"Fucking hell!!"
Ayo screamed as the arrow pierced into his shoulder, it was originally coming for his chest and he was on the verge of flinging himself away from its path to dodge.
Then a stupid lady (according to his vantage point) rushed in towards him with the thought of getting right in front of the arrow–Ayo's body moved almost instinctively in that one second.
He pushed the lady back to her place. However, he couldn't avoid an injury, he just could afford a fatal one.
He stumbled back as the arrow of light seared deep into his shoulders. Beads of blood fell on the ground as he coughed.
"Ayo?"
The lady's eyes shake. She had done this because the stranger insisted that he knows the location of her husband, only under the condition that he lures Ayo outside would he be able to give her the information.
She didn't know what was to happen, however, the moment she saw the arrow flying... No, from the moment the clouds became dark, she was already scared of what might be happening and contemplating what to do.
Whether to ask the guy for her husband's location and excuse them. That was the right thing to do. There should be no second choice, her husband mattered to her more than some teenage kid whom she doesn't even talk to regularly.
He left a few months back on a business trip, however, he has not been back since then. There were several factors to consider especially since the entire world was in chaos. But a stranger suddenly came saying he knows where her husband is.
He even mentioned his name, the name of his company, and how he looks.
How could she miss this chance?
She dived deeper and deeper into her thoughts, contemplated her one decision over and over again till the arrow flew towards Ayo.
And in that split moment, the only thing that was on her mind was:
'...he is going to die
Before she knew it, her body jolted sideways on its own.
'Huh? Why am I moving? What is wrong with me?'
They were mumbled words that never escaped her gaping mouth, they never found life, they never found answers, her body just moved like it wasn't hers.
However, a stronger force pushed her away. As she fell to the ground a small relief seeped into her mind but she regretted it immediately she saw the white light arrow in Ayo's chest and his drops of blood on the ground.
He was bleeding from his mouth.
"Do you know the amazing thing about mythical weapons?"
Ayo squinted his eyes with a lot of confusion, he was feeling a piercing pain in his chest but it felt overrated compared to what he thought was coming when his opponent said, 'I don't have to pull twice.'
At the very least, he thought he was going to be pulverized by an explosion of light.
"This bow, the Bifrost Gale was created from the same crystal that built the Bifrost bridge of Asgard... it has a perfect ability to freeze you up from within, or burn you up from within. There is no escaping death for you and I will get back Phanes Authority."
"Tch, you keep blabbering this and that... I suppose you never short up."
/cough
Ayo coughed up blood after straining himself to give a cool compliment. He could feel the cold sensation seeping into his body but was immediately manly about it.
"Arrogant. There was no need to tell you this thing my bad. It's not as though you would be able to understand."
His hand left the arrow, immediately it reverted to a pen and fell on his palms.
"Goodbye thief."
Ayo's gaze slowly got hazy and heavier.
'Phanes... what do we do?'
[I am sorry]
[Your organs are freezing up from within]
[All your opened vessels are void of energy]
[The arrow is sucking out every tinge of life that exist within you]
[At this rate, you will be dead in two minutes]
'...I need you to fucking do something about it. Aren't you powerful like you insinuate?'
[I am powerless without you]
[There's nothing I can do]
'...see, if you had not taken away my stats and skills none of this would have happened.'
[I can find my way to unlock one unique perk you used to have]
[This will be a gamble of luck]
'...what is that?'
[Restoring POINTS EXCHANGE STORE...]
'...I see, what is this supposed to do?'
[Perhaps we can get anything to save you?]
'...tch...'
Ayo looked down at the woman with trembling eyes, tears streamed down her cheeks but she was unable to move. Her sins weighed down on her like a heavy rock and she was unable to move.
'...is she crying for me? Wow, I've never had anyone cry for me.'
Ayo let out a bitter smile.
'I'm in my last moment and the only thing I find interesting is her smile... hell, I want to have someone really smile for me one day.'
A very beautiful smile.
'Come to think of it, her smile is probably the most beautiful I've seen...'
He wasn't sure if this was his true feeling or a sentiment left in the true owner of this body. But he indeed found the little glasses girl cute whenever she smiled innocently.
'She's strong... I definitely would have loved to see her become the best. Argh... this sucks... I don't want to die...'
[POINTS EXCHANGE STORE restored]
[Opening Store]
[POINTS EXCHANGE STORE]
> Purchase: Basic Aura book.
> Purchase: Basic hp potion.
> purchase: Reset.
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'Reset?'
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[Reset]
> A legendary-grade item capable of resetting your entire body.
> This Reset has its bad quirks and good quirks, you will automatically lose all your skills and abilities. But you will gain a new Reset body and gain a unique ability when your body is Reset. All your organs will shut down and restart after a few hours.
> Purchase Cost: 300,000 points.
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[Would you like to buy the item?]
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'Do I have a choice?'
[You have less than 30 seconds left]
'Buy and use'
[Item purchased!]
[Using Item...]
[Your organs are shutting down]
"Ayo!!"
From behind came Dara's husky voice, seeing her cousin drop to his knee, she projected herself into the air with a burst of flame giving wings to her feet and burning her shoes instantly.