Ike Grandall ... Isn't that the guy who want to find me ? Should I run away ? He's after all an ex elite knight . Mmh , maybe if I strike first would I be able to win ?

  Ike : " Hey , what are you doing alone ? Didn't you hear that , there's a killer around killing you trash ? "

  Okay , let's try . If I ever loose , Lusella got me . At least I hope so .

  Mark : " The killer is around here , please help me ! "

  I was gesticulating excessively trying make him believe me .

  Ike : " FINALLY ! Where is he ?"

  As soon he got his back turned toward me , I instantly casted multiple lightning ball to him . He got blasted away couple meters but he didn't fall . Dashing in his direction , I throw a punch at him imbue with lightning . He blocked with his left hand and did spine kicked me at the stomach. I took a couple step back .

  Ike : " So it's You . " He said with a smile while unsheathing his sword.

  Mark : " You're the mysterious killer aren't you ?" Mind game , I'm trying to distract him as much as possible to give me an edge .

  He didn't say anything and straight jumped at me , so fast that it looks like he exploded . He tried to cut me in half with a vertical slash but I successfully jumped at my right and dodged the sword . He saw it coming and did a horizontal slash this time , I couldn't block this attack since I'm still at the ending of my jumping . So I blocked it with my gauntlet .

  After the hit I got projected to a tree and my gauntlet was bend in a weird ways . I guess 350 gold this gauntlet was worth it .

  Ike was smiling in a creepy way , he lifted his sword above his head and it started to emit an intense light.

  Ah , I had a bad feeling about this.

  I tried to get away from it but in the same time I was shooting my lightning ball on him . Then he swing his sword downside , a beam like slash appeared and was coming toward me . It was too fast , I couldn't dodge it . So shielded myself with mana shield , I hate using this since it use a lot mana without giving much protection .

  Crossing my arms in front of me trying to shield my main body as much as possible . At first I succeeded to stall the attack , then the next moment I got blasted and sent ten meters away while destroying the tree in the way .

  Trying to raise myself , every part of my body hurts like if I was beat up by a thousand man. I coughed blood , it seem that I received some internal damage .

  Using all my mana to heal myself I run as fast I could . I made a mistake trying to fight him I was too cocky and arrogant .

  I hope there's a next time because I'm going to beat him into a pulp .

  People say that you shouldn't turn your head when you're running , but how the hell can you tell where exactly he's if you don't see him . Sixth sense apart .

  So I turned my head to see where he was , he was behind me smiling and slowly closing on me.

  Ike : " Hey~~, come back here , let's have some fun together . You started after all."

  Oh man , he's smiling .

  Mark : " Fuck off , I'm not gay !"

  Ike : " That's too bad , I would have spared you if you did something for me ."

  No way I'm going to die from him , NO WAY .

  Suddenly he did a huge leap toward me and was ready to cut me down . Then couple arrow and a fireball coming from nowhere hit him . It didn't do much since he reinforced his body with his magic but it gave me enough time to dodge the sword .

  Ten bandits were coming out of the bush pointing their swords and bows at Ike .

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  Ike : " What the ! ... Never mind , I thought that you were acting alone but I was clearly wrong , but it will be more intrusting that way .HEHEHE" His smile was so wide that it could covers all his face .

  He's over confident , like I was . It's my turn to crush you now .

  Bandits leader : " Brother ! He's the one who were killing our companion ! Let's get our revenge ! "

  With a roar all the bandits rushed at him , I used this occasion to eat a couple health and mana pill .

  I threw a couple lightning ball at him , but all it did was annoying him , nothing more . He can dodge the arrow and slash while retaliating . One by one , the bandits are going down . I have to think fast , so I tried to remember every fiction I've watched . Then and idea came .

  My left hand holding my right arm , I tried to condense the lightning and pour as much mana I can at my right hand . At my hand , a huge ball of lightning , at least five time bigger than a normal one .

  When I looked at them , only five bandits remained . I needed to act fast , so I dashed toward Ike and screamed to get the bandits out of my ways . Cocky like he was , he didn't even try to dodge . He just casted a barrier around him and take the hit . As soon the lightning touched his barrier , it instantly break and he was blasted away. His armor was in pieces , but apart from his skin who is a bit burn , he didn't have any apparent injury .

  I moved back a bit to recover some of my mana and let the bandits fight for me . Ike may seem fine but I could see it . He was slower , he was breathing faster and started to pant , It clearly show that he was starting to get tired .

  All I have to do now is to wait the best moment to strike , so I tried to stay behind by getting around the area .

  Ike finally kill the last bandits , he was panting really hard .

  Ike : " No matter how many you are , I will still kill you ! HAHAHA!"

  He took something from his pockets , a pill . I chose that moment to strike before he eat it . I dashed out of the bush , he turned toward me . I aimed my punch at his face but he blocked it by shield his face with his arm .

  So I grabbed his head from behind , preventing him to put space between us so he can't use his sword. My other hand grabbing his sword , I pulled his head downside and knee kicked him . Using the fact that he was stun , I disarmed him . I used his sword and stabbed where was suppose to be his heart and just to make he's dead , I punched multiple time at his face until he couldn't be recognize , even his mom .

  You absorbed eleven souls .

  91 : STR 85 : AGI 52 : DEX 95 : END 40 : WIS 63 : INT Aquire .

  Well , for once I got lucky . Thinking about it , the bandits thought that Ike was the killer and Ike thought that me and the bandits were a group who were killing the bandits . What a luck .

  Leaving the crime scene , suddenly I feel a strong feeling of sleepiness .

  Mark : " What the hell is happening to me ? "

  All my strength is leaving my body , I couldn't support my body nor my eyes anymore . I collapsed at the ground .

  I feel like my spirit was transported away but this time it was upside .

  I woke up on top of a grey cloud . A man with white hair and beard , a pair of blue eyes emitting lightning . And he was wearing ... THE HELL ? A Hawaiian shirt and short and a pair of sand sandal .

  His arms crossed .

  Hawaiian dude : " Hello boy , I'm Zeus ."