Strangers

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The three shadow who was stalking the carriage in the dark were Hunters , sent from a assassin guild.

Hunters falls in the same category as Warriors , Hunters are people who specialize with range or throwing weapon,

It can be a bow , throwing knives , throwing axes , any throwing melee.

Hunters also empower their arrows or throwing knives with their element, exemple a fire arrow can burn and pierce better , wind arrow can compress the air and fly faster, and also applies to their throwing melees.

But most Hunters uses bow, the better bow is determine by the body and importantly the string, the best bow humankind ever made was out of a dragon string muscle , it said the Hunter who possess the bow can easily pierce through mountains with his arrow.

Of course to make the bow itself you will have to kill a dragon , and it's even more rare to find it in the market , it would cost atleast the same as Vale's kingdom value.

Hunters are mainly used in stealth plays with their range advantage.

But of course to use high class bow , you will need alot of F , which is why Hunters and Warriors falls in the same category.

The assassin Guilds , are guild that will assassinate anyone aslong the price is met ,but you'll need connections to find them , as they can be hidden under other guild shadows.

Most of the assassin guild members consist of Hunters , because they are efficient and more stealth than warriors since the mana aura can hinder their reveal their intent.

"Should we strike tonight?"

"If we don't , we won't have a chance after they pass through Irk city"

"Yes brothers, we are professional , but I say we wait until they get to the bridge , so we can dispose the corpse there instead of dragging them into the forest"

"Good idea bro, you are a genius!"

"Sai, you will initiate with a fire compressed arrow to blind them, Sei you will handle the soldiers while they are blinded and I will go for the carriage"

Sai,Sei-"Yes Brother Sen!"

Sen-"Let's go , we will have to get there first to get in our position and remember not to kill the ladies ,kekeke"

swisss

Soldier3-"Sir , when will we reach the bridge?"

Soldier1-"Really soon , maybe in about 20 minutes, don't worry lad after crossing the bridge we will soon arrive at the city and rest there for a day."

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On the bridge , 3 shadows appeared , it was the Sen brothers.

Sen was the oldest , as Sai is the youngest among them, although they are rank 6 , their arrows can easily shatter rocks.

Sen-"Hold it , look at that camp fire"

The brothers turn ,look and nodded.

As they walk toward the dry camp fire, all they could see was a tent with furs and a branch stick in the fish.

Sen notice the ground

Sen-"Looks like a fight had broke out here , I don't see any corpse here"

Sai-"Oh my..g..god.Look brother... Its a king brown bear"

As he whispered with fear , Sen and Sei look toward where Sai was pointing.

All they could see was a big brown bear laying on the floor facing the tree.

A king brown bear get its name for being big , any brown bear that survives for 80 years , becomes a king brown bear.

Sen"Shhh,quiet ,we don't want to mess with this huge bear, it seem to be taking a nap"

Sen walking away while whispering.

Sai-"But brother Sen.. Could it be the bear got too drunk of honey , forgot his cooked fish, bed and decided to sleep beside a tree?.."

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Sen-"Why would you think that , beside why would the BEAR EVEN COOK THE FISH THAT ISN'T CHEF BEAR!"

As Sen shouted , they all panicked and look toward the brown bear , the corpse showed no reaction.

Sei-"Brother Shen , isn't strange? I think the bear is dead"

Sen-"You are right ,if it was just sleeping it would of attacked us by now , Sai go make sure it's dead"

Sai-"But why me...? I don't wanna get close to the bear.."

Sen-"Idiot , don't you use a bow..?"*Facepalm*

Sai-"Oh right! I can just shoot the bear and see if it's really dead"

As Sai prepared to fire his arrow , Sen and Sei were hiding behind a rock.

Sen-"Go ahead Sai , do not fear as we 3 brothers combined are invincible!"

Sai shot the arrow , Sen and Sei were holding their breath in worst case they can stay hidden while their little brother run for his life.

The arrow tip went inside the bear , the fur was too strong for a normal arrow without affinity to penetrate it.

The bear show no sign of life

Sai turn back and surprisingly his brothers were there.

Sai-"*Weird... I could of sworn his voice sounded as if he was far away from me*"

Sei-"Good job little brother , you were very brave"

Sai-"Thanks big brother!"

