《The Compassionate Killer and his travels in a new world》


 Chapter 1: Reincarnation

    [So this is it huh...]


    I thought to myself as I lay powerless in the cold hard floor of my home. Around me is all of my closest friends well they were my closest friends. I understand they hate me because I''m too compassionate for an assasin. Well it''s not like I wanted to be one anyway. it just so happened that this was the only thing I''m good at and that I''m not that hellbent on killing.


    But even so it seems not everyone would like a compassionate killer.


    Unlike them I would change targets in the middle of a mission if I feel like it. Technically even the agency is pretty annoyed by me but the fact still remains that among everyone else I''m the person who could do any job perfectly. I think that''s why I made many enemies but one person can''t change the world.


    "Allen you finally accept you''re end huh"


    It''s Drake huh... he''s the one second to me and if I have to measure his strength it would be way lower than mine. If he went to me by himself I could have easily got over this but the whole organization is trying to destroy me right now. But I''ll just use this as my chance to do something good for this world.


    "Well... you do remember the assasins last resort right"


    Hearing my words he seems to have noticed it and immediately signalled everyone to retreat


    "It''s a trap!"


    Everyone rushed to the exit but they followed me deep inside my base of operations how could they have not realized it a whie ago? Do they think I am that stupid? Oh well


    "too late"


    And with that my world was engulfed in flames and the mournful wails of my former comrades were swallowed up by the raging inferno. Though after this if there really is an afterlife I''m pretty sure all of us would all fall into the same fiery pit called hell.


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    I felt my hands, I could move my fingers. My eyes are heavy but it''s not something willpower can''t solve.


    Opening my eyes through sheer willpower I am amazed at the sight in front of me. It was a space that was completely white. There was a table and stool with a complete tea set. I''m begging to doubt whether or not god does exist. But if this really is heaven then god must be a very classy character.


    "So you finally woke up"


    There I heard it, that was pretty shocking. the voice didn''t sound male or female, deep or high. it was like a voice of a million people simply put I can''t describe it. Looking at the source I see a silhouette it purely white the shocking thing is that although it''s surroundings are white I can still distinguish it from the surroundings.


    "Uhm so you must be..."


    "God, well that''s what most people call me"


    "Oh then if you''re not god what are you?"


    "I didn''t say I am not god though"


    "Now you''re not making any sense"


    It seems like this being has some screws loose but if anything I''m already pretty accustomed to it. But what shocked me is that I can''t feel anything from it. Through the years of being an assasin I already heightened my senses so that I could feel the presence of anything a few meters away. But this being I can''t grasp him at all.


    "Stop trying, I may very well not be god but I am more powerful than you can ever think"


    "Then if that''s the case what is all this for and is this by any chance heaven?"


    The being walked to the table and sat on the stool. He picked up the pot and started pouring what looks to be green tea into the cups.


    "Come on take a seat"


    The voice was still hard to decipher but I know that it was in a way delighted or should I say enthusiastic. Anyway I don''t sea any way it would want to harm me. It is something I know is way out of my league so I should just accept his invitation. I walked to one of the stools and picked up the cup and took a sip.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    "Delicious"


    This is my genuine thoughts, it really is delicious. I thought it was green tea but the flavor was a thousand no a million times more delicous. Also the tea had some sort of soothing effect and I felt a lot more refreshed.


    Then I looked at the being and realized that he simply stared at me without touching the cup. It''s not like poisoning me will do any good after I''m already dead but...


    "Don''t worry this tea is something that increases the soul''s strength"


    Oh so that''s it, for someone powerful drinking this is like drinking water but to me it''s like I just drank water after being completely dehydrated.


    "So I''m sure you''re curios as to where this is, am I right?"


    "Well pretty much, yeah"


    So it''s time to know what''s happening huh. It''s not like anything will shock me.


    "Well then since our time is almost up I''ll tell you the gist of it"


    "Isn''t that too irresponsible for you?"


    In his eyes it may just be some random encounter or small matter but to me it''s about my very existence. This is not a matter to be so carefree with. He should at least tell me about himself but before I could retort any further he began his explanation.


    "So well, there is this world that is going into chaos and I want you to be the one to fix this. Don''t worry I will give you all the neccesary things that you need to do this. Well the world is not in any apocalyptic state but it''s about the inhabitants. All you need to do is make a real peace between the races. Also you don''t need to dedicate yourself to this. You could just do as you did in your past world where you kept balance in the shadows"


    "So you want me to fix your mistake am I right"


    "You could say it like that, well anyways that''s all. Good luck and goodbye"


    "Wait a moment!"


    Just as I said that the whole space began to distort and I was suddenly floating in a dark void. Then in the middle of that void two lights flashed and the next moment I lost consciousness.


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    Once again I feel my body but unlike before it was not heavy but cold. I opened my eyes and realized that I was floating in water.


    [This is not a dream right?]


    I thought to myself as I pinched my cheeks and bit my lips.


    [This is real]


    The pain was real I could still feel the sting from biting my lips and my cheeks were still hurting from my pinches. Well at least now I''m sure that this is all real. But the problem now is that I am floating in water. I tasted the water and it wasn''t salty. Now I''m sure that I am not standed at sea or anything of that sort. So I took a swimming stance and head north.


    "This sucks"


    I was reincarnated but why did I need to be in the middle of a lake anyway? Normally shouldn''t it be as a baby or in the body of another person. This feels more like I was transported to this world but the thing is that I was killed. What''s more my body no not only my body even the clothes were those I wore when I died. Well it''s not as tattered or ripped as it was but it''s still the same black suit with a the black coat I had custome made with a hood. Checking the pockets my guns were all gone but I still had a lot of my knives. Well I am more of a knife user man so this is not a problem but... this clothes are just to embarrasing.


    "grrr"


    Just as I was going to take of my clothes to dry them I heard a growl from the forest. I felt a presence and this is not of any wild animal I had encountered before. Feeling the bloodlust I instinctively took a dagger from my pocket and went into a fighting stance. Just as I did a shadow pounced on me from the bushes upfront.


    "Whoa"


    I jumped back and evaded it''s claws by only a hairs breadth but still this thing is really not an animal I know of. It looks like a wolf but it was as big as a bear and it''s eyes were glowing red with an ominous light. Also it''s body was covered in beautiful silver fur, if you remove it''s ferocious expression and make it look like an obedient dog I reckon it would be really cute. But right now it was obviously hungry and it''s prey is obviously me.


    "I really don''t want to do this but you forced me!"


    Althoug it was big I had confidence in my skill. I may not be able to fight against a large group by myself but a one on one is simple. I dashed towards it and it did the same, as I suspected although it looks to be evolved it''s still an animal huh. When I was only a few inches from it''s claws I move my body to the side a little dodging it again by a hairs bredth but now I raised my knife and stabbed it to the side of it''s neck. The knif was made out of an alloy I experimented on. I called it Slerion, it is harder than steel and has high conductivity. Using it I made it so sharp it could cut through iron like butter. But like most things it could need the strength to back it up.


    With my maneuver although I only wasted a small amount of energy I was able to make a huge cut on the body of the beast. I just used it''s power against it, the best weapon is you enemies strength that is my way of fighting. But I only do this against enemies I could outsmart like this beast. I I were against a human it wouldn''t have jumped and dashed instead. After all if you leaped towards your enemy you''re simply giving you life away. As you don''t have a foothold in the air you could use to adjust your body.


    "Well now I will need to clean it;s body quick. I could just leave it''s meat and innards but I will take it''s fur"


    This may seem stupid to some but to me hunting is pretty easy. What I need now is not food but clothing and it''s fur is really cumfy. I could make leather out of it''s skin and make a bed out of it''s fur or a coat. Well anyways I''m taking the fur.


    After skinning the beast I immediately run away. Well the first day is like this so what should I do next. I should first make a shelter then get food. Making it close to the lake is better as it''s a fresh water reservior but this is also a waterting hole for many animals. Then it''s settled I will make base camp near this lake. It may sound stupid but it there is an enemy I would just kill it if I can''t I''d run away pretty simple. Well time to make a shelter then.

 Chapter 2: Godlike Buffs

    I just finished making my small makeshift shelter. It''s not like I plan to live my life here, after all I still have that mission. But seeing this forest I think that the reason I''m here is to be somewhat like a peacekeeper.


    "Alright"


    Finally it''s done, The shelter has a decent distance from the ground and also a big enough living space for me. Looking back at how I did this I still feel a bit different. I mean I finished this in a single day but it''s like I did work equivalent to a week of hard labor for ten men. Well this is all thanks to the blessing? that the weird being called me(I don''t call him a god because he said so himself that he isn''t one). Anyway I found out after defeating the beast from before about my increased strength.


    It happened like this...


    After slaying the beast I went to start making my shelter. At first I planned for a simple one hidden high in the tree''s. I looked for a spot and started gathering materials. I was ready with a knife the whole time as I looked for missing lumber. Then I don''t know if it''s a coincidence or not but a huge tree suddenly started falling. I tried running but I realized that I was surrounded by a pack of the same beast that I just killed.


    Closing my eyes I was readying for my demise but then a miracle happened. As if I was made out of steel the gigantic tree split in two as it crashed down on me. What''s more I didn''t feel a thing, at that moment a thought came to mind.


    [Could it be?]


    I thought to myself as the beast all pounced at me, testing out my hypothesis I accepted all their attacks. And then when their attacks reached the sound of iron hitting steel was heard.


    (Clang 5x)


    The beast'' attacks all hit me and yet I felt nothing. There were no visible wounds only that my clothes were slightly torn. I was amazed and a grin fromed in my face as I massacered the pack of beast. After that I hung their corpeses high up in the tree''s this way the other predators would go here and not hunt me. I then picked up half of the giant tre and headed to the spot I wanted to build my shelter.


    The spot was a bit too small so I looked for a wider area which was also farther from the hanging beast carcasses. And after a whole days worth of work I finally finsihed my shelter.


    "Then I guess tomorrow would be the day I prepare to look for a city huh"


    As I rest in my soft beast skin mat I think about how I will begin my journey. I could make a beast skin jug but that would just be. It''s not that I am picky but if I think about it now I didn''t get any materials for making a jug a while ago. If I did I could start traveling tomorrow but...Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    Also using those carcasses is already a no go. I left them there for hours already who knows what predators came and took a bite of it. Using that as a jug is just plain idiotic, think about all the microorganisms that grew there coming from various other beast.


    Just as I was about to fall asleep an idea flashed in my mind.


    "Magic!"


    I remember that this is not the same world I was in before. And if I think about it having a body like this is already weird enough magic is not impossible, am I right? Also if I remember correctly that weird being said that this was a world of magic. I''m not sure if that''s true or not but meh. Anyway there should be magi in this world and the god would never put me in this world as a peace keeper without it. I mean if I were to go up against a mage with only my power then that would be my end, he obviously gave me magic... right?


    "I knew something was up! yeah... there was also that problem"


    While thinking if magic really was given to me I realized a major problem. It''s that even if I was given high magic capabilities there is the problem about how to use it. If I remember correctly in the manga and light novel''s I sometimes read to use magic one only needed to feel it in the atmosphere, sometimes it''s just in your body waiting to be used through some weird incantation or the most laughable is imagination.


    It''s not like I''m saying it''s stupid it''s just that it feels more like a psychic ability than magic that''s all. But the thought is still cool, I mean making a thunderstorm or a tornado out of ones imagination is something that would be pretty awesome if I do say so myself.


    "So I should try meditating"


    Though I am not a believer of the gods and what not after that meeting with the weird being I kinda started believeing in it. But I won''t take back my word on the catholic people, I mean there was this being but he said that he wasn''t god. I stay with my stance on this topic that god is a simple mental constuct unless I am convinced otherwise or proven wrong by that weird being but whatever people have their own personal beliefs.


    "Alrigth breath in... breath out... breath in... breath out..."


    I''m doing the meditating I learned from a shaolin priest once and I gotta hand it to him it''s pretty darn relaxing. Although I can still only feel what I felt before it''s still the same. But it''s not like I was able to sense the prescence of people just by simply practicing for a day. In all honesty it took me quite a long time as I already said but still that training was just... The memories of that just makes me want ot die.


    "Huh"


    I let out a small voice as I felt something weird for a moment. It was like a presence but it wasn''t. It was neither human, beast or anything of that matter. If I should describe it would be a peice of paper that can talk. Though it''s voice was small and almost mute.


    "There"


    I felt it again this time coming from outside, I extend my sense to reach the outside and when I did I realized something. The direction the strange paper thin like presence is coming from the first beast I killed.


    "It couldn''t possibly be alive can it?"


    I thought to myself but then I remembered a world of magic would have not normal beat but magic beast. And what would a magic beast always have? Magic! So that means I was successful at sensing magic? This is unbelievable! HAHAHA, with this I could already walk through the world, adding to my enhanced physical strength and abilites as well as magic I still have the talent I had since my last life.


    [Overdrive System Activate]

 Chapter 3:Overdrive System and transmutation

    The world suddenly changed instantly, what I see now is different from before. Unlike the regular bland world what I see is the "real" world of magic. The dark and boring surroundings that should be filled with silence is now filled with all sorts of colors and sounds. I could see them clearly, the strands of magic and the sound of these strands. And just like my guess this "magic" is actually an energy of the this realm much like plasma but it''s not.


    I really am happy that I implanted this technology in my head. I thought that it wouldn''t be reincarnated with me in this world but it was. To some it may sound cazy and idiotic but this is actually how I managed to maintain my top 1 position in the world of assasins.


    The Overdrive system, by implanting microchips and wiring the nerves of my brain to it I managed to increase my own complrehension by leaps and bounds. But not only that by altering my genetic code and also adding a micro generator in certain parts of my body I turned myself half machine. But this was not an easy operation after all.


    Just making it so I could operate on myself I had to create a way to link my conscience with a computer. Using this I created a "robot" that could be manually controlled with the computer. Since I had no assistants at that time it was practically a 50/50 chance of survival every procedure. After all I had to transfer my train of thought into a computer and operate it there as I still bear some of the pain. Well I was able to dodge the pain due to anesthesia but that has it''s limit.


    Since I was to into turning myself into a cyborg I sometimes forget that I still feel pain. Well I did plan on removing my sense of pain but then I thought that when that happens feeling the great enjoyment of sex would be impossible. Also with this I was obviously able to make it work out. Well what this does is that it can enhance my thinking ability, reaction time and senses by over a thousand times. Overdrive is just the beggining as it only increases everything to by a hundred times.


    "So this is magic huh"


    I unintentionally let out a voice, how could I keep it in anyway? This, this is magic! a form of energy that is similar to plasma in my world. Although I don''t know that much about plasma but I do know that if it can be controlled energy gathering would be way easier. And this magic is similar to plasma, it is everywhere. I looked at the tree''s the ground the corpses everything. Just like plasma it is everywhere in everything the only difference would be that the magic in this world has different attributes.


    "This was the case huh"


    The magic in the world is much like the elements in the periodic table. They are all the same thing but they have different types, in these tyoes the have different groups and in different groups different individuals. No it''s more like the world if that''s the case. But anyway the magic energies have similarities have differences and no one is like the other. If I were to be given time I could definetely create something like a periodic table of Magic for this world. But getting to the main point although that may be the case there is always something in this energies that has a similarity to all but is still different.


    I thought about it for a while, magic if it can be used it would be like controlling these strands of energy in the atmosphere. And if per chance I were to create a fireball then this red hot strand of magic will then converge and become a fireball if I''m not wrong.


    "Magic, fire, water, earth, wind... metal... metal"


    As I was thinking I thought of something very clerarly. Metals are solid and if they have energy that would be hard to control. I don''t know if there is metal magic but I need to find out. I took out the knife that was i my pocket the whole time and started analyzing it.


    "Metal, compact, solid... the bond is powerful. It won''t be used for magic it can''t be"


    I found out something, the magic energy in the slerion is very comapact and it''s been bonded with another energy. I don''t understand but everything else exept from me and the slerion has some kind of blark and white energy freely moving around. The thing was that the weird energy is not bound by any other energy, the two energies blark and white were moving past all the other energies but they didn''t move past one another.


    If I have to say it would be like two couples not minding the other people and walking around looking for each other and when they do they make out immediately.


    It may sound ridicolus but that''s how it was it''s like the two energies have a world of their own I want to study it more but I will leave that for next time. First of all I need to understand how magic works. Well I haven''t seen anything or anyone using magic so I will have to put this up for tomorrow.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.


    "Alright time for some hunting!"


    The next morning I woke up and started exercising. I did my usual rouitine with a few laps around the lake and then 25 push ups, sti up and some shadow boxing.


    "Now then, Overdrive System Activate"


    I initiated the overdrive and just like last night I was able to see everything but I lessened it to only 10 percent increase. Although I could still feel the energy I could not see it and hear it like last night. Well if any other person saw what I saw last night they would obviously be brain dead or at least lost their sanity. After all I was oly able to keep up as my brain is reinforced by technology which makes me impervious to a lot of loss of reasoning due to information overload. Yes, I made that up but it really happens and that is called a mental disorder.


    If anything I think mental disorders are only occur when the brain can''t process the information as properly as a result of too much coming in at the same time. But with the help of my machine like system my thinking has the speed and efficiency as a machine but the longevity of a human. The parts are rust proof and would be able to operate for as long as I live well that''s how it was made.


    Anyway with 10 times increase I could pretty much understand and feel the flow of magic in the atmosphere and the abnormalities withiin a hundred meter radius. Today my plan is simple, "Look for a beast that uses magic and study how it uses it".


