[Cold Rationale]
[Allows the caster to enter the state of quick thinking, casting aside the caster's innate fear]
When Sakura saw this skill as she crushed the yellow gem, she was immediately happy. She didn't want Zen to notice her fear.
So when she Zen told her that she had the strength to overcome her own fear, she activated the skill. When she had activated it, she had noticed how her emotions had receded, she could still feel them, but on a minute scale. When she noticed the lecherous way three of the four men looked at her, her obsession increased and she wanted nothing more than to pluck out their eyes.
Now as her neck was being held by Oda who was looking at her like a degenerate, her blood was boiling.
"Only Zen is meant to look at me like that.." she said through gritted teeth as she swung her dagger towards Oda's face who caught her hand and gave it a lick.
"Aah, how sweet... You taste so good" Oda said as his eyes revelled in ecstasy.
Zen who was in the cocoon looked at the timer till his gift would assimilate and noticed it remained about 1 minute.
He tried using appraisal eye, but he received a prompt.
[Gift unavailable until the other gift is assimilated]
"Damnnit!" Zen cursed as he looked back at Oda who still had his hands around Sakura's neck.
Sakura's eyes flashed with a cold glint as she sent a knee towards Oda's face causing him to leave her and block the knee. Sakura stepped back and wiped the spot Oda had licked vigorously.
"With my gift of foresight, any actions you take, I'll practically counter them... Just come with me, fair maiden" Oda said with a smirk.
Sakura frowned as the gift was a pretty hard one to counter.
"Sakura, attack him without pause for 50 seconds, I want to check something" Zen's voice sounded in her head.
She turned to look at the cocoon, Oda looked at the cocoon and frowned.
Oda brought out a steel club and clenched it and charged towards the cocoon, which surprised both Zen and Sakura. Zen panicked as he couldn't move now, Sakura immediately dashed towards Oda and attacked.
It was as if Oda had eyes at the back of his head and dodged her attacks as he kept rushing towards the cocoon. As soon as he got in front of the black cocoon and swung his bat on it.
The bat entered the cocoon and Oda began to grin, through the gap, he could see Zen who was looking at him with frightened eyes. His eyes suddenly widened as he felt a sudden crisis.
"Sh*t!!" Oda cursed as the cocoon broke and he was sent flying backwards as he crashed into the wall. Sakura who was running was not unharmed either, as the shockwave from the broken cocoon had sent her flying towards the other side of the room.
Oda who had a one of the lens of his spectacles broken and bruises at the side of his face. He looked back at where the cocoon was meant to be. He did not see anybody only the residual energy.
He suddenly erupted into laughter as he expected Zen to have perished, he looked over at Sakura's position and his laughter died in his throat. Zen was kneeling holding Sakura in his embrace as he fed her a healing potion. She still had the ice cold look on her face.
"You can deactivate the skill now, everything is alright... I'm here now" Zen said with a smile.
Sakura's cold demeanor broke as her eyes regain their bright brown and stared at Zen with so much affection. She grabbed his cloak tightly. Zen bent over and kisses her on her lips which surprised her, he was surprised himself, but what could his heart do?
"it doesn't matter how you survived, I'll kill you and have fun with your woman" Oda's voice broke their affectionate moment. Zen looked towards Oda who was supporting himself with the wall as he looked at him with a menacing grin.
"Maybe I won't kill, I'll beat you up till you can't move anymore and have fun with your woman before your eyes, I wonder how much despair would you feel" Oda said.
Zen frowned as his eyes turned a faint gold.
[Name: Oda Hayashi
Race: Human
Stage: Unawakened
Level: 5
Lineage: Ogre
Class: Unassigned
Gift: Foresight (D)- see 5 seconds into the future.
Constitution
STR-10
AGL- 50
INT-50
PCPT-50
VIT- 30
END- 9
STA- 30
Skills...]
Zen noticed Oda's skills were not worth mentioning, it was just basic level physical attacks.
[Bloodlust detected]
[Emergency Quest assigned]
[Kill those that bear killing internet towards you (0/1)]
[Reward: A summoned entity]
[Note: Reward would be based on how well you complete the quest]
[Penalty: Death, Shame or 30 points reductions of all basic stats]
"I would kill him even without the quest, but it works well for me" Zen muttered as he placed Sakura gently on the ground and rested her on the wall, her pale face was already regaining some color.
"Oh, this just got interesting..." Oda said as he got into an attack stance.
"I wonder how much XP you'll provide me" Zen said as he took off his cloak and used it to cover Sakura before he turned around and faced Oda. Sakura looked at his back with worry.
[Master, I have completed the task, should I dispose of this human?]
Nyct's voice sounded in Zen's head, causing the latter to look outside the window, he noticed the black armoured Netherkin with a bow and arrow aiming at Oda.
[No need, let me deal with him, myself... You already helped me enough]
Zen relayed his voice. Nyct who was aiming frowned as he put down the bow and arrow which disappeared.
[Level: 4(3900/5000)]
"Any last words?" Zen asked as a black katana appeared in his hand, black-purple energy was swirling around it.
"Huh... Don't act weird with me, make your move!" Oda said before his eyes immediately widened as a blade passed through his neck. He looked at Zen whose face was very close to him.
"In front of the perfect skill, your gift is useless" Zen said as he sliced through Oda's neck. The latter collapsed to the floor with widened eyes. As his vision dimmed, he noticed the other Zen by Sakura fading away.
What sort of speed is that?
He carried this question to his death.
Zen looked at the dead Oda, as he looked at the blood flowing through his cut out neck, he became dizzy. Ignoring the quest completion prompt, he staggered back only to be held by Nyct who had come to his side.
"Thank you" Zen said as he stabilized himself, turned away from the corpse and walked back towards Sakura who was looking at him with worry in her eyes.
He knelt before her and she took him into her embrace as she patted his back. Nyct stood a distance as he watched this scene with a relieved smile on his face.
"You're not alone this time, Milord" he muttered as he stared at the rising sun.
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