"Where did everyone go?" Azzy wondered as he found the house empty. With aura sensing, there found no one in the home but strangely, the door wasn't locked when he got in.
"Azrael, careful." The Reaper suddenly warned him in a serious tone. "there are enemies hiding in the house, right now."
"huh!" Azzy was taken back. "Enemies? But, I can't sense anyone."
"That's because they are from the clan of assassins and of higher soul-rank. They seem well trained to be able to suppress their presence. If you had mastered aura sensing, then, you would be able to detect them but for now, do as I say."
"What is it?" Azzy asked the Reaper.
"There are only two assassins here and both of them are mid-rank-6. So, don't summon Vajra. The moment you did it, both of them will attack you together. So, be as natural as possible and get out of the house right away."
"Ok." Azzy agreed to his plan and turned around to walk away.
Azzy is someone who lost the ability to express the emotions on his face. So, his expression stays the same in all kinds of situations. Naturally, without any change in his expression, he left the Mansion and started walked towards the academy.
It is the only place he knows of.
As Azzy left the house, a man and a lady who were wearing black outfits and masks appeared in the hall.
"Do you think he noticed something wrong?" The lady asked her partner.
"Nah!" The Man shook his head, "he's just a kid. How would he know? Anyway, did you find the book?"
The lady answered, "no. Maybe that kid knows its whereabouts?"
"Hmm…" The man thought for a while, "he lives with them. Even if he doesn't know it, he might be of some use. With Avia and this kid as hostages, the traitor might reveal it. Let's try our luck. He must have gone far. You keep searching. I'll bring back the boy."
The man disappeared and reappeared out of the door. Before he disappeared once again only to reappear outside of the gate.
Meanwhile, Azzy who was walking towards the academy, asked, "what now, Chronos?"
The Reaper replied, "as I expected, one of them is following you. What do you want to do? Do you want to face him or run away?
If it's the second option, with your maximum speed, you have the possibility of making it to the academy."
"Do I have the chance if I go all out…" Azzy instead asked the Reaper about his chances of winning as first, he doesn't know his strength, two, he doesn't know the enemy's strength too.
"There's a possibility if you go all out, that is…"
Azzy understood what the Reaper is saying. He not only needs to use the wolf but also the Death scythe and probably, the hourglass too.
"Okay, then, I need to find a place where there are no witnesses." While Azzy was thinking about the places, he suddenly appeared at the cliff but this time without his control.
The Reaper and the dog are standing right in front of him.
Before Azzy asked about it, the skeleton opened his mouth, "right now, I'm controlling your body as you still haven't learned the eye of God. Sit down. Right now, I'm going to pass you the knowledge of Soul skills."
"Soul skills?" Azzy was surprised. "It can be learned just like that?"
He looked at the Reaper like, why hasn't he done it so…
Azzy's mind was like an open book to Reaper. So, naturally, his thoughts weren't hidden either.
"It is because I thought you won't be needing to learn them, yet but an assassin is a natural predator for a summoner and this is a real-life situation. Before the wolf makes the move, your head will roll on the ground." The Reaper's tone was serious.
Azzy also knew the difference between him and a rank-6. He fought the robot after all. It was also the reason he asked whether he has any chance to defeat the enemy.
"Now, Sit." The Reaper pointed his finger towards the ground.
Listening to him like a good child, Azzy sat down on the ground in a meditative position while the Reaper placed his hand on his forehead.
It was the first time Azzy had physical contact with the Reaper. His skeleton finger felt so cold that made him even shiver for a few seconds.
Slowly, dark energy started to flow from his fingers to Azzy's head.
A mirror image of himself appeared in his mind. Azzy didn't know where it was standing. It was a first-person view.
His mirror image raised the death scythe towards himself. Soul energy was flowing like water from his soul orb to the weapon. He slashed the air with a death scythe.
An arc made of deathly energy came towards him and disappeared.
Followed by it, he started to receive a number of skills one by one.
Meanwhile, on the outside, Azzy, whose eyes are pitch black without any visible pupils was running at a pace so that the assassin can keep up with him.
When the assassin increased his speed, the Reaper did the same, and when he slowed down, thinking of giving up the chase, the Reaper controlled Azzy also slowed down.
It made the assassin angry and felt like this boy was playing with him. he was also surprised at his speed. No matter how many times he checked it, the boy was only rank-4, and yet, even he can't catch him up.
Eventually, both of them ended up at the outskirts of the city, where there are little lights and trash everywhere. Currently, aside from street dogs and cats, there are no people roaming there, even though it is only 7:30 in the evening.
After finding such a place, Azzy stopped. The male assassin also stopped.
"So, you figured out that I was following you, huh!" The assassin was the first to open his mouth, yet, no response came from Azzy.
His pupils were back and control from the Reaper is also gone but Azzy wasn't moving at all.
"You are talented, especially in speed. I have never seen someone of your age who outran me… Tell me, kid, what's your name?" The assassin asked him.
Meanwhile, Azzy who was facing in the opposite direction was in own world, experiencing the shock of his life. "Shouldn't one only possess one soul skill per rank? Only a twin Arcana user has two soul skills per rank, right? Then, why do I have sixteen soul skills even though I'm a rank-4?"
Azzy's mind was a mess. According to what he learned in the books… unless one has twin Arcanas, it is impossible to have twice the number of soul skills.
He thought his Arcana is different, not just because it was possessed by a deity but it is because he did awaken twice. So, it's not a surprise that he would have eight soul skills, four from the wolf and the other four from the Reaper.
But now, he received four skills of the Death scythe as well as another four soul skills of the hourglass.
And the biggest surprise is that the soul skills are different from what he read in the book of death. In the description of the founder Azrael Garcia, he previously read about the skills.
If their Arcana are the same, then, how come the skills are different…
Visit freewe𝑏no(v)el.𝘤𝑜𝓂 for the best novel reading experience