As the pair reached the dojo, they informed Nicholas of the assassin situation. Nicholas had give them the green light to keep the person in the dungeon basement until she had woken up.
As Nicholas saw the pair working together it made his heart warm a little. He was happy to see that they were able to work together even a little, it meant that eventually they may no longer try to kill one another. In fact seeing as they're both inhuman and both have a similar love for combat they may even become friends he thought with a smile as they disappeared into the darkness that was below the dojo.
Something dawned upon Shawn for the first time as he was reviewing the fight with Shira, looking for her opinion since for better or for worse she was superior to him in terms of combat. It was just a fact it didn't really matter how he felt about it, he was just weaker than her. And evidently that strength gap was by a large margin.
His problem was that he had been approaching his fights wrong this entire time. He was not a brawler, a tank or a warrior class. He simply did not have the health or vitality to take powerful attacks and brush them off like Shira could. His body was much stronger that the average human but close ranged and hand to hand combat was not his niche.
He was never meant to be a melee fighter, he was strong but he would never be as physical strong as someone like Shira who's body was made for hand to hand combat. In situations like those he would always come out the loser. He was a tiger trying to swim, it was out his zone of comfort and no matter what he will never be better at swimming that a shark, it was just a fact.
He was a gun sligher, his weapons were guns and bullets. The knife and blades are only supposed to be a fail safe if his area was compromised by an enemy getting to close. His primary power were guns, that was where is focus was supposed to be.
"I have been using the knives as though it was my main weapon and that is where the problem spawned" mumbled Shawn in a moment of sudden realization.
"Those assassins were much weaker than me but they caught me out of my element, I was fighting on their terms and they bridged the obvious power gap with their superior skills and expirence in close quarter combat but never again. The guns are my power, something only I can do and I won't be caught lacking ever again" thought Shawn with resolution as he went deeper into the analysis of his weakness.
Shawn shook his head as he thought about the blunders that had taken place on that battle field. "What a ridiculous occurrence" he thought as he thought back to his battle.
In a battle, for him to run out of bullets was akin to forfeiting his life and there he was with no bullets and charging in to battle. I was woefully unprepared, even though I was ambushed I should have had enough bullets to handle all of them without breaking a sweat but I didn't.
"That was very foolish of me, my old Sargeant would have had my head for something like that. I chose to fight while I was under prepared and played right into my enemies hands but that was my mistake and that changes now" he said a serious look flashed across his face as he turned to Shira.
"I haven't said it yet but thank you for your assistance, I want to gut you right here where you stand but as a warrior I have to acknowledge your strength and even though you didn't owe me anything you still assisted me. You did beat me and then you probably saved my life, so thank you, Shira. But I can promise you next time we fight it will end differently" said Shawn as he stared into Shira's eyes with what seemed to be genuine sincerity.
Shawn reached into his cloak and pulled out fang throwing it up and pointing the handle towards Shira. "This isn't a gift, it's payment. I have never owed my life to anyone, this is the most powerful weapon I currently own and it's now yours. It's name is fang and you may do with it as you please with it" said Shawn as he handed it to Shira without giving her a chance to deny the offering. He didn't even wait for a thank you before walking out of the dojo with a serious look on his face.
[4 points pumped into forging]
Shawn could feel the new knowledge flowing into his mind. All sorts of insane blueprints began to circle in his mind as he entered an item shop and began to glance around the store. Everything in the place began to light up, it was like a treasure trove to his eyes and with all the selling he did of the Snake and Golem parts plus all the bounties he completed nothing was out of his grasp. After buying out that store, he also went to an ore shop to stock up on a few more materials.
Shawn returned to the Dojo a few hours later and checked in with everyone there. The assassin had woken up but Shawn was reluctant to pay attention to that right now, he had a more important matter to deal with and it absolutely could not wait.
Shira saw Shawn when he returned from his venture, she could see that something had him excited and was a little intrigued by what exactly had him that happy. Even though he was trying to hide it, she could see that his eyes were beaming. Something had made this person she had known stoic character suddenly get happy and she wanted know what exactly had caused it.
Shira stood there and watched as Shawn took out vials of liquid and dozens of ores that Shira had never seen before. She didn't know that Shawn was an alchemist but alot of these materials were used in the alchemy field. She even saw him pull out a bottle filled with some sort of worm like creature and as soon as she saw it she had to asked what exactly was Shawn was trying to achieve.
"What exactly are you doing" she asked with a slight twinkle in her eyes, almost like a child in a candy store.
Shawn looked at Shira for a second and squinted before answering, "This is how my magical ability works, it allows me to turn random stuff like this into weapons like these" he said as he pulled out one hand cannon and Razor before dismantling the it into all their component parts.
As Shira watched she was genuinely intrigued, so much so that she had to call the master to watch as well. As she saw him turn the steel weapon into springs and bolts, even Nicholas was enjoying the show in front of him. He had never seen anything like this before, as far as he was concerned this was completely new magic and he absolutely had to watch it happen.
Shawn began to transmute all the things he had bought turning them into to alloys that he could use as crafting components.
