Cultivation Through Artifacts

"..."

Putting down the flatware back onto the table with slow movement, Khal started to look around carefully.

Inside the eatery, except for a few lit candles on the walls and the table which were only giving out dim light, what Khal could see was pitch black darkness.

Looking here and there to see what made him feel so uneasy, Khal frowned slightly and thought, "Did I just overreact?"

After glancing around his proximity for one last time, Khal looked at the meat on the table before him and started to talk quietly.

"I definitely did. Maybe I start to hallucinate things just because I'm too tired and hungry. I should just hurry up and finish this meal, then go back to my room and sleep."

As Khal said that, he grabbed the fork and the knife from the table yet again and while looking at the window on his side he started to cut the meat slowly.

After slicing the meat into a small part and piercing it with the fork, Khal raised the food before his mouth, ready to eat it, however suddenly his eyes widened in alarm.

"!"

*BANG!*

With a wild blow, the window not far away from him broke into several pieces, while something flew toward the middle of his head with insane speed.

"Sh*t!"

Seeing the unexpected assault, Khal subconsciously tilted his head to the side and watched as the thing barely passed by his head and exploded into the wall behind his back.

*Swish!*

*BAM!*

Glancing at the knife on the wall that was about to kill him just a few seconds ago, Khal turned completely silent.

Noticing the cold glint on the abyss black iron weapon's surface, Khal gulped down his saliva slowly and turned his gaze back at the window.

"Ju-, huh?"

However, the moment he did, he saw as 5 more knives were flying toward him from the distance like bullets.

"!?"

Without any hesitation, Khal jumped to the side avoiding the first knife, but he knew that this was only just the beginning and he had no time to waste.

Seeing as another four knives were on their way to kill him, Khal jumped backward, avoiding the following three assaults, however just as he was about to evade the final one, suddenly his right feet slipped.

"Eh?"

While falling behind with a stunned expression, Khal looked at the knife which was about to pierce right through his chest suddenly change direction, and like a bullet, it flew toward his head.

"I'm done for!", thought Khal with widened eyes.

However, just as he thought this will be the end for him yet again, a shocking sight happened.

Unexpectedly, instead of piercing his head and killing him right away, the knife just simply passed by his face, only leaving a deep and wide cut on the right side of his cheek.

*Swish!*

*Paff!*

The moment the knife has pierced the wall behind his back, Khal fell heavily onto the ground, making him to feel a slight pain in his butt in an instant.

However, Khal couldn't care about that tiny pain at all, because he was totally shocked by the fact that he was still alive.

"I... Survived?"

While Khal was surprised by his luck, suddenly two figures jumped into the eatery through the window and looked around.

Both were wearing a black robe on their body, while on their head, a white mask could be discerned, completely covering their faces from the outside.

"Ah, look at you man. You missed your shot again. You suck!", said the one on the right in a deep and masculine voice, while shaking his head around in a helpless manner.

"What do you mean 'again'? I have hit the bullseye last time too, so stop being a f*cker already and shut up!", replied the other one on the side angrily.

"Yeah, after 4 tries..."

"You!!"

"..."

Watching as the two before him argued and didn't look at his way, Khal wanted to move, however instantly as he did, suddenly a knife got pierced deep into the wall, just inches away from his right eye.

"!"

"Where do you think you want to go brat?"

Turning their gazes at Khal, both assassins stopped talking and glared at him in silence.

Feeling their cold stares even through their masks, Khal looked at the door on the side and started to think.

"What should I do? Should I shout for help? No... It seems they don't know that Miss Mary and Liza are here, so calling them here would only put them in danger. What is more, I never saw Miss Mary use her power while Liza only got hers recently, so I am sure she would not stand a chance against these two. If I ask for their help now, they would only die alongside me!"

The assassin on the right with the deep voice saw Khal's hesitation, so he started to chuckle and asked, "What? Too scared to talk? Haha!"

Ignoring what the man asked, Khal glanced at the window behind their backs and thought, "Then the only solution is to lure them away from here. But how? Both of them are blocking the window, while if I try to take the door, they will kill me instantly."

Seeing as Khal was still unable to answer, the other assassin looked at his partner and said in a cold tone.

"Can't you see that he is brain dead? He can't even respond to simple questions. Let's not waste any more time and kill him already!"

"But, Master Al-, I mean Young Master told us to bring him back to him alive. We can't kill him!"

Listening to this, the other assassin clicked his tongue and said quietly, "What a pain in the ass... Then knock him out and let's get out of here as soon as possible. This place stinks."

With that said, the assassin started to walk closer to Khal, while playing with the knife in his hand.

"Young Master? Is he talking about that guy named Alde? So he sent assassins to kill me because I hit him, huh? How pathetic.", thought Khal, instantly understanding who sent these two at him.

Just as Nate said, the Ourvi Family truly made sure to annihilate anyone who caused problems to them.

As he thought about this and a way to escape, suddenly the assassin with a deep tone started to talk.

"Wait. I can detect two more people in this building. Should I go and kill them?"

Hearing what his partner said, the assassin turned around and after thinking for a while he said in a creepy voice, "Yeah, that would be the best."

"!"

The moment Khal heard this, suddenly Liza's and Miss Mary's corpse flashed before his eyes and his face darkened instantly.

"Kill them? Just over my dead body!", thought Khal angrily and with an ice-cold expression, he grabbed the knife from the wall on his side, and with a powerful swing, he threw it forward.

*Swish!*