Chapter 11 - 12 : Assassins (2/2)

”Young mistress, I see that your beauty has no limits, I have clothes that would perfectly match your appearance it would make you even more charming how about I show you?”

The demon girl didn't seem interested and just stayed silent, so Arthur turned to her and spoke:

”Go see if there is any cloth you like, you cannot stay in this ragged cloth ”

She seemed unwilling but nevertheless, she still followed the owner of the shop into the store to see the clothes.

Arthur followed after them but he just stood at the entrance and waited for her to finish choosing and after a couple of minutes the girl came out wearing new clothes , she had black leather boots, a simple blue dress which perfectly sweeted her and made her body look even more voluptuous, he stared at her still amazed that she can become even more beatiful even with simple clothes but he soon turned around and if he had a normal body you could even see him blush, after all, he too was a man and even with his cold attitude he can be affected by beauty.

”haha , esteemed customer she indeed looks more alluring but unfortunately she didn't want to try other things ...”

The girl turned around and looked at the owner angerly as if he said something unnecessary. Arthur saw her react like that and chuckled as it was the first time he saw her act like that but nevertheless, he turned toward the owner and replied ”Thank you for your help, give me all the clothes you have with her size ”

The old man was full of disbelief by what Arthur said as he didn't expect him to say something like that but he hastily ran toward his shops and in a matter of minutes he came back with hands full of clothes, some seemed luxurious why the others were simple daily-clothes.

”E-esteemed customer ,t-this all I got with her size , please check if there is anything you like.”

Arthur looked at the cloth for a second then glanced at the girl but she was not even looking at the clothes as she seemed uninterested in the clothes but he just said

”How much for all of them?”

The middle-aged man didn't know what to say, but he quickly snapped out of it then replied ”iii-it's 102 gold.”

Actually, the price was a good price for all these clothes, a gold coin for a normal citizen can hold him for half a year so 102 gold was considered a huge sum for small shops like this one which didn't sell every day.

Arthur waved his hand and a magical bag was retrieved from his storage, after checking the amount of gold in it, he threw it toward the owner and took the clothes that were put on a table next to him, he quickly put them in his storage ring with just a wave of his hand and left the cloth store followed by the beautifully dressed girl as for the middle-aged man kept thanking Arthur and bowing non-stop to express his gratitude.

Not even after walking 5 minutes , with his high dexterity and fast reflexes he noticed that he was being attacked as fireballs and arrows which seemed to be filled with liquid in the head were shot towards him but their speed was very slow compared to the speed of the holy knight and he noticed that the attacks were only aimed at him and seemed to totally ignore the girl beside him.

In fact, the attacks were very accurate and probably made by professionals. Arthur didn't even move as he waited for the attack to reach for he knew they would do absolutely no damage, those kind of attacks are pathetic and would not even hurt the demon girl who was much weaker than him.

Finally the arrows and fireballs hit him but the poisoned arrows just crushed when they hit his black robe and the fireballs distinguished, there were people passing and were surprised by the attacks and closed their eyes when they saw the attacks about to land on the black-robed man.

However, to their surprise when they opened their eyes they could see the black-robed man safe and wasn't even wounded so they wondered if they were hallucinating but they soon realised they weren't crazy as they noticed that other people were stunned too.

As for Arthur, he assessed the situation and quickly found the assailants, there were exactly 5 of them and they were hiding in dark places 50 meters or so away from him, they all wore black clothes and masks on their faces.

Without waiting for them to react, Arthur used [faster than death] and appeared in front of the closest black-clothes individual, the assassin was scared shitless by this black-robed man that he and his comrades were supposed to eliminate easily but he didn't expect his attacks to not even scratch his clothes but to be found out so quickly by him, just as he was going to turn around to run for his life, he blacked out and died just like that.

After having beheaded the assassin Arthur used [faster than death] again and beheaded the 3 other assassins and when he was next to the final, he didn't kill him instead he just chopped his left leg and said

”Who hired you, you have 5 seconds or death awaits you.”

The assassin was screaming from pain, and stared fearfully at Arthur as he was shaking and saw death doors waiting for him so he tried to answer him but he couldn't do it as his mouth was shaking and couldn't utter a single a word.

”4”

”3”

”2”

Just as Arthur was going to finish his countdown the assassin with a shaky voice

”w-e back for more!”

He then beheaded the assassin as he wasn't going to let him go in the first place.

After killing the last assassin he used [faster than death] and appeared next to the girl who didn't look particularly surprised as she was used to ambushes and she knew that a single attack like this could kill the black-robed man. Arthur started walking slowly and spoke

”I've changed my mind, we will stay at the inn tonight and leave tomorrow, I have some matters to resolve before going.”

