Lucy put down her phone with furrowed brows.
"They could not be traced, immediately the attack failed, they all retreated; we don't even know if it's a person or a group of people," She told Wallace.
"Who are they, and what do they want?" He asked.
"I don't know; they might be from the holy cult or the assassin alliance," She said.
"The holy cult, maybe because they want to silence you for some information," She said.
"I don't know any information about the holy cult" He answered.
"The probability that they must be from the assassin alliance is quite high then," She said.
"Who would want to kill you? did you offend anyone in the past days?' She asked.
"I've not even been outside except for the banquet" He answered.
"Then the person must be from the banquet," She said as she frowned her brows.
"The eight awakened mages have not been targeted ever since they've made their debut, but you have been targeted," She said.
"I don't know; maybe someone is just jealous of my talent and decided to kill me, or maybe someone who knows about my talent and is working for the dark organization and has decided to nip me in the b,ud," He answered.
"Look, I'm sorry for taking you to the banquet; maybe you would not have been targeted," she apologized to him.
"No problem about it. I know that you are doing it for my good, and since they did not succeed, I will be inside the city. It should be difficult for them to try to assassinate me in the city" he said.
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"How can you fail such a simple mission" A voice was heard. It is in the slums of the city in a dark alley. The person who talks is in the darkness, and his face is obscured by a cloak while there is a guy in a dark robe also cladded in a dark cloak before him.
"I'm sorry, I've made a grave mistake this time because I underestimated him," The guy said. The guy in the darkness frowned.
"Fine but him being able to survive after you took action is also a testament to his talent. I will try to arrange for a way for you to assassinate him," The middle-aged man in the alley said.
"Boss, can't we just invite him to join us" the guy asked.
"It won't be possible, he's with Lucy," the man in the alley said.
"You can leave, I will tell you about how to carry out the next operation. I will look for a way to slip you into his area in the city," he said,d and he quickly faded into darkness.
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A figure quickly transverses the city and bypasses the inner city and the slums before he enters the jungle that night. It's Wallace; he sneaks out of his house, so no one knows about his whereabouts, especially since he is in his mecha. He entered the jungle under the cover of the night and quickly entered deep. He could not help but frown when he thought about the assassination that took place that afternoon. He already has a few conjectures in his mind but he can't deduce anything yet because he did not expect that he would encounter an assassination attempt so soon. This made his quest get stronger and even more intense; if he had been just a little bit slower, he would have been killed, and what would happen next? He may have been taken to another world, but he was not ready to leave this world. He has been staying inside for the past two weeks so even though he is still guarded against humans, this assassination made him even more wary.
"Hmm" He stopped, he's been surrounded already. He heard a series of howlss as wolves appeared in his senses. They quickly shuttled around him; if he didn't have a dream sense that could envelop ten meters around him, he would not be able to see his enemies and would be killed before he even knew what was happening. He counted, and there were twenty wolves. Three of them are rank three mutated wolves, five of them are rank two mutated beasts, and the remaining are rank one mutated beasts. They are simply moving at high speed even when they are sure that he cannot see them.
"These beasts sure are cautious," he thought as he drew a weapon from his back. It was a weapon he built with the metals he was still trying to pawn for money. Last night, he realized that he needed a weapon to fully utilize the potential of the mecha. The weapon in his hand has a long and slender shaft, and at its end is what looks like an arrowhead mounted on an axe. On the other end is a sharp spearhead The weapon is pure white.
The first wolf jumped out from his back. Despite the fact that they are in the dark and are constantly changing their position, they still decide to attack him from his blind spot. He sneered as he thrust the halberd reverse and
"Pu" The spearhead thrust into the neck of the wolf. It dropped down dead.
"Awoooo!" A series of sorrowful howls was heard as the wolves rushed out from their hiding spot, not even caring to hide themselves when one of them was killed by Wallace. They simply want to get rid of this mysterious creature in front of them. Wallace simply thrust his weapon, reverse thrust it, and used the axe to slash any wolf that came at him, and within a minute, he had already killed the twenty wolves. With his mecha, the wolves are not a threat to him especially with a weapon. They are said to be all rounded which makes them weak. A rank 3 wolf only has a little bit more than forty in all its stat, which makes them weak, and that's the reason they hunt in packs. The ones that go through his weapon realize that their claws and teeth cannot do anything to this creature in front of them, but it is too late because all it takes is a fist to pulverize them.
He breathed out heavily in the mecha as he thanked his stars for having a weapon; if it was the following day, it would have been troublesome. He used vigor once and was soon back to his peak condition.
**22300/6400**
**Level up, level up. Level 8**
** 3100/25600**
Just this one fight has made him level up two times and brought him closer to level 10. It's just been two weeks, and the mission says one month. At most within one week, he will be able to reach level 10.
"Hmm" His upper torso tilted to the back as he raised the halberd in a cross form in front of him.
"Clang!!!!" He was hit by a force, and he staggered back three times. Three claw marks appeared on the mecha chest. Without even thinking, he moved back as he quickly engaged his thrusters, "clang.." A massive body hit the chest of the mech, and he was thrown back. He forcefully maneuvered himself as he engaged the thrusters and with the thrusters, he forcefully stabilized his body.
A slight dent appeared on his chest as he looked at the creature in front of him that had just recovered from hitting him. The creature is a bear that is dark in color.
**Level 3 mutated bear**
**Strength: 95, Speed: 85, Physique: 70, Defense: 70**
He looked at it grimly. It is simply on another level apart from the creature he has been facing before. For the first time, he was a little bit shaken in the cabin that he is. That means some force bypassed the mecha and came in contact with him. This shows the amount of force the bear carries. It is simply an all-rounder because its speed is not to be underestimated. His dream sense was quite late in discovering it due to the speed which made him slow in reacting and despite the fact that he engaged his thrusters, the bear still caught up with him and collided with his body, if it's not for the fact that it was shaken after colliding with him, he would have been at a massive disadvantage because it will press on.
"What a terrifying battle instinct," He thought. He is already sweating because the burden is a little bit much for his body, especially the force that was transmitted into the mech made his face pale. He will have to retreat for the night but not without killing this beast.
The bear growled and rushed at him but he was already prepared, engaging his thrusters and also rushed forward at a speed almost equal to the bear. He thrust its lance towards the chest of the beast while he clenched his left fist. The bear tilted a little bit to the side, allowing the lance to scrape it's fur, and throw a clenched fist at Wallace's left fist.
"Boom"!! Shockwaves spread out from them, and the trees around them slightly bent due to the amount of force that is coming from the blast. The bear moved back two steps while the left side of Wallace's body was tilted; he forcefully stopped his mecha from moving backward which allowed the arms of the mecha to be slightly dented while he swept towards the bear with the axe. The axe cut through the chest of the bear even though it tried its best to move back and get out of the range of the halberd. He stopped the halberd and thrust its spear end forwards into its left chest. It moved out of the range of the spear, but the wound was deep, and blood spurted out from the wound. It growled as it tried to turn around and run away but Wallace followed with a sweep of the axe end of his halberd. The bear, whose reflex had slowed down due to the pain assaulting its senses, could not dodge in time, and its head was cut off by the sharp weapon.
**8100/25600**
Wallace exhaled heavily; his whole body was aching. Even vigor could not offset it. The chest of his mecha is slightly dented along with its arm but its self-repairing feature should be able to repair it. He quickly retreated from the jungle