Chapter 4. First Assassin

This is a story about myself. Nothing in this world can make me happy. Be it being rich or being poor, be it trusting someone or being trusted by someone. What makes other people happy doesn't make me happy at all.

I envy others who can get what makes them happy. As much as I try to imitate how happy they are, the more i envy them.

Right...

What makes me happy is not the same as other people in general. I wonder if it's a crime for me to live in this world when i was different from others. When other people are happy when they achieve something, I am happy when I see others fail to achieve something. I am not happy when a life is born, but I am happy when a life ends.

With such feelings, to seek the truth about the purpose of my feelings, I studied theology until I finally became a pastor in a church. But even though I was able to give a sermon on what was true, I still can't answer my own question about my feelings.

Without a doubt, I always feel happy when I see someone die. Sometimes I also feel like making someone reach death. Is this feeling a mistake? I don't know.

I can still maintain my normal life even with such feelings. A certain scripture mentions that human being is superior to angels. Why? Because even though humans know evil, it doesn't mean that humans become evil. This is different from angels, who only know goodness from birth.

Humans have evil, but can live well, so they are superior to angels, who know only goodness. Then, there are people like me who may be a crime in itself but can still endure it and live a normal life like now.

But that changed today.

A digital game provides a very realistic experience with the real world. In other words, death in the game felt like death in the real world only that death didn't actually happen. I don't know if my cravings can be satisfied with it, but I tried.

"My assassin class… spy sub class… undead race… this is enough."

Upon entering I was very surprised because as the ad says, the realistic level in this game is really something. It already looks like another world than a game world anymore.

I smiled seeing the real scene before my eyes now. I can't imagine what it would be like if I killed another player here. That's right... time to hunt.

You can't kill in the city, so I went straight out of town. Outside the city, as soon as another player leaves the city, I kill him in an instant.

The main skill of the assassin is presence concealment, making it less likely for others to see me. While the main skill of the spy is espionage which gives me an additional possibility of critical attacks when attacking the opponent without realizing it. The combination of these two skills is really effective to finish off players in an instant.

How many have I killed? How many times have I killed? I do not know. You also don't count the amount of bread you eat every morning, do you? It's the same with me now.

But...

Is death in this world the same as death in the real world?

I don't feel that way.

In this world, death meant absolutely nothing because they would come back alive in the church in the last city they were entered. It made life in this world meaningless, even to be snatched away through death.

Even though I managed to snatch it away, what I snatched was of no value. It's like a thief stealing a Zimbabwean dollar bill. Something meaningless like that was useless. Because it's useless, i hate it.

"That's right... I can kill the NPCs here." I thought.

NPCs are not like players; they will not rise again if killed. In other words, their lives are worth taking. However, I can't kill the NPCs that are in the city. The only NPC outside the city that I could take his life for was… the boss of a world dungeon that wouldn't return if killed by someone alone.

"Not bad..."

That's why I rushed to the closest world dungeon from my place. It was an undead themed world dungeon. As soon as I entered, I was greeted by countless undead heading towards me. They consist of zombies and skeletons, the same race as the one I used in this game.

"I... have nothing to do with the dead. Give me the living one!" I shouted as I dashed off all the undead in front of me.

Fighting against the undead was different from fighting other monsters. Critical attacks like hitting their heads were useless. The slashing attack with the knife I was using only did very little damage. But even though it was small, because I did it many times, I quickly managed to finish them off.

I leveled up to level fifty after hunting players, and now after hunting the undead in this dungeon I reached level sixty. I level up faster by killing players huh...

I picked up three skills in preparation for this dungeon boss. The first skill is battle continuation which allows me to stay alive with 1 HP when receiving fatal damage. The second skill is Skada which increases my speed. The third skill is self-modification which adds damage from critical attacks.

I'm not a gamer personally, but this time... I'll do whatever it takes to kill the boss of this dungeon and the other dungeons I'll be in.

Then, somehow since when, the dungeon boss was standing in front of me. The boss is shaped like a human but with wings like a bird and carries a sickle up to three meters long.

I want to kill him.

I will kill him.

I will definitely kill him.

