The Blow of the Thieves [2]

Although I never knew him when I saw his face completely, he obviously knew me. He was staring at me with a huge devilish grin on his face.

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"It's been a long time, right ...?"

I placed the ax behind my head and immediately started talking.

"Huh ...?! Who are you?" I asked him.

Even when the man in the dark black hoodie unfurled his hood I could not use my ability to examine it. He put his hand to his mouth and started to giggle.

"Kuhuhuhu..."

"Right... I think it's the first time we're meeting you, right?" The man kept talking as if he knew everything.

"My name. Rudolf Hashinn. How should I address you." The man asked.

Raising the ax slowly from my head, I returned to the combat position. I started talking with my eyes narrowing.

"Someone who is going to die now doesn't need to hear my name, right?" I said while grinning with a corner of my mouth.

He started laughing with me at Rudolf. Unlike me, he did not hold back by laughing more violently.

I waved the ax one turn in my hands and jumped towards Rudolf. Although I swing the ax really well, Rudolf dodged every attack as if it were too easy. That grin he made with each jump caused a large vein to swell in the corner of my forehead.

While swinging the ax while I kicked him, luckily I was able to touch it even if it was small. This time Rudolf took a few steps back. As he looked at him, he began to clean the dust on his trousers with the back of his hand.

"I ripped cheap, right ...?" But the demeanor on his face had not changed even a gram. Right after I cleaned it, he looked at my face and continued to speak.

"Now is my turn." He said, grinning with the corner of his mouth.

It was suddenly blurring in front of my eyes. Looking around in astonishment, I was wondering where he might attack. I felt something behind my back as I held the ax closer to myself.

Just then, blood started to gush out of my mouth. As I lean my head forward and stare. I saw a hand stick out of my chest. While my eyes were getting blurry, I saw at the last minute that the hands were covered with blood.

When his hands slipped off my chest, I fell to the ground. I was losing consciousness. The only thing I saw on the floor were the notification panels.

<Severely Damaged!>

<You have received life-threatening damage, Mandatory Treatment will be attempted.>

<Failed!>

<Forced Treatment Will Try To Be Applied Again.>

<Failed!>

<...>

Hundreds of repetitive notification sounds echoed in my head. I could not even speak enough to keep him silent.

<Your health is seriously decreasing. Estimated survival time: 1 Minute!>

<HP:> 47/100

I'm dying huh...? I started muttering. Where I'm dizzy The driver of the car was beheaded. His closed eyes and severed head were staring at me. Behind him, Rudolf was approaching the car door.

When he got to the door, he reached for the door. The creak of the door was even coming to me who was dying. As the door opened, a beam of white light from inside the car hit Rudolf through the door.

Rudolf could not react to the magic, unaware that this would happen. Rudolf had been dragged back several meters in front of the spell and was on one knee.

After the door, holding one hand on her chest, the little girl was trying to get out. Blood was flowing from his mouth due to his severe wound.

Rudolf was stunned for a few minutes by the magic effect. The little girl was trying to approach me with her last strength. The steps he took were so soft and difficult that if anyone at his age was injured like this, it would be impossible for him to live.

Halfway down the road, liters of blood gushed from the little girl's mouth, and she reluctantly dropped herself to the ground. she started coughing... At that time, all I could do was watch her before she died. I had less than about 30 seconds.

The girl was trying to get closer to me. But it was too late now. Rudolf was now freed from the spell effect. He was approaching the Girl, creating a purple flame in his hand. I wanted to talk. I wanted to shout, but even blinking was very difficult for me.

Her knees were splintering as the girl crawled closer. Her knees were stripped from friction every time he tried to crawl. Rudolf was now a few steps from the girl. Rudolf's face was sarcastic.

The little girl closed her eyes and started muttering a few words.

With her eyes closed, the little girl said, "God, Give Your Mercy to Me, Give Your Defense to My Enemies," and white lights began to shine around her.

Following her words, rays of white light began to appear around Rudolf. Multiple beams of white light were beginning to block Rudolf. Rudolf did her best to keep the girl from reaching me, but he was unable to get past the white rays of light that were blocking him.

By the time I approached my last seconds, the girl was already with me. She put her hand on my face as my eyes were on the verge of closing. When I looked at your face with my last strength, the lights started to shine through

I closed my eyes completely and lost consciousness.

...

"I'm dead again huh?" I couldn't help thinking.

It wasn't nice to die from my first day. A small voice echoed in my mind as I started to think about where the angels were.

"Looks like you're fine." Said the voice in my head.

Huh ...?! That sound ...?! The voice I heard was that girl's voice that I heard in my memories. But there was only a slightly smaller tone of voice.

"Who are you?" I said immediately.

The girl kept silent for a short time, then continued her speech with a slight grin.

"Don't worry, we will meet more with you from now on. You and I are one from now on." Said the little girl, grinning at slight intervals.

What did he mean by saying we are a whole? I was in the bedroom at home when I opened my eyes. Somehow I managed to get home and didn't die. I immediately remembered that my chest was pierced with one hand, so I wanted to check it out.

When I tried to feel the hole it was completely closed. There was not even a trace of a puncture on my chest. Without delay, I started to hear the little girl's voice again in my mind.

