ushernet Chapter 191: My Hunt (1)
Chapter 191: My Hunt (1)
It's going to be tricky.
If I had to eliminate those three pesky flies, then I have to be smart and fast about it.
They are someone who should have been used to being in the shadows. They should have seen a lot from the shadows, and it won't be easy to pull them out of the shadows.
Even if I by chance did that, I should eliminate them before they can contact their employer. It would be a hassle if they were able to do so.
They are not strong and I could eliminate them easily but they are still professionals. I don't mean that they are awakeners. No, I mean that they are good at what they do.
They kept a distance between each other. Even if they were attacked by an AOE attack, not all three would die. At least one of them would be able to survive the disaster unless the attack's radius is ridiculously high. I didn't think that would be possible for someone with a skill level less than 50.
It is not easy to cross level 50 and someone who can achieve that wouldn't be a nobody and they wouldn't have heard about them. In their presence, they wouldn't do such things as spying on them and recording their data.
My issue was that. Though I am at Tier-6, not one skill has reached even Level 30.
If I was at level 50 or something, I can proudly show my rank as it usual for Tier-6 to have a skill at Level 50. Since it would be far too difficult to improve beyond level 50, from then everyone would try to bring more skills to that level, rather than trying to improve the skill that was at level 50.
In this way, the improvement in their strength would be far more than improving a single one.
This was because the person would have various ways to defend themselves or fight if the opposite one has resistance to the one he excels in.
This is why any sane person wouldn't have a single skill but multiple skills.
Having one skill at even level 100 wouldn't mean shit if someone surprised you with an attack that you have no defence against.
Let's say that you have a Light Arrow Skill at level 100 and that means, unless one has a high resistance towards the Light Element, they are sure to die or at least would be critically injured. Without proper treatment, they are sure to die.
This would be especially true if the victim had Darkness-based affinity or class. Light is considered as a threat to the Darkness. Of course, the opposite is also true. Similar to how Light is a threat to Darkness, Darkness is also a threat to the Light.
So if the one that was supposed to be a victim attacks you using Dark skills, then you would be dead too.
That is why resistance is very important. They can offset any attack, based on your resistance level and the attack level.
It doesn't mean that a level 100 resistance can stop the damage of a level 100 skill. No, the attack is a combination of the skill level and the rank of the person. Unless a person has defence skills, it is not possible to stop an attack completely.
Of course, even if they lack skills, they could have protective artifacts that can save them from surprise attacks or attacks that they have no defence against.
This is the problem I am facing at this moment.
I have no idea what those pesky flies have in their possession. I have no idea about their skills. I have nothing on them, except where they are at the moment.
I mean they would be definitely equipped with communication devices and protection artifacts, as they are venturing outside where the dangers appear from any side and at any minute.
While travelling, it's best to be on guard, even if there are no visible dangers.
Dangers in this world wouldn't be visible to the eyes but would depend on other senses to see them. If sensing dangers is simple enough to get caught using your eyes, then the death rate would have been quite low.
So I was quick to respond. As soon as they fell into the trap, I started attacking them.
[Shadow Bolt]
[Blood Drain]
[Space Slash]
It wasn't easy to deal with these flies. Once I attacked they started to disperse in different directions. So I had to use different attacks to attack them and stop or slow them down.
"STOP".
"STOP...We are not the enemies".
"STOP...We are from the Mayor", they cried out.
"Do you take me for an idiot? Who would believe you?" I shouted back, making sure that if this incident was recorded, then I had no idea that they were actually from the Mayor.
It's best to portray them as assassins who came to kill me. Only then, no one could point fingers at me for this transgression.
I didn't stop my attacks and within the next few minutes, they were dead.
Oh, yeah, let's collect their souls. It has been long since I captured a human soul. They should have a lot of secrets to spill.
Unlike in their entire life where they would have been trained to not spill secrets if captured, that doesn't extend to the souls. Everything would be exposed to me and soon I would have the secrets that the Mayor is hiding about this mission.
Also, I have to find that sound.
Wait, where is that sound?
I can't hear it anymore.
What the hell happened?
Did the fight scare the creature?
Ah, I have to broaden the search by a lot. Damn the Mayor. Damn, those pesky flies. If not for them, I could have known what was calling me and maybe learn about what happened to those merchants and their group.