The woman received it while shivering.
He also casually grabbed a towel .
“Wipe your face,” said Marvin kindheartedly. “Sorry for startling you.”
He then directly jumped out from the 2nd floor window. The woman, shaking all over, stood up and rushed to the window.
Unfortunately, Marvin had already disappeared into the darkness!
She grasped that wizard gold, unaware of what to think.
After a while, her scream could be heard coming from the room.
…
Marvin was speeding through the darkness.
Black Bear was only the first target. The other two also had to be eliminated tonight.
Downtown, a small shadow continuously threaded through the crowd, eyes constantly darting around.
It seemed to be a rather shrewd guy.
He looked like he was just taking a walk, bored. But his pouch was constantly jingling.
This guy was definitely a proficient thief.
‘Monkey.’
Marvin took a quick glance at him.
The old blacksmith gave him the targets and also portraits of some of them, including Black Bear and Monkey. There was another man called Stag.
Marvin could recognize those three, even if they used a simple disguise.
If Black Bear’s weakness was women, Monkey’s weakness was his itchy hands.
This guy was a very outstanding thief with top class stealth abilities.
If Marvin fought him on a relatively complex field and let him Sneak, he would have to use a few tricks.
‘But right now, the enemy is in the light while I’m in the shadows.’
This was a great opportunity.
Marvin changed his clothes and put a few heavy pouches on his belt.
‘Time to pretend to be a wealthy person. Wait a moment… As a noble, compared to people of lower standing, I’m already a wealthy person!
He didn’t need a disguise since he was already perfectly suited for the task.
Marvin then walked over.
…
The downtown stalls were very noisy at night.
They sold specialties and all sorts of interesting toys from the Thousand Leaves Forest.
Marvin stood in front of a small shop for a long time.
There were quite a lot of people there, making it the easiest place for Monkey to move.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed that familiar face coming over.
‘Baiting him was too easy,’ Marvin sneered.
Monkey approached him, apparently looking at the shop’s accessories.
Marvin didn’t hesitate and started walking with a fast pace.
He took large steps, making the two purses on his waist extremely eye-catching as they jostled around.
Monkey immediately followed.
He was fond of this kind of squanderer. He only needed a slight bump and he could walk with the other side’s wallets.
He hadn’t been lacking money ever since he became a member of the Thieves Society, but he still cherished the feeling of making a living in the marketplace.
The thrill of stealing from others for himself, nobody else could understand.
Therefore, even if his brain urged him countless times, he still couldn’t change his instincts.
When his hands itched, stealing something would make him feel better.
As he was thinking, he was gradually getting closer to that youth in front of him.
In Monkey’s eyes, Marvin was a typical young noble. Some money in his pockets, a bit rebellious, and no guard. He had probably secretly gone out.
‘This brat had better go back to his family tattered castle.’
‘Once I steal his money, his father should thank me for sending his son back home early.’
At that point, Monkey rushed forward, trying to bump against Marvin’s back.
How could he have expected that Marvin would suddenly be attracted by a voice on another street? He turned toward a small alley and started walking toward it.
‘Damnit!’
A fire rose in Monkey’s mind. This brat’s luck was very good, wasn’t it?
He unwillingly followed him in.
The small alley had very faint lighting. Monkey suddenly felt something wrong.
‘What about the footsteps?’
His perception was quite outstanding. He should definitely be able to hear the other side’s footsteps!
His eyes widened as he realized that not only had the footsteps disappeared, but that youth’s silhouette had too.
‘What the hell?’ he thought, shivering.
A hand rushed out from the shadows and covered his mouth.
‘Fuck!’ Monkey’s body curved forward. As a thief, he naturally knew what this hand meant!
The next trick was cutthroat!
His reaction was very fast. A hand immediately pressed onto his neck, ready to block that ice-cold blade.
He felt a fierce pain from the palm of his hand. Monkey felt cold all over, but he still thought he was lucky.
‘Good thing I reacted fast!’
‘Otherwise I would be dead already.’
‘Damnit! That guy is an assassin!’
But fortunately, he was also experienced in dealing with killers. He immediately gathered strength in his right foot, ready to use his assailant’s momentum to viciously counterattack!
It’s a pity that Marvin didn’t give him a chance to see that happen.
If it was the previous common curved dagger, perhaps this sneak attack would truly fail!
But this was the extremely sharp [Fang]!
A real uncommon item!
Marvin exerted some strength and the piercing characteristic of Fang was vividly displayed. The curved dagger cut Monkey’s palm in two in an instant.
Before Monkey could react, the curved dagger already cut through his throat!
His right foot was pressing onto Marvin’s, before going limp.
Only a little more… A tiny bit more and he would have been able to avoid Marvin’s fatal injury.
But in this life and death struggle, a little bit of speed, time, or leeway, would be the difference between life and death!
Marvin was once again victorious.
But this was a dangerous victory.
In fact, he had been startled into a cold sweat.
