After killing the knight Leo dragged its corpse to the bushes. He didn't want any of its friends to find the corpse and inform the others. He also took the knight's armor, because it might be expensive.
Leo was thinking if he could sell knight's equipment for Pecunias or real money.
Slowly approaching the man-eating charcoal, his thoughts drifted towards the upcoming assassination.
Leo knew that his daggers wouldn't be able to pierce through the armor. His only way to assassinate the knight using a dagger would be to aim it at the enemy's neck. Leo could behead the previous undead without a problem, because the knight's neck wasn't covered by armor.
" I should've trained my throwing skills "
Leo clicked his tongue. He had about 2 hours of free time before the knights gathered. He pulled out his daggers and went to a nearby tree.
Leo started carving out a target.
Taking 20 steps backwards he took a second to admire his work. The target had 10 rings, the smallest one being the hardest to hit.
Swaying his dagger Leo focused and threw it starting his training session.
20 Steps - 1st Ring ( Perfect hit )
30 Steps - 1st Ring ( Perfect hit )
40 Steps - 2nd Ring ( Second Smallest )
50 Steps - 4th Ring ( Fourth Smallest )
Leo's accuracy drastically dropped after he passed the 40 Steps mark.
Picking up his thrown daggers Leo once again distanced himself from the target. He recalled reading an article about marksmanship. The article stated that before shooting most of the snipers hold their breath to reduce the movement, increasing their accuracy.
Momentarily holding his breath Leo threw his dagger with all the might he could muster.
40 Steps - 1st Ring ( Perfect hit )
A smile flashed on his face. Taking another ten steps backwards he held his breath once again.
50 Steps - 3rd Ring ( Third Smallest )
Well... progress was being made. Leo was about to end his training session when a system message popped up.
[ Lower Throwing Technique Grasped! ]
Opening the Skill Tab Leo quickly read the description. It was mainly a passive technique that improved his understanding and ability to throw projectiles. Leo also noticed [ Lower Dagger Technique ] that had similar effects, but with daggers.
" System, how do these Technique's get upgraded ? "
Leo couldn't help, but point at techniques he received. Such useful things would accompany him to the Umbra kingdom and upgrading them is crucial.
[ Continuous usage Technique's weapon ]
System replied while Leo was trying to hide his smile. As long as he uses a weapon his efficiency over the weapon will increase.
How broken is that ?
Picking up his daggers Leo once again distanced himself from the target. Holding his breath he threw his dagger.
50 Steps - 1st Ring ( Perfect hit )
Happy with the result, Leo looked at his watch and noticed that knights were about to gather.
Running towards the burnt tree Leo quickly hid himself in its roots, making sure that no part of him is protruding from the cover.
Soon after Leo hid himself a knight appeared in-between the white leaves of the trees. The undead quickly approached the burnt area. Knight's longsword was sheathed near its hip. It was careless and defenseless.
Seeing the knight's attitude Leo sneered. Raising his dagger he momentarily held his breath and carefully aimed at the skeleton's neck.
Whoosh...
Projectile pierced through the air, engraving itself into the skeleton's cervical spine and shattering it.
[ Undead { Royal Knight } Defeated... ]
[ Reward: +125Xp ]
Another undead knight fell.
Looking around Leo didn't notice any other knights in the area and dashed towards the knights corpse.
He was about to put the undead and equipment in the inventory when his senses picked up two enemies entering the vicinity.
Soon after, two armored skeletons emerged from the garden's cover. Their eyes were immediately drawn towards Leo, who was putting their dead friend's corpse into his inventory.
" Couldn't they come a few minutes later ? "
Leo mumbled under his nose with an annoyed expression.
Putting his daggers into the inventory Leo took out the golden sword and clenched it with both hands.
He quickly opened his Status Tab to see if his Mana and Health was full. Even without the system he could estimate how much HP and MP he has, but he knew that system is more accurate.
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Level 7; [ 495/900 Xp ]
Strength 40 +
Agility 38 +
Defense 32 +
Mana 33 +
Stamina 33 +
Additional Stat Points: 0
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MP: 98/132
HP: 63/64
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Noticing that his HP and MP is relatively high Leo started guiding Mana towards his legs.
Taking a step forward Leo momentarily disappeared from the knights' vision, only appearing a few meters before one of them with a sword strike threatening to behead him.
Waking up from its stupor the knight quickly lowered his body successfully evading Leo's attack. Unfortunately for the knight Leo was prepared and rammed his knee into the skeleton's face making it stumble backwards.
Dashing after the stumbling knight Leo's path was obstructed by a blade threatening to split him in half.
Using his momentum Leo stomped the ground right before the blade to launch himself above the both knights.
Assessing the situation from above Leo threw his sword towards the knight that was stumbling backwards.
He threw both of his dagger towards the skeleton which obstructed his path. While descending Leo took out another sword and enhanced his arms with Mana.
Boom... Clank... Clank..
[ Undead { Royal Knight } Defeated... ]
[ Reward: +125Xp ]
The thrown sword ended the other skeleton's life leaving only one enemy for Leo to hunt.
The other knight deflected daggers thrown by Leo
Soon after a collision followed...
Clank...
Two swords met with a loud sound.
Leo felt his hands ache in pain. Descending from that high builds up a lot of kinetic energy and taking it all with his hands is painful.
Crossing his sword with the undead Leo felt being slightly pushed back. Quickly disengaging from the clash he distanced himself from the knight mumbling under his nose.
" I wanted to try this previously, but the knight died to fast "
He started channeling Mana towards his lower body and activated the skill [ Superior Enhancement ] on his legs.
Twice!
While fighting previously Leo noticed that after activating the skill, Mana was split in half and flowed towards each leg respectively. Wanting to maximize his speed Leo used [ Superior Enhancement ] twice to guide 100 % Mana to each of his legs.
[ New Skill Learned... ]
[ Double Cast { A+ } - Allows one to instantly cast a spell twice ]
A system message appeared informing Leo about his achievement.
Throwing a glance towards the system window Leo felt his legs overflowing with power.
He lowered his body and took a step towards the knight. He was raising his sword for a strike when he felt his face hit something hard.
Thud…
Falling on backwards Leo's mind was in a state of shock when something blurry appeared before his eyes.
[ U̴n̴d̴e̴a̴d̴ { R̴o̴y̴a̴l̴ K̴n̴i̴g̴h̴t̴ } D̴e̴f̴e̴a̴t̴e̴d̴... ]
[ R̴e̴w̴a̴r̴d̴: +1̴2̴5̴X̴p̴ ]
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< Author > - Here's some info about the Skill & Technique ;)
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[ Skill: Double Cast ]
[ Double Cast { A+ } - Allows one to instantly cast a spell twice ]
[ Skill Cost: 15 Mana ]
[ Mastery: Newbie ]
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[ Skill: Lower Throwing Technique ]
[ Lower Throwing Technique { Passive } - Increases one's understanding and ability to throw projectiles ]
[ Skill Cost: No cost ]
[ Mastery: Newbie ]