The two headed to the inn and in half an hour, they finally arrived. The landlady welcomed with a smile but she soon became stunned as she saw the celestial beauty next to Arthur , she didn't expect him to bring such beautiful girl with him as he seemed the loner kind.

After buying some food and letting the girl eat it, they headed toward their room.night has come, so Arthur decided it was time to act, he turned to look at the girl who was unexpectedly sleeping defenseless on the bed, he was going to tell her he will come back but because she was sleeping, he thought it was needless to wake her up for something so trivial.

He used [faster than death] and appeared out of the inn, and soon he started using [faster than death] to head toward the noble district.He preferred using instant moving rather than his speed , even though no one could see him if he was using his speed he still wanted to be cautious and use teleportation to arrive at his destination. With his mana regen he would use it once every 3 seconds without losing a mana, so in a matter of minutes, he arrived at the noble district.

He started entering mansions one after another searching for the one Feylord was living in.

After going through 7 or so mansions he arrived at big one which seemed like a castle and his gut told him that this is the one. in a 2 continuous [ faster than death] he was already in the building .what he saw was a luxurious hall , white stairs and a big red carpet made by a special animal fur but none of that impressed him as focused on his hearing to affirm if this was Feylord's home or not.

Soon after, he heard a shout coming from upstairs ”WHAT! YOU SAID THEY COULDN'T KILL HIM? INCOMPETENT FOOLS, WHAT IF THEY SPILLED THE TRUTH AND TOLD HIM THEY WERE HIRED BY ME?”

It seemed Feylord was shouting at somebody and with anger. Arthur smirked and used one last teleportation as he appeared in the same room Feylord was staying in.

Arthur could see there were Feylord and his two maids standing behind him and in front of Feylord was a kneeling man who was in a full-plate armor.His appearance caused all the present in the room to stare in shock as if they were dreaming, especially the young noble, his face turned white and he backed away from fear

”W-what are you doing in here!! this is a restricted area !!”

The noble didn't even know what to say, he didn't even question Arthur how he appeared out of nowhere.The full-plate soldier who was kneeling quickly appeared in front of Feylord and readied himself to fight as he stared with fear and caution at the black-robed man in front of him.

Arthur didn't want to waste time talking so he just created a dark spear and willed it to attack the soldier who was protecting and 'poof' with lightning speed the black spear created a hole in the chest of the soldier who had a eyes full of disbelief , he soon fell on the floor, dead without being able to resist for even a second. The dark spear just stood centimeters away from Feylord who fell on his butt and couldn't even scream.

Arthur didn't even mind killing the soldier askilling them was akin to killing wild beasts, his past-life taught him that humans are many times worse than any other being, their greed and desires can push them to do things inhuman ,he even wondered why this supposed 'god' who is watching them from above created such monstrous being .

'Men Are really the cruelest animals.' Arthur sighed and walked toward the petrified Feylord who didn't was backing away on all fours as he didn't even have the strength to stand up to run.

”D-don't you dare kill me! do you know who I am? I am A NOBLE! YOU WILL BE PURSUED BY MY FAMILY! I have connections to royalty, do you think they will let you off easily!!!”

Those threats didn't affect Arthur as he continued advancing slowly towards the young noble.Feylord noticing that his threats are to no avail so he soon changed his tactic and said

”Right right ! Do you want money? women? I can give you all and you can keep that demon girl ! I can give you everything, you just have to say the wor...”

before he could finish his sentence the dark spear smashed into his head which killed him instantly.A rthur stopped in front of the corpse of the noble , disgusted and with eyes full of contempt. He looked at his headless corpse and noticed a ring in his hand which resembled a little his storage ring so he guessed it must be similar to his. He took the ring from his finger and put it in his storage to check it later.

Arthur turned toward the 2 maids who were scared shitless and crying, they didn't dare move as they knew if they did they will be killed. One of them quickly kneeled and said

”please don't kill me !! I didn't do anything to offend you, my lord ! if you want I can serve you, I can warm your bed too, I can be useful please don't kill me!”

Truthfully, He was going to kill them both to erase evidence but when he saw what the maid said he was even more disgusted, humans will really do anything to stay alive. Just by what she said, he knew she was someone who will cling to someone with power and use her body to have benefits and would abandon them the second they have a better opportunity. He glanced at the second maid but she didn't say anything as she looked at him with fearful and tears flowing from her eyes.

He killed the first maid who begged him not to kill her but he decided not to kill the second maid as when he questioned her, he found out she was from a poor family and worked for the noble to be able to help her family as they were struggling , true she sold her body to the lustful noblebut she used for the sake of her family so Arthur just let her live and told her to leave the mansion fast and not say word of what happened or he will come back for her.

Soon he left the mansion and returned discreetly to his room in the inn.Once he arrived there he found the demon girl awake and staying silent on the bed apparently waiting for him to arrive.He sat on the chair and softly said:

”Everything is resolved now, we'll leave this town tomorrow morning”. the demon girl nodded coldly towards him.

