"You! I swear I'd find and kill you with my own hands no matter where you are--
Before Adolph, the leader of the group and the last survivor, finished threatening Isaac, the latter appeared behind him without him being able to follow his movements.
He juggles his dagger in his hand and shoves it into his neck!
Adolph's blood splashes on the ground and dies in suffocating pain without even having the luxury of yelling in agony.
[You killed a player: Adolph]
[IP: 45 -> 53]
[Due to the limitation, your [XP] will be converted to [IP] after killing 10 players.]
[IP:53 -> 60]
'...Sigh, to believe that these people (games-masters) want us to kill each other. I hadn't even earned as many impact points by killing a level 100 monster! Does this mean that our life's value is more than those of monsters?' He mutters as he watches eight of the ten players [PK] disappear in front of him.
He then looks at the two who were lying on the floor with their eyes devoid of life and their breaths faded.
[Due to their inadequacy of impact points, these two players died permanently.]
[Your title [Killer] has changed to [Slayer].]
-Effects; In addition to being ab--
"Shut up!" Isaac shouted with dark eyes.
[...]
'I really killed two humans; even if they no longer had anything human in them, they were still human.' He said, looking at the scarlet red blood on his white dagger. 'But it's strange; my heart seems to be so peaceful as if my emotions had just ceased to exist. Is that the fact of being a demon?'
He closes his eyes to check his heart which was like a frozen lake under the moonlight. 'They're crazy! I think the world will be crazier than them, I can't even estimate the madness that'll follow when players learn this. Everyone will probably try to guarantee their second chance, and the only way to do this is by killing other players. What do I even say? Other humans! But it bit scares me to know that I'm crazier than them.' He said to himself with a sad smile on his lips.
"You knew it, didn't you!?" He then looks at Sasha with ferocious eyes.
The latter had still not completely recovered, but her condition had slightly improved.
She looks at Isaac with embarrassed eyes without answering her question.
The reason Isaac was sure she knew this information was because of her impact points.
[IP: 3]
'She had at least killed one person.' Isaac murmured without worrying about Sasha's emotions.
"Very good." Isaac's disgruntled voice resounds. "If you don't wanna answer me, then our paths will separate from here. I can't trust someone who dares to hide such information from me." He continued walking towards the cave, which gave off a foul smell.
As for Sasha, she put aside the unnecessary details when she saw Isaac make the most unexpected decision for her. "Hey, you're asking me for explanations when you had five impact points!? What exactly are you accusing me of!?"
"Huh? I had already explained to you how I obtained these impact points. You're still not telling me that you didn't believe me?"
Sasha's expression twists into a sarcastic smile. "...You speak like a naive person, Jack. How was I supposed to believe you when you had five impact points in your asset!?"
"Wha-!" He stops in the mid-sentence when he sees Sasha's expression. "Ah, I see, you didn't believe me from the beginning, huh?" He continues with an ironic smile.
"..."
'She thought I was hiding this fact from her to take advantage of her? Nah, it's rather...
"Did you think that by revealing to me the advantages of these impact points, I'm attacking you?" He looks at her with goring eyes while asking her the question he thought was the most plausible.
"You wouldn't be different from me if you were in my place or one of these wives who fled without thanking you for saving them."
"Except that I didn't get rid of these bastards because I felt sorry for these girls, but for my safety."
Sasha frowns when she hears his harsh words. "You can say what you want, but I attended the scene as a whole; is that more than enough for me to--?" She freezes the moment she notices Isaac's smile.
"What...what do you want from me!?" She stutters these words with an agitated heart that seemed to want to escape through her mouth.
But Isaac didn't take her question into account, he walks towards her while she retreated until her back touched the rock behind her.
'Shit! This asshole wants to kill me!?' Her legs suddenly became soft as an unconditional fear of death gushed out from her heart; immediately making her face paler than usual.
Arrived before her, a few centimeters to be precise, Isaac places his dagger under her throat with crazy bound eyes.
"Who're you?" He coldly asks her this question.
"I..." Not understanding where Isaac was going, she was even more nervous to answer his question.
Seeing this, and feeling her heart beating, Isaac oppresses her even more by pressing his blade against her throat.
-!
Simultaneously, Sasha could feel a small liquid flowing under Isaac's blade, but she knew it was not her sweat, but her blood!
"Are you going to... assassinates me? After everything we had lived together?" She asks in a barely audible voice.
-Smirk!
Her heart flows in despair as he sees Isaac's smile abnormally widen like that of a demon.
-Gulp.
Seeing her nervously swallow her saliva, Isaac didn't falter. "You were right; I was naive in believing I could always trust my gaming comrades. Haha~, After all, it's no longer a game."
