Chapter 55: Unexpected Visitor (Bonus Chapters)

After some talks here and there, Yone bid farewell to his party while inquiring about whether they had any important things to do from Silent Wall and the others, and asking them to be ready a bit later, as they would soon be gathered up again to farm some resources.

The three readily accepted, while Life and Calm Sea left with a promise that they will repay Requiem for inviting them to this clear, which Yone didn’t mind.

Reaching the edge of the forest, Yone was finished placing the guidelines of the dungeon for 10 dollars. He then closed the forums and spoke,” Friends, why hide? Isn’t it better to show yourselves when I’m the only person and all the others have already left?”

Yone’s loud voice broke through the silence, yet even then, no response was heard as everything was eerily silent,’ Hmm? Was I mistaken? I could swear that I thought someone was trialing me just now.’

Yone didn’t know what to think of this situation, and just as his fingers moved to activate [Stealth], a flash of heat surged forward.

It was a small fireball the size of a fist, but it was rather fast as it whistled toward him.

’That’s it?’ He scoffed as he tilted his head to the side and effortlessly dodged it as the spell zipped past harmlessly.

But in the blink of an eye, the fireball split mid-air and two flaming shards curved back and smashed into his face, his HP decreasing by 20%, and a damage of 40 appeared above his head.

–40 HP

[HP: 160/200]

“Tch… tricky bastard.” Yone sneered as he wiped a streak of fire off his cheek and waved his hands to remove the smoke around his eyes and face.

That’s when a voice echoed as it took even Yone by surprise, his heart almost falling out of its place since he knew the owner of the voice like the back of his hand.

“You’re lighter on your feet than I expected. No matter. The contract is signed, and all I need to do is get rid of you, little friend. Hope you don’t hold a grudge against me, this is just business.”

From the edge of a treeline just a few meters in front of Yone, a red-robed mage with a staff decorated by a red crystal that pulsed like a heartbeat stepped forward.

“Syclone? Isn’t this unexpected?” Yone instantly took out his dagger, his senses were on high alert, his mind failing to process the current situation as to why such a player would be working as an assassin and ambushing others.

Several questions ran past Yone’s mind, but he dismissed all of them and focused on his current situation,’ This… although I have reached tier 3 in my past life, there is no way in hell I’m even close to beating this guy on terms of pure skill.’

Yone knew that he had to rely on his stats and overpower him by sheer item advantage and damage, or else he wouldn’t be going out of this place alive, and losing a level is highly likely.

Syclone clapped as he halted his steps,” Not bad. A youngster like yourself knows who I am, so this will make things easier.”

Right after, two fireballs hovered before him as he said, his voice all calm and without any disturbances,” Child, let’s do this the easy way and just surrender. Let me kill you a few times, and none of us will have to suffer chasing or running from each other and waste time for no reason.”

Syclone was truly sincere in his words as he didn’t wish to bully the youngsters. If he didn’t have money and his situation wasn’t going downhill extremely fast, he would have never accepted to stoop so low as to do other people’s dirty work and hunt down solo players.

’Child?’ Yone felt his heart sting as he almost vomited blood from Syclone’s manner of speech, but after recalling the guy’s age and his current age, he couldn’t help but agree with him.

“You talk too much old man, just die.” Right after saying so, Yone’s cloak rippled as he vanished in a burst of smoke and activated[ShadowStep].

A heartbeat later, he was behind Syclone, his dagger already mid-swing as he threatened to one-shot him without much effort.

Only, Syclone didn’t turn. He didn’t even flinch as his lips curled into a smile.

Instead, a cold mist exploded at Yone’s feet.

“Glacier Grip.”

Ice surged up, locking Yone’s ankles in jagged frost just before the blade could connect and enabling him to move a step further.

“Not bad, but the rumors about you being a newbie and a lucky player seem correct. Your movements…they are a bit sluggish,” Syclone rubbed his chin as he commented on Yone’s skills.

Subsequently, Yone smirked as he took the chance of the guy talking and plunged his second dagger from the other side, angled at his stomach.

Syclone blinked five meters forward seeing the kid’s futile attempts, a clean teleport that even Yone’s mouth opened agape when he saw saw, and with a spin of his staff, two fireballs launched back toward Yone.

Boom! Boom!

Explosions burst against the frozen ground and his body, throwing shards and heat everywhere.

Yone rolled out, his cloak half-torn and a damage of -40 appearing on top of his head once again,[HP: 120/200].

’This guy, doesn’t he care about mana consumption?’ Yone thought, his eyes narrowing as his grip on his dagger tightened even more, his heartbeat accelerating,’ How the hell does he already have Blink and Glacier Grip in such early stages of the game. Is he some kind of monster?’

Yone felt that if not for the two-level gap between him and Syclone and his upgraded items that greatly surpassed him, he would have cleanly got one shoted after that combo without him even having the ability to fight back.

Every second in this fight dragged Yone closer to death. His cooldowns were long, his gap closers were being countered, given that the other party was a mage, which literally countered every spell of assassins, and frontal assaults were suicide.

’I can’t trade hits. He’s built for this.’ Yone thought. ’But if there was one thing an assassin could do, it was to end a fight before it even began.

Yone clenched his jaw, crouched low behind a tree, and activated his trump card.

[Absolute Stealth]

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