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Chapter 18
"Are you sure you have to go?" Kain's mother asked Himamura.
Himamura sighed. "Yeah. I really don't want to, since I promised Kain and you I wouldn't go anywhere for a while, but they really need me in America."
"It'll be okay, dad," Kain said.
Kain's father had been called away on business by a group working to prevent damage to the real world in America. There was a group of criminals who had been introduced into the Abyss that were using the abilities to cause problems.
"Oh, I know it will be," Himamura winked towards Kain. "Don't get into too much trouble while I'm gone. I wouldn't want your mom to walk in on you and Hinata."
"We're not dating! She's just my friend!" Kain yelled out with his face blushing slightly. It had been three days since Kain had saved Hinata from the Abyss. Two days ago, he brought her to his house to eat since she hadn't bought any groceries yet, causing both of his parents to embarrass him to extreme levels. Hinata didn't seem to mind, though.
"Sure, Kain." His dad grinned at him. "I'll see you soon, stay safe."
"Sure thing," Kain replied. He gave a short hug to his father and then moved out of the way so his mother could say good-bye.
Looking up at his mother, he wondered why her title was different than before. It used to say "The Concerned Mother," but it changed over the night. He had noticed it in the morning.
The Wife of the Illusionist
Nahiko Rockbear Lv 8
"I wonder if dad told her," Kain thought to himself. He looked at his watch. "Oh mom, I gotta get going! I told Murkuro I'd hang out with him today."
"Okay hun, just tell me if you decide to stay the night," Nahiko replied. "Stay safe."
"I will!" Kain yelled back as he jogged off in the direction of the clan. Murkuro, Kain, and Hinata had planned on training today, with the intention of bringing Murkuro's level closer to Kain's.
When he reached there, they were waiting for him near the entrance. "It'd be so much simpler if you just lived here," Murkuro said as Kain walked up to him.
"Yeah, but that'd cause more problems than it would help." Kain shrugged. "How are you, Hinata? Settled into the new place?"
"Y-yeah. Thanks for helping me get the stuff all set up, Kain." Hinata smiled up at him. Over the few days that she had been with the clan, Kain and Murkuro had helped her get settled, and afterward they would just hang out as a group, mostly getting to know Hinata since Kain and Murkuro were already friends. She was very cautious about new people given her past, but it hadn't taken too long for her to be talking freely amongst them.
"No problem," Kain said, grinning at her. "So should we go train?"
They nodded, and Kain led the way to open an illusion barrier to train. Not long after, they were rushing shadow creatures, with Kain doing his best to control the battle so Murkuro and Hinata could gain levels.
After a long time of training, Murkuro was level 55 and Hinata was level 52. They were resting before another round.
"I can't believe that you train against these ridiculously strong creatures," Murkuro gasped, still recovering.
"If we can beat them, there's no harm in doing it," Kain replied. "Though until I'm at least level 80, I don't wanna touch the demon that's summoned when you beat enough of them." Kain stood up and stretched. "You guys are within ten levels of me now, so we can share the experience equally. Maybe I'll try to get some experience this-"
Suddenly, the illusion barrier around him shattered.
"Look out!" Murkuro shouted out, grabbing Hinata and pulling her out of the way. Kain looked up, his outer ki shooting out at full strength. Above them, a boulder the size of a house fell towards Kain. Murkuro had successfully gotten Hinata out of the way.
Kain raised his palm to face the boulder. "Mana Beam!" He shot through the boulder and cut in half, causing it to fall on both sides of him. "Where the fuck did that come from?" Kain yelled out quickly, glancing around at his surroundings. Kain noticed a large man a fair distance away, dashing towards a clan building. As soon as the man reached it, his outer ki spiked and the man ran straight through it, bringing the building down with him.
"We're being attacked!" Kain relayed to Murkuro and Hinata.
"What?" Murkuro's head swung around to where Kain was looking and noticed the destruction. "We need to respond!"
They rush towards the building with Kain leading the way. When they reach it, they glance around, trying to find the enemy that attacked them. Then they noticed it wasn't just one enemy. With a quick count, Kain glanced towards his team. "Looks like sixty-two enemies. And they aren't push overs. Most of them are about level 45, and there are two that I can't see the level of. We wouldn't stand a chance against those two. It looks like the clan head is fighting those two, and the other members are fighting as well."
"Damn it, we were so far away! Thank god that guy broke the illusion barrier, we wouldn't have noticed this until it was all over," Murkuro snarled.
"Let's get to fighting then." Kain breathed slowly, preparing himself for what he was about to do. "We can't leave them alive right now, they could still be a danger to the weaker clan members."
Murkuro glanced over at him. "You sure you can handle it?"
Kain nodded slowly. "I'll have to. Will you be okay, Hinata?"
"I'll do my best. If it comes down to it, I'll cripple them at the very least." Her voice was shaky, but Kain believed in her.
"All right, move out!" The three of them separated, attacking different opponents.
Mercenary for Hire
Kon Repma Lv 49
Kain immediately used his gravity field, surprising Kon. "You wanna fight me, little kid?" Kon snarled as he rose from his knee, jumping towards Kain.
"No, I want to destroy you." Kain parried Kon's attack, bringing his elbow into Kon's face. When Kon backed up to regroup, Kain brought his palm forward. "Mana Beam." Kon quickly moved his body, his side getting scathed by the blast.
"Damn, that almost got me. You're gonna pay for that." Kon brought his hand up, positioning it to look like how a child would to make a fake gun. "The Heavens and Hell, guide the energy in my hand, Magic Machine Gun!" Suddenly Kain was moving at top speed to dodge the blue energy that fired from Kain's fingertip. The blasts continued, nearly hitting Kain.