    I bent my knees and started running, I come across one or two beast but none are what I''m looking for. I make sure that I didn''t stray too far from the lake as it''s the place where I built my shelter and also a place to obtain fresh water.


    The day soon became hotter and I understood that it''s noon and I started hunting for anything.


    I caught 2 small rabbit like beast and cooked them for lunch. I am not so proud of my cooking skills but I at least can make something edible. Well the comforts of modern technology aren''t present in this world so gotta live with this half burnt rabbit till I find a good cook or restaurant when I start looking for... a human settlement. God I just realized how hard it would be to do what the god was saying.


    "Ahhh that was delish"


    What am I saying to myself, I don''t know if it''s because I haven''t eaten breakfast or if the system was malfunctioning and causing me to get delusional but I would prefer it to be the first one. Anyways I continued searching and it didn''t take long before I finally saw one. I was both happy and annoyed at the same time. This is because I found a beast that has a massive amount of magic and I can clearly see a small fire burning on the top of it''s head the annoying part is because it is chewing on the beast I killed yesterday.


    "I went around looking for a beast that could use magic and one was here eating the beast I killed yesterday, it walked into my base and I was running out."


    Theres nothing more annoying than trapping someone or something in a trap you accidentally set up. Well for some it''s funny but to me it''s... I could not accept such a thing as accidentally finishing the job. I mean I could have stayed at my shelter making it a lot more appealing and still find what I''m looking for but this was all due to an accident then it would be a catch due to luck not skill. Well a lot of people say luck is also a type of skill but to me...


    Although I don''t want to accept it I still live by the famous words, "Beggars can''t be Chooser". Anyway as long as it uses magic I can study it but first of all increase my overdrive to 150 time. With this I can see even more detail.


    I walked up to the beast and pull out my knife the beast snarled at me and started forming a small ball of water in it''s mout. I watched as the magic in it''s body acted like some sort of magnet and attracted all the magic of the same type and turned it into a ball.


    "Graaa"


    The ball of energy shot towards me like a laser and I magnificently dodged it and charged towards the beast. I copied it''s move and used the laser of energy like a sword and cut it''s head clean off.


    Well after seeing the beast I understood one thing, magic spells is like using a magnet to make metals launch towards enemies. If that''s not easy enough imagine being like magneto but now think of controlling different types of things not ony metal. Well my body is filled with not only the black and white strands of energy but also a whole rainbow of other energies. This is not all that bad after all if I''m not mistaken I could use any type of magic with this and now then time to try it.


    "Transmutation"


    I controled the energy that is a lot similar to electricity and used it to deform the rock in front of me. But it seems like that''s not how it works. Well molecules are stuck together through elerctromagnetic and nuclear forces. Then I could turn electric energy and magnetise it to make transmutation possible.


    "Transmutation"


    "Transmutation"


    "Transmutation"


    "Transmutation"


    It took me a whole day to finally complete the magic [transmutation]. It was not easy but now I know that it would be able to do many awesome thinds. First of all I remodeled my shelter and made it like a cottage up in the trees. I then made a bed, furniture and a bathtub, also create a pipe like structure and a pump to bringwater up to the shelter. Using transmutation I would heat up the water enough to take a dip.


    That night I was able to sleep in a nice fur bed and take a nice warm bath. This world is awesome and all I need to do is do what I love to and keep peace in the world. Well it''s not like that powerful weird being would kill me if I failed ... right? Meh I''ll just worry about it when the time comes so tomorrow I will start looking for other humans anyway I could look for water now that I memorised the magic energy inside the water.


    "Ah~~"


    Time to sleep

 Chapter 4: Monster, Magic Core and Creating Weapons

    I woke up fresher than ever I think it was the bath or maybe it was the better bed. Whatever it is, that was all made possible by learning magic. I am a genius if I am to say, creating transmutation magic simply from my scratch well maybe not from scratch but I still made it possible. In any case I will need to start travelling now huh. I haven''t been able to create a spatial storage devie that I could use but I think that a backpack should do just fine for now. It''s not like I have any gigantic swords or anything like that.


    [...]


    Now that I think about it I do need a new weapon. All I have now is my useless small knives made out of Slerion. I do love slerion I made it after all but it''s just that I feel that there would be something like mithril or adamantium in this world that is more suitable for my weapon concepts. Anyway I really need to create a new weapon atleast something for my travels now.


    "Graa!"


    As I thought about materials to use for my weapon I heard a new sounding roar. Unlike the past beast this roar was a lot more powerful by a lot I mean it is a few kilometers away from me. I had to increase my sense to the maximum to sense it clearly and I now found good material.


    I used transmutation to create a lot of small knives out of the bones and teeth of the two beast that is I killed by the lake. I could make a sword but after analyzing their composition, if made into a sword it would undoubtebly break apart easily. Well I''m sure that the next beast would make good material, but calling it a beast would be quite an understatement now that I can feel it.


    I didn''t take me long as it started moving towards me the same time I did and the closer I got to it the stronger the pressure became not only that I could even feel the earthshaking.


    Seriously, is this really a wild beast or a monster? Those are my thoughts as I came face to face with my new foe. It was a bear... yes a bear but not an ordinary one. It is five meters tall and gigantic. It looked like an overgrown black bear but it''s eyes were blood red and it was exuding a purple aura that surrounded it like armor. And I reckon that even without my the ability to sense magic the purple armor would be visible.


    "This is gonna be a pain"


    I let out a sigh as I thought of ways to deal with this monster. And at this point I remembered some of the light novels I read. In those novels the main character that the god has picked was transported toa nother world with the some blessing. And I did get some sort of blessing but still it would be nice if I was given something like the ability to use any form of magic or simply having a huge amount of magic power. If those were not possible he could''ve made it so that I was reincarnated in a town or something.


    In any case this is my circumstance and I have to deal with it huh.


    The monster did not stop and continued to run towards me and in response I charged towards it. I am not planning on fighting with brute force as it''s as clear as day who would win that battle now is it.


    As I came closer to the monster I use the same technique I used on the first beast I killed. In the split second before we bump into each other I jumped and went to it''s back. I unsheathed my blade and started stabbing it. The blade... I thought it could at least cut a small wound but it broke without harming a fur on the monsters body. My plan is to go all over the monsters body and make it aim it''s attacks towards itself. You could say I''m making it punch itself. But I can''t annoy it with cuts then how do I make it attack?


    While I was thinking the monster jumped and runed it''s back on the ground. I am standing directly on it''s back so I could understand what it''s planning but I won''t let it win that easily. I immediately shifted my body to it''s stomach and kept safe there. The monsters body landed on the ground causing a small earthquake and clouds of dust to rise. The dust cloud reached up to ten meters in height blocking my vision as well as the bears. But the thing is I still have on trick up my sleeve and this will be the reason for the beast defeat.


    I used my magic senses and felt the bears body. I immedietely visualized the whole stucture of the bears body. It seems the reason it is this big is due to it having a body that absorbs magic energy and stores it. It''s body in other words is like a sponge for absorbing magic energy. Not only that this sponge was dropped in a mass of water what would happen then.


    I then saw where it''s head is and using my magic senses I leaped towards it''s head as I evaded the paw attacks.


    When I reached it''s head I went to the top and stood on the ground. The monster didn''t stand up immediately I reckon it recieved quite the damage doing that stunt but I didn''t mind that and placed my two hands on it''s head.


    I then excited the magic in the surroundings as well as that which is inside it''s body. The monster''s body shook violently was rampaging but it can''t let out an ounce of it''s strength as it felt numb.


    The monsters body went limp and died. I fell hard on the ground and breathed heavily. Soon the dust settled and I can clearly see the sorry state of the monster. It''s eyes were wide open but inlike before they were white and in it''s mouth is white bubbles and a burnt smell was present in the atmosphere.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    "I can''t believe that worked"


    I said as I checked the monsters body, this is clearly the signs of a high voltage electric shock. I am consumed by joy as I stared at the monster. What I did was encorporate some scientific know how on magic energy.


    If I guessed correctly magic is like a second energy in this world not a second form but a second type of energy completelely different from the energy in my world. This magic is an energy that is all around but is not easily manipulated like that which is in my world. I thought that if the energy I know of heats up when excited wouldn''t that happen to magic as well.


    Though the results are not as I would expect but it''s still amazing after all. When exciting magic energy I did not create heat or fire but I created lightning which is also electricity. With this I think that instead of going to the molecular level and controlling the electromagnetic forces around atoms I couls simply use high density electricity. Well I would still need to use the overdrive system but with enough training I could be like the alchemist in that one anime I loved so much.


    In any case I really need to start getting started to travel but first of let''s see what I could get from this monster. I took out my slerion knife and started cutting open the body of the monster. I thought that what I would see is something normal like organs and burned flesh but what I saw inside almost made me puke.


    I''m glad that I was an assasin in my previous life if I wasn''t then this would have killed me in with disgust.


    Inside was not the normal innards but instead a whole new system of organs but these organs are... I should just explain it. There was a stomach but it was green and was coated in a stinky purple liquid that lookes like the stomach acid. There was the intestines that are yelow not due to fat but it''s literally yellow flesh and it gave out a different smell than the stomach. It''s lungs were black and hard like coal and it''s heart was disfigured it looked more like a clump of flesh than a heart but since all the major arteries were connected to it that was enough to prove it was the heart.


    Not only that it''s blood was purple and there were a lot of maggot like worms squirming in it''s blood not only that in it''s muscle tissues is a mass of elongated worms mich like tape worms that reached an incredible length. This sight disgusted me so much that I was thinking if this was really living or an undead. But it didn''t have the stench of decay but instead just the stench of crap, trash and nature in it''s tuest scent.


    I couldn''t take this long the small worms and parasites that were in it''s body disgusted me so much that I was able to create fire with magic and burn the corpse.


    Although it was burned to ashes the magic core was still intact and it was obviously of high quality. I thought of it like so as the difficulty at getting it is high, I don''t know how strong the humans in this world are but with the fact that I didn''t feel heavier or lighter I think the gravity is the same. Also the amount of oxygen in the air is the same as well, the only difference magic I don''t think that would make humans stronger though.


    Any way my goal is to create some weapons so I hope that small fire didn''t turn even the bones to ash and well it didn''t.


    I took a tooth from the oversized skull and checked it''s component magic and surprisingly it has the same magic no maybe even more than before. Then I put all my strength and tried cutting the tooth with my slerion knife, I stuck the tooth on a tree and slashed down on it using the slerion knife. With that the slerion knife broke into two and the tooth was in perfect shape. With that the monster already broke 2 of my slerion knives and now I took another one and tried the hardness of the bones.


    In the end I lost three knives but I got a pile of perfect material that not only is harder but also capable of absorbing magic. With this I haul I head for my shelter and started alchemy. First of all I remodeled the materials to become 4 knives and 2 swords. The swords were shaped as katana''s as the material is harder than steel and I tried it beforehand and decreasing the mass doesn''t affect the durability at all. Then I made the handles out of the slerion steel and wrapped them in beast leather.


    After 2 hours of hard work I was done in making my knew weapons the only thing I need now is gunds but I will need to find civilization first. Well I think it''s eaither they use guns or swords but if they used guns then I wouldn''t mind as I am used to them. Well if I am asked I would rather have them use swords with magic and the like. Also that weird being should have told me what is the state of this world technology. But it''s no use getting mad now but I want to make other weapons for a while longer.


    I looked at the pile of bones that still remain and made up my mind.


    "Looking for a other sentient beings would take more than a day since it''s after noon or maybe noon I should start tomorrow morning and instead continue making weapons huh"


    I know I''m just fooling myself but I mean although in my past world I am an assasin I still love creating things. Take that slerion aloy for example, I also remember creating a rifle and handgun version of a rifle but I made sure not to keep any data on how it''s made and those two guns were the first things that would get destroyed in my suicide.


    I then got a geat idea and looked at the pile of bones.


    "I should make some armor"


    Is what I proclaimed and plan to do. The bones were strong and with some magic of alchemy I could turn this bones to armor and they would not have any signs of being made from bones. With magic I could use some nature or light elements to change the color of the bone plates to something more metallic. So I started making armors but not those like knight armors but just some light armor.


    A chest plate and some armguards as well as some that covers the top of my hand. Well I just made it so that the armor covers the top of area''s that I would use to block or intecept attacks as well as the places that would most likely be attacked by beast. Then with some of the left over fur I made it so that the opposite side of the armor was soft and comfortable with som cushioning.


    Unlike making weapons the armor took more time as I did some self measurements and as well as the metalic design and the cushioning. In the end I finished around evening and ate some leftover meat from the past night and wen to sleep in my soft bed.


    "I knew it I should bring this fur cushion with me"


    I seriously can''t sleep without this fur cushion from now on. Well until I got a better cushion but this is seriously comfortable and good also it is warm. With that in mind I went to sleep and kept it in my mind to turn this into a sleeping bag first thing in the morning before starting my journey. With those thought I fell deep into sleep comfortably.

 Chapter 5: The First caravan

    I woke up early and started packing my things. Then I just realized I was ready for everything but the only thing I was missing is yes a bag. I went out and looked for another small beast and kille it for leather. It didn''t take too long as for some reason they were all around the place where I killed the monster yesterday.


    After packing up I started my journey looking for civilization.


    I walked for hours on end without meeting anything but a few wild animals and crazy beast. The animals I hunted some for lunch and the beast I simply killed them and took their skin if it was as comfortable as the skin I have. Alas the skins were all bad so I simply made some leather with the skin and bait for the flesh the bones were made into small disposable throwing knives.


    The work was not that hard as I used alchemy or transmutation to turn them into leather and knives. I wanted to create a leather coat but it seems that it won''t do as the heat was killing me. Boots are also an option but unless I have to go through a swamp where I couldn''t use my custom made boots then I would just have to save the leather for later.


    The journey alone is boring, I am now envious of those main characters in manga and light novels that meet women or friends immediately after being reincarnated or transported.


    but unlike them I just appeared in the middle of nowhere and started living life and adapting to the environment.


    "hmm... well I could still try to do things as I walk around right?"


    I started talking to myself and that was the first sign of my loneliness. Anyway I just picked up a random stone and started using transmutation to mold it together with some of the beast bones that I have. I was simply a weird individual walking through the forest... alone.


    But just as I was about to lose hope the scent of smoke came into nose. The smell of burning wood is great as there are two things that would appear due to this. It''s either a campfire or...


    I jumped and climbed up the closest tree and reaching the peak I started looking around. Then... there a few yards away there was smoke rising and it''s not some forest fire but most likely. Yeah, it would most likely... bandits. Those criminals that appear in video games and light novels but they were most prevailant during the middle ages. Well anyway I could see smoke rising so I immediately made my way towards the location by jumping from tree to tree.


    [clang][clang]


    "Argh"


    "Haaa!"


    The sounds of metal clashing and screams of multiple people echoed through the woods. Soon I reached the point where the battle was occuring. There 25 to 30 men were surrounding and attacking a carriage that was beautifully decorated. Around the beautifuly designed carriage was a few broken normal carriages. It''s clear as day what this is.


    "A princess escort!"


    The first thing that popped into my head was that a princess escort. The carriage had some emblem carved on it and it was obviously expensively made. Also there are about 10 to 15 knights clad in silver armor protecting the grand carriage.


    "Give up and surrender the duchess!"


    One of the tall burly men with leather garments exclaimed.


    So this isn''t a princess escort but a simply one for nobles but if it really is just a noble carriage then it would be reasonable. The number of knights is only 15 and the their skill a while ago was totally lacking. I may not look it but I learned multiple martial arts focusing on the sword. In fact I could perfectly use any weapon besides the bow, this weakness in the bow is due to my love for guns. Although I love martial arts there is nothing in the world that can rival guns after all. I would normally fire guns in my firing range everyday in my previous world... ahh that was nostalgic...


    Wait!


    That''s not the thing I should e thinking of right now.


    Yes the carriage is being attacked by bandits, and at this moment I have 2 choices to help or not to help. Wait I just thought of something. No no no I would never do something as stupid as that, going out and making the hamlet scene would be stupid. Furthermore I don''t think anyone would understand what I am doing.


    If by any chance they were not as weak as I think then I would be intantly killed by both the knights and bandits. Well in this kinds of situations the main character would dash out and save the princess or something and have the first heroine secured.


    But that won''t happen most of the time and so I decided to just wait for the perfect opportunity. Also it looks like they haven''t noticed me, of course this is due to my skill as an assasin. I could keep stealth even in the middle of the enemies base. Also I snuck into this yakuza one time and I was able to kill their boss without getting noticed from entering to exiting. I didn''t even have any inside help and simply went in as an agent.


    I''m not bragging but unless they have someone that has the same senses as me they wouldn''t be able to feel my prescence.


    While I was stuck in my thoughts it seems that the two parties already held their swords getting ready for another clash.


    I looked at the ground and seeing that there were no deaths I reckon that the knights only have a slightly higher advantage against one bandit but in this stuation it''s a 2v1 in favor of the bandits. With this the battle would last for a while until one of the knights colapses.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    "Ahhhh!"


    It didn''t take long before one of the knights got his arm chopped of. I see he was battling against that giant axe user and that swordsman. It seem''s like the swordsman kept him distracted as the axe user with a surprise attack swung his axe down.


    The man knelt down and at that moment taking the opportunity to strike the axe user swung his gigantic axe and decapitated the knight. The head rolled down and was picked up by the axe user. He held it up high like a trophy and roared. With that the other bandits started getting their moral boosted but the knights didn''t falter a bit even though that just happened.


