Rune wasn’t fighting a regular peasant. In fact, Asther isn’t even comparable to any nobleman. He isn’t another chess player, nor is he a piece that could be found on the board.Asther is death itself. He is the physical embodiment of the grim reaper. He has fought countless battles. Some of these even bringing him close to death’s doors. Yet always, always…this man would win.He doesn’t quite understand it himself. How he’s still alive until his last moments on earth were he is even able to kill the assassins who came to end his life. Yet one thing is certain. That with all of Asther’s experiences in the battlefield, he has accumulated a kind of knowledge like no other.He has built up enough information so that, in the latter years of his life, the instances where he is placed in danger is almost non-existent. This is the kind of person Rune faced.Should he have known this, he might have arrived at a different outcome. One where he is able to escape with his life. But that is not t
“Took you long enough.” Octavia said as soon as Asther is within hearing range.“That’s a weird way of saying thank you don’t you think?” Asther replied.Asther is able to quickly find the group because of the utilization of his spells. He used the tracks left by Claire and Octavia to know where they headed. This is a piece of cake for him who has done something like this all of his life.The same skills he used to track down his targets back on earth have been utilized in Jhinn. In fact, he could’ve easily guesses the direction they are headed if not for the pursuers who disrupted the route. Hence Asther needed to take a bit more time in looking for them. Something which didn’t take him too much time as he arrived moments before trouble could begin. Taking down the hired men of the Ragencliffs in the blink of an eye.“We shouldn’t be staying out here in the open.” Asther added. “Do you have any place where we can hide?”“No but, we can buy a couple of horses for us to use. It may be
The group only stopped once they reached a deep enough part of the forest. The place they decided to camp for the night is free from any monsters. Asther personally made sure of this by sending out his undead in order to patrol the area.This same teen took the job of patrolling for the group. Allowing them to take a rest after the very eventful evening. However, one of these individuals refused to sleep. Going to where Asther is who welcomed her gladly.“Shouldn’t you be sleeping?” He asked the person who is none other than Octavia.“I should be asking you the same thing.” She replied. “Aren’t you the least bit tired after all you did this day?”“Nah. My body can take more.”This is both true and false at the same time. It is true because, the mental state of Asther is that of the reaper of earth. A man whose mind can never be shaken by any situation. And, if the situation arises, can even stay awake and be alert for three whole days.Staying up for five days is his maximum. But afte
The group only stopped once they reached a deep enough part of the forest. The place they decided to camp for the night is free from any monsters. Asther personally made sure of this by sending out his undead in order to patrol the area.This same teen took the job of patrolling for the group. Allowing them to take a rest after the very eventful evening. However, one of these individuals refused to sleep. Going to where Asther is who welcomed her gladly.“Shouldn’t you be sleeping?” He asked the person who is none other than Octavia.“I should be asking you the same thing.” She replied. “Aren’t you the least bit tired after all you did this day?”“Nah. My body can take more.”This is both true and false at the same time. It is true because, the mental state of Asther is that of the reaper of earth. A man whose mind can never be shaken by any situation. And, if the situation arises, can even stay awake and be alert for three whole days.Staying up for five days is his maximum. But afte
Among the three Sub quests of the necromancer, the easiest for him to do would be getting the documents. He knows that Claire has this in her person at the moment. This is also why Asther has a guarantee that he’d be able to finish the quest without any problems.Normally, Claire is a person that Asther wouldn’t want to mess with. The woman has a high level of intellect. She is also very cunning and, has a lot of things about herself that she intentionally kept as a secret from Asther.The necromancer knows that the saintess of the goddess of light has a lot of cards kept hidden under her sleeves. But it didn’t matter to Asther. At that moment Claire is drunk. She has been affected by whatever toxin it is that Rune has mixed with the drinks. As such, she isn’t like her usual self.She wouldn’t be able to respond to Asther properly. Adding to the fact that Asther is already a professional at the craft of thievery, this would be a breeze to him. And so, he didn’t waste any time to star
These are the new terms of the contract that the two agreed upon. The first is that Asther isn’t allowed to lie to Claire. Whatever she asks, Asther needs to answer her truthfully. This doesn’t seem like such a good thing for Asther at first but, that isn’t entirely true.Since the contract needs to be balanced between the two parties, Asther can require something from Claire that is of equal value – this being the second clause to the contract.Asther is allowed to do as he wishes. Claire can still order him of course but, this should not be in the detriment of Asther’s own goals.Asther needs something like this because it won’t be good if he’s restricted. It’s not like he can’t stand working under someone. In fact, he has worked under the underground organization of earth all his life. But if there’s one thing that he knows, it’s that movement is easier to read when a person is following a certain set of rules.Restrictions create patterns. Ones which enemies can exploit to attack
Asther is right, information does not flow quickly inside Jhinn. He did his fair share of research in order to ensure this. Reading through the pages of texts that a mention on the mode of communication for people from far away.Basically, there are two modes. One is through a direct relay. Meaning, a person who will be told of the information will go to the one who needs to hear it directly. This is how the information will be disseminated.As for the second mode, it concerns the use of mail. The same kind of mail that is used in earth way back during the days before technology. Although it is still used by modern day earth but, is limited to higher class societies and secret organizations.Other than these two spells can also be used to communicate. But this kind of spell is so rare that it is almost taught to be non-existent. That is why Asther didn’t place this into consideration anymore. Because the estimated number of individuals who has this within the whole of Jhinn is a scarc
There are a total of thirty people who came to the forest to hunt down Claire. They are fully committed to the mission because of the reward that awaits them. And part of this group of mercenary are the high profile ones. Mercenaries who don’t usually join in any operation.This just proves how promising Gerald Ragencliff’s rewards are. This isn’t just some generous donation after all. The one who wins that evening will be given a property that will continually generate cash for them. Meaning, they don’t need to stay in this line of work anymore. After they get their hands on Claire and Rune, they will be free from the life of mercenaries.Some of the mercenaries have already begun thinking of the good life that awaited them. Some thought of all the women that they can sleep with after they get that wealth. Some thought of gambling and paying back mountains of debts. Still others thought of leisurely spending the rest of their days. Burning the cash every month and waiting for their p