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
“Damn. That burned up more mana than I thought.” Asther said. Making paced breaths as the strain on his body was beginning to catch up.He still hasn’t fully recovered from his fight against Rune after all. But it’s no time for him to complain. There are still a lot of enemies remaining. And on his system window, the number of deaths displayed is way too low.There’s just one more problem with this plan of his. By that time, he is sure that the bandits would have recovered already. The same surprise trick he used on the first group wouldn’t work so well on the next. Nevertheless, Asther still resolved to use the same thing.Meanwhile, he left the other bandits for his undead to take care of. Specifically, he left the devil masked and the former bandit leader to lead the other undead in the fights. All that Asther needs is one of these to use as a jumping point for his teleportation. The rest can follow the stronger undeads.“Alright. Let’s go to the next target.”Asther moved to the l
Octavia and the others didn’t remain idle during the whole duration of the fight. In fact, as soon as the first explosion came about, they woke up instantly. After all, there probably wouldn’t be anyone who could stay asleep with the amount of commotion that Asther made.This is also part of the reason why Asther started of the attack in that way. He wanted them to wake up because, through this, he wouldn’t need to worry about them getting killed or kidnapped in their sleep.However, as for the action itself, the group didn’t get to do any fighting at all. When they arrived at the scene of the battle, there isn’t anyone left for them to fight anymore. Asther and his undead have taken care of all the mercenaries.[You have cleared the first Sub Quest!]“Alright. Two left.” Asther said as he closed the quest window.“What on earth happened here?” Octavia asked as soon as she got close to him. Making the necromancer notice her presence.“So you guys finally woke up.” Asther said.“Come o
Gerald doesn’t understand what’s happening. He doesn’t understand why his house is burning at that moment. He doesn’t understand why the explosion suddenly happened when his other manor has just been destroyed.“What are the guards doing? How can they let something like this happen?” Gerald said out loud as he looked down the ground.There are supposed to be more guards and soldiers there than usual. He placed them all around his manor to keep his family safe. He needed this extra measure for him to be eased of any worry for the lives of his other family members. Yet, the explosion that woke him up still happened. There is still fire in the house. And as he looked at the wide area owned by his family, Gerald understood why.All the guards are on the ground and unconscious. Gerald doesn’t know what happened to them but, one thing is sure, that whoever did this to the guards is also responsible for what’s happening to his manor.“What’s going on?”Gerald doesn’t have an explanation. He
Asther positioned himself on top of a roof. As a sniper, having high ground like this is optimal for him to scan the surroundings. Although he doesn’t have binoculars, night goggles, or any other device that would help him out in that situation, he still has his Keen Eyes. The same ability that has been of great help to him since he acquired it.With this, Asther is able to see the number of guards positioned around the manor of the Ragencliffs. The place is heavily guarded, making it close to impossible to get in without alerting security.But this dilemma only exists for inferior assassins. Asther himself finds no trouble in the current situation he is facing. With all of the experience he built up on earth, medieval security methods is a piece of cake for him. Especially with all of the spells that he has at his disposal.Thirty. This is the total number of guards around the household. This is only an estimated number and, Asther has yet to place the guards that could be inside the