I am sorry guys. My family arrived two weeks ago. So I don't have that much time type since we always goes out. So my only time to type would be at night. I am able to finish the narration for chapter 3 and was halfway for chapter 4. You can read it going back to chapter 3(note: chapter 3 now contains a chapter twice). I immediately made chapter 7 when I heard that we will going out for a long time and I don't want prolong the submission of chapter 7 as I did right now. So I made the chapter 2 days ago. Right now, I finished it at 2 am in the morning and I have to wake up early today at 5 am (*sigh). I am really sorry. I have no time to add the narration style at this one.

Well, enjoy.

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New Origins Online

Volume 1 – The Town of Beginning, Démarrer.

Ch 7 – If You Hate Me Then I Hate You Also.

~Ping~

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After I restore my consciousness, I opened my heavy eyes.

In front of me is the roof with the image of Alshaira

With her holding the world near her heart.

How lovely she is.

I then stand up.

And I inspect my surrounding.

It has the same amount of players when I first logged in.

And like before, they are all also idling, chatting,

And arguing.

“I told you not to open that chest!”

“Are you not curious to see what is inside of it?! It is a freaking treasure chest!”

“You should still be cautious first before you open chests! Now we died because of you!”

“You don’t tell me what to do because I’m the thief in this party!”

“Now, now, stop it both of you. You are both attracting attention”

It seems there is an argument again.

How noisy.

I hate noise.

Especially the thief one.

But…. I know what you mean.

I am also mesmerized at beautiful things.

So, when there is a beautiful thing in front of you,

How can you not be tempted?

But it doesn’t seem like they will understand.

“Just what are you trying to defend? No matter what you say, you are the one at wrong.”

“Tch, fine fine. I’m the one at wrong and everyone is right.”

I then smiled

And then I left the cathedral.

It had been four days already

But I still love the archaic feeling of the town.

People walking at its stone pavement,

The brick-buildings standing in every corner.

How lovely it is.

After I take a good view at my surroundings I continued my walk.

This street is still rowdy.

No matter how far I walk,

There will be a new noise that will pop out.

In front, left, right, or back

I am covered with noises.

But I love its noise.

They are not noises that are irritating to hear.

They are the aspiring performances of the people.

And the clamoring cheers of the audiences.

In my right are two duelists clashing while shouting at each other.

There are a lot of sparks and clanks that resonates around the street

With a lot of people backing it up with cheers and jeers.

The other one looks like losing

But he is still holding his ground and proceeds with the fight.

There is also a bard who is singing a lullaby at my left side.

It is soft and gentle.

It is nice to hear his voice.

When finished, people will clap their hands and clamor for more.

I also clapped my hands.

I again continued my walk.

Up ahead are the crafters selling and showing of their goods.

Some of them gains attention by crafting in front of people with grace.

Others do it with some promotional dance.

While the other people chills and waits for a customer.

This people can craft good products so they don’t need to do anything.

While daydreaming, I reached the alley.

This one is quieter, darker, and dirtier.

It can scare off people by just appearance alone.

I remember being scared at this place during my first entrance.

But now, it seems normal for me.

Although I still hate this place.

It is too disgusting.

I hate disgusting places.

I then arrived in front of the Assassin’s building.

For the past three days I have been training at this building.

Since I have lessons from Ma’m Rhea,

I can only play after her last subject discussions.

Which usually ends at 4 pm.

I then opened its aged door

~Creak~

And I went inside.

~Swoosh~

~Shwiiing~

“Ho-ho, nice reflexes”

I am suddenly attacked when I step inside

But I am able to quickly draw my dagger

And defend myself from his attack.

“But this is not enough”

“Wah” I cried softly

He did a low kick to disrupt my footing

Then, he quickly grabs my right hand that is holding a dagger.

And he did an arm lock.

“Guh”

“Brat, we assassins loathes the head-to-head confrontation. So, when you blocked my attack, you should have either backed away or counter-attacked. We do have the strength to fight with might.” He then undone the lock

“But a speed that can easily maneuver, brat.”

The old man that is preaching me is Master Wang, my teacher for assassin.

After I had decided my job, I joined the assassins three days ago.

He is very strict when it comes to training.

So my training is very harsh.

I would always lay on the ground exhausted.

I hate him.

“…Understood”

After hearing my voice, he turns his back at me.

“Training will now begin. Stop gawking while lying on the floor, brat.”

