"Only a few days are left for the heist ,How about we do a warm up"shaun asked
Both Cassian and reaper confused by what shaun said
"A warm-up?" Cassian said. "you mean stretches, want me to touch my toed
" A warm up heist,idiot"shaun paused before continuing excitedly"I've found this merchant, he likes to hoard a lot of items and not many guards as well ,only two ivory grade knights and the rest are bronze grades"
[Note:The knights are divided into 6 positions
The lowest being bronze,then iron,then ivory,
Platinum,obsidian and lastly captain rank].
"Plus I'm pretty sure if we teamed up we could defeat platinum knights possible higher"he added
Reaper slowly turned his head toward Shaun. Blinked once. Then signed something.
"He's saying you'd run tails between your legs if you faced them" Cassian deciphered with a slight grin,
"Their presence is more than enough to scare you off" Cassian added with a slight chuckle
"Whatever,do ya'll agree on the warm up "shaun said
Reaper nodded once
"3am in the morning" Cassian said before venturing off into his room
"Let's go too reaper"shaun said standing up from the chair
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Though the designated time was 3am nobody arrived on time
"Did the start the heist because I was late,maybe I should go in they probably took care of the guards," shaun muttered under his breath
A hand gripped firmly onto his shoulder from behind,shaun jumped
it was reaper and Cassian also jumping onto the alleyway from the rooftop almost tripping
Over the edge.
"I thought I was late," shaun said trying to lighten up the tense moods of both Cassian and reaper"you guys sure didn't have a wink of sleep did you"
'So how do we plan on entering there two bronze guards at the front ga-"shaun noticed that realer had already dashed off and snapped the guards necks
Soon Cassian follows murmuring something about among a better entry next time.and shaun followed.
"The guards should be on the west near the merchants bedroom whos drunk and asleep"
Shaun whispered
"Let's head onto the basement"Cassian said his voice barely audible
Reaper nodded silently, already moving ahead like a shