Mike was now stuck inside his own body and had no connection to the outside of it until Abbey shared what she sees through him so at least he had that for now. His body was currently inside of an old abandoned house inside of the slums of the city where three robed figures were waiting for him inside.
'Okay, what is happening!' Mike asks
Currently, one of the robed figures that were holding a knife was coming towards him so he is in fact pretty scared of dying without having any control of his body.
However, the figure stops moving towards him a fair distance away and seems to just start talking to Mike. Mike however in his mind cannot hear what the figure is saying since his other sense have been taken from him through some sort of magic cast on him.
'Abbey, can you help me hear what is going on?' Mike pleads
"Sure thing just give me a second"
A few seconds later Mike can hear again which to him feels like the best thing in the world as there would have been nothing but complete and utter darkness devoid of anything if Mike did not Abbey to help him out. Just that thought makes him shudder as it might be what death feels like once the deed is done. Mike however realizes that there is a conversation that Mike can hear now so he stops having these thoughts and just listens in.
"-ell it wasn't really my fault that this kid was so lucky to have not been killed by me once and hey if you want to point fingers point them at the person who truly failed," The knife-wielding figure says while pointing to the one that was sitting on the chair
"Look three we get it. You failed he failed it is all a big fail quest but now that we got the kid can you shut up?!" The one leaning against the wall says while looking at the knife-wielding now who apparently is called three
If the knife guy was 3 and the silent one was 1 then the guy leaning against the wall should be 2 if Mike is guessing correctly.
"Knock it off all of you or else this won't end up as a good record on your completion overall"
The one who said that was Mike and the scarier thing was that it sounded just like him and seeing the results of his body being hijacked fully is making him feel insecure, to say the least, however, there was some good news in that Mike could eavesdrop in on these guys and figure out some useful information. Still, even if he got the information it would not help Mike at all considering that he would need to use his own body to tell Dike whatever he learned from them so Mike just continues to listen in to the conversation.
"Alright, we got the kid now what do we do one?" Figure three asks
"Simple we kill him," One says
'Abbey! Help!' Mike shouts in his mind at the direction of the conversation going towards Mike's death
"Hold it, you three are supposed to only take care of that Royal Wizard and only him if you can take care of this kid without killing him then expect to see a better recommendation from me," 'Mike' says
At that, the three figures go off to the side and start talking amongst themselves as Mike's body is just waiting on the side of the room for them to finish up. Eventually, the three figures come back to stand in front of Mike.
"We understand what you want us to do however we will need you to act a little more within his body," 1 says
Mike's body nods his head and waits for the other three to continue with their explanation of their plan.
"We will use the kid as bait to get the wizard over to you. Once there we will try to take him out and if all else fails we can activate the trump card that we have," 1 says again while taking out a scroll to show off
The scroll was brown in color with no visible words or characters on it since it was rolled up and for some reason from Mike could sense with his hindered body he could feel the world almost go silent when the scroll was brought out. This thing was something special whether good or bad Mike could not tell due to his body not being his for now.
"Where did you get that thing?!" Mike says as the person controlling it see the scroll
"We have always had it you old geezer you just weren't strong enough to get through the seals we have on its container. As for where it came from you don't need to know," 1 says while putting the scroll away into a separate container
"Hahaha! Well... well... well I see why you are so confident in defeating that wizard then as for the price you will have to pay I think that this kid should be enough to satisfy it so when the time comes for that you do not need to worry," Mike says while laughing like some sort of villain during a monologue
"As for how to bring out the kid it is quite easy as the wizard did mention giving something to him," Mike says to the figures
"Well then let's get him out to tell us what the item is then," Three says while moving forward towards Mike with his dagger in hand once more
Seeing this Mike is getting really scared as this item they are talking about was a token that he placed inside his inventory which he got from Dike that could be used once to alert him that Mike was in danger whether it be the assassins or some monster that he cannot beat by himself.
"Alright then I will be leaving for a bit so do as you please but don't go overboard and kill the kid. I will give you all an hour before I take over again and I will know if you kill him," Mike says before he falls to the ground
Mike was scared out in his mind with how everything was progressing towards his death and Dike's death. Thankfully Abbey was here so he knew what had happened which was something most people would not have in this situation of knowing what was happening to their body while it was being used by someone else.
As Mike was thinking this he was able to start feeling his senses coming back to him gradually and slowly. Mike could also feel that there were the three figures surrounding him so he had to carefully consider his plan of action for what to do know that he was free temporarily.
'Abbey how far is the tavern from here?' Mike asks
"Around a 30-minute walk from here," She replies
'Okay help me with directions and wish me luck' Mike says before he waits a few more seconds just to make sure that his body is now fully his own
He slowly opens his eyes and sees a pair of boots a fair distance away from him standing in front of the door and his freedom lies beyond that door. Seeing the exit was all that Mike needed before he acts.
When the guy that was controlling his body left Mike basically fell backward and really hard like a sack of bricks onto the floor. His body was in a bit of pain but Mike no longer felt it as adrenaline rushed through his body and he scrambled up and ran at the figure at the door.
Seeing Mike bolt towards the door the three figures were temporarily stunned at Mike's actions since they assumed that when he came to he would have just looked around confused at where he was not just bolt to the door. At least number two reacted fast as he saw Mike running towards him and they at least had some thought to block the door before Mike woke up. Two actually pointed a stick at Mike and seeing that Mike knew he was in trouble undoubtedly since two might be a magic user as well.
Mike casts two [Ice Blasts] at Two. Both of them work and Mike gains another skill piece for [Dual Casting] but takes damage from one of his spells.
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3 frost damage dealt to 'Two'
2 frost damage dealt to 'Two'
4 frost damage taken
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Mike dealt some damage to Two and was now able to see his stats
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Name: Richard 'Two' Dickens
Level 30 Warlock
Race: Corrupted Human
Health: Unable to see due to difference in level
Skills: Unable to see due to difference in level
Weapons:
Rapier (30-40 piercing damage)
Dagger (15-20 piercing damage)
Spells: Unable to see due to difference in level
Highest cast spell: 5th tier spell
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Seeing these stats Mike was utterly terrified, to say the least. Mike would be dead if he was hit by this guy's f*****g dagger two times. [1]
Still, Mike needed to escape and warn Dike at the least so he tackled Richard and they both flew out the door and onto the street. Since this was the slums though no one was really paying attention or would really care what happens between some people they don't know so they would ignore it. Mike was able to stop Richard from casting a spell thank the Gods but now he was on top of him so Mike quickly attempts to get off of him before he gets into a bear hug with him as an attempt to prevent him from escaping further.
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Mike was able to get off of Richard but not before the other two came running out of the house and attempt to tackle Mike.
They thankfully don't as Mike somehow is not tackled by the both of them thanks for them judging the distance between them and Mike seemed to be a bit farther than they thought so they end up missing and making it easier for him as Mike starts booking it out of the slums with Abbey's directions. He runs with all his might and with adrenaline rushing through his veins helping him run faster than ever before even with his [Dash] skill when he had it for what little time he had.
Running through the streets of the slums Mike also takes out the token that Dike gave him which he put inside his inventory. As it materializes in his hands before he was going to activate it with his meager man an arrow whizzes past Mike's head from above and hits the token knocking it out of his hands causing it to fly into the near-empty street.
"Now then don't move or else the next arrow goes through your head," One says from the rooftops with an arrow knocked on his bow aimed at him
"Mike he won't kill you remember that," Abbey says
With that Mike realizes that she is right he heard them talking about keeping him alive at least. With that Mike completely disregards the threat and continues his run down to the street and picks up his token before running once more. He also takes out his canteen from the inventory before he hears another whizzing sound as an arrow is coming towards him.
'Small luck don't fail me now' Mike thinks as he moves the canteen behind his right leg while praying to the Gods that his luck is good enough to do what he wants it to
The next thing Mike feels is a jolt on his hand as the metal canteen is hit by the arrow and sharp burning pain on his leg that immediately is suppressed by his adrenaline. What he wanted to happen did occur more or less.
Mike has taken 8 piercing damage
'Ding'
[Small Luck] has leveled up
[Small Luck] has leveled up
From One's view, his arrow flew towards Mike's leg as he aimed to cripple him and prevent him from running further but then out of pure luck Mike moved his canteen to that leg and deflected the arrow and prevented it from embedding it inside his calf. It still hit but only grazes his leg and since One did not want to kill Mike he did not use much power for his bow which he was now regretting before he draws another arrow to nock onto his bow.
Mike continues to run away but before One can release another arrow Mike ducks down another street making One run after him along with his compatriots that were moving ahead to attack Mike from alleys and other locations within the slums before he got back to the inn and could warn Dike.
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1. Okay I am not sure about this but do you guys want me to include the use of profanity in the coming chapters of the novel? I am unsure if I should incorporate it so if you guys can let me know whether on the discord or comment that would be great