Gill woke up to Tim shaking him. He still wanted to sleep, but it was better to wake up then to get cold water on the face or even a knife on the gut depending of the commander's mood.
-We're running again. The target dispelled the tracker. The commander, a man on his thirties with black hair, black eyes and a stoic face that aged well…
-Gill, you listening or looking at his ass again? Tim hit his side with his elbow and growled at him for not paying attention.
-I am! He was not, but understood they had to move again.
They were still a whole day from the city where the target disappeared at, it was just past midnight and the city was very big and populous.
"There can't be that many orcs in a human city, right?"
…
-Do I really have to do this too? Asked a reluctant Guilda.
-By the teachings of the divine spider, yes! It's the fourth time you ask woman, get your shit together. You're already a berserker, what is a little pain now? Berated Aki.
-There's a difference between being hit because you're in battle and because you asked someone to do so. She cried.
-There's no shame in having your ass spanked! He said while preparing a pose.
-Why do you… It was a throwing pose.
They started their training. Aki was being attacked by various slaves with different magic and he attacked Guilda while maintaining a mana shield, an active skill that he chose to in favor of mana blast.
The shield would not break while he had mana, but that was not really the main point of the practice, so once he only had one hundred mana he would receive the spells and drink potions.
Potions, as it is expected, are not effective after a certain amount of usages. That amount can be raised by leveling poison resistance and is also affected by "assassin" class's buffs. Don't even mention the buffs and skills from his other class.
The meditation skill, like the cheat that it is, is possessed by literally everyone, so the practice could go on for a long time.
For Guilda's part, her job was to try and disperse and receive the most she could.
After she couldn't take anymore, Aki would start healing her while receiving the spells and they would continue.
They spent sixteen hours doing that.
The next eight hours were spent in the effect of a potion that kept then awake.
During that phase they were faced with Bea, who ruthlessly cut, dismembered, poisoned, hit and crippled then.
The fight would only stop when both lost consciousness. They would be given a ten minute break and then awoken through magic to fight again.
At the end they were actually allowed to sleep and fully recovered by Cleo.
…
Finding the orc in question wasn't that difficult, but to actually get to him was going to be hard.
"Is his ass that great that he got to be the bitch of the wealthiest woman in the town so easily? Though that would explain how he got rid of the tracker." Gill was really jealous as he gazed into the giant manor manned by beautiful man and woman of various races in tidy uniforms.
There was still some time until their attack at night, so he walked around. The casinos had a good quality, but no man or boy to his liking was free.
Libraries, restaurants, jewelry shops, some new boots…
If someone were to monitor him they would definitely think that this person was a simple tourist with money in the second biggest city of the Togren Empire.
That is a fact, as that is the non offensive version of what his babysitter was thinking.
Gill was a beautiful man, there's no other way to say it. Shoulder length flowy hair, small lips and browns, sharp eyes, a little figure that had compact muscles and a very big care for his clear skin.
He was a normal village boy who worked the field together with the others and admired a certain person.
It is truthfully a shame that he started his life as a sex slave to women, since he is a very active homosexual, but he just happened to be bought by the wrong person after losing his home.
That is also a very big part of the reason why he reached level 182 in Bloody warmonger, a upgraded version of the berserker class.
To others he may seem like a calm and gentle person, but he simply learned to control his anger.
Drug addiction and soul deep anger do that to you. Once you experience something like that, the rest gets easier.
He did however, get his revenge and tortured many woman to death in horrible ways. In particular, he hates red haired women.
His owner never touched him, she simply liked to watch him suffer while using him as a toy for whoever could offer more benefits for her. She took pleasure in that. He was quite sure if that.
So, who do you think he is going to fight?
-Yoh, they told me the strongest guy was going to be my opponent, so I've been a little anxious. Could you tell me who of you two is the level a hundred eighty? Asked the yawning Guilda.
-I won't interfere. Said Tim.
-Of course you won't, I can't have her losing an achievement like that! Said Aki while blinking himself and the man by the side of the top model full of killing intent to the next room.
-You? A woman wants to defeat me? Someone so underleveled too. I truly pity that boy for being stupid enough to believe you. Said Gill with an ice cold voice.
Guilda wanted to retort, but she got a punch to her gut the next moment. That sent he five meters back, but she didn't fall. Only one line of blood fell her lips actually.
-A berserker and a curser uh? She said as if muttering.
