mysterious man

the village wasn't that small the habitants were moving around children playing it was very lively the village wasn't as sandy as outside there was a lot of people on the street some outdoor vendors sat with their assets in front selling variety of basic necessity "what do we do now " "lets disperse and ask around to see if anyone knows Martin or has seen him here " the village wasn't big but wasn't small either they would go faster if each of them searched individually and it is on that base that they separated going each in a different direction john moved along the road and brush pass a small teenager who had a cloak on his face dress simply and plainly he continued moving forward when he felt something wrong he raised his left hand and saw that his two rings [shield of gia ] and [night confusion ] were absent he was taken aback and instinctively turned only to see the young teenager already running forward "hey you " he chased after him the teenager was very nimble and agile he ran avoiding anything that could slow him down john chased vigorously after him when he suddenly enters an alley it was very small and two people could stand side by side he accelerated using the boots the young teenager who was still running turn his head only this to dee john already catching up and before he could take another step a hand caught him from behind and hr could move forward he frantically tried but couldn't shake off the hand

john on his side didn't exercise any force he just had to touch him and the[ aragna gloves ] would do the work the teenager had no more alternative and could only turn to face john "hand over " he said angrily he was lightly panting he hadn't eaten yet and this brat was already making him run he felt like he had run a 200m race "which ring are you talking about " the teenager refused to admit and was even staring straight into john eyes while saying it his face was so convincing that if it wasn't for the fact that john saw him he would have had no choice but to believe him " are you that stupid who spoke of a ring this means it is you who took it okay now lets stop playing hand over my rings " he took one of his [twin black vulture ] and placed it on his head the teenager was frighten when he saw the barrel of the gun on his head he was afraid that john would pull the trigger and immediately handed back the rings john took it back and wore it "now don't think you would get out of this unscathered if you don't answer all my question accurately if you lie don't blame me for being merciless " he took the air of an evildoer and didn't even smile the slightest this had the desire effect and the teenager was frighten to the core and was even slightly trembling "do you know martin " the teenager hesitated for some seconds "it...is....forbidden.... to...speak....about...him " John was startled by that why was it forbidden to speak about him has he really colluded or rather forced to work with the desert wolf that was the only logical explanation for now "why is it forbidden to talk about him "

"because he is a traitor " what did he do to be called traitor john wondered "tell me all what you know about him " it seems like the reason why Martin disappear isn't as simple as it seem the teenager voice was trembling he shook his head "i...can't...do....that no body is allowed to speak about that " "if you don't speak you would never have another chance to speak " the barrel of the gun was still on his forehead "okay....I...will...speak..i will speak" "martin arrived in our village one day he was a good person and placed his biological knowledge at our help he was loved and appreciated by everybody so the chief was fond of him and allowed him to stay in his house giving access to the ancestral village library but one day the desert wolf attacked our village using a very poisonous plant leading to the dead of many of us and Martin instead of helping us voluntarily went with them allowing us to our faith if it wasn't for our village chief all our village would have been decimated that is why he is treated as a traitor and since then nobody is allowed into the village chief house " John already knew the reason why martin voluntarily left with the desert wolf but couldn't understand why he left without making an antidote for them may be he didn't gave him enough time what ever the reason was it was found in the chief house frowning he could not figure out why would the chief would not allow any one inside was he hiding something that was the only plausible explanation

john hided back his gun waving at the teenage "leave before I change my decision " the teenager left at lightening speed "the next step is to find a way to enter the house " he immediately left

it was easy to find the chief it had high walls going all round outside there was no guard only a closed gates from outside he couldn't see anything apart from the high stone walls he could not wait for the others and decided to enter the house then the robe appeared once more on his body and then he activated the conceal effect of the [aragna robe ] and the hide effect of the [zed camouflage ] then he ran to the building then using the [aragna boots ] he made a double jump he landed in the yard of the house actually it wasn't a house but a two level manor the yard had trees on both sides and was well guarded by armed soldier they had had black sweaters and jeans wearing cloaks hiding their face from outside it was impossible to see them "could this be one of the reason why nobody is allowed inside " he wasn't sure he moved through and went to the backyard he brush passed many guards but none of them could detect his presence he made a double jump and gripped himself on one of the open window of the manor he entered the room and it was empty and in fact it was an office a typical rich office with some document on the table

