Vengeance of the Returner

They invaded the goblin village successfully and even finished off every goblin in there. The only thing that outlasted to do was plundering.

Nix picked the dagger without any trouble. All the others in the proximity were amazed as the dagger accepted him as its owner.

Varde exclaimed.

"whoa! cool bro that blade chose you!"

Nix didn't know what was so special about the dagger.so, closely stared at it.

[Truth eye activated.]

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(Description: A Dual blade dagger that contains the life force of an unknown entity. A Dagger that survived for ages in many battles. Currently, in Outsider Nix's possession. 'Will reveal himself when he wants to.')

'Will reveal himself when he wants to? What the heck?'

[Doom prediction and Nova manifestation have been activated.]

Nix knitted his brows.

'What? Nova manifestation activated in a time like this? Why? Nova manifestation uses are kinda unknown but, why out of nowhere? '

The abilities are invoked on their own. Even though he wasn't in a battle it was like it's giving him some kind of clue.

[New Mission-Reveal him]

[Specifications: Kill more than a thousand humans or any other intelligent sentient using the dagger to make him reveal himself within two years]

[Numbers killed-0 (24 Months left.)]

'What? Why should I? Will I get profit from killing that many people? No! Can I kill that many people? I can't!'

He was horrified and his forehead began sweating. The beads of water droplets dripped from his temple. More importantly, this mission was his first but he felt like it was unreasonable to kill a thousand lives without a proper cause just to awaken some kind of crappy metal dagger that he merely stumbled upon.

Varde, Cinzia, and everyone else looked at him with a worried face.

Cinzia questioned Nix.

"Nix did something happen?"

Nix panicked and said.

"AH, it's nothing."

Cinzia nodded her head.

"Alright since it chose you as its owner why don't you take it?"

'Well I can't finish the mission but why not use it? I could gain something even if I don't finish the mission '

Thinking inwardly he replied.

"yes, I will be using this. It appears to be quite sturdy too."

She nodded and turned her attention back towards the crew.

"Alright next we will be checking the treasure chest but, before that, we need to deal with the captives here."

All the members of the quest drifted their attention towards the severely battered pair of men who were leaned on the wall.

One man had his ears butchered and the other man didn't possess both his nose and ears and he had a big slash on his belly which made his intestine visible and the place he was leaned and the floor was defiled with blood. Both the men had several scratches and cuts and their faces didn't show the will to live. They were possibly tortured by female goblins just before they entered the village.

Cinzia walked towards the men and stabbed their necks with her hands and killed them without the slightest hesitation as they showed suffering. Slowly blood flowed out of the men's windpipe. Nix and others quietly watched the show.

She closed their eyelids with resentment and muttered.

"Rest in peace."

Nix found her cold personality quite charming. Varde, Eshwar, and Dalia were loyal and huge respect for her.

She turned her attention towards the members and enquired.

"Varde, Eshwar. what was in that part of the cave?"

Varde was the first one to open his mouth to report.

"Just four women and two seemed to regulars and two elven women."

"I see. First, we can check the treasure chest and items and take care of those women later."

She turned and began checking the treasure chest and other items with the others. The treasure chest contained two thousand gold coins and the items looted were a shield, a bow made with some kind of purple metal, a broad sword, and few identity cards of the men she killed which were proof that they were Regulars, and two more Id cards which belonged to two women.

Cinzia had a satisfied face. She gazed at the members of the quest and began her speech.

"We currently have two thousand coins and we can share it equally except to Nix. He will be getting a ten percent extra amount of gold coins and about the items. It will be shared between members of the Clan."

She waited for a second and continued.

"If anybody got problems with it we can talk about it. I hope everyone's okay with the information right."

She had a satisfied grin on her face as she continued her speech. She drifted her eyes towards Nix and winked at him and said.

"I guess we are clear right?"

Nix was dazed since this was the first time that she acted friendly towards him but, she was cold towards him too. From the start of their meeting, he found her too alluring and enchanting even though she looked wild with a cold and arrogant personality. One could say he got a crush on her even though she appeared to be older than him.

He gave a wry smile and nodded his head in agreement. He joined the quest for gaining experience and to know how things work so, he was satisfied with it.

She smiled and said.

"Alright looks like we are good then. Thank you for everyone's cooperation! I hope that our next mission for exploring Judas temple succeeds."

She appeared to be so happy about the succession of the plundering mission. It's like she desperately needed that money and items. Soon they arrived at the other part of the cave.

She slowly walked towards the women and killed them swiftly without giving any thought. She passed down judgment without giving second thoughts like killing was nothing as the women seemed to have gone through an exhausting both mental and physical trauma.

'Quite quick-witted isn't she?'

Nix was in a stupor and was slightly shocked by her because of her decisive ability.

The team marched out of the cave with satisfaction and happiness. The success raised their morale to look forward to the next loot. After marching for a while they took a break for a while.

