19- First Job   

Seeing me approach, he too moved towards me and his mouth was close enough to my ear and I was waiting for his words.  

Suddenly, the man used both hands and gripped my neck. I did not notice his actions as I lowered my guard due to my guilt and ‘kind’ heart. When I felt the man’s tight grip around my neck, only then did I realize that I was fooled or it was my foolishness that led to me lowering my guard. And now I am going to die if I don’t get out of this crisis.  

The man was using his strength to kill me or was even trying to break my neck and take me along with him to the afterlife. It looked like he was using his remaining strength. I was panicking because I lost control and couldn't put up resistance.   

As I realized that I was slowly losing strength; I tried to remove the man’s hand but could not do it. Realizing that, I hit the man’s neck and all the other areas where he was wounded. I remember that the pain was staggering and maybe he fought with someone and got injured  

He had a deep cut on his right hand and it looked like the man has taken healing pills before losing his consciousness. Now it has healed around 50%. And he also has been stabbed near his abdomen and shoulder. So, I took advantage of these areas and hit these places and the throat area where I had stabbed him.   

After repeated strikes to his wound, he loosened his grip. As I saw an opening, I kicked his throat with full force and the man completely let go of his hands. After getting free, I once again distanced myself from the man and I saw him clutching his throat.   

As the man was still in pain, I grabbed a nearby stone and gripped it tightly. And circled around the man and quickly hit the back of his head with the stone. And I hit his head repeatedly until he was bleeding.  

After hitting a few more times, the man was once again on the ground and this time it looked like he was really dead.   

Just as I was hesitating whether to check if the man is dead or if it was another trap, that’s when I heard the system notification  

‘ding’  

‘Host has killed a Demi-human level cultivator’  

‘Obtained 2000 exp’  

‘Due to the enemy being injured a lot, the host can only gain exp equal to the amount of damage the host has done to the enemy and killed him’  

‘Level Up’  

‘Level Up’  

‘Level Up’  

‘Level Up’  

‘Level Up’  

‘Congratulations host, you have obtained 50 free stat points and due to leveling up 5 times consecutively, extra 15 free stat points have been obtained’  

Seeing all the system notifications, I finally confirmed that the man died. I picked up his storage ring and searched his body for any belongings. After searching, I wanted to dispose of the body, but suddenly I heard rustling sounds and felt that someone was approaching. I took all the belongings and ran into the hollow tree. As soon as I entered the tree’s interior, I heard the system notification again,  

‘ding’  

‘Congratulations, the host has met the requirement for the activation of a job’  

‘Congratulation, the host has unlocked the job ‘thief’ ‘  

‘Does the host want to equip- ‘thief’ job?’  

‘[Yes]’ or [No]’  

I was excited but after I completed reading the system message, I was stunned and then my face became ugly. I mean what the fuck does the ‘thief’ job means?   

Just because I killed that man and took the valuable, it doesn’t mean I am an actual thief.   

Just as I wanted to scold the system and its 3 generations of ancestors, I heard some people’s voices and they were heading towards me. 

I stopped moving immediately and tried to calm down, so as to prevent any kind of noise from giving off my location. 

As the people got closer, I could vaguely hear the voices and it looks like they are having a conversation.  

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“Sir, over there, near the river there is a person lying and it looks like he is unconscious or dead”  

Shouted someone and it looks like the speaker, saw the man who was killed by Raj/Orochi.  

Gradually the group of people got near the dead body and immediately exclaimed.  

“Hey!!! it’s the young master”  

“Quick!!! Check the body, there is so much blood loss, if anything happens to the young lord we will be hanged to death and our family’s fate maybe even worse”  

“How come young lord get so severely injured?”  

This group of people was dressed in guard clothes and it seems they recognized the man Orochi killed, while from the talk of this group it can be concluded that his identity is also not ordinary and it seems to be the young master of this group.  

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I think since I have leveled up, most of my stats rose and with that my ‘sense’ stat also rose; which resulted in improving my 6 senses.   

So, even though the group of people was talking in a normal voice but they were still several meters away from me. And due to my cultivation being crippled, I should have normal strength and normal senses, which means I could only hear up to a limited distance but due to the rise in stats, I could now hear their conversation.  

When they recognized the man, whom I killed and also called him young master, my body started to sweat and I also felt lucky because if I had been a little slower in hiding or killing the man, then I would be surrounded by those guards and they would have either killed me or my fate would have gotten much worse.  

It looks like, I got myself a new group of enemies and I will have to remain vigilant, or else my life will be in danger.  

As I was thinking about what should I do now, I heard one of the guards  

“OH MY GOD!!!”  

Hearing the guard shouting, one of the guards who looked like the leader of the group frowned and asked,  

“Hey, why are you shouting and what happened”  

Hearing the leader’s question, the guard started to stutter and as his expression was full of fear,  

“it's...its...it's the young lord...the young master is dead “  

Hearing the words spoken by the guard, the leader and others were shocked; the leader immediately moved towards the ‘young master’ and checked his body.  

After checking carefully, the guard leader was shocked and gradually he was sweating. Seeing the leader’s reaction, the group was now convinced and everyone started to tremble in fear. 

They knew that they were assigned to accompany the ‘Young Master’ and were responsible for his protection but now the young master is dead and they have failed their duties. So, it can be imagined that as soon as the clan knows about this, they will be hanged to death and their families can also be involved.