themonasnovels Chapter 1112: Chapter 1111: Pride Of A Smith
Chapter 1112: Chapter 1111: Pride Of A Smith
Chapter 1112: Chapter 1111: Pride Of A Smith
Anput PoV
Leaning over the wall, I stared down into the alleyway and wondered how I hadn't been heard yet, my movements barely concealed as I unsheathed a dagger and stared at the various cultists lingering around in this darkened part of the city.
My answer likely lay in the clouds of smoke that billowed from the lips of a few of the cultists as they took long hits from some hookahs, the scent of whatever drug they were getting high on filling the air and limiting both their sight and the rest of their senses as they giggled and chatted like idiots.
The city wasn't even under their control and they were acting like miscreants instead of cultists, though considering how we had come to know about them I wasn't too surprised by what I was seeing; they were slowly populating the city as they planned a heist, and with how large this trade city was...
Well, that was why despite knowing there was a heist going on not terribly far away from me, I couldn't hear anything at all that would suggest any sort of trouble; the tight streets and bustling markets inside of Tijara provided the perfect cover for anyone.
Especially people acting like they were just some low class criminals instead of members of an extremely dangerous and sinister organization that was focused on tearing the peace and stability of this country to the ground to start anew, in their image instead of the current one my Mom had painstakingly crafted herself.
So as I watched a few men and women take another long rip of their hookahs, I climbed onto the balcony and looked them over before stepping off, falling down onto the shoulders of a smaller framed man and stabbing my blade into the top of his skull, killing him instantly.
It took them a second or two to comprehend what had just happened, and thanks to the thick smoke clouding the area they could barely even understand that someone had died and not just fallen over, giving me even more time to dart forwards and slash my dagger across a woman's throat next.
With two dead within a second of one another, I made my way to the third and fourth as I targeted the larger, bulkier woman resting against a wall, her head stuck in the clouds as she basked in the high she had given herself whilst holding a thin man against her side.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
My only gripe was that - to no one's surprise at all - killing a bunch of drugged up thugs wasn't that challenging, and whilst it did perform a decent test for me to begin setting a baseline for the performance, it wasn't what I wanted from this, though... what could you do? The Fingers were only here to acquire more funds, and the real members were likely far away already since we hadn't hidden our intentions here; I was looking forwards to seeing if my parent's had made the right call on that front, since the hope - and the likely result - was the Death Jackals we had tailing those higher ranked members would find the next group for us to 'bring to justice', so...
We were just dealing with some low level thugs who weren't that talented or skilled, and the real reason we were here instead of waiting back at the palace for the results was a simple one; Mother had gotten pissed at us taking another day 'off' as I got all of our gear made up, Leone brewed some potions, Kat enchanted said gear, and Jahi... well, she was Jahi.
I think the guards and soldiers all enjoyed sparring against her, but I wasn't certain since I had spent maybe an hour or two outside of my forge, save for the hour that was spent eating; I had been far too preoccupied to care until Mother burst in and threw me out.
Thankfully Mom had held her back until I was done, otherwise I would have had a better person to test these out on...
Cleaving the final cultist in two, I stomped the ground and closed the alleyway off as I noticed some people had been drawn towards the noise, and when I turned I found Leone staring at one of the cultists as they pleaded with her, only to scream as she pointed her wand at their
skull.
Seeing the usually peace loving Vampire turn that man's head inside out was... different, but I also found it quite hot since she just brushed past them as she walked down towards me like nothing had happened, her crimson eyes filling up with curiosity as she ignored the bodies and instead asked "These are really good, aren't they?", waving the wand at me before
pointing it at my blood soaked blade.
"Damn straight~!"
Grinning back at her, I flicked the blood off of my hybrid two handed weapon and rested it on
my shoulder as I grabbed her waist, my lips curling even more as she blushed as I asked "So how about we leave this drab alley and go play with our 'swords' together instead~?"