Sen murmured to himself quietly while looking at the arrow closely.

Sen-"*How the hell did he perfectly hit the bear tiny back door at night times... Is he better than we thought? or.. maybe it's a advance focus technique , yea!*"

Sen-"after taking care of those soldiers and kidnapping the ladies , we can skin this bear and sell his fur for 50 silver, brothers ,get into position!"

Sai,Sei-"Yes!"

The 3 shadows split , among them , Sen was under the bridge , Sei was on top of a tree while the Sai was across on the other side of the bridge hiding behind a rock to ambush the front.

Soldiers ? Ladies..? It seem like these 3 are bad guys.. and by the sound of it the ladies must be from a rich family.. Maybe if I protect them I will get a good reward..

Neo overheard the conversation and kept hidden under the head of the bear, his body was covered with blood and he notice Sei , the one who went on top of a tree that was relatively close to Neo.

While the brothers were focusing their attention to the road , Neo quietly crawl like a cockroach and hid behind a tree.

He thought of his sword ,it quickly appeared in his right hand.

Since the sphere move really slow , maybe I can throw this sword as fast as I can.

As soon Neo let go of the sword, it disappeared.

Neo lift his right hand , with quick thought , a fist size sphere appeared , he tried to move it at point B with speed on his mind , the sphere speed was the same as when he was in the ravine.

Hmm... What can I do to make it travel faster..Maybe by making it smaller?

Neo made the sphere smaller , the size of his pinky , he move the sphere at the same point B , It moved really fast , Neo could hardly follow it with his eyes.

That's it! I just had to make it smaller, let's try moving it to point C , the small sphere moved up , but it was moving slowly as usual , just slightly faster.

Why is it moving slowly when it's travelling to a new point..? That's it! It's the same concept as creating a road before I can make it travel faster!

But why ?... Is there something I can't see that is slowing it?..

Then it hit Neo ,

That's it! My mom told me mana are everywhere like the air we breath , maybe it was erasing the mana on it's path like how it did with the darkness in the ravine.

The smaller it is , the faster it is , maybe because it has to go through less mana , yes that must be the only reason..

So how do I make it fly fast like an arrow..maybe.. the shape is the problem..

Neo sphere disappeared and appeared again on his right hand , he then mold the sphere into a thin small spike , it like the size of 2 small needle together that was 30 cm long.

As he didn't create the needle but mold it from the sphere that is why it was long.

To test his new spell , he point it at the tree infront of him ,it flew so fast that he couldn't keep up with his eyes at all and then left a perfect hole in the trunk.

The needle went through the trunk perfectly leaving a hole that you can see the other side of it.

Hmmm as expected it , it went through easily .. but that is the biggest needle I can make.. Maybe..

With a single thought , the 30 cm needle appeared on his right hand , he than lift his left hand and thought of another needle.

The needle on his right hand got shorter , precisely cut in half and appeared on his left hand , now Neo conclude that he has a limit , which was the size of a fist sphere.

Neo pinched both needles with his fingers and his hands turned black , he threw the needles and marked a spot on the trunk and both needles pierced through it and disappears

leaving a perfect hole.

It look like it disappear as soon it went through the trunk.. with a single though , 4 small needles appeared on the tip of each fingers of his right hand , seeing that it wasn't limited to his hand.

Tree-"*Why did he choose me as a target practice... I can't even move and beside there is tons of tree around you.. for the love of god*"

He made multiple needle appear from all over his body , from the top of his shoulders , toes , knees , back , anywhere from his body and with the needle on his back , he marked the trunk infront of him again, the needle did not go straight , it first went over his shoulder , and then flew straight to the trunk.

Neo could now use his needle precisely as long he marked a target , He then turns and look up at Sei.

Trunk-"*finally ! that other man will be his target now , yay , woooohoooo!*"

Neo look up the leaves

Neo-"*The wind is blowing hard only on this tree....... is a storm approaching..?*"

Suddenly Neo heard foot steps , it belonged to the soldiers and carriage , the carriage was going toward the bridge with 2 soldier in the front , 2 in the back and 1 on each side of the carriage.

That luxury carriage.. 6 soldiers , it must be their target!