I really hate him

“…Coming”

And I followed behind him.

We then arrived at the spot where we stop training last day.

As I improve, Master will bring me deeper which becomes darker.

“If you can still remember the training yesterday then get on with it”

“…Yes”

I then unsheathed my dagger.

And step at the circle.

Mostly, my training is a spar with master.

But this time, my spar is unusual.

I cannot move or change location

While there is a device that will occasionally shoots an arrow at my back.

Which I should I also be wary at.

“Are you ready brat?”

I nodded.

Afterwards, Master swung his wooden stick at me.

I deflected it with my dagger.

~Chik chik chik chik~

This training is more on protecting myself.

He said that there are times that I cannot dodge

And have to defend myself.

So, I am only defending myself from Master’s attacks

~Ka chink~

After hearing that sound, I moved my body sideward.

That’s one arrow.

This continued on for a couple more minutes.

Haaa. Haaa.

I am exhausted and am lying on the ground.

I am also covered with bruises

Not from the arrows but from the wooden sword of Master.

I have been fighting him for a long time

But he is still able land some attacks.

“Stand up. We are moving on to the next part. And also, stop that heavy breathing of yours. You haven’t trained that long. Also, this training is still easy which is why we will be moving.” He then turns his back at me.

I am very tired so please let me rest a little bit more.

“I will leave you behind” then he starts walking.

“Haaa…..coming” I then stands up and followed him.

I really hate you.

Unlike before, we are going much deeper from where we usually train

It gets darker and darker as we went inside.

He said before that as our senses goes stronger as train deeper.

This is to further enhance our senses.

But I kind of feel unease.

We have entered too deep already.

Just how deep is he going to take me?

After a few more seconds of walking and worry,

We then arrived

At the other side corner of the building.

“…Master?”

“We will be training here. And I told you to call me Master Wang, brat”

Then call me nim not brat.

I hate how you call me a brat.

It reminds me of being as small as a child in the real world.

Though, I am still smaller than normal human in this game but not as small as a child.

But I still hate how small I am so please call me nim also.

Though I am more intrigued as why he takes me at the deepest part of the building.

“…Why?”

“Complaining again brat?”

“…No”

“Alright then, I want you to pour your mana over that statue” He then points his finger to the head statue at the very corner.

It has a figure of a man with scary looks and pointy hair.

His mouth is covered with dress with a scar at its left eye.

He looks like an assassin also

“That?”

He then nodded.

It must be something part of the training because Master brought me here after all.

So I start walking to the statue.

I wonder what will happen.

And then I tripped at one of the strings.

Three needles suddenly popped out.

~Ching ching ching~

“Woah”

Surprised, I fell on my butt

So I was able to dodge it somehow.

~Chik chik chik~

And then they burrowed at the wooden floor.

“What are you doing, brat? You will die if you walk casually at the traps”

“…traps?”

I then reconfirmed what is beyond me.

So I enlarged my vision to see clearly.

And there, I see numerous threads lying in wait.

“Are these all……traps?”

“Are you an idiot? No trials are easy to accomplish, brat.”

So this is a trial all along.

Now that I think about it, he would not take me this deep for no reason.

Though, I hate him for not telling me beforehand.

There are things that he should have told me beforehand.

I then stand up.

He only said to touch the statue and pour my mana on it.

So that is the requirement to finish the trial.

And it doesn’t seem to have any other rules other than to reach that statue.

He would usually blindfold me and let me pin-point his location,

Tells me not to use my feet and dodge,

Let’s me fight monsters unarmed,

Ordering me not to dodge the flying knives and catch them with bare hands,

Or to run around the traps with nothing else to use but my feet alone.

But this time, there are no restrictions.

I can do any means to clear this stage.

I then unsheathed my dagger and started to dive in.

I moved around the strings while I avoid them.

It seems my training with the old man went well.

I keep moving on until I step at a certain wooden floor and burrowed itself like a button.

And then a lot of knives sprung out from the walls.

It is too many that evading them all seems impossible.

So I evade some of them while

I block off some attacks with my dagger in my right hand.

And I use my free left hand to catch one the flying knife,

And use it to fend off incoming attacks with my catch knife.

~Ching ching ching~

“Ho-ho. Well done brat. It seems your senses did improve well over these 3 days. Looks like I am right letting you try trial this early.”

“But……can you pass through the final trap? Having good senses won’t be enough.”

