Dagger

There were numerous corpses that had recently died in a battle. Some bodies burning, others were frozen, while some were crushed into gore.

"I... I can"t believe that you"re a wizard!", a bloodied man was cornered by a tree by a man holding a staff and was wearing a peasant"s clothes.

The latter was none other than Lord Levine!

"You have the guts to make an ambush spot that leads to my castle, so tell me, what is your true goal?", Lord Levine eyed the bloodied man.

"You"ll never know!", the bloodied man maniacly laughed.

The wizard couldn"t help but frown that there was something wrong happening.

"Hahaha... you should"ve killed me already! Now die!", the bloodied man"s eyes glowed green and he pointed his index fingers towards the corpses behind Lord Levine.

Suddenly, the corpses twitched, stood up and surrounded the wizard!

"Even though you"re a wizard, you"ll never survive this many enemies at once! HAHAHAHAHA...", the bloodied man grinned and laughed maniacly.

"Yes, you"re right, I"ll never survive a necromancer"s dead army if I"m a wizard.", Lord Levine said.

"There"s no point of surrendering now! Die!"

However, the feudal lord"s hands that was carrying that staff suddenly glew in golden color, then golden veins appeared on the staff.

His eyes became gold and he shouted, "Holy Retribution!"

He lifted up his staff, and pounded it"s bottom end to the ground.

-BOOM-

An instantaneous explosion could be heard as the holy light spread towards the surroundings.

When the light faded, all the corpses crashed to the ground as greenish smoke came out of their orifices.

Meanwhile, the smile on the bloodied man froze when he saw what just happened.

"You"re still right, I will never survive a necromancer"s army if I"m a wizard.", Lord Levine smirked.

"Y... y... you"re a Holy Priest?!", the bloodied man stuttered between his words.

Lord Levine then pointed his index finger towards the man, magic power and holy power condensed on the end of the finger and a beam of light shot out from it.

The beam of light pierced through the forehead of the bloodied man, the man"s eyes were still wide open in horror when he died.

"How I love face slapping.", Lord Levine grinned and he searched the belongings of the bloodied man.

There, he saw a coin made of black metal, in addition, there was a shield and a staff engraved on each side.

"This... it"s that organization!", Lord Levine looked at the direction of the Riverboard City.

"No good!"

"Hurry up!", suddenly voices came from the wilderness.

Lord Levine looked at the direction of the voices, and saw Melissa and some guards walking to his location!

"Mi"lord?", Melissa and the guards were surprised when they saw their lord standing amidst the b.l.o.o.d.y corpses!

"Our lord, did this?!", some of the guards thought frantically, they"ve already saw gore as much as this, but this time, it was done by one person, and not just any person, it was done by the seemingly scholarly lord that they were serving!

Actually, they knew that they were serving a magic user, but could an adept do this by himself?!

However, Melissa"s countenance came back to normal, it"s obvious that she already knew about Lord Levine"s true power.

"No time to talk. Clear up these corpses, immediately!", Lord Levine commanded.

"Yes, mi"lord.", Melissa and the guards bowed and started cleaning up the corpses.

Lord Levine looked back at the direction of the city.

"I hope you"ll be safe, I can"t help you this time.", Lord Levine muttered.

***

Riverboard City...

The city was surrounded by the other fiefdoms of local feudal lords in the area. Long time ago, the city was just a port with a small settlement. However, due to the efforts of the surrounding local lords, they"ve managed to make a permanent community and even outbest the Crescent Town those times.

Now, the current city was being managed by an earl, but the local lords doesn"t seem to mind about it as long as they get their benefits.

***

Drake was jumping over the buildings while avoiding the sight of the city guards. Those guards weren"t to be underestimated because they were well-trained and even wore light armor during their night patrol.

The city during the night was under a curfew like the Crescent Town, you could only see the fire on the torches and other forms of lighting such as lanterns, that light up the surroundings, making the city look like a prosperous one.

Drake landed in an another alley, travelling in a city even when one could jump over the buildings still took a few minutes to reach the location he was checking.

He took a look out the alley and saw the city square, there was a fountain in it"s middle while two units of guards stationed nearby it.

"The security of this city is tight.", Drake muttered. There, from his location, he saw the inn that he was suppose to check if the target was in it.

Drake pushed something on the amulet and said, "I"m at the city square, be careful, looks like the city"s security is much tougher than we thought."

Afterwards, Allen"s voice could be heard, "Alright." 

However, Kate"s voice couldn"t be heard.

"Kate, can you hear me? h.e.l.lo?", Drake said.

"I can hear you, now shut up!", Kate"s voice came out of the amulet.

Drake deactivated the amulet and sighed, "She still hates me."

After which, he slowly approached in by hiding in the darkness when possible, while cautiously checking the two units of guards.

Finally, he reached the four-storey inn and swiftly climbed up it. He found a dark empty bedroom on the third floor and quietly entered it through the open window.

He stuck his ear by the door to check if there was somebody outside the door. Hearing nothing, he slowly opened the door and saw a well-lit corridor.

"Nowhere to hide", Drake thought. 

He walked out the door and carefully closed it.

"I feel like I saw the man at the fourth floor.", Drake inwardly said. He noiselessly walked towards the stairs.

He remembered that the target"s look at the image was a big and muscularly. Same as the man that he saw in a window earlier, however, he couldn"t get a clear look as there were curtains covering the window, while the window itself was also closed.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from the stairs that lead towards the second floor.

"Somebody"s coming!", Drake immediately activated the Speed Amulet in his pockets and rushed towards the stairs that lead towards the fourth floor.

-whoosh-

He ran towards the stairs without making a sound and reached the fourth floor.

"That was close."

Seeing that the corridor was empty, Drake went to the door of the room where he saw the target"s figure earlier.

"Tch, the door is locked.", Drake brought out his dagger and quietly picked the lock on the door.

-click-

The door was swiftly unlocked. Drake opened the door and walked in the room. The room was dark, moonlight can"t even enter because of the curtains on the windows.

The kid heard sounds of snoring as he entered the room.

"Wait, something"s wrong, wasn"t there a candle lit up earlier?"

-bang-

The door behind him closed with a bang. The sleeping figure suddenly awoke and looked towards Drake with it"s eyes, glowing green.

"It"s a trap!", Drake tried to activate his communication amulet to warn the others, but his action was in vain because the communication was blocked.

"Hehehe...", the muscularly man on the bed chuckled as he pointed his index finger towards the darkness around Drake.

Suddenly, Drake felt all the hair on his body stood up. As he felt bone chilling coldness sweeping towards him.

"A ghost necromancer! And this one is just a clone!", Drake gritted his teeth and charged at the clone on the bed.

However, the coldness swept on him again, as he was pulled down the ground by an invisible force.

Drake tried to get hold of his Speed Amulet, but he remembered that it was on cooldown!

"I wish I had a blessed weapon!", Drake thought as he tried resist the grasp of the invisible ghosts.

"Hehehehe...", the clone on the bed just kept chuckling while looking at the kid.