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The street was unnatural silent after the fight. It seemed that nobody wanted to check what was going on in his neighbourhood. This told Iranueel all he needed to know in which part of the city he was located.

Examining the woman he saw many pleasing things. She had long slim legs, a classic hourglass figure and full but not to big breasts. Her face was more Japanese than Chinese with high cheek bones and dark brown eyes. And she had the most amazing black hair he ever saw. It seemed to have starts shining in it.

“Are you done?” said the young woman with a mocking grin.

“I think, introductions would be indicated. My name is Misako Ayano and as you seemed to have noticed i’m an avatar as yourself! And thank you for your help. I was in a real predicament. These guys don’t give up until their prey is dead. But for now I should have a little breather.”

She came closer and hid her knife with an unconscious motion in her clothes. Misako wore mostly black things. Jeans, leather boots, jacket and t-shirt.

She took a curious glance at Iranueel.

“Oh ah yeah, sorry, my name is Iranueel and thanks for not attacking any further. I happened to go my way when I discovered a guy with some holes in him and liked his jacket. So I just took what he didn’t need anymore. No hard feelings from you, I think?”

She shook her head and pointed to the other dead guy.

“Take what you need from him and then let’s go to a more pleasant place. I should have some days of peace for now. The usually take 2 to 3 days before the start their hunt again!”

Iranueel was a little bit irritated after her statement.

“What did you do for getting hunted like that?”

She shrugged with her shoulders and made a sad face.

“I took an offer from the government and got betrayed by some friends. I tried to smuggle some things to south korea and the local mobsters thought they should have their cut for it. I refused and now I’m on their black list!”

“You refused and now you have a killer squad on you? Sorry, but what exactly is your way of refusing?”

A predatory smirk appeared on her beautiful face.

“I told the guy to get lost or get shot! He stayed and got a bullet between the eyes. Unfortunately he was the son of one of the local triad high ups. That caused this problem. I didn’t know that the boss here is an avatar himself. After that I died 15 times and without your help just now I would have died permanently. Thanks a lot for that.”

Iranueel broke into cold sweat. He didn’t want to get this much problems right after the start with the local underworld.

“How big is the chance that the locals will not notice my involvement in your little skirmish?”

She took a look at the dead guy.

“He is a fried chicken! You could disintegrate him right at the spot. They know that I’m not a magician, so they will know that another avatar is involved but if you can destroy the body completely, you have a chance to get by without any further problems.”

Iranueel went to the guy and checked his soul globe. Grinning he saw that the guy had a golden colour. Taking the energy into himself he then started his fire streaming from his hands to disguise the energy spike wandering to his heart.

Misako observed him suspicious. She sensed something strange for a moment but she didn’t inquire what was going on.

After Iranueel reduced the guy into a pile of ash he used some earth magic to fuse the remnants with the street.

“You are some resourceful mage it seems. I don’t think that any magical connections remains after this. Perhaps now I have some days more time for my escape. I would like to get your support in exchange for money or information.”

She came to his side and looked into his eyes.

“I know you are new in the business. You trust much to fast. I won’t try to get one on you as a thank you for my rescue. I will help you instead to survive your first steps into the world. You have an interesting set of skills it seems. And I could use an ally like yourself to get out of town. There is a place where an old acquaintance of mine is waiting and he owes me. Perhaps he can take us to a safer location and in the same time I can teach you the rules! What do you say?”

Iranueel reflected shortly about her offer and it seemed genuine. He needed insider information. The danger of her company was surely not to be underestimated but on the other hand stood a wealth of knowledge he could use in his own survival. And he got a nice power boost from the dead guy. Level 9 in one go and that on the first day.

“How many levels does it cost to revive?”

“Oh it depends how powerful you are. As long as you are under level 200 you lose only 5 levels and some knowledge, after that it gets more and more expensive. And when an avatar kills you the penalty doubles.”

She now went right before him and offered her hand for a shake.

“So would you like to party with me?”

Iranueel took her hand and felt in the same moment Misako overall condition. Her health, mana and location.

“That was my next lesson! Try to make parties with mortals and immortals alike. So you can always sense when somethings goes downhill! And you can also exchange messages with other awakened beings like avatars or magical creatures. Just think of somebody and formulate your message and then send it.”

Iranueel tried to say hi to Misako and got the same back a moment later. He could see a small window in his vision down left.

“Nice! Just like a MMO!”

“I think, I never played them. Life is enough for me. So let’s get going before the people in this place decide to call the police after all!”

She turned and walked deeper into the city.