Hitman with a Badass System
chapter-539

After finishing the sketch for the new retractable shield in a gauntlet, Michael fell asleep on the ground. He was exhausted to the soul level and couldn't stay awake. A long while later, Sabrina slowly opened her eyes. She felt rejuvenated after a long nap. As the sleepiness faded away from her eyes, she searched for Ghost and found him sleeping on the ground a few meters away from her.

Looking at Ghost on the ground, Sabrina stood up. For a few moments, she looked around the place to make sure no one was around them. Then, she brought the blanket to Michael and covered him with the blanket. She made sure the blanket covers him from neck to toe.

While Michael was peacefully sleeping, Sabrina kindled the fire and sat beside the fire. The gloomy hallway was haunted with silence; the only sound Sabrina heard was firewood crackling under flames.

In the gloomy silence, she recalled everything she went through over the last couple of weeks. The vampires took turns beating and torturing her, especially Zeke. He took pleasure in inflicting her pain. They cut her back and arms, just to make her bleed. Then, the vampires collected her blood and drank it like wine.

At first, she tried to fight but without arch energy, she had no chance of defeating them. She just wanted to prove herself. That was why she took part in the Guardian operation. Her gut feeling told her not to go with Peyton. However, Noah always instructed her to take risks.

She could still hear the guardians' screams. Elijah slaughtered the guardians showing no mercy. It only took him a couple of minutes to slaughter them. However, he did not only slaughter them, he drank them until they were mummified.

The last thing she remembered was another greater vampire dragging Peyton by her hair.

Even now, Sabrina prayed for Peyton. She did not wish Peyton to suffer the same fate she did. Yet, Sabrina was oblivious to the fact Peyton and Tanulia planned everything.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have let Sabrina suffer at the hands of vampires.

As far as Tanulia and the other guardian were concerned, the key was more important than a few weeks of torture to Sabrina.

"Was it worth it?" Sabrina asked herself without moving her gaze away from the fire.

Whoosh!

All of a sudden, a gust of wind put out the fire. She quickly snapped back to reality and jerked her head around to see several skinless creatures appearing out of thin air.

When she saw the creatures, her heart skipped a beat and her body began to tremble. She crawled backward in fear. She searched for a weapon but found nothing.

The vampires took her space ring which contained all her books, weapons, and dress. Hence, she had nothing to defend herself. The overwhelming fear blinded her mind. That was why she didn't think to shout at Ghost.

Seeing her without any weapons, the skinless opened their mouths, revealing a line of yellow teeth. Since they had no skin, she couldn't identify or figure out their reaction. But if she had to guess, she would say they are grinning.

While a group of skinless creatures was targeting Sabrina, another group sneaked toward Ghost. They wanted to cut his throat in his sleep.

"Gho-" she tried to shout but she was too late. A skinless creature shut her mouth from behind. She squirmed and wriggled to escape yet she was too weak.

Her eyes opened as wide as they could. She wriggled her head until another skinless creature held her legs tight.

"HMMMMMMMM!" she screamed but not even a muffled cry escaped her mouth through the skinless creature's hand,

"Welcome to the real world, Sabrina" Ghost's words resonated in her mind again.

Her warrior code taught her not to kill from behind or sneak up on her enemies. Instead, the creatures were doing precisely what her moral codes forbade her.

"Welcome to the real world," Sabrina heard his voice again. But this time, his voice didn't resonate in her mind alone. On the contrary, he actually opened his eyes.

Boom!

Michael pointed his finger towards the skinless creature behind Sabrina. The lightning bolt shot out of his fingers, penetrating its brain and bathing Sabrina with its blood.

As soon as the creatures realized that he had woken up, the other creatures shuddered. Before they could react, Michael sent a powerful gust of wind, blasting the creatures onto the wall behind them.

Michael kipped up from the ground and stretched his arms, yawning.

"Did you see Sabrina? They had no warrior code," Michael snickered,

Sabrina managed to kick away the creature holding her leg and ran towards Michael.

"Don't follow others' moral codes, Sabrina. Make up your own codes," Michael slowly unsheathed his sword,

"Your life, your rules. Don't try to reach for the bar set by your sibling Sabrina. Set your own standards. You are not your brother," Michael swung his sword at the creature that dashed at him.

The creatures were only at the Core Formation stage. Even when they came as a group of twelve, they stood no chance against Michael.

Sabrina saw the creature's head flying away from its shoulder. Meanwhile, another creature shrieked like a banshee and dashed at him.