Arthur suddenly remembered something and retrieved the ring he took from Feylord , he infused mana in it and discovered that it was indeed a storage ring but it was a lot smaller than his, actually it can be considered an upgraded version of a magical bag it had a space of 30x30 and had some items scattered here and there . What picked his interest is an envelope which seemed rather special, when he retrieved it and examined it he discovered it contained a little bit of mana so he appraised it

Nemia academy acceptance letter

He frowned as he didn't know what this Nemia academy was, he didn't even read any information about it in the ancient books so he wondered what it was.H e decided to question the demon girl about this academy as maybe she has some information about it so he turned around and asked

”Do you know what is the Nemia academy?”

For the first time Arthur saw the girl gape at him with amazement, but she soon snapped out of it and replied with her melodious voice ”Nemia academy is a place where all talents from all the continents, they gather up and study magic or fighting classes , usually the academy only accepts nobles,royalty or very talented people” Arthur listened carefully to the girl as to not miss any important information

”the academy was formed a thousand years old and it has immense authority as none of the powers in the continents dare to offend it , and it is said that everyone attending it is considered equal and power is determined by strength and even a royalty will be regarded as a simple student there and he cannot use his backing to oppress others and if they did they will be severely punished if not kicked out of the academy .

Normally if you want to enter the academy you need to pass the entrance exam which is extremly hard or have an special admission gotten from the academy” the demon girl seemed out of breath so she paused for a second to rest as she was not used to talking this much but she decided to tell Arthur all the information she got on the academy as she deemed him to be a little trustworthy and she noticed that she began to open up to him even if it was a little bit it still changed the whe thought about him . After a couple of seconds, she resumed

”Nemia academy is located at the center of the 4 continents on a big island, the whole island is owned by the academy and no army from the others continents is allowed to step on this island otherwise it will be considered an invader. Usually, the academy does an entrance exam once every 6 months but the accepted people are very few but extremely talented in either magic or close combat strength.”

Arthur was amazed by what he heard as he didn't know of the existence of such institution and it seemed to be the perfect place for him to stay, since no one dared to offend it , the holy church would not chase him or cause him trouble there andit will be a good experience to go there and check it out , he also noticed that the demon girl spoke of the Nemia academy with expectation and longing so that added another reason for him to go there.He looked at the girl who was out of breath and spoke

”The Nemia academy is the best choice for us now, not only the holy church would not dare chase us there, we will be able to learn new things and maybe you will be strong enough to defend yourself against the holy church, so what do you say do you want to come with me there? ” he looked at the girl with warm eyes , he didn't know why but he wished for her to accept his offer as he didn't want to leave her alone...

”enn”

the girl nodded and her lips curved a little for a second forming a smile if you could barely call it that , she seemed more energetic after hearing that their next destination would be the Nemia academy as she always longed for it but couldn't go there as the holy church didn't stop chasing her and even if she went she didn't know if she had enough talent to be able to pass the entrance exam..

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Just when Arthur killed Feylord , in very far place from willsden town there was a very big castle , decorated with gold pillars and a gigantic garden filled with all kinds of flowers, in this garden there stood a man who was drawing non chalantly and enjoying his time , this man looked like a robust middle-aged man and had short black hair and a scar on his neck all the way to his left eye which looked injured .

Soon after a skinny tall man who was dressed like a butler came running towards the middle-aged man and said

”My lord ,the light in the life crystal of Mr.Feylord has been shut , it seems he died not long ago!!”

The hand which was painting trembled for a second then the middle-aged man screamed angerly toward the butler ”WHO ! WHO DID THIS ! TELL ME WHO KILLED MY SON !”

The poor butler couldn't respond, he just extended his hand and showed the middle-aged a crystal, in this crystal, you can see a floating dark spear in front of you and an approaching black-robed man, you couldn't see the exact features of this figure as he was hiding it with a black good . The crystal showed what happened a few seconds before the death of Feylord, the Robust middle-aged man was shaking from rage as he took the crystal as he smashed the painting he was drawing and roared towards the butler

”IMMEDIATELY SEND MEN TO INVESTIGATE WHO KILLED MY SON! DO YOU HEAR ME? IMMEDIATELY!”

the butler bowed and quickly left to carry out the orders of his lord.

This middle-aged man name was Edward Omond and he was from the royalty, Feylord was his illegitimate son but he cared dearly for him and he took good care of him, he provided him with skill books, money and Eleixirs to boost his magic powers.

Edward didn't have any sons beside Feylord so the death of his only son pained him and ignited an uncontrollable rage within him

”You dare kill my son? just wait and see the day you will beg for your life in front of me! see how I will skin you alive !”

Edward grinned evilly and turned around to enter his castle with a red face filled with anger and craziness.