~Ching ching ching~

And that is the last one I guess.

*Sigh… I somehow able to wield one of those flying knives.

I don’t think I will be able to leave unscathed if I couldn’t.

I then look at the knife in my left hand.

~Ping~

<< System Status >>

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Throwing Knife

With the mindset of quantity over quality, its structure is made simple and small so that it can be easily reproduce as ammunition. Simple enough but it can still kill people.

ATK: +4

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An ammunition type knives?

So these are the knives used by rogues to throw.

Well I can still use it as my secondary dagger for now.

Now then, let’s proceed forward.

Although it looks near, it is still far considering the amount of traps laid

Waiting for a victim to kill.

I then proceed forward steadily at first.

There were some spikes that suddenly sprung out below the wooden floor

But I was able to pass through them by running fast.

They could not keep up with my speed.

While running there is a pit beneath the wooden floor

But I was able to detect it beforehand so I managed to avoid it.

Afterwards I immediately tilted my head.

Something thin but enough just pass through left side of my head.

It would be dangerous if I were hit by it.

After I finished looking at the tiny trap, I face the statue again.

Just two meters away and I will be able to clear it.

But somehow, I have a bad feeling.

So I throw the throwing knife in my hand.

Something fast enough just vertically slices the throwing knife into two.

~Ching!~

“Woah”

I covered my face to protect myself from the knife’s debris.

Afterwards, I opened my eyes and looked at the sliced knife.

It is cut down cleanly.

This is bad;

I was able to see it

But it is too fast to see the details.

I won’t be able to dodge it

And I don’t think I will also be able to just run through it.

Will I be able to block it with my dagger?

No, it cut the knife cleanly.

I don’t think my dagger will be able to stop it.

Ughhh. Is this even clearable?

Are you making a fool out of me master?

I then look at master

He is only staring at me.

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Now that I took a look at him,

I don’t think he will bring me here if it is unclearable.

If so, there must be a leeway.

So I tried to scan my surroundings.

Looking at the walls, I saw some shiny things between the wooden planks.

There are three blades for each wall.

Since it is coming from the two walls,

It has six blades in total.

It formed an invisible box with nine squares.

This must be the one that cut the knife.

Although I found the origin of the attack,

I don’t think it will help me.

Not with those speed.

So I tried scanning for other things.

There are a lot of knives scattered around.

But I don’t think they will be of any help also.

And it would be a waste to go back to the traps again.

Urghhh it is impossible after all.

You are definitely fooling me master.

I hate you.

“Hmph, if you can’t even finish this simple task then it is better if you quit now. Assassin is not suited for a brat who can only think of diving in. Just go have your body be sliced.”

Guh. I hate you

Hnnn? Wait…..

…I see.

I really am not suited for assassin.

He already told me before that assassin loathes face-to-face battle

Which is why he was able to pin me down before.

And I am now reproducing the same scene again.

I then went back to the traps earlier

Until I reach the trap with a lot of throwing knives and picked eight of them.

I will show you that I am not a brat.

What are you planning brat?

She already saw that those knives will just get cut into two.

It’s futile.

Now then, let’s test this out.

I hope they work.

I threw all eight throwing knives

And I covered my face again in case a cut knife will hit me.

~Ching ching ching ching ching ching~

~Thunk thunk~

After a second I remove my hand and saw a lot of half knives lying on the floor

But something more great can be seen.

I grinned after seeing it.

“What!? The blades couldn’t get back within the wooden planks?” Shouted Master Wang.

“Wait… There is something stuck…at the two farthest blades. Is it knives and thread?”

“Ho-ho, I see. You have done well brat.”

It worked.

I thought that if I can’t get through those blades then I should stop them.

So I collected eight throwing knives since there are six blades.

And then I knotted a single thread at two knives.

And have all eight of them be thrown with the two knotted knives at the back.

The six knives were just decoy to bring down the blade.

This allowed the two knotted knife to pass through at the top of the blades.

So when the blades return back at the wall,

The two knives were pulled back since they are connected with a single thread.

So they were pulled back since the blades stretched the thread during their return.

And then the two knives got stuck at the two farthest blades

With the thread holding the other four blades from returning.

With that, I was able to stop them.

But I am kind of concerned before.

If there were a single delay in my throws,

My thread could not hold the blades,

Or the blades are strong enough to snap my threads

Then I won’t be able to stop them.

