Hitman with a Badass System

Gaya dashed at Xanali with one intention; beat her to death. She caught Xanali's fist before it could reach her face and headbutted in return. Xanali's nose broke with a sickening crunch. Blood spurted out of her broken nostrils as Gaya pulled Xanali close to her by hand and kicked her in the gut. Xanali vomited blood and felt her sight blur. Without giving any time for Xanali to retaliate, Gaya lifted Xanali by her waist and slammed her on the ground. Then, Gaya kicked her in the gut, sending her flying straight onto the boulder a few meters away. The boulder crumbled down with a loud boom when Xanali collided with it.

"This…is…what you…wanted…right…" Xanali barely uttered these words, coughing up blood. Hearing her words, Gaya halted her steps.

"Castien…may not be your father…but I always…thought of you…as my sister…" blood oozed out from her nose and mouth. Her pretty turned completely red from the blood.

"That's not going to work on me," Gaya snickered.

"Show me one loving little sister who ordered her big sister's meridians to be broken," Gaya's words were filled with rage and pain. Everyone blamed her for trying to kill Xanali when they were little. But no one bothered to ask why she did that. Since the day Xanali was born, Gaya was thrown away like a broken troy. She received no love from her family, including her own father. While Gaya was having nightmares, Xanali slept peacefully in her mother's and father's embrace. The lack of attention and love turned into jealousy, and jealousy turned into hatred.

Gaya thought she could get over the pity hatred, but Xanali made it worse when she and Salesi ran the kingdom into the ground with their new policies and rules. Once Castien decided to give the throne to Xanali instead of her, Gaya finally snapped and went berserk.  The source of all her hardships and problems was Xanali. If Xanali had never existed, she wouldn't have experienced everything she did.

"It was either breaking your meridians or killing you. You are here because of me…because of what I chose," Xanali said, struggling to rise to her feet. As much as her mind wanted to fight, her body was beyond exhausted. Every fiber in her body ached, begging her to close her eyes and give up.

"Your life is a handout I gave you," Xanali's voice stuttered. On the verge of death, Xanali remembered all her good memories with Gaya, although there were only a few. One of those good memories was the time Gaya came to her aid when a couple of tyrants tried to bully her without knowing she was a princess. Xanali could still vividly see how Gaya nearly beat those guys to death, shouting they deserved to die for laying their hands on her sister. Xanali had to stop Gaya from killing those bullies. Even after she grew up, many feared speaking against Xanali as they feared offending Gaya. Like it or not, Xanali felt protected when Gaya was around.

After hearing Xanali's words, Gaya dashed at her and grabbed her by her neck. She raised her to the air as Xanali's face slowly turned pale.

"Go ahead. I can't fight anymore. If killing me will quench your thirst for revenge, do it," Xanali stuttered.

"Forgive me for existing," Xanali closed her eyes and prepared to embrace the sweet death by her sister's hands. Tears trickled down from her eyes as Gaya gritted her teeth. Silence fell over the area as the scorching wind breezed past them. The mere thought that she was alive because of Xanali made her blood boil. Her mind was telling her to end Xanali's life and a future threat to the Dark Army. However, her instincts and heart told otherwise. They told her to spare her life and settle the debt once and for all.

At that moment, she wanted Michael to be by her side and tell her what to do. She closed her eyes and tried to feel a connection with him. To her surprise, she saw the sight of her and Michael standing atop the mountain hill, overlooking the dark ocean.

"You know how much I hate slavery. Debt is a slavery of free men," Gaya heard Michael's words in her mind.

After a brief moment of deep thinking, Gaya clenched her fist and let go of Xanali. It wouldn't take a second for her to kill Xanali. However, killing Xanali would make her indebted to Xanali forever. Gaya didn't want to live a life that was handed out to her by the one she hated the most. She would rather die than live the life Xanali gave her. Now that she spared Xanali's life when she could have easily ended her, it settled the debt between them.

"This settles my debt. The next time you fight me, nothing will stop me from ending your life," Gaya punched Xanali in the face hard enough to knock her out completely.

