8 Sudden change

'Yes, I definitely want to buy that skill!'

Ding*

Skill has been bought.

You will now be able to see probabilities.

Probability of surviving the next ten days: 11%

When Mike opened his eyes, Leonard's concerned face was in front of him.

It took Mike a few seconds to sit up. He felt as if a truck had run him over.

"How long was it?" he asked.

"About half an hour. Did you see Sonas again?" Leonard asked.

"Yes... but this time I was invited to see him," Mike said.

Leonard looked at him for a long time without saying anything. "Well, then it was the right decision to get you away from the church."

Leonard covered his eyes with both hands.

"What are you talking about?" Mike asked.

"I couldn't tell you when we were still in church, but pope Lucas told us that the other churches are already on their way. The man that we found hiding in one of the disciple's cabins was definitely a spy," Leonard said.

"So we are running away from them?" Mike couldn't believe it.

'How did everything changes so suddenly? Weren't we hunting to level up? What is going on?'

"Yes, even on its prime, the church of Sonas couldn't fight one of the other churches. There is no way a tiny groop like us could fight them all. The only thing we could do was giving you enough time to flee. You are the one who was chosen by Sonas, so we believe in you," Leonard said while touching his neck with two fingers and closing his eyes.

"Are you praying?" Mike asked, but Leonard didn't answer.

'So that is why my chance of surviving the next few days is so low... goddamnit, shouldn't my luck be better now?'

When mike looked up to Leonard, a window appeared over Leonard's head.

Probability of surviving the next ten days: 0,2%

"You are going to die..." Mike's voice sounded weak.

"Yes," Leonard answered, finally looking up as well. His eyes were bloodshot, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"But why are we running then?" Mike asked.

'Leonard was the only one I somewhat got along with. Why does he have to die now?'

"Someone is following us... You are the one who needs to survive, so I will try to give you the chance that you need.

I was ready to die for Sonas, that's why I became priest, but I didn't think that death would come so soon," Leonard shook his head and stood up. When he looked back down on Mike, his face showed nothing but determination.

"I have a skill that is called shadow puppet. I can create a human-like puppet that can help me fight. With that, I will make it look like we both were killed so that you can escape safely.

After you exit the forest, you need to find a big city, there you will surely find one of the undercover followers of Sonas. I wish you luck."

With these words, Leonard turned around and ran in the direction that they had come from.

'Thank you,' Mike thought.

Two hooded figures sneaked through the dense forest, both with knives in hand. Without even giving a signal, both hid behind separate trees.

After a few minutes, faint footsteps could be heard on the dry leaves.

"Ah, so you finally realised..." the unknown voice was deep and confident.

"You are funny people, always relying on your luck as if luck could win against actual power," the man laughed.

"You can come out now, you know?" the man said, still walking towards the trees.

'To think that I am not even strong enough to hide from him for a few seconds. It's kind of sad,' Leonard thought.

He jumped out of his cover to hit the newcomer with his knife, but nobody was there.

"To think that I had to follow such weaklings, what a waste. I wanted to kill this bastard Lucas with my own hands... Well, I guess I will have to live this moment to the fullest. Isn't that what you guys always say?"

Out of nowhere, a golden glowing fist appeared. Leonard could only just evade it, but he fell down.

"Wow, you were lucky enough to evade once... Let us make a bet. If you can survive five minutes, I will stop following you. What do you think?"

Leonard jumped on his feet. "And why would we trust the word of someone like you?"

The invisible man laughed. "You don't trust me? How sad... No, wait, I know a way:

I, Oleon, swear by the name of Cogadh that I will let those bugs leave if they can survive for five minutes.

What do you think now?"

Ding*

Oath of Cogadh:

If you survive the next five minutes, you can not be killed by Oleon.

Do you accept?

-Yes

-No

'Of course it would be one of those war maniacs... f*ck!'

Ding*

5:00

4:59

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The shadow puppet jumped towards where the fist had appeared and struck out with his knife, but he hit nothing but the air.

The glowing fist manifested behind him and struck out.

But as it could hit, the shadow puppet suddenly exploded into blood and bones.

Oleon could now be seen because red blood covered his entire body.

"Hoho, he sacrificed himself so that you could live... interesting, but you won't be able to survive even if you can see me," Oleon said. "But now I am all dirty, and that's not something I take lightly."

The man rushed towards Leonard and threw a punch at him that he could only barely evade. But the next punch followed and hit Leonard right in the stomach. He could hear his own bones breaking.

"Oh, and there was still so much time left."

4:03

4:02

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"Too bad, but since you made me all dirty, you have to be punished."

The huge man picked Leonard up and slowly started to twist his hip.

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