-That doesn't matter to you. He said before punching her face.
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She didn't move this time, but got the punch with her forehead even though it got bright red.
-You see, I am also very angry right now. Shadow formed around her and stopped the man from moving. The time wasn't much, but certainly enough for her to hold his head with her hands and hit her forehead at his while her knee hit his jaw.
He jumped back while ignoring his most likely fractured skull. He had suffered worse. Much worse.
Guilda on the other hand had a maniacal grin on her face and had gotten her two steel maws out.
When Gill saw that grin, he couldn't help but to remember his first woman. He had begged her, offered anything, but she only laughed silently while torturing him. Then she took his body and made it so he couldn't forget her by leaving her brand on him by red hot iron. That was the woman who had sold him, the one he searched with fervor for the last years.
He had gotten a new level in his skill bloody fury, but he ignored it. He just wanted to kill this… Thing that made him remember so much. So many overlapped images.
Even though the mark had been carved out by himself in the day of his freedom, his back burned.
He would kill this woman.
…
Aki had already killed the man that was by the side of Guilda's target. No one else would interfere and he was sure of that. He paid so it would be like that.
He couldn't simply stay put and wait though. He had to kill the commander and deal with some others for the Xp.
As for achievements, it wouldn't be a sudden raise in status, but unlocking class requirements for better evolutions.
Every class would receive some great skill at level 50, some would evolve at level 100 too, but all would have a qualitative change when reaching the level 200 and some more things.
That's what he was gunning for.
The harsher the requirements, the better the class would be.
Bea's class, "Abyss crawler", needed her to master subterfuge attacking to the limit before level two hundred and have killed various opponents one hundred or more levels above her own.
That's her previous class though. She already advanced.
Aki has his eyes set in one specific class advancement though. A evolution line to be more specific.
So, while most attackers were all over the place, Aki made a beeline for the commander, who was the guy about a hundred levels above his.
The whole mansion was filled with battle, but most assassins were actually fighting golems and other such disposable troops. Each at least level 100.
-Did Chris say there were ten or a hundred thousand of these? Mumbled Aki while seeing the attackers getting wrecked by the old tactic of golem waves all around.
"wahh, realy? My target is a good looking old man with badass vibes? This is going to be tough."
That, in fact, proved to be a very correct statement. The moment the man finished his current opponent he threw himself at Aki, even though he was still in hiding.
He didn't panic though. Fighting someone with a higher level meant you would be outclassed and outmatched in many aspect.
Their daggers clashed. Aki opened his mouth and spit fire from it. That broke the mental attack on him even though the damage was little, but the old man didn't stop and headbutted Aki, who as an answer kicked upwards with the knife on his boot, making a total spin while the man retreated a little.
The man lunged forward again while doing another mental attack. Aki felt the pang, but he still cast telekinesis and used it to shoot a lightning at the man.
He missed, but the man fell right into his invisible trap, which, truthfully wasn't there before, but it is not the time to explain such things, so, good luck guessing.
When the man suddenly hit a wall of condensed mana, he was surprised and almost didn't react to the kick to his side after failing to get through Aki's telekinesis.
While guarding it with one hand, he caught one of his throwing knifes, but before he could send it flying, his hand was caught and he used a spell to disrupt concentration at that moment.
It did work, just not how he imagined it would.
When he cast the spell, some of it actually rebounded to him, making him shoot the knife in a unwanted angle and getting Aki into a frenzied state. Both jumped backwards.
He could feel the spells around him dissipating, and even heard the sound of a mana shield breaking from lack of feedback. That was the kind of skill you didn't see much in a youngster, was all he thought before smiling bitterly.
To diffuse so much of his skill would either require a lot of training or a lot of luck. That's what he thought, but Aki just applied a sound barrier inside two mana shields and that reflected enough mana and sound back to the man.
They were both simple spells, so it wasn't that hard a feat to mix them. The thing was to actually stick them together with mana crumbs so they could be cast in one fell swoop.
Anyway, while I was explaining things, Aki actually got his throat cut open while drinking a mana potion.
Really though, that plan was good if I ever saw one.
After the jump backwards both did, Aki took a potion out of his inventory, while the man jumped forward and attacked his slightly exposed throat.
He actually froze the blade inside himself for a moment and used the liquid in his throat as a catalyst to shackle the old man to the spot.
He probably wouldn't be able to move for only two or four seconds, but that was enough.
"Void bolt."
