I woke up early in the morning with a knock on my door. I opened it and I saw an unexpected familiar face...
[Hwa-Young The Trickster]
I saw that name and title above the head of a girl that was familiar to me. It was the one that I spoke to in that pocket universe.
"We have no time to talk , follow me." She said.
Before we went out I gave the tovern keeper one silver coin and told him to tell my companions when they wake up , that I will come back soon.
Then I quickly followed Hwa-Young and asked her what's going on.
"Hey , how did you find me , and also what's going on?"
"I saw you yesterday , and I wanted to greet you today but something very important came up , that's why I wanted you to come with me." She answered.
"What about that title , how did you get it?"
I asked wondering why her title is The Trickster.
"I learned a skill which allows me to create a simple illusions , thanks to these illusions I managed to kill a few monsters and then I received this title."
A skill that allows you to create illusions? That sounds pretty strong to be honest.
I asked one more question before we arrived on the place where we needed to go.
"What level are you?"
"Level 4 what about you?"
"Me too , by the way I also have a special ski---"
She stopped and signalized for me to be quiet.
[ANOTHER 2 PLAYERS LOCATED IN THE AREA]
We were near the edge of some house and I heard some people talking , we took a glimpse at the scene and it was a guy and a girl. They were humans. Above their heads I could see something scary.
[Anna The Murderer] [Miguel The Murderer]
Next to them were two corpses of humans the only thing I can assume here is that they killed them , but what does Hwa-Young want? Why did she bring me here?
She started whispering - "The reason I brought you here is this , look at their eyes."
I looked at their eyes and they looked very strange , red with no pupils and no expressions. Were they being controlled? But if that's the case why are they having a normal conversation as if nothing happened?
"I got into this city two days ago and I actually wanted to leave today after talking to you , but yesterday I heard something in the streets while I was walking around the market.
(Yesterday Evening - at the Market: Hwa-Young's perspective)
I was walking around the market looking for some food that doesn't spoil fast and then I heard something in the streets. Two hooded men were talking to eachother , they weren't humans , but that human-like race. I decided to get closer to listen to their conversation.
Black hooded man 1 - "That doesn't matter , the only thing that matters are the goods , do you have them?"
Black hooded man 2 - "Yeah but they are pretty expensive you know?"
"How much"
"5 Gold coins per bottle."
"You son of a bitch , come on give me a discount."
"I already gave you a discount their original price is 6 Gold coins and 5 Silver coins take it or leave it."
"Ahhhhh allright I'll take two of them."
After this , the man who bought those bottles started going this way so I quickly blend in with the others.
Then I started following him , I was curious. After a few minutes of following him I received a message.
[ANOTHER 4 PLAYERS LOCATED IN THE AREA]
And after a short while I received another message.
[ANOTHER 4 PLAYERS LOCATED IN THE CLOSE AREA]
After this it became obvious that this man was going to meet these 4 people but why?
I got into situation in which I couldn't follow him anymore because we got into a very narrow street with no hiding spots , I came back and concluded that this was nothing too important and that it could wait until today , but I was wrong.
(Back to the present)
Me - "So what you are trying to say is that these four were the ones you received the message about yesterday and that the two who seem like they are being controlled are the ones who drank those potions?"
Hwa-Young - "Precisely."
"How did you find them today?"
"This is the same place where I decided to go back yesterday , I figured the best way to continue my "search" was to start here. But I never expected something like this."
I started wondering why did she bring me here then so I asked withough hesitation.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"I think that those two might become troublesome , they are players so I figured if things started going south I couldn't defeat them by myself. Also who knows what abilities that potion gave them."
"So you want me to help you track these two and in the worst case scenario even... kill them?"
"You don't have to if you don't want to but I would really appreciate your help , I can tell that you're strong that's why I asked you and not some untrustworthy guards."
"Don't worry , I will help you."
"Thanks a lot."
We waited for about a minute and then those two started going in the opposite direction , we started to tail them.
After a few minutes we got another notification.
[ANOTHER PLAYER IN THE AREA]
She was going in the opposite direction of the two players that we were tailing. Above her head I saw.
[Charlotte The Goblin Killer]
Black hair and short.
She looked like she was relieved , I assume she thought that those two were just ordinary humans.
Charlotte - "Hey guys hello there , finally I met some other players. Hold on , why the hell do you have red eyes and Murderer Title?"
Anna and Miguel didn't say a word and just started walking towards her.
Charlotte had two dual short swords and drew them without thinking twice. Anna and Miguel did the same.
I looked at Hwa-Young , we nodded at eachother and drew our weapons too. Hwa-Young's weapon is a long sword which is pretty thin , she's two handing it.
We started running towards Anna and Miguel and I shouted.
"Charlotte be careful , those two aren't humans anymore!!!"
Charlotte - "Yeah I can tell that much I am not stupid."
Anna turned around to me and Hwa-Young while Miguel started fighting Charlotte.
They were strong , too strong for a player. Me and Hwa-Young were barely holding hack Anna , and Charlotte was only alive because Miguel wasn't too fast and she dodged everything.
But there were no openings , nothing these guys were too strong. Anna was wielding a one handed sword and a shield , Miguel was wielding a huge two handed axe.
If we could switch opponents I might be able to defeat Miguel with a dagger throw but Anna will just block it with her Shield.
Then I came up with something else. I told Hwa-Young to let me fight Anna by myself , this way I can get in a terrible situation and my skill might activate , maybe.
She pulled back and Anna started furiously attacking me , I managed to block or parry almost everything but sometimes she got a hit on me.
[Warning health dropped by 6 , 9 , 4 , 10 , 7 , 3]
She was just simply faster than me I was barely keeping up , meanwhile Hwa-Young ran around the buildings and started attacking Miguel from the back.
Charlotte and Hwa-Young started turning the tide completely in their fight. And I decided to finally go on the offensive too , because at this point my health was below half and I was exhausted.
Somehow Anna was still attacking furiously as if she had much higher stamina , maybe it's another effect of that potion.
[WARNING HEALTH DROPPED BELOW 40%]
[Current Health 67/170]
I decided to go all in , I started counterattacking and putting all of my strenght left behind every single blow and eventually I managed to land a hit.
But
It was not Critical Strike unfortunately.
[WARNING HEALTH DROPPED BELOW 30%]
I decided to go completely all in this time. I put my left hand with my dagger behind my back and started defending myself with only one hand. The point is to wait for Anna to start attacking aggressively and then when she is only focused on attacking throw my dagger at her.
[WARNING HEALTH DROPPED BELOW 20%]
[WARNING HEALTH DROPPED BELOW 10%]
[CURRENT HEALTH 16/170]
Finally FINNALLY I found an opening I threw my dagger and IT HIT HER CHEST... and then I heard a sound that saved my life.
[CRITICAL STRIKE]
[PLAYER DEFEATED]
[Advancement completed: Player Killer]
[Player Killer OPEN rewards]
[New Title UNLOCKED: Murderer]
[Skill Underdog Critical Strike evolved into Bloody Critical Strike]
[Level Up OPEN rewards]
[received all items from Player Anna The Murderer inventory]
[Inventory full - Items which you cannot carry will be terminated]
I got so many messages that my ears couldn't stop ringing , the last thing I saw was Hwa-Young killing Miguel. After that I passed out.