Pablo
*Oshikuru hears the crackle of he bolts as the wizards cast their spells. Now is the time. He quickly rolls to the side to dodge the bolts, and feels his legs again. He gets up and then cracks his neck and knuckles*
Jeffrey
*The mages would be surprised to see Oshi get up and would look at each nervously. They would mutter among themselves*

"This guy took two crack in the skys and had his body hit by 2 electric bolts, but is still conscious... Can we really take on this guy?"

"Well he did use a healing spell... But frankly I don't think we're getting paid enough for this..."

*They would look over to you again and simply walk away from the entrance of the house*

"Go ahead, the pay for the job isn't worth our lives."
Linda
"At least your smart enough to not fight now."
Pablo
*He picks up his weapon and goes through the door, using healing touch along the way*

```15 mana spent, 5 regained, 5/30 mana remaining```
Jeffrey
*You would need to break the door down as it is locked, but given the weapons at Oshi's disposal, he would't have much trouble. However the ruckas caused from it would be heard throughout the house, and Oshi would hear footsteps from upstairs along with a child crying running into one of the rooms and slamming it shut along with the sound of something heavy being moved*
Pablo
*Oshikuru would attempt to climb the stairs as quietly as possible. His glaive starts to turn back into a katana*
Jeffrey
*As you climb the stairs you see there a 4 rooms with their doors shut. Unfortunately you would've reached the top just as the sounds stop. It looks like he will have to search a bit*
Pablo
*He kicks down the first door and draws his blade. He carefully looks around the room*

```5 mana regained, 10/30 remaining```
Jeffrey
*As you attempt to kick down the first room you find it not budging. It is either well reinforced or this might be the room the targets are hiding in? Either case, your kick won't be of any use in breaking it down*
Pablo
*Well then. Oshikuru turns his katana back into a glaive again. He then attempts to chop down the door*
Jeffrey
*The door would shatter from the impact of your enchanted glaive. Infront of you would be a dresser and bed and behind it was the woman covering her child's mouth, both of whom are the targets for this mission*
*The women would look at you in fear, but also anger and disgust*

"You bloody assassins... How much more do you wish to take from us? You've already taken my husband, you've killed so many of our fellow villagers, and we've paid your boss as much as we could! Why can't he leave us alone! Why are you even working for such a despicable greedy man! Have you no sympathy for our plight?!"
Linda
"Debt that is unable to pay is still debt. You should have thought about that before buying" *He shifts his glaive in his hand* "And this time the price is blood"
Pablo
*Instead, however, he stabs the back end of the glaive into the ground. He then lunges towards the woman and quickly strikes her in the neck using his hand, aiming for a pressure point. If successful, he presses two fingers into the girl's neck*
Jeffrey
*The two females weren't combatants whatsoever and would be easily knocked out by Oshi. The woman would have a few tears drip from her eyes as she tried to maintain conscious desperately trying to protect her child before falling to the ground*
Pablo
*Oshikuru then looks around the room to take notice of any rope, chains, or anything he can use to bind the two targets*
Jeffrey
*The room was an ordinary bed room. At most he could maybe make use of the bed sheets and curtains as a makeshift room*
Pablo
*Bed sheets would have to do. He lays the bedsheets on the floor, then laid the two females on the bedsheets. He wraps them up, uses his glaive to cut the curtains, and ties it as a rope around the bedsheets. He then places them under the bed*
Jeffrey
*OShi would have no trouble doing any of this and stuffs the two bodies in the bed. Might be difficult to bring them out of the village though in this chaos, and he still had one more target to go*
Pablo
*Oshikuru heads back downstairs, out the door, and looks around. If no one is around, he heads towards the Elder's house*
Jeffrey
*Heading back into the chaotic streets he would then notice the female that Oshi ran away from that dealt with his teammate. She was smiling and confidently walked toward you*

"I told you I would come to play after dealing with your friend didn't I? It's your turn now" *And she would hold her greatsword infront of her chuckling*
Linda
"I guess you did eventually come to get me. By the way, what happened to my teammate?"
Jeffrey
She would laugh even louder

