I looked down at my hands and saw nothing, even though it was pitch black where I hid, the outline of my hands were visible but I can't see it now. I clench and unclench my hand and couldn't see any outline of movement. I patted down my body just to make sure everything was still there and thank heavens they were. I looked up and a timer was displayed in a bright white color with how long the skill will last for.
[Timer: 4:54]
From the looks of it, the skill will only last for five minutes. Looks like I better get going then, so I took the first step out of the darkness. I waited a bit to see if the guards had noticed my foot, the guard eyes flicked to the direction of where my foot was and frowned. He took a deep breath, shook his head before returning his gaze back to staring at nothingness.
My foot was out in the open yet the guard's reaction told me that whilst he was suspicious, he thought that he must've imagined it due to the lack of sleep. His perception was on point that it nearly gave my heart an excuse to run but thankfully the skill worked and now a seed of doubt entered his mind. A smile formed on my lips as I slowly walked into the open.
So far so good, both guards hadn't noticed me. I crept closer and closer until I was standing beside the guards. Sound was the biggest problem I was facing now. You can hide your presences but you can't hide a noise. I held my breath as I stood next to him. I looked up to the timer for a quick check of how long do I have left.
[Timer: 2:34]
Shit. I needed to do something quick and get through that door before the skill wore off. I thought about it for a bit, I needed a weapon and I was still invisible and then it hits me, 'why not just take the sword right out of the guard's sheath' I thought.
I snuck up to the guard that was closest to me and grasp the butt of the guard's sword with my fingertips and slightly lifted it and watched for the guard's reaction.
He was still focusing on nothing as I slowly lifted his sword from his sheath. Once the sword was half way and the weight started to strain on my fingertips, I slid my fingertips down the butt and grasped the handle of the blade. As soon as I grasped the handle, the sword disappeared or rather it was still there since I still felt the handle in my hand.
I was in total shock, I looked down at the sword to the sheath and it was invisible yet the stealth was not... I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was exhilarating to watched the invisible sword slowly being pulled out and held it in my hand. I couldn't see the sword but felt all it's properties, I didn't know if not seeing the sword, for me the user was a good thing or a bad thing. I flicked the sword a little in my hand and still couldn't see anything... I thought for a moment...
As long as the sword was in my hand as the mirror image skill was active and it remained invisible then if I held something else with my hand would that also turn invisible? Interesting thought but I pushed it aside for the moment as I looked up to the timer.
[Timer: 0:40]
Shit.. only forty seconds left before it runs out. I quickly moved over to the other guard and did the same thing but this time a lot faster, thankfully he didn't notice the movement happening below him which caused me to smile. I held both invisible swords in my hand as the timer went to the seconds.
[Timer: 0:07]
6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
And as soon as it hits one the skill wore off.
{Ultimate is now on cool down. (3:00)}
The two swords I held in my hands slowly became visible again and so did my hands. I was cramped behind two guards holding their swords, now visible. They haven't noticed me yet so I gripped the swords tightly in my hands and whacked one of the guards as hard as I could with the butt of the blade onto his head and he crumbled to the ground instantly.
The guard next to him noticed his fellow guardsmen fell to the floor and he turned around whilst trying to grab the handle to his blade that wasn't there. He looked down to see that his blade was missing so I took this opportunity to drop one of the two swords which hits the ground with a clang and the guard looked up only for him to see me about to grab him.
In the moment when the guard was in shock, I grabbed the helm of his chest plate tightly and spun him around as I wrapped my free arm around his neck. I then quickly lifted my other arm and pressed it against my wrist, instantly locking the guard in a sleeper hold. I then dropped the second sword to get a better grip. I used all my force in pressing my arm into his throat in hopes that the air was cut.
After a while the guard went limp in my arms so I slowly lowered him down onto the ground. I used helping hand on both of the guards to alleviate any bad injuries like the guard I smacked his head with the butt of his own blade. I looked down at the two guards that laid on the floor before I turned around to the door and tried to open it...
Damn it... I forgot the key. I lowered myself down to the guards and searched them for the key but both of them didn't have one on them. This meant that the key was inside and to open this door, you had to be on the inside. Now that my heart stopped thumping in my ears, I could faintly hear soft whispering through the door.
"Yo... a tou...one th... or sure..."
"Don... sist... ain... goo... you..."
And at that moment I heard a loud cry coming through the door from inside the room. My heart rapidly beat faster as I was prepared to smash down this door to get inside. I was about to when I heard a voice commanding another person to fetch one of the guards that guarded the door but wasn't aware that he was now lying on the ground.
I heard loud footsteps closing in onto the door and the rattling of keys. I quickly moved and pressed myself against the wall from the view of the person looking outward and waited. The door opened and I could hear a voice at the door, cursing and then a heavy thump of feet came into the open. I saw a guard ran out into the open from my left peripheral vision and knelt down to check his two fellow guards.
The guard then got back up from checking the two guards only to see me pressed against the wall... shit! I didn't think at that moment but charged at him before he could react. I tackled him to the ground and tried to wrestle him only for him to over power me. He was big... what was I thinking... oh right I didn't... damn it all.
The guard started to punched me hard as I tried to defend myself from underneath him. It was no use as he was much stronger than me. I felt my mind going blank for a few seconds before I watched as the straight punch hits my face. I could definitely feel blood pouring down from my nose and it was confirmed by the blood dripping from the guy's knuckles.
I stared at the blooded fist as he was about to wind it back up for another punch. Blood flowed like a river down the side of my face, though most of it went backwards into the back of my nose and down my throat. The irony taste filled my mouth and began sucking the water in my mouth dry. With the blood continuously flowing, I could feel my head and ears started to pulsate.
I watched as the fist started to move as the guy's eyes locked into mine with a death stare.
"What is going on out here!?" A voice boomed from the open door and the guy's fist halted.
"Beating up an intruder, sir." He had his fist still raised but waited until the one that talked to come out.
"Intruder?" The other guy walked out and looked around. He spotted two of his men laid on the ground and raised an eyebrow before turning his gaze to me. "Hey, I know you... aren't you the teacher? What brings you here?"
He had a devilish look as he looked at the scene before him.
"Give me back my student!" I shouted as blood sprayed out of my mouth like a sprinkler.
"Oh? How are you sure I have your student?" He questioned but still had the smile on his face.
I stared at him with my cold bloodshot eyes and he stared right back.
"Alright, alright. You can meet your student. Gunther pick him up and bring him inside."
"But what about these two?"
"Leave them there for now. Come along now."
The guy named Gunther picked me up and hauled me through the entrance way into the room where my heart stopped.
There hung on the wall by chains was Rex. Blood dripped down every part of his body. I could see gouges and stab wounds. His face was beaten up and eyes swollen to the point that it puffed up.
I felt the world around me shatter as I looked at my student on the brink of death. My heart beats heavily, pounding in my chest as I saw red...
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO HIM!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as blood sprayed everywhere.