Kain quickly put his hand into his inventory, bringing out the Sword of the Shadows. "It's time to finish this." Kain swung the sword, firing the shadows out of the blade.
"What?!" Kon tried to dodge, but he hadn't expected the blade to fire something like it had. He wasn't able to dodge in time though. His arm flew off, separated by the dense shadow that continued past him. "Shit!"
Kain looked at him with remorse. "Know that I didn't want to do this." He swung his blade again. This time, the shadows reached their target perfectly, splitting Kon in half. "Where's the next one?"
"Hahaha, die you fuckers!" A woman screamed out as she fired a blast of mana at two weaker Crimson Rain members who were already lying on the ground, nearly dead. Murkuro ran in front of the blast, letting it strike his back to stop it.
"You won't kill anyone in my clan!" Murkuro snarled at her.
"Oh it's much too late for that," she chuckled. "I killed two others on my way up here."
"You bitch." Murkuro's ki rose high, higher than it had ever been before. Like before, when Murkuro had decided to use the points from Kain, he put them in something he knew would be difficult to raise in real training. Instead of Luck this time, Murkuro decided to put half of them into Intelligence and the other half into Wisdom. The effect was immediately noticeable. It was immensely easier to use his outer ki, and he knew he could strengthen it much higher than before.
The woman giggled. "Oh, so you wanna play with me? Such a mean boy, ready to hit a girl."
"I'm not here to talk," Murkuro replied seriously. He rushed forward, immediately cloaking his fists in flames. The woman summoned a barrier, blocking Murkuro's first two strikes, but Murkuro broke through it. His final strike hit her in the shoulder. Instead of breaking through the skin like he had expected, the skin was like iron.
"You'll have to do a lot better than that, boy," she smirked. In her hand, she held what appeared to Murkuro to be a wand. "Magic Arrows." Suddenly Murkuro was struck in the chest with multiple blasts of mana, burning his skin.
"Fuck!" Murkuro struck her in the chest, giving him some distance from her. "Her defense is stronger than I thought. I guess I'll have to rely on magic. Too bad I only know one kind." Murkuro focused on his hands, raising the temperature of the fire surrounding them. "But at least I can use it well!" The fire turned white, heat radiating off of it.
Murkuro brought his arm back and then punched towards the woman, releasing a wave of flames as thick as a vehicle. She was engulfed in it, and Murkuro could hear her screams. When the blast faded away, she still stood, but much worse for wear. "That...fucking...hurt!" She rose her hand, firing off a torrent of magic arrows. Murkuro dodged around them as best as he could, but some of the blasts still reached him.
Ignoring the damage the blasts were causing him, he dashed towards the woman. Murkuro struck out with the hand that was surrounded by white flames still. "Block this!" He hit her in the center of her chest. With a quick yell, the flames dug into her body. The skin darkened, and the flames finally broke through. It ripped through her chest, firing out of the other side.
She fell dead, burnt to a crisp. Murkuro fell to his knees, having completely exhausted his mana. "Maybe I should have tried to save some for another fight..." He fell onto his back, fighting the rush of darkness. "I refuse to pass out!" he gasped. Murkuro rolled over. "Is everyone else doing okay?"
"The heavens guide in my attack, Magic Arrow," Hinata whispered, sending a large mana arrow at the back of an enemy. It struck him, causing him to fly into the building he was attacking.
The man crawled back out, snarling. "Who the hell did that?" Smoke was rising off of his back where the attack had hit him. He looked around, but before he could find Hinata, another blast hit him in the face. "What the fuck?!" The man finally caught a glimpse of her.
The man grinned at her. "Oh, you're kinda hot. You sure you wanna fight? I'd be happy to take you to do...other things."
Hinata grimaced at the thought and fired another magic arrow, but now that he knew where she was, he was able to dodge it. "Missed me, honey! I guess you chose to fight me then. But I suppose I could just force you to do what I want after I crush you."
Hinata quickly thought of her past, but she shook it off. "Good luck!" She continued to fire the arrows at him. He obviously had no way of attacking from a distance, so she ran away as she did so, keeping him within range. He was quickly catching up, though.
"I didn't wanna use this, but I guess I should have enough mana now." Hinata had raised her Intelligence even higher with the points from her new levels, focusing purely on it. "Infinite Magic Arrows!" The arrows fired from her hand at an incredible rate. The man was only able to dodge a small number of them, the rest hitting him.
The man never made it to her. He was quickly defeated, barely able to defend himself. "That was a lot easier than expected," Hinata remarked, surprised. "I guess that's what happens when you're a close distance fighter only."
After defeating another two members of the attackers, Kain met up with Murkuro and Hinata, both of which he quickly healed.
"How did it go, guys?" Kain asked.
"We beat 'em. Though I think I did the worst out of us," Murkuro grimaced.
"No, you did very well. Your opponent was level 51. Both mine and Hinata's opponents were lower." Kain had seen them fighting while he was defeating his second opponent.
"Should we get back to combat now? We can fight as a group now, since the enemies are closer together." Murkuro was ready to fight again, stretching his arms.
That's when they heard the explosion.
The Gamer of Crimson Rain
Kain Rockbear Lv 61 Exp 48.81%
Health: 1700/1700 (+340/340 +425/425)
Mana: 1700/1700 (+85/85)
Vit: 50 + 26% + 42% + 10%
Str: 115 + 26% + 42% + 10%
Dex: 100 + 26% + 42% + 26% + 15% + 10%
Int: 115 + 26%
Wis: 50 + 26% + 6%
Luk: 22
Points: 8
Money: 7,151,983,500 Won