Fear

"Boom!" the sound of a small explosion was heard as six men in black who had their face covered fell from a huge hole in the roof, dust clouded their field of vision as they struggled to regain their balance, looking up to the blurry outline of what seemed to be a human, the bandits felt a chill run down their spine.

"Come on fight me like a man, don't you have any honor" said one of the men in black, he had only one arm and held a long spear that seemed that seemed to glow in the moonlight, but his rambling was for naught as his voice was met with the silent of the night.

"Whoosh" the sound of a something flying through the air sounded out, followed by the short grunt of a teammate who had a bow in hand, as he fell lifelessly to the ground with a thud, "5 left" the deep voice of a man could be heard as it echoed throughout the entire room, making all the bandits tremble in fear, it was impossible to find out where the sound was coming from as it seemed to be coming from all directions.

This was how it had been for the past few hours, they were 14 of them when they came here, hired by an anonymous client they expected this to be an easy job, as the target was an 18 year old brat and his family, but things where not what they had expected as they couldn't even find their target.

Where are you one of the remaining bandits yelled as he looked around, the rest of them where all close combat fighters, as the few people among them who could use a bow were all dead "come out and fight," the man with a spear shouted, after sometime his plea seemed to have been heard as a shadow jumped down from the roof, landing in the middle of the masked men with a "BAM!" dust spread across the room as the shadow looked around.

Seeing this the bandits where filled with glee as the grim reaper had finally shown himself and he seemed to be unarmed, but all of them stayed put looking at each other to see who would attack first, an impatient man with twin daggers seemed to have had enough as he rushed forward slashing at the shadow "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" his dagger made a whoosh sound, both his attacks where easily dodged.

Suddenly the speed of the shadow increased as he instantaneously moved behind him with complicated footwork, and with a solid hit to his neck the bandit was done for, "4 left," said an emotionless voice, seeing their comrade die the other bandits snapped out of their daze as they moved into action.

They were now four men moving towards that shadow, one holding a spear, 2 with short blades and another with a saber, looking at the four men coming at him from all four angles the shadow silently picked up the twin daggers previously used by the man he had just killed.

The man with a spear was the first to reach him and with a force many would find overwhelming he stabbed at the shadow, his spear making a whoosh sound as it tore through the air, but the shadow could never be underestimated, with a duck the shadow dodged the attack as it went for the man's neck, he was already open as he was not fast enough to cancel his attack, and with only one arm left he wouldn't be able to block anytime soon, "shit" was the only thing the guy was able to say before he was stabbed in the neck.

By now the others had already reached him "Whoosh! Whoosh! Tang!" the shadow dodged the continuous attacks of the masked men, sometimes it would block and sometimes it would attack although he had the upper hand the shadow didn't seem satisfied as it decided make thing a little harder for the bandits.

Suddenly the attackers felt their bodies get heavier as their attacks where consuming more energy "Ahhhhhhh" one of the bandits had enough as he ran forward trying to at least injure the shadow but "slash!" with a cut to his neck he dropped to the ground.

"2 left" the voice of the shadow could be heard, hearing this the two remaining men fell into despair as they took a step back, looking at each other they decided to run away, but with a whoosh the shadow threw a dagger towards one of them ending his life, as for the other one, the shadow ran towards him.

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With a boom the body of a man in black could be seen falling lifelessly to the ground, Jason could be seen staring down at him with calm eyes, at the other side of the room his sister laid in Dalia's arm as she seemed to be unconscious, walking into the room and up to his little sister Jason picked her up as he laid her down on the chair to rest.

He couldn't remember how many times he had been through this, different bad guys and scenarios but they all involved his worst fears, he was forced to make hard and logical decisions and after the first few failures he had at the beginning he kind of got the hang of it.

With a whoosh the people and objects around him scattered into dust as the illusion came to an end as a voice was heard "you seem to have gotten the hang of this, you learn pretty quickly" saying this the ancient man as he looked towards Jason with his blood red eyes "it's time to receive another part of your inheritance.

