15 Chapter 16: Bluff

'The weather is fuking good.'

A veteran Thief, 35 year old Zhao jin looked at the blue sky while lying flat on the ground.

'Damn. To have suffered a complete defeat from those Chu Palace.'

He touched his hard chin and frowned.

A long and terrible blade scar below his left eye.

'If that blade was any closer, I would have died, alas all I have as a memory is this scar.' He grits his teeth while thinking.

'Bastards from the Chu palace....Why did they have to join the dealing of our Veil city's underworld.' His brows scrunched together in anger.

'I will certainly take my revenge, you dare destroy Eagle gang.'

Zhao jin, who came from Veil city's territories located within the south of Setaroth. Forced into an absolute defeat at the battle against Chu palace last night. And because of that, he and his fellow gang members could only flee to the south of the city. When he thought of all that was lost, he became angry.

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'Huh?'

He heard a strange sound.

Sweeee.

The sound of something sharp splitting through the sky.

Zhao raised his head while still lying on the ground.

"Ugh!"

At that precise moment, his eyes widen in disbelief as if it were about to pop out. The black arrows covered the blue sky.

"Damn!"He grabbed his shield to cover his body while he crouched behind it.

"It's the enemy! Bloody Chu!!! I'll f*ck your ancestors!" He roared in frustration.

Sounds of abrupt rousing was heard everywhere. However, the actions of Him men who just woke up from their dreams were sluggish.

choot, choot, choot, choot!

The rain of arrows drenches the ground.

"ugh!!!!"

"Arrgh." several screams rolled across the valley.

The rain of arrows continued once more.

And after that, Footsteps could be heard

"""""Haaaaa!!!!""""As he glanced his head over his shield, he glimpsed the incoming charge of the Chu clansmen.

"Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"Zhao jin yelled with all of his strength, but the bandits couldn't think straight.

'Damn! For us to suffer from a surprise attack instead!'

Zhao jin could only clench his teeth, and unsheathed his well polished war sword.

"Bring it! You filthy Bastards! I will show you the true strength of my Eagle gang!"

"Ugh!"

Zhao jin slashed his war sword towards a Chu clansman who was passing next to him.

Swish.

His sword slices him, cleaving it into two parts.

Heeng!

The Man whose fierce charge was ended shortly and as he tumbled to the ground.

Dead!

Zhao jin leapt through the scattered dust cloud, charging towards the other dazed chu man in front.

"Die!"

The tip of his war sword slashed down through the air.

"Kugh."

The chu man couldn't even evade it and just closed his eyes firmly.

Then, a spear appeared – passing through the dust.

Kang!

A clear sound of jarred metal against metal.

The war sword bounces off; after it is deflected by a spear.

"Kugh."

Zhao jin clenched his teeth, and turned his head towards the owner of that spear.

A childish face and a mildly short physique.

At least, for Zhao jin, he seemed to be but only a novice.

"A fucking child dares to interfere!"

He spun his war sword and slashed it down fiercely.

At that moment, the spear which was placed firmly bends like a stream of water and pivots horizontally.

"Hup!"

astonished, Zhao jin gulped air at the unexpected movements while quickly raising his shield to block.

Tang!

The spear collides with the shield, and a heavy throbbing noise is heard.

The spear bounced off the shield as the teenager spins and diverts his attack to Zhao jin's back.

"Damn."

He crouched down to evade the spear.

However, the movements of the spear still continued to flow like a stream of water.

'His face is that of a young novice, but his skills are truly that of a veteran!' Zhao jin hurriedly took a breath of air, and then charged through.

'I just have to get inside his range!'

Spat!

The spear slides through after slicing Zhao jin's waist.

'Kugh.'

He felt a sharp pain, but he clenched his teeth determined to endured it.

'I just have to close the distance!'

A bold charge.

Because of that, he could close the distance but the kid was also charging forward towards him.

"Huh?" suddenly appearing in front of him.

Zhao jin became perplexed at the distance, which made it even harder to swing his war sword.

At that time, a sharp tingling feeling was felt within his chest.

He slightly glanced down to look at his left chest.

Embedded there was a short sword the size of his palm; stabbed through to the hilt.

"Fu, fuck. Impossible."

