2 hours before Rex ran into the woods, the Elliot family mansion…
This year, the graduation tournament became a lot more important to the Elliot mystic family because a descendant of theirs was able to qualify for the finals of the tournament.
Whereas almost everyone else in Obedin City followed the tournament for the excitement, they followed it because they wanted to win it.
A lot of things were at stake already that they could not afford to lose. Prestige, fame, social standing, political standing, all these and a lot more were now at stake.
Though all these were at stake, the Elliots were not bothered because they all believed that Turan would absolutely crush the tournament and win the first-place prize thereby bringing honor to the family.
Rex, they've not heard of him before, he was a nobody and he qualified for the finals entirely due to luck so they had nothing to worry about.
This outlook was from the perspective of the naïve ones though. Knowledgeable Elliots like the current patriarch of the Elliot family knew that Rex was not so simple, and that was why he made arrangements.
The patriarch of the Elliot family took advantage of his power and numerous connections in Obedin City to make some arrangements for the finals.
The Sloth Bar was not as hidden as people thought it was, the officials knew of it, but they only ignored it due to some hidden reasons.
The patriarch of the Elliot family already knew of Master Fixten tutoring Rex which was why he sent one of his warriors to go speak with this master.
He offered Master Fixten money and the opportunity of having favor with the Elliot mystic family to make sure that Turan won the tournament, not just winning but that he won the tournament convincingly.
He didn't know how Master Fixten would do it, he just told the Master to do it one way or the other or he would not be able to cope with the consequences.
Being an intermediate mystic warrior also, the patriarch of the Elliot family had a faint idea of how Master Fixten thought and was why he approached him.
After making this and some other arrangements through his connections in Obedin Mystic Academy, the patriarch of the Elliot family awaited Friday with a free heart until the battle finally started.
When the battle started, it started with a bang as Rex and Turan went head-to-head in a battle that thoroughly entertained the spectators.
While all these happened, the patriarch of the Elliot family was calm but his mood started changing when Rex started showing great determination to win.
Rex fought like nothing in this world, not even death could stop him from winning. After Rex's breakthrough, he was infuriated, Turan's breakthrough calmed his mind but Rex's 2nd breakthrough was what really infuriated him completely.
At that point, this patriarch's emotions were already played with too much and he was positive that his son would lose, he felt his dignity being stomped on.
He calmed his emotions, restraining his fury but he was a man of his words. Like they could sense his fury, they asked for his opinion.
"Patriarch, what are your orders?"
"Kill!"
That was all and the hired assassins went on their mission.
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"Feels nice to unlock a sword domain, right?"
Once Rex heard this question, all his hair stood on end like antennas. He felt a chill running down his spine as he bit his lips, stimulating himself into alertness.
Rex did not move immediately though; his sword domain gave him such heightened senses and awareness that he knew that he was cornered already.
The way that the 15 assassins stood locked all his escape channels.
"What do you want?"
Rex asked as he took slow and calculated steps deeper into the woods.
None of the assassins replied, they were like dead robots without emotions. They only moved when their leader finally spoke.
"Kill!"
Whoosh!
Once the assassins moved, Rex moved also.
The assassins moved with such lethal purpose that none of their movements was wasted, they were as precise as a computer as they moved and went for the kill without making any mistakes but Rex was able to react.
By this point, Rex was already able to deduce that only their leader already unlocked his sword domain, the others were normal basic mystic warriors.
They did not wield their huge broad swords first, while rushing close, they threw their deadly daggers that whistled through the air like vipers on the hunt.
"Movement Technique: Drizzling Rain Steps!"
Rex activated his movement technique as he reacted decisively. He moved his legs fast, maneuvering left and right to dodge some of the daggers before he jumped, doing a backflip in mid-air that allowed him to dodge the others.
He was not omnipotent though, while he was still in mid-air, the leader of the assassins finally threw his dagger and he ruthlessly went for the heart.
Rex had to shift his already aching body in mid-air to avoid sure death as the dagger stabbed deep into his chest.
Bam!
Once he landed on the forest floor, he rolled fast before picking himself up as he started a mad sprint deeper into the woods.
Rex didn't bother to scream for help, for the assassins to engage him, it meant that they already scouted the whole area and were sure that no one around a few kilometers could come to help him.
Rex tried to run but it was not easy, he was against 15 elite mystic assassins!
Whoosh!
It took only one dagger to the legs to slow Rex down, and this made his situation a lot more precarious as the assassins finally wielded their broad swords.
Without Berserker, Rex was defenseless, he could only dodge.
Ptui! Ptui!
There was a limit to how much he could dodge though as the massive swords started cutting him apart, one cut after the other, limb by limb.
The leader of the assassins didn't even bother to get involved in the action as his boys were already more than enough to overwhelm the little kid.
Rex tried his best but his best was not enough here as the assassins literally cut him apart. He had not lost any limb or arm yet because he gave priority to protecting his vitals but his body was already more or less like a bloody sieve.
His green vest was already torn apart, his trousers were now a pair of ragged shorts as Rex staggered his way back while more injuries filled his body.
Only one sword swing to a vital organ and he would be dead.
Perhaps, feeling that the assassination was already taking too long, the leader of the assassins finally made his move. He rushed into the scene so fast that Rex could only see a blur as the assassin feinted to the left before attacking.
Before Rex could react, the dagger was already plunged straight at his heart.
Rex gasped as blood flowed freely out of his mouth, his eyes widened as the flow of oxygen through his lungs became blocked. His eyes became dizzy, the world turned blurry, then Rex fell backward.
Surprisingly, on falling, he fell inside a hole that none of them knew was there before as Rex was quickly buried by the darkness of the hole.
"Get in, we'll only leave after confirming his death!"
Once they heard their leader's orders, the assassins jumped into the hole.