Hitman with a Badass System

"What just happened?" Amaryll stood there with her eyes wide open. She was bewildered. One moment Ghost was talking to the cannibals and the next moment, their heads exploded. Except for Knight, no one had clearly seen what just happened.

In Knight's mind, he replayed the scene. After he counted two, he raised his hands and fired two lightning bolts which went straight through the cannibals' heads.

That was the glimpse of his full power. If he had fought without holding back, Amaryll and Kotar wouldn't have seen him.

"He wanted us to see him," Knight mumbled under his breath.

"Yuki," Amaryll shouted when she saw Yuki's bloody face. Her face was covered in the cannibal's blood.

"Wait," Knight saw Ghost stopping Catalie from getting close to Yuki,

"Tell Knight to meet us in a secured room,"

"Why?" Catalie questioned Michael,

"Just do it,"

"Catalie, do what he says," Knight ordered Catalie,

"Kotar, go check on Arwen," Knight dismissed Kotar and when he was about to take a step, Knight stopped him.

"Keep your mouth shut about everything,"

"Yes General Knight,"

Kotar bowed before leaving the room. Afterward, Knight took Amaryll with him to one of the secret rooms in the castle.

Meanwhile back in the withered forest, Michael approached Yuki. She was shivering as Michael stomped the ground, making the corroded blade fly into his hand.

"I'll take this," the corroded blade disappeared into his system storage as Michael looked at Catalie.

"We can go now,"

Catalie finally heaved a sigh of relief,

"Catalie, come to room number eighteen," Catalie heard Knight's voice and then teleported Ghost and Yuki to room eighteen.

In a second, Michael appeared in a brightly lit oval-shaped room in Everlight castle. Knight and Amaryll were already waiting for them. 

"Yuki!" Amaryll tried to dash towards Yuki when he saw her but Knight grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Wait," Knight shook his head, telling her not to take another step toward Yuki. Amaryll was confused but listened to Knight without uttering another word.

"What?" When Amaryll turned her head, she saw the dark lines on Knight's forehead.

"Knight?" she asked confused by Knight's behavior.

"Lady Amaryll. Who is he? What's happening here?" Yuki stuttered as tears gushed out of her eyes.

Even Catalie had no idea what was going on here. Instead of explaining, Michael conjured his alchemy flames. Under their curious gazes, Michael threw in some herbs and ingredients he bought from the system into the alchemy fire.

Yuki tried to walk toward Amaryll but an invisible force forced her to stay still. She couldn't move a muscle.

"Are you going to tell what's happening or not?" Amaryll asked,

"Wait Amaryll. Everything will make sense in a few minutes," Michael answered as he continued to refine the ingredients.

Even a few minutes felt so long to Amaryll. Finally, she saw a red pill emerge from his emerald green fire. 

"Take this," Michael's fire disappeared as he reached out the pill to Yuki,

However, the girl frantically shook her head,

"No. Lady Amaryll. General Knight, what is this?" she shouted,

"Swallow it Yuki," After sensing the seriousness in Knight's voice, Amaryll chose not to question him further until he explains everything to her. But one thing for sure, there was definitely something wrong with Yuki0. Otherwise, Knight wouldn't have asked Yuki to consume the unknown pill concocted by Ghost.

"It's not gonna kill you Yuki. On contrary, it will heal you," Michael stepped toward Yuki as she tried to walk away from him but she simply couldn't.

Michael grabbed Yuki's face and squeezed her jaws, opening her mouth forcefully.

"NNNOOOOO!" 

Amaryll and Catalie were stunned by the change in Yuki's voice. It was an animalistic roar that shook the entire room. She squirmed and screamed against the invisible force as Knight frowned. Even a powerful being like him felt difficulty holding her down.

"Yuki," Amaryll mumbled, looking at Yuki's eyes flicker in red. While Yuki was trying to release herself from Knight, Michael forcefully put the pill into her mouth and shut it close.

"Hrrmmmmmmm!" her muffled cry barely escaped her mouth. Meanwhile, the pill slowly melted into her mouth.

After a few seconds, Michael let her go of her face and so did Knight. 

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!" as soon as Michael let her go, she collapsed to her knees and screamed louder than any human possibly could.

Her roar sent a chill running through Amaryll's spine. Looking at Yuki scratching her own face, Amaryll and Catalie stepped closer to Knight in fear.

"What's happening to her Knight?"  Amaryll asked Knight.

"She was being controlled by the cannibals," Michael answered Amaryll instead.

Meanwhile, Yuki began to cough up blood as dark as midnight and squirmed like a fish out of the water on the ground.

