A Gunslinger’s System in a World of Magic

- The Skill\'s active Effect of +15% Accuracy is now a Passive effect. I.e Every shot you make henceforth will have this increased Accuracy tagged on automatically.

- Every shot you make, as long as they hit their target, will reward you with Skill Exp regardless of active activation of the {Marksmanship} Skill.

In other words, The {Marksmanship Skill} will always be active for any shot you make henceforth, and the more shots you make, the more chances you have of leveling up the Skill.

- Skill Exp requirements to take your {Marksmanship} Skill to the next level have been increased and you will not be privy to the value of the increase just as you have so far not been privy to the value of the Skill Exp you gain.

May \'Synergy\' serve you well in the journey to come.]

[Sub-Skill: Guiding Shot.

Description: Infuse your shot with a homing signal that will mark your target.

The next shot you make after \'Guiding Shot\' will home in on the marker placed by \'Guiding Shot\' like a missile that cannot be shaken through speed or maneuverability.

Note: The homing shot can still be blocked by shields should the target be quick and aware enough to raise one.

Cost: 10 Mana Points.

*Whenever your {Marksmanship} Skill levels up, the Mana Point cost for \'Guiding Shot\' will increase as well.

Good luck.]

Having made sure to activate his {Marksmanship} skill whenever he had to make a shot precisely for this, Henry welcomed the Skill Level up but his brows still furrowed as he read through the descriptions on the two screens the System projected out in front of him. He mostly skimmed through them as there was still a matter of importance to worry about.

\'Synergy\' seemed to mostly just take away the responsibility of him activating the Marksmanship Skill whenever he had to shoot and while that was welcome, Henry didn\'t find it all that groundbreaking. If he had taken his time with the description page, he might have thought differently but he was quickly turning his attention to his new Sub-Skill.

His lips turned in a slight smile that this Skill Level Up did not increase an ambiguous quality like added accuracy bonus as the last Skill Level Up had done, and as Henry read through the description of \'Guiding Shot\', it certainly seemed like a skill he could make use of.

"Ah," Andor let out as he pulled away from the wall and raised a hand to his head to dab his fingers in the wetness of the gash he had sustained from the slam against the wall.

Andor had kept a hold of his shield as the strap was quite tight around his arm but he had not been able to keep a hold on his Spear. He sighted it lying a couple of feet away; glinting with the magic that separated it from the Mummy weapons all over the ground.

Andor nudged Louis and once the Mage was starting to stir, he finally walked over to his Spear and picked it off the ground.

"Good, you\'re awake," Henry said and Louis looked up at him standing beside Nyx who had trotted closer.

"How are you feeling?" Henry asked when Louis kept looking at him with a blank expression for a few seconds.

"Stunned but fine… I think," Louis said.

Henry looked at Andor who nodded and said,

"Same."

Henry nodded then with a small smile,

"Good," he said before he gestured at the Monstrosity, "We need to take care of that thing. If you\'re up for a fight, that is."

While the two shared a look, Henry pulled himself into Nyx\'s saddle and steered her around so they were facing the Monstrosity.

The creature had risen off the ground after its double-fisted slam against the ground and stood slightly lopsided since it was missing a foot. It dragged its one-legged self toward Eloise who was lying against the wall unconscious.

"Oh, no you don\'t," Henry said and spiked Nyx\'s reins as he yelled, "Hya!"

Nyx set off in a powerful gallop that was heightened by her <Shadow Dash> skill. She traveled faster than the Monstrosity could drag itself across the ground.

When they were within a foot of Eloise\'s unconscious self, Henry sent his guns into his Inventory and leaned off the Nyx as much as he could to get a grip on Eloise\'s armor.

Because of how fast Nyx was riding, Henry had very little agency on where his hand grabbed and he had already taken a grip and yanked Eloise off the ground before he realized his hand placement had him very close to her breasts.

Despite the metal plating of the armor proving a hard layer, there was a way the armor wrapped around Eloise\'s well-developed chest that made Henry\'s hand placement look and feel indecent. Also, Eloise picked that moment to stir.

It seemed getting jostled due to the hard yank that pulled her off the ground had pulled Eloise out of her unconsciousness and she was wincing with a hand stretched to the back of her head.

"Ah," Eloise let out just as Nyx outrun a focused wave that the Monstrosity struck out.

Henry took his hand off her chest then but Eloise had noted the hand placement already. Either because acknowledging it would only call more attention to it or because they had more important things to worry about, Eloise made no mention of it. Instead, she adjusted herself in Nyx\'s saddle right in front of Henry as she cast a look at the Monstrosity that was getting ready for a rampage.

"I need to get high up," Eloise said, "If we want to bring it down, I need to stab somewhere higher. "

"We can just take out another leg," Henry said, "That could bring it down closer so we can attack the torso better."

\'Plus, I have guns so I don\'t need to go high,\' Henry added in his mind.

Eloise shook her head,

"That could take too long," she said, "And we\'ll still be at the mercy of those horrid waves. How strong is your horse?"

"Quite strong. Why do you ask?" Henry asked with his brows slightly furrowed in confusion.

The confusion only increased when Eloise wrapped an arm around his neck and pressed her body close to his as she then transitioned into standing atop Nyx\'s back.

"Get close," she said.

Henry, who now understood what the Lady Knight was planning, simply nodded as he said,

"Nyx."

The horse knew already what to do. Having followed the conversation with her ears attentively perked.

When Nyx was about five feet away from the Monstrosity, Eloise moved around until she was standing on Nyx\'s hind quarters.

"I\'ll need a boost," she said gently like she wasn\'t about to attempt something insane.

To provide the requested boost, Nyx came to a dead stop and \'leaned\' forward as she tossed her hindquarters upward as though to toss Eloise off. Eloise leaped at the same time the boost came and got higher than Eight meters where she managed to get a grip on the Monstrosity\'s shoulder.

"Hng!" Eloise let out with an expression of struggle on her beautiful face as she then hoisted herself until she was on her knees and far more stable \'ground\' atop the creature\'s shoulder.

The Monstrosity moved and jostled her position on its shoulder but Eloise held on, stretched her hand at the ground in the direction of her sword, and yelled out a spell that summoned the weapon into her grip.

Eloise let her Mana surge and her sword\'s blade glowed with the inexplicable energy of serenity that she had made use of a few times already. She created a large energy blade that coated her sword and she stabbed it into the Monstrosity\'s neck, erupting a roar from it.

"RARRRRRRRRRRR!!!"

A roar that rocked the entire Hall.