job, woman, finally, not as incompotent as I expected, huh?

I cracked my neck, brandished the shield with one hand, and giggled as the shortsword guy turned towards me.

"Let’s dance, all night long!" I said, widening my eyes.

If this was an anime, that one-liner, combined with a focused shot into my right eye with red lines coming from my pupils would’ve been Episode Of The Week.

Hailie started squirming and fighting back against [Chain Restraint]. She realized she couldn’t move her body or run away, and began kicking her legs on the ground, desperately trying to flee.

God I want to tease her so bad in that pathetic state.

But, legal reasons.

"Status." I whispered.

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Username: CJS69Real

Level: 29

Class: Warlock

HP: 94/102

Attack: 30

Magic: 25

Defense: 22

Resistance: 16

Damage Reduction: 3%

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The crossbow dealt 8 hit points to me... Let us do some mental math.

Damage minus Defense/Resistance (depending on damage type) minus damage reduction equals damage taken.

If the final value has a decimal of = .50 then it rounds up, 49 and below rounds down.

3% Damage Reduction is practically nothing so let us pretend it did not exist.

A crossbow should do physical damage, so we’re subtracting the Defense stat, not the Resistance stat.

Original Damage (or X) - 22 = 8

X = 8 + 22

X = 30

8 were to go through Damage Reduction of 3%, it would be 7.76, which rounds up to 8 again.

30 damage per crossbow shot, that guy sure got a good item.

"Jared, you hold that girl down while we take this bitch. She seems like she knows what she’s doing." The shortsword guy said, eyeing up and down my arsenal of twin blades, armor, and shield that I stole from the Lion’s Parade.

Facing against a crossbow and shortsword was easy, really, just gotta use the shortsword guy as a human shield.

But, I do not know if that would count towards being hostile and non-pacifistic. This situation was very difficult because I am unable to harm them, neither can Hailie, if she was even remotely reliable.

I turned to see the guy wielding the hook chain stepping his dirty shoes on her pretty face while she started getting dizzy and exhausted from all that screaming and rolling.

...

Okay, I’m not a creep, I’m not a pervert, I’m not mentally insane, I’m not voyeuristic or sadistic.

BUT

It was kind of hot to look at.

Nevertheless, it was time to dance.

Another arrow flew towards my chest, and I easily raised my shield to protect myself. The shield itself absorbed all the damage, but loses HP, and it was a lower level shield, so I assumed it could only take like 2 more shots like that.

But I didn’t have time to think, when the shortsword guy came again after taking a long route, flanking from behind and grab me by my hair.

No one fucking grab me by my god damn hair.

I was faster than him, stat-wise and muscle memory wise. So I didn’t even care what his plan was; to stab me? To cut me? To hold me in place while ripping the sword in and out my stomach repeatedly? It did not matter, as I did the most horrid thing I could’ve ever done to another human being. One that I am ashamed to admit I did.

I hugged him. And started fiddling around the back of his shirt.

"Pupupupup... Where is it?" I muttered as I ran my hands back and down, as high as the nape and as low as the thighs

"? What the fuck?" He said, most definitely getting a boner, but I was not about to check.

"..."

The crossbow guy didn’t wait as he finished reloading his crossbow and shot another one at me.

"Andddd done."

I let go and took a step back, moving my body away to dodge the arrow in the nick of time, with a bright smirk on my face.

"You fucking bitch!" The shortsword guy screamed, lunging his body at me.

Just kidding~ He didn’t do that, because he was medusa-ed.

The poor little boy stood frozen in place.

Both of his arms were raised to the chest, legs tighened up and back straightened. The pose that he struck when he got hug by yours truly, and now, he could not move a single muscle, not even those on his face

The entire group was in absolute horror as they realize...

He was frozen like a statue, unable to move one bit.

"Now, I wonder how long you guys can stay here until someone finds out?" I said with a smirk, as I drummed my fingers in the air, looking at the other two.