"The cannibals expected Don to rescue her. That's why they turned her into a human bomb," Michael's words stunned them.

"What?" Catalie raised her brows,

"Knight?" Amaryll turned her gaze towards Knight as he nodded,

"I suspected Yuki's been controlled by the cannibals for quite some time. Someone was leaking information only we know to the cannibals. Don and I suspected this,"

"Then…how did he know?" Amaryll looked at Ghost.

"I told him," Knight surprised Catalie and Amaryll yet again.

Knight possessed an ability to talk to people telepathically. When Knight shook Michael's hands, he told him everything about his suspicions to Michael. In return, Michael surprised Knight by responding to him telepathically using the system.

The words they exchanged were never heard by Catalie or Amaryll.

Knight suspicious however took a dark turn when Michael saw the skinless creatures making her drink something. Michael saw the whole thing thanks to the Spyder he sent inside the tent.

As an alchemist, he immediately recognized the two potions they made Yuki drink. One was similar to his blood tonic but far less efficient and powerful. The other one temporarily made the creatures control Yuki. Unfortunately, the potion could only be used in Don's universe because the potion used battle energy.

After screaming and squirming for a few more minutes, Yuki finally lost consciousness.

"Let her sleep for another six hours and she would be fine. Although if I were her, I'd stay away from training for a few weeks,"

Catalie waved her hand as she disappeared along with Yuki. 

"We still have to find who gave her the mind-controlling potion," Knight said.

"No need," Another calm voice resonated in the room as Michael turned his head to see a young woman dressed in all white entering the room. She was not as pretty as Amaryll but she had a certain charm that Amaryll completely lacked. Her silky smooth skin and her toned body indicated hours of the battle of training. As she walked gracefully, her raven black hair fluttered in the wind. Above everything, her slightly pointed ears clearly showed Michael her Half-elf race. 

"Arrora," Amaryll finally let out a relieved smile seeing Arrora.

"You must be Ghost. It's an honor to meet you at last," Arrora greeted Michael with a gentle friendly smile.

"Here's your rat," with a flick of her wrist, she took out a severed head and threw it on the floor,

Michael saw the head still has its eyes opened. If he was right, the person didn't even know how he died.

"You must be the white death the soldiers were talking about," Michael greeted her back with a smile.

If she was in his universe, the entire world would be afraid of her. Because she was at the peak of Fusion stage. He could literally sense the energy radiating from her. Unlike Knight or Don, he was able to see her cultivation level.

"My foes call me that. You can call me Arrora,"

"Soon to be Arrora Don," Amaryll giggled as Amaryll wouldn't leave a chance to make Arrora blush no matter the situation.

"Thank you for rescuing Yuki, Ghost. Everlight is in your debt,"  Despite how powerful she was, she didn't act arrogant or cold like certain someone named Alicia or Celina.

"Enough of this. Amaryll, take Ghost to quarters. I'll deal with everything else," Knight ordered Amaryll after a quick look at the head rolling on the floor.

Since Michael was tired and wanted to upgrade some of his skills, Michael didn't disagree with Knight.

"Yuki will be fine right?" Amaryll asked Michael as he nodded,

"Thank you," Amaryll grabbed Michael's hand and squeezed it.

After leaving Knight and Arrora behind, Michael followed Amaryll to his quarters. On his way, he met several friendly and funny dwarves, charming elves, and curious humans. Regardless of their race, they all seemed so happy without any worry. 

"So who ruled this place before Don?" Michael asked,

"No one. I mean no one for thousands of years. And this place wasn't as lively and happy as this before Don. He and Knight built this place from the scratch,"

Michael was genuinely surprised. Everlight seemed several times larger than Bradford. Ruling Bradford with no other races was no joke, let alone ruling a place as large and populated as Everlight.

His instincts were yet again right on point. When Michael met Don, he got a major kingly vibe from like Don was born to rule. He had such dominance.

Besides, it seemed to Michael that Don surrounded himself with loyal and powerful people such as Amaryll, Arrora, and Knight.

These people were no joke. If they traveled to his universe and regained their cultivation power, they could conquer Elon in an hour. Which brought Michael to his next question, how powerful their enemies would be?

"I wish you are from this universe. I could have set you up with some nice ladies here," Amaryll giggled, looking at the girls eyeing Ghost from the distance.

"You guys are taking the fact I'm from another universe so chill," Michael couldn't help telling Amaryll. As a response to his words, Amaryll just chuckled.

"You are not the only otherworlder in Everlight Ghost," 

Michael suddenly felt so curious about Everlight and quite honestly, he was shocked by the place. Deep down, Michael wanted to spend some time with them, learning about them and getting stronger with their help.