Dagger

He was explaining and pinpointing locations on the map of the possible resting place of the treasure.

"Got it?", Mr. Sanchez asked.

"Yes.", Kate nodded while Allen answered weakly.

"Okay go do it."

Allen and Kate then left the building in a flash.

...

Two figures were jumping on the roofs of the houses in the town. They are none other than Allen and Kate.

The both of them made an another jump and landed on a roof of an inn.

Allen almost missed to land on the roof but Kate got his hands on time and managed to pull him up.

"d.a.m.n it, try to jump with more momentum!", Kate scolded under her hood.

"Sorry, I thought it was enough. I"m afraid that I would put too much force.", Allen who was wearing the a.s.sa.s.sin"s garb, said under the mask. The mask he was wearing was as the same one he used when he killed the man.

At first, Allen thought it was impossible to jump over buildings with his physique, but the clothes he was wearing were no ordinary ones, the kid suspected that they were like the magically enhanced ones that he had read from his mother"s books.

"Hurry up we don"t have much time!", Kate said as she jumped towards another roof.

***

Meanwhile, in a courtyard of a residence...

"Sir Warren!", a figure made out of smoke called out to a child wearing a robe; the child was also carrying a staff. "I"m sent by master to protect you."

"Ehh?", Warren turned around and saw the figure. "I already told you I don"t need any help!"

"But master would then restrict you from coming to the woods.", the figure said.

"But... alright then! You can come with me!", Warren stopped complaining and exited through the main gate with the figure.

***

On the other hand, Allen and Kate already arrived outside the woods.

"There are some dangerous beasts in the woods, it"s best that we should stick together. Our clothes could integrate us into the darkness, but some of the monsters could still sense us.", Kate said as he signaled Allen to follow her.

The beasts in the woods are actually not that dangerous, however, towards a.s.sa.s.sins like Kate and Allen, it would be a predicament to battle one head on as their strength relies on sure death sneak attacks.

If they were mages instead, they could just battle their way through the woods while killing all the monsters on the way easily with spells.

Allen followed her and took out his dagger in case of emergency and the both of them headed for the first location.

In just a few minutes, the both of them reached the first spot.

"Wait.", Kate signaled Allen to stop. "See that." Then she pointed towards a red-eyed wolf circling around the area.

"It"s a bloodthirsty wolf, it has killed a lot of living beings, you can see it from it"s eyes. Watch me how I"ll kill it.", Kate took out her dagger and disappeared in a flash. She"s obviously not an ordinary a.s.sa.s.sin.

Allen was caught off guard and just focused looking on the bloodthirsty wolf.

Afterwards, a figure in black appeared above the bloodthirsty wolf and slashed towards the monster"s neck. The beast didn"t have the time to react and it"s head was already separated from the body!

The figure landed beside the wolf"s head and waved at Allen, it was none other than Kate.

All these actions from Kate taking out her dagger until killing the wolf may take time to explain but it happened in less than one second!

Allen"s jaw dropped under the mask, he was surprised to what just occurred, a second didn"t even pa.s.s and the beast was already killed; he approached Kate, afterwards the girl took out some sort of orb and crushed it.

A few seconds pa.s.sed and nothing happened. 

Kate frowned and said, "The treasure"s not here, come on, let"s go to the next spot."

"Alright.", Allen answered and he followed Kate towards the next spot.

...

"Awk...", a sound of a hawk echoed throughout the location where Kate and Allen currently was.

When Kate heard that, she and Allen hid behind a tree where the hawk"s perspective couldn"t see them.

Allen was about to take a look when Kate prohibited him from doing so. The latter took out a gla.s.s shard from her sleeves and used it to see the hawk.

"It"s a skeletal hawk. It came from the necromancer. It"s probably the apprentice instead.", Kate then hid the gla.s.s shard back in her sleeves. "We should wait for it to get out of this place first before we move."

Allen nodded and the both of them waited for a few more minutes until the hawk left the area.

"Let"s go!", Kate said.

...

Afterwards, they finally reached the next spot where the treasure might be hidden.

Allen this time saw that there were two bigger bloodthirsty wolves fighting each other in this area.

"I might need your help this time.", Kate looked at Allen and the boy looked back. "Can you distract the other one for a few seconds?"

"Yes.", Allen nodded and hid his dagger.

