Though, if I don't teach him a lesson here, he will 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. Though to be fair, I don't think they will leave me alone even after I apologize judging by their reactions.
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. When he let his guard down, 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 seemed confused, he could not comprehend that I would 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. Too bad for him, I allotted a lot of stats on my dex. 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. The near traumatic experience he got from our last match where I single handedly destroyed him must still linger in the depths of his psyche for him to show this much reaction to my move. I almost feel bad for him cause he's just probably doing this to have some form of closure from his last humiliating defeat. 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 rogue slashed at me with his dagger while the mage fired a small ball of lightning, a basic lightning spell in the same tier as a fireball. Lightning spells are faster than fire-based ones but lack the proper firepower.
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 knew what it was. 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 any repercussions.
Kritika
Hp 100%
Martz
Hp 100%
Novo
Hp 78%
That took a lot more in my HP than I would have liked. I am reminded again of my squishiness with just how their weak attacks are doing this much damage to my HP. However, the sacrifice was worth it since I can now fight back without any bit of worry.
I dashed at the rogue first and waited for his response. He panicked and slashed at me just as I 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 than enough damage. 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 the other dagger in 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 a 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 with me dodging his futile attempts at melee defense 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 to 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 gang in a little more than a minute, so I guess it is to be expected.
I walked towards him with slow and menacing steps. 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 to his throat for extra intimidation points.
"Listen here, I don't want you anywhere near me or my partner. Got that?" I mustered the most intimidating voice I could. Which is admittedly, not that intimidating given my current cutesy voice via voice changer.
He whimpered still.
"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 ran away as I released my dagger from his neck.
I used my old guild as a threat. It's more of a white lie since I don't have any contacts in the guild now. Though the Paragon guild was one of the top guilds back then, 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 given 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 with an unfocused eye. She is probably surfing the net or something akin to that.
"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". I said in a strict voice she is used to by now when I teach her about the game. "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 it made me think that becoming a PK-crazed player would actually be worth it.