Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100

Chapter 12: Assassin - 3

”Moreover, it would do you no good if I am injured even a little bit,” the assassin said, his tone cold.

”What do you mean?” Max asked, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

”He means this.” Just then, two more figures appeared before Max. Seeing them caused Maxʼs eyes to narrow.

The two figures were another assassin and Nevin, his best friend, who was being held hostage by the assassin with a dagger pressed to Nevinʼs neck.

”Max…” Nevin muttered, his voice weak, his eyes fearful, and blood could be seen leaking from his mouth.

”Nevin…” Max felt a rage like nothing before as he saw Nevin being held hostage, but he forced himself to calm down, knowing that any mishap on his end might lead to Nevinʼs demise.

”Let him go, and I will let Nevin go,” the second assassin said, smiling.

Max glanced at Nevin and the assassin behind him, his expression solemn. ”I just want to know who sent you, who is after me? Tell me that, and I will act like nothing happened here,” he said, as his left hand prepared a magic bullet composed of 10 magic bullets behind his back.

”Heh,” the second assassin sneered. ”Since you are so desperate, let me tell you. The overlord of the East Region wants you dead. The Blades want you dead.”

Maxʼs eyes narrowed as he heard the word ʼBlades,ʼ his expression turning serious. But just at that moment, he silently signaled his finger toward the second assassin.

Whish!

A bullet tore through the air so fast that it left behind a trail of blue light, piercing the head of the assassin holding Nevin hostage.

In that same moment, Max stabbed the neck of the assassin he was holding with his sword, killing him as well.

”No…” The second assassin couldnʼt believe his eyes. He had died just like that. His body fell, his back hitting the ground, but strangely, Nevin also fell with him.

”Nevin!” Max shouted as he appeared and caught him before he hit the ground.

”Itʼs alright. You will be fine,” he said to Nevin, but only then did he realize that Nevinʼs back was soaked in blood. His eyes seemed lifeless, and he appeared weak, as though he would die at any moment.

”NO!” Max quickly checked and saw a huge gaping hole in Nevinʼs back, causing him to fall into despair.

”Max…” Nevin barely uttered a word before the light in his eyes faded, and he died.

”Nevin…” With trembling hands, Max held his body tightly as tears flooded his eyes.

”Blade Family…” he muttered, his voice laced with venom. The name burned on his tongue, igniting a deep, unrelenting hatred that surged through his entire being. ”I will kill them, I will kill everyone of them.”

His heart clouded with hatred of Blade Family.

It was a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced—raw, consuming, and primal. Bloodlust swirled within him, dark and unyielding, paired with an insatiable urge to annihilate everything connected to the Blade Family.

Max clenched his fists hard and took a deep breath. He understood that rage wouldnʼt lead to anything but his downfall, and calmness was the only solution to everything. He would have his revenge but for now he would have to act cautiously.

”But I still need to become strong,” he muttered to himself as he came to his senses. He knew that only by having enough strength would he be able to knock on the doors of the Blade Family.

”If the disappearance of my sister is indeed related to the Blade Family, then Iʼll definitely knock on their doors one day. Thereʼs no need to hurry about it,” he said to himself resolutely before putting Nevinʼs corpse in his storage space.

”Letʼs kill the dungeon boss and be done with this dungeon,” he muttered before heading back to the others.

***

Arriving before the other students, Max noticed that almost everyone had sat down a little way from the long structure, aside from those going for the boss monster.

”What took you so long?” William immediately asked as soon as he spotted Max.

”Hehe, I forgot to check the time while training,” Max smiled embarrassedly and turned to look at Zixi and Henry, causing his expression to become a little strange. ”Didnʼt you guys level up after absorbing the level 3 cores?” he asked, noticing that all three still appeared to be at level 2.

”We didnʼt level up after absorbing all those level 2 cores and some level 3 cores,” Zixi said, contemplating. ”I think one would need a lot of the same level of cores, if not higher, to level up, but Iʼm not sure.”

”You mean if I want to increase to level 3, then I would need lots of level 3 cores for that,” Max said, pondering. ”Doesnʼt that mean level 2 cores are useless for us?”

”Itʼs not useless; itʼs just that weʼd need an even larger amount of level 2 cores if we want to level up with only level 2 cores,” William chimed in.

Max nodded, finding it strange that the academy books mentioned many things about dungeons and their workings but had no records of anything about leveling up.

”Well, it doesnʼt matter anyway,” Max said to them with a smirk. ”Iʼll handle the boss monster myself while you guys keep busy with the its minions inside.”