MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online

Chapter 257: Greatness



"Argh!" The scar-faced man tried to push Adam away, but was unsuccessful.

In the end, Adam managed to slap the silenced gun away. The gun slid down the floor till it came to stop by the wall.

The scarred man kicked Adam in the chest, forced him a few steps back, and then started throwing punches, but Adam parried them away with his forearms.

As they entered close quarter combat, the scar-faced man clearly used some kind of military- based martial arts as he moved his arms like he was holding a knife.

Adam slapped the attacks away, and kept his composure, but he could feel the throbbing pain on his bleeding waist.

If it wasn't taken care of quickly, it would lead to his death.

"Whoo!" The scarred man stepped forward and shot his palms forward.

Adam grabbed his wrists, and front kicked him in the chest, but the scarred man tore his arms off his grip, grabbed the leg, and threw Adam across the hallway.

He crashed on the wall, and then the scarred man jumped towards him with a knee kick, but Adam quickly dodged it, and watched as the man kneed through the wall.

The scarred man was clearly an expert with martial arts.

"Adam!" Alice screamed behind the bulletproof wall, and headed to her parents room, trying to wake them up, but noticed that their door was strangely metallic.

None of her knocking sounds reached the room, where her parents were still sleeping peacefully.

Adam threw a wide swing at the scarred man, but he ducked under the fist, and punched Adam in the bleeding waist.

"Argh!" Adam gritted his teeth, grabbed the scarred man by his shoulders, and threw him across the hallway.

The man crashed into a wall, and felt the air leave his lungs.

The throw was much stronger than he expected.

At that moment, Adam kicked his leg up and tried to kick the scarred man in the face, but he rolled out of the way, stood back up, and threw a low kick.

SMACK!

The low kick landed on Adam's thigh with a force that created an instant bruise.

'No...' Adam gasped in pain, realizing he was outmatched.

In terms of martial arts, he was clearly outmatched.

This made him honestly feel scared.

It made him remember his death, once again, and during that fight, he was clearly stronger fighter, but still, he succumbed to his wounds.

Now, he was the weaker fighter, and was already wounded with a bullet lodged inside his waist.

The scarred man came close to him again, and started landing more punches. He was clearly trying to stay close to Adam, so Hera didn't have any chance to use the minigun.

"Adam, please!" Alice's screams finally reached his ears.

"Argh!" Adam reeled in his fist, and punched against the scarred man's block so hard that the man stumbled back.

Without further ado, Adam rolled towards the silenced gun on the ground, and picked it up. "No!" The scarred man lunged at him, and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him from using the

gun.

He was punching across Adam's body, trying to make him drop the gun, but for some odd reason, Adam didn't let go.

Adam slammed his head against the scarred man's face, and made him stumble back a single step.

That was enough.

Adam quickly raised the silenced gun and fired three bullets. All three of them went through the scarred man's chest.

The scarred man stumbled back, blood pouring out of his mouth while he looked utterly stunned.

"W-wait, I-I tell everything." As he said that, he coughed out blood.

Adam stood up, aimed the silenced gun at his face, and fired the final bullet.

The bullet went between the man's eyebrows, killing him instantly.

Weakly, Adam dropped the gun to the ground, and coughed heavily, struggling to stand.

The minigun retreated back inside the wall, and the bulletproof wall vanished.

Alice immediately came over to him, and put her hands over the bleeding wound while crying.

"Don't die, please!" She saw how pale his face was, and feared the worst. "Stay with me, Adam, please!"

"T-take me..." Adam coughed. "To my room..."

"We need to take you to the hospital!" She cried, feeling panicked and desperate.

"C-calm down, t-take me there..." Adam put his arm over her shoulder, and she helped him to walk to his room.

However, instead of going to the bed like she expected, he went to the wardrobe, and to her surprise, an elevator.

She thought she had already seen everything from metallic doors, miniguns, and bulletproof walls.

As he collapsed inside the elevator, Alice joined the elevator, and tried to keep him awake with any means necessary.

After Adam weakly pressed a button, they arrived at the underground base. It was all new to Alice, and she was clearly shocked, but she had other urgent matters, such as trying to keep

Adam alive.

"T-take me to the VR Pod..." Adam pointed at the machine in the center.

"You need hospital!" Alice shouted in a panic. "Y-y-you're bleeding so much!"

"H-Hera will take care of me..." Adam said, then stumbled towards VR Pod, and eventually

climbed inside.

As soon as he said so, the glass lid closed shut, sealing him inside.

Alice bit her lip, and wanted to go wake up her parents in case this didn't work and they would

have to go to the hospital.

However, at that moment, she heard a robotic voice.

[Do not panic, young lady. I've got better medical capabilities than any hospital in Navy

Town]

"W-who spoke?" Alice looked around in shock.

[My name is Hera. Look over to the computer screen]

Alice looked over to the computer screen, which was black just recently, but now a face

appeared there. It was the holographic face of a woman.

She didn't really have a face, but she created it so that it was easier for Alice to get used to her

presence.

"Will Adam be fine?" Alice asked worryingly.

[I've already managed to remove the bullet from his body. I've injected him with some very

strong healing medicine, and I've patched his wound. He'll be fine]

"T-thank god..." Alice felt her legs give up, and collapsed on the ground. "W-who were those

men? Why were they after Adam?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

[Adam is a special person, and it looks like there is a bounty on his head in the dark web]

"W-why would anyone want him dead?" Alice asked. "He's just a regular guy, isn't he?"

[Far from that. In the Mortal Online, he is one of the greatest talents-S-ranker to be specific —and he'll do great deeds in the future]

[People have started to notice his unusual level of growth. They feel afraid. He is becoming too powerful too quickly, and no one has found a way to control him yet]

[Therefore, they've ordered his assassination]

"S-ranker?" Alice looked at the VR pod with an amazed look. "I didn't know he was someone

so special..."

She had, of course, heard about S-rankers. They were extremely popular people; even outside the game, all of the S-rankers were extremely well known.

The most known of them all, Konrad Moriarty, was in the top three of the most popular

people in the world.

[Adam is low-key, so the outside world doesn't really yet know about his existence, but I have

a feeling that during this war, everyone will know his name]

"I see..." Alice looked at the man inside the VR pod with a soft look. "You see greatness in

him?"

[Yes]