BXBX NOVEL Chapter 487 All I Have To Do Is Kill (I)
After accepting the task, I found out that I have 5 targets to kill. Merlin went ahead during his investigation of the seal and used his abilities to track them all. That would make the job easier than I thought it would be.
We already left the Castle of Avalon and we are about to leave the Island to perform the quest, the sooner the quest is done, the better.
I looked at the 4 players with me. I know they are already ready to deal with a quest like this but their equipment is not even on par with their levels. Currently, they have equipment that is only viable until they reach level 5. Unless they are a masochist and wanted to challenge the harder contents of the game using that equipment, they really need to use another set of equipment.
"Guys, let\'s stop here for a while."
"Huh?" the four were looking confused.
"The equipment you guys have are all too outdated and with our mission, in just one hit, you guys are gonna be either in low health or dead already. You need to change equipment."
The four looked at their equipment and they nodded after I pointed it out.
"Yeah, you are right but we are far from the town and going there to buy items just takes time. We don\'t have time to go back by walking and I will assume we will reach the city around nightfall." Yna estimated.
"Are we that far from town already?" Koji scratches his head.
"Yeah. We camped for a day here in the forest remember? If we calculate how far we have walked, it will take us a whole day before we can reach back the city," Gin pulled out his map and checked the locations that he marked. "Yep, I was right."
I scratch my head and perhaps the reason I don\'t have any problem is that I have two pets I can use to travel fast enough in every area that I don\'t need to walk a whole day to reach the area.
"There is no need to worry about that. I was just saying whether you all plan to change your equipment or not."
"We will change our equipment as soon as we reach the city and sold all the materials we get. It is a must for us if we wanted to start grinding for the late game," Shana immediately answered.
"Then let\'s get out of here if you guys want to do that. We are wasting time standing here, so come on."
I left them behind and exited the Island of Avalon. The next time I needed to return here, I will just have to do the same process I entered to get back there without getting lost. It\'s tedious but that is how things work and there is no such thing as shortcuts.
Once we are out, I summoned Leona out from the Summon\'s Area, causing the shock the four.
"Holy crap! A griffin!"
"As expected of a late game player! Even their mounts are amazing!"
They started to talk with enthusiasm as they saw Leona rub her head on me. I pulled out a big chunk of meat from a monster I butchered especially for Leona and handed her a piece of it. I rarely use Leona in battles nowadays but that doesn\'t mean her services will stop.
"Hop on guys. If we wanted to finish things as quickly as possible, then flying is the best way to get back there."
The four were reluctant but their leader, Gin, decided to go and do the job.
"Alright, we are counting on you."
With Gin doing the initiative, the rest followed suit. Well, that is good that I don\'t need to force them to come up.
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With the speed of Leona\'s flight, we reached the Capital easily. We just landed near the Capital when I noticed that one of the markers from the assassination targets that Merlin tracked are glowing brighter, I immediately knew that one of the targets is currently around the Capital.
"Alright, you guys should go and sell your haul, I will wait for you guys once you are done in the city gates."
"Alright."
The four left as they discussed how to split the money from the profits of their materials sold in the store. I don\'t need to worry too much as they will be getting lots of money using those materials alone. Although they can sell it for bigger money once those materials are processed, I don\'t think they know how to do that and I am not a charity that will provide them free work. They needed to learn how to do stuff all by themselves too.
Since the four are now gone, I pulled out the map and noticed that the tracker is already tracking the enemy. As expected of Merlin, it was just like he attached a GPS device to every target.
Since the target is an NPC and we are inside the Capital, it will be troublesome to assassinate someone in broad daylight which is why I will tail on the guy and find a good chance to kill him before he knew what is happening.
I have a high reputation in the Capital but things would still get hectic if I kill someone without any record of crimes in the city especially if they are an NPC. But that just adds more to the thrill, made me remember the times I played Assassins Creed for the first time in the past.
For the assassination, trailing the target on the rooftops is the most sensible way to do it. I know how to traverse the rooftops without landing on the ground and hiding on the rooftop is much easier and unless someone looks up, it will be hard for me to be spotted.
Getting into the rooftop, I noticed that the marker just passed by near me so I am gonna assume the target is among these people. Until I can pinpoint who it was, I will have to continue following the target. If only I have the same ability in Assassin\'s Creed which allowed me to identify targets among the crowd, things would be much easier.
Wait, perhaps the Assassin class skill tree has that?
Since I didn\'t check the Assassin class skill tree in the past timeline that much, I have limited info on whether the class has the ability available for purchase. If so, it would be really helpful.
But my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined finding out the Assassin class does not have that ability. Most of their skills and passives involve doing attacks that deal with critical damage, weakness spotter, and other stuff that would definitely help in an assassination job but because I don\'t have any need to get them, it\'s useless. I just closed it since it doesn\'t have anything that would help me track the guy down. I will have to rely on my own eyes and instincts who is the main target.
There are plenty of people on the road where the target is currently walking into. They are also plenty of potential candidates but it\'s hard to pinpoint who it was so I have to remain vigilant before I miss the main target. I am mainly looking at suspicious-looking guys and some other ruffian-looking guys who seem more likely to cause trouble. But all of that was immediately broken.
As I was trailing on the target, the tracker turned to the left allowing me to immediately knew who it was. At first, I thought my target is a man, but it turns out, it was a woman. I can\'t be wrong about it since the only person who turned to go to the left is only a woman. She stopped at a store on the left and the marker also stopped which made me 100% sure that my target is that woman.
"And to think that I thought a target is a man, That innocent-looking face of the target was true quite a big facade. If not for the tracker, I would have lost the target for assassination already especially since the target doesn\'t look like a person who will hurt a fly or a mosquito."
She stayed there for a few minutes before she came out carrying a basket of fruits of vegetables. She really did look like an ordinary villager. I doubled check in case I was wrong and killing someone who doesn\'t have any affiliation to the quest would be really troublesome even if it was a game. They don\'t revive after all.
But the target is her. She isn\'t a normal NPC, she is an enemy and if not killed, the revival of Cath Palug and the hellish raid will commence. I will have to prevent that at all costs.
While she continued walking she soon arrived in a dark alley and she stopped.
"Come out little rat. I know you are following me. Quit hiding and face me directly and tell me what do you want?"