    I am honestly surprised at the sight of the knights fighting without minding the death of their own comrade. If this was my world those other knights would have most likely already made a run for it. But this is what chivalry really is and in all honest this really moved me.


    "Hahaha are you gonna surrender yet?"


    The bandits all backed away and it''s pretty clear who has the upper hand. Only a few bandits had some bruises and a few cuts but nothing life threatening. On the other hand the knights are all tired and supported themselves using their swords and are breathing heavily.


    "Till... our dying....[gulp] breath, ah we... we will protect the mistress!"


    The knight who looked to be the leader exclaimed and following that the other knights stood up and raised their swords.


    "Attack!"


    The knight captain shouted and he lead the charge as his soldiers and the bandits once again dashed towards each other. The swords clashed but now the axe user was also charging getting ready to cut people up again.


    I saw the look on hi face and it is quite similar to the face perverts make when they see a naked woman. I could think of two possibilities for this man. He is either a sadistic warfreak or simply a pervert, and it is not the latter as I can already understand his nature just by feeling his bloodlust. Though this is simply a weak one gotten from killing a few people.


    Personally I reckon if I released my bloodlust all these people would probably collapse but I would not want that happening now would I?


    In any case I already decided who to help and who to kill.


    I brought out my two swords and dashed to the battlefield.


    The giant axe user swung his axe down and was targetting the captain. Seeing their captain being targeted first a number of knights took a glance and had pale faces. But before the axe reached the captains face the two arms holding the axe stopped. Then suddenly the arms separated from the giants torso and blood splurted out of the right and left torso. The giant was going to let out a scream but a fine red line suddenly appeared on his neck. The next second blood gusshed out like a fountain as he fell to the ground lifelessly.


    "Wha... what just happened?"


    The leader of the bandits asked and looked around of course he would be like that. I found out that among all his men the strongest one was the battle maniac axe user. So seeing their greatest weapon defeated that wasy in a matter of seconds made them shiver in fear.


    I guess I should act like I just arrived.


    "Geez... I was travelling when I saw this giant attacking someone a lot smaller than him. Hey you"


    I called for the bandit leader, feeling my gaze he pointed to himself shivering and asked.


    "Mmmme?"


    "Yeah you"


    He looks utterly teriffied, not only him even the knights were shivering. I could even hear the clattering armor and the shacking teeth. Seriously just now they would face death but seeing me they shiver in fear? What kind of code of Chivalry do these guys follow?


    "Well what''s happening here I can see that he''s most likely your friend"


    I pretended not to know.


    "Nnnno he''s not somebody I would know!"


    The bandid leader declared as he looked at his subordinates, his eyes were saying,"If I get suspected and killed your deaths would soon follow" and soon they all followed and answered.


    "Yeah the leader would not befriend a feind like that giant there"


    "Yeah that is true the big boss hates fights!"


    When I was about to retort about the hating fights the knight captain delcared.


    "If you help us defeat this bandits the duchess would give you a plentiful reward for sure!"


    Well I didn''t plan on saving her but since I don''t want to be a crimminal I would rather be a hero huh. Seriously why is there only hero or crimminal, actually I could have just run away but I was fascinated by the chivalry these soldiers showed.


    Oh well I was hired so I need to do it huh. I smiled towards the knight captain and held my bloody blades as I dashed and cut the head of the bandit leader.


    My movements were as fast as I was in my previousl world. I am now able to control the increase in power so I would just hold back after all if I went all out I would stir up a gust of wind. I won''t use my full power unless I find a way to lessen the gust of wind.


    With the leaders death I immediately ran towards the other enemies. I dashed from one person to another and each of their heads were cleanly cut and heads were flying as I massacered the bandits. After killing them all what was left is the 30 headless bodies of the bandits and a river of blood. The knights all had their mouths wide open as they looked at me in shock and admiration.


    "So what will my reward be?"


    I asked the guard immediately but then the door to the carriage opened and from inside appeared not an old woman or an obese lady in her mid twenties. What appeared is a young girl who looks to only be in her teens maybe 16 to 18 years old?


    Wearing a blue dress she stood in front of the carriage. Her blonde hair fluttered in the wind as she looked at me with her beautiful blue eyes which sparkled in the sunlight. The wind blew towards me and I could smell it the fresh scent of a young blossoming flower. She extended her soft lily white hands towards me and presented them to me, I immediately understood her meaning and kneeled down, held her hands and soflty kissed them.


    My actions baffled the other knights and the duchess was extremely emberassed. Some knights were so frustated but they couldn''t voice out their opinions as they saw how I easily massacered the group of bandits. I then realized I might have done the wrond thing and then I covered up for it and said as I scratched my head in embarrasment.


    "Sorry sorry that was a custom from where I come from. Whenever we are approached or met by noble ladies we must kneel and kiss the hand they offered and if it is a nobleman we must kneel down and bow our heads not standing up until we are allowed to"


    I made up a lie and with that I know that this meeting would be brief and unimportant. I also understand that I need to not meet her when I meet other nobles as she might get suspicious if I don''t do what I said to other nobles. Right now I am ready to be thank and disregarded but contrary to my expectations.


    "No, it was my fault. Seeing your appearance I should have known that you aren''t from this kingdom and acted more appropriately as a noble. This is also due to my lack of knowledge on the etiquette of other kingdoms"


    No no no it anything it was my fault because I thought what I did was the etiquette of this world but I would not say that anyway I will need to get straight to the point with her.


    "Uhmm... are you by any chance heading for a town?"


    The noble lady looked at me and with a face full of smiles answered


    "Yes, we are now heading to the academy town of Rosewood"


    I heard academy town so I reckon that I could hitch on this caravan here.


    "If that''s the case could I tag along. As you can see I am merely a traveler and I lost my way so"


    without letting me finish the noble lady answered


    "Yes please we would be delighted to have someone as great as you travel with us"


    "Well then I''ll be in your care"


    "Un"


    And that is the start of my journey with a noble lady.

 Chapter 6: The state of things in the world

    The carriage was shacking so much that I felt a uncomfortable. But well complaining will do nothing after all this world is still in this age huh? I don''t know if it''s due to the prescence of magic or it''s just that this world is younger than mine I won''t know for sure.


    "Uhmm, sire?"


    "Yes"


    The beautiful duchess said as she looked at me with a shy expression. Truthfully I can only see it as cute.


    "Well, I just realized but I still haven''t told you my name yet"


    That''s right, when she appeared I did that stunt and everything but I didn''t tell her my name yet and I didn''t know hers. Anyway should I really tell her my name? I don''t know if I should actually. This world is after all not my original world so I don''t understand the naming sense of this world. Well... it''s not like I''m not used to hiding behind multiple aliases.


    Then it''s decided


    "Oh sorry even I haven''t told you my name as well, then let me begin. I am Touren Grace, I come from a distant kingdom to the east"


    Hearing my words the duchess eyes sparkled and she immediately asked.


    "Are you perhaps from the eastern isles?"


    Eastern Isles? That name is a complete question mark but when I thought of it that would be like asia in my world. Also seeing her curious expression I could tell that little is known about that place so I''ll just say I come from there. If by chance they find out about the people not acting like me that would be a problem later in the future.


    "Yes"


    "Really!?"


    The little girl jumped towards me and her face was so close to my mine that I could very much feel her sweet breath.


    The girl noticed the position we are in and immediately backs away. She straightens her back and fixes her posture like her actions a few moments ago didn''t happen. Really this girl... she''s trying her best to be someone she''s not.


    "Anyway I''m Lily Aldus, the 27th duchess of the kingdom of Ardia"


    The girls words are filled with pride and in essence the air of a noble. But she didn''t release it to make me look down on myself but it''s more like something more of, "Trust me and believe in me" rather than "Be obedient or die". Well it''s not like all nobles are the same. If there is a noble like her who is a born leader then there must be some that are assholes.


    Though something was bothering me for a while now and I decided to ask her.


    "You''r a duchess right so does that mean that you have royal blood?"


    If I remember correctly dukes or duchess'' are the siblings or relatives of the current kings. They use to be prince and princesses but due to the king having children their ranks get lower. If that is the same thing here then this girl would be the 27th sister of the current king and if that''s the case... how old is the previous king? No no no the question is how many wives did the previous king have?


    But to my question the gilr tilted her head and looked at me weirdly then she suddenly snapped and bowed her head.


    "I''m sorry I failed to realize that we are from two entirely different kingdoms"


    Oh I see what I said may not be the way they get their titles here in this kingdom. But if that''s not how it is then how do they get their titles?


    The girl raised her head then looked at me with a straight face she started explaining.


    "Well you see, in Ardia nobles are assigned through the use of a special orb"


    "orb?"


    "Uhm the orb was created by the person who founded Ardia. The orb would decide a persons fate by looking at their future, with that the orb would decide what is the best route for him. If the person is seen as a powerful warrior he would be assigned as a soldier. If the person would b ecome someone smart he would become a researcher or teacher. The orb decides based on a persons specialties... and to become a noble the person should have the trait of a good leader and also be someone powerful or smart"


    She then looked at me with eyes asking, "did you get it?". I nodded but then if the orb decides this then wouldn''t fabrication be pretty easy? I asked and it seems that the orbs were created so that besides from the royal family no one else could tamper with the orbs.


    Anyway with the flow of our conversation I should start getting some information. First of all I should start with...


    "By the way Miss Aldus"


    "Call me Lily"


    She interrupted me and told me to do so but... with the knights outside I don''t think calling her casually would be okay.


    "Are you sure?"


    I asked but then she looked at me and urged me.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Please"


    She then pleaded and I could only say yes.


    "If you insist... Lily I have to ask but what''s the state of the countries in this continent?"


    Hearing my question the duchess I mean Lily then stared outside the carriage. She looked at the peaceful landscape and sighed.


    "Sir Grace"


    "Touren"


    I as well asked her to adress me casually. She first stared at me for a second then nodded her head and continued.


    "Then Touren, what do you see outside?"


    She asked me in response to my question. Truthfully I like this kinds of conversations, especially when the opposite party responds this way. I don''t mind talking normally but when the opposite party ask''s a question in respons to yours there are only two reasons for such things.


    First, when they ask a question they would normally want to bend your thinking towards their own train of thought. In other words this kinds of answers is like making people look into your own eyes then you tell them what they really see. This is something that happens to me during the time I was in my past world. I would usually be tasked to kill the bosses of large underground groups and terrorist.


    In one of my missions I remember talking to one of the big bussiness men. An oil tirant, he is what we could call a capitalist and I was hired to assasinate him. I don''t regret killing people like him as they are the most despicable people in the world. At that time my name was already known in the whole underworld and countless leaders of countries, corporations and other groups kept track of my name.


    At that time I snuck into his office and he was there... wating for me. Of course he knew that he was already targeted it seems everyday since that day he found out about the job order and him being in my list he was always waiting. I stood behind him and pointed my gun towards his head.


    Instead of calling security and and trying to keep alive he instead started a conversation with me. He made me look at what he was doing, in front of him is a multitude of screens that were showing different viideo feeds.


    "Do you see this?"


    He asked me I didn''t answer and he continued talking.


    "This is everything my family worked hard for 5 generations. This became like this because of more than one death. Slavery, corruption and war generation after generation my family has done everything to cause all this and that was all in the name of money. So now this is karma is it? But you do know that killing me would not result in world peace or anything like that right? So this is it huh do your worst..."


    He said that and at the same time almost all of the screens turned black. This happened because I placed bombs in all his other companies and factories, the death of civilians I didn''t mind it at that time. He looked at me and said.


    "Kill me"


    To his plea I answered


    "Gladly"


    That night the death of one of the biggest business tirants of the world and the colapse of his companies due to bombings occured all in the span of a few hours.


    The second would be the passing of ideals, this is normally done simply to tell somebody what you think but it''s like brainwashing him. A leader once did this to me.


    I was hired to kill a certain country''s leader but when we met he smiled and said.


    "Are you sure you want to do this?"


    I didn;t answer again


    "The world, with my death a world war will most likely occur and when that happens even you won''t survive? Is money that important? Listen my plan it to change this world a world where there are no wars, no hate and no boundaries. A borderless world filled with possibilities and countless opportunities is that not a good place"


    He then laughed cazily and looked at me.


    "With your skills and my brains and money we could become the rulers of the world protecting the peace and human race from utter extinction!"


    He has some good ideas and has accepted the truth of the world and the state it is in. But his way of thought is nothing but crazy, in a world controlled by one person the wars and hate will not disappear it will instead propagate. His rule that should be one that spreads peace and love would spread fear and hatred. He is nothing but an idealistic psychopath and with that I once again pulled my trigger taking the life of an important individual. His death was broadcasted and another suspect was framed I didn''t mind after.


    Anyway back to Lily, she would either make me sympathize with her or she owuld try to brainwash me into her own ideals. I answered this time.


    "All I see is the vast green plains"


    We left the forest and are now traveling smoothly on a road in the plains. The wind blew throught the valley making the grass sway and showing the wondrous beauty of nature.


    "It''s beautiful is it not?"


    She asked I answered.


    "Yes it is"


    Lily looked at me and said.


    "What if I told you this was once a battlefield and years ago and after the battle bodies pied up to form mountains of flesh and blood flowed to form rivers dyeing the sky red"


    What she told me was something shocking but not something that I would be disgusted at. I am not a sadist or a heartless monster but to me dying is simply losing to someone stronger. But I didn''t want to look like a heartless monster so I answered.


    "Instead of feeling bad about the past learn from those mistakes and rise up. I this case learn what has caused war and do something to stop it from happening again"


    I told her, after all from her words and her atmosphere it is pretty easy to understand that the continent is at odds with each other and war is not that far off. But if there is anything I learned from my past world the past is used to learn mistakes and correct them. That is the reason we record everything that happens in history. Though Lily immediately retorted.


    "But even if I want to do something I couldn''t I''m just a duchess unlike a prince or the king there is nothing I could do but rule over my land and follow the kings orders, I''m nothing but an insignificant existence in this world"


    She really is still too young to be a duchess. She should still be learning or something but then again in my psat world during the middle ages 15 is already a mature age.


    Anyway I look at Lily smiled and preached some words of wisdom. I don''t think my advice would be good but I use to be like her and I just can''t help but want to reach out a hand.


    "Lily, you are not an insignificant existence in this world. If you were then why would you even be alive"


    My words seem to have some effect as she looked at me with teary eyes and started to listen to my words.


    "In this world there is nothing insignificant, peasants would plow fields and take care of livestock for food, food that is an important commodity in living. A knight could not win a war on his own, he needs his allies and commander. A king is nothing without his subordinates and everyone else is the same. What I want to say is, no man is an island. Lily everyone has their own role and in the keeping of peace in this world you are needed. You will do great things all you need is to trust in others and make them trust you, but before that you must trust yourself. Do you understand?"


    She wiped her tears and now looked at me with a bright smile plastered in her face as she answered.


    "Yes!"


    Well then now that, that''s over I need to think of what to do. That weird being told me to keep balance or something but I could also neglect it but I think that I could also fix this world but before doing as crazy as that I first need to understand it. To do that going all around this world learning and taking information I would then make a plan after that.


    Well then with this I first need to get to that Academy town and study, an academy town would after all surely have a library.

 Chapter 7: Adventurers Guild

    We finally arrived at the academy town but there are two problems. One is that I was not allowed to get into the academy town because only students or those with business there are allowed to enter and the other is that I didn''t have a single scent.


    But the first problem was solved immediately as there''s another town in front of the academy town. The town is called Galdberg and it''s the typical town but the thing is it has an adventurers guild and merchants guild. Well Lily and I separated and went our own ways. Though unlike those normal aquaintances that would bring you along she simply waved my bye without having any second thoughts.


    It''s not like I feel hurt or anything but this world is actually not like those in light novels huh... or more like I''m not recieving the same luck and going through the same cliche coincidences as those main characters do. It maybe because the person who sent me is god but those were works of fiction after all.


    But this world is actually a fantasy so is there anything unrealistic from it besides magic and the powerful monsters?


    In any case I need money so I guess the adventurers guild it is then. Well I could sell some of my knives but then again those bone knives only look good but they don''t have any redeeming properties huh. And also these swords are absoulutely not for sale no matter how penniless I may be these weapons might be used against me so I won''t give it off.


    Though I feel that I will somehow end up making weapons like guns so that I could fight but then I won''t give of any information about them.


    I then head for the adventurers guild with a bit of exciment.


    The guild is a large building having the logo of a shield with two crossed swords. It had the same style as a church but it has no bell tower and it''s... noisy. Even from outside I could hear the noise from inside the guild. At first I thought something great happened or some promotion but it seems it simply the noise of people rampaging.


    I pushed the large wooden doors and enter. When I did no one batted an eye and simply minded their own business. If I were to compare it to anything it would be a lot more similar to a tavern than a guild but then again, this is a fantasy world after all.


    I evaded the flying bottles and the bodies as well as the occasional knives, swords and spears. It seems that adventurers are rowdier people than I thought.


    I finaly reached the desk with a beautiful lady standing there. It seems since the time I enetered she would be the only person who noticed and was observing me for a while now. I smiled and then started to ask about becoming an adventurer. The receptionist lady caught my attention first as she had long pointed ears and seeing her blonde hair, white skin and her slim figure a thought came to mind and that was, "An Elf".


    Well if someone from my world were to see those pointy ears they would immediately say an elf! And then dash to her not minding everything else and begin confirming if the ears were real. I... well I do want to confirm it but then again with the monsters and magic as I said something of this caliber is nothing.