Monkey’s reaction was much faster than Black Bear’s. This guy’s counterattack was very sharp. If not for Fang’s blows being so deadly, they would have fought for real!
Marvin would have had some problems killing him.
After moving Monkey’s dead body Marvin was quite tired.
‘There is still one more.’
He took a deep breath and went to strike again.
The smell of blood slowly spread through the darkness of Oak Town.
…
The third target was Stag.
The Marcus Thieves Society’s five members all had animal codenames. The boss was Wolf. The other three men were Black Bear, Monkey and Stag. As for the relatively mysterious woman, her codename was Kitten.
Marvin’s information about Black Bear, Monkey and Stag was relatively accurate and complete. He hadn’t spent a wizard gold in vain.
Without that information, it would have been very difficult to successfully kill Black Bear and Monkey. These two had the strength of a peak 1st rank class holder after all, respectively a level 5 fighter and a level 5 thief.
It was the same for Stag. This guy was a level 5 fighter with a huge craving for alcohol.
Although Marvin was pondering why a dwarven fighter would be named Stag, such a strange codename, he still didn’t do anything unnecessary and efficiently accomplished his task.
Disguising as a barman wasn’t too difficult for Marvin. He had found a bottle of colorless poison in the Night Walkers’ stash.
It’s just that this thing’s value was very high. Making enough to kill someone would cost roughly 2 wizard gold.
Even if Marvin was very decisive, he still hesitated for a long time deciding between assassinating and poisoning.
He chose to poison Stag’s wine in the end. A dwarven fighter’s vitality was very high after all. His cutthroat might not be able to instantly kill him. If he made a mistake, both sides would be entangled in a mess. And Marvin’s class was considered disadvantaged against Stag’s. Their defensive power was very powerful, so rangers would find it very difficult to get close to them.
After killing Stag, Marvin let out a sigh of relief.
He intended to take a day off to rest, before taking care of the rest.
The other two guys were both mysterious and even Sean didn’t have a portrait. This was the hardest part of the mission.
But as he left the tavern and arrived in an empty alley, he suddenly felt a burst of killing intent!
“Woosh!” An arrow flew at him from behind!
Marvin was suddenly startled and rolled, barely dodging the arrow.
Someone tried to murder him!
Who?
Marvin’s twin daggers were unsheathed, and he quickly turned to face his enemy head-on!
Chapter 83: Killing With a Borrowed Knife
Chapter 83: Killing With a Borrowed Knife
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This was a narrow alley with buildings on both sides.
There was no place to take cover in the whole alley, making it very suitable for archers.
The moon was hidden from sight, leaving the alley pitch black. But Marvin had Darksight!
He could clearly see a beautiful silhouette standing on a roof not far from there, a bow aiming at Marvin!
It was a female archer.
And on the other end of the alley, another figure quietly appeared.
When Marvin saw the man’s appearance, he couldn’t help but be shocked!
That man was actually the barman he had stunned!
The one who had given him the information to kill those three from the Marcus Thieves Society.
‘I understand…’
‘This guy was killing with a borrowed knife.’
Marvin shivered thinking about it.
He didn’t expect to be tricked even when being this careful.
The current barman was totally different compared to the previous nervous youth. The change in his presence was very noticeable.
He had changed clothes and was now wearing a set of battle gear. He was a ranger holding two daggers like Marvin.
However… This guy was a 2nd rank ranger!
According to Inspect, this man only had the base class Ranger, but he was level 7!
‘A 2nd rank class holder… Along with an archer…’
‘Hold on! Two people…’
He suddenly thought of something and couldn’t help but let out, “You are Wolf?”
The man on the other side stopped his footsteps and displayed a weird smiling expression. “You are a smart one.”
“Seems like you aren’t useless. You were able to cleanly eliminate three of my subordinates.”
“And you were able to quickly guess my identity. Such an interesting opponent.” Wolf openly expressed his thoughts.
Really?
Marvin felt depressed.
He looked at that archer, muttering ‘So that’s Kitten.’
Marcus Thieves Society only had two people remaining.
And they both appeared in front of Marvin at the same time!
His current situation was very dangerous.
…
“Why did you kill your subordinates? Aren’t they your companions?”
Marvin had his back against the wall. He cautiously tried to buy some time.
The archer was very troublesome, especially since she controlled the high ground. If he was shot, it would be life threatening.
What’s more, Wolf was on the side, looking at him like he was prey. This guy was a level 7 ranger. Even though he hadn’t advanced, he still somewhat suppressed Marvin.
In Feinan, a lot of adventurers weren’t able to find a suitable advanced class. Perhaps they lacked money, or perhaps they couldn’t find an advanced teacher. Thus, quite a lot could only improve their base class. Bases class could also reach 2nd rank, but after level 10, they had to advance if they wanted to go any further.
Wolf was like one of those that couldn’t find a way to improve and helplessly leveled up their base class.
Even though base classes were more balanced, they couldn’t match up to advanced classes when it came to becoming stronger.
