96 Tragic backstory (1/2)

I did not wait as I rushed through the snowy terrain. I used my speed to the max as I bounded through the snow. Thanks to my light feet skill I was easily able to run on top of the soft snow, leaving no traces of my passing.

Behind me I could hear little princess yelling, as well as the sound of her trudging through the waist deep snow. It was obvious that she was not an assassin type. No assassin would be that foolish.

When I was out of her sight I entered stealth, and made my way behind her. The little princess was complaining to herself the entire time, using every foul word she could think of to curse me. Despite this she continued to walk forward. Her sense of direction seemed to be pretty good, as she walked in a perfectly straight line.

She stopped suddenly, and I could see her remove a bow from her inventory. She aimed the bow to the left, firing several times. Her archery was not nearly on par with Hylia's, but she seemed to not be lacking in skill.

Her arrows struck a foe I had not even been aware of. The attacks landed dead center in the middle of the creatures forehead. one arrow splitting another, splitting another. Her accuracy was far greater than anything I had ever seen. The power behind the blows seemed to be lacking in comparison. She also lacked the speed that Hylia was known for.

The Elf girl had amazing perception abilities, but as far as I could tell that was the limit of her talent. At this rate it would be a toss up of she could even clear a D ranked instance by herself.

I observed her as she battled, and I could not help but think that something was wrong. Her level would have needed to be around 100 to be a C class adventurer, but her ability only seemed to show half of that. Because of that the opponent she was fighting really gave her a hard time. A single class D monster, who specialized in sneak attacks but had failed, was giving this girl a hard time.

The process was painful. Eventually I decided to show mercy on her and shadow stepped behind the beast, ending its life in a single shot. As the creature turned into a pixilated mess I observed the exhausted look on the girls face. Though she was tired, a prideful look appeared on her face.

”I didn't need your help. I could have done it on my own.”

I nodded. ”Of course you could have, but I did not have time to wait. Your ability to spot them is useful, perhaps we should work together.”

The girl gave me a searching look before she nodded. ”It would truly go faster if we worked together. My name is Bailey by the way, not that you bothered to ask.”

”Yuri. What class do you have if I might ask? Your accuracy with a bow is insane, even if the power behind it is lacking.”

Bailey seemed a bit embarrassed as she spoke. ”My class is actually Hunter. And I specialize I specialize in the bow. Unfortunately All of my stat points are currently locked down, and my level restricted to level one. They are supposed to be evenly distributed between my companion and me... But... I don't have a companion.”