"I suggest you give up and stand down." Einhart said as the cavern suddenly lit up and Einhart was seen standing in front of an exit.
Fae's mind ran rampant as he thought of how he could get out of this, if Einhart was anything like Lucien he knew he couldn't overpower him.
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!" Tessa called out with a shaky voice. Fae immediately pulled her in closer acting as a shield between her and Einhart. Einhart let out a disgusting and booming laugh as he saw this.
"How cute, you think you can protect her or something? She's by far stronger than you, and even than she can't defeat me. What hope do you have?" Einhart coldly spoke out. This quickly brought Fae back to reality, he realized no matter how amazing the system had been so far; he was still weak; Too weak to even protect himself, let alone Tessa.
"Why?" That was the only word that left Fae's mouth but it was filled with purpose and anger. "Why? Because I can, because people stronger than me want her, because she's a free pay check." Einhart said as he began walking towards the two. This finally caused Fae to realize that they only wanted Tessa; she was the one they were after.
If Fae was a smarter man he would play this too his advantage, he'd sacrifice Tessa to escape, he'd negotiate for his freedom, but Fae couldn't find it in himself to do something like that; if Tessa didn't leave the orphanage to look for him than maybe right now she'd be safe.
He had to get her out of this, he had to save her.
"Fight me." Fae screamed out as he started meeting Einharts pace and walking towards him. "But Fae you don't have too d-" "Yes I do" Tessa's words were cut short as she tried to reason with Fae.
"I'm gonna kick his ass ok? Just sit back and watch." Fae said as he looked towards Tessa and smiled. "You're challenging me? You've got guts kid." Einhart said as he stopped walking and stared at Fae. "I'll tell you what, if you can beat me than you and the girl go free. On the honor of the Shiny Bandits."
Fae's eyes opened wide as he heard Einhart's words 'THE SHINY BANDITS' he screamed internally. The Shiny Bandits was the name of a criminal organization that ran rampant in this part of the world, they committed an array of crimes from assassination and robbery to trafficking. If this was a member of the Shiny Bandits, than he's even more vile and evil than Fae thought.
"I accept your challenge, come face me." Einhart said as he put his hands out waving at Fae to come closer.
{Quest issued: Protect Tessa}
{Rewards}
{Free Level Up}
{New Skill}
{Does Host accept quest?}
'New skill? I can earn things like this through quests? Well whatever, I was going to protect her anyways' Fae thought as he knew what he needed to do next
'Yes' Fae replied inwardly as he glared towards Einhart, slowly walking closer to him. Fae could feel his knees shake and his heartbeat fasten. As much as he wanted to protect Tessa, he knew this was a man that could truly crush him.
"Let's speed this up" Einhart said as he became a blur racing towards Fae. 'PUT ALL STAT POINTS IN AGILITY!' Fae screamed internally as the man in front of him vanished
{Agility: 8}
'Still too fast' Fae thought as he put his hands in front of his face.
*BANG* The cavern erupted as Einharts punch met Fae's hands and sent him flying back.
As the dust cleared around Fae's landing he looked up to see Einhart glaring at him with a sadistic smile. Immediately he noticed something was wrong 'it didn't hurt' he thought to himself as he realized the punch hadn't damaged him.
At first he was about to sum this up as a feature of the system but quickly realized in his fight with the twins he definitely felt pain. As Fae was still in thought Einhart rushed at him again preparing a kick. *BOOM* Fae was sent flying once again as he was met with a kick to the head.
But once again, it didn't hurt. This onslaught continued with Einhart drilling into Fae, repeatedly punching, kicking, and slamming Fae as the area around them was filled with dents where Fae had been sent flying.
'BLOODLINE ABILITY' Fae finally came to the realization on what had been happening to him, it must be some sort of power his bloodline gave him.
"Is this your bloodline ability? What is it?" Fae asked stopping Einhart right before he punched him again. He let out a hearty laugh almost shaking the ground with how deep and filled with bass it was. "Since you asked so nicely I'll tell you and end this fight." Einhart said as he sat down casually, as if he wasn't in the middle of a fight. "Running through my veins is the Greek spirit of trickery, DOLUS!" Einhart revealed with a bright smile.
"I'm using a move called deception to make it seem as if my attacks aren't damaging you." Einhart said as he put his fingers together as if he was going to snap. "What do you mean make 'make it seem'?" Fae asked with a peculiar expression. "That exactly" Einhart replied as he snapped his fingers.
*AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* Fae's screams erupted as his body became riddled with cuts and bruises, and his bones began to snap and crack.
{SYSTEM WARNING! HOST WAS UNDER THE EFFECTS OF A POWERFUL MENTAL ATTACK} {Host was under the effects of the skill Deception}
{Deception: User places target under a powerful illusion where all the targets senses and even body are tricked into believing whatever the user wants.}
Fae's body was under a constant warfare as all of the attacks he'd faced hit him all at once.
"FAE NO!" Tessa's screams echoed through the cavern as she watched Fae's body turn into a bloody heap.
"All bark no bite." Einhart called as he walked forward towards Tessa, passing Fae's battered body as if it wasn't there. "Sorry princess, guess prince charming wasn't enough to save you."
Fae's vision was dark, his mouth overflowing with busted teeth and blood. In his head he pleaded with the system 'please, please give me a way to save her', all he was met with was a disappointing {Title: "The Reborn" Under cooldown. 1 week remaining}. In the past 24 hours Fae had gone through so much but even after everything he wasn't strong enough.
'No! No! No! No!' Fae's thoughts exploded as he forced his eyes open, looking towards Tessa through blurry and bloody eyes. All he could see was Einhart standing over him, but that's all he needed to see. Fae took one step forward, he could feel as his blood vessels popped, his ears rang loudly, and he could feel as his stomach turned inside out, but he kept walking. Step after step, he walked because he made a promise, a promise to protect Tessa.
He watched as Tessa tried to fight Einhart, but Einhart was showing his true power now. Tessa was met with a barrage of punches, some with delayed effects others without. It messed with Tessa's senses and made it impossible for her to predict his moves. She was losing, she was getting hurt. Each hit felt like a slap in the face to Fae, it felt like he was breaking his promise, and each hit was more fuel for him to walk forward.
Fae finally was close enough to reach Einhart and stared as his back with a concentrated expression. Einhart sensed him but knew he was too weak to even tickle him at this point.
Fae cocked his arm back as hard as he could, getting ready to punch with all the force he could muster. Just before he released the punch a voice sounded in his head. "You show promise kid, this is for you." Fae was confused as this wasn't the voice of the system, this was an entirely foreign voice entering his head, if Fae were awake at the time he'd recognize it as the voice that was coming out of his mouth once Joseph had stabbed through his stomach and he had 'passed out'. The voice that had taken him over and allowed him to defeat the twins.
As Fae decided to ignore the voice and continue with his punch he heard a voice in his head that he did recognize, the voice of the system. {New Skill Granted: Final Stand}
{Final Stand: The Host has shown true bravery and valor. In his final efforts he has been granted with the strength to fight back}
{Skill Description: Hosts final punch will have a x10 strength increase} {WARNING HOSTS BODY ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR THE BACKLASH OF THE ATTACK}
Fae listened to the system with a smile. "Who cares about backlash." Fae said as he screamed at the top of his lungs "FINAL STAND!"
*BANG*