Thus, Marvin urgently needed to advance.
Facing Marvin’s question, Wolf couldn’t help but smile. “Of course we were companions. Otherwise, how could the information be so detailed?”
“I’m very grateful you killed them. I’ve been wondering how to eliminate them lately. Doing it myself is a bit unreasonable after all.”
“I worked with them for many years. I felt hesitant to kill them directly.”
Marvin felt sick listening to the hypocritical Wolf.
Damnit, hesitant? Borrowing a knife to kill, what’s the difference?!
“You still haven’t answered my question. Why kill them?” Marvin calmly asked.
Wolf shrugged. “We recently had a big job.”
“I understand,” Marvin quickly answered. “You want to keep everything for yourself.”
“There are two of us, so it’s not like I’m keeping everything to myself,” Wolf happily replied.
He felt that the outcome had already been decided.
But from the current situation, it really seemed that way. Wolf was two levels higher than Marvin and there was also an archer on the high ground. As long as Marvin gave them an opportunity, they would easily kill him!
…
“Don’t speak nonsense!”
“Get rid of him and let’s take off tonight! Far away!” The archer standing on the roof coldly exclaimed.
‘Turns out the two were a pair of married thieves, no wonder they could act against the other three!’ Marvin suddenly understood.
As cold light flashed from his daggers, Wolf helplessly sighed, “Nothing I can do about it, I married a violent woman.”
“I wanted to chat a bit more with you, but it’s time to work now.”
“Since you helped me deal with them, I’ll let you have an honorable death. I’ll try to leave your body in one piece, how about it?”
He hadn’t finished talking when a dual wielding shadow threw himself over!
Marvin didn’t try to escape!
He knew that escaping would only result in a dead end.
His perception allowed him to feel something behind him. The archer had been aiming at him all along!
If he retreated, he would be an easy target, completely screwed!
He could only stand and fight!
Marvin thus directly rushed forward, daggers blazing!
Blade Technique - Rapids!
A detailed and refined blade technique was executed under the moonlight. Marvin’s every move was extremely accurate. Marvin and Wolf were equally matched for a moment!
The latter had a shocked expression.
He obviously had the level advantage and his weapon mastery should be a lot stronger. However, the other side’s blade technique was very refined. Wolf’s fierce attack couldn’t break through Marvin’s defense!
Wolf felt it was too unbelievable.
But it was the result of the strength Marvin had painstakingly built up!
It was true that Wolf’s level was higher, but the both sides had similar weapon mastery level, and Marvin had blade techniques on top of that!
Marvin and Wolf’s curved daggers were locked into a dance, sending flashing cold rays of light through the alley and making “Clank” sounds.
‘Turns out Wolf is only this strong!’
Marvin’s heart relaxed a bit.
Even if that guy was a 2nd rank class holde
r, he hadn’t advanced and thus didn’t have the bonus attributes of an advanced class.
The two extra levels were at most just a few more skill points and an attribute point. And Marvin’s killing skills were a hundred times better than Wolf’s!
Marvin could put him down in less than 3 minutes in a duel!
But this wasn’t a duel. There was an archer behind him.
Marvin couldn’t go all out!
He had to pay attention to Kitten’s bow.
He couldn’t fully focus on Wolf, leading to a deadlock!
‘Damn it! If this goes on, I’ll definitely lose!’ Marvin’s heart was beating extremely fast.
Because he couldn’t endure a long fight due to his stamina!
Consecutively killing those three earlier already used up a lot of stamina. The current one versus two, which also included a long range class, put too much pressure on Marvin!
He had to find a way to turn the tides!
…
“Bang!”
After both of them ruthlessly collided yet again, Wolf noticed something and retreated.
“Woosh!”
An arrow had been shot!
Marvin rolled, the arrow dangerously brushing past him! But this time, the dodge was a bit more awkward.
Wolf laughed nastily, raising his daggers and attempting a ruthless beheading slash!
The earlier roll made Marvin lose the upper hand. He curled and raised his dagger as to block!
But he suddenly threw his right dagger and began to quickly chant!
Vine Metamorphosis!
His hand quickly turned into a slender vine and coiled around Wolf’s right ankle.
The latter hadn’t expected a trick like this!
Ranger spells were in fact very rare!
Especially in the south where druids were less active.
This Vine Metamorphosis thoroughly broke Wolf’s rhythm. Marvin took advantage of this to make him stumble and fall on the ground.
Marvin took a deep breath, raising his left hand up, and then suddenly stabbing downward!
But it only went half-way before he had to stiffen his body to dodge half a step toward the side!
“Woosh!”
Another arrow!
Marvin couldn’t completely dodge this arrow. The triangular arrowhead pierced Marvin’s shoulder.
Marvin felt an acute pain!
“Fuck!” he bellowed. He didn’t think twice and still slashed at Wolf’s head!
The archer in the distance let out a mournful shriek and crazily shot arrows!
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