He mentally chanted to activate the skill.
A more than black bolt went for the man's heart. It wasn't fast in his eyes, a little slower than a fireball even. A normal rogue below one hundred could dodge it, don't even mention the old man.
But right now he was paralyzed and cold only tank the thing all his instincts told him would be his end.
And that was it. He felt coldness as if all warmth had vanished. He felt sad and lonely. His life didn't pass through his eyes. He was tired and wanted to sleep.
Aki rapidly took the dagger out and defrosted his throat, there was a spell for that, and felt horrible about the liquid stuck in there. It was like he had gulped down starch and rubber. In liquid form. It's strange.
That tactic isn't so famous mainly because of that side of it. The throat slitting actually causes less problems.
While you may be asking yourself why no one else has attacked, I need to say that you should try and remember the op characters more. You thought Aki didn't pay for bodyguards for himself? Really?
[... For killing an opponent 100 or more levels above your own you will receive bonus XP]
Aki sucked in his nausea and the vomit. For five seconds. After leaving a puddle of rainbows behind, he checked his status.
Name: Aki
Age: 16
Race: Human
Gender: M
Unspent points: 175
Class: Assassin Lv 67
Active skills:
-Backstab Lv12
-Poisoning Lv 12
-Parry Lv 14
-Pierce armor Lv 8
-Shadow dominance Lv 9
Passive skills:
-Blade mastery Lv 14
-Smooth steps Lv 10
-Persuasion Lv 4
-Trap mastery Lv 9
-Debuff mastery Lv 10
Subclasse: Arcane mage Lv 61
Active skills:
-Mana missile Lv 10
-Telekinesis Lv 16
-Mana steal Lv 12
-Life steal Lv 15
-Mana shield Lv 13
Passive skills:
-Mana manipulation Lv 19
-Mana absorption Lv 12
-Energy conversion Lv 10
-Grimoire Lv 6
-Magic overcharge Lv 9
General Skills:
Mental resistance Lv 12
Charm resistance Lv 13
Massage Lv 2
Meditation Lv 16
Pain resistance Lv 15
Anger Lv 15
Sleep resistance Lv 7
Demonology Lv 9
Disease resistance Lv 6
Identify Lv 4
Subterfuge Lv 10
Intimidate Lv 12
Mana perception Lv 20
Wind magic Lv 7
Fire magic Lv 7
Fear resistance Lv 10
Healing magic Lv 10
Earth magic Lv 7
Water magic Lv 7
Dark magic Lv 8
Thunder magic Lv 7
Time magic Lv 3
Demon summoning Lv 9
Light magic Lv 7
Enchanting Lv 10
Poison resistance Lv 14
Alchemy Lv 5
Space magic Lv 3
Steam magic Lv 5
Radiant magic Lv 5
Metal magic Lv 5
Ice magic Lv 5
Ooze magic Lv 5
Magma magic Lv 5
Smoke magic Lv 5
Water magic resistance Lv 8
Heat resistance Lv 9
Electricity resistance Lv 6
Curse resistance Lv 3
Adaptability Lv 5
Void magic Lv 1
Shadow magic resistance Lv 10
Wind magic resistance Lv 5
Arcane magic resistance Lv 3
Earth magic resistance Lv 5
Pressure resistance Lv 6
Gravity magic resistance Lv 3
Light magic resistance Lv 5
Attributes:
Vitality: 116
Endurance: 121
Strength: 112
Dexterity: 115
Intelligence: 205
Wisdom: 208
Health: 1160/1160
Stamina: 1210/1210
Mana: 2080/2080
Many stats from that hellish training and from the fight later, he didn't even need to use his points to defeat his target. Just his pre-planned strategies were enough for once.
When he was informed his target was the leader, a thirty odd years old man with lots of experience in assassination, he totally decided to use his expectancies against him.
People die when they are killed. That doesn't mean a man can't survive a slit throat, but that man knew that more than enough, so he had a lot of actions planned for after that hit.
Aki didn't.
After that would be him desperately throwing everything he had at the man. If it didn't work he'd turn him into a captive and keep him until he could defeat him alone.
The point is, he knew the man would try to slit his throat went he showed despair. The man just didn't knew that was a requirement to using many dark centered spell. Void needing thoughts of self harm to properly be casted.
Coming from the generation that can say "nothing matters" with a smile on their face, it wasn't too hard for Aki. Or was him from the generation after that one? I don't know.