while inspecting the documents the door of the office opened and a man with long black hairs dress in suit and was on the phone "he completed his work we are just waiting for you to depart " he listen the person at the other end speak "okay I dispose of some matters first " after taking a document he looked at a specific direction in the room and paused and frown his brow as if trying to see something clearly john was startled the man was looking exactly in his direction but the man took his document and left the room only then did john heave a sight of relief hr decided to tail the man he followed him to a secret room behind the manor it was more of a lab than room all the modern equipment where present the man in black suit called for his guards outside "burn this place " he turned and gave a satisfied smiled in a particular direction john was once more startled he wasn't sure if the man could really locate him then left and the guard also left to complete their task leaving john alone in the lab

upon close inspection he saw an image in a square cadre in the room on the image Martin and another old man who was probably Dr o kings apart he took it in his hand and saw that under the glass of the cadre was written in ancient language "help ! even in the night follow the light " he could read and understand the written because he had read it in the book Robert gave him he couldn't understand completely the message then at that time the armed thugs entered and spraying petroleum everywhere preparing to burn the place john rushed to the exit bam.... he crashed and stooped in an invisible wall "what the hell is this " how hard he tried he couldn't go out neither force nor magic could allow him to pass then the thugs took out a flame lighter who was square the type that we use the big fingers to open then threw it inside the lab immediately caught fire then the thugs ran out to the exit and one number into john who was in conceal and hidden then he appeared before them before they could make their move the [night confusion ] ring was activated and he took his [twin black vulture ] from behind and aimed

bang....bang....bang....

bang.....bang....bang....

under the the night confusion ring the thugs had already started firing each other john barely completed the work and in less than the time required to take a breath they all fell to the ground the fire was increasing and intensifying the heat slowly became unbearable he had no way to go out of the room the fire was ranging and devouring the room everything was slowly burn to ashes john began sweating

[burning inflict 30 damage per second to target HP ]

the fire was only increasing in intensity then he saw the man figure made of fire appear before him he had a smirk on his face john understood that it was not any kind of fire then the fire silhouette charged to him and extended it's fire arm john swiftly avoid the attack in motion by rotation his legs side ward then gave a violent kick on the fire man face surprisingly the leg pass across his face without any resistance nor hindrance john jumped back ward and took his [twin black vulture ] and aimed but nothing the bullets like wise passed without causing any damage in a split of a second the fire figure palm had landed on his chest sending him crashing in the wall and the fire who was still raging and the devouring the place

[fire palm inflict 300 damage to target HP target has zed camouflage , Simon's amulate damage negated 100 ]

[heavily wounded state all stat decreased by one ]

only then did he understand that the fire figure couldn't be attack but could attack what irony suddenly a bulb lighted in his head he had read from the book that all matrix had a focus destroy the focus and the matrix would be destroyed it was the only way to get out of that but everywhere was burning he had no idea of where the focus could be then his eyes became white [the hunter ] could finally be activated he saw a some sort of strange symbols written in the whole room he quickly located the focus then he took the sword of chaos on his back then charged at the figure and passed through it before stabbing the sword of chaos in front . a breaking sound it was like a glass breaking then he dashed out of the room after which it exploded when john cane out he was greeted by the bullets of the guards as if they were already waiting for him the acceleration effect of the [aragna boots ] finally showed it prowess he ran in a zig zag manner to the guard who was nearer to him the combination of [evading ] and [fencing flora steps ] prevented him from being touched even once his daggers were recovered of white faint mist [astral wave ] was activated then he jumped above leaving a deep cut on his shoulder with his [twin killer ]dagger before landing behind him then he rushed to the other to the left and before he could pull the trigger a dagger was already lunged in his neck then with a kick his dead body was sent crashing on his comrades this gave time to john to replace his [twin killer ] dagger with the [twin black vulture ] gun

bang...bang...

bang...bang...

on the fallen guards killing then definitively then more guards came by the side shooting without restraint

john rushed to the wall and using the [aragna boots ] acceleration [evading ] [fencing flora steps ] to avoid the bullet he made a double jump landing on top of the walls then he tuned and threw a [G–4 ] in the yard "its a gift " then he allowed himself to fall backward under the astonished gaze of the guards was he mad did he want to die they wandered before they could take another step

boom.....

[explosion inflict 800 damage to target HP target dies....]

[explosion inflict 800 damage to target HP target dies....]

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he landed on his two feet's several other notification popped out as he ran away from the manor the [G–4 ] really had great destructive power