"Hehehe time for a payback for ruining my 100 percent win rate. I told you before you'll pay for this right? Now beg if you don't want to die! Dying in PK means there is a chance you're gonna drop an item. So, apologize to me if you don't want that to happen hehehehhe." he did his signature creepy laughter.
Ohh, if an apology is the only thing he wants then it's fine. It's more troublesome to kill them all here and become a red player.
"I'm sorry I ruined your win rate, it won't happen again so let bygones be bygones, and let us get out of each other's hair," I said politely.
"Oooh, you seem tame now, where was your bravado when we fought last time? Teach me more of the moves you said I was lacking. You're so good in the game that you can even tell me how to swing my sword, ain't that right, bitch?!" he spat out his words.
I remained silent. That's constructive criticism, not even trash-talk. How will he improve if he ignores his weakness and doesn't take advice from others who are more experienced than him? He's so prideful that all my suggestions and teachings went for naught... How disappointing.
"Ohh I know, get down on your knees and lick my feet, then maybe I'll let you go heheheh." He smiled manically.
You know, I could just log out and all your posturing will be for nothing, right? We're not in some death VR game or something similar where logging out is not allowed.
I sigh.
Though, if I don't teach him a lesson here, he would probably bother us later down the road, how bothersome. Looks like I have no other choice. There are three of them so it's a 3v1 huh, it has been so long since I fought 3 on 1. Almost 3 years if I'm not mistaken and also at a grander stage compared to this back alley. How nostalgic.
"Fine, just please leave me alone after this," I lied to let their guard down.
I took the initiative. I placed my staff at my back strap as I got near his strike zone pretending to beg on all fours. He let his guard down so I took out my hidden dagger from my belt and stabbed his head.
A notification pinged, warning me of my PK attempt, but I ignored it.
"Wha?!"
Gurand
Hp 63%
He seems confused, he cannot comprehend that I will actually try to fight them 1v3 so I used his moment of confusion to land another stab in his head.
Gurand
Hp 25%
He got scared at his own diminishing HP, he probably didn't expect that a mage could do this much damage in melee combat. Unlucky for him, I allotted a lot of stats on dex now. Also, my accessories have dex-boosting attributes while my cleric set and robe have wisdom and int-boosting stats for sustainability and increased healing power.
In his moment of terror, he fell out of balance and landed butt-first on the ground. He panicked and crawled out of the way to hide behind his subordinate. I let him go though since I don't actually plan on killing him or I would become a wanted player.
"W-what are you guys waiting for?! Get her! "He shouted at his subordinates.
"Hraaa"
"Lightningball"
As if the confusion spell they were subjected to finally faded, his two subordinates finally made their move.
The rouge slashed at me with his dagger while the mage fired a small ball of lighting, a basic lighting spell in the same tier as a fireball. Lightning spells are faster than fire-based ones but lack the firepower of them to make up for their speed.
I let the dagger scrape me but did not let it damage any vital parts while I took the lightning ball head-on with my other free hand.
*Ting
Another notification pinged in my peripheral vision but I ignored it since I already know what it is. It is a notification that allows me to use defensive measures against the enemies trying to kill me. Meaning, I can now kill them without repercussions.
Kritika
Hp 100%
Martz
Hp 100%
Novo
Hp 78%
That took a lot more in my HP than I would like. I am reminded again of my squishiness with their weak attacks doing this much damage. Though the sacrifice was worth it.
I dashed at the rouge first and waited for his response. He panicked and slashed at me just as expected. I sidestepped his slash and prepared my counter. As his overhead dagger swing missed my head by an inch, I jammed my dagger into his mouth.
"Khack" he flinches at the gruesome attack
Kritika
Hp 61%
Even though he doesn't feel the attack strongly in terms of pain receptors due to the pain limiters, the psychological damage of having a dagger in your mouth was more damaging. Pure terror was plastered on his face making him unable to move, he is inexperienced.
I took advantage of his inexperience.
I jammed my other dagger onto his ear and used my other dagger on his mouth as a pivot to slash him with both of my dual daggers. I made an X-shaped crescent with his head as the canvas.
Kritika
Hp 0%
In the corner of my vision, I saw the mage channeling a powerful spell while all that was happening. Even though he was surprised at how quickly his teammate died at my hands, he kept his cool and continued his channeling. He's better than expected, compared to this guy at least. He's a couple of feet away so it would be hard to stop his magic. Hard, but not impossible. From my experience in PVP, the moment the enemy is about to attack is the best moment to attack them.
"Lightni- khack"
Just as he was about to cast his skill, I swiftly threw my left dagger into his mouth. He failed to dodge it since he was eager to cast the spell and got complacent. As result, his spellcasting was canceled.
I rushed at him in an effort to press the attack and not let him get enough breathing space.
He tried to swat me with his staff but he's so slow and bad at melee combat that it doesn't even look like an attack to me. I easily dodged it and stabbed his head with my remaining dagger, again and again until he disappeared into blue motes of light. I picked up the dagger I threw that was dropped in his death, along with a robe item.
You've acquired
Robe of Vergoth (epic)
Whoah lucky! Clarissa will need this later on. It has a level 40 requirement but we will power level quickly enough for her to wear this. A thought crossed my mind, maybe PKing players are actually worth it? No, wait! hold that thought, let's not get into any psychopathic tendencies now shall we?
After I took all the loot I turned my head at the source of all this trouble.
He was stricken in both terror and awe judging from his expression. Though to be fair, I just soloed his whole team in a little more than a minute, so I guess it is to be expected.
I walked towards him, slowly and menacingly. This is kinda fun.
"Eeek I'm s-sorry please forgive me!" he cried.
You could just log out you know, though I guess he's too panicked and immersed in the present to think of something as simple as that.
As I got close to him, I placed my dagger in his throat for extra intimidation points.
"Listen here, I don't want you anywhere near me or my party member. Got that?" I mustered the most intimidating voice I can.
He whimpered
"You must have already concluded that I'm a veteran player myself, but what you don't know is that I also have a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired from playing CoA, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. I'm also a high-ranking member of the Paragon guild. If you try anything like this again, I promise that my guildmates and I will find you, and we will kill you, over and over till you drop all your equipment. Got that?"
He nodded his head so fast that it looked like he was having a seizure.
"Now get out of here, I don't want to see your face ever again."
He immediately stood up and run away as I released my dagger from his neck.
I used my old guild as a threat. It's more of a lie since I don't have any contacts on the guild now. Though the Paragon guild was one of the top guilds back then, so I would like to think they have at least some influence in the CoA community till now.
Well, I guess that's it. I don't usually resort to threatening players but he gave me no choice. I don't want him to go after Clarissa when I'm not around, so that's the best solution I could think of in that situation. I just hope I terrified him enough so that he won't bother us ever again.
I walked back to where I left Clarissa, I saw her looking at something, probably surfing the net.
"Sorry, it took so long, did I make you wait?" I said apologetically.
"Novo! I didn't wait that long but where did you go?" she asked curiously.
"I just got something for you," I said as I initiated a trade with her.
I traded her the robe I got earlier from the mage.
"Wha- this is an epic robe, I can't just have this for free!" she denied the trade.
"It's not for free though, as I said before, you're helping me level so I need you to have stronger items so that you won't slow me down understood?"
"Y-yes!" she said determinedly.
How easy.
She accepted the robe with such a broad smile that made me think that becoming a PK-crazed player would actually be worth it.