Bab 2: Just a little more.
-S… stop! Don't… don't come closer!
-Now now, what is there to fear, when you get to lady Amengh you will simply be sent back home, so just leave your XP to those that can truly… Arrggh!
In a not so special clearing, a massacre was happening. Not by the hands of a monster, but a man like the others in this forest. If you found him in the streets of earth people wouldn't think he is an ex convict for murder simply by looking.
It's that, not everyone likes living in society and would much prefer to satisfy their own strange fetishes. This guy likes to gut people. Not like he had the chance to do so, but killing after so much time was still quite refreshing. Like when you play an old Mario game from your childhood, even if you keep losing at some parts, the game is still fun.
This guy carrying around a combat knife before he was summoned is already a sign of that.
By the way, since people came from different parts of the world, obviously they were summoned while in different situations. Some were sleeping, some working or even just walking in the street. This guy was using a supermarket employee outfit because of that, so now he looks like a mad butcher. More like a cosplay though.
*Tunk*
Well, at least he did before Aki hit his head with a thrown stone after getting his arm by mistake. Now he looks exactly like his other three victims, just that Aki had to hit him twice more before he died, so he was more disfigured before turning into light particles.
-You…
Not wanting to hear it, Aki took the knife on the floor and finished the guy whose leg was hurt and was being assaulted until now.
If you asked him why he did that, he would simply say:
-Humanism? Compassion? What is that? Is it tasty?
And then try do a little dance for finally having the chance to imitate one of his heroes. He would definitely fail miserably at it since he didn't have spider legs to support him, but that is besides the point.
[You have killed [Jack - Assassin - Lv 17]. For killing an opponent 10 or more levels above your own you will receive bonus XP.]
[*Ding* Assassin is now level 6. 5 attribute points awarded.]
What happened to the wolf pack you may ask. The answer is simple. MPK. Right now there were unfortunate people who had decided that going into the area with the level between 20-30 was a good idea and ended up meeting with Aki. And the pack of wolves charging at him through the woods.
Obviously he couldn't simply ask the wolves to kill the group of five first, but with a cop shooting at one of then it was actually quite easy to lose then.
Even if you want to say this is strange, all people who had guns were in that area too and only one of them were alone, so anyone could have been the decoy.
It's like the saying, I don't need to run faster than the bear, just faster than you.
Just like the name suggests, but no creature in this forest can go past to a zone with a smaller level than itself, but they can roam around the higher leveled ones all they want.
That's why Aki went there to begin with, after all, if a monster got stuck to the barrier than he could just kill it through the barrier. The same applies to the wolves.
As guaranty he even put 10 points in dexterity and strength, so as to hit and run the best he could.
After hearing screams in the 10-20 zone, he knew there was an opportunity to obtain equipment in there, and he was right.
Now he was even running back to the group from before so he could get more loot. Since this was a "Starter's hunting area" there were even places with basic equipment for adventurers.
That group had some gear on them.
Aki wanted it.
His answer to that was to start throwing rocks at the remaining beasts. Humans are animals too if you do not remember from your biology classes.
After poisoning two stones he threw them at the Alpha of the wolf pack. One hit it at it's side, but the other missed. That was enough for the poison to get in though. Even if it was just 1hp/s for 3m that is still enough to get counted as an assist and get him some XP.
Aki runned a little while trying to stay in cover and threw poisoned rocks at the policemen.
Don't get me wrong, even if they couldn't know from exactly where he was, everyone had already noticed him, they just didn't expect their next target.
This time both rocks hit home, one at the men's eye and another at his thigh. He did try aiming better, but truth be told, hitting the man's eye can almost be considered plot armor.
Thanks to the sudden pain, and lost of an eye, the police officer almost shot one of his comrades by accident.
From there on it was easy play for the wolves. Except those that were hit by poisoned stones stones or tried to attack Aki. Those died because his new knife was also coated in poison and not getting distracted at all by the wolves coordination.
His responses were like that because he did exercise and actually read a lot about how to exploit certain attack patterns from animals and their fighting styles. Or just reading novels that tried to make the fights very realistic.
Aki's response though, was simply to send a straight into the mouth of a wolf pouncing at him and using it as a meat shield while "knifing" his way through.
For those that do not know, if you get something big enough in a wolf's throat, they won't be able to close their maw.
The ends result was that only the group's tanker, who actually had a metal shield and a full plate armor in most of his body, Aki and the alpha wolf were still alive. Facing each other in a three way battle.
By the way, each cast of poisoning costs 5 mana and will remain on the thing it was attached for some time, but that depends on the skill level and material it was attached to.
Right now, after around ten minutes of battle, he was almost out of mana, standing with 15/180, which means he is having a bad headache, but it could be worse.
The other two were actually very tired as well, but their Hp was much less then Aki's at the moment. But that's just in percentage, since his Hp isn't that big to begin with.
-I don't know why you are doing this, but I won't let you live even if we don't really die here.
-Sorry, but I don't think we're gonna meet again. You're too much of an idiot to be able to catch me.
-You little…
"People are never truly focused at something if they have time to talk" or so a sage once said. He was right.