    "Well if you want to become an adventurer then you will need to pay a ten copper coins fee"


    The lady said as she looked at me. Then I immediately thought with that I brought out five of the knives I made. I didn''t think that these knives would fetch a good enough prive but then again copper would sound like the lowest form of money in this world. If they use copper coins then I could easily see that silver coins would be above copper and gold would be above silver. Then if that''s it I could easily change these knives into money... I hope.


    When the receptionist saw the knives she showed a shocked expression and asked.


    "The,these... a,are you.. go,going... to.... sell them?"


    Her voice was shaky and she was stuttering. While she looked at me with eyes full of fear. Seeing her behave that way I was taken aback, well I know that it''s shoking but what is there to fear? I mean those are simply the teeth of beast right?


    "Well I don''t have any money on me now so I would be glad if you could accept these knives as a trade. or is the guild not accepting trades?"


    Hearing my answer the receptionist lady raised both her arms and waved them saying flusteredly.


    "No no no, we gladly accept these but..."This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    The lady looked at me then she noticed my two swords and as if understanding something she nodded her head and called for someone.


    "Devian!"


    After her words a young man who looks to be eighteen or so came out of the door behind the desk and then came to the reception lady. He was scratching his head as he made a yawn and with an irritated voice asked.


    "What is it big sis"


    "Take a look at these"


    The receptionist lady gave the young man named Devian the five knives that I placed on the desk. When the young man saw the knives his eyes opened wide in shock and immediately tooke them. He held the five knives like they were treasures and then tested their sharpness. His Finger was easily cut but when I did that my skin was barely scratched. Seeing the blood his eyes lit up and he looked at me.


    "Sir are you the one who brought these knives?"


    His tone was slightly erratic and he looked like he wouldn''t take any lies so I told him the truth. But when I did he suddenly jumped over the desk and put down the knives.He the looked at me earnestly and asked.


    "How much will you sell these knives for... no no I want to know what beast were these knives made from?"


    He asked me with eyes full of expectation but I don''t even know what the beast was called so I simply defined it.


    Though when he heard the definition of the beast and it''s characteristics his smile curled up higher. He made an unbelievable smile and his mouth seemed to reach his ears as he released a joyful aura.


    "huhu"


    He then suddenly started laughing in a weird manner as his face went down.


    Suddenly he jumped over the desk and ran towards the door at the back. A few moments later he returned with a bag. He dropped the bag on the table and then declared.


    "10 Silver Coins for the 5 knives, 2 silver coins each!"


    I was left speechless, I mean those knives were made of bones you know? I even told you it''s origins and yet.


    But suddenly a thought his me. When I did the same thing the young man did my skinf wasn''t in any wayd damaged and the bag made out of beastkin was also in perfect condition. Then I thought if his skin was that easily cut then how sharp is this knife actually.


    With those thoughts I remembered the bandits I all beheaded when I saved Lily. I faintly remember the sensation when cutting them down it was like cutting tofu. But then I though it was due to my increase in strength but then it was because of the bones sharpness huh. But if I remember correctly I remodeled them...


    That''s it! Due to my remodeling using my transmutation they blade was extremely sharp but then my skin technically my whole body is unlike in my previous world a lot stronger and tougher. It was not only my strength but also my sturdiness that went up. Putting it into perspective I would be something like a hero of some sort then. But I hate being that kind of person so I will have to put that for later besides I need to fix this world so I think being some hero would happen sooner or later but before that let''s start to understand this place first.


    "If that''s it then you got a deal"


    If this was my world I would do my best get the highest possible price but since I didn''t know the items worth or the currency rates then I don''t want to continue. Also this seems to be a pretty regular guild so I shouldn''t try getting to much from them.


    "Well then the deal is sealed"


    With a face full of smiles the young man took the five knives and went to the back again.


    "Well now that that''s finished I would like to apply as an adventurer"


    I said that and the receprtionist lady with a face full of smiles gave me paper and pen. Then she took out a silver coin from the bag and took out a bag of copper coins and placed them on the table.


    I took the paper not minding what the lady was doing and then seeing the letters I was glad. The characters used is the same alphabet in my previous world only the writting is beautiful and neat. I wrote my name in the bottom but the name I used this time is Alastair Freidrich. I signed the paper and gave it to the receptionist lady with a smile.


    Then she looked over the paper and placed it inside a box, on top of the box she then placed a silver card and a few moments later the box glowed a blue light and it lasted for a few seconds before disappearing. The receptionist lady took the card and handed it to me.


    "Please drop your blood onto the card"


    I followed her instructions and bit my finger, I dropped blood onto the card and after that it once again gave of the faint blue glow.


    I asked the receptionist what was that all about and it''s a system the guild uses to make sure that framing and the sort would be avoided. The guild card when the user dropped blood onto it would record all the actions that a person would do. From the petty crimes to murder it would also record the monster kills that the adventurer achieves when he got the card. The card would then send out the information through a magic communication system and those records will be stored in the main guild.


    Well it''s not like all the actions would be recorded only monster kills and human kills. It seems to be in sync with the owners mana system. When the receptionist was about to go into full detail about mana I raised my hands and stopped her. I already went to school and mana really is energy but it''s all the types of energy. From electromagnetic to pretty much gravity it''s in there somewhere in this world and with that I can understand that the lecture about how the guild card worlks would be similar to a lecture on quantum physics so I had to give up.


    As a researcher I love attaining knowledge but I want to understand and get things on my own. I would like to hear a lecture if it would be fast and easy but I hate sittig all day listening to someone talk. Anyway with that I understood that all the people or monsters I kill would be recorded. But then again as this is something man made there is bound to be some way to interfere with the magic system.


    And I''m 100% confident that I would get that in a year or two. Anyway all I need is to avoin uneccesarry conflict until I find out how to make the interference.


    I then look at the card and walk towards one of the tables.

 Chapter 8: Taking the first job

    I took a seat and then checked the card. The receptionist lady said that the card would show me my stats based on how I can understand it the easiest. Also my stats would not be recorded so I need not worry about my secrets and the sort being seen by anyone else. I was excited to see my stats but when I did see them I was left speechless.


    Alastair Freidrich  Race: Human Age:20


    Health: 10,000


    Mana: [imeasurable]


    Strenght: 20,000


    Agility:[untouchable]


    Dexterity:[godlike level]


    Skills: [@!%$ System] [Transmutation] [???] [???]


    Blessings: [Herculean Strength] [Universal Language Comprehension] [Universal Writing Comprehension] [Near Invincibility]


    The health would be overly impossible and the mana is just... wait what?!


    Imeasurable would that mean I have something like an infinite pool of mana? Well then the strength is... 20,000 could that still increase? anyway the agility say''s untouchable that would mean that I still have my assaination skill from before. But the dexterity... godlike would mean that I could probably do anything right?


    But that would in anycase I would not mind that and instead look at my skills the first one would be the oversrive the second would be my invented magic but theres a third and fourth? Also the blessings are... dos this mean that I am currently extremely powerful?


    Well I should not be to complacent safety first, am I right.


    But these stats are just... should I say cheat or something more of the lines of unbelievable or unfair well putting it into perspective all I''ve been doing does seem out of common sense then... Well this world will be different than my last and also I will need to fix it so this powerups are not that much... I think.


    Speaking of learning I now have two bags of coins.


    I opened the bag full of silver and counted them they were 9 left I then opened the bigger one and then inside was a huge amount of copper coins. I counted them and 90 were left so I pretty much get it.


    100 copper = 1 silver


    100 silver = 1 gold


    Although I don''t know if the silver to gold was the same but thinking about it logically that would be very much likely. The reason being that there must be consistence in the currency, if there wasn''t then that would just be a hard to understand economy. As I understand if there is some form of money more or less there would be the market. As things stand I think this world will go into the same path that my world did but due to the presence of magic and the other races I guess progress is slightly halted.


    But it won''t take long for someone to start making new weapons. Even if I didn''t come to this world the concept of guns would appear sooner or later and with that the shift of power balance owuld occur. Then we would see colonies, slaves and loss of rights. Then again in this world they wouldn''t need the thing called coal or oil so that being the case if it went through the same timeline as what happened in my previous world then...


    I guess theres no helping it huh..


    Though I want to change this world the thing is I still have no concrete plan to make that happen. Things can''t be stopped only halted, progress would soon occur and the monarchy would likely change into democracy. So what I need to do now is...


    "Guess that I''ll need to find the answer first huh..."


    I stood up and walked towards the board filled with all sorts of poster.


    [Goblin Subjugation]


    Kill 10 Goblins


    Reward: 50 copper


    [Dire wolf Subjugation]


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    Reward: 10 silver


    [Kobold Subjugation]


    Kill 50


    Reward: 10 silver


    [Slime Subjugation]


    Kill 10


    Reward: 10 copper


    Most quest were subjugation and the reward increases based on the difficulty huh. I don''t see any quest for subjugating things like skeletons or orcs and other monsters so it seems that there are only specific monster depending on the numbers. If I think about it the adventurers guild would be something like a defense force against monsters, and the adventurers would be the infantry responsible for the subjugation of monsters. With that it would be pretty obvious how powerful the adventurer''s guild actually is. If the adventurers guild didn''t exist then the kingdoms would need to take the responsibility of handling the monster population.


    Although these jobs seem easy I want to do something besides killing so I looked for other jobs.


    [Escort(Merchant)]


    Escort a merchant caravan to the capital city


    Reward: Upon completion 10 silver each adventurer(Food and supplies would be handled by the merchant)


    [Cleaning the city](Doesn''t need to be an adventurer)


    Clean the city


    Rewards: 10 copper per hour


    The escort mission, done that and the cleaning? I respect the guild and all but then again cleaning? Seriously why would seasoned warriors clean the city! I mean if anything someone else should do that!


    But thinking about it seeing the reward it might be for the new adventurers who are like me to get enough money to apply to become an adventurer. It the additional "doesn''t need to be an adventurer" confirms that it is something like that. Thinking like that if I didn''t have those knives with me or if I didn''t make some knives on the way I would most likely be cleaning the streets right now. With those thoughts I took three quest [Kobold subjugation] [Dire wold Subjugation] and [Goblin subjugation].


    When I passed the three posters to the receptionist with a smile she told me where to go.


    <hr>


    The place I was told to go to is a forest east of the town. The place I gone to before is to the west and opposite of the place where I am heading to. I asked the receptionist about it and it seems that in the direction I came from there is a huge labyrinth, a forest type one at that. The place is covered in a barrier and with that the beast inside won''t wonder out but the thing is that besides beast any other species can enter and exit it. With that it was called the dead man''s land. As the reason for it being enclosed in a barrier is due to the overly high powered monster that reside there.


    And thinking to that point I was amazed, those monsters were high powered? Although I think that the bear was decently powerful the reason I had a hard time is actually due to it''s hard body. Then again thinking about my stats a while ago I think that those monsters would be really strong or should I say that I''m just that strong.


    "So this the begginer level labyrinth"


    The place had a fence around it and there was a gate guarded by two heavily armored men. I walked towards the gate and showed the two guards my card. They let me in and I just walked by.


    "A new adventurer huh"


    "Guess we''ll have to move again it seems"


    I heard their conversation and it''s contents made me want to punch them and send the two people flying. But since I need to avoid getting enemies I will have to tolerate them for now. If I had to say though I have a pretty high tolerance to this after all I was belittled more than this in my previous world after all.


    It didn''t take long to find a goblin. After a few minutes of walking I found a group of three goblins walking around holding clubs made of tree branches. They are small creatures with a height of 4 feet and they have a build like that of an old malnourished man. Their stomach were bulging but their arms and legs were very skinny and they wore a simple loincloth making them have the image of a typical goblin like those in games and books.


    "kukuku"


    When the goblins saw me they started laughing and then they suddenly dashed towards me. They raised they clubs and swung down.


    I looked at them and analyzed their movements. The goblins have too much wasted movements and their footwork is simply trash. They chrged at me using all their power and technically left themselves too open. If a person without experience would fight with these guys he could more or less defeat them easily but since they were a group the difficulty would be slighty higher but not something that would cause death. Well some would be shocked and feel fear from these monsters so they might be frozen or something but something like that is simply impossible.


    First of all as an adventurer you already know the risk and understand that you''ll be fighting against monsters. Second you should already have a weapon when challenging these monsters and third and last these goblins are technically stupid monsters that attack based on intinct. Not only that their movements are slow and their not that big. With all these the adventurers should have a pretty easy time earning some cash as long as they don''t get too full of themselves.


    Back to the fight I waited for the very last second and dodged their clubs. The three clubs landed on the ground and the impact was felt. Although these guys are slow and look weak their attacks are simple they still are monsters that hold tremendous strength. But even with the added strength these guys are still stupid beast .


    I unsheathed my sword and swung it sideways decapitating the three goblins.


    I thought that their blood would be different but it''s red after all. THe heads rolled over and as I was told I took their ears as proff of subjugation. Then I piled up their bodies and waited on one of the branches. The blood of monsters should be darined and properly hidden if you plan to stay at the place of subjugation for rest but I want to wait for the monsters to enter my trap and not hunt.


    Though hunting would be fun and all I don''t have the drive to do so. Seeing as these weak monsters could survive in this forest then those dire wolves or whatever would not be that much of a threat.


    Though I sad that a few hours passed an not a single monster came.


    [patapatapata]


    Just as I was about to start hunting I heard the sound of footsteps and analyzing it there should be more than ten of those. I waited patiently and from the east a group of ten or more goblins came and jumped on the three carcasses. The goblins were... eating the dead goblins.


    Cannibalism...


    It surely is a cruel sight to behold but thinking about it they are not sentient beings. Though they may look human they are still beast that follow true to their desires. I didn''t want to continue watching so I jumpped down and started beheading them all.


    After a few seconds al the goblins were decapitated and I collected the ears and headed out to continue hunting.


    I checked the ears and I got 21 confirmed goblin kills all in all so I started looking for kobolds and dire wolves.

 Chapter 9: A challenge

    Hunting didn''t go as fun as I expected, when I found the wolves and kobolds they attacked me but unlike the monsters I fought like the giant wolf like creature the dire wolves were small fry. Also the kobolds although some of them used magic they were still easy and the magic they fired at me are all useless. The fireballs that flew towards me were easily scattered when they touched my clothes. Although I didn''t think of it it seems that even my strange clothes were enchanted by that weird being. Well in the end I finished all three quest and headed back.


    Seeing me pass by the two guards were speechless, I didn''t mind them and walked staight to the adventurer''s guild. Then at the guild something seems to be happening.


    "Okay I will give a reward to who ever brings me the man named Touren!"


    A young man wearing silver armor seems to be looking for me. I don''t remember offending him but looking at his attire and his beautifully decorated sword I can see that he is that... a template Noble. Unlike Lily he is more of the steroe typical noble who see''s himself as above the rest. He is in simplier terms an idiot. Well since no one knows me besides the knights and Lily he shouldn''t be able to find me but...


    I can''t let him run around saying that I''m scared of him now can I?


    "If your looking for Touren here I am"


    I declared and with that the whole crowd turned their gazes towards me. It''s not like I''m not used to it but then again all this gazes have different meaning in them. Some were curious others were looking at the events while having a playful smile waiting for a show and of course there are people who are mocking me.


    "So it''s you!"


    He declared loudly as he pointed his sword at me.


    "I challenge you to a duel!"


    "Pardon?"


    I was shocked there, I knew he was looking for me for something but a duel is... isn''t it something done to prove something but then again what does this guy want to prove to me.


    "Hmph at a loss for words I see"


    He declared as he shifted his gaze somewhere at the side. Following his eyes I saw... Lily she was looking here with eyes full saying, "Sorry". I could clearly understand the situation somehow.


    This guy likes Lily but then she doesn''t feel the same for her. And so she wants him to keep his distance and I''m pretty sure judging by his current actions that he is the sort of person who wouldn''t accept defeat so easily. So then due to his annoying behavior Lily might have said something like "I won''t accept anyone weaker than Sir Touren" or "You should first beat Sir Touren before you think about chasing me". Though those might have not been what she said but it should be something similar if not why would he challenge me to a duel.


    "Sure why not"


    I responded to him and hearing my answer he looked at me with a smirk and said.


    "Then I will give you two days to prepare!"


    I speechless do they do duels this way?


    "We could do it today its fine with me"


    I said and to my words he replied


    "Are you sure?"


    He looks very confident and seems like he was giving me a look of pity. Hey although I don''t have any armor on I could easily kill you, you know! I wanted to retort but then again he''s a noble so saying that would be like giving an official a death threat.


    "Well I''m used to fighting without any armor so I guess as long as your ready"


    I bluntly told him and with that he laughed and headed outside.


    Outside we were surrounded by a huge gallery, and then between us came a person who looks to be the nobles butler.


    "Well then if the two of you are ready please..."This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    "Wait!"


    When the butler was talking the voice of a girl was heard. Then focusing my attention to the source of the voice I saw Lily standing there.


    "Don''t worry Lily I won''t hurt him too much"


    The guy delcared as he looked at Lily with a face full of confidence then he unsheathed his sword which shined as it reflected the light.


    Not caring about the guy Lily looked at me and shouted.


    "Touren please don''t kill him!"


    With her words the whole gallery looked at me and whispers were flying here and there. I may have increased senses but I tried to not hear the content of the whispers. Then I looked at the guy and his face was red in anger. HE looked at me and delcared angrily.


    "I won''t go easy on you, you bastard!"


    And with those words he unsheathed his sword and dashed towards me. I looked at the butler but he didn''t mind and just walked out of the area. So this is the nobles always get better treatment and the very sign of favoritism.