I smile. This would be the first truly life-threatening murder I've ever done. This will be my debut as a real murderer!!

I immediately accelerated towards that person. That guy took my attack with his scythe. I backed away as soon as I saw him do that. I quickly circled around him and attacked him from behind which he shouldn't be able to see, but he blocked my attack with his scythe again.

Good. Keep on fighting for your life! The more you are determined to live, the more meaningful your life to be snatched away! I'll take your life that you keep trying to hold on to.

I immediately jumped up, past a few feet above the person. My jump was twice as high as my jump record in the real world for reaching six meters. While in the air, I threw down some throwing knives I had bought in town. The blades hit the person's skin and seemed to have reduced his HP to ninety-nine percent.

I'm still not done there.

"Skada!!"

I accelerated my speed again with the active skill I just picked up. It actually got me really fast because I immediately raised it to level ten. Even though I can only use it for a minute, my speed can't be matched by his speed. As proof, some of my attacks actually managed to enter and injure him. When the skill duration ends, I wait until I can use it again and when time comes, I use it again without doubt.

It took two hours, but eventually his HP had reached sixty percent. But his attacks now begin. He spread his wings, then he threw bird feathers on his wings to attack me.

The attack I tried to dodge everything by retreating while zigzagging. I headed behind one of the pillars in the room to dodge the attack. But before I could hide behind the pillar I was aiming for, a feather from its wings hit my leg.

At first, I didn't really care about the feather because it's just scratching my leg the damage wouldn't be big in my opinion, but I was wrong. A single scratch of the feather gave me a bad status. A bad status I want to give people, an instant death.

"Ugh!!"

I vomited blood. Like this game is so real, the blood that is spewed out really looks real.

Aaah...

So this is what you call death?

I never knew that dying was like this. It was painful but there was a sense of relief that rose from the bottom of my heart. Is this how the dead in the real-world feel too?

Aaah....

It really is an amazing taste. After tasting such an amazing taste like this, I can't help but want to share it.

That's why I stood up, rose from my death with the battle continuation skill, and stared at the person who looked like an angel in front.

I can feel it. I could feel that I was smiling after tasting that death. I'll spread the taste of that death, even if it's only for those who are called monsters in this world.

"Bare thy neck." I said.

It took more than five hours, but I managed to kill the guy. It turned out that the person was named Azrael, the angel of death. Unfortunately, I was given the opportunity to kill an angel. No, could this be a fortune?

I who seek happiness by seeing the death of others kill the angel who brings death. If this was the real world, then this kind of thing would be impossible to do. Humans managed to defeat and even kill angels was impossible.

Even so, I will continue to do what I did here.

I saw what I got from people-no, that monster. I'm sure whatever I get will definitely be useful for my next assassination. Although this is a little strange coming out of the mouth of a thirty-five-year-old man, but I'm happy with this development.

The first thing I got was an additional sub class called King. Only by killing can we call ourselves kings? That's really laughable. The sub-class comes with two other skills, Charisma and Imperial Privilege.

The second thing I got was a skill called Azrael. This skill makes me invulnerable to the effects of instant death, strengthens other skills related to death and assigns a death factor to other skills. Because of this skill, the battle continuation skill turned into a skill called Death Abyss. In addition, the Charisma skill I got from the King sub class turned into a skill called Bell of Dawn.

The third thing I got was a skill called Protection of Faith. As the name suggests, this skill comes from holding on to beliefs. It's ridiculous because I who wanted to kill these people should be the last person to be seen as holding to the belief.

The last thing I got was a cloak that the monster had dropped. The cloak gave me additional existence concealment that stacked with my skill, Presence Concealment. With this thing alone, I can more easily kill people. I wanted to take a closer look at the expressions of the people I was about to kill when I suddenly appeared behind them after hiding.

"Good... now I'll take all the necks of a monster like him."

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𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘰?

𝘖𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥! 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩.

𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦? 𝘞𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸

𝘞𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸

𝘞𝘸𝘸

𝘸𝘸𝘸

𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯!

𝘞𝘞𝘞𝘞 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘶𝘩

𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵! 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭!

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴!

𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦!

𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵!

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦!