New Life Online 211 Drowned Trident City

"Wow. Such a warm welcome. Aren't you guys overreacting a bit?" I just smiled but I'm so scared right now!

"Why are you disguised as a beginner? Everyone knows here that monsters around our guild are not friendly enough to let someone pa.s.s that easily. It's either you're trying to hide something or those monsters are blind. Who are you exactly?" Drake is really suspicious of me. I should have thought of that... now I'm screwed if they checked what I am carrying...

"I'll just be honest with you guys. But first, can you please pull your weapons back? One girl can't possibly do anything against all of you, right?" I asked politely and show a bit of my cute smile...

"Tell that to Aurora. We can't just trust your appearance because you show weakness. We have to be careful. I don't want my guild to be in this war for c.r.a.ppy reasons." He's just trying to protect his people. I understand but we still need their a.s.sistance. If we can get help from both Dragoons and Drowned Trident, we might actually win.

"Ok, I will tell you the truth but I need to talk to you in private, sir. This is a really important matter. At least, you can defend yourself from me if something happens, right? You're a Guild Leader after all." If politeness won't help me then I guess I have to do what I have to do.

"Don't play tricks with me, young lady. I can shout really loud if you did something to me. Anyway, let her go, guys." He replied and I just smiled. Thank G.o.d...

They pulled their spears back and still, I can feel how they glare at me. Why are they so hostile? Do they hate women?

Drake accompanied me to their Guild Hall and so far, there's this one guy and it seems like he is his right hand or something. Their guild is smaller than ours but still, they have the fastest reinforcement army.

"So here we are, unlike Order of Light guild, we have the smallest army size that's why we compensate it with our loyal mounts. I know who you are and I know why you're here so let's get down to business."

"Uhmmm... But how?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, Jay sent a messenger to us a couple of days ago but we already told him that we won't join him... and then he sent a messenger again saying that he will send someone to change my mind. Can you really change my mind?" Jay, you jerk! At least, give me a head start... I tried lying my way in!

"To tell you honestly, I just said I will try but I don't think that I can change your mind. It's too risky for you guys to even join the fight. You won't gain anything from us and maybe Order of Light would offer you lots of gold. As you said earlier, the reason why Order of Light is trying to start a war is that they've lost something that isn't rightfully their's, right? It's not about them trying to investigate inside our guild, Jay doesn't want them to enter because as you all know, we are not also allowed to enter their guild. We even tried to help them with the Frozen King but yeah, we were too late. So, my point is. Is it really necessary to start a war?" I asked. I hope I get their attention at least.

"I know that the Order of Light Guild leader's decision is a bit unreasonable. I am just trying to think that they just want to find the Soulstone back but securing it by themselves once again is not a good idea. They've lost it once so I don't think that they are the right guild for the job. I would rather be happy if that soul stone would be destroyed and be gone forever too. But we all know that they have the power to do what they want. I know that your guild grew so fast and is now bigger than ours but Order of Light is really out of your league. They have the money, they have the power. This is suicide." He's right but we can't give up now, can we?

"I already know that. Everyone knows that. But this isn't the time to lose hope. Jay decided to stand up against them. I don't like the idea but we won't get this far without him. We need your help. And if someday, you will need our help. We will be there for you." I only have one shot at this. I need to do my best.

"I don't know. We're not in a good spot to help you. With one bad decision, we might start all over again. We really want to help you but like I said, my Guild is at a great disadvantage here." I'm losing him... This is not looking good. Oh, wait... if he's worried about his spot then...

"How about this, what if I can get Drowned Trident's approval to join us? If that happens, they can guard your back, not to mention I heard that they hate Storm Seekers for some reason. I might be able to get their approval." I proposed.

"I can trust their guild and we will join you guys if you can succeed but good luck with that. If you remember, Scythus defeated Sh.e.l.la at the tournament and she really takes grudges seriously. Life Guild is your ally, right?" Uhmmm... so many problems...

