This was a normal, dark, and secluded alleyway in which anything can happen. You often see drug deals in movies go down here or the hunter brings his victims here to finish them off quietly.
The bald thief approached a group of people that were waiting for him to arrive while talking about how much they had robbed yesterday.
One scrawny, green-haired man with a small stubble approached the bald man. He had a thin face with many wrinkles and dark spots under his eyes. The two then went into a brotherly hug.
"Brother Munchy, how much did you gain yesterday?' asked the green-haired man while getting out of the short hug.
"Huahua. I was just about to brag to brother Crunchy. It was a solid amount. Look here." said the bald man while opening up a pouch filled with all sorts of different colored and sized coins. "40 bronze, 1 silver, and 1 gold coins."
Crunchy was surprised to see that his buddy had gotten a gold coin. Only someone rich could carry around silver and gold coins.
Munchy was elated too. A gold coin was insanely valuable to commoners like them. It could get them enough food for about a year. You could even get a cheap house with a kitchen and two rooms with a gold coin.
The price of a regular slice of bread was 5 bronze in this country. That would mean that 3 decent meals would cost about 30 bronze a day.
100 bronze equals 1 silver. 100 silver equals 1 gold. This meant that a gold coin was worth 2,000 pieces of bread. This definitely was enough for a normal commoner to eat well for a year.
"Crunchy, I think I might add up all my savings now and try to settle down. I should have about 4 or 5 gold worth of savings." Munchy had a very positive smile at the moment.
Crunchy felt great when he heard that his dear friend, whom he started thieving with ten years ago after they left the orphanage, was actually planning on having a family.
Munchy was 26 now so it was time he got a wife. Crunchy was the same age as him so he started to think if he should do the same. His friend had caused a change to happen in him as well.
"I think I will join you in settling down brother. I am feeling too of this life of crime too. Let's get looking for a job together and then look for ladies to marry. My savings should be good enough to buy a house as well."
The two brothers then went in for another hug and this time stayed in it longer. The 8 other thieves were less emotional and just made small claps for the two and went back to their conversation about what kind of women they would try at the brothel and what beer they would drink tonight.
Daren, who was hiding in the corner, heard this conversation and felt bad about what he was planning on doing to the thieves. He had planned on slaughtering this group of 10 thieves to test out his strength but now decided to make minor adjustments for the two, wholesome brothers.
Daren put on his dark cloak to cover his face and pulled out the fancy dagger from his pockets. He never puts it into his inventory since there was a slight delay in its speed to toss things out.
It's also more reassuring for him to always have a weapon in reach.
Daren jumped and controlled his strength to perfectly land on a roof without having to make too much noise. He still underestimated his new strength and overjumped the roof and landed with a loud thud.
He was going to jump down from the sky and land right in front of the thieves like a fearless and mysterious assassin. Too bad he didn't choose the right moment to check his strength.
The original boost in physique, strength, and speed was 2.5x of human limits when he was at Body Strengthening Level 1, Lower Grade. Now he was Body Strengthening Level 2, Lower Grade. He was about to break into Middle Garde soon. The boost was now 4.5x. it would be 5x when he gets to Middle Grade.
That lead to him not being able to control himself well. he was going for a cool entrance but now he looked like a fool.
All the thieves were staring straight at Daren. they all pulled out different kinds of jagged knives. They raised their guards and kept an eye on Daren without moving an inch.
'Hehehe. Looks like I've got to redo my plan once more.'
As Daren had the height advantage, he started to sprint across to the roof. when He got to the other end of the side he was one, he jumped towards the roof of the alley's other side.
Instead of landing on the rooftop, he aimed his legs towards the wall and jumped off at an incredible speed.
The reflexes of the thieves could not keep up and only saw a blur pass by as the neck of a tall and brown-haired thief showed a bloody gash that sprayed out blood onto his comrades.
Daren did not wait for even a second as he repeated the same maneuver again but this time he sliced at the knees of a fat thief. The thief's legs could not support his weight as he fell to the floor while screaming in agony.
Daren cut the aimed at their joints, crippling them as they neither had the skills nor the strength to fight Daren. As soon as the first kill had happened, they had realized that they were up against a cultivator.
8 thieves lay on the ground. 7 were crying their hearts out as pain is all that they could think of. All of them had practically became cripples in the arms or legs. A couple of meters away from this wreckage were Crunchy and Munchy.
They had pissed their pants as they witnessed their associates turning into pools of blood within 10 seconds. They had known all these men for the past couple of years. They were not good people but they were still their colleagues.
Crunchy and Munchy were just scared if these cultivators would do the same to them.
Before they could scream or run, Daren appeared right behind them and touched the shoulder of the two. They shook violently from the fear stacking and finally fainted after foaming at the mouth.
"Sh*t. They fainted. Heheheh. Although my entrance was ruined, at least the outcome was nice." said Daren while looking at the thieves that were writhing in pain.
Daren walked up to them and stabbed each one through the eye and into the brain. They died instantly.
After their deaths, their souls popped out and were clearly visible to Daren. He ordered the system to harvest the souls.
The souls were something only Daren could see and the same thing applied to the red vortex that sucked them in.
Daren looted the bodies of his victims and took their money. He then proceeded to put more wounds all over their dead bodies. This was to make it look like the fight was hard-fought. He also dragged the bodies to a different corner of the alleys and moved splashed their blood all over the place.
Daren then picked up the fainted Crunchy and Munchy and took them around the corner and into a separate alleyway.
He didn't want them to be implicated by the city guards who were sure to arrive soon as someone had to have heard the heart-wrenching screams
All this was done at incredible speeds. It took only 2 minutes to set up the scene, place the two brothers somewhere else and run away.
Daren put the bloody cloak into his inventory along with the bags of money he had received.
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Ding!
[Congratulations!! ]
You have stored money in the system and have completed the achievement [ How Deep Are Your Pockets ].
You can now view the system store and see your status on the screen designed by [Celina ].
Good luck and keep on striving for better rewards!
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After Daren departed from the crime scene, a tall city guard came to check on the screams that had been reported by people living near this place.
When the guard took a small glance into the alleyway, his face froze with shock as his legs gave up and he fell down with his back to the ground.
"Murder! Murder! Murder!" he yelled. The city guards nearby came under the heed of their colleague's screams.
They were shocked too when they saw the bodies of several men in the alley. Some had their heads cut off and others had their limbs tossed aside.
Blood painted the entire scene like a messy piece of art. The smell of blood was strong, making the guards slightly nauseated.
What caught their attention the most was the fact that there were 8 eyeballs situated at the center of the alleyway in the shape of a circle. It was the left eyeball of each of the victims.
Suddenly, one of the guards said " I don't think this is something that we can handle. We should call the Peacekeepers."
The rest of the 6 guards looked at him and nodded in approval.