Arc of the Souls Chapter 44: Arc 2, Chapter 24 - The Ghost Assassin

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Rakoji stood there, confused. His head slightly turning, not knowing what he should say to such an opponent, who was waiting for his death. In fact, that seemed to piss Rakoji off. Is he not going to try? No effort, whatsoever? It sounded too easy and Evto even had the audacity to provoke Rakoji into attacking him. Rakoji shot distant green plasma waves of HYPERVOLVER toward him, it stood out greatly in the blue and grey atmosphere. Evto started walking towards Rakoji, dodging the two with meticulous timing as if he could see the future. The waves would narrowly miss him, as if he knew where they would go. Was this precognition, or Evto's years of training as an assassin that allows him to foresee movements based on your footwork alone. That was more likely. Evto has decades of experience as an assassin, meaning he had many chances to fight someone of similar strength, or even a bit weaker. Evto's Soul is weird. He is known as the Ghost Assassin purely because of his ability to annihilate Souls in just one hit. Meaning if he were to punch Rakoji just once, anywhere on his body, the Soul would be annihilated and Rakoji would die. That was Evto's unique ability, something every Soul has alongside their movesets and attributes. He could even guarantee his sure-fire one-shot unique ability in different Soul-Techniques and imbue it. There was one drawback to his ability though. Every sure-fire hit lost is one used up, meaning he has only a set amount he can use since every sure-fire hit takes 15% of his Soul-Energy away. This is why he moves slowly and cautiously, to waste no hits. But now that Rakoji has seen him and is actively fighting him, how can he guarantee an insta-kill without burning out on Soul-Energy so quickly? .:. The hell is he doing? Surely he knows I can just keep my distance. .:. As Rakoji took a step back, Evto then ran at high speeds towards him. Rakoji stumbled backwards, barely keeping his footing as he tried to land another shot, Evto suddenly closed in on him, almost touching the muzzle. Rakoji vanish-stepped away, on top of his ship. "I know how your Soul works! Don't think for a second I'll let you kill me that easily!" Evto vanish-stepped as well, appearing above Rakoji. If Rakoji jumped away, this would guarantee his ship will be annihilated by Evto's punch. He may have sure-fire Soul-Annihilation hits, but that doesn't mean his punches are weak. They can hit like freight-trains to those without a Soul. Sometimes it is better to have no Soul. However, those without a Soul can still be affected, since they have Soul-Energy from a third party like Life itself. Rakoji had no choice but to take the brunt of the hit of his own HYPERVOLVER plasma beam and detonating in point blank distance. This blew Evto away, but Rakoji too. The ship would take minimal damage, only taking the shockwave and the push of the explosion. It shook him, but not enough to not have him conscious or functioning. "This guy... is fucking crazy! He really wanted that shot!" Rakoji gripped his HYPERVOLVER then roll-dodged left, where Evto tried to take an opportunist stab. Rakoji dash-dodged further right as Evto rolled under his swing and tried an Soul-Annihilating uppercut. The only thing Rakoji had to do was not take any of Evto's direct punches. If he kept avoiding, he could outlast Evto, but Evto also had the option of running away. Evto also knew not to use up his sure-fire punches against someone who knows how to play dirty. Now if it was a fair one-on-one fistfight, this would be a piece of cake. Rakoji pistol-whipped Evto before beaming him far enough for a possible escape. A combination of a knock-back, an overhead shoot and then vanishing into thin air. He had no intentions of facing the Ghost Assassin up close. "Too far- That's it. I'm getting the fuck out of here." He wasn't being smug about this whole ordeal anymore. There was no way he was going to stay and fight this long game. He is no match for Evto. As Evto landed on hi