Chapter 24

The expert barrier at Gold level is not easy to break, if you do not have equal power with your opponent it is ridiculously difficult.

But now some kid in the Bronze level has surpassed her with relative ease.

As for his companions, they did not stand idle, Vice would quickly shake off their surprise, and she aimed her bow at John while his companion moved from the side to perform the attack.

-"WHIZZ"

He fired an arrow made of mana, which at dizzying speed moved towards John, but missed, John didn't even have to move, he just stood there.

-"Shit, if it hadn't been for that eye, I'd have hit him already!" Vice exclaimed pissed off. Losing an eye is a serious blow to an archer, especially when it is the eye he is using to aim.

As for the killer who was heading towards John, he was surprised to find that he didn't move while standing still, there were various thoughts running through his mind, whether it was some sort of trap or I was preparing an attack.

Even though he did not know what his opponent was doing, he decided not to stop his attack.

As he was only a meter from John, he felt a strong intention to kill, strong enough that he couldn't even breathe.

His back was splashed with sweat, he struggled to find where this deadly intention was coming from.

When he looked at John, he noticed that he was looking at him, looked into his eyes, and he could sit down that he saw a bloody abyss there.

The moment he saw it, he froze in place, unable to move. At that moment, there was only one thought in his head.

-"RUN AWAY!"

It was his main thought, but his legs refused to obey him.

After a second, all intent faded away, allowing him to breathe a little, but John was not kind enough to let his opponent regain his concentration and move again.

For a short moment the killer lost his concentration, unfortunately this short moment would be enough to seal his fate.

John drove his whole hand down the killer's throat with a quick move, killing him in one moment.

Without stopping, he moved towards Vice, who was just preparing an arrow. John tossed the branch towards the other intact eye.

When Vice saw this he quickly gave up what he was doing and dodged the branch. He took John out of sight for a moment, and when he looked again he was gone.

At that moment, cold sweat flooded his whole body, it felt as if he was about to pass out.

All this was the reason for the murderous intentions that came from behind his back, turning his head quickly towards these intentions, he saw John just 1 meter from him.

The branch was only to distract him so that he could enter his blind spot and approach unnoticed.

Now he was standing only a meter from him, even though Vice tried to back off it was too late.

John repeated his previous move and hit his throat easily, piercing it, killing him before he could think anything.

Already the second of the killer will die in just a moment.

The leader of the assassin group was shocked by how the case turned out, he was not even able to react to what happened in that short moment.

When he looked into John's eyes, he froze on the spot, he saw emotionless eyes and a wide smile on his lips.

He looked as if killing these two was just squashing two ants for him, nothing else, and he was just another ant to trample for fun for him.

As he stared into those eyes, he realized that there was no longer any chance of escaping.

-"Even if I die here today, I won't let myself be defeated so easily! Though fight with me, show me what else you can do!" He exclaimed at John as he prepared to move.

John just looked at him then said in an emotionless voice.

-"There is no need to fight anymore, and you have lost anyway." he said slowly in a calm tone.

-"What? You think a little wound like this can hurt me!" He said. But as soon as these words were spoken, he fell to the ground, spitting a mouthful of blood.

His skin turned pale, veins protruded all over his body, and his face twisted with pain.

-"What's up, what have you done to me ?!" He spoke spitting out more bites of blood.

-"I just introduced chaotic mana into your body which disrupted the energy flow in your body causing chaos in the mana core. And because you did not stop it in time, your core was severely damaged and caused mana poisoning to your body."

John explained, having no problem explaining to the dead people the cause of their deaths, which was one of his habits he was trying to fight.

-"Like, when don't tell me that when you stuck a branch into my body, but how did I not sense what a monster you are ..." He fell down without finishing his words.

The pain from the damage to the mana core was immense, and at times the pain alone was capable of causing death.

John walked over to his body and spoke a few ancient words, there was a fire that would engulf all three corpses without leaving even dust.

It was a very useful spell called purgatory fire. The only thing that was needed for it was the word formula and the mana in the environment.

The fire that John now summoned was not even a percentage of the original's power, which could even burn entire worlds, but only a small amount.

Already, to summon it and control the fire of purgatory requires a huge control over mana otherwise it could burn the summoner himself.

After a moment of rest, he moved towards Monica to help her if needed, but it turned out that he was not needed.

One of the killers was already lying on the ground in a pool of blood, and the fight was with a female killer.

Even though the killer was using the whip, he was forced to fight in a deal, which was to her disadvantage.

Eventually, the killer also fell to the ground, dead. After defeating her enemies, Monica also began to hesitate, and just as she was about to fall, John caught her.

-"You used that technique, didn't you?" John asked. It was one of the frenzy techniques he gave her, it increased concentration and agility and its side effect was high muscle fatigue and headache.

-"Yes, but luckily I managed to beat them. Now let me take a nap for a while." She replied in a tired tone.

After a while, ten armored guards arrived at the scene. They found two bodies lying on the ground and nearby Monica sleeping and John sitting next to her.

-"What happened here?" The man who was leading the group asked. He was very muscular and on his back he carried a huge sword equal to his height.

-"Two killers showed up, Monica fought them, killing both." John replied without bewildering.

-"And what did you do?" He asked, frowning slightly.

-"I am too weak to join the battle, just to interfere with her in the fight, so she told me to hide in the bushes, and when she defeated her enemies, she fainted. Since then I have been sitting next to her waiting for some help"

-"Yes, you are right." He nodded, suspecting nothing. Then he gave orders to his subordinates to search the area for suspicious people.

More people came later. The killers' bodies were taken for examination and the situation became tense.

Due to this incident, the return date was postponed, and it was agreed that the return would be in five days.

Everyone started preparations for the trip, because Monica was not seriously injured, nobody suffered major consequences, at least for now.

As for John, no one cared about him. It was good for John, and at that moment, as usual, he was lying under the tree as if nothing had ever happened.

One day left until the departure, everything was ready, the only thing left to do is wait.

Suddenly, from a distance, a voice was heard.

-"Hey! I'm here, sorry to keep you waiting, but it's so hard to sneak out of the Watch now." That voice from afar belonged to Monica.

-"Nothing happened, I only asked you here for a moment." John said calmly as usual. "I asked you here to tell you that there will be another attack when I return."

-"E? Why do you need this to me, you should report it to the elders." She replied surprised.

-"It is impossible, firstly no one would believe me, my position is meaningless. Secondly, I think that there is a traitor among the elders, which precludes open action. You should report this to your mother, she is already taking care of the rest."

-"Okay, I'll talk to my mother." She said a little nervous. Perhaps the fact that there were traitors among the elders with whom she had good contact was devastating to her.