Having been recovering his stamina using meditation in a combat posture for one minute or so, which triplicates the natural regeneration +3% per level of the skill, Aki lunged forward to the men in armor.
The man easily saw and dodged the punch to his face, he just did not notice the knife directed at his armpit while he punched Aki with his other side.
-Arrgh!
The wolf bounced a his neck, fangs barring, while Aki simply used the force from the punch on his side to help his roll.
His breath heavy and stabilizing, but his grip in his weapon still firm. The wolf didn't have that much luck in comparison, since before he could get his attack in he was punched away leaving just a scratch.
Now they were positioned in a line with the tanker in the middle, Aki and the Alpha at the extremities. It was just a matter of five seconds for the guy to lose all his health to the bleeding and poisoning.
And that was exactly what happened.
When the men fell, Aki received a message saying he got XP and runned to the corpse, while the alpha runned away.
Aki didn't want to let such good XP run away, so he caught the man's sword and threw it at the wolf, embedding it in one of it's legs.
After killing the defenseless thing, the now level 13 assassin was passing out, so he did his best to climb a tree and position himself so he wouldn't fall.
…
-Is that guy really human? Maybe we summoned a demon that was pretending to be human in their world. Said one devil in the control room. His voice just like any normal human.
-No, I personally checked that guy, he was chosen because his understanding of magic was high and his potential just below average, so with some help he would be as good as that guy who is meditating and feeling the elements. Another answered with even more doubt in his voice.
-Wait, did he have any martial arts understanding or battle experience? Asked a beholder through a mental wave. His profound voice not hiding his curiosity.
-His understanding is average and he only has a ton of random knowledge about how to battle multiple… ohhhh. Found it. This guy is a Isekai and Wuxia fan, besides the sociopathic tendencies. Devil B said.
-Translate to the non nerds, please. Said Devil A.
-He reads a lot about a lot of things, but mainly unconventional methods to fight that are created to kill. The nerd with horns and pointed ears said.
-And we sent such person to this world where classes and skills can give the ability to do a all you can imagine? Said his devil friend.
-...
-...
-You're gonna need to tell boss there is something that was not predicted with the warrior's candidates. Said the Beholder, breaking the silence.
-I already know. Said a monotome and cold voice from behind the three demons. -The seven he killed talked a lot. If I remember correctly he should be the 37°, so how did he kill the 13° and the 15°, together with his team?
*Thun*
The nerd kowtowed the moment he heard those words.
-Please, spare my life!
-To begin with, I don't have the authority to kill someone because of a mistake like that. That doesn't mean you won't be punished though. Starting now you will have to work double the time and your salary will be cut in half. Be thankful.
-Thank you very much milady!
-Don't commit another mistake.
-I…
*BAMM*
-Who said you could lift your head? Clean this and get him to his post.
Not giving notice to the blood in her heels, the succubus went back to her chambers and other demons started taking the devil out of the hole his head was kicked him.
If you looked well enough you could see his skull, so he was actually still quite lucky.
…
Name: Aki
Age: 16
Race: Human
Gender: M
Unspent points: 40
Class: Assassin Lv 13
Active skills:
-Backstab Lv 2
-Poisoning Lv 3
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Passive skills:
-Blade mastery Lv 4
-Smooth steps Lv 2
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Subclasse: none
General Skills:
Mental resistance Lv 6
Charm resistance Lv 6
Massage Lv 1
Meditation Lv 5
Pain resistance Lv 2
Anger Lv 1
Sleep resistance Lv 1
Demonology Lv 5
Disease resistance Lv 1
Identify Lv 1
Subterfuge Lv 2
Attributes:
Vitality: 12
Endurance: 14
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 27
Intelligence: 12
Wisdom: 18
Health: 120/120
Stamina: 140/140
Mana: 180/180
-Now that is some good advancement. A shame though. I better find someone or something to teach me magic fast. Well, there should be enough monuments in the level thirty zone, and if there's not, then there should be in the level forty one.
Having slept for two hours, more like passed out for two hours, he was awoken by the uncomfortable posture and the chilly night wind.
-Anyway, I better eat.
Jumping down from the three, Aki made a campfire and started roasting a wolf's meat, which he cutted out with the sword from the party from before.
It didn't take long for it to look cooked, but he still waited until it was a little charred.
(It's gonna taste bad anyway.)
*Crunch* *gulp*
-If you want some than I can roast more.
-How did you know I was here?
-I didn't. That's just courtesy. And some guessing. Aren't you that appatic looking guy? Did you learn magic already? If so than I can protect you from close range and you teach me whenever we have the chance.
-...
-Even if you don't talk, your looks say you have it on you. And the goddess seemed to be having a conversation with some individuals in private, so I just picked the most suspicious and magical looking person around and said they were a genius in magic. A perfect plan, right?
-...
-Don't even think about it! You may run all you want, since your body wouldn't be left behind if I kill you, but I won't make it easy for you to kill me either. Said Aki while grinning.
[Special action has been performed! Intimidate is now level 1]
[Special action has been performed! Mana perception is now level 1]
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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