"You are not your sister,"

Pulch!

With another swing, Michael cleaved another head.

"You are Sabrina Winston," Michael turned around and patted her on the shoulder.

"Survival of the fittest. That's the only rule in this world,"

Pulch!

Michael didn't even turn around but swung his sword, cleaving another head. In a matter of seconds, he killed four skinless creatures without breaking a sweat.

"You can whine and cry about what the vampires did to you. Or you can learn from those events and come out stronger,"

Michael looked her in the eyes and gave her some tough love. He noticed two creatures flanking him from behind. However, he didn't turn around. Instead, Michael put a sword in her hand.

"You are not Noah Winston's little sister. Noah is your big brother,"

His words and smile immediately boosted her courage. She grabbed the hilt tight and the moment the two creatures got closer to Ghost, she moved as smooth as water and swung her sword.

The severed head didn't even hit the floor when Sabrina swayed to the side and swung the sword to cleave another head. Her eyes flickered in bright light when the two heads hit the ground. Michael turned around to see a new more badass Sabrina Winston.

Instead of killing the creatures by himself, Michael stepped back, letting Sabrina kill the others. Since she and the creatures were at the Core Formation stage, he knew she could face them.

Unlike before, the remaining creatures didn't dash at Sabrina blindly. Rather, the archers dashed away from Sabrina and Michael, putting some distance between them. The rest slowly surrounded the duo cautiously without making any sudden movements.

Michael put his hands behind his back and let Sabrina handle the creatures.

Ding!

When an archer fired an arrow at Michael, Sabrina swung her sword, cutting the arrow in half.

"Always remember to kill your enemies as quick as you can,"

Michael instructed her from behind. Sabrina could feel the fear in her heart slowly fading away.

After hearing his words, Sabrina dashed at the archers.

"Crescent blade!" she cast a spell, waving her sword. Immediately, Michael saw a large crescent shaped light blade shooting out of the sword towards the archers.

The archers tried to leap away but the crescent blade was simply too fast. The blade cut the skinless creatures in halves. When their bodies hit the ground, Sabrina leaped into the air using the wall as a booster.

She turned her body acrobatically before diving down like a meteor.

Boom!

Her landing created a shockwave that knocked out the creatures surrounding Michael.

Pulch!

Pulch!

Pulch!

Sabrina didn't wait for the creatures to get back to their feet. Instead, she stabbed them through the head showing no mercy.

"Show them you are not the one to be messed with. Show them your ruthless side," Michael taught her from behind. A few minutes ago when Sabrina covered him with the blanket, he was about to wake up. Hence, he saw her gesture and felt a warmth in his heart.

That was the only reason Michael changed his mind about helping her. Noah taught her how she should live but Michael was teaching her how to survive.

Meanwhile, Sabrina was down to four enemies. When she reached a skinless creature that tried to get to his feet, Sabrina stomped on its head.

She stomped again and again repeatedly until she crushed its head into a pulpy mess. Seeing the brutal death of their kin, the skinless creatures crawled backward,

"Inflict maximum fear onto your foes. Your priority in every battle should be to win without even fighting," with her face covered in blood, she looked like a pissed-off goddess of war.

Until that moment, she was a delicate flower who took pride in her talent. But when she stomped a creature to death and drenched in blood, she looked like Michael's sister.

Granted Noah loved his little sister dearly and protected her to the best of his abilities. Still, he failed to teach her the reality of the world outside. On the contrary, Michael would have taught her the world before teaching her anything. To survive in the world of killers like him, she needed to be ruthless and brutal.

The code of warriors Noah taught her put her in a cage. The life lessons Michael was teaching her would ensure that never happens again.

"ARRGGHHHH DIE DIE DIE!"

"Learn to control your anger," Michael said when she began to shout and stomp the already dead creature,

"Never let your anger cloud your mind. Your mind is your greatest weapon,"

Michael nodded in approval when she took a deep breath to calm her mind. The last remaining creature shuddered and stepped backward, showing Michael they possess fear and feelings.

"Finish it off. We have a long journey ahead," Michael sent a tiny bolt of lightning to the mattress and blanket. They were drenched in blood so Michael chose to burn them and get new ones from the system storage.

Michael walked forward as Sabrina threw the sword aiming at the creature's head. In a blink of an eye, the sword went straight through its head.

"Do you feel better now?" Michael asked, catching the sword by its hilt in mid-air,

"I do really,"