At the other part of the city, a group of men rushed unlocked the Long-Fall Trading center main entrance in stealth and entered the store without making a noise.
Over twenty people dressed in black rushed in, talking in hush voices.
"Their security was too easy." A voice whispered with a wild grin on his face.
"Idiot!" A voice childed. "We're to steal their goods. Not to talk about their security."
"I know, boss." The voice grumbled, rushing toward the store's backyard.
Outside the store, two men manned the entrance, looking at the surroundings for any movement.
Suddenly, they heard a whooshing sound and they fell on the ground with their eyes wide open.
A deep hole appeared at the center of their forehead with blood gushing out like a broken pipe. Till death, the two didn't know what attacked them.
Across the street, a young man with a Rapid Fire Bow came out from his hideout and snickered.
He crossed the road with his wind spell and appeared at the entrance of the store without making a sound.
Creak!
He opened the door and peered inside the store. A couple of men were crazily storing all the elixir materials on the shelf into a sack.
'Hmm… 7.' He thought and pursed his lips. He entered the store and aimed his weapon at the last person in the room. 'Let me take you down first.'
Whoosh!
The dart whoosh out of the rapid fire bow and entered the skull of the last person in the room. He reached out to pick the last item on the shelf when everything turned blank.
Whoosh!
Before the men fell on the ground. The wolf soldier rolled on the ground and released a series of attacks, catching the thieves off guard.
"What!" One of the thieves shouted.
Nevertheless, there were only two of them remaining in the room.
It frightened the two remaining thieves when they saw a single man taking down 5 people in a blink of seconds.
With the sudden fear assaulting their brain, the two failed to cast their spell, staring the young man in trepidation.
"You shouldn't steal from the Long-Fall Pass." The wolf soldiers said in pity.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bang!
The two remaining thieves widened their eyes and fell on their knees and crashed on the ground. A red liquid flows out from their forehead, dying the brown floor red.
At the backyard, things were not going smoothly.
"Do you know what is attacking us?" A cranky voice asked in trepidation.
"Boss I don't know." A voice replied in panic.
Ah!
Another miserable cry echoed inside the store. The gangs were happily packing the goods when their men began to fall one after the others.
Quickly, the boss realized their target had discovered their existence.
He commanded his men to retreat but anyone who stood up was killed immediately. At once, he commanded his men to hide behind a series of sacks.
"What should we do? We can't continue to hide like this." Another gang was lying behind a pile of sacks whispered.
"We must escape. We can't die here." Another gang member added.
"How?"
Every second, the fear in the heart of the gangs increased by a bar. The Viper gang leader creased his brow and thought.
'I'm rank 5 beginner earth mage. With my defense, I should be able to escape.' He creased his brow in the darkness.
'If I escape. I can easily recruit other people to my gang. This was not the first time I'm under siege. I need to escape immediately.'
"Listen, we all stand up at once and make a run for the entrance. I believe he's a single person. So, he can't take all of us down at the same time." The cranky voice of the gang leader echoed in the store.
"Alright boss." The remaining me chorused while their heart raced. Their backs were drenched in cold sweats.
They knew this was suicide attempt, but if they didn't try to escape. Death was the only thing waiting for them from the unknown grim reaper.
"Good. I will count from 1 to 3 and we'll all rush out at once."
"OK!"
"1"
"2"
"3. Now!"
But to their dismay, their boss didn't stand up and rushed out of the store. Nevertheless, the gang member didn't care about it and made a run for the entrance.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
People began to fall on the ground like piles of logs. The enclosed store room was quickly filled with the stench of cold blood.
'It should be now.' The viper gang leader decided with a sharp glint in his eyes.
Whoosh!
He stood up and cast a spell — 'Earth Wall' behind him while pushing a couple of his members toward to serve as an additional shield.
"Boss—"
Bang!
"Don't worry. I will avenge" He rushed out of the store with sweat dripping from his forehead. Beside him were three other people, trembling in trepidation.
"You three are quite lucky. I'll make you my vice." The boss said with an amicable smile.
The three nodded, smiling, forgetting about their previous predicament. Since they decided to join a gang. They knew their life wouldn't be safe and they were mental prepared for their death.
Yet, in the face of death. No one wanted to die and the hope of seeing the next day made people fear death.
The four move briskly toward the front building. The fear of the grim reaper behind them makes them forget about silence and bolt toward the front entrance.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bang!
Two people fell on the ground with their skulls punctured. Blood gushed out their head with their eyes wide open. The gang leader shivered in panic and halted his track.
'Another one.' He cried in his heart. He looked at the surroundings, looking for a hiding spot but found none.
Ah!
The last person fell on the ground, deader than dead.
"Who are you?" The boss leader shouted.
"Do you know who supported us from behind!?"