***************************

"The orc teleported us here," Michael heard Noah's voice. Unfortunately, Michael was teleported to the Fire Realm with Noah and Rowena. He stood between them and looked around the Fire realm. What Noah said was the only explanation for how they reached the fire realm. Michael was surprised that the curse was able to teleport them to another realm.

"We are not alone," Rowena coldly said. Although they were standing in an empty barrel land with several crates around them, they sensed another powerful being nearby. Rowena's voice had a bit of uneasiness, and Michael knew why. The being he sensed was several times stronger than him. To be precise, a Half Celestial stage level 3 being.

The sandstone blocking their view suddenly stopped and faded away, clearly revealing the empty, barren land around them. Michael wished the land was empty as it looked. Soon, a shadowy figure with glowing red eyes emerged from the ground and hovered in the air. The shadowy figure somehow resembled the orc Michael put the curse in. However, the figure seemed ethereal.

"A Celestial stage being," Noah's brows arched up.

"Noah, stay behind me," Rowena said to Noah. As the second strongest and his big sister, she felt responsible for Noah's safety. He was the weakest among them.

"GRGGHHH!" The shadowy figure let out an angry growl. Michael made no sudden moves as he calculated his odds against the Half Celestial stage.

"System," Michael called out the system.

[The host has a twenty percent chance of defeating the shadow monster if you fought alone. Suppose the host fought together with Rowena and Noah. In that case, you have a forty-five percent chance of defeating the shadow monster] The system quickly analyzed the shadow monster according to Michael's order and informed him back. Michael did not like the odds at all.

[However, the system can sense Noah is on the verge of triggering his heavenly tribulation. If he succeeded, the host's chance of winning against the shadow monster would go up to sixty percent]

"Noah, go ahead and start the heavenly tribulation," Rowena took Michael by surprise and ordered Noah to trigger his heavenly tribulation.

"I will cover you," said Rowena.

"This is not the time for tribulation," Noah shook his head. Michael didn't blame Noah for being reluctant to trigger his heavenly tribulation. Firstly, this was not a safe place for heavenly tribulation. Secondly, anyone would be afraid to start their heavenly tribulation in front of his arch-nemesis. The third reason would be the monsters roaming around the area.

"You must be at the Half Immortal stage for us to have any chance of defeating this monstrosity," said Rowena.

The shadow monster calmly hovered in the air as though it was waiting for the trio to make a move. As much as Michael liked to kill a Half Celestial stage being and earn those sweet experience points, he remained still. Double-crossing Noah during his heavenly tribulation seemed tricky with Rowena around. It was still too early for him to piss off the Holy Maiden and receive the wrath of the entire Skyhall. Besides, he knew there was no way of killing Noah without a god-killing weapon. Even if Michael destroyed Noah during the tribulation, his soul would depart and find another vessel. Michael would be in the dark at that time without knowing Noah's new identity. As far as Michael was concerned, an unknown enemy was far too dangerous than the known one. The last thing Michael wanted Noah to have was anonymity. In other words, double-crossing Noah had more cons than pros.

Finally, the monster lost his patience as it started to float toward them.

"Oh oh," Michael took a step back and slowly moved his hand to the dark swords.

Michael would rather fight on his own than depend on Noah. Once he cast the death range and take the full Dark Lord form, he would be at Immortal stage level 9. Coupled with the Dark Flames, he was confident enough to fight the shadowy monster. Even if he couldn't take down the monster, he always had the option of using the system to teleport away.

[Sorry, host. The shadow monster has locked the space around, preventing the teleportation from being used. The system recommends the host man up and kills the monster] The system chuckled.

The system expected Michael to fear the shadow monster and look for a way out of the battle. However, Michael had no signs of fear in his eyes whatsoever. He just cracked his neck and drew his dark swords.

"Noah," Rowena turned her cold gaze at Noah.

"There is no time to waste, Noah. Go away. I will take care of this," said Rowena, but Noah looked reluctant to listen to her.

"An ugly monstrosity like this can't take down your sister, Noah,"

"Kill me," Michael rolled his eyes and cringed inside. He preferred the monster to attack them instead of listening to the two of them.