As if he were suddenly thrown from the side road right in the middle of some train tracks and witnessed a black train coming right at him.
Karl's first instinct was to jump to the sight.
Using some of his life force to enchant the muscles on his legs, he sidestepped the charging dark knight 2 meters before they made in contact.
Though right after he moved to the side, he saw the dark knight swinging that longsword diagonally right at him.
"Hmpf!" Scoffing out loud, Karl blocked the swing with his own sword.
*Thinck!
Moving a few steps back after their clash, both looked at each other in silence.
The employee watching this stared in awe at those two, clearly not expecting to get so intense so fast.
Karl also had a frown on his face.
He was informed to take care of a 2nd-tier idiot who was going to take the entrance test.
Usually, he wouldn´t accept such requestion as he couldn´t bother with them, but when he heard that this guy killed a B-ranked target alone at his 2nd-tier he decided otherwise.
He saw many party's left to challenge the so-called hidden A-ranked only to never be seen ever again.
One of those parties even had a 3rd-tier assassin who was famous for his ability to hide in plain sight.
So for one 2nd-tier knight to say that he finished the mission alone would be worth scoffing about.
Karl couldn't believe that multiple stronger people didn't achieve the same result as a sole weaker person.
He would even believe him if he were to say that he was the sole survivor of a party challenging that mission.
But that wasn't the case.
And for that, he felt his pride getting insulted.
As he was the member of the few parties who managed to get away from the Alpha hound.
He was one of the members that had a 3rd-tier assassin and three other high-end 2nd-tier members that challenged the B-rank mission that was famous for being called a hidden A.
Alas, greed blinds.
Chasing after the reward, they failed to see the danger behind accepting that mission.
In the end, only he and another one of his party mate survived with him losing a whole arm.
Because of that, no one else knew better the strength that this Alpha hound had other than him.
The hound´s invisibility always brings them the advantage to ambush or escape their enemies
High regeneration and undead-like stamina.
The advantage of numbers.
If he were to choose one out of all his already outstanding abilities, he would choose his sight.
The beast reflexes were so great that it could react to almost any attack and avoid fatal damage which would heal shortly after by his high regeneration.
But that wasn´t the reason why he chose his sight.
It was the ability to see the invisible target´s
Though the hound was strong, it was still lying on the high end of the 2nd-tier.
Against our assassin who was at the middle state of the 3rd-tier, such beast would have been a breeze to kill.
At least so it should have been...
He still remembers how his friend who turned invisible to be bounced by all the smaller and Alpha hounds, turning him into shred before they could even provide support.
Their morale quickly faded before turning into deep despair from the hound's attack.
With no other choice, they had to run away for their dear life.
But with the invisible hound´s chasing after them, one after the another of his party mates were turned into dog food.
Karl still remembers those smiling eyes of the Alpha hound till now.
And with someone saying that he killed such a beast at the 2nd-tier, he felt insulted.
Glancing at his hand slightly trembling, he glanced at the dark knight with a frown.
`His strength is as strong as him, if not stronger...´ Karl remembers the spar that he had with his 3rd-tier assassin friend. The strength behind his attacks was on a similar level.
He had great difficulty blocking his attacks before, but now...
`I am of the 3rd-tier´
"You are still too far to challenge me..."
Using his life force, he enchanted his legs and dashed forward with a much higher speed than Danzel.
Reaching before him, he swung his sword, aiming for his head.
The attack was fast but far too simple.
*Kbaah!
Blocking the man´s attack with his shield, he prepared to pierce his stomach.
But something unexpected happend.
The life force forcibly dragged his arms and made him do a quick swing to his right shoulder.
"Hmm?" Seeing the sudden change, he made a step back and positioned his shield to the right.
*Kbaah!
Blocking the attack, another one came soon after even faster.
With blocking that, the same thing repeated again.
Through the continuous attacks, Danzel was forced into the defense with no chance of attacking.
`I see that´s how it is...´ Figuring the trick that he was using, he activated his [Vanguard Defence], making him able to stand on his own ground.
Seeing the same mana flowing through the dark knight´s shield, he frowned slightly.
He, who was pushing Danzel back a few seconds ago came to a halt while continuing his onslaught.
`His guy uses a skill similar to that of penetrating which forces him to make an action much faster...´ Danzel thought as he was slowly channeling mana through Veren.
Though such techniques were strong to use, they also had disadvantages.
*Kbaah!
Blocking his swing without much difficulty, the expecting another swing never came.
Such as running out of juice...
`Now!´
Using [Shield Charge], he speed up to him and swung the practice sword from his side.
Sensing the concentrated mana on the blade, Karl's frown turned for the worse.
Using the same technique as before, he enchanted his legs and created some distance before a dark green wind blade flew in his direction.
The wind blade dug through like a shark while creating air-cutting notice.
*Fseeeen!
"Hmpf!" Scoffing, he quickly sidestepped the wind blade, letting it pass from his right.
"You will never hit anyone with his thing-" Turning his head, he noticed the dark knight rushing at him with an unsettling aura around him.
*Tingh!
Both blades clashed with another,
Karl tried to push the blade back, but to his surprise, he couldn´t.
`You are telling me that this guy is of the 2nd-tier!?´ Karl thought surprised.
Though he only advantages two months ago, he was still a 3rd-tier warrior! Finding out that a 2nd-tier was no any weaker than he woke his anger.
But that anger quickly faded away as he noticed the traces of the wind blade.
The wind blade cut more than 15cm deep through the ground which speaks of his sharpness alone.
`That´s no longer a test...´ He thought concerned.
He signed with the mind of beating a rookie to let some of his frustration out, not for a deathmatch.
`The guy already showed his capabilities, let´s end it...´ Though his pride was hurt, the damaged that they created on the testing fields was already enough.
Since he was testing him, he would be accounted for the things that guy breaks.
Dealing with him can be done later, now avoiding the punishment to come is a priority.
"Hey-"
As Karl tried to say something, another swing came much heavier than before which with difficulty he blocked.
And the eerie aura that he felt from that knight suddenly turned much more intensive by the second.
Noticing the bloodlust coming from the knight, he felt alarmed.
"You! The test-!" Before he could finish, another swing came at him.
Each swing that he made forced Karl to take a step back.
The previous situation that Danzel faced was now happening to Karl.
Danzel who was currently affected by the [Sin of Wrath], was completely dominating Karl.
Compared to the other times that his [Sin of Wrath] was plaguing his mind with madness and anger.
What he felt now was rather...relaxing?
There were two ways he learned for [Sin of Wrath] to activate.
One was to be engulfed by your anger.
The other was to forcibly activate it by controlling your anger, or how Danzel would like to put it.
Embrace your hate.
Though his natural hate of the living, especially the humans for some reason.
The trigger to let the [Sin of Wrath] activated had decreased, making him keep a rather cool mind.
Since the hate was real, the hate hadn´t increased that much.
It only made him want to kill him.
"You! I said-!"
Swing diagonally at him, the blade soon came to a standstill.
Feeling the intense killing intent right in front of him, Karl´s expression paled.
Turning his head slightly towards the shocked employee, he yelled at him.
"You! go call for help!
"Wha-?"
"Hurry!"
"Don´t get distracted on me..." Danzel said with a chilling voice.
Pushing the blade towards him, both blades were pushed to the side.
Letting of the practice sword go, he tightly grabbed Karl's arm that was holding the sword while hitting him with his shield right on the face.
"Kagh!" Letting his sword fall of, Karl fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
Staring at him, Danzel said with an ominous voice.
"Don´t worry, I ain´t going to kill you..."
Walking towards him, he thought internally.
`Although I really want to....´