    I looked at the reactions of the crowd but they didn''t mind, as I thought this kind of treatment is pretty normal huh. I made a sigh and looked at my opponent who was dashing towards my location.


    He held his sword up high and was charging at me with clear killing intent. But the thing is his movement... they are slow, although they are faster than the goblins it would only be at the level of the dire wolves. And the way he held his sword it''s pretty obvious he is only a begginer.


    "Take this, earth shatering slash!"


    He jumped and was obviously aiming to cut me in half, well that''s what he is thinking of but... his movements leave him with a ton of opening and jumping up while screaming your technique is just plain stupid. Also he was very slow his posture is very shacky and seeing him high up I just want to throw something at him and make him fall down but let''s recieve this attack. I also want to comment on his technique name but then again he is after all an idiot so I should not.


    I unsheathed my sword and blocked his attack.


    [clang]


    The sound of metal hitting resounded and then with my strength I pushed his sword away. Since he was still floating in the air pushing him away is very simply and I felt no resistance whatsoever. Also his slash is not heavy at all, I can understand that he named it earth shattering as he would use all his strength and weight to overwhelm his opponents but this kind of attack is very easy to dodge and also the recoil on the body is not something that is easy to get up from.


    Frankly speaking when he lands I''m pretty sure he would need a few seconds to regain his power and pull up his sword and start swinging it and in that time I could easily attack him but I need him to learn his lesson.


    The next second the guys body was sent flying and then he landed on the ground. I understand that his armor would be very heavy and when he flew off I heard words of praise from adventurers. There were also people commenting on the attack that the guy did but none of them commented on how he was screaming his move?


    Could screaming the name of your moves be some sort of fighting tradition in this world?


    I thought to myself then the guy soon stood up from with great difficulty.


    He looked at me with eyes full of anger and frustration.


    "Ho-how?"


    He asked


    "Isn''t it easy,you jumped and there was no way you could resist a weak push in air without a foothold right?"


    I replied back to him. When I said those words the adventurers were applauding and some were even screaming, "Good going kid!"


    The guy looked at me and without losing the resolve in his eyes he once again charged forward while screaming.


    "Oraaaa!"


    He lashed out to me and started swinging his sword recklessly and I understood that if I just dodge he would hit some civilians so I parried all his attacks.


    His attack lasted for a minute and soon he was covered in sweat as he stabbed his sword into the ground and was breathing heavily.


    "Wh-why?"


    "huh?"


    He was muttering simething but since he was doing so in a small voice I was unable to hear it but I know he said something.


    "Why?!"


    He then blurted out as he looked at me with teary eyes.


    "Why can''t I beat you!"


    He asked me in a greiving tone.


    "Simple"


    Hearing my words he looked at me.


    "Your weak"


    When I said so his eyes turned savege and he foced himself to stand up using his sword as a support. He was able to stand up, his breathing was ragged and his face was full of dirt and sweat. The two mixed making him look pathetic.


    "What... ha... did ..... y-you... say?"


    Although he was having a hard time breathing and was stuttering I understood what he said. His gaze although weak was filled with anger and frustration. I thought that when in this state he would lose all his anger and that would turn to a feeling of hopelessness but instead it drove him to push himself even further.


    Honestly these type of people actually interest me the most.


    In my previous world all the people I faught and killed lose all hope when they knew that stopping me was inevitable. But him instead of losing hope and succumbing to his weakness he used that feeling of weakness and turned it to anger and frustration that would be his strength.


    "Like I said you are weak"


    I repeated and hearing me repeat them his expression turned even more savage. His gaze looks like he could devour me but this is something weak compared to those that I already experienced.


    "Don''t get to full of your-"


    Just as he was about to finish his sentence I slashed my sword and aimed at the ground when the blade touched the ground it shook and a web of cracks formed around the place that the blade striked.


    "That''s an earth shattering slash"


    I told him as he looked at the web of cracks losing all color in his expression. Then I stomped my feat and another crack web of cracks formed.


    Everyone were all speechless ar what I did and then I flick the guys forehead causing him to fall backwards. He then looked at me with a face full of fear.


    I see then he was simply stuck in his delusion of power.


    I then turned around and headed for the guild. I left there and the crowd split in two as they made a path for me back to the guild

 Chapter 10: Leaving his marks

    I entered the guild and when I did everyone was still staring at me with those shocked eyes filled with fear and admiration. I walked towards the counter and once again saw the receptionist lady but unlike before she was shaking a bit but immediately regained her composure. Well although she was shaking I she still looked at me with a smile on her face, it seems she really is trained to do her job properly.


    Then again all I did was make cracks appear on the ground and yet this kind or reaction is what I recieved.


    Are the people in this world perhaps weak?


    ~~Lily POV~~


    Tha-that was amazing!


    Although I saw him massacre a band of bandits singlehandedlly seeing him fight like this is just so... cool!


    I mean he could easily beat down Julius but then he made it so that he won''t be shamed too much but doing that... isn''t he just making him recieve even more mockery. Well I don''t know what Touren is planning but if anything it is not something that is bad. After all although Touren may look like a bad person now but when we were traveling he was not in any way disrespectful.


    On the contrary he was kind and caring also he would talk with me and follow through with my selfishness while still giving a smile. Also when he looked at me a while ago he smiled and his expression just changed when he looked at Julius.


    Ohh, he just beat Julius and now he''s...


    eh?


    What was that


    [crack][crack][crack]


    From the sword he swung down and the foot he stomped on the ground a web of cracks formed. Also looking at his expression his smiling but I could feel a dark aura around him.


    Touren... he is actually scary.


    But thinking about it he is doing this for me so...


    umu~


    Just then the people started moving and I can see Touren moving through the crowd that split in two to give him a path to walk. Looking at everyone elses expressions they all seem to have been amazed by Tourens show of power. But more importantly that dark aura around him although it looks cold and unwelcoming I feel like it''s actually warm and... what am I thinking!


    A-anyways I need to say my thanks to Touren!


    ~~Back to our MC~~


    "I want to turn over my proof of subjugation"


    I told the receptionist lady as I handed her the bag. She opened the bag and carefully checked it''s contents. When she confirmed that the contents were genuine and that there were enough she then got some gold a bag and filled it with the coins. She then passed me the bag and I confirmed it''s contens which are 21 silver.


    "I had the impression you were powerful before but I didn''t think you would also be very sly, also I will hide the fact that you used a different name to register to the guild"


    She said so with a smile but that smile made me shiver. Then I asked.


    "Is it wrong to register a different name when applying as an adventurer?"


    "Well it''s not wrong and it isn''t a problem, well..."


    She stopped and once again she sized me up and down.


    "What?"


    "Well, the adventurer guild used the card system to keep track of the powerful adventurers so they don''t ruin the guild reputation or if they commited a crime"


    Hearing her explanation I understood something...


    "So the guild card is a way to prevent uprising and other problems that adventurers, those with power would do am I right?"


    She then smiled and looked and then replied


    "Well that''s not all there is to it. It is for certain that the guild used this to prevent problems regarding powerful adventurers all over the world but the real reason for this is to keep track of the countries powers"


    "Countries powers?"


    "Yes, the adventurers guild is open to all races and there is no discrimminitaion. But the thing is that the countries would use the strength of adventurers to decide many kinds of disputes"You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    "Like?"


    "Well take territory for example, when a war s about to happen the country would gather all the power it has. And added to that are the adventurers of the country. The guild would send the kings the number of A, S, SS and SSS class adventurers that each country has. With these the kings would either deicide to wage war or negotiate a peace treaty"


    "If you put it like that then the most powerful power would be the adventurers guild"


    I told her my thoughts, well the guild does hold the power of the countries and with that they could most probably be the most powerful force. Though when the receptionist heard my answer she just smiled wryly. I began to think and it hit me.


    "Oh so the adventurer guild os not a power but some sort of middle man is that right?"


    I understood it now, the powers all have information on the adventurers through the data collection of the guild cards. And with the data the kings would think twice about attacking and waging war. Of course with that it would mean that the fate of the kingdom falls into the hands of the adventurers but that''s not the problem.


    The guild was established to defend against monsters all over the world and the powerhouses are people who got strong through fighting with these monsters. Thinking about it, there not a hundred percent chance that the listed adventurers would actually join the war for their country.


    But the thing is that with that data they gathered the kings would not dare to gamble on the chances and would instead move to ensure that their kingdom doesn''t fall.


    Hmm... the founder of this adventurer guild is actually one smart man or woman. Well with all that the countries also wouldn''t dare to attack the guild as it''s their only lifeline against the monsters. Also the main headquarters of the guild is not known by any country. Although it is said that it''s in all imperial capitals that seem''s to be only a branch to send messages to the kings.


    I thought it was weird that they didn''t make it so that the guild card would record the kills and send them to all the branches or at least the nearest branch. So that was the case also the thing about the magic system although I used overdrive I wasn''t able to sense it one bit. This only proves how great the founder of the guild is, to make something that even with a 100% performance output and 100% focus on my senses I still couldn''t feel the system from the guild card that person is nothing but a genius among geniuses!


    If I had the chance I would like to seat and have a cup of tea with this founder.


    "Uhm, Touren or should I call you Alastair"


    "Just call me Touren calling me Alastair would cause problems in the future so..."


    "I understand"


    After our short chat I turned around with the bag and headed for a seat but then someone tugged on my clothes.


    I looked behind me and I saw Lily blushing as she held the hem of my coat.


    "Uhm... Touren I would like to thank you!"


    "What do you mean"


    I knew what she meant but seeing her like this I just have the urge to tease her...


    "Well you see... I was the reason that Julius attacked you so... uhmm~"


    She looked up at me with upturned eyes and they wer just so... Cuuuteee~


    No no no what am I saying! I''m an assasin someone who will kill for money a coldhearted murderer but...


    "muu"


    She''s just too cute!


    I can''t take it I... I although I am an assasin theres no saying that I should be a heartless killer. That''s right even assasins have feelings to, the sole reason I became an assasin is because that''s what I''m good at also I take joy in killing assholes but that doesn''t mean that I''m heartless. Wait but doesn''t that make me sound like a psychpath?


    Anyway I also have a heart and feelings so I should... I should keep this in. It would be weird if I showed it out anyway this girl... she doesn''t match me that much also I can''t feel a connection.


    Haaaaa~ just when I thought I finally reached the spring time of my youth.


    "Sorry"


    "Ha?"


    "I did that because I got pissed off what the guy was saying about me and also the way he looks down on people just because he''s a noble. So don''t think that I did it for you, even if you didn''t tell him about me if I came across him in town I would have done the same thing. You bringing me in your problem is just a matter of chance and that''s all."


    After I said so she looked down dejectedly.


    "Also"


    "Ye-yes"


    "I have no interest in weak noble women"


    ~~Lily POV~~


    Touren started talking strange, he was saying something...


    "Ha?"


    Oh so he means that he just did it on a whim huh? I know that he has no reason to help me but why do I feel sad somehow. Then he suddenly said something


    "Ye-yes"


    "..."


    "..."


    I stared at him and he started back at me. His eyes are dead serious and his expression did not change a bit.


    huh?


    Why are my eyes tearing up?


    Why is my chest suddenly heavy?


    What''s this feeling?


    I looked up to him and he''s still looking at me with eyes that showed zero interest. So he really meant what he said huh...


    [sniff]


    Why?


    My tears...


    whay are they suddenly flowin out?


    Am I crying?


    But why would I cry?


    I looked at Touren again and seeing him looking at me with eyes that has zero interest in my I just felt more sadness. The feeling made my body limp and I dropped to my knees. My tears are falling on the floor and I... started crying.


    ~~MC~~


    "uwaa~"


    She dropped to the ground... and now she''s crying.


    Why did she cry I mean I simply rejected her, and that is not something to cry about. I mean she''s a noble and she''s also pretty so she should have a lot more other choices. Though I feel like missed a great oppotunity... well I still have a job to do and also I''m very curious of the world so I think I shoudl go. But...


    I looked at the girl crying on the floor, seriously...


    I two knives that I still have and put them in front of the Lily.


    "I said that I have no interest on weak women, if you continue to cry there I will lose all interest in you"


    I stood up turned around and made my way out of the guild. I think I should go to another town or maybe a city, the capital is also good. I remember the map in the guild if I remember correctly the closest place here is a town to the north east named [Hideo]. Well then I should probably start my journey.


    ~~Lily POV~~


    As I was crying two knives were thrown in front of me.


    "I said that I have no interest on weak women, if you continue to cry there I will lose all interest in you"


    He said those so that means that he still has an interest in me right? Then all I need to do I become stronger.


    But...


    No I may have not done any training but they always say it''s better late than never.


    Touren turned around and headed out.


    I get it I have already fallen for this man. The person who saved me two times without asking for much in return. The man who shows a terryfying aura which hides his kindness. This is the man I Lily Aldus have fallen for.


    "Don''t worry Touren, I will become stronger and become a woman who you''ll surely fall head over heals for!"


    I whispered as I stared at the persons departing back. Although he was leaving but I can feel that we will meet again... someday.

 Chapter 11: Assassins Guild

    I was planning on heading out to Hideo immediately but then I saw something intriguing.


    As I was walking to the gates I saw three men covered in cloaks. Of course I didn''t mind them but seeing that nobody dared to get near them I curiously walked pass them. When people saw that they all showed expressions that were saying, "He''s dead". But some people started talking and then I saw some faces who were part of the crowd when I took down that Julius guy.


    "He''s that powerful?"


    "Yeah, he wouldn''t be killed that easily"


    Hearing their conversations I could conclude that these three people are bad news. Though due to curiousity I wasn''t able to stop myself from continuing on my way. I walked pass them and... nothing happened.


    Though nothing happened I was able to feel something nostalgic.


    Yeah if I were to describe it, it was the feeling of excitement. That which you would feel whe seeing a coleague or something like that.


    And saying that much it would be very easy to understand what these people are.


    The feeling of seriousness in their every step, the mysterious atmosphere around them and the most important aspect... the strong yet subtle bloodlust released when meeting a fellow... assasin.


    Yes those three men are undoubtebly assasins. Though I''m not exactly sure why they would be here. Of course I understand that they would be aiming for the head of important people in the Academy but if they really are then why stay in this town in the outskirts when they could easily get into the academy.


    Why do I think so?


    Well unlike me assasins in this world would surely have connections and there would surely be organizations that have deep roots. After all no matter how you try to turn a blind eye the truth is that assasins have been in the world since society has started. And seeing them here is no weird thing actually what''s weird is the fact that they emphasize the fact that they are suspicious. Though that is something like a matter of psychology in this kind of society where the average level of knowledge and IQ is not that high doing things like reverse psychology and the like is plain stupid.


    But in this society, strength is everything thus doing this is not a bad idea but also not the best.


    Anyway I tailed them keeping a few meters distance and hiding my presence.


    Why?


    Of course because I want to find the assasin''s guild!


    In a world where there is an Adventurer''s guild it''s common knowledge that there is an assasin guild and a merchant guild and so on. Well I''m not entirely sure but if that isn''t their destination there would always be the chances of heading to the underground market or black market. Seriously I did my best but I wasn''t able to find a single trace of the black market so if I want to find the shady places then I need to follow the people who go there and those are these three idiots.


    I tailed them all the way to the inn district. They checked into one of the inns and I checked in as well into a place not that far or near and also not that conspicous but there is a clear view of the place where the three guys went.


    I stayed in the room and kept my sense on high alert and with that I was able to put in some training into my magic sensing. Though I could use [Overdrive] being dependent on it is not a good idea. Atleast I should train myself after all the system won''t always be useful.


    Six hours...


    This is how long I was waiting until they finally left the inn.


    The time I saw them would be around five in the afternoon and yet they stayd in the inn for six hours straight. Geez... these guys must be the most idiot assasins in the world! Waiting for six hours is good to ensure no one notices but going out through the front door is the biggest mistake an assasin can make. Not only that it''s almost midnight and they went out through the front door, who wouldn''t notice that! More than that they even look so accomplished with what they did.


    Ohh... I forgot.


    They removed their hoods and I could clearly see their faces.


    The tallest among them is a man with green hair and slim figure. If I were to describe him it would be, pretty boy. Yeah he definetely is a pretty boy. On his waist is not a long sword but a pari of short swords and also three throwing knives are on his left leg.


    Next to him is a person a head shorter but by the looks of it he is the leader of this party. He has blazing red hair and a proud face that looks better on an adventurer than an assasin. On his back is a... it''s a great sword. I want to walk up to this person and have a small chat about assasination but I won''t delve too deep unless I find out about him.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    The last guys is a person with black hair... ohh finally another person with black hair but he didn''t remove his cloak also he has a half mask on his face so I couldn''t see him clearly. Also there''s something off about him but... oh well in the end he''s not a threat to me so I''ll just leave it be.


    "Gerald, let''s head over to the guild now"


    "I know there should be another request up by now"


    The green haired man told the red haired man. It seems that the red haired guy is named Gerald, well since that''s all I could get I won''t delve any deeper instead focus on tailing them.


    They started walking and as soon as they did I hid in the shadows and tailed them making sure that they don''t escape from me. But as I did I saw the guy with black hair look around and even behind. He stared at my direction for a while but then gave up. After all he wouldn''t see me with only that level of skill. Heck I was not noticed when I snuck into the pentagon to get information on my target and no one noticed when I killed an official in Area 51 so how could that person see me in the night of all times.


    The three began to head to a certain part of the city. Then where they were headed.


    "Adventurer''s Guild?"


    I was perplexed, the assasin''s and adventurers should be from different worlds but then...


