《Hero? I'm assassin, but that's the same right?》Chapter 7. Robbing the Robbers... eh... Nobling the Nobles?
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So... I decided to postpone my shopping spree, in favor of another heist... but...
Pyro: “Hey guys... what's wrong?” knights ran around, along with the maids... well staff...
Guard: “Someone Robbed the Merchant Guild's Vault! There were no traces of perpetrator...” oh... “And they stole one million gold!”
Pyro: “Pft... ONE MILLION?!” system...
What? Mass of gold coin is 50 gram, so no matter the commemorative value, we still take them by mass and exchange them. That's why usually no one exchanges gold to points.
What morons are this humans... stats are better... not like they can use points, right?
Guard: “Yes One million gold.” oh right I'm talking with the guard... knight... whatever.
Pyro: “And... is it a lot if judging by noble standards?”
Guard: “Yes. It's quite a lot. Usually great nobles have around 300'000-500'000 gold stored, but there are only 3 great nobles... royal family is not included, but even for them it's quite a sum.” so... basically... I stole 2-3 treasuries of great nobles?
Pyro: “Eh? I knew I had to ask for more money! eh... still... crown takes care of my spending habits... eh... oh thank you for information and have a good day.” and he ran off... doing... something... whatever... I'm going for breakfast... want some ice-cream though... wait... I have ice affinity... let's train affinities a bit by the way... Let's see... I don't want to train now, so I will do something else... oh.. right... I haven't talked with my fox slave...
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So... her name is Kasumi... ands she's the golden-fox variant... they are rare and have quite high affinities in those elements. actually it's Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Light, Darkness, Lightning, Nature, Ice, Shadow and Illusion, but not others... Oh and she's quite shy... Well... she'll be quite a good companion for Nova and Ai... oh right... I'm sending them on the easy missions by themselves from now on... with permission to kill anyone... pissing them off... including other heroes... except Ken, and his harem... they are fun to watch... especially when he tries to hit on that tigress...
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Oh right... I decided on going on for the 'Great Noble' treasury... ALL of the nobles, actually... so...
Pyro: “It's time for new skills” I said that and risen my Shadow Mastery along with Darkness... oh right... upgrade... so... it's a Fibonacci sequence actually... thank gods that it's only eleven! I got only 109 points left after my shopping spree! And fuck IT! I will go and steal all the gold I can!
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First is the house of Lord Quicksilver... Strange name, but we digress... so his mansion in the capital is like... huge... and he's currently in the castle for some business... fun and all... but! I need his gold... silver isn't used in that exchange... so first we cover ourself in both magical shadow and darkness... and slip into the backyard...
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*Grrrr* … ups... doggies? Nope, some wolves... let's leave some nasty claw-marks on their bodies. Like it was some monster... Oh I actually can use devour and... I'm level 6 already? That wolves were high-level... or goblins are too weak... anyway I'm in... let's use some Psychics on the servants to get the location of treasury... head butler should know? And he's... Hah... okay then we go to the basement... no one saw me, so it's ok...
… Fuck! I know that the treasure is behind that door, but how do I get behind it?
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There is small space for the key... magically enchanted I presume? Let's try to... no lock-picking... got it... then let's try to move on the other side by becoming [Shadow]... Hey that worked! And... System I claim this gold!
Yes, got it...
Transforming...
Calculating...
After taxation you got 4.89 tons of gold.
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It's 97'800 gold coins
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It's 978 unallocated points...
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next time I will tell you just point value...
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Sure don't care...
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Now it's Weaseltopp... Hey system is it just me, or this mansion is... golden?
*Gulp*
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Do you think there is more gold further inside?
… Let's leave it for later...
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Now it's better to get the Huddridstack family... if it was a fiction, I would think that author is just lazy... anyway... I decided to go for the basement from the beginning... and... his vault-door is actually solid gold! Easier for me... but first... let's get inside.
… Is this Vault... made of gold?
Seems so... hey! I should have told you that! Anyway... I lay claim!
Sure you are...
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Fuck...
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Dude...
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you...
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you probably will make him cry...
… Why?
If we transform it into the points... this place will collapse!
… Thank you for warning! As soon as you start the process I will transform!
OK
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Transforming
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You done? It's starting...
Almost...
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!
Sure mate!
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We have not much time left... let's go to the Weaseltopp... Hey assistant?
Yes?
What's Your name?
B-41
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Call me Bianca.
… Okay... let's check everything in the Weaseltopp's mansion! And then steal...
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And... I LAY CLAIM!!!
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Poor weasel got it coming?
Nope! And he Won't until the last second...
Hah...
And so the gold is turning into... power ups...
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So... What's our score?
After the taxes... it's 37'864 unallocated points...
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Dude...
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It's a bit...
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Yes... I won't spend too much...
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