"Don't worry… while I was integrating with you, you got home without any problems. Nobody suspected." Said the little girl.

"Hey little lady. Isn't it time to tell you what happened here?" I said in a somewhat rude voice.

I felt inside my head as if someone was breathing into the microphone. Honestly, what I really felt was like part of the little girl's soul...

"First of all. My name is Laria, I don't have a surname so I don't know. Only thing I knew was that I couldn't die, and every time I died, I went back to the past. So that's the case." Laria said, trying to shrug it off a little.

I immediately started asking all the questions I had in mind.

"Who was that man? Why was he so strong and why was he targeting me?" I asked Laria in a curious tone.

Of course, Laria responded without delay, even with a little giggle.

"You don't have to worry about that idiot. It won't bother us for a long time." He said while trying not to laugh.

Indeed, what the man said was contradicting my mind... It looked as if he knew everything. He said that if I trust Laria he wouldn't bother for a long time. I can't remember anything what happened...

<Mission Failed>

<You Didn't Beat 3 Thieves Who Try To Rob You. The only thing stolen was your life!>

Even the system was making fun of me. So will I be really good? Really, won't it bother for a long time? I need to get stronger. In such a situation, I cannot think of taking over the family ...

"Laria, I sometimes see memories of a few past. Can you explain them to me?" I tried to ask Laria about the memory I saw last time.

"Hmm ... Alright." She said in a somewhat happy voice.

"What you saw were actually messages that I placed in the body in the past. I don't know how much you have seen, but you have to decipher a code while completing all the messages ... I can only tell you these. Otherwise, the excitement of the others will escape. You have to find it yourself." Laria said this with a bit of sarcasm and giggling.

Actually, he was right. Nothing makes sense if I get everything for free. That's why I have to get stronger. Enough to protect the family. I have to be strong enough to protect myself. No. just not that. I must grow stronger for revenge.

Some evil thoughts filled my mind. Because I really wanted to crush that guy. He was strong and I envy him for being strong.

As I got ready to get out of bed, I heard a click on the door several times. The voice from across the door was the voice of the little sister.

When I told her to come in, she slowly opened the door and went inside. Her face was covered with some anxiety. She approached me and took a quick hug.

"Yesterday you were so weird. I was very worried about you." Lizz said with a tearful face.

I bowed slightly and stroked his head. I had a sincere smile on my face. With my right hand, I wiped the tears running from Lizz's eyes.

"Don't worry little princess. I was just so tired yesterday." I said, wiping Lizz's tears with a smiling face attitude.

Lizz began to hug herself tightly again. If his age and strength were a little older, I would probably start drowning when he hugged and squeezed me.

I had no siblings before I came to this world. I was an only child. Actually, I could not say that I liked children very much. But Lizz. You made me break these thoughts. You little witch. I thought with a smile.

"The maids would tell, but I wanted to. Breakfast is being prepared, you should come downstairs soon." Lizz said with her smiling sweet face.

After nodding my head, I was watching Lizz leave the room at one end of the bed. I was in front of the mirror as I left that room. When I examined my body, there really wasn't a single trace.

"Hey, I want to ask something. There is something inside your body that I can feel but not understand. What is this?" Laria asked curiously.

"What does that mean...? It was Laria who brought me into this world. Didn't she give me the system?" I started thinking.

"I don't know. There is nothing else in me that I can feel other than your presence." I tried to avoid the questions he asked.

For a while I started thinking that I should keep this secret. I might consider talking when I get more information about the system.

After fully confirming that I have integrated with Laria, I called the user interface in front of my eyes when I wanted to check if there was any change in my statistics.

<User Statistics>

<Name / Surname:> Ashford El Clifford

<HP:> 100/100

<Mana:> 100/100

<Age:> 21

<Level:> 2

<XP:> 0/250

<Abilities:> Sword Mastery [Not learned!]

<Power:> 10

<Durability> 10

<Agility> 10

<Defense> 10

<Intelligence> 10

<Experience Points Distributable: 10>

<Inspection Ability> <Level: 1

The user can analyze anything he wants and get detailed information about what he wants. If the value / level of the thing to be examined is too high, nothing will be shown.

<Sword Mastery> <Level: 1>

The user can learn the Art of Sword, the 3rd Artifact of the El Clifford family passed down from generation to generation.

<Detection Ability> <Level: 1>

The user can detect the presence of malicious people, unannounced stealth attacks or liars.

<Natural Mana Meditation> <Level: 1>

<The User Can Strengthen and Improve His Mana by Practicing Mana Meditation.>

<Spirit Hunter> <Level: 1>

??? <A talent whose description is hidden! With a task you can get its description!>

Huh ...? I leveled up. What mission did I complete so that I leveled up? And Secret talent ...? I was clearly surprised when I reviewed my user statistics. I had 10 points that could be distributed.

I have to think carefully. If I am going to be in a difficult situation again, I need Strength and Agility and Stamina and Defense.

After thinking for a while, I made up my mind. I distributed as <Strength: 4> <Agility: 2> <Stamina: 2> <Defense: 2>. As I was distributing all my points, I felt my full strength really increased.

Now only more systems are completing their tasks. I had to be a strong person. I have no intention of giving up or dying again...

I will be strong. I will be stronger than anyone else...