"What a weakling..." The undead warrior scowled at Sato, yet was secretly shocked at the assassin's dodge. How did he dodge it at such a close range?
Sato ignored his comment as he used Dagger Throw as he walked slightly closer. As the warrior blocked the attack, Sato blinked behind him to trigger backstab, this time, doing more damage than before, thanks to critical strike.
Grunting, the swordsman flung his right arm, trying to elbow Sato, but to no avail. Sato had once again kicked off and propelled him away from the enemy.
"Argh! Annoying pest!" Using Charge, the enemy swordsman dash up to the Elven Assassin in a short 2 seconds, but that was all the time Sato need to go into stealth. The disappearance of the target made the man furious as he activated Bladestorm, in hopes that his projected blades may hit Sato.
*Bladestorm
Project 100s of blades that shoot forth in different directions.
Noticing that the enemy was about to use Bladestorm, Sato telepathically told Whitie what to do.
"Whitie protect Rayla from any harm. Don't let any of the blades hit her." Whitie roared as he used his ability to dispell any flying blades.
Sato on the other hand was sidestepping any of the blades by a hairs breadth. This feat was very hard as it took a lot of fast estimation skills. For a straight A student like Sato, deduction of an object's motion pathway is child's play.
"How is that possible!?" The undead warrior knew how hard it is for a person to dodge all of the incoming blades. Only the top 10 assassins with the fastest Agility stat points could do it and maybe, not even perfectly.
By the end of the ability, Gray had finished killing the assassin and used Swiftstrike on the swordsman's vital points when he wasn't focusing. This lowered his health to 25%.This gave Sato an opportunity.
When the cooldown on the Blink ability was over, Sato once again used it. He broke out of stealth as he striked the neck of the enemy, before using Assassinate to instantly kill the enemy.
"You have leveled up."
"You have leveled up."
"You have leveled up." The system rang once again as Sato gained a large amount of Experience points from the kill. If Gray had not stepped in to help, he would've gained twice as much experience points.
"Thank you for the help, Gray. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten him."
"No problem. You would've been able to kill him eventually by yourself." That was the honest truth that everyone around could see. The skills that Sato displayed was far higher than his supposed rank. He was like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
By now, the Dark Knights had finished fending off the other enemies. Zero could finally speak out.
"Ten. Step out." Zero spoke resolutely as Ten walked in front of him worriedly. He knew he screwed up.
"I'm sorry captain. This was my fault. I will accept any punishment you see fit." Ten was remorseful. His action was a direct disobedience to his leader's orders.
"Captain, sir, it was actually my fault. I was the one that told Ten to do that. If you had to punish someone, it would be me." Three stepped up to take responsibility.
"Blake, you useless brother! I am a dissapointment for not teaching you well enough!" Four was furious at his brother that couldn't control himself and was acting like a kid.
"Sorry..."
"Enough. I shall give the punishments to the both of you. After this mission, you two shall be banned from participating in any core team missions for a month. Understood?" Zero's command was absolute and no one could rebut.
After the whole drama, Three and Ten apologised to Sato. The two had underestimated the assassin's skills and it became their suffering. Actually, everyone, including Zero thought that Sato was a newbie and did not know how to play the game. But what this fight taught them was, they should never get into a fight with Sato, especially in the future when he is stronger.
"Let us continue on. We are almost at the plains." The group had been playing for almost 4 hours and they were soon reaching the border of the Fiery Plains.
"Alright." For the next 30 minutes, no more players came challenging them. Even when they had reached the fiery plains and the ping that showed where Sato was went off, no one came to fight them. The forum was filled with the conflicts that this mission unfolded. Having to face the wrath of the Dark Knights was something no one wants.
"You have entered Fiery Plains." The system sounded in Sato's ears.
"I can feel the auras of my people, Dawnlore. We must be reaching." Princess Rayla spoke for the first time in four hours. She had kept quiet the whole time as she felt rather uncomfortable teaming up with undeads. However, after seeing how well protected she was, her impressions of them got better.
" Alright, let us head in then. Gray and the Dark Knights team, thank you for helping me with my mission." Sato gave a slight bow. "I will take it from here. The Fiery Plains is probably too dangerous for most low leveled players."
"Alright. It was a pleasure to help you out. A friend of Gray's is a friend of mine." Zero said. Just when the group was about to depart, Princess Rayla spoke out.
"Thank you, undead people. Without your help, I would not have been able to make it out of there in one piece. You have my word that the Elven race will not treat you badly if you ever visit."
After her speech, all of the DK players had received Favourable rating, which made it more worthwhile for everyone. They then departed away to do their own things. Only Gray stayed behind.
"You aren't leaving?" Sato said to Gray.
"No. I will protect you and princess Rayla till the end." Gray answered.
"Alright. Lets go in then." The trio left into the Fiery Plains. The flat land fields were covered in a cloak of fog. Nothing beyond a 2 metre radius can be seen.
This would've been a problem for typical players, but for Sato, his passive skill allowed him to not engage in combat with any of the beasts in this map. The Fiery Rhino were all docile when they went near Sato. Only when they looked at Gray did they get angry. Though, they didn't engage on him.
The group ran in for another 20 minutes before something finally happened.
"Schhhhhhhhhh." The sound of an arrow shot flew through the air and landed infront of Sato's feet. If the arrow was shot properly at Sato, he definitely would not have been able to dodge it.
"Halt! Any movement from you shall result in your death!" A loud voice resounded in the air of the Fiery Plains.