"Why would you care? You didn't seem to be particularly worried when you ran off after bashing her head in. Don't blame you though, if I was facing me I would be more concerned about myself as well."
Linda
"The job comes first. And you didn't seem to want to kill her. Just wondering"
Pablo
```15 mana regained over 6 turns. 20/30 mana remaining```
Jeffrey
"Eh, pretty huge gamble to guess how your enemy wants. Anyhow, now that we're here shall the fun begin? Don't want the other guards to come in and interrupt my fun"
Pablo
*He runs towards the house of the elder*
Jeffrey
*The female would sigh* 
"You know if you don't deal with me you won't get to turn in your targets by the Dhuw river? And seeing how you don't have any bodies on you I think it would be safe to assume the wife and daughter are still inside the house. Guess I'll go free them if you're running away"
Pablo
*He screeches to a stop*
Linda
"Well then. Guess you're not as stupid as your partner"
Jeffrey
*She smirks*
"Well, I am one of the mercs that are being paid in gold instead of silver, so my skills best reflect that"

"But I wouldn't call my partner stupid either. He's gathering a group by the elder's house suspecting that is where you are heading. Should've finished him off instead of leaving him with a concussion"
Linda
"Guess that leaves me with no choice" *He rushes the woman using the back spear tip of his glaive aimed for her head*
Jeffrey
*The woman would raise his greatsword with one arm and deflect the speartip aimed for her face to the side. With her free arm she would then attempt to grab the spear's shaft*

"Come on, don't think of this as a chore! Let's have some fun!"
Pablo
*Oshikuru would quickly turn his weapon in the direction it was deflected. The back end would come to his direction while the blade would hurtle towards the woman's face*
Linda
"You're talking to someone who uses violence to solve almost every problem"
Jeffrey
*The women would not be particularly surprised by you pulling back as she had a good graps on how quickly you moved from your fight earlier and easily brings his raised great sword down, intercepting your halberd thrust and pings it to the ground beneath her blade and puts her foot on the shaft to hold it in place*

"Well that makes two of us!" And she would chuckle
Pablo
*Oshikuru would take the opportunity to punch the woman square in the face twice, fast and hard. He lets go of his weapon, darts to the left, and quickly pulls the woman's foot out from under her*
Jeffrey
*As Oshi lets go of his weapon and charges the woman she mutters an incantation under her breath and once more her skins becomes as hard as steel. Your punches wouldn't faze very much if at all and would you dive to the left and try to pull her feet from under her, just like how Eins unfortunately found out, this woman was way stronger than you and her feet remain planted on the ground.*
*She would look at your glaive and sigh, uses her foot to scoop it up and catch it with her right hand*

"Thought warriors would no better than to let go of their weapon... Have to say I'm kind of disappointed"
Linda
"Well then. Guess I'll have to try harder."
Pablo
*He rapidly kicks her in the back twice, and then punches her in the knee, all the while watching for incoming attacks*
Jeffrey
*She would use your own glaive to parry the strikes to her back and when you bend over to punch her in the knee she throws her greatsword at your head while raising her leg to block your strike to her knee with her shin which was still as tough as steel*

"Punches? Really? You may be fast, but punches aren't going to get through my defense. I had hoped you were better than this, that team mate of yours seemed to have better battle sense than you"
Pablo
*Oshikuru quickly ducks and grabs the greatsword, using its momentum to throw it back at the woman's head. He then dashes behind her back and punches her again in the back of the knee*
Jeffrey
*As Oshukuru would attempt to grab the greatsword he would find that it was much heavier than it looked and the momentum would actually pull him backwards toward the ground as it sails over his head, preventing him from charging forward and attacking the female. The female would swing your glaive at your chest while you lay there*

"Heh, tried to grab my sword huh? Got to work out a bit more before you can carry that bad boy. Anyhow, let's see how many strikes it takes to break you out of that tough shell"
Pablo
*Seeing the woman swing his own glaive at him, he rolls to the side, gets up and grabs his weapon. He brings his left elbow down onto the woman's in an attempt to break it, then backhands her in the face*
Jeffrey
*Once more, it would seem Oshi's strength would not prove effective against the women's defense as he brings his elbow down on her elbow and backhands her face, only causing her to flinch slightly*

"How rude. Didn't you mother ever teach you to never hit a woman across the face? It's their money maker after all"

*She would resummon her sword in her right hand and once more throws it at Oshi while in conjunction use his glaive to sweep him off his feet*
Linda
"All's fair in war"
Pablo
*He rolls on the ground in the opposite of the glaive sweep in response to getting tripped. He faces the woman again and uses his helmeted horns and quickly brings them up into the woman's face*
Jeffrey
*As Oshi rushes forward with his horned helmet the woman would resummon her sword in her hand right infront of her face and swing it forward*

"Charging head first he? Didn't know you wanted to feel what you comrade felt"
Pablo
*Oof. Oshikuru gets hit in the face by the sword. Fortunately, his helmet takes most of the blow, but it's probably beyond repair now. He throws off his helmet and uses healing touch on himself*