"No, wait, that's not what I meant by talking about--
"Close up! Just answer my damn question; who are you!?" He yells at her before she finishes justifying herself. "You know very well what I expect as an answer. I asked you this question before, didn't I?" He continues.
Sasha's eyes widen as if she had just remembered something.
She passively nods her head. "...Yes, I remember it."
"So answer my fucking question; who are you!? If you're the one you claim to be, you'll know how to answer me; unless you want to be disconnected forever!? Your impact points are not enough to give you a second chance; unlike the eight bastards I just killed momentarily."
At that moment, all she could say about Isaac was that he had not inherited his madness in the game; just by seeing the coldness and emptiness in his sapphire blue pupils.
"...Heliana, your deputy manager and subordinate."
"..." Despite her answer, Isaac had still not curbed his desire for murder.
But knowing that he was trying to gauge her, she keeps her cool, leaving the rest to Isaac.
"Very good." After an additional ten seconds, Isaac removes his blade under her throat and stores it in his inventory.
"Glad to see that you still have some memories of our old adventures; dear purebloods' deputy manager." He said, moving away from her by three meters.
He sits on a mound rock and continues. "You have five minutes to think seriously about the meaning of your words. The world no longer can protect anyone; the authority, political power, or money influence won't be long in the face of the new chaos that will arise at the end of these tutorials. You're smart enough to know what I'm talking about, right?"
Sasha also falls under the rock with her legs still trembling.
"If you decide to stay with me, you'll have to treat me with the same respect as in the game; not only as your guild leader, but as your master. Forget your status in the real world.
-Anyway, if five minutes pass and you decide to follow me, you'll have to obey my fingers and eye. If not, leave here and find people you think are better qualified than me to overcome this catastrophe.
-As for the benefits, I don't need to tell you what you'll have to gain by following me. The choice's therefore yours." After these words, he closes his eyes as if he were meditating.
'He's crazy! More crazy than those he just killed. It'd be suicidal to stay with him!' These were the only conclusion she had drawn before she got up after several efforts.
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Five minutes after, Isaac opened his eyes.
'Sigh, she's gone, huh? Finally, it's her loss; I don't need a thorn in my foot that's likely to hurt me every time I've my back turned.' The disappointment was visible in his eyes when he saw that Sasha couldn't be found.
'Finally, let's forget the past and focus on our--??' He stops in half a sentence when he saw Sasha come back from behind.
"Why did you come back?" He frowns.
"Who told you I was gone? You're an idiot by lowering your guard near the leeches' cave." She answers nonchalantly as if the previous tension had never existed between them.
'...I see; she's not really different from the idea I had of her, in the end.' Concludes Isaac with a small stealthy smile.
"Very well, since you don't seem exhausted; enter the cave, I'm going to weaken the monsters and you finish them to increase your level." He answers nonchalantly by dusting his clothes; even if they hadn't been soiled.
"W-wait."
"Huh?"
"I need to know; where exactly do you live?" She looks away while asking this question.
"Heh? Do you plan to send mercenaries to settle my account before I become strong?" A sneaky smile appears on Isaac's lips when asking this question.
"What... No! I'm not like that; why do you all take these rumors about me and my family seriously!?" Discontent was visible as if Isaac had just touched a sensitive point.
The latter also frowns, not understanding what she was talking about. "What exactly are you talking about? What's your last name?"
"You didn't know that?" She asks with an expression that said: do you dare to threaten me without knowing my background!?
This made Isaac even more curious about her identity. "How am I supposed to know it? Is the word 'detective' engraved somewhere on my forehead?"
"...Sigh, I'm Sasha Talent, from the Talent family." She said without leaving Isaac with her eyes.
The latter was always indifferent after hearing her last name. "I see. So you are the one nicknamed the princess of--
"I hate this nickname; you're not going to get started too, after even the fucking system gave me such a crazy title?"
"..." Isaac remained momentarily silent as if he doubted what he had just discovered.
'What does she do in such a shitty game? Gosh, it's not even funny as a joke anymore. Finally, fortunately, I have not yet revealed my identity; the rumors about this girl's father are chilling. I wouldn't have to worry about him, but I have relatives too.' After this brief exchange between his clones in his mind, Isaac turns his heels and enters the cave without answering Sasha's question.
"It's not you who'll find me, I'm the one who'd contact you after the tutorial. For now, let's focus on our current task.
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(AN!) Religion, characters' names, and the cities are only pure fancy; and aren't intended to target a particular community or person.
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Again, thank you for reading the chapters so far; I sincerely hope to continue the adventure with you on board.