Illusionary Assassin

ne silver coin. ”

Placing one silver coin on the counter that he had prepared beforehand, Maxwell noticed a few people focusing their eyes on him or precisely on the coin he put on the desk. Good that I predicted ten silver coins might be too much for a poor village like this, or I might have been robbed or targeted by someone right now.

After giving himself a mental pat on the back, Maxwell took a key from the bartender and went upstairs, where the guest rooms stood.

Using the copper key to open the wooden door with the number 3 written on it, he went inside the room.

Looking around the room for a minute and seeing nothing interesting, he decided to lay on the bed and rest.

…

Knock, knock, knock. Maxwell heard a knocking sound from the direction of the door. Standing up from the bed, he went towards it.

He slowly opened the door while holding the copper knife with one hand and hiding it behind his back.

Standing before him was an older woman looking like a housewife wearing an apron while holding a tray of food and a glass of water. ”Your food, sir. ”

She handed him the tray with a smile. Nodding at her, Maxwell took the tray with his other hand before closing the door with his foot. He placed the tray with food on the desk before closing the door with a key.

She didn seem to be lying, or maybe Im just paranoid there is no way for them to be trying to rob a poor bastard like me with some sleeping drug. But its always better to be cautious; after all, it wasn long ago that I died because of my carelessness.

Sitting on a chair before the desk, Maxwell started to eat his food while it was still warm. Right, I almost forgot I need a mana training exercise since I awakened already, but the problem is getting one. Guess I should have cared more about it when I was on earth since there were a few I could get my hands on, and Its not like I was short on money either.

Shaking his head, Maxwell tried to think of a way to get his hands on it while eating his food but could not figure it out, so he just shook his head. Maybe in a bigger city, they will have a library or a guild because if not, I might have a problem.

After eating everything from the plate, Maxwell lay down on the bed and decided to take some rest before resuming his journey in the morning.

…

Chirp chirp early in the morning, birds were cheerfully chirping, and the sunset set itself on the horizon of the orange sky.

Maxwell was sitting in a wooden tub filled with room temperature water cleaning his body.

”Ahh, how refreshing it is to take a bath after using only showers since I could never properly relax while living on earth because of being chased. ”

After spending a few more minutes relaxing and soaking in the water, Maxwell left the bathtub, dried himself with a towel, and put on the leather clothes.

With nothing to do inside the room, not wanting to waste time, Maxwell walked down the stairs into the tavern bar where a few hunters and drunkards from last night were sleeping on the tables while still holding onto their mugs.

Heading toward the bartender standing at the same position as last night, Maxwell asked for breakfast before he went to explore the village.

After paying 20 copper coins for a meal, he sat at an empty table.

After a few minutes, he got his breakfast served at the table by the same older woman who greeted him with a smile. Thanking her, he started eating.

Meanwhile, at another table, two muscular hunters were speaking loudly while drinking alcohol when their conversation caught Maxwells attention as he began listening.

”Have you heard the rumor about the blue light inside the forest?! ” One of them asked loudly.

”You mean the one from yesterday? ”

”Yeah, townsfolk said that at night an eerie blue light suddenly appeared inside the forest as everything around it went cold, and a cold fog spread everywhere. ”

”Oh yeah, they said someone was practicing with ice element in the forest and caused all the commotion. Its just that the person never appeared, so nobody is sure. ” his friend responded while chewing on a big piece of meat.

”Well, we shouldn go too deep inside today, or we might get killed by that person if we offend him somehow. ”

His friend nodded, hearing the words knowing it was better not to get themself in trouble when the person was a mana user that could kill them out of spite just because he didn like how they looked.

”Right, have you heard a succubus was spotted in a red light district in the capital city some time ago? ” The other hunter asked with a more eager expression.

”of course, I heard about it. ”

As the conversation started trailing off from the original path that Maxwell was interested in, he stopped eavesdropping on the two hunters and went into his thoughts An eerie blue light. Could it be the blue flame from the gate Azriel created? Most likely, Im glad it didn cause more commotion, or they might not have let me enter the village.

After finishing his meal, Maxwell stood up and returned the plate to the counter before he left the tavern and started looking for a way to get into a bigger city today and not waste more time staying in this village.

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*Novels Note*

Here are the stages of weapons expertise if someone was confused about the current tiers and where they apply. The higher, the better.

1-novice

2-competent

3-proficient

4-expert

5-master

6-grandmaster

Im leaving master and grandmaster while they haven appeared because I might also describe someone with them or use them elsewhere.

Coin exchange will probably go something like this if I don change it later.

100 copper coins = one silver coin

100 silver coins = one gold coin

*End of Novels Note*