Chapter 23

Ford walked away without looking at anyone to avoid even greater humiliation. Monica glared at him and then walked over to John.

- "He didn't do anything to you, did he? Why do you let him treat you at all." Monica asked.

- "It's just child's play." John replied calmly.

- "You're still a child yourself, don't sound like an adult." She said, "Remember to tell me if he comes to you again, okay?. I'll smash his face until his own mother unrecognized him."

- "Okay, okay, I'll tell you next time." He replied with a smile.

- "Well, if I were talking to the wall, never mind, you heard in two months we're going home." She said seriously.

- "Here it is pretty quick."

- "As far as I know it is supposed to be related to some leak, so my father's enemies know about our location. That is why it was decided to transfer all of us back. " Monica told me.

- "It's a rather sensible decision, besides you know a lot, huh?" John said mockingly.

- "Hmm, often the elders talk about it when I'm around, so I know more about what's going on." Monica said, sticking her chest in an act of superiority.

- "I'm glad." John said with a smile.

- "You're laughing at me again, oh, let me get you!" furious, she exclaimed and started chasing John.

During the race, John began to think again about why there was no record of Monica. After all, such a talent, no matter how neglected, it will shine in the end, leaving the rest in dust.

This raises the question of whether there has been an incident that made it impossible for her to even grow stronger. Surprisingly, answer appeared moments later explaining all doubts.

About 30 meters further down the garden five masked people in bushes joining something quietly.

The most massive in physique said to the others.

- "Our main target is this girl, we have to kill her as soon as possible. The employer will distract the guards for about 5 minutes so we have to hurry. As for the boy, we also have to remove him to leave as little evidence as possible." He said seriously.

- "Boss, they're just kids, why should we be so serious, it doesn't take us even a few seconds," the man said in a mocking tone. He stood out the most among them because his clothes were dark green, while the rest were black. He had a bow on his back, but surprisingly he did not carry arrows.

- "Vice would not be so sure about that, the report described him as an unprecedented genius, and you know such people are unpredictable." The man in the white mask replied seriously.

- "Eh, you don't believe in my possibilities. Number Three, if it is, it will show you the difference between us." Not being happy after the comment, Vice started arguing with Number Three.

- "Okay gentlemen, stop arguing, we are about to start the action." the fourth figure said in a feminine tone, she was hiding very well and if not for her voice it would be difficult to say what gender she is or even if she is not an illusion.

- "I agree with Number Four, stop arguing," said a fifth person, about 1.6 meters short, who were all 1.8 meters to 1.9 meters tallest.

- "If Number 4 and 5 said so, this time in paragraph, you are lucky Vice"

- "Er, I'll give you just wait until ..."

- "Silence, we are starting in a moment" with simple words their Boss silenced them, which shows who of them has the highest authority.

Suddenly out of nowhere.

- "ZIP"

You could hear the sound of a rapidly flying thing and broken leaves.

- "Oh my eye!" Vice called out and blood was pouring out of his eye.

- "Have we been discovered?" They were shocked because they thought they were tucked away well enough.

- "Only who?" The question is.

- "That's the kid" replied the group leader.

- "E? He? The report said he was rather ordinary." Number 3 answered.

- "He was obviously hiding, now there is no time for guessing we have to attack. Me, Vice and number 3 will take boy number 4 and 5 take care of the girl, or kill her or don't let her run away until we're done with the boyfriend." The leader decided.

They jumped out and started toward John and Monica.

A moment earlier.

...

- [So that's the reason, killers, she must have met these killers and died in battle. Hehe, unfortunately, this time I'm here, and it won't work.] John probably thought.

John managed to find their locations easily thanks to his keen senses and murderous intent exuded by killers who failed to hide him completely.

He picked up a pebble from the ground then saturated it with mana, and thanks to his remarkable control it was not difficult despite being in the Bronze stage. He then made a throw, you might call it a perfect, timed throw. Everything was perfectly calculated, and the execution was flawless.

He managed to hit the eye and the person he aimed at was not accidental, although he did not see them with his own eyes, he managed to use the surrounding mana and use it as sonar, thanks to which he made a plan of the garden within forty meters of him.

It aimed at the archer to distort his vision, which makes it difficult for him to make accurate shots.

- "Monica, get ready, five killers are coming our way and our only hope of survival is to fight. Remember, you can't allow yourself to be weak otherwise they'll use it against you." John said gravely.

Monica noticed the seriousness in his eyes, and she understood that what he was saying was real, and they were about to have a fierce battle.

After a while, she saw 5 people running towards them, it did not take even two seconds to cover the distance of 30 meters.

Halfway up, they split up, two of them ran towards Monica and the other three headed towards John.

The fight began, Monica had to withdraw under the pressure of whip strikes and momentary surprise attacks.

She was rather at a disadvantage, her advantage is close combat, but because of the whip she is kept at a distance and after the Number 5 attacks, I immediately retreat, not allowing a counterattack to be carried out.

Despite this, it is an understandable result, although Monica is a genius, both her opponents are one level higher than herself, in addition they are more experienced and cooperate well with each other.

On John's side it was also not good, his opponents were two tiers above himself and their leader reached the gold level which is a big leap in quality.

If he hadn't damaged his opponent's eye at the beginning, even he would have had great trouble dealing with this situation.

He had to be in constant retreat in order not to be overwhelmed, the leader charged at him without worrying about John's attacks.

Even though it looked tragic for John, his opponents were even more shocked.

- [How is he able to withstand the attacks of the three of us, not only that he is at a lower level than us and even younger at least 20 years than us. We're running out of time, we'll have to finish it as soon as possible.] The group leader thought.

At this point, the assassin leader has decided to end the fight. Due to the running out of time, they had to finish the fight within a minute to have a chance to escape.

Giving a sign to his companions, he made a move towards John's head.

Even though they fought for a short while, the team leader had more or less established John's move routine otherwise he wouldn't have made such a hasty move.

He may not have ignored the other side's skill, but he just definitely underestimated her.

They thought that John would retreat as soon as he returned his blow as in previous attacks, but despite their expectations, he moved forward.

The moment the fist was a few inches from the head, John will disappear from the leader's sight.

The opponent did not have time to wonder how he managed it, because he felt a strong pain in the abdominal area.

Looking towards the place of pain, he saw a small branch no larger than a child's hand stuck into his body, and John stood still and took the branch out.

Before he could react, John sent him a strong kick towards his chest, sending him 5 meters away.

In flight, the group leader wondered what had just happened.

- [Is he really a bronze level, how strong his attacks are, and how a miracle an ordinary branch was able to penetrate my defense.]

The biggest difference between the levels of silver and gold is that after the breakthrough, the latter acquires a so-called protective barrier that protects the entire body.

Hence the surprise of the group leader, how miraculously someone on the bronze level can break the barrier with the protection of someone on the gold level.