"Alright, I"m going to wait for your signal if you"re ready.", Kate said.

Allen carefully went into position behind one of the wolves and picked up some rocks; after which, he waved at Kate.

Kate nodded and disappeared in a flash.

-sou-

A dagger slash could then be heard, suddenly one of the wolves neck bled!

The other bloodthirsty wolf was about to pounce on Kate who was about to land on the other wolf when it felt a rock was thrown on it.

The beast turned around and saw Allen!

Allen felt that he was in danger and immediately dodged to the side.

The wolf then pounced on Allen, however, the kid already dodged and the beast  missed him, afterwards, it hit a tree instead!

-crack-

The tree broke in half due to the momentum of the monster! However, the monster only shook it"s head and didn"t bleed!

When Allen saw what happened to the tree he couldn"t help but yelp, he could"ve become a human meat paste if he didn"t dodge in time!

...

At the same time, Kate, who was on top of the other wolf, looked at the other wolf done to the tree and thought, "d.a.m.n it, the other one is an alpha!"

Now, she could only pray that Allen won"t die... or else she would be in big trouble.

...

"What to do, what to do?", Allen thought as he dodged another pounce of the bloodthirsty alpha wolf.

"I know I read something about bloodthirsty wolves, think Allen, think!", the kid then avoided another lunge of the wolf by a few centimeters.

Afterwards, Allen remembered something about the said beast, "That"s it!"

The boy ran as fast as it can towards the darkness. Seeing that it"s prey was running away, the wolf"s hunter instincts kicked in and chased after Allen.

The kid entered the darkness and disappeared from the wolf"s sight. If the one who was chasing Allen was a normal wolf, it could"ve still saw the kid even in the darkness, however, because it"s a bloodthirsty wolf, it only focused on one thing, it"s strength for killing! Due to that, it"s senses specially it"s eyesight is much weaker than a normal wolf and couldn"t see through the darkness.

As for it"s sense of smell? It was needed to fully focus to use it"s keen sense, but would it use that during a battle?

The answer is obviously no! Even for an alpha.

Afterwards, the wolf lunged towards the darkness and crack could then be heard.

"Gah...", it also heard quiet, yet painful shout afterwards. The beast rejoiced thinking that it had caught it"s prey.

The clouds covering the moon cleared up and moonlight descended. When the light reached the area where Allen and Kate was battling with the two bloodthirsty wolves, the wolf that was fighting Allen saw, that it was pinning down a newly destroyed tree!

A figure suddenly jumped from a tree beside the wolf and landed on it"s back! The beast felt that there was a something on it"s back and frantically tried to shake it off!

"Stay still... and give me your forehead!", the figure said as he finally stabilize his position of the wolf"s back; the figure then took out a dagger and stabbed towards the foreheard of the bloodthirsty wolf!

Of course, the figure was none other than Allen.

"Awooo...", the wolf howled in pain before it crashed to the ground with a thud.

"Huff... huff... huff...", Allen panted as he retrieved the dagger from the wolf"s forehead and muttered. "Good thing William forced me to read those books for him everyday. I guess inteligence isn"t useless in a battle after all."

-thud-

Allen heard a thud, he then turned around and saw the other bloodthirsty wolf"s head on the ground, separated from it"s body.

Kate jumped down from the now headless body of the wolf and approached Allen. When she noticed the dead wolf he was standing on, she couldn"t help but be surprised.

"You killed a bloodthirsty alpha wolf... by yourself?", Kate asked.

"Yes.", Allen nodded as he jumped off the body of the wolf.

"How?", Kate asked. She knew that this boy right in front of him doesn"t have any experience when it comes to battling!

"I"ve read something about these monsters.", Allen answered.

"But it"s an alpha!", Kate said.

"Erm... even if it"s an alpha, it"s still a bloodthirsty wolf.", Allen scratched the back of his head; he then wiped the blood off the dagger and hid it in his sleeves.

Kate didn"t argue anymore and just thought, "Master is right... knowledge is helpful in battles after all." One of the things she hated the most was reading! In the end, she planned to try to read books when they will get back to the tavern.

The girl took out an orb and crushed it. However, after a few seconds, Kate frowned again and said, "It"s not here either, let"s go to the next location."

Afterwards, Kate and Allen left the area.