    Leaving my questions aside I followed them and to enter the guild they had to go through inspection it was simply showing your card. I enhanced my vision and saw that it isn''t the normal Adventurer''s card but a different card. The adventurers card is silver and has a metalic luster but this card is jet black.


    Well I waited for them to get in and get out when they finally exited the guild I could see excitement in the eyes of the two guys the green and red haired man but the black haired guy is still silent.


    When the trio finally disappeared I wore a coat I bought a while ago and a mask made out of the left over daggers then I headed for the guild, when I was about to enter.


    "Stop"


    Two blades were crossed in front of my neck and even a slight movement would surely cut skin.


    The people who held the blades wore black veils over their faces and they wore skin tight clothing. Behind the veils are two pairs of beautiful purple eyes, of course I knew they were women from the time I hear their voices but for them to have such exquisite movements and resolute eyes that doesn''t fear death, I am honestly shocked and filled with admiration.


    "I just came here to register as an assasin"


    I told them, they didn''t lower their weapons and instead continued.


    "Why do you wish to become an assasin"


    "Because killing people is fun"


    After I said my answer I could clearl see disgust in the eyes of the two women and then they lowered their weapons but still kept their eyes on me.


    "Enter"


    I entered the place and strided towards the counter.


    Unlike this morning the receptionist is the guy called Damian and next to him are the five daggers that I sold him this morning.


    "Hello your new here, so what may be the reason for your visit"


    He asked me as he gave a polite smile.


    "I want to register as an assasin"


    After I said those words he immediately replied


    "Well then please sign this document"


    "Is that all?"


    "Yes"


    I was surprised to find out that becoming an assasin doesn''t require a payment like becoming an adventurer but then again thinking about the risk it''s pretty inderstandable why.


    Unlike what most people think from being an adventurer and an assasin being an adventurer is a lot better than becoming an assasin. Because unlike adventurers assasins would need to keep low profile at all times, this is because of the line of work. Killing woud include harboring grudges and becoming a crimminal as well as being a target of the hatred of many. But these things are simply and I don''t care much, in all actuality I was not the number one assasin in my previous world for no reason.


    The paper given was similar and I wrote all the needed information but I did change my name. Instead of Alastair I wrote Zero well aliases are allowed right?


    When I gave the paper Damian did the same thing that the receptionist did this moring and after that I was given my card.


    With guild card in hand I headed to the board then I saw something good.


    [Assasination Notice]


    Touren Grace


    Adventurer: Male


    Reward: 10 gold coins


    Immediately I saw my name and there was an assasination notice for it, but just as I was about to get the poster I saw something on the bottom. There on the bottom of the poster is one word.


    [TAKEN]


    So someone already wanted to take my head huh, moreover some idiots already took the job. And I have a pretty solid guess as to who they are.


    I scanned the posters and there wasn''t one aiming for Lily but there is one aiming for Julius and also this job it''s...


    [Assasination Notice]


    Julius Lancaster


    Reward: 100 gold coins


    There it was the name I''m not familirat with but the 100 gold reward really is appealing so I took the poster and brought it to Damian.


    "I will take this"


    He looked at the poster and then he raised hes eyes and asked


    "Are you sure"


    "Yes"


    I answered immediately and with no hesitation.


    "Do you know who your target is?"


    "I don''t but I bet know he''s some powerful noble after all nobody would put up a 100 gold reward on his head for no reason right"


    Hearing my answer Damian stared deeply into my eyes and then he heaved a sigh.


    "Do you know what kind of request your taking?"


    "What"


    I asked him because his face says it something serious.


    "This request is a vengence pool request"


    A vengence pool so it''s something like "that" right.


    "SO it''s somthing like a request made by many people right"


    "Yes"


    "All the more to take it"


    I said without any hesitation.


    "Do you understand what your saying?"


    He told me as he looked into my eyes seriously again. But in response I made a smiling expression in my eyes and answered.


    "Yes, I will break into his mantion guarded by many knights and kill him silently and escape without getting noticed. Well unless there are countless traps and more than a thousand knights the completion is very easy"


    When he heard my answer he shaked his head side to side as he said


    "There''s no helping it"


    Then he stamped the paper with taken and then a person came and reposted the poster on the board.


    "You have 72 hourse to complete this job"


    I was about to get out when I remembered


    "Oh could I get a picture of this Julius person"


    Damina checked under the drawer and pulled out a sheet of paper. He passed it to me and then I took it and headed out. I opened checked the paper and the face of my target was revealed to me.


    "Hoho so your name was Julius huh... I''m sorry Lily but this is a job I took"


    I then walked towards my destination... Lancaster Manor.


    "I hope you''re ready for divine retribution Julius..."

 Chapter 12: Cleaning Trash

    I was told where the target would be and now the place is in front of my eyes.


    "It''s huge"


    That was all I could say, in front of me is a large lot with a gigantic mansion at it''s center. I didn''t think that I wouldn''t notice this but analyzing it''s layout, the positioning of the place makes the huge property inconspicious, especially to travelers.


    The giant mansion was indeed a sight to behold but then it was surrounded by a mini forest and the whole property is surrounded by high walls. The walls is similar to the towns walls causing the illusion that nothing is there.


    How am I able to see it?


    Easy, right now I''m standing on top of the walls. The guards were sleeping, guess being a night guard for a noble is pretty easy. When I saw the untouched assasination notice with a hundred gold reward I was curious as to why nobody took it but it seems that nobody really wants to go against nobility. I don''t know anything about the Lancaster family but judging by the property in front of my eyes, I could infer that they are a pretty high up family.


    Well, it''s not like I care. I took the job so no matter how hard it is I will need to finish this and also I don''t like that Julius'' attitude. He reminds me of those corrupt businessmen and also the template antagonist that I''m very tired of.


    Anyway I need to finish this job immediately.


    I jumped off the wall and stealthily passed through the forest as to not alert any of the guards.


    "Hey is the young master at it again?"


    "Yeah, it seems that he''s been rejected yet again"


    While I was nearing the mansion I heard two men talking.


    I hid in the shadows and concealed my prescence and headed towards the voices slowly. When I reached the place I saw two men wearing full silver armor drinking. They were sitting on tree stumps and judging by the strong smell of alchohol I understood that they are already drunk. I sat there quietly to get some infromation at least before I plunge into the enemy stronghold. Although I am confident in my skills, it''s always better safe than sorry. I preked my ears and listened closely to their conversation.


    "Well it doesn''t matter what the young master does anyway"


    One of the two said as he let out a sigh.


    "Yeah everyone here knows what the young master is capable of"


    "Cheh... that spoiled brat can only do those things because his father''s is a duke. If and a high ranking knight, what would he do if he was born as a commoner?"


    The other man retorted in an annoyed voice.


    "Come on although you say that it''s still better than following those Nobles with high a sense of justice, right"


    The guy relaced and took a sip from his mug and after that the other guy continued.


    "Well when the young master get''s done he would share them with us after all so we should be more than thankful we got destined here"


    "Well not everyone enjoys picking up others scraps!"


    The other guys again answered angrily.


    "It''s better than not getting a taste is it not?"


    The anger in the other guys was lost and he just silently drank and the two started another conversation. Their talk is now about something that doesn''t concern me so I turned and headed towards the mansion.


    There were no guards around the mansion and when I stretched out my senses there was really around. I cautiously walked towards the mansion and entered via the front door. I don''t like goin in like this especially with houses that have giant doors but since the windows can''t be opened and I don''t have the necessary tools to enter any other way the front is the only possible entrance.


    Opening the door a weird stench assailed my nostrils. The scent was something I already smelled before, the smell of sweat and... cum. This smell I remember it was when I was tagetting the head of a human trafficking sindicate. That guy... he was not only an asshole he was retarded enough to even have 3 to 4 year old kids in his house.


    And when I looked around a similar scene was revealed in front of my eyes. There are about ten women lying powerlessly on the floor. They all had their clothes stripped of their bodies and their vagina''s were no their whole bodies were covered in white liquid.


    "Well at least these women are all above 18"


    That was all I could say, after all I was already used to this kind of things. Women used as toys by powerful individuals, that''s something that happens everyday in my previous world. Especially when I assasinate someone in their homes there would at least be two to three women waiting on them.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    Of course I felt pity towards these women but not everyone can be saved, I''m not god after all. Heck even god can''t do crap.


    If I remember that weird white being told me that he was called god then if that''s the case shouldn''t he be able to fix the problems of this world in a snap. But he can''t and instead sent me here with slight power up''s. I then walked deeper into the mansion. I climed up the stairs and as I arrived there I could faintly here the short cries.


    I then turned towards the only hallway and continued.


    On the floor are women in a similar state as those on the entrance. Thinking about it I saw about twenty women already.


    "That guy is surprisingly tenacious"


    That is the onl thing I could say, after all seeing the 20 women who lay peowerlessly on the ground it''s clear that they have been tired out by their partner. And of course I saw a room where there is light.


    As I walked closer to the room I could hear the loud moans of a woman. But these moans were not purely of pleasure but you could clearly feel the sorrow in her voice.


    "P-please... ahn... sto-... ah...p"


    "what did you say?"


    "P-please... nooo"


    "hah hah hah..."


    [thud]


    "Now who''s next?"


    Just hearing his voice made me mad. Well I guess I should stop him before he takes another victim.


    [Slam]


    I went in explosively and with my entrance 7 pairs of eyes stared at me. 6 of the eyes are filled with fear while the last pair were filled with anger.


    "Who are you!"


    He angrily shouted as he picked up his sword and pointed it towards me. This is very much like our confrontation this morning. The only difference is that he was naked and the audience are 6 girls.


    "I''m here to take you life"


    I told him bluntly and he then looked at me up and down then he smiled.


    "So that''s it huh, do you think you could just barge in here and take my life?"


    He said as he showed me a mocking smile. And before I could reply he screamed.


    "Ben!"


    Then from out of nowhere I felt a hint of bloodlust. I shifted my body a bit and with that a strong wind passed by rising up my cloak.


    "Master stay behind me"


    The old butler who appeared. He was holding a knife and seeing it a smile formed on my face. The knife the butler was holding is the knife that I sold to the guild, it seems he bought it huh. While I was thinking that the butler staightened his body and started talking.


    "Sir, I know you took the job but if you go back now I promise that the Lancaster Family will reward you plentily."


    He told me in a business like manner, but I didn''t have any thoughts of backing down on a request. Moreover I already saw the sins that this man has commited and my rule during assaination is that I would never kill anyone besides my target unless he protects him. Well that and many others but since this guy wants to protect this assholes life then I have no choice.


    "I won''t go easy on you even if you''re an old man"


    "Oh are you declining the offer"


    "I am a man who sticks to my promises also I don''t like this guy so I will kill no matter what it takes"


    The butler made a stance and with eyes filled with resoluteness he declared.


    "If you want to kill the young master you''ll have to get through me first"


    With that the butler leaped towards me. The movements were exquisite and refined they were obviously not the moves a regular butler can do, could this person be the legendary [Combat Butler] but I have no time to think about that.


    Evading the blade I shifted to the left and thrusted my fist towards the butlers abdomen. But the butler was able to react accordingly and curve the trajectory of the blade and move his lower budy back. If this continues I would be stabbed and he would recieve only little damage. But it''s not like I will let him hit me that easily.


    Using my left hand that was holding one of my blades I parried the knife with my sword and in that moment I succesfully landed a blow on the butler. But that wouldn''t stop it, he was able to avoid taking all the power of my punch by making his body move with the force. He made it so the impact''s damage wouldn''t focus on one point but instead be spread. Although his whole body would surely be hurt it''s better than getting knocked out.


    "You''re better than I expected"


    I told the butler, for an old man like him to be this powerful I could only imagine what hardships he''d come across. Although I am proud of my own agility in terms of strenth I would be happy to even be able to damage my opponent with a punch but in this world my stats have all been increased so I think that I have enough power to knock this old man out with a punch.


    "Same here, to think there would be a person who could keep up with my magic"


    His words didn''t rattle me, after all if it was anyone else they wouldn''t be able to sense the activation of magic but I know this old man activated magic. Others would praise his speed but it''s all in magic and of course I don''t hate him or look down on him because of his trick but I instead fell admiration towards this old man. To be able to use his tricks that magnificently and also having that incredibly high battle sense if that''s not praise worthy I don''t know what is.


    "Judging by your reaction you knew that I used magic to boost my speed I presume"


    I nodded silently as I watched this old man, of course I didn''t continue to talk as he might be able to make a connection between my voice and the voice of the adventurer that his young master battled this morning.


    "Hoho~ well then let''s see if you can see this"


    After he said those words he disappeared and then, behind... I raised me sword to block attacks from behind


    [Clang]


    The sound of metal clashing and the grinding of two blades. Although I am still curious why this bones are able to make those sounds since it''s a fantasy world I''ll just not mind it.


    "You... then how about this"


    Our battle laster for ten minutes and all I did was block the old butlers attacks. After the ten minutes of using differnt techniques he dropped to his kness as he looked at me while he breathed heavily.


    "To... think there... would be... someone... capable... of... following my movements..."


    Saying that his body shoock and his eyes opened and closed. He''s clearly losing energy and with a small push he would get knocked out so taking the chance when he blinks I dashed and cut his head of.


    It happened in mere moments.


    [Thud]


    The severed head of the old butler fell near one of the six women making them all release cries of fear.


    Julius when he saw this was frozen I took this chance to attack him and again in a split second another head went flying.


    The head fell and a fountain of blood gushed out of the dead mans neck painting the room red. The women all fainted and I left the place quietly. After geting out of the residence I hid in the shadows again and just in time the sound of footsteps echoed in the courtyard.


    A groupd of 5 armored men entered the mansion and taking this chance I escped from the premise and returned to the roads. I then walked towards the assasins guild to get my reward of course I took something that would prove my kill that was... Julius'' head.

 Chapter 13: Vengeance Hunter

    When I showed the head of Julius to Damian he immediately gave me a surprised look not only him even the other assasins in the guild all stood up and came to the counter. They all started examining the head and after that they all confirmed it was legit and then looked at me with eyes filled with respect.


    "To think that you''d be able finish this job and in one night at that"


    Damian said as he looked at me intently. He then nodded and took out a bag from under the counter.


    "Here is your reward and also here is your new card"


    He gave me the bag but immediately after he gave me card. Unlike the other card that was pitch black this one is pure white with black text. My name and all the other stat''s were listed there.


    "Um..."


    "What is it?"


    "What''s with the new guild card"


    After I asked Damian thought for a while then he suddenly he said "Ahhh" then bowed his head apologetically.


    "Sorry, I forgot to tell you before you left. After taking a request that''s from the vengeance pool you''ll get corresponding points and when you get enough you could get a new card. That card in your hands is the new card that signifies that you are a vengeance hunter"


    I listened to him and a word I heard for the first time appeared. I knew what the vengeance pool is I understood what it is but then this vengeance hunter title... I mean you could just take vengeance pool request right so what does this title do?


    Seeing that I am still confused Damina continued talking.


    "Well you see a vengeance hunter is an assasin who get''s ''special'' privilages"


    "Well before you tell me the about these privilages let me ask"


    "Yes?"


    "How did I become a vengeance hunter this easily?"


    Damian sighed and then threw Julius'' head and told the person who caught it to bury it somewhere it won''t be traced. Then he ordered some people to clean the mess of blood on the floor. After doing all those not 15 seconds have passed and he looked at me and started explaining.


    "You see, the job you took is a very high ranking job that should be taken by A class assassins but then no one wants to anger Sir Lancaster so it was placed as a regular vengeance pool request."


    "Then shouldn''t you have just taken it down?"


    "The assassin guild has a policy it has to abide by, and just like you we don''t take down request and more importantly we already took the reward money and the fine for placing the job on the board so we have no choice but to wait for someone to take the job"


    "I understand now the immediate change in guild card but is this right?"


    I showed the card and pointed at the assasin class on the card. , there it was written [Class: S ]


    "I think sir Zero deserves this kind of evaluation"


    "Don''t you think you''re overestimating my capabilities"


    "An assasin who got into the Lancaster manor guarded by more than 200 knights and successfully killed it''s Julius Lancaster not only that he even bought the targets head to the guild to show proof and done so without attracting any attention. If those actions do not belong to an S class assasin I can''t begin to see what this place would look like"


    His answer made it hard for me to refute. In this world where the highest level of security are the number of patroling soldiers I understood how hard it would be for the assasin in this world, well that is if they grew up here. I grew up sneaking through heavily guarded locations where I had to kill only one person and escape before they found out. In my previous world there is even a way to lock down the whole premise when the target was killed so I would usually escape without them knowing.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    If I remember correctly the closest I was to getting caught was when I went for the president of the USA. Though that was a job I failed at I was still able to escape while still wounding the president. But that was really close not only were the guards trained the personel are always on high alert and the cameras would amount to almost a thousand. Even when he was walking out the place 1 kilometer of the president would be heavily guarded and that''s the range that I can''t hit anything.


    But in this world the survailance system is a large number of knights doing patrols. Thinking about it that''s the easiest defense to get through. Moreover the alert system when their boss is killed would only ring when theres something out of place going on in the premise. And even if they were able to react immediately the lighting in this world is magic stones and truthfully they don''t give of enough light. Actually even the knights used simply torches with that the assasination techniques created in this world is crap.


    And with my experience I could very much be the strongest assasin in the world as of now.


    "Well then now tell me the privilages of being a vengeance hunter"


    I asked him and he then continued still having that same bussiness smile plastered on his face.


