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’Is this the first tiht to himself as he surveyed the area
He had done it countless times before in his previous life, but this was the first ti the sword, that is
’I wonder how ers twitched around the wooden sword
As if checking all of his fingers, he moved them all one by one until he was satisfied and tucked his chin in
The air was so thick with killing intent that it could explode at any moment
"Kill hi blankly at Riley opened herfro out
Whether the shock led to hatred or fear was unknown
"I said kill him!"
She bellowed
She had ordered her subordinates to kill Riley as standing in front of theh she was banished frohter of their master, and so they quickly moved to follow her orders
Their first course of action was throwing their daggers
"Wait, sto-!"
Tes who ree incident before the attack tried to shout, but it was already too late
Ten or so knives were thrown, and the fight had begun
’Ah’
The thoughts of his past caers fly toward him
Riley bit his lip silently as he was reminiscent of his previous life
They weren’t theme back’
In his past life,he had once lost his loved ones to assassins
It was because of the belief that a hero saving the world should avoid taking lives
Thinking of them as people with families rather than criminals, he had shown o free
And thentragedy struck
What came after was a betrayal of his trust, and the lifeless bodies of those dear to him
’This situation’
In the darkness
The knives which had been thrown all around him by the hooded men, and the situation he was in now
It reminded him of all the incidents that occurred because he was too soft back then
’Well, I can’t repeat the same mistake’
Riley slowlythe nules at which they were flying in, then twisted his torso by le
"What is he up to?"
Everyone’s eyes were focused on hi the knives back with his wooden blade, he held it pointed down onto the ground
"Huh?"
It see so defenselessly, would quickly turn into a pincushion with countless daggers in hied to pierce hied to miss by a hair’s breadth
’What?’
Because so ers were thrown at once, it appeared as if so the clothes he earing but the ied to hit hiuys remember now, that it was self defense"
Riley spoke
It was theh he never had the intention to let any of the, buthe wanted to have an excuse for possible feelings of guilt thatruth focused on his toes, he kicked off the ground he was standing on
Riley disappeared and a small hole was made upon where he previously stood
"?!"
Then Riley, who had vanished, appeared in an instant in front of the hooded man that was closest to him
The hooded oing up his spine
’Huh?’
And when he was about to shudder
’Whyis ht
The hoodedintent realised that he could not move his body
Then, his vision simply moved up into the air
The world spun
""
Thud
When the hooded round, his consciousness was no longer there
His head was rolling on the ground, with his eyes devoid of life
"What? What just happened"
Nobody had noticed his movements
In an instant, one of the assassins had lost their head to the boy
Not with a sharp ainst a dummy
They weren’t sure what had happened but they knew that there was clear disparity in skill
’This is hopeless!’
The sight they had just witnessed was so shocking, that all of the hooded
So, the desire to escapeflooded their minds
Their eyes were filled with fear as they lost all will to fight
’Wait, my body’
The ability to flee from one’s current location;it is without a doubt one of the most ian to well up in their eyes as they prioritised their survival
Confusion
Their bodies simply did notwith tian to think that
Riley continued to move alone
’I can’t move!’
The hooded ers or toes
Helpless
That was the word that would best describe the’
Amidst the hooded men ere frozen like statues, Riley ju about his wooden sword
With every slash, another head landed upon the ground
They were unbelievable for strikes co from a mere wooden sword
"I’and I’d rather not show any uys, okay?"
Riley spoke as he recollected about his mistakes in the past
"Don’t take this too hard"