The Chronicles Of Rhaxtyx

There was an intense atmosphere in the magic shop. The eight assassins took position around the two men who were their targets. One was Rhaxtyx. They were trying to kill him for three weeks now and it was frustrating for them. According to what the assassin reported, he would always know where he was and always prevent his attempts.

The other target was the middle-aged man. This man was a high positioned person in the kingdom not because he was a noble or an official. He was a high-ranking mage in the kingdom. He was in the list of targets for a while but he was not that priority until now. He became a target now because he saw them move. Of course this would mean that the shop keeper was a target now as well.

"Looks like we got caught up in a situation huh? Sorry that you got in this mess." (Rhaxtyx)

"Why are you even apologizing? I was about to attack you y'know." (Middle-aged Man)

"Well what can I say, I was getting angry and was about to attack you as well! Haha."

"Haha!"

After a short laugh, Rhaxtyx and the man looked at each other. They were smiling and their eyes radiated their intent to fight. The assassins took their positions around the two. The shop keeper was behind them, reading a book. She once again repeated herself.

"If you break anything, you pay."

After this, as if everyone was waiting for permission from the shop owner, the assassins started moving. The middle-aged man was fast and quickly cast a shield spell on himself and Rhaxtyx drew his blade.

The skirmish thus began. The blades of the assassins couldn't really hurt the middle-aged man but it was obvious that he was in a tight position as he couldn't really move.

"Sh*t. Hey!"

"Yeah?" (Rhaxtyx)

"Sorry in advance!"

"What?"

Before Rhaxtyx could say anything else, he felt a force gathering towards the middle-aged man. When he looked at him, he saw he had a spell scroll on his hand the man was pouring mana into it while trying to dodge the incoming attacks. Mana gathered towards him before shooting away from him, pushing everyone around him. This mana wave approached to Rhaxtyx fast and before he could do anything to avoid it, he was hit by it.

It had a tremendous force, even making people go really fast from motionless and damaging them internally as well as launching them into things and making them receive damage from surroundings. That didn't apply to people here though. Yes they were launched away from the middle-aged man but every one was able to land steadily in the assassins side.

*Slam!*

Rhaxtyx, as expected of him, hit the wall, then the display case and lastly the floor, taking a bookcase down with him. His head hurt him as his brain hit his skull because of the sudden motion and his internal organs were a mess right now as the force of the spell moved them from their places a little bit.

He got up groggily and shook his head. He was dizzy and couldn't stand up properly. The assassins took this chance to attack him. Their blades didn't meet any resistance and cut away at his flesh easily. What they didn't expect was Rhaxtyx's body regenerating quite fast.

"What the hell!?" (Assassin)

"Uhh. I think I'm gonna puke."

"How is he still fine after those attacks! These weapons were-"

"Shut up you idiot!"

"Sorry."

Rhaxtyx really did as he told. He crouched to the corner and started puking. The assassins tried to attack him while he was puking but everything was the same as a few moments ago, they would cut him and he would heal really fast. They even tried cutting his head off but before the blade could make it across the half point, the flesh would heal and stop the blade within.

"What is this bastard?!"

"Ugh! Finally. Dude what was that spell?"

"Sorry!" (Middle-aged Man)

The man was not in a good position himself. He could only say sorry as if he tried to speak more, he would create a window of opportunity to these assassins. He was somewhat trained in close combat but in the end, he was still a wizard. So him being able to dodge some attacks of these professional assassins was already a big achievement. He was trying to cast some spells because he also had to attack but these assassins would always throw him off and stop his casting with attacks or pushes.

On the other side, Rhaxtyx was finally able to regain his balance somewhat. There were two reasons for his dizziness. First was obvious, the attack from the middle-aged man. The other was the information entering his brain. He learned three new spells after that attack. One was the scroll the man used but the other two were different. You didn't directly cast them. No, you cast these spells to weapons.

'Enchantments? Holy sh*t I can learn these?!'

He quickly stood up. This was not good for him though as his vision turned black for a second. The assassins were surprised by this and took a step back. When they saw he was just standing there, supporting himself with the display cases, they were relieved and attacked a bit more.

Rhaxtyx turned around after a round of attacks, still holding his head, and smiled. He looked at the assassins, which made them take another step back and pointed at one of them.

"You."

"Me?"

The assassin was surprised. Their voice was muffled, like the other assassins in the building so one couldn't tell apart their gender.

"Yes you. Attack me. The rest of you stop." (Rhaxtyx)

"Huh?"

"What is he talking about?"

"Just do it already! I don't have all day." (Rhaxtyx)

When Rhaxtyx's voice sounded out, all the people in the shop stopped what they were doing. The shop keeper's eyes were already on Rhaxtyx for some time now and she was more interested in him after this line. The other assassins looked at him in shock and the middle-aged man was more shocked than them. But the most shocked ones were the assassins around Rhaxtyx.

