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Chapter 26.5 : Return of Skull Mask

Chapter 26.5 : Return of Skull Mask

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I hate merchant, they were sly and cunning

They always do underhand and dirty trick

In my earlier day I was tricked by a merchant to kill someone

And thus I become a chaotic player that get hunt by bounty hunter day and night

Earlier on I died a few times since I was quite new to the game

But since I am someone known in real life with my exceptional sword skill,

I slay anyone who tried to kill me.

I gained allies along the way

They help me to understand the game

and save me when I was in a pinch

I do the same for them too

Of course, I exact my revenge on the merchant that used to tricked me

That guy tried to send assassin to kill me. But I kill them instead.

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Really, I hate merchant

A few month ago a shady looking merchant wearing a smiling mask

Came to Daisy, the town I always hang out with

He propose to craft for us without any fee

Back then I thought now these guys know their place

But that only last for TWO days

The third day he arrogantly said he will not craft more then 10 people

I protest greatly but end up getting beat up by his follower

Now I know what happen

His crafting works like drug, people always asked for more

User around me just want that 'drug' badly enough to the point of ass kissing

It's dangerous, I heard those drug dealer work the same way

They give drugs for free to the innocent people

and ask for money when they get addicted to it

Truly dangerous, this shady merchant must be a drug dealer in real life

He's a pro

Now he demanded us to be 'sincere' when asking him to craft

Surely that sincerity means money

As if that was not enough, people in Daisy start to worship him like a god

And they even held some weird event to commemorate the coming of that bastard

That sly bastard!!

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I would never forgive him

With people bowing their head and talking with him with great respect

Now he walk around Daisy like he some kind of big shot

That bastard just a weak merchant

Put him in a field and he will croaked in no time

I can't hold it anymore

This time I would follow him outside the town and kill him as much as I want

Since he was sly enough, maybe he has 50 bodyguard

Escorting him while hiding themselves

I know merchant well, they always has escort

The only question is their hidden or not

I can't attack him and died instead

No, I will not do that mistake

I will bring along my friend with me just in case

With me and my comrade, we had 20 people

The number maybe too low compared to that bastard hidden escort

But we were veteran when it comes to assassination.

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Killing a merchant weren't easy

They were weak but rich merchant has alot of guard

And they were experienced when facing life threatening situation

Since alot of user love targeting them, running away was their specialty

Their class has alot of survival skill in their arsenal

It is said to kill a veteran merchant one need to deliver 10 fatal attack until they actually died

To kill that bastard without much hassle

I need a well thought out plan

I stalk him in Daisy and finally I overheard that he need to go to 'Deadwood' for quest

I get back to my group to discuss of our plan

We decide we will attack him in 'Deadwood'

No matter how skilled the bodyguard is

There's no way they can protect him in 'Deadwood thick fog.

Then we quickly prepared ourselves before we followed him

At first it was hard since his pet were faster than we thought

But we finally able to catch up with him

He leave his pet outside of 'Deadwood' and proceed alone.

It can't be help, that kind of pet will give away its presence easily

We decide to take a detour around the pet since it looks dangerous

As expect of wealthy merchant,

he can even get that kind of rare beast.

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Soon after we enter the wood

Suddenly that guy give away his presence

Out of mana or something? His alot more stupid than I thought

Anyway, I rush on him so I can kill him with my own two hands

I don't want other monster kill him before me

My comrade tried to stop me but they end up following me anyway

But to my surprise, when I arrived there was nothing but a wall of tree

And soon after, an attack came from my side

Its 'Seppuku Warrior' , these guys were fast

And then another attack came from my back

" Ortega!"

My comrade shout while defending me from the attack.

It was chaotic user

Damn, now we stuck with unnecessary 3 ways battle.

How that merchant disappeared suddenly?

Maybe that merchant have died before I reach him?

No, I'm sure he right in front of me when I rush on him

I know, he hide somewhere here using that 'Fake Death' skill

I kill alot of merchant until now, I know all merchant skill

Don't underestimated me

I will find your 'corpse' in no time

"Prioritize in finding that bastard 'corpse'!!"

With that, me and my men fight the 3 way battle while looking for that bastard.

The chaotic were strong but they were an unorganized bunch.

Sometime they even attack each other, what a brute

In this case, 'Seppuku Warrior' were more organized

But since they were mindless monster we still can hold our ground

Finding that bastard were our priority

He must be around here

I knew it, my instinct always right.

