BXBX NOVEL Chapter 137: Assimilation (8)
Odin was usually the one on the receiving end. The baby wolf would always snatch the attention of ladies with his silver fur and adorable nuzzle, which Ender would then use to call him pathetic.
Today, Ender was the pathetic one for the same reason Odin couldn't go against the attention of others—he was so young!
After not finding his companions anywhere in Viktor's workplace, Jake turned on his minimap and left the house. He strolled to his summons' location, only to find them held down by the high-level assassin.
Odin was pushed against the ground while the adult man's hand was enough to become a prison for Ender.
Jake didn't make anything rash.
He stared at the man.
The assassin was cloaked in a black mantle.
Half of his face was behind the black bandanna.
He said, "I've been waiting for you."
"I thought so," Jake replied.
Jake's attitude was odd for someone whose companions were in a pinch. His voice was emotionless, and he gazed at the man as though nothing happening at the moment mattered.
Odin and Ender, however, could tell that Jake was worried about them and that his heart was like a kettle boiling with anger toward the assassin.
"Hah!" The assassin laughed, "You recall my voice, don't you?"
"Of course I do," Jake nodded, "Law be damned, right?"
"Yeah," Law be damned nodded. His nickname was different as he had come to Jake's side with his first character, whose level was so high that Jake could only dream of defeating him. "Those pets aren't normal. You can summon them, and their existence is enough to wake up the legendary boss! I want them!"
"You think I will say yes and hand them in to you?" Jake asked. "Hey, Ender, Odin! Attack him!"
Though these two may have been trapped, Odin could use his tail to attack the assassin, and Ender could peck on the assassin's fingers. They did absolutely no damage to him.
"You seem not to understand the gravity of your situation," Law be damned said. He was sneering behind his bandanna and was happy to tell Jake that there was nothing he couldn't do to him.
Law be damned could zero Jake's level.
He could prevent Jake from leaving The Warmonger Empire's capital, Last Night.
He was the assassin with so much level and experience that the soldiers couldn't protect Jake in time.
Jake laughed aloud, "Haha! So you will give up on everything you've done until now to focus on me? You gonna ignore the fact that I can make a second character and have fun in the game somewhere different while you camp here in The Warmonger Empire to kill me again?"
"You really have no sense of what high-level players can do," Law be damned said. "Those idiots from the alliance haven't sent their highest-level players at you yet. But we can mark as many players as we want and keep tabs on them from anywhere. Your seemingly clever plan to have a second character to discourage me is pointless. I will always know whenever you log in with your first character.
I will always know your location. You're so done."
Jake burst out laughing!
His reaction surprised Law be damned.
He didn't let anything show on his face, though.
It was so easy with the bandanna over his face.
Jake calmed himself down.
That was when Odin and Ender disappeared.
Their five-minute cooldown ended.
These two had entered the battle after all.
Jake raised his chin and said, "I'm so done until I give you my pets, right? Then you will happily let me go, yeah? But you idiot have just said that the alliance hasn't sent their best assassins to me yet! One assassin more doesn't matter to me at all! So come at me, Law be damned! Come and kill me with your highest-level character!
"That's all you can do! You have no chance against me when we're on the equal ground! Or maybe we're not meant to be on the same ground at all since I have my precious comrades!"
"Exactly!" Law be damned shouted, "You're nothing without those pets! Your archery is nothing without them!"
"Idiot," Jake drawled. "My archery enables me, and so it enables my pets. It's the bow and the arrow that awakened Cerberus! It all began from the moment I picked up a bow and an arrow! Everything is shaped after that resolution to prove others wrong about the archery! And my archery isn't my skills nor my forms.
I've come to understand it recently! My archery is the path that will make me and others awaken their talents with bows and arrows! I will turn that into the foundation of archery! The archery will make others loyal and true to themselves!"
Jake stepped forward and walked to the assassin with no fear whatsoever.
He stood so close to him that he could kiss him at any moment.
Jake sneered, "You lost to me twice now, Law be damned."
"You will regret everything you've said just now," Law be damned replied.
"You see, I wield a bow, so others bow before me, not the other way around," Jake smiled.
"Such a terrible wordplay," Law be damned said.
He then killed Jake in one move, as expected of a high-level player.
A moment later, an arrow pierced through Law be damned's chest.
He died.
Coming out from the shadows side by side, Viktor and Aaron came closer to the death scene. Stay updated with NovelFire|le|mp|y|r.
Master Aaron caressed his long beard, "He dropped a mantle… I'll see to it."
Viktor lowered his bow.
A faint smile spread on his face.
Aaron didn't notice it as he leaned down to pick Law be damned's loot.
Jake hadn't dropped anything, as he wore casual clothes, and his inventory was empty. He didn't leave Viktor's workplace with anything significant because he had a bounty on his head.
Aaron asked while checking the mantle's stats. "Yer could have killed him before he got Jake's head."
"I didn't want Jake to know," Viktor replied.
"Tsundere! Haha!" Aaron laughed.
Viktor's countenance returned to his usual, pissed face. He turned around and left the scene.
"Don't leave me alone, yer bastard! What if the assassin has friends?!" Aaron shouted as he ran after Viktor's shadow.
Viktor casually shrugged, "You wouldn't die so easily."