Lake

> *"Explosion in 3... 2... 1..."*
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Lake is a Bystander Survivor and INT type Support, who has the potential to be promoted to Mythical Grade.

## Background

It was raining heavily when gunshots rang out in front of a red brick urgent care center. A man wearing a cap and scarf around his lower face hobbled as fast as his wounded leg would allow, firing blindly behind him. His pursuers moved from cover to cover, avoiding the spray of bullets with no target. The sound of rain and bullets was cut through by the loud splash of the pursued man collapsing into a puddle of muddy water, drawing out the small group that pursued out of cover. The wounded man was gritting his teeth against the pain in his leg, blood also trickling from his mouth.
"I told you guys — that's a military rifle!"
One of the men picked up the rifle from the ground. The one who seemed to be in charge snatched it away and examined it.
"It's even scoped. But he ain't shoot like no soldier. He must've picked it up somewhere."
Their ringleader slung the rifle over his shoulder and crouched down over the injured man.
"You hid the meds we came here for. Where?"
"If I tell you, will you let me live?" the man sputtered back through a mouthful of blood.
It was clear to the group that he was about to die and they found it amusing that he would still bother to beg for his life.
"Sure. You'll just be food for those 'things.' And you won't even be able to off yourself while they stuff their rotting faces with your guts now that you're unarmed."
The group's leader traced the man's sunglasses with what used to be the man's own knife.
"These fancy shades ain't gonna do you any good pretty soon, either."
Snatching the sunglasses off his face, he sneered down. But the man simply looked back up at him, saying
"It's all over there."
His hand shook as he raised it, pointing at an ambulance parked down some way from them. The band of raiders, sans their leader, had already started moving towards it the moment the man had indicated where and eventually began to pry open the back doors. And then a deafening explosion that left both their ears ringing. Shrapnel from the explosives had shredded the band of men into hunks of meat. The dying man pulled himself up into a sitting position, squinting at the scene and how easily they had fallen for it. A pistol jammed into his gut and the sharp pain that followed was enough to slam him into unconsciousness.

"Lake!"
The voice was a familiar and welcome one. His group had come out from hiding nearby, a small Asian-American girl carrying a slingshot named Hailey rushing out to check on him.
Lake took back his rifle and removed the steel plate from the front of his shirt.
"Remarkable! Now I understand why you didn't want us involved." said a man named Eric.
"Because it could have gone south if I had lost my touch with the explosives."
"I guess your stories about being an EOD specialist were true," said Eric, shaking Lake by the shoulders.
Hailey cut Eric's celebration short, "That explosion was loud. Soon the dead will be swarming the area. Let's grab the bags and get out!"

"It should be fine. We can set off another explosion as a distraction in the other direction, but..."
Lake spit out the blood that had pooled in his mouth and placed a cigarette between his lips and the distinct sound of a metal lighter flipping signaled it was his smoke break.
"Their gear is over there," he said, motioning in a direction with a nod of his head before continuing, "I bit my tongue real good. Check and see if they have something to cauterize it with."
Eric nodded in awe at his newfound hero.

## Skills

 61 | Sight Block | On entering combat: Detonates a bomb in the back, blocking enemy vision for 20 sec. ATK of comrades within the explosion radius increases by 20%. ATK of enemies is reduced by 50%.

## Recommended Gear

Lake is a good Survivor for the Combat Stages, Alignment Defense and PvP. It's recommended to get his Personal Gear to level 20 and give him the Asyl's Luxury Goods, Asyl's Best Ammunition or Asyl's Best Shoes as Special Gear.