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It's been an hour

The three way battle get more intense

It seems the chaotic users already know we were 20 people party

They make a temporary alliance with each other as a counter measure.

We kill a handful of 'Seppuku Warrior' but they keep respawning.

Now it's hard enough to hold our ground

We can't even look for that bastard

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Then its happen

Someone or something nonchalantly give away its presence

Woosh!!

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Wooshh!!

Woosshhh!!

"AARRGH!!"

And that something let out a barrage of long range attack toward us

Then the scream of chaotic user, 'Seppuku Warrior' and my comrade followed

I didn't move to hide myself

My skill, 'Greater Stealth' will make my presence disappear completely

And my avatar become blurred out,

one cannot see me if they didn't come close enough

I drink mana and health potion while in stealth

While I at it, scream were everywhere

It was truly a dreadful thing

That thing move in high speed

slaying users and monster swiftly before he move again

I would not move until he get close enough

I can ambush him then.

After awhile I realized it was a skilled user

And I'm sure his smart and skilled enough to kill my comrade who were veteran assassins

'Seppuku Warrior' hesitated when they charge on him proving that user having high infamy point

When my surrounding get quite, I realized I'm the last person survive.

Now I has full health and mana

I will ambush him when he get closed enough

Ambush element was the only thing I had to defeat this kind of user

I feels that guy presence in front of me

Now I will wait for him to get closer

Maybe this guy level were higher but my sword skill were exceptional

My skill even exceeds my master, someone who won world championship for 5 times

Now, I just need to.....

Woosshh!!

Critical Hit!!

"Wha? A spear?"

A spear pierce through my body and I was knock back a few meters away.

While I still dumbfound on why he know my location even with my 'Greater Stealth' skill,

that user charge toward me and unleash another attack

Critical Hit!!

"Sk, Skull Mask!!"

When the user figured visible completely, then I realized it was the famous hundredmen slayer 'Skull Mask'

Did he farm here too?There's no way to know

The attack I got was critical but I survive somehow.

Maybe I manage to dodge on the last minute?

No, if I manage to dodge it would not be critical attack in the first place.

I don't think the sword attack power sucks

The other possibilities were either he didn't put his point in strength or......

His level were alot more lower than me

...............

It was a hard truth but deep down I know its the latter

He was fast but not extraordinarily fast

No way someone skilled like him spend his stat other then strength and dexterity

Which mean the cold hard truth was his level were lower then me.

It means I got a chance, I will try fighting him.

"Hyahh!!"

I charge on him but my body felt heavy somehow.

Maybe because this spear were heavy

Woosh!!

As I about to charge him another spear pierce through me

Then he charge on me and attack me with his sword

I successfuly defend the first attack but fail to defense the second one

Critical Hit!!

Another critical attack, I try to widen our distance to catch a breather

But I received 5 more attack in return

Critical Hit!!

Critical Hit!!

Critical Hit!!

Critical Hit!!

Critical Hit!!

A chain of critical hit, how can that be possible?

Even with my exceptional sword skill it was impossible for me to get more then 2 critical hit in a row

It didn't take long before he over power me

As he stab me for the final attack, our face meets

If he can defeat me despite the fact my level were higher

That just mean his real life combat skill are far exceed mine

I just remember back then when I start to play the game.

Eventhough I hold the sword since forever

I still hesitated when slashing monster

Since the feeling of cutting through the flesh feels real

Even now I still hesitated a bit when I about to kill users

All of my comrade were the same

and every user I encounter until now were the same

But this guy, I saw no hesitation

And deep down I felt he may used to kill before

As I'm about to disappear, let me observe a bit more

the man that kill me.

His dreadful skull mask

his dim red eye

His figure

his normal cloth

and his ten ring

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I see, it was that merchant

I only saw his mask before

Now it makes sense

Merchant 'Fear Death' skill

With high sense stat, that skill can detect all kind of stealth

Its one of the merchant survival skill

Until now the merchant I met use it to run

But this guy used it to hunt

Just because I met weak merchant until now I thought they really were weak

Just because I used to kill alot of merchant I though I can definitely succeed this time

Just because my skill exceed my master I thought I'm stronger than anyone else

I was shallow

I was stupid

I was weak

I was.........

defeated

completely

You have died.

By dying you received death penalty. Your level decrease by 5 and you can only log in after 24 hour.

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