If that happened, I will either have to double my thread or give up.

Though, I would not give up that easily after being agitated by Master.

The lesser spider thread was supposed to be my practice material

After I level up my ‘Sewing’ to 8, Chloe recommended this to me.

Though it saved me this time.

Now then.

I then pick up one of the broken knives and throws it at the statue.

The blades did not react from it.

So it is safe now, right?

I then slowly walk forward.

~Ba dump~

It will not fall down right?

~Ba dump~

Just a few more.

~Ba dump~

One last step.

~Ba dump~

Calm down. Calm down.

I already test it out with a broken knife and none of them fell down.

Also, if I stay here longer, the thread might get cut if I wait any longer.

~Ba dump ba dump ba dump~

Guh. I don’t care anymore.

I then lifted my foot.

…

..

.

None….

Nothing happened.

Of course it will not fall down.

I tested it out alright.

*Sigh…now I look like a stupid for not believing.

Well, making sure is better than sorry.

I then proceed forward at the statue and touch it.

I have never tried to pour some mana on an object.

Do I simply just have to imagine that I am pouring some mana?

I am still scared that the threads might get undone

So I closed my eyes and tried to imagine pouring my mana over it.

Let’s get this thing over already.

Afterwards, the statue glowed

And then a door suddenly opened beside Master.

Sunlight passes through it so it illuminated the dark room.

“You have passed. Come.” And then he goes to the opened door.

I then followed him.

Just when I am about to make it to the door,

The thread gave in.

~Chink~

“Huh?” I instinctively look at the source of the sound.

~Chink chink chink~

~Ching!~

That was close.

If I stayed there any longer,

 I might have been sliced.

Just imagining myself being cut into two gives me a shiver.

So I removed the thought of it and go outside.

I still haven’t adjusted my eyesight yet

So I covered my eyes with my right hand.

After my eyes adjusted, I removed my hand.

In front of me is another statue.

It has the same appearance of the first statue

But this one has its whole body rather than a head alone.

He now looks more assassin like.

His body, like Master, is covered with black clothes.

There is also a black scarf in his neck.

Beside the statue are two pillars that support the roof.

They have the carvings the same of the statue.

The roof has a hole at the middle which allows sunlight to pass through.

This makes the statue divine like.

Somehow, it feels like I’m in a temple with him being a god.

“Stand in front of the statue”

Is this another trial?

I looked at his face to confirm.

“Are you going or not?”

“…Going”

I then go in front of the statue.

Now that I am in front of it,

What next?

“Kneel” He said next

I kneeled down.

And then master stands beside me and says something.

“Zul’kis, this child has finished the assassin’s trial. So here I am, asking you to make this child a splendid assassin.”

And then the two eyes suddenly shines.

It is like looking at me.

Afterwards, the light wears down.

But I feel like my body became lighter.

~Ping~

<< System Notification >>

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Your job is now an ‘Assassin’. You may now use the ‘Assassin’s skills.

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“Now, you are a full fledged assassin.”

“…I’m an….assassin now?”

“Do you have a complain? I will revoke it then.”

“No…It’s just…”

“Just, what?”

I just felt like, I became an assassin too fast.

It feels like I am missing some training.

Or I feel like the job inauguration is too sudden.

Is it just my feelings?

But I asked another question.

“Is this, Zul’kis, guy…a god?”

There were pillars and statues that represent him.

It is almost like a temple.

“No, idiot. He is one of the people who fought during the heavenly war and also the only assassin who joined at that.”

“The only…assassin?”

“Remember what I told you before brat? We assassins are trained to become killers. We do not show mercy or emotions. We kill when we kill. We are just bloodthirsty killers.”

Assassins are… bloodthirsty killers…

“It’s a long story but I will keep it short” and then he sitted beside me.

“Zul’kis is also one of those bloodthirsty killers, assassin. He loves killing. And he has an unparalleled speed to any assassin which makes him a strong foe. No one was able to escape from him because of his speed during his time. And so, he is a famous assassin for killing anyone who sees him.”

“But… there is one person who was able to stand against him. This person is also a bloodthirsty killer with no emotion also and has a speed that is par with Zul’kis’s speed. Also, the fighting style of this person is not known to anyone. This makes Zul’kis confuse a little bit. But his experience did not allow him to be confused that long.”

