Do Not Cross the Line
"You get some rest, I'll handle things outside."
Linsey left a message for Fuerzi, who was still recovering.
He walked to the window, opened it, and jumped out.
Linsey was struggling with her choice at that moment, and the group of people below causing trouble provided a good opportunity to vent her frustrations.
Splash—
The rain was still falling on the street.
The awakened ones, who were preparing to break into the house, had already crowded to the door, ready to break in.
Just then, the window above them clicked open.
Some of them looked up, but before they could react, a dark figure had already crashed down from above.
"Huh? There are people upstairs..."
Bang! Linsey pinned the other person to the ground.
Using the momentum of the fall, he grabbed the other person's arm with one hand and twisted it backward, while casually slapping the back of the neck with the other hand.
The man collapsed the next second, his struggling movements abruptly stopped, and he could no longer utter a word.
At this moment, Linsey calmly stood up.
He swept his indifferent gaze over the adventurers around him.
"..."
Who are you?
"It's this guy! He sneaked in and conspired with Fuerzi!"
The Awakened Ones surrounding the house stirred into a commotion, looking at Linsey with wary eyes, and some even shouted questions.
But Linsey doesn't care about these guys at all.
He looked up at the pitch-black night sky, where dark clouds obscured the stars and moon, and raindrops fell softly, as if trying to conceal the turmoil that had taken place that night.
Linsey looked down at the ground again. "There's still water."
There was still standing water on the street, and the guy who had just been knocked unconscious by Linsey was lying face down.
"Although the motives were malicious, the crime did not warrant the death penalty."
Linsey whispered.
He then straightened the man's body so that he wouldn't be submerged face-first in the water and drown.
Splash—
The rain was still falling, surrounding the people around the house.
Linsey calmly jumped from the second floor, knocking the man unconscious, and then neatly arranged the man.
This nonchalant demeanor indicated an attitude of ignoring the adventurers around them.
Even without sensing any Essence- shattering pressure from the source matter, it was enough to make other awakened individuals hesitate to act rashly.
Looking at Linsey standing quietly in place, as if she were about to blend into the rain at any moment.
The adventurers who were about to rush into the house just moments ago are now hesitant.
They lost their earlier decisiveness.
They could only bolster their courage with blustering shouts:
"Who exactly are you?"
"What did you and Fuerzi do up there?"
Linsey shifted her gaze to the man who had spoken.
He was quite certain that the voice that spoke was the same one that had come from downstairs earlier and revealed his whereabouts.
Linsey raised an eyebrow. "A Perceiver?"
"I didn't make any big noise up there; an ordinary awakened person would never have noticed."
"Tell me, what did you hear?"
"..."
gurgle—
The man who spoke swallowed hard.
Linsey was right; he was indeed a Perceptive and had sensed Linsey's intrusion into the house from the very beginning!
He didn't say anything to remind anyone until Linsey and Fuerzi started talking.
Because of his superior perception, he is also able to obtain the relevant information.
It wasn't until Linsey started tracing lines on the map with his finger that his current skills were no longer sufficient to capture any more details, which is why he spoke up to remind everyone.
Linsey is now directly targeting herself.
As an Awakened One whose specialization lies in reconnaissance, he was already flustered. "You... what do you want to do?"
"Let me tell you, there are so many of us watching, and you're all alone..."
The perceiver wanted to make a few more threats.
But right next to him, a soldier could no longer contain himself.
He looked at Linsey with a defiant gaze, strode over, and reached behind him with his right hand to retrieve his battle axe.
"This sneaky guy got caught, and he still dares to be so arrogant?"
The soldier gripped his axe and brought the back of it down on Linsey: "You little brat..."
Bang! The soldier's voice stopped abruptly, as did his movement.
His Combat Essence reminded him that Linsey wouldn't dodge his attacks, or even meet him head-on.
But after that axe fell...
The situation was completely different from what the soldiers had imagined.
Linsey caught his weapon steadily with just one hand. The immense force transmitted through the axe handle caused the warrior to lose his footing and fall backward with a thud.
"How is that possible?"
At the critical moment, the soldier used the handle of his axe to strike backward.
He then used the leverage to stand up and regain his balance.
But when he looked at Linsey again, his eyes were no longer arrogant as before, and he even took two steps back.
He caught his own attack with perfect precision.
Then, with sheer power, he overwhelmed this Fourth Stage warrior.
In his common sense, Linsey could only be a stronger awakened Combat Essence if he could do both of these things at the same time.
He carefully examined Linsey in front of him.
I couldn't sense any power from the other person as Fifth Stage Awakened; at most, they were just a little stronger than me.
Could it be that Nal Kebandek has come up with some new fighting style again?
"Um?"
Just then, the soldier's vision blurred.
As he pondered, Linsey had already come up to him.
Completely outpaced the opponent's reaction time, Linsey casually slapped him.
Make sure to get away from it!
It's over!
The soldier's skill warned him of the impending danger, and he tried to dodge.
But Linsey's extraordinary agility left the soldier no time to dodge, and with a 'bang,' he was knocked unconscious by Linsey and fell to the ground.
brush--
Almost simultaneously, the adventurers around them all took a few steps back.
They also knew of the soldier's abilities.
We are now more aware of the dangers we face.
Linsey could take down his opponent so easily, so dealing with them would be a piece of cake for him too! The group, who were already confined to the house, were now even less likely to put up a fight.
"..."
"Oh--"
Linsey shook her head slightly.
Judging from their reactions, he knew he had successfully intimidated them.
Then Linsey picked up the first person she had knocked unconscious from the doorway, lifted him with one hand, and handed him over to the crowd.
Linsey then looked at the perceiver. "You, come here."
The perceiver dared not resist and obediently moved over, with no one around offering a helping hand.
The two returned to the front of the house one after the other. Linsey took out Hardwood Seed from her bag and casually scattered them around.
Snap—crack—
The tough Thorn broke through the soil and grew rapidly, completely surrounding the building.
Linsey was surrounded by Thorn trees.
Leave a simple yet effective warning for the adventurers around you:
"What you want to do on the streets is none of my business."
"But if I cross that line, the next time I make a move, I won't just knock someone out."
"..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Linsey turned her head, leaving behind only her back.
He grabbed the perceiver's collar with one hand, then jumped lightly and climbed up the windowsill to slip into the room.
Only the adventurers remained in place.
They stared Thorn at the thorns around the house, then looked at each other in bewilderment. "Who on earth is this guy?"
"This plant... is it Life Scholar?"
"Such strong combat skills, you should be a warrior, right?"
Discussions rose and fell, but no one dared to take another step under this scene.