The Insider System

Chapter 74: Forest Massacre Pt.1

Lake didn't know if there was a way to land quietly after jumping as hard as he did but he wasn't really trying to be sneaky to begin with so it didn't really matter. The guy Lake landed behind turned around and looked at Lake like he was waiting for him to say something. Lake lifted his knife and said. "Give me your money."

The guy didn't react like Lake had been expecting and started to laugh. "Stop screwing around and get to your area." Lake guessed his tone wasn't right so the guy thought he was just messing around. Lake didn't really know how he was supposed to convince this guy he was serious without violence so Lake just got a few steps closer and said it again.

"Give Me Your Money." Lake also emphasized his words to make it seem more believable. The guy seemed to get Lake was being serious, and said. "Are you for real? Instead of shaking his head yes, Lake just started waving his knife around. When the guy didn't take out any money Lake could tell the guy was sizing him up to see if he could beat him in a fight.

"I'm not giving you anything, now scram before things get ugly." The fact the guy didn't flat out attack told Lake he wasn't sure who would win if they fought, which was funny because neither was Lake. Lake only gave himself an 80% win rate but he was sure he could run away if it turned out this guy was really strong.

Lake made it seem like he was about to attack as a last attempt to get this guy's money without killing him, but when it didn't work he charged. The guy didn't really react at all, and just took out his short sword. The speed he did so was interesting to Lake because it either meant he was holding back or the guy was way slower than him.

Lake wished he could just check, but his skill only worked on people in the same group as him, so like the alchemists in the guild, but this guy wasn't in the alchemist guild, so Lake was just going in blind. Lake dagger clashed with the sword but unlike what Lake was expecting there wasn't really a sound from the clash.

Lake found it weird but not enough that he forgot to activate his new skills he had gotten from Pickpocket. Lake waved his free hand around the guy at the speed of light then pulled his knife back and said. "Crunch." Lake waved his hand at the guy's face and saw his head explode like a watermelon.

Lake hadn't used his knife, because Lake had noticed the guy wasn't even able to perceive his hands when he had used Fast Hands so he had made it seem like he was about to attack with his knife again which had drawn all the guys attention, and made it really easy to kill him.

It didn't make it not gross though. Lake looked at his hand to make sure it wasn't covered in juice and was relieved to find that his hand had been spared. After that Lake quickly robbed the guy's core and money and retreated. While he ran he looked at the notifications he had received during and after the fight.

[New Job Unlocked Mugger]

[New Job Unlocked Brawler]

[New Job Unlocked Ripper]

Lake had been expecting a level up notification not three new jobs but he much preferred this. Lake had set his job to thief so he guessed it made sense he hadn't leveled up yet. He still needed a few thousand more Exp, and that guy he had killed didn't seem that strong.

Without stopping Lake opened the details on each job.

Mugger (U) Lv.0

On level up:

Strength 2

Charisma 3

Free 3

Exp conditions:

Kills

Theft of money or valuables

Bonus Exp conditions:

X2 Kills

X4 Money or valuables taken from people or corpses

Skills from job:

Brawler (G) Lv.0

On level up:

Strength 2

Dexterity 1

Exp conditions:

Kills

Bonus Exp conditions:

X4 Unarmed Kills

Skills from job:

Ripper (U) Lv.0

On level up:

Strength 5

Free 3

Exp conditions:

Kills

Bonus Exp conditions:

X5 Unarmed Kills on your race

Skills from job:

Lake was happy with two out of three and switched his job directly to Ripper. It happened to match what he was doing, and he had been needing more Strength for a while. Him being fine with more strength was a good thing, because he was pretty sure the only way he wasn't about to level Ripper up a bunch of times from one kill was if he ran into a small child.

Getting to the next mark he had placed, Lake saw another man looking evil while hiding in a bush. Landing near him Lake didn't bother with the whole I'm robbing you pretext and just directly attacked. "Fuck. Ahh." The person didn't react as fast as they needed to, and Lake opened a hole in the side of their chest.

He wasn't a doctor but he knew they weren't long for this world if they didn't fix it in the next few minutes and it seemed they knew this as well because instead of trying to fight back they ran while trying to get a potion into their mouth. "Knife Throw." Lake used one of the skills he didn't care about and threw his knife at the back of their head.

With a smacking sound Lake saw the knife puncture into the back of their head then Lake watched as the person crumpled and rolled into a tree. Depending on what their Endurance stat was hitting the tree that hard could have also been the cause of their death, but Lake doubted they had been alive to feel it.

Not with how deep the knife went into their head. Lake looked to see just how many times he had leveled up just now, because it felt like his strength had just doubled. [Level up] [Level up] [Level up] [Level up] Lake wasn't surprised to see he had just gained four levels because he had used a weapon so he hadn't gotten X5 Exp on the kill. Lake still opened his stats to enjoy the view though.

Name: Lake Fuller

Race: Human Lv.7 ( 6/10 )

Job: Ripper Lv.4 ( 33/80 )

Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 3/5 )

Stats

Health 70

Stamina 70

Mana 190

Strength 35

Endurance 15

Agility 49

Dexterity 49

Perception 83

Intelligence 114

Charisma 11

Free stat points: 35

Then Lake moved on to his new skills he had actually meant to check earlier after his first fight because he had tried to steal skills from the first person but he had forgotten in his rush to get away from the body. While he read his new skills Lake looted the new body of its gold and pulled his knife out of its head then used it to get the core from the chest.

Blood Drain (U) Lv.1

Targets lose as much Stamina and Mana as they do Health from your attacks.

Blood Loss (U) Lv.1

Wounds from your attacks are much harder to heal and bleed more.

(Targets with high Endurance are affected less)

After seeing his two new skills Lake looked to see if he had stolen a skill during the last fight not seeing any Lake didn't know if it meant he couldn't use the skill yet or he had just missed. There was no way for him to know so he packed up and went to leave when he saw the body start to glow golden.

Lake quickly changed his job to Mugger and touched the golden light. [Level up] [Level up] [Level up] [Level up] [Rank up] Lake was actually happy about leveling Mugger up because it gave Charisma and Strength two stats he wanted. Running away, Lake checked his two new skills with a smile.

Mute (U) Lv.1

When activated you make no noise.

Mean Mug (L) Lv.1

Targets with lower Charisma find you 5 times as intimidating.

Lake had to say he had not expected to get something that helped with stealth from Mugger. The name made it sound like the loudest form of stealing but Lake guessed it had originally been a skill used to get close to people so you could mug them and one of the past Insiders had seen its potential.

Now he just needed to get a skill that turned him invisible and he would be completely undetectable through most normal methods. Technically someone could use their nose to find him but he took showers and his armor probably held most of his smell in.

Lake didn't really see a reason not to turn Mute on so he did and then tried to talk he bet this was one of the down sides and he was right no sound came out of his mouth so in the future when he spoke to people he would need to turn Mute off first. Not that big of a deal but Lake bet he would forget every now and then and it would get on his nerves.

Name: Lake Fuller

Race: Human Lv.8

Job: Mugger Lv.4 ( 33/80 )

Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 3/5 )

Stats

Health 80

Stamina 80

Mana 200

Strength 43

Endurance 15

Agility 49

Dexterity 49

Perception 83

Intelligence 114

Charisma 23

Free stat points: 57