Assassin Reborn - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Chaptee 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage





[Translated by ChickenBakuba]

YES, GAME DEVELOPMENT THIS CHAPTER . Rankings, he meets up with friends and gosh, the story is finally going well on track . Was frightened it would suck . And is that the five fried players I smell? Also spoilers function failed so no spoiler lol .  

Chapter 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage 

Blood God had chosen the warrior profession . It was likely that he had pumped all his attribute points into strength . His novice longblade loped down onto Xu Xiang's shoulder . His weapon sparked off Xu Xiang's leather armour as '1' point of damage floated from Xu Xiang's head .

"Ding~ You have received an attack initiated by Blood God! For 10 minutes, you can conduct legitimate self-defence on the player and his team . " Xu Xiang grinned wolfishly as the names of the five men turned into green, a sign that he could attack them without repercussions . He flipped them the bird . [footnote]Originals said he put on the green hat which meant cuckold in Chinese but I got no idea how to use it in this context so I used middle finger[/footnote]

Blood God widened his eyes . He had kicked an iron board . He immediately turned tail to run, but was immediately stabbed in the back by Xu Xiang .

As the attack hit Blood God's back, the damage was multiplied by the Thief class's passive - backstab . A massive red number loomed from his head . 170 damage . Instant kill!

"Who would've thought your luck would be this bad . I guess a person as ugly as you would die from a critical hit . " Xu Xiang's dagger spun in the air, before his figure shot towards the other men . The 4 men had been struck dumb from the two points of damage that had emerged from Xu Xiang's hits . The sight of Xu Xiang bursting towards them with frightening agility brought the four men back to their senses as they frantically scattered like birds and beasts . But it was too late .  

Each one of them almost died in a hit .   The four men were cut down like vegetables . Unfortunately for the men, they had also dropped 10 coppers and a few sets of novice equipment . Better than nothing, Xu Xiang blinked .

Returning to the village, Xu Xiang did not see the 5 men in the cemetery . They had probably already gone to find their corpses . Xu Xiang laughed, before finding the village head .

"Respected village head, I have completed your mission . " Xu Xiang passed the red-tailed snake tails to the perverted village head .  

"Warrior Feng Xiang, you have completed many tasks, not to mention that you have exceeded the criteria for many of them . This is your reward, I pray the god of light shall bless and protect you . " The village head did not forget to mention a line of the 'god of light' in his sentence .  

"Ding~ Congratulations for completing [Exterminate the red-tailed snakes] mission . You have received 5,000 experience . You have received 1 silver copper . Because you have exceeded the criterion for the mission, you have received the equipment [Blood Shadow Armguard] . "

Blood Shadow Armguard (Bronze-level)

Level requirement: 5

Type: Leather

Defence: 12

+3 toughness

Can be enhanced by 4 levels . Attack speed +3%

Weight: 10

User's limitations: Thief, Archer . Not limited to race .

Not a bad reward . The experience was not much, but the money was good . One silver was still considered quite a profit . But the best was still the equipment . Xu Xiang happily received the equipment .

Depositing all his level 5 equipment into the storehouse, the system's notification rang in Xu Xiang's head . [footnote]Author made a typo . [/footnote]

"Respected player, there is a person offline looking for you . " Someone had pressed the offline button on the helmet . Xu Xiang frantically logged off . He had already guessed who it was . As expected . . .

"Xia Yao, you've come . " Xu Xiang studied the youthful girl in front of him . She was fitted in a snow-white dress, which made her appear refined and elegant . Actually, Xia Yao was a grown-up, but she did not receive enough nutrients from her meals . After all, she was part of the lower income group in the city . However, an outline could still be gleaned from her chest .

"Today's the day we're supposed to return to the orphanage . You remember, don't you?" Xia Yao playfully chided Xu Xiang . Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were from this city's orphanage . Xia Yao's parents had found Xia Yao when they were still younger . She eventually began to live together with her parents, although she was just as impoverished as before .  

As for Xu Xiang, he was no longer able to depend on the orphanage for support after reaching the age where he was deemed self-sufficient . Hence, he struggled to live on the fringes of society through living off games and the government's subsistence allowance . Xia Yao needed to return to the orphanage every month to seek out the orphanage chairman's permission play with the little kids at the orphanage .

