Both Alex and the leader of the assassin feel a chill running down their spines, especially the leader as he couldn't believe such an angelic girl to be this ruthless, she was even smiling. He knew today's mission was a failure, maybe not as the others are still fighting. Who knows a miracle may happen.
As he thought this the leader of this group of assassins moved, he decided to make use of the moment Alex and Luna were exchanging looks, they seemed lost in their little own world.
Five shurikens were hurtled toward Alex, the assassin knew this wouldn't be enough to deal with him therefore he disappeared intending to strike Alex the moment he started dealing with the shurikens.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as he planned, Alex's fingers moved like lightning and he pulled the triggers.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!
The five shurikens were sent in the direction of the assassin with perfect accuracy. The assassin's expression changed as he hadn't thought of such a counterattack.
Moving his daggers he deflected all the shurikens, the assassin momentarily stopped moving, he thought Alex would have used this opportunity to attack.
Indeed, Alex did it, however, it wasn't the kind of attack the assassin was expecting, instead of using his guns or a knife like a ghost Alex appeared in front of the assassin and jumped in the sky before performing a leaping reverse kick.
The assassin was caught completely off guard and he couldn't defend in time he was sent spiraling into the air.
Luna's who was watching the fight eyes shined as the kick performed by Alex remind her of a certain famous actor on earth.
Alex aimed his gun at the assassin and fired a phantom bullet, he planned to finish the man.
The assassin's instinct warned him of extreme danger, he automatically created numerous wind shields in front of himself, the invisible bullet clashed against the wind shields breaking a few before exploding. Using the recoil produced by the explosion the assassin managed to land on the opposite side.
He immediately sprung into action, as an assassin he knew that a direct confrontation would be a foolish thing to do, therefore he decided to make use of his trump card and finish Alex from the shadow.
''Bloodbath.'' Shouted the assassin.
Instantly Alex froze, he couldn't move as he got locked in place by a terrible killing intent, he saw red, an illusion of countless corpses, even though he had killed a lot of monster and few humans compared to an assassin he was still lacking, so he got affected by the assassin intent, he urged his body to move, with the help of his right eye his left hand moved.
However, it was already too late as he wasted one breath of time under the assassin's intent, it was more than enough for an assassin to finish its prey. Like a lightning, the assassin's blade moved from the shadow toward Alex's neck, everything happened so fast, both Alex and the assassin knew he couldn't dodge this blade even though he managed to move his left hand.
From his hiding face, the assassin grinned sure to kill Alex or at least badly injure him, however just as the blade was about to connect with Alex's neck it was stopped by a thin barrier.
The assassin was shocked, he had forgotten about Luna, this was a fatal mistake assassin should never make.
Using the chance his fiancée offered him, Alex aimed his gun at the assassin and fired.
''Fire bullet.''
A crimson bullet tore through the air and transformed into a huge fireball that clashed against the assassin.
Boom!
''Goho?!"
The assassin was blasted back, his right arm was completely burnt (he used it to defend against the incoming attack). Rolling on the ground, the assassin quickly got up to be frozen in place by a pair of heterochromia eyes.
Biting his tongue, the assassin managed to resist Alex's right eye, he jumped back to avoid knives thrown at him. He regretted taking on this mission.
The fact that he hadn't been able to deal with Alex even with his full strength had already left him deeply alarmed. Now that the latter made use of his eye, he was even more frightened.
He was already severely injured, so how could he possibly dare to continue fighting Alex? He grabbed his limping arm and fled without a backward glance.
As an assassin, his top priority was to preserve his life. No matter how careful he was, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had to be careful. That was why he had fled. Once he recovered from his injuries, he would return to settle the score with this fellow.
With a few leaps, he disappeared into the distance.
How could Alex let him leave like that? Exchanging a glance with his fiancée for a moment. Alex smiled before accel-ing to reappear in front of the assassin. The latter soul almost flew out of his body, he hadn't thought Alex could move like that. It was an impossible feat.
Alex combined his divine sense and Accel's skill to be able to move as he does. He located the fleeing assassin through his divine sense before teleporting in front of him.
Heterochromia eyes stared at yellow eyes for a moment before Alex thrust his knife toward the assassin's neck, the latter titled his head to narrowly avoid the knife from penetrating his neck.
However, just as the assassin was about to jump back he soon found out that his body became cold, he couldn't move, in a matter of seconds, his body was encased in ice. In his final moment, the assassin remembered the report saying that Alex could use a different type of elements through his Gift.
Looking at the ice sculpture in front of him Alex sighed before breaking in. He would have liked to know who is the mastermind behind today's assassination attempt, however, he reckons that even though he were to torture the assassin, the latter wouldn't have spilled the beans.
With the death of this assassin, Alex killed four assassins, 3 Rank 7 and one Rank 8. He knew he had a level, he decided to check it before going to his fiancée.
''Status.'' He called out.
『[Alexander Kael Touch]
Class: Magic Gunslinger
Age: 17
Male
Race: High Human
「 Rank 7」
Level 65
Experience Value (XP): 200/18800
Magic Power: 5010 (+10) ✒ 5020
Magic: None
Attack: 1090 (+10) 1100
Defense: 980 (+10 (+10 BP) ✒ 1000
Agility: 1120 (+10) ✒ 1130
Intelligence: 980 (+10 (+10 BP) ✒ 1000
Luck: 770 (+10) ✒ 780
BP: 0
SP: 0
Gift: Two Guns * Semi-sealed*
Skills: [Advanced Appraisal Level 1] [Item box Level 2] [Swift Fingers Max] [Divine Sense Level 4] [Throwing knife Level 5] [Dark Vision Level 2] [Dual Wielding Level 2] [Accel Level 3] [Knife Art Level 4] [Link Level 3] [Gun Art Level Level 10] (New) [Normal Regeneration Level 5] [Mana Recovery Level 5]
Special Abilities: [Language Comprehension][Danger Sense] [Overdrive] [Death's Eye] [Envisage] {Erase} {Magic Bullet} {Snatch} [Hellsing] [Xerox]
Titles: [Otherworlder] [The one who can't use Magic] [The one whose fingers are faster than Flash] [Goblin Slayer] [The Reborn]』
''Only one level huh?!. It's pretty hard to level up as one Rank goes higher. Well, the harvest isn't bad. Thanks for the Gift whoever you are I appreciate it. I will surely return the favor later on.'' Alex murmured.
Silveria couldn't help but burst into laughter. Only her master could think like that.
Ignoring the laughing Silveria, Alex said, ''Let's go back.''
His figure vanished as soon he said those words.