They looked at each other. When they couldn't determine what to do, their eyes turned to their leader next to the middle-aged man. He shrugged as well before he continued to attack the middle-aged man to stop him from chanting. Without much else to do, the assassin Rhaxtyx pointed at swung their dagger while the others waited.

Rhaxtyx didn't try to dodge nor parry this attack. He even opened his hands and made himself a bigger target for ease. When the dagger entered his abdomen, he felt a jolt of pain rock his brain. After a second, the pain of the dagger stopped but another kind of pain made itself apparent deep within his abdomen. It was a simple curse!

'So that's how it works! Hehe! Got another one.'

"Good! Now you!"

He then pointed to another assassin with a short sword in their hand. This was the one who tried to cut his head off but failed. After being pointed at, they came up and stabbed Rhaxtyx. The wound from the previous stab was nonexistent at this point.

After this stab, there was a long sting. The sting of a poison. This went on for a while until every single one of the assassins, including the ones over at the middle-aged man, stabbed him at least once. Somehow, Rhaxtyx was able to anger them to this point and who would refuse such an offer where you could stab the one who made you angry to the point where you wanted to kill them. That's why most if not all of the assassins stabbed or cut more then ten times at him.

Rhaxtyx didn't mind though, his only request was that they would do it one by one, which they obliged, involuntarily. After this round of stabbing and cutting was finished, Rhaxtyx stood up with a refreshed smile, although his clothes were in tatters.

"Good! Thank you all for participation! Now, I'm sorry but this party is about to end." (Rhaxtyx)

Rhaxtyx stretched his body and picked his sword up from the ground. He jumped a couple of times and spoke with a smile.

"If you are wondering 'Why did this lunatic let us stab himself so much?', well I can tell you is because of this!"

After his sentence finished, his sword started glowing a sickly green, the poison on it becoming apparent.

"What the hell! What did he do!?"

"Kill him! Kill him before he attacks! What he did is-" (Assassin Leader)

"This mana fluctuation… He enchanted that sword!" (Middle-aged Man)

Rhaxtyx didn't stop there. He breathed in a big breath and he let it out, forcefully. This led the assassins attacking him to flying backwards. It was very similar to the spell scroll the middle-aged man used. Actually they were the same spell, just their way of execution was different.

'Thank god this spell is compatible with {Sonic Boom}. If not, I couldn't do it without any chants.'

Without missing another beat, Rhaxtyx started using his newly learned sword techniques. While he was rampaging around, the middle-aged man and the assassin leader were dumbfoundedly looking at him.

"What are you doing?! Aren't you a bloody wizard? Cast some spells!" (Rhaxtyx)

This brought back the middle-aged man back to himself and he immediately distanced himself from the assassin leader. Even though the leader wanted follow and attack him, Rhaxtyx stopped him with a comrade of his.

{Blazing flames of the nether realm come forth!}

*Woosh!*

"Where do you think you're going? I'm still here y'know?"

Rhaxtyx smirked at the assassin leader. The leader was shocked at him because the spell he used was more powerful than a normal Tier 1 spell. He even chanted it while he was surrounded by seven assassin all simultaneously attacking him. This guy was a beast!

"R-retreat! We are leaving!" (Leader)

He, followed by every other assassin in the shop headed towards the door. Once they were out, they would be impossible to catch and they would have another chance to kill these beasts. But as the leader reached for the door, an electric current ran through his body from the door and stopped him on his tracks. The other assassins were in similar conditions.

Rhaxtyx and the middle-aged man were surprised by this and stopped as well. They all heard a plop and when they looked at the source, they saw the shop owner closing her book while her right hand was shining a blue hue.

"You are not the only people who are able to put up barriers. You came into my shop and even damaged my wares. You will pay dearly." (Shop Owner)

She walked to the assassins. She was not that tall; she could even be considered a dwarf but she was a human through and through. She was at most 150 cm. Her black hair was shoulder length and she had a menacing smile on her face as she approached.

"Owner! Are you sure?" (Middle-aged Man)

"Why wouldn't I? Like I said, you break something, you pay."

"Wow, she's hardcore." (Rhaxtyx)

"Yeah, she is. But you are hardcore yourself! I can't believe you can stay alive for that long! How can you regenerate that fast?"

*BZZZZT*

"""AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"""

"Hehe! Trade secret."

"You even used the spell that I used from a scroll! You are pretty amazing! How did you know what spell it was? And you even enchanted your sword effortlessly and in that short amount of time. How can you know all these things?"

"Oh those? I just learned those."

"Whaaaaa? I don't believe you!"

"You better!"

"I'm Antaler! What is your name?"

"Me? I'm Rax, an adventurer!"