```3.75 mana spent, 5 regained, 30/30 mana remaining```

*His face is finally revealed. White skin, with long, white horns on top of his head. Strangely, they seem to be sharpened. His hair is actually long and white.*
Jeffrey
The female would smile. "An Oni huh? Not a bad looking one at that. You know, not many people have been able to remain standing after taking a heavy blow from me, especially not from my sword. As one warrior to another, I would like to know your name"
Pablo
*Oshikuru would grin, it finally being visible*
Linda
"I am Oshikuru! An Oni! Though you are strong yourself."
Pablo
*He gets ready to fight again*
Jeffrey
*She returns the smile*
"Alisha. You know, my offer still stands. Seeing how we are both mercs in a sense, I would actually look forward to working with you in the future. Don't think 10 gold is a bad deal for me to stay out of your way, no?"
Linda
"10 gold for me to you to stay out of the way, or 10 gold for me to leave?"
Jeffrey
"10 for me to stay out of the way. Can't really force you to leave and can't exactly stop the patrols coming after you to let you go either. But at least you won't have to deal with me anymore" She says with a grin
Pablo
*Oshikuru considers his position. At this rate, there's no way he'll be able to take down this woman. The other patrols may come as well. He sees this as his best option, and pulls 10 gold coins from his pouch*
Linda
"10 gold to stay out of my way. You are quite a worthy opponent. Now, if I could have my weapon back.."
Jeffrey
"Mhmmm, I suppose you need it if you want to come out of here alive. I'll hand it to your after you give me the 10 gold." She said holding her hand out for the payment
Pablo
*Oshikuru would drop the gold into her hand* "My weapon, please?"
Jeffrey
*She would toss it toward you and give you salute as she pockets the gold*

" Recommend you don't go to any of the gates though, each of them has a gold rank merc like me. Hope you can handle the rest though. Maybe you can hook me up with your employer next time as well. Anyhow, best of luck!" 
*She would then carefully walk back without taking her eyes off you till she feels she was a good distance away to no be jumped before turning around skipping happily out of the village*
Pablo
*Oshikuru grabs his weapon out of the air. That was an interesting person, with similar ideals to he. He would pick up his broken helmet, and run towards the elder's house*
Jeffrey
*As Oshi headed toward the elder's house, like Alisha said, the man whom he punched before was guarding the house with a new spear in hand along 4 other mercs that only had moderate amount of armor and carried a combination of shortswords and longswords. They would notice your approaching and the guard with the shield would run up in the lead with his superior speed holding his shield up in preparing for any attacks from you*
"Defend the elder at all costs! This man must not make it past us, or the village is doomed!"
*The other guards would follow his lead with the swords raised high fora valiant charge*
Pablo
*Oshikuru prepares for an attack. He knows what to do.*
Jeffrey
*The shield merc would attempt to get in close to negate the advantage of the reach weapon, readying his shield to parry your incoming strike. The other 4 mercs would shortly follow one aiming for your head, another for your legs, the other for your left and right arm respectively*
Pablo
*Oshikuru would quickly back away to avoid the strikes, then move in again. He jumps up and pushes the shield, jumping off and behind him while somersaulting, so that his weapon hits the shield merc in the back*
Jeffrey
*The shield merc as mentioned earlier is able to keep up with Oshi's speed, thus even after jumping off it and somersaulting, the time gap between spinning in the air gives the sheild merc enough time to side step and deflect the swing with his shield. The other 4 mercs now seeing Oshi's in the air figure he could not really move due to lack of aerial mobility and all thrust their swords upward at him*

"That's it boys! Impale the assassin!"