    "Well, as a vengeance hunter first of all your purchases in the assasin guild will have a specific discount based on rank, since your S then you have a 50% discount on any purchase, loan etc."


    "50%?!"


    That number made me blurt out unconciously after all 50% is half the price, HALF THE FUCKING PRICE!


    "Yes"


    When I heard his answer I don''t know if I''m shwing it on my face but I know I showed him signs that I didn''t believe it. With that he explained to me.


    "Well you see vengeance pools are made possible since instead of placing a single assasination request then waiting for it''s completion the vengeance pool is used by those who can''t put up the regular request."


    "Uhuh"


    "The request unlike the others wouldn''t have a limit nor would it have a deposit. All one needs to do is put his money and place the request. Then if his request coincides with another person then those two amounts would be added together. Of course the job would have a monthly rent to be payed by all the clients. Each person who placed the request would pay 1 silver per month. Of course theres advantages, unlike the normal request that gets torn down after a year without getting touched the vengeance pool request could last forever as long as all the clients pay the monthly investment."


    "Then shouldn''t there be more vengeance pool request?"


    "Well you see a vengeance pool request would always be waited upon. Assasin would take dibs and then wait till the reward get''s high enough before taking it. After all the other request would all be things posted by nobles and the like."


    With his explanation I understood the concept of a vengeance pool already.


    It as simple as Vengeance pool = request of many poor or middle class people, and Regular request = Nobles and rich people.


    Thinking about it with those thoughts then most of the assasin guild income would come from the vengeance pool huh.


    "Anyway is that the only privilage"


    "There''s more, when you show this card to guards or knights they would welcome you, actually you could already use this as an identification after all the kingdom recognizes the vengeance hunters as important figures actually in other kingdoms they see vengeance hunters as heroes."


    Then if I show this card it''s like I''m saying, "Praise me and love me" but at the same time saying, "I''m after you next".


    The first one is something for the populace and respectable nobles while the second one is for those corrupt and evil nobles.


    But then this card is trouble in itself, if that''s the case I will use my guild card but it''s not like I couldn''t use this card. This is similar to the guild card as it takes the users magic system signature it''s like a fingerprint so even if I use different names they would still be the same person. And of course this card is useless in normal day to day life but then I could use this whenever I meet the king and maybe get a private audience etc. I can already see myself talking to the kings while sipping a cup of tea leisurely. Of course we would be talking about changing the world but then again I would do that sometime in the future.


    First I need to have a solid understanding of the world then I will fix this world.


    "Well that''s all"


    Damian said as he bowed his head.


    "Well then I''ll be going if that''s all then bye"


    With a smile he turned around and returned to the counter.


    I walked out of the guild and immediately made my way to my inn, when I got a bit far away from the guild I removed my mask and turned it back into blades for to hide and erase the evidences.


    "Now let''s see what those three are up to"


    I head back to the inn with a smile on my face.

 Chapter 14: What do you mean will you marry me?!

    I could see light coming from the room that I rented, squinting my eyes I saw three silhouette''s from the the window. And seeing those three figures I could already guess who they were.


    "Do you feel the softness of this fur"


    "And so?"


    "Hey hey check the bags and all the other things"


    "Boss, I found bags of silver and copper here"


    "Oh it may not be as high as his bounty but money is important to the last copper"


    When I arrived at the door I silently listened to their conversation. Hearing their words they sound more like theives than assasin''s.


    To think the poeple sent to kill me are these three, huh... it really is sad.


    "There''s someone by the door"


    A deep voice reverberated through the room and I could understand that the person who said that was the guy who didn''t show his face the one with black hair. If I were to judge these people right now, that black haired guy would be the strongest and also obviously the smartest among them. Not adding the fact that he''s like the stereo typical assasin but at least he''s quiet and is simply trying to do his job. It''s not like I don''t like assasin''s like the two guys in fact I would like to have them on my team. As an assasin they may be useless but they are pretty good cannon fodder, diversions or even hoarders. Well they would be useful as attendants but they certainly are useless in any other way.


    Well, since that guy noticed me I think it''s time to make an appearance.


    [shing]


    Just as I opened the door a sword was alread swung towards my neck but it held no killing intent so I waited for it to get close before I dodge. Though even if I don''t dodge I won''t die after all I already understand my own prowess a little. And according to my knowledge of myself I couldn''t be killed by any normal blade much less a useless idiot.


    "So you decided to return"


    The person who swung the sword was the green haired man, looking at me he made a smug face then looked at the direction of the red haired man.


    "Gerald!"


    When he said so the red haired man bloodlust towards the green haired man.


    "So-sorry, I meant to say boss"


    He said so as he looked back towards me and stuck the blunt side of the blade on my neck.


    "Boss can I kill him now"


    After the green haired man said so Gerald nodded as if it was not his bussines and instead started counting my money. Well seeing him with a satisfied expression as he counted the silver and copper coins in the bag made me think about some of my past colleague''s who are the epitome of greed and corruption.


    "Are you sure you could kill me"


    I said as I looked at the green haired man with a smile.


    "Hah, well then keep smiling till death!"


    He then pulled back his sword and swung it towards my neck yet again this time with a lot more force. The blade hit my neck but instead of cutting through something else happened. Upon contact with my skin the blade immediately broke in two.


    When this happened not only the green haired guy even the man named Gerald had a face full of shock. I turned my eyes towards the black haired one and although it''s hard to see I could still clearly see the shock in his eyes.


    "Are are~ is this all you could do?"


    I answered in a nochalant tone, when I said so the two men started shivering and fell on their knees.


    "Wha-what are you?"


    The red haired man asked as he dropped the bag of coins to the ground.


    "Your worst nightmare"


    Ahhh, I really wanted to say that line atleast once but since in my world my jobs always involved powerful people and the tagets required me to be serious so I had to e at my top shape and high alert. But in this world I was given too much powerups which makes me similar to those OP MC in light novel.


    Anyway I simply looked at the two who are still frozen and then turned my gaze towards the other guy. He was still standing but looking at his cloak it''s pretty obvious that he''s nervous.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    "I don''t have time to play with the two fo you so just die"


    I said so and ended the life of the two idiots. I didn''t cut them using transmutation instead of using excited magic to mold things I used it to shock these two people to death. Well after all is said and done I am regretful of what I have done. I burnt them and I thought they would turn to ashes because of magic they were instead charred and this gave of the bad smell of burnt flesh so use transmutation to slip the two in the hollow part of the wooden floor of the inn.


    "So do you want to go next?"


    I asked the black haired guy as I knew that he''s smart. Well I think that having him as a student is not half bad.


    "You"


    "hmm?"


    "Marry me"


    Oh well then I accept.... wait marry? Did I just hear right? This man just said marry right or is it just my imagination? NO! that would never be my imagination, First of all I''m not gay and if asked about my fetish that would be... no I won''t say it. But anyways I need to put this out straight.


    "Sorry but I don''t swing that way"


    When the guys heard my answer he tilted his head then he made an action as if saying "Oh I get it". Then he proceeded to remove his mask and his cloak. Under his cloak is...


    Breast


    No not ordinary breast but big ones, if I were to estimate their size about E. Well to me C to DE is good enough after all F is rare and G is nonexistent. But then seeing those two mounds on her chest I examined her body from her legs to her face and something popped up in my mind.


    [How can she move her with those two portruding mounds on her chest]


    This is a question that every man would want to know from a woman with these sizes. Of course the reason is the mounds would surely have to be heavy right especially when standing up and also hurt when they run or move too much. Then I again thought, "How could she be an assasin with those two mounds of flesh?".


    "Are you done with your muttering?"


    The girl asked me with a fed up expression.


    Opps... it seems those thoughts of mine leeked out somehow.


    "Well then now that you understand, please answer my question how do you move with those things?"


    Hearing my question the girl raised her hands in anger but then calmed herself down and looked at me with a relaxed expression.


    "Let''s not stray away from the topic, as I said will you marry me?"


    "Well that question in itself has lots of problems, first of all shouldn''t it be the man who proposes?"


    "Are you saying women can''t do what man can?"


    She was smilling but her eyes were not... crap I just realized I stepped on a landmine. Wait it shouldn''t be the case unless. this girl is a.... Feminist, well I can take feminist as long as their not redical feminist.


    "No what I mean is that normally it would be the man as you women are supposed to be treasured and..."


    but before I could finish my reply,


    "Stop it I don''t really care only answer will you or will you not?"


    "I won''t"


    "Why?"


    She asked again.


    "Because we only met each other... shouldn''t there be like,dates and getting to know each other. Also that''s one of the problems of this proposal of your, we haven''t known each other for that long... heck I don''t even know your name and yet you propos to me? If the same thing happened to you what would you do?"


    She looked down and started thinking deeply, hoo, now I finished one of my problems now then time to...


    "I would weigh the pros and cons"


    She suddenly said.


    "Say what now?"


    I was still in shock from her words after all when you think about it not many people would do something like propose for the sole reason of it''s better well that happens but then again I''m not a noble or something like that. I am a mere adventurer and yet some girl is asking me to marry her? Being an adventurer in another world is unbelievable enough what about a proposal coming from a girl you haven''t ever met in that same world.


    Well in any case the girl looked at me again and answered.


    "I would weigh the pros and cons"


    "Okay so then what conclusion have you come to so far?"


    "Will you marry me?"


    She looked at me with a questioning gaze and once again I was assailed by a pain in the head. This world is just giving me pile after pile of crap. If anything is worse than this please tell me.


    "Well then what is in it for you if I marry you?"


    I asked her normally I would ask what I would get but this way I could ascertain her real intentions. After all looking at her appearance though her chest area seems to be fully mature her face and her body is obviously that of a teen.


    "I will get a powerful husband and my parents would be proud"


    "Why do you need to get a powerful husband?"


    "Family Secret, I''ll only tell you if you marry me"


    Huh so she won''t stop it with the marry then...


    "What''s in it for me?"


    She said so as she did a sexy pose emphasizing her large breast. Well she has equisitely slender legs as well as her hips and she has a pretty decent face. Her hair is blakc and similarly her eyes are black and her skin is white and looks as smooth as jade. If she were doing this out in the public in my previous world she''d be famous in a few minutes. But I still stick to my plans and also I still have no plans on graduating from my virginity as of now.


    "I have no interest in you"


    After I said those words she stopped posing and followed up.


    "I have a sister she is 13 years old and the complete opposite of me"


    She said pointing to herself


    "And she''s?"


    "A loli"


    "No"


    "You will be the next head of the Marquee house!"


    She declared...


    Marquee house?


    I know that this world is still at the age of monarchies and by the Marquee house she meant Marquee family right? Well I want to understand the situation so I guess I''ll talk to her for a bit...

 Chapter 15: Marquee Family

    In the end it ended up with me going to the branch family house. Well I don''t mind but since I don''t want to be suspicious I'''' head out tomorrow morning and ensure that the adventurer, Alasrair Freidrich has exited from the town.


    Showing my guild card to the guard I was allowed to exit as he listed that I already went out. Though I had a bit of trouble since I entered as Touren Grace since I was with Lily at that time I was able to get out f it as it seems that many adventurers use their code names since they didn''t want to be tracked by the guild. Well I think that''s stupid as their biodata is technically recorded but well since not everyone is educated in these types of things I''ll just let it be.


    In any case I realized that I forgot to ask if the kills are still recorded by the adventurer card when you have the assasin card. Though it''s not like I''ll have problems with that after all being treated as a threat to national security is already something I''m used to also hiding is not that hard in this world. There are many places where people wouldn''t want to enter that I could and unlike in my previous world with satellites, computers and the like here they simply put out a request.


    "Took you long enough"


    The girl from last night said. She was leaning under a tree while still wearing the same clothes.


    "Well I used the normal exit which has an insanely long line"


    "Why not use the other exit?"


    She asked me, of course I knew the pther entrance that assasins and other shady figures use but since I''m going out with the name of an adventurer I want to show that I did exit from the town.


    "Well going out through there is already going against my reason for exiting today."


    I want to show that I went out already to erase all suspicions and if I used that exit then my exit would not be recorded and confirmed.


    "Well then shall we go?"


    I said looking at the hooded girl under the shade of the tree. She pulled her hood lower covering half of her face revealing only her mouth. She then turned and started walking but unlike how I first saw her she didn''t slouch or bend her body to hide her portruding chest instead she seemed to be showing it off. I could only take that as a way to provoke me into attacking her.


    Though I already understood what she meant last night.


    "Will you marry me?"


    Those words were said without any hint of emotion more like it was said in a business like manner much like she was asking me for my approval on her projec tor something. Well hearing only the word assasin family and need to get I understood immediately why she asked me to merry her.


    Simply put, her family is one of those bigshot families that have a long line of great assasin and she was something like a failure. If she wasn''t why would she be taking a low level job with a bunch of idiots. Since she was a failure since she is a girl she would need to find someone who exels as a husband. I reckon that the people on this world still believe that if the parents are exceprional talents then their children would be better than them.


    Truthfully I sympathise with this girl as she is much like me, used as a tool by her own family. The only people who she could run to is the very same people who brings her to her doom. I wouldn''t be shocked if this girl were to be killed when she enters the premise with me in tow.


    Well in any case I understand that she''s a girl who was gronw to believe everything that her family says. I guess her words last night were words that her family told her to say. Seeing as she didn''t understand her own words I could only arrive to that conclusion.


    A few hours later


    "So where exactly is this family house?"


    I asked as we were already walking for hours and yet I wasn''t able to sense a single sign of life. Well the fact that I can''t sense life even that of small animals is already weird by I guess we already entered her families territory but then again it''s already been a while since I felt signs of life.


    I used the overdrive again yet increasing my sense I realized that in a few kilometers there isn''t even an ant.


    "This is not right"


    I stopped the girl and when I did the cloak turned to a simple cloak on my hands.


    "Heh~ this is very surprising"


    The girls body turned to air no more specifically she disappeared. I focused my senses and I still wasn''t able to sense anything.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "This is weird"


    I put my hands on the hilt of my sword and just then I felt a prescence appear from out of nowhere, the bloodlust was so intense that I reflexively unsheathed both my swords and parried the incoming attack. Just then three more prescences appeared, I threw the first man away and then reflected the other three. Then the prescences blurred and disappeared.


    "This feeling..."


    I felt something familiar... yes it is familiar... no. This is basically that, what the butler at the Lancaster Manor did. I was shocked at that time as he appeared from out of nowhere like a ghost. The scariest thing is that I didn''t feel him when I was walking in the corridor. The attacks a while ago and their disappearance it''s...


    [swoosh]


    "That was a close call"


    I said to the figure in front of me.


    "Same here, to think that you could dodge that attack"


    A deep voice resounded. It sounded ancient and yet full of life.


    "hahaha, Cindy did find a promising young man!"


    The person stood up and romoved the hood covering his face. What was revealed is the face of an old man in his sixties but his eyes... those are not the eyes of a weak old man but that of a very intellectual person. I only saw eyes like those when I met the old buddhist priest that lived deep in the mountains far from civilization. And his aura... the aura of someone who murdered an uncountable number of men that''s what I get from him.


    At the same time that he revealed his face a dozen more figures appeared and similarly removed their hoods. But unlike the old man they are all young men and women and I could clearly see the girl I was with... wait did that old man call her Cindy so she is Cindy huh.


    "Well then Cindy why not introduce this man to us"


    The girl, I mean Cindy stood up and bowed towards the old man and appraoched me. She then pointed towards me and started telling them how she met me and her first impressions as well as how much she understood my strength.


    "Well he is powerful but he did take a long time to realize the change in the surroundings"


    One of the young men said as he looked at me with eyes filled with hate. Wait could he be that kind of guy? The person who likes the heads daughter or maybe granddaughter but lost his chance and now is looking down on all other candidates to marry his beloved.


    Well that was long but still to think that someone like him would be present but then if he''s here why did Cindy need to look for a man outside? I do understand the things about genetic mutations due to relatives having children but then again in this world this kind of things may still not be known.


    "Orlin!"


    "Ye-yes!"


    The old man called out to the young man in an angry tone and the young man Orlin obediently kept quiet.


    "Now then you are called Alastair right?"


    "Yes"


    "Also you are the assasin Zero am I correct?"


    "Wha-what?"


    I answered to him stuttering with a face full of shock. To my answer and shock the old man grinned.


    "Do you think we wouln''t send some reinforcements to protect the holy girl of our branch family?"


    Saying those words he snapped his fingers and then five men appeared. They similarly appeared from out of nowhere.


    "They were tailing you and saw all you actions"


    "Tailing?"


    "Yes, tailing"


    I was shocked but I made sure to keep my shock hidden after all if I showed it I''m sure that the guy named Orlin would surely say something again. Then I looked at the five men and seeing them I noticed one yes one of them I recognized him. He was not someone who you would notice and keep in mind but I did after all when I showed the head of Julius in the guild he was the only one with the reaction that stood out.


    The other people were all checking the head of Julius with disbelief and there were some who didn''t care but he was the only one who simple stood up looked at the head nodded and thern returned to his seat. From what I understood I first saw him as a fine assasin but that made me keep his appearance and his mana signature in the back of my head. After all I understood that I could be killed or die in any way.


    But now I see this person here standing following this old man who is most likely the head of the branch family in this area.


    "Since when?"


    I asked, after all I used my senses and yet I couldn''t find them no I didn''t even notice them, if I were to judge myself I was very much lower than Cindy. That girl although she didn''t find me she still noticed my prescence even if it was just for a second. But unlike her I never once felt anything off.


    "Well if you ask me when..."


    The old man looked towards the five men and then one of them stepped up.