Cinzia walked towards Nix as everyone went through some conversation on their own.

"oi, can we talk for a bit?"

"Yep"

"Are you really a level one or are you acting? If you are truly a level one how did you exert that much power or are you just here deceive us? If so, I am warning you again just leave our team without causing any ruckus with the share you own."

Nix smirked and said.

"Now... Now, seriously? I don't get it. Why are you so, cautious with me? Just like I said before I am new here and I am not leaving with this money. I joined this quest to gain some experience and earn some money but, I don't want to leave this work halfway. I am gonna see through the end. Why would you add me to your party then? Or are you perhaps testing me?"

He stared at her for a few seconds and continued in an annoyed and angered expression.

"I get it! you have a bad past that you can't believe others. But, just don't keep on nagging me! If you don't want me on your team just say it! I will leave."

Cinzia began talking calmly.

"Oi, I just asked you because you feel mysterious. You can tag along as long as you don't cause trouble. It's just that..... I wanted to clarify my doubt. So, don't take it too seriously."

It was like her way of saying sorry but in a prideful manner. It seems like she really just tested him whether he leaves the team or not and it seems that she trusts him quite a bit since he helped the team pretty much with the power he had.

Nix just nodded and said.

"Miss Cinzia, Can I say something?"

She knitted her eyebrows.

'Miss?'

"Yeah"

He gave her a gentle smile while staring at her eyes and said.

"You are beautiful."

Cinzia furrowed her brows.

"Huh?"

Nix smiled and replied.

"I said you are beautiful."

'Most men are just the same. Freaking trash!'

Even though she thought something like that in her mind. Her face faintly reddened.

"Huh? what does that have to do with the conversation we had now?"

She clicked her tongue.

"Tch, Brat what's your age? something between eighteen or Nineteen? I am kinda older than you. You know?"

Nix smiled and teased her.

"I just said you are beautiful. what does it have to do with the age though? Or are you perhaps interested in me?"

She was flustered by his answer.

"no..... ah... Alright... we have to continue our journey.."

She straight-up changed the topic and walked away from there blushingly. Nix watched her from a distance with a smirk on his face.

[Truth eye activated.]

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| [Name: Cinzia Machien Age:26] |

| [level: 6 ] |

| [Class: SPEAR SEIGNUER] |

| [Gender: Female] |

| [Height-180cm Weight-76 kg ] |

|[Faction-:Outlaws] |

|[Clan Affiliation: Silver spear] |

| [Alias: Cold-hearted whore] |

| [Titles gained: Commander of the silver spear, Spear master...] |

| [Achievements: ...] |

| STATS: |

| [∆STRENGTH - 58] |

| [∆AGILITY - 53] |

| [∆DEFENCE - 56] |

| [∆STAMINA - 51] |

| [∆ENDURANCE- 49] |

| [∆ MAGIC- 55] |

[∆MAGIC CORE- MANA INTEGRATION(Rank: A)]

[0 Remaining stat points]

[2 Ability points remaining]

HEALTH CONDITION: HEALTHY GOOD

STATE OF MIND- CALMGOODDOUBTFUL

[PARTICULARITIES -

×Cold Hearted

(incapable of being moved to pity or tenderness.)

×Partial

(Favours one side that she cares for in a dispute above the others.)

×Selfless

(Concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than her own)

-As the user has both partial and cold-hearted traits. This trait supports and tends to go with them.

×Iffy

(Cautious and wary of othersDoes not comes up to trust others easily.)

Ability list:

[Private abilities- None ]

[General abilities- Thrust (Rank: C++)

Cut (Rank: B+)

.....]

[Class abilities- Spearsmanship (Rank: A+)

Forgotten spearsmanship of Eon kingdom (Rank: B++)

... ]

[unique abilities- Eyes of flagrancy (Rank:S)

....]

[EYES OF FLAGRANCY]

(Information: The User can see through and hypnotize or obliterate or bombard the target by causing mental trauma to gain information. It is mainly focused on the area of hypnotism.)

[special abilities- .....]

He began glancing through her information one by one.

'Cinzia Machien?... Hmm, That's her whole name it seems. cold-hearted whore? what the heck? Anyway, her particularities are something else... and what's with that op unique ability?'

He was dazed after reading her information and her particularities were one thing but, he was wary of that unique ability. He was doubtful about his own ability. If it could counter her ability.

There was another doubt with him. She could have used it if she wanted to. Then, why didn't she use it?

"Hah, Whatever I hope that she won't use that ability."

He sighed and walked into the tent.

After several shifts, Nix and Cinzia went through the same shift. For some reason, she kept on glancing at him and averted her eyes whenever he saw her staring at him. Even so, they didn't get in a conversation.

After a while, she hesitated a bit but she paced and sat on a rock next to him and opened her mouth while staring at him seriously.