Curses coughed out.

Zhao jin raised his head in disbelief, and looked into the eyes of the spearman.That young face smiled brightly, and then turned his short sword twisting it.

Kugugu.

The sound of his rib bones grinding as his heart was torn to pieces.

"Kuaaaaaa!"

A bellow escapes out from Zhao's mouth.

The other members of the Eagle gang looked in shock. The spearman kicks Zhao jin's abdomen with his right leg.

And the short sword which was stabbed in his chest slides out as blood splatters out.

Thud!.

Zhao jin fell to the ground.

Light disappears from his eyes, and the clear blue sky slowly fades darker.

'Am I going to die?'

Then, a sharp spear flies towards his eyes.

'Fuck.'

The curse he couldn't spit out, rolls in his mouth.

Stab.

The spear missed Zhao jin's face and struck the ground. The owner of the spear, mumbled in confusion.

"To think you can still dodge." Zhao jin was also confused as his body seemed to move on his own, a warm feeling slowly surrounded his heart as his mind became clear.

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Not far away, Lu tong could be spotted, sighing in relief, "Luckily I was able to get him just as his heart was dying out... just made my work easier, now I just have to refine him later."

All through the night, he had been gathering materials to refine his first puppet. Once he was done, he decided to approach Veil city, the city of thieves. He caught one yesterday and killed him to refine, but he found out that the process works like the pet system.

The victim had to be near death, then he'll have to Create a Joruk as a form of a false heart. This also established a control over the victim and to top it off, it allows him to decide if the puppets keeps it's awareness.

Understanding all this, He could only get disappointed. but during that same night he spotted Chu palace who were engaged in battle with the Eagle gang, over territory.

The city security not only acted blind to this activity but also went out of their way to keep 'fishermen' away. Seeing as the Chu clan seemed to place some importance to this branch while going out of their way to bribe Officials, He decided to cause trouble for them. He assassinated a few Chu clansmen and made an opening for the Eagle gang to escape.

He was sure that, Chu palace would chase after them and decided to follow behind, Watching the whole thing play out, Lu tong came up with a scheme. He would first take control of the Eagle Gang by refining their Boss 'Zhao jin' , this was what led to this situation right now.

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After helping Zhao jin up, Lu tong came out of hiding with his dark blue hanfu, He approached with an amiable smile that made him look like a friendly old man.

Analyzing the spearman, his information came out.

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<Name: Chu Qing>

Age: 19

Level: LV 28

Model: Elite NPC

Class: Spearman(Intermediate)

Profession: Assassin

HP: 3500

MP: 645

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As Lu tong inspected the spearman, the latter was doing the same. due to them both being Elite NPCs, obviously because they had Silver Grade bloodlines, He felt that this old man wasn't simple. The difference between both parties was that the Spearman couldn't see Lu Tong's status or tell his skills. that's the way the NPCs were programmed, this allowed players to be able to bluff their way out of situations sometimes.

Lu tong was a bit surprised, the Spearman was a few months older than his present body and was already a warrior variant at the intermediate level. The difference in treatment was a bit too much and he couldn't help cursing at the Lu clan in his heart.

'going by this youths name, he must be a direct 'Descendant.' As Lu Tong thought of this, a cold look flashed passed his eyes.

Chu Qing ignored Zhao jin and decided to greet Lu tong, "Chu Qing greets esteemed Senior."

Lu Tong's Amicable expression didn't change as he said, "Chu Qing? Hmm from the Chu clan I see, How is Chu Yang this days?"

Chu Yang was the fourth Brother to the Chu palace patriarch and was also the most well received amongst the Clan's senior generation. This was why Lu tong chose him to use him to create a connection with Chu palace.

"Fourth Grand uncle is still in retreat" Although Chu Qing had some doubts, he chose to be cautious. Zhao jin's face paled hearing their discussion and began to signal his men to runaway.

"Ah, I just came out as well, and remembered a favor I owed a friend. I decided to fulfil his wish before I make the final push." Lu Tong spoke while stroking his, He also stared intently at Chu Qing's face with a 'Do you understand what I'm saying?' expression.

Chu Qing's face became awkward, he looked at Zhao jin and chose to retreat for now, "This junior understands".