Fantasy Assassin in a modern world

158 Silently exits the stage

The Elegant Scorpion John Ray had been staying in Leim City for a few weeks after his contract was terminated. Since he failed his mission to kill Fade, John remained in the city as he wanted to find an opportunity to finish the job. Even now he could not accept his defeat. He had wasted a lot of materials just to fight Fade last time, but even then he had completely underestimated the opponent.

Now that he has lost against a newcomer his status in the underworld was shaken. Fade’s skill was indeed incredible and his name could shoot up to the top of the dark rankings but only a few know this truth, everyone else won’t be convinced without any proof except John’s words. So now not only did John’s ranking fall greatly but the other assassins were mocking him, and all the jobs that he was supposed to do once he was done killing Fade were now gone. If he doesn’t restore even a little bit of his reputation it will be hard for him later on to continue his lifestyle.

At this point, the people willing to hire him were low-level thugs and such. The money he could get from such assassinations was not even enough to buy him a couple of bullets for his beloved gun the Scorpion.

...

While John was in the city waiting for Fade to make a move something unexpected happened to him. A group of Gigantes started attacking the city. It was quite a surprise since Leim city was deep inside Zothril, normally all the Gigantes that got too close would be eliminated by the military, which would mean the Gigantes that were attacking now were not wild ones but Gigantes that were brought into the city by someone.

The moment he saw the destruction happening in the city, John immediately headed to one of his safe houses. As he was hurrying to escape in the corner of his eye he saw a familiar face, it was the person he was waiting for, the person he hated the most at the moment, it was the assassin he failed to kill. Fade was fighting one of the Gigantes and was running around.

John knew that this was a great chance to kill Fade and restore his reputation. Still, he didn’t have the proper equipment at the moment and was afraid of the Gigantes, he was a good assassin that dealt with humans but when it comes to monsters even he needed to run away.

‘First I need to get proper equipment in the safe house then, I’ll ambush Fade.’

After he decided on his next course of action John continued to head to his nearest safe house. The sound of the rampaging Gigantes echoed in John’s ears as well as the screams of the people that were being eaten and trampled upon.

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As he turned around to take a peak John saw a dramatic scene, Fade had actually subdued one of the Gigantes. For a brief moment, he was frightened. The only people he knew that could take on a Gigantes head-on were those of the Grandmaster level. John might be a good assassin and he was able to kill Grandmasters before but that was because he was prepared and doing things in the darkness. Seeing how Fade defeated the Gigantes head-on made him see Fade as even more of a monster than the Gigantes.

The fear he felt was just for a few seconds until he saw Fade falling to the ground limping away. When John saw this scene he felt that this was his chance, he could finally beat Fade and restore his reputation. Still, John didn’t simply charge at Fade as every hunter knows the wounded and cornered beast was more dangerous than any other.

‘Okay, first I need to properly equip myself and go after him, in his current state he shouldn’t be able to go too far.’

John hurriedly sprinted into his safehouse as he arrived he noticed something was off, the traps he has set seemed to have been disabled in advance. John took out a handgun and cautiously entered the safe house.

The lights in the safe house were turned on, but after a quick look, it doesn’t look like anything was taken. John then saw someone sitting on his chair, it was a beautiful woman that looked very familiar to him. It was then a sense of dread came before him as he remembered who the woman was.

“The Flashing blade, Leila.”

“Oh, it’s nice to meet you as well Elegant Scorpion John Ray.”

Upon hearing her voice John took a few steps back as he pointed his gun at Leila who wasn’t really that bothered by his reaction. John gulped dryly as he forced out a smile.

“... So to what do I owe the honor of this meeting?”

While he was speaking John’s mind was going at full throttle trying to think of a way on how to escape his current predicament. Leila who saw through John’s plans was not bothered seeing as no matter what plans an ant has it could never hurt a single hair of a mighty lion.

“Nothing much, my superior told me to not do anything with whatever plans the people outside are doing. So I decided while I’m waiting for them to finish why don’t I visit you to pass the time.”

The smile on Leila’s face grew even more beautiful than before it was like a flower blooming in spring. Still, instead of being drawn in by the beauty that Leila showed, John felt an indescribable fear assaulting his very being.

“John I heard that you failed your last job and your reputation is at an all-time low.”

When John heard Leila talking about this he had a horrible premonition, still, he gave Leila an answer.

“Yes, I’m really embarrassed about that. Does lady Leila have any tips on how I can kill Fade?”

Leila placed her finger on her chin as she made a cute gesture while thinking. She then lowered her hands and a burst of killing intent erupted from Leila. John could not understand why this girl was suddenly doing this but he needed to escape quickly. 𝙛𝓇𝘦e𝙬𝑒𝚋𝒏૦ѵel. c𝒐𝚖

“Oh little John, you dare touch the person I’m interested in and you even ask me how to kill him. Well, here’s my answer.”

John quickly shot at Leila while backing away unfortunately all the bullets were deflected and John could not even see how she did it. John was about to pick up a nearby gun but before he could do so Leila was already in front of him.

“Lady Leila, WAIT!”

“Sorry but it’s already done.”

After saying those words Leila walked past John without doing anything which confused him, but then he saw his arms sliding downward he then noticed his sight was falling that was when he realized what had happened, the horror he felt at that time was for a second but it was the longest second ever.

John’s body had been sliced apart, the cuts were so clean that he didn’t even feel them not even a drop of blood was sprayed which was a magical sight. After his death, his body which felt like it was suspended in time finally moved and blood sprayed all over the place.