Two Ton of Gold

Kai tilted his neck to the right, his grip firm on the Assassin's neck. Kai gazes at Shaun the Assassin. "Shaun! My offer still stands, but not for long."

As Kai was speaking, the Assassin, whose neck was in Kai's grip, tried to make his move. He pulled out a small dagger from his left hand and tried to stab Kai.

Before his dagger could even touch Kai's armor, he felt an enormous amount of pain surging through his body. Kai gazes back at the Assassin, "Look down," Kai says. 

As Kai said, he released the Assassin's neck. The Assassin, overwhelmed by pain, took a few steps back and looked down. He saw the Eternal Blade pierced through his guts and hanging in his belly. The pain overwhelmed the Assassin. He fell on his knees.

"C...Curse..You.." The Assassin said before collapsing on the ground.

Kai smirked after hearing the Assassin's last words. He moved towards the Assassin's corpse. Kai grasped the hilt of the Eternal Blade and ruthlessly pulled it out of the Assassin's corpse. The Eternal Blade was thoroughly in blood, and its symbols were not visible.

All the Assassins cast a spell together, "Phantom Shade!" As they cast a spell, all of them became invisible.

"What will he do now," Aiden said mockingly. He and everyone else watched everything from a distance.

Luna responded with a giggle, "You're forgetting something. Kai is immune to any kind of magic." Lina continued, "Kai can see every one of them."

Aiden then gazes at Kai. He could only see Kai standing there. Kai brings the Eternal Blade closed to his mouth, "Do what you have to do!"

Kai commanded the Eternal Blade, and the Eternal Blade responded by glowing its symbol in blue color. Kai then released the Eternal Blade from his hand, making it float in the air.

The Eternal Blade flew to the right while Kai turned to the left. "Shaun! My offer closes soon." Kai said in a high tone.

The Eternal Blade strikes down one of the Assassins, "11!" Kai shouted. With each strike, the Eternal Blade gave Kai reduce a number. "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2"

The Eternal Blade had struck down every single Assassin, leaving only Shaun. The Eternal Blade flew towards Kai, pointing its tip over Kai's shoulder. "You don't have the guts to kill me, Shaun," Kai stated.

As Kai said, Shaun became visible. He was standing behind Kai. Shaun had put his sword on Kai's throat, but his hands were shaking. He was afraid The Eternal Blade tip was hovering before Shaun's hidden face, waiting for Kai's command.

Kai used his left hand to grab Shaun's sword. Shaun also willingly let go of his sword. Kai then turned around and said, "Tell me, Shaun. Who sent you here?"

"I..I...I don't know!" Shaun continued, "I..I was told that we are hired to get the gold you are carrying with you." Shaun said.

Kai asked, "What gold?" Shaun was too scared to respond to any of Kai's questions. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you," As Kai said. He grabbed the Eternal Blade, which was pointing its sharp, bloody tip at Shaun.

"I..I was told that the carriage has two tons of gold in it. That you are taking it to Verdantia." Shaun continued, "If we knew you were going to be here, we would have never taken the job."

"Please forgive me..." Shaun asked for Kai's forgiveness.

After hearing Shaun's words, Kai turned to look at Aiden with his intense red eyes. Aiden immediately breaks his eye contact with Kai.

Kai then gazes back at Shaun, "Go Now!" Kai said in a commanding tone.

"R..Re..Really, I can go?" Shaun said.

"Don't make me change my mind. Leave!" Kai said.

Shaun immediately runs away from Kai. Kai then walked towards Aiden, the blood of the Assassins dripping from his armor and the Eternal Blade with each step he took.

As Kai stood before Aiden, he stabbed the sand with the Eternal Blade. Kai locked his eyes with Aiden and asked, "Did you know?"

Aiden asked, "What?"

"DON'T PLAY WITH ME ANSWER MY QUESTION! DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE GOLD?" Kai shouted. As Kai was speaking, he clenched his fist and released it, doing his best to keep calm.

Luna noticed Kai's emerging rage in his eyes. She flew in front of Kai and said. "Kai, he told us about the gold, but we forgot to tell you."

After hearing Luna's words, Kai gazes at Rin. Rin was nervous and afraid to see Kai covered in blood.

Kai walked towards Shadow, took off his armor, and threw it away, but he kept his armor cloak. He puts his red cloak and puts it on Shadow for safekeeping. Kai was wearing a simple trouser and a light silk shirt underneath his armor. He also wiped off the blood from his mask.

Seeing Kai's actions, Aiden asks Luna, "Am I missing something?"

"Rin is afraid of blood," Luna responded.

After cleaning his mask's blood with his hand, Kai approached Rin. "Don't worry, see no more blood," Kai said in a gentle and calm voice.

After reassuring Rin, Kai approached Eiera, "You're supposed to be the strongest magician." Kai continued, "How did you not realize you were being followed?"

"It was..." Before Eiera could finish. Kai interrupted her, "We don't have time for excuses. We have to go now."

Luna intervened, "Kai, we can't go yet. Our horses are tired of pulling the carriage all day."

"Rin can take care of that." Rin, lost in his thoughts, didn't respond to Kai, "Rin, can you take care of your horses?"

Kai's voice brought Rin back to her senses. She responded with a cute smile. "Yes, I can take care of them."

"But, we still need to carry the carriage. We can't just leave it here," Luna said.

"That can be taken care of." As Kai said, he called the Eternal Blade in his right hand.

Luna asks, "What are you thinking, Kai?"

"I'm going to summon Scorchers," Kai said in a heavy tone.