    "We tailed him since he started tailing the young mistress"


    When he finished his words Cindy as well as the old man and all those other background guys looked at me. Cindy looks at me in wonder as if she was comprehending something and the old man looks at her then at me with a grin and the background guys... they were stared at me with reprouchful ayes.


    "I see... then may I ask the reason you tailed my granddaughter"


    Oh so Cindy is this old mans grand daughter and when he asked me he didn''t have any hate or anger but instead I felt a hint of playfulness in his words. This old man... he''s not the steroetypical traditionally enclined overprotective father/grand father but the simlarly steroetypical playful old man.


    Really now well in my previous world where everything simply repeats over and over again it''s not weird to expect many steroe types.


    "Well I did it because I felt that they were you know... assasins and well I wanted to find out where the assasins guild is I tailed them"


    Hearing my words he looked towards the direction of the five men again and similarly one moved forward and talked.


    "What he said is true, after following the young mistress to the guild he entered when the young mistress got the request to assasinate him. Similarly he entered but wore a mask and then he registered as an assasin and then proceded to take and complete the assasination request on the vngeance pool for Julius Lancaster''s head"


    When he finished the old man looked at me.


    "You wore a mask?"


    "Yeah"


    "Only that"


    Hearing those words I understood his meaning.


    "No I wore a different coat and that covered much of my body"


    He looked towards the five men and they all thought and then remembered that I did that and they bowed towards the old man.


    But instead of getting mad the old man just shrugged it off and then looked towards me.


    "I heard of how you took out Julius but don''t you think that the method you used is too..."


    "I know but then I don''t know what skill you guys use"


    I answered of course I know that the butler named Ben used that same skill on me but sadly his skills were inferior to mine.


    "I see well then, come and I will tell you more about the Number one assasin family in the continent, the Marquee Family"

 Chapter 16: Edward Lancaster

    The town of Galdberg is in a buzz, people have crowded on the streets and going on top of roofs just to get a glimpse of one man. He was sitting on a majestic white horse and exuded the aura of a hero, he wore full silver body armor and had a sword at the right side of his waist and a pike hanging behind him. This man isEdward Lancaster...


    One of the seven dukes of the Ardia Kingdom he is well known as the hero duke or the kind noble and as the father of Julius Lancaster. Unlike many nobles he is the chivalrous type that is inclined on justice and equality. But although the father may be like that the son wasn''t.


    Edward forced Julius to enter the Academy to learn more about the world. He wanted his son to learn about the job of a noble and a commoner. He didn''t want his son to be like those other nobles who use their power for their own selfish desires but instead be a great leader to his subjects.


    He regularly recieved good reports from Ben and all his other attendants he sent to monitor his son''s activities. But what he didn''t know was that his son bribed these attendants of his and used his power as a noble to do what his father despised the most.


    Of course Edward didn''t know about this and was heading to the Lancaster manor with a trace of anger in his eyes not knowing all the crimes his son has done.


    "Open the gates!"


    "Who goes there!"


    Two guards woke up from their slumber and looked outside. When they saw the face of the person calling out their face turned ashen as they trembled in fear.


    Edward saw the tow guards byt the gates.


    "I said open the gates!"


    "Ye-Yes!"


    The two guards immediately unlocked the insanely large gate and pushed the two parts open. When the gate was opened Edward contiued forward, but unlike before he urged his horse and made it dash towards the manor.


    "Do you think the captain and the others already left?"


    One of the guards asked his companion as they saw the Duke their big boss head towards the manor at full speed.


    "I hope so"


    The companion answered as he leaked out a small sigh.


    "Well even if they did, we would still be caught"


    He continued as he faced towards the guard house. Through the window one could clearly see two beautiful girls at their mid twenties tied to the wall, blindfolded and gagged.


    <hr>


    Soon the large and grandoise manor appeared before his eyes but when he saw the manor he felt something else.


    "Why do I feel that something isn''t right?"


    He thought as he approached the manor.


    In the courtyard he saw the same scene he did back when he left the manor to his son. But unlike before the green grass was now gone leaving only hard brown soil. The fountain which should be a sight to behold having flowing water and birds taking a bath and fishes swimming gleefully was now as dry as a desert. The manor which looked beautiful from afar when looked at closely was weathering. All over the building were cracks and the windows clearly haven''t been cleaned for a while now and had been stained brown.


    Edward thought to himself as he assesed the house and land he left to his son. It was clearly not taken care of properly, "What were the servants doing?". He thought as he looked at the poorly maintained manor and let out a sigh.


    "I can already guessed what happened"


    He said as he walked towards the front door. The planks he stepped on creaked like the floor from an old haunted house. But as Edward was getting thinking of what words to say to his son he heard something from the inside of the manor. No... it was just opposite of the front door.


    "hah...hah...hah"


    "Ahh~~"


    Those are clearly the voices of intercourse, yes those are the sounds that a man and woman make when they make out. But the thing that came to his mind was, his son was killed and they have the gall to do this kind of act when they should be mourning!


    [Bam]


    Edward slammed the door shocking all the people inside the manor.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    Technically only the men were shocked as the women were all...


    Seeing the scene in front of him Edward had nothing but anger on his face, his son was killed and when he arrived his attendants and trusted guards were raping women in the halls of the manor. Why did he think that way?


    The women were all blindfolded and if they weren''t bound they didn''t move. Some women still had the power to struggle but most of them were simply just lying and accepting everything that is being done to them.


    "How dare you!"


    Edward roared as he picked up the nearest knight and threw him away.


    [Bang]


    The knight crashed digging deep into the wall. The amount of strength that he displayed made all the knights shudder scaring them senseless also removing all their will to resist.


    [Crack]


    Edward cracked his bones as he began throwing all the knights around. When the others arrived at the manor they only heard the mournful howls of the knights being thrown around by the Duke and crashing sounds that come with it.


    <hr>


    After two hours of throwing the knights around 4 died while three were severly injured. The medic came but Edward disallowed him to heal their injuries and instead told the medics and other knights to help the unconcious women and help them get their strenght back.


    When the other knights came in, although dust was drifting through the air they could still clearly smell the scent of sweat and reproductive juices in the air. When the knights saw the women on the floor they lost all the sympathy they felt for the dead knights and the heavily injured ones instead they felt like they could tear these guys apart. Of couse the smell was one but the fact that it was still this strong after all that happened only proved that the things done was not done only last night.


    When the knights went to check the servants quarters there were many women lying on the beds and floor listlessly. Because of this the knights split up into two groups, one investigated the whole premise looking for other things that may show what have transpired in this area. Then the other group went into the town to find out what had the young master Julius actually been doing.


    While the knights did their job, Edward headed for the second floor as he knew that that was the only place where Julius would sleep. When he walked in the corridor to the room he saw many women in a similar condition as those downstairs. Then he reached the room... there he saw one of his loyal attendants that he trusted on leading Julius to the right path.


    "Gron"


    "Hii"


    "Men!"


    With his words two knights came.


    "Take this man and execute him publicly"


    "No please my lord, have mercy, have mercyy!"


    Not minding the crying old fart he turned his gaze towards the girls sprawling in the corner.


    "Don''t worry tell me what happened"


    He said showing them a kind and warm smile, the women all cried and started telling their tale.


    <hr>


    It seems that Julius didn''t study and instead used all his means to obtain what he wanted. He bought slave girls and used them for his nightly pleasures. Since he wanted to silence the guards he hired more maids but all of the new and previous servants were used to bribe the guards and all Edward''s attendants. Edward remembered three women who he sent to spy on his son but he was led by one of the girls to a room in the basement. The key was a combination lock and the girl found out about it when she was brought to the place by Julius.


    The room was dimly lit and the familiar smell of sweat and semen still drifted in the atmosphere.


    [Light]


    Edward is not a simple knight, to be precise he is a magic knight using his magic he lit up the whole room and what he saw made his anger rise to the breaking point so much that his face turned red in anger and steam seemed to blow oout of his ears.


    This is because the three women, his attendants who he trusted the most not only that they were also close friends to him and his wife the three were tied up spread wide and the rest is already known. In the room there is also the familliar scent of alchohol and... drugs. He went to a corner of the room and there he found it a bag full of Silver toad powder, this is a drug which has a similar effect to aphodisiac but a lot stronger. Though it has no effect on men Edward kept the drugs scent in mind as it was once used on one of his daughters. He can''t foret that time when his daughter was taken by a viscount and forced to take this drug and was taken advantage of. He still remember punishing that man properly by executing him but he still didn''t feel like he got redemption. After all the drug had something more scary than it''s initial effects, it''s side effects which are something that no father wants to see in their daughters.


    Once the initial stimulation is lost the affected person would then be addicted to sex, needing to be taken care of every night and he had to ask help from the royal court. It was a blessing for him that he was friends with a court magician and he helped cure his daughter. He didn''t think that that man would not heal the three women as the three are very close to that man.


    But although he already fixed one problem and there are many more that has to be fixed there is one thing that still weighs heavily in Edwards mind.


    "That boy..."


    With trembling hands Edward called for knights to help the three women as he walked out of the manor.


    <hr>


    Edward was holding the reports of the knights in his hand, after half a day all the deeds and misconducts done by his son was recorded. But although he looked at them without interest something caught his attention from the reports. It was the name, Touren Grace. Yes, the name of the man who saved the Duchess Lily Aldus from his sons hands, Edward could already see the disgrace he... no his family would get if his son Julius'' plans succeeded.


    "Howard"


    Calling out to his apprentice he passed the papers.


    "Burn Julius''s corpse and all the people who followed his orders. Those that are alive bring them to the capital to recieve their punishment and that old man... continue with his execution. Also look for the adventurer Touren Grace, if he isn''t registered ask the guild management his alias as he would surely use that. If they say it''s confidential tell them it''s a matter of national security also... in the assasin guild... tell Damian to relay this message to the person who assasinated my son, [As a father I really hate you but at the same time I respect you, I understand that my son has been placed in the vengeance pool and if you didn''t take his head he might have already done something to the Duchess or worse... so I''m saying this as a Noble of the kingdom of Ardia... thank you.]"


    After that Edward started managing the rebuilding of the Lancaster manor and started organizing all the debts that he swore he would pay to the bereaved families and the women who are victims of his sons hands.

 Chapter 17: The secrets of the Marquee family (Part 1)

    I follow the old man to a large mansion, the land was surrounded with a high wall, and that wall is surprisingly similar to those that are made for Japanese mansions. You know those that have tiled roofs and one big wooden gate, I think China also has those kinds of walls... yep it''s better to say they have an asian vibe to them.


    Entering the giant gates I was once again shocked at what I saw. There, a garden that had numerous beautiful flowers and tree''s were growing in abundance and a small pond was situated near a large tree that looks to be more than a hundred years old. The tree was full of life and had a wide trunk as well as a bountiful top full of leaves. The tree''s branches extended a bit on top of the pond and there vines grew, dropping to the ground and the water. The wind blew on the leaves and it made a perfect scene of peace and serenity. There was a small bridge that crossed the pond and looking closely I can see a few fishes, I think are carps, swiming in the small pond.


    I looked ahead of the stone paved walkway and my sight landed on a large building. I could only say one thing about it, Japanese. Yes, the mansion was built imitating an old Japanese mansion is what I''d like to say but I need to confirm my doubts.


    "Where did this design come from?"


    Asking that question I looked at the old man who seemed to have been waiting for that question. And with a voice full of enthusiasm he answered with a proud laugh.


    "This is an old house built during the first patriach''s reign. He was titled at that time as the most powerful person alive, he built this house and also this type of landscaping. In truth this is one of the reasons that the Marquee family has become an assasin family. People want to visit the houses and manors of the family that many applied for apprenticeship and other works only to live in the manor."


    I was taken back by his words. The family became an assasin family for the sole reason that they wanted to hide their house from society? Isn''t that just a stupid idea? I mean they could decline the many applicants and be done with it why did they need to go this far for that simple of a problem?


    "What kind of idiot would believe your words is what your thinking right now, am I right?"


    The old man changed from his carefree and joyful atmosphere to a more serious one now, he''s what I would call a bipolar pain in the ass.


    "I didn''t exactly think that way but I guess that was pretty close"


    I answered truthfully, then looking back at me the old man sighed and explained further.


    "Well, that wasn''t all the reason. It is true that the radical increase on applicants to work is a factor the main cause is actually deeper. And this has something to do with our founder, the first patriarch."


    Hearing his words I understood it immediately. The Marquee family founder, the so called "first patriarch" is sort of similar to me. I am not sure but I guess he is a reincarnated person who retained his memories for some reason. Ansd seeing that the marquee family is this big and important it''s not that hard to figure out that the person is exceptional and most of all powerful.


    "But there is a catch right"


    I told him since he paused for a while. Hearing my words he looked at me and smiled.


    "You are smart then I won''t stray any further, I will tell you the everything in exchange you will marry Cindy"


    "Isn''t the sequencing of all these events too fast?"


    I said and the old man looked at me and answered.


    "I''ll give you a week to decide after a week has passed and you haven''t made a desicion yet I will have to ask you to leave"


    The old man said with a smile as he walked away. The old man disappeared and so did the other people behind me the only one left is Cindy.


    Cindy approached me and tapped my shoulder.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "Sorry for that please forgive my father"


    The girl said as she bowed her head in apology. Well I was a bit shocked and angry but I can understand the reason the old man was lie that. Seeing that he is still leading the family I guess that his son was a failure or already died. And I think that Cindy here is his last succesory so he wants to see her get married to a powerful and skilled assasin so he made her adventure out in the world. Though I guess that she just started yesterday so I could understand the gist of things and the rushed proposal and all. But what bothers me is that this girl, Cindy Marquee doesn''t mind going through all this.


    I mean yeah I undertand that they were trained and all but I had a bit of expectation on this girl having actual feelings that she wants to be expressed. Well to tell the truth I only want that so I could help her and get a chance to learn that presence concealing technique without having to marry her.


    "No no that''s all right, more importantly are you fine with not having the right to choose your partner?"


    I asked her the question any 21st century person ask someone who is engaged at a young age.


    "I don''t and besides I was the one who picked you so I''m sorry for dragging you into this"


    She said again lowering her head. Is she trying to appeal to me? If she is I''m not buying it, I can sympathize with her but that''s it. Accepting the proposal just because I took pity on her is something that I will never do, even think of doing.


    "You don''t have to apologize, I did want to go with you so if I have anyone to blame I can only blame myself"


    "Thank you, now since I am the only one left let me guide you around the house"


    She said as she looked at me while forcing a smile. That smile... it was cold and forced, I am proud to say that I am not easily moved by emotions but seeing her like that... I remember myself back in my previous world. Her actions, her expressions, her atmosphere and her tone, they all show how much she has lost. She knows that she is simply being used as a tool by her granfather and that she would surely try to appeal me everyday for the next week. I understand that if I stay longer she will be forced to do something like sneak into my bed etc.


    I don;t particularly care but then... no matter how much I want to say no, a strong feeling inside me is telling me that I should help her.


    "Well I''ll be in your care"


    I just answere her giving a business smile and following her closely behind.


    "This is the living room, kitchen, dining room, bedrooms, bathrooms..."


    She walked me all around the house telling me where each room was and what rules are placed on that part. Well all I need to remember right now is three rules; Do not step foot in the girls rooms, do not enter the smithy and do not enter the library, though Cindy told me that I could freely enter her room whenever, I wouldn''t even think about doing it. It''s not because I''m shy or anything like that but she told me those words like she didn''t care. I know some women don''t care but me a stranger she just recently met, who she knows is way stronger than her and her father, she would let that kind of person in her room without a care?


    "Hey you should not force yourself to do things that you don''t want to"


    I told her in a way that didn''t seem like I waslecturing her or anything like that. I said those words with a sigh and made is sound like my thought leaking out or just me muttering but I made sure that she could her my words. And as I expected she abruptly stopped her feet, as I was going to go in front she turned her head and with the usual cold and indifferent expression...


    "I forgot to ask where your room is"


    She said as she ran through the halls in a flash. I didn''t chase her but I guess she wouldn''t be meeting me anytime soon.


    "Well since I have nothing to do I guess looking at the training of this families desciples would not hurt anyone"


    <hr>


    [clang] [clang] [clang]


    The sound of metal clashing and scrapping against each other resounded in the training fields. There many young boys raging from 5 to ten years old were sparring against grown up twice their size.


    "Put more force into your strikes, use your momentum to increase the power!"


    "Yes!"


    A green haired youth was training with his parent I think/ The trainer is obviously a past thrity year old but if anything he should already have a family.


    "Kuh"


    "You call youself my son, stand up, we aren''t going home till you at least make a 1 cm deep cut"


    The man said as he put up a doll, though I call it a doll it''s just a scarecrow made up of iron. The man left and headed for the manor and the boy clenched his fist and started practice swinging.I was surprised that the boy would continue his training even when his father went away watched him until everyone left and only he was left in the training field.


    Ilearned a few things about this boy, his name is Frugel Marquee, he is an adopted son of the person with green hair. Though I they look like father and son the green haired man actually just dyed his hair to make the boy feel at home.


    [thud]


    A sound of something hitting the ground was heard. I looked at the training ground and saw the boy lying face down in the ground breathing heavily.


    [flop]


    I turned him over.


    "Hey what happened?"


    When he saw me his eyes were filled with fear and he sat up and tried to say something but he''s words were stuck in his throat.


    "Don''t worry I won''t hurt you"


    I said as I look at him with a warm smile, although he is not a descendant and a simple outsider there is still some things that can be done with him. He will be a good piece in my plan, I grinnedstretching out my hand.