"Ahaha . " Xu Xiang chuckled . He had no means of rejecting a request from a childhood friend like her . Their relationship was close enough for Xu Xiang to give the keys to his house to Xia Yao . Although Xu Xiang was considered a shut-in, Xia Yao was willing to visit Xu Xiang's house frequently to help him tidy his room and wash his clothes . Her concern for him was a giveaway to anyone, but the Xu Xiang in the past had been a dense piece of wood . After meeting Wang Xue, Xu Xiang only had Wang Xue in his heart . But perhaps Xu Xiang would have time for her in this world .  

After waking Xu Xiang up, Xia Yao began her routine of tidying up his bed, opening his window to ventilate the room . Although Xu Xiang didn't know, she had came earlier and washed his clothes before Xu Xiang woke up .  

Seeing Xia Yao do everything for him, Xu Xiang felt apologetic . In his previous life, when Xia Yao had confessed to him, he had rejected her . What about this world? Xu Xiang froze, bewildered . Xia Yao was the perfect wife, no matter how one looked at her .

"Oh, elder brother's wife has come . " Zhang Fan had arrived . What a curious coincidence . "Elder brother is indeed lucky . For older brother to have such a good wife, it makes me envy you to death . " Actually Zhang Fan knew that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were only childhood friends . At the very least, that was how it played out on the surface .

Zhang Fan's first meeting with Xia Yao had him mistaking her as some celestial being . Before, it could be said that Zhang Fan had chased after Xia Yao, vowing not to give up . Nobody knew what happened after . Perhaps Zhang Fan appeared too much like a 'celestial being' too . The matter remained a mystery and Zhang Fan began to call Xia Yao 'elder brother's wife' . This made Xia Yao flush a little, but she did not protest .  

"Zhang Fan, what level are you?" Xu Xiang was far better than Zhang Fan at gaming, which was why Zhang Fan called Xu Xiang 'elder brother' . Although Xu Xiang's age was indeed slightly older than Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan's signature phrase was 'Age is not a problem, nor is gender a problem' . [footnote]Unsure of what it means myself . . - . [/footnote]

"Finally level 2 . That novice village's snatching monster place they call a monster area, today it slightly formed into a P . "* Zhang Fan patted the bottom of his stomach with slight trepidation . It seemed like Zhang Fan was not the type to monotonously farm over and over again . [footnote]*Unsure again . . - . [/footnote]

"Then continue training hard . I believe you'll be able to find out my level very soon . " Xu Xiang mysteriously chuckled . Indeed, once a person reached level 5, the ranking charts would be opened and could be accessed . Even if one was not level 5, they would be able to access the ranking charts .

"Wa, so mysterious . " Zhang Fan, of course, was unaware .

Zhang Fan understood that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang would be returning to the orphanage soon after, so he did not stay long . He parted with a few words typical of him: "Husband and Wife make a home" . [footnote]夫夫妻双双把家还 was the original, but it's actually a quote from a Chinese song, so yeah . [/footnote]

Locking the door, Xu Xiang and Xia Yao walked along the streets shoulder to shoulder . There was a faint, delicate fragrance from Xia Yao's body . It was not perfume or shampoo, but her natural odour . Xu Xiang peeked sideways at Xia Yao . 'How was it possible for me not to discover her beauty when I was young?'

When Xia Yao was young, she did not receive adequate nutrition, and hence her beautiful features had been unable to be noticed .

The orphanage was pretty close to Xu Xiang's house, around 10 minutes on foot . A few minutes of walking would see you the roof of an orphanage which bore heavy resemblance to a church's spire .  

Upon their arrival, a few children began to gather as soon as they noticed Xia Yan as they knew Xia Yan was here to play with them . "Big sister, you've come again . " A small girl from the orphanage greeted . She was Lin Xinxin, a tiny child of 7-8 years old . Two cute braids dangled down from her hair . Long hair was initially against the orphanage's rules, but the little girl was persistent on having long hair after seeing Xia Yao's long hair trailing over her shoulders . So they had compromised with braids .  

"Big sister Fu, we want to play The Eagles Catches the Chicken . " (Author's Note: Spare me, I can't think of a better game) A little boy caught Xia Yao's warm and soft hand with his and beamed .

"Alright . " Xia Yao smiled gently . She brought the kids to another side .

At this moment, the orphanage chairman appeared . The orphanage chairman was a kindly elderly lady who would hit seventy this year . Xu Xiang had been cared for by her much ever since he was young, and he held a lot of respect for her . "Grandma Huang, you're here . " Xu Xiang said . The chairman was surnamed Huang, but she hated it when others called her chairman . She felt that 'Grandma' was a little less scary .