"I'll figure something out in the way. For now, I guess I'll be leaving your guild and get Miss Sh.e.l.la's approval. I trust your words, Mr. Drake." I stood up and got ready to leave.

"I suggest you stay here for the night. It's getting dark outside and it's really not a good time to travel alone. The night is the best time for a.s.sa.s.sins to ambush you." He suggested.

"I'll keep that in mind but I have to keep moving. I don't have much time to sit around for now but thank you. I will I will see you later on." I said my goodbye.

"I hope it's not too late." He said and I just smiled at him and walked away.

-North East Forest of Dragon City-

Yup, I should have listened to him! What is happening? Well, a band of a.s.sa.s.sins is currently chasing me! They started showing up after I entered the forest Northeast of Dragoons City.

*SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+ SWOOOOOs.h.!.+* Countless daggers are flying towards my direction hitting everything nearby.

I'm quick enough to dodge them all but I don't know if I can keep this up. They can't keep up with my speed but they won't leave me alone for heaven's sake! This ends now!

*SWOOOOOs.h.!.+* I jumped towards one of the a.s.sa.s.sins.

*BAAAAAAAM!* I pulled out my dagger and pierce the dagger through his skull. I need to end this fast.

I can sense five of them surrounding me. I picked up the dagger of the one I killed and based on the smell of the blade, it contains a deadly substance that can kill a low-level player in just a couple of seconds. A dirty trick from the guild of Serpentes.

They started moving at the same time and at the same pace. They are thinking that even if I kill one or two of them, someone can still land a fatal blow against me and the poison will do the job but let's just see.

Three of them started moving.

*SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+* "ACK!" I threw the poison knife against one of them directly to the neck, killing him in an instant.

*SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+ CLAAAANG!* Dodging the second attacker and blocking the attack at my back by the third attacker.

*SWOOOOs.h.!.+ BAAAAAAM!'* I kicked the second attacker's back to push him down and I swiftly slashed the third attacker's arm dropping his weapon. I stabbed his heart two times and before his weapon hit the ground, I caught its handle and stabbed the second attacker, who's currently down, at the back.

"And now, there are two more left,"

"She... she killed four of us using just one hand sir... we need to retreat." The other one whispered to his superior.

"I can hear you. But I guess, I can't let you leave. You will all die here." I smiled again. Sometimes, my smiles mean something.

"I need to get out of here sir. That girl is a monster." One of the two of them started running. I can't let him get away.

*SWOOOOOs.h.!.+ CLANG CLANG!* I threw the poison knives but it was parried by the superior one. He let his subordinate run but I can't let that happen.

"Nice defense but how about this!" Once again, I threw my own dagger and the guy will try to parry my attack again.

*BAAAAAAAM!* My dagger hit his and then his dagger was shattered. My dagger pa.s.sed right through his defense and his cheek was scratched by my attack. And yes, my dagger caught the running one, pierced his body real good.

"d.a.m.n it. No one told me you're going to be this strong." He tried to hide his face but with my last attack, the cover of his face fell. He's that Covra guy. One of the officers of Serpentes.

"Sending a group of a.s.sa.s.sins to capture me, huh. I can tell by your poison that it won't kill me but it would cause me to get weaker. You guys really don't know how girls should be treated." I said.

"Then I guess, I'll see you next time and be prepared." He replied and is planning to use something.

*POOOOOOOF! SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+* He used some kind of smokescreen but it's too late for him. My dagger flew back from the body of the last one I killed to my direction and he was. .h.i.t by it. My dagger pierced his body and fell to the ground.

I got my dagger back. With my dagger having a power stone, it's piercing ability drastically improved and not only that, with my mana inside the power stone, I can freely pull it back whenever I want. Hopefully, that would let me travel a bit safer this time.

I don't have time to loot their corpses so I went ahead instead. Though I can tell that my real body needs to eat so I took a break for a moment and before that, I made sure that there's no one nearby that will surprise me when I come back.

I didn't take too long outside the game and I just did what girls have to do.

I continue traveling as fast I can and finally, I can see the Drowned Trident City.