So this guys is also strong

“When one of them would be disadvantageous, they would back out. Assassins also loathes unfavorable positions so even Zul’kis himself would back away and this person would also do the same. And they would occasionally meet each other and would always fight at that time.”

Somehow, it turns out to be intense.

“They clashed and clashed and clashed. This continued on for two years until they both started to have affections with each other”

Like brotherhood?

“. And so, during their last fight, they have confessed that they love each other.”

“Wait…this opponent of Zul’kis…is a girl?”

I thought she is a he.

“What else? Are you an idiot? Do you think a male will fall in love with a male?”

Well… there are gays in my world.

But you did not clarify it so I am confused.

And I hate you for calling me idiot.

“Well enough of that, during those years, their attitude took a drastic change. They have now found something else to enjoy other than killing. And so they started to socialize. Of course people got scared at first but they got used to it and now they welcome them together. This made them both now closer to the people and now became good persons. And also, they got married”

That is one good story.

Starting from a cold killer

Until they met their rival

And they started to love each other.

It is kind of a romantic story.

“Until, Astaroth became strong, and wants to rule Avance.”

There’s more?

“Monsters became savage. Forests were burned down. Mountains turned into dust. Villages were plagued and turn into ruins. And, a lot of people were killed”

“Astaroth keeps on invading. So the heaven and the people decided to retaliate and gathered all the strong angels and warriors, included Zul’kis and his wife. They attacked Astaroth which was then called ‘Heavenly War’”

“They were able to defeat Astaroth and seal him but at the cost of the lives of people. They both died during that conquest. Astaroth would occasionally break free every week but his power is not that strong unlike before, so new adventurers will be able to defeat him and reseal him.”

Re-seal…

It must be a boss raid.

Bosses are too strong for a player to kill.

So, players gather allies and then attacks as a party.

It was then called a boss raid.

When bosses dies, a respawn timer will be set.

Like Astaroth’s respawn time is one week.

It is made like that so that everyone can have a chance to fight the boss.

But respawning the boss too fast would cause imbalances to the game.

So they make the respawn time for bosses longer.

“Any more questions?”

“None…”

“If you have nothing more to ask, brat, then get out of my sight. Now that you are an assassin, I have no reason to keep you here. I don’t want you in my sight.”

Even to this moment, you are still bad-mouthing me?

Why do you hate me?

Fine by me.

I also hate you.

And so I stand up and take my leave.

“By the way brat, you love sewing right?”

His sudden call makes me stop and look at him.

I do not really like it but yes, I do.

So I nodded.

“At the east side of Démarrer, there is a cave that has monsters that drops good quality of threads.”

Oh, I did not know that.

“I will visit it then.”

“Now that you heard it, you may now scram off”

“…I hate you”

“Well, I hate you too so get out”

I’m leaving

I’m leaving

And then I left.

Did you just saw her Zul’kis?

The one you have just turned into an assassin

Is my best student ever.

She is very talented.

She was able to finish the training twice the usual speed of normal people.

It usually takes six days for normal people who train for six hours a day

Or three days for those who trains straight.

There are those who are also talented people which took them five days for six hours a day.

But her six hours a day took her within three days only.

It is a feat only she can do it.

Like during the very last trial.

In that trial, every student was having a hard time at the last trap.

It has no flaws or any blind spots.

There are others before who gave up.

And others who stupidly charge in and die.

There are those who were able to discover the trick

And pour their mana just outside the trap.

It is explained that you only have to pour mana over it.

But she is the only one able to touch the statue.

She proves that it has flaws also.

I am really surprised that she was able to pull it off.

We assassins are really grateful to you.

You have given us the hated ones the chance to socialize with people.

And that is why; I am sending her to the black silk cave.

I am sure that your wife is lonely that no adventurers took her job.

Don’t worry, she meets all the requirements.

My beginner’s buff has only three more days before it expires.

I should have level grind first before I pick a job.

Sigh* well it is not a waste since skill exp are also doubled.

I should now start hunting.

I could take the one introduced by Master so that I can also collect some threads.

Speaking of threads, I was able to clear the final trap with a thread.

But how did the other assassins finish the trial?

They could not have a ‘Sewing’ skill like me.

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Edit: Crap, I overslept and my family left me behind. They left a message that I will be in trouble when they come home. Ouch.

At least I will now have all the time and days to write. ehehehehe. *sigh. Crap. I don't know when they will come home but what awaits me at their arrival is my death.