[Liquid metal]
[Shifting dragon skin]
[25 neural parasite]
[Metal alloy]
[Metal carbide]
[Thermite powder and Alloy]
[Chilopoda drill tips]
[35 gaia parasite]
[Gun components]
Shawn held his hands above the transmuted materials and as he did and large purple mana circle appeared above the materials. All the materials atomized and began to swirl around one another smashing together and combining themselves forming new materials. A smile spread across Shawn's face as notifications began appearing infront of him.
[Shifting Wraith : gun]
[Parasite : gun]
[Metal lined Razor bullets]
[Thermite rounds]
[Chilo drill bullets]
[Tracer bullets]
[Alloy bullets]
[Shifting Wraith - a weapon made of a type of liquid metal plus a the flesh of a Shifting Wraith's skin which allows the gun to alter it's size and shape, the gun can can use most types of bullets. A very powerful and versatile weapon, good for any situation]
[Parasite - a type of living weapon weapon that is able to support living bullets by feeding on the blood of the weapon holder. Directly linked to the weapon user and information can be directly relayed into the brain]
A satisfied smile spread across Shawn's face as he saw the numerous bullets that appeared infornt of him leaving both Shira and the master in a state of wow. Shira was amazing by all the things that appeared, she wanted to touch and ask about everything. As soon as she saw the flash bang, a look of both realization and annoyance flashed across her face remembering how much pain the small cannister had caused her.
"Can I have one of these" she asked as she pointed at one of the flash bangs.
"Sure"
"How does it work" Shira asked as she began inspecting, even smelling and licking the cannister.
"Just pull the pin and wait a few seconds".
"Wow, that easy. Hey master, check this out" she said with a smile as she pulled the pin and threw it at the students who were outside training in the dark.
Screams and shouts of pains sounded out as a bright flash of light enveloped them blinding them all. All hell broke loose as they tried to figure out what was going on while Shira was dying from laughter, the master shook his head in disappointment but he was still amazed by what had taken place.
Across the city, in an undisclosed room surrounded by darkness.
"Yeah. Then the guy proceeded to slaughter all the assassins, quite brutally as well" lamented one of the figures as he shook his head.
"Damn, that is unfortunately. He single handedly cut our assassination squad in half, this is a serious loss for the organization" said another figure as a smile spread across his face.
"This is a serious almost irreparable loss to us, how will we ever recover from this loss" said another figure as he jumped onto the bandwagon.
There was a constant power struggle within the group, it wasn't that serious but it was a competition between them. There would be a sort of election at the end of the year to determine who would be the head of the organization going forward.
The collector was currently leading in votes, he had overall done the most for the organization and would without a doubt be elected if things naturally ran there course.
That meant this was the perfect opportunity for the lower standing members to take their shots and try to increase their standing. That being said, it was all done in good faith. No underhanded tactics were to be used to secure the leadership position so this was a good time to slander his name a little, to shift a few votes since the opportunity presented itself.
"All of that aside, how will we move forward. This guy has blatantly disrespected us and we will have retribution, this will absolutely not stand. His death is assured. Collector what exactly do you know about this guy" asked the figure who sat in the center of the room.
A figure stood up and as he did an ominous blue glow beamed from his eye and shot into the sky. The glow from his eyes into the center of the room before swirling, the blue light glowed for a few seconds before beaming into the eyes and heads of all the members within the room.
The battle played in their minds and they understood everything that had taken place throughout the battle. They could see how woefully outclassed their assassins were, plus with the appearance of the cheetah girl it was clear there was more going on there than they initially expected. None of them were able to keep up with Shira's speed, to them it just looked like she teleported her hand into the assassins chest. But as fearsome as the pair were they still couldn't let this utter disrespect go unpunished.
"The council has now voted for elimination" said the leader as they all nodded in unison.
[Status]
Name: Shawn
Title: War God
Level: 12 (20/400)
Class: Gun Slinger
Age: 18
Species: Greater Dark Elf
Current state: Excited
Points: 0
Passive: Stealth, Futile struggle, greater mana sense
--Physical*
*mana 5100000
*speed 800
*health (600/600)
*strength 850
*stamina (600/ 600)
--Shooting*
*range lvl 3
*accuracy lvl 3
*instincts lvl 1
--Skills
One Will
Mana Onslaught
Intense Bloodlust
Mana Barrier lvl 2
Flash Step lvl 2
--Crafting*
*forging lvl 7
*building lvl 3
*luck lvl 3
*transmuting
--Weapons
Cro-Van. {skill : 2x throwing speed}
Shifting Wraith. {skill: explosive clip : after a clip has been emptied it can be thrown to cause and explosion}
Parasite. {skill: link: neural link to owner}
Jack. {skill : Red dot}
Metal lined Razor bullets (225) {slash}
Chilo drill bullets (150) {drill}
Alloy bullets. (125) {puncture}
Thermite rounds (100) {explosive}
T parasite (35) {track}
N parasite (25) {link}
Smoke bomb. (6) {smoke}
Grenades. (4) {impact, heat}
Flash bang. (2) {light}
--Mount
Cactus {Bicorn}