Jason who had already been through this said "ok let get this over with" with a "bang!" black chains sprouted from the ground as they constrained him.

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Waking up, Jason slowly looked at his clock to check the time, it was already 5:43 am, as Jason stood up from his bed his first instinct was to go downstairs to check on his mom and sister, but he held himself back, as he just had a breakthrough he still felt full of strength.

He felt like he had the power to lift a building, thinking back to his time in the red dimension Jason was in a good mood as he had overcome his fears, or rather he had learned to live with it.

He had been in the red dimension for at least a few days, and just a few hours had past outside, wanting to check his progress Jason called out stats, but he was surprised as a few word appeared in his mind.

{System update in progress 3 hours until completion}

Seeing this Jason was surprised, "system update?" He remembered getting a notification like in the hunting dimension, letting out a breath Jason got up as he couldn't sleep anymore.

Walking into his bathroom Jason took his walked up to his table as he stared at the mirror, "I've gotten taller" he thought in his heart, as he was staring at himself his eyes suddenly glanced on the glowing grass tube on his table, picking it up Jason was at a loss of what to do with it, he wanted to sell it but he didn't know who to sell it to or weather the original owner would trace it back to him, "I'll ask Uche" he thought to himself, walking towards the living room, Jason went into the kitchen as he had decided to cook.

Opening the fridge and looking at the ingredients available Jason decided to go with egg wraps, as his hands moved around the kitchen, Jason was naturally good at cooking as he was thought at a young age by him mom, as for his dad Jason had never met the guy as he went missing before he was born.

Having done this Jason set up the table, "why are you up so early," said a sleepy voice, looking towards the direction of the sound Jason who had an expressionless face all morning gave his mom a heartwarming smile, walking up to her Jason led her to the table as he as he looked at the time.

Its 7:00am, the sound of footsteps came from the stares as Anna could be seen with her uniform "whoa what smells so good," looking towards the table Anna had stars in her eyes as she ran to the table "mom you egg wraps," looking towards Jason who was looking towards the both of them with a gentle smile Dalia said "no honey, your brother made it."

The family of three ate happily, as Jason got up to get ready for school, his mom had a day off from work today so she would be staying at home, walking out with Anna Jason got on his bike as they drove off, looking at Jason who was walking away Dalia sighed as she thought at heart "he getting more mature."

Dropping Anna off at school Jason waved her goodbye as he drove off, Jason wasn't in a hurry this time as he still had plenty of time, first he went to the nearest food truck and got takeout's stopping in front of a beggar that was always at the side of the street Jason yelled "hey old man."

Looking at the direction Jason yelled at you could see a man in dirty ragged clothes as he leaned against a wall, his beard long and messy as he held what seemed to be alcohol placed in a small black bottle.

But Jason didn't seem to be bothered by that, he had always known this guy since he was in middle school, the old man had helped him out before when he was still in middle school, and was still getting bullied, at that time he had not started his training and had little knowledge about fighting.

"You finally remembered to come visit me kiddo," said the old man with a smile, "what have you been up to this past few days," looking towards the old man Jason replied as he sat down next to him, "oh nothing much, I've just been busy, and I became a genetic warrior," taking a sip from his bottle the old man said with surprise.

"Ohh that's new, what level are you now," lifting the paper bag he brought with him Jason said, "don't you want to eat something first, you're always drinking that wine of yours, I'm telling you, your goanna kick the bucket old man," with a short laugh the old guy said "ok kiddo, you're the boss," nodding head Jason gave the old man the a hamburger and a bottle of water, "I forgot to bring food from home so I just got it along the way."

The people passing by would look at Jason with confusion or worry as they noticed him sitting with a beggar that seemed to be partly drunk, after the beggar was done with his food he said to Jason "thanks kid, that was good want a sip of my wine," as if being used to the question Jason just smiled as he got up and walked towards his bike, "no thanks old man, I got a job as a bodyguard at school so I can't be late," saying this he walked towards his bike with a smile, he was smiling because he just got a system notification.

{System update complete.}