I go outside to see Emelia, Rem, Rem, and Ram in the same spots as last time, waiting for me to go to the guild office. I smile at them, hiding the turmoil in my mind. I have 3 charges I haven't used, and I know that I can spend a charge on them each.
I don't want them to die either. what If I spend one charge on a power that lets me give a copy of my powers. nah. not yet.
Also, wouldn't it be suspicious if I just gave them powers out of the blue. Maybe I should at least get to know them better first.
I end my thought acceleration and then walk over to them, that train of thought only lasted enough time for me to notice them standing in the lobby.
I look at Emelia who is sad, and I haven't put my foot in my mouth yet. let's try another tactic this time.
I sit down in front of her. "Do you want to talk about it?" I ask, looking concerned.
her fake smile breaks for a second and a tear runs down her cheek. "Thank you, Subaru, But it's too fresh and I don't want to pick at a fresh scab of emotion." She stands up, claps her cheeks, and gives me a small genuine smile this time. "I appreciate the thought though."
her smile turns brittle and then goes back to being fake again. I nod at her, and say, "Don't worry, I'll be here if you want to talk about it." she nods, turns around and starts walking towards the door.
"Rem, Rem, This strange man is rather smooth, where did the idiot from the mansion go, perchance we have a doppelganger with smooth moves walking around now."
"Ram, Ram, This smooth doppelganger is going to-" She stalls for a bit. "I got nothing. I honestly expected him to put his foot in his mouth at the first opportunity. I'm honestly baffled."
She shrugs, and starts following Emelia.
Ram frowns, makes an 'I'm watching you' gesture with her fingers and then walks towards the door towards Emelia and her sister. I move the save up just for this awesome success.
Only to realize I'm going into a life or death battle with an insane cultivator monk in a half an hour.
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We arrive just in time to see the Monk walk up to the receptionist. "Sir who are you? This is an adventurers only desk, if you would like to regi-" I hear the receptionist at that desk begin to ask, He makes a few hand gestures and then I see her eyes go dull for a moment.
she then immediately changes her tune as if she knows him.
"I told you, If you kill these adventurers by accident, I'm revoking sending a request to the main branch to have your adamantine license revoked. We need a different person who can actually hole back! Why did you even take this job!?" this explains why he was able to take the job without being authorized and showing clear intent to kill us.
"SHIT!" I curse out, as loud.
"WE'VE GOT A HUMAN MIND CONTROLLING MASTER! He's controlling the receptionist!" I rush forward at blinding speed. and punch him in the face, which stuns him enough for the spell to break.
The Receptionist collapses, and then the adventurers in the The vicinity take out their weapons and point them at the Monk.
Fuck! this is gonna be a blood-bath!
He grins menacingly at me. "Amitabha, young cultivator. I suppose you are the one I was sent to kill. A rogue Zhifu Disciple level cultivator is not strong enough to stop me." I save checkpoint again, and hope that shit isn't going to be as hard as it was before.
I flood my body with more Chi, and activate the power that is similar to a breaker state. which triggers the beginning of the fight. he slams me through the wall and into the street. "A forbidden technique right off the bat," He begins. "I don't know if you're suicidal or just stupid? Rogue cultivators must surely not know better. I will give you my name, I am known as Monk Dark Dawn, 8th level Wanxian Adept, and-"
I smash him in the face, in the direction of outside town and he goes flying, only to arrest his momentum in mid-air. "INSOLENT FOOL! I shall Skin you and burn your guts out only to make you watch as I Rape your compan-" I use my mover package to accelerate my movement and smash right into his mid-air form.
"HOW ARE YOU THIS STRONG?! YOU ARE ONLY A ZHIFU DISCIPLE! YOU CANNOT--"
I knock him towards the ground, and he coughs up a large mouthful of blood.
"You were about to say something unfortunate weren't you?"
I smash my fist into his face. "You want to Rape Rem?"
I smash my fist into his face again. "You want to Rape Ram?"
I smash my fist into his face three more times. "You want to Rape Emelia?"
I smash faster and faster. "Over. My. Dead. Body."
I crater the ground with his face, and he switches places with a rock in the distance, and starts running away. I immediately overtake him. " I dump the 3 charges I haven't spent into my brute-package. "Killer Move: Serious series." I've always wanted to say this
"Break the Rocks." his eyes widen momentarily "Impossible! That technique was lost to--" I surge forward with my new strength and dump all of it into his fucking stupid garbage rapist face.
I shatter his upper body, and splatter him accros a tree, and the tree breaks.
Then the tree behind it, and the one behind it, as the wind picked up from my smash to his noggin breaks the forest in front of the town.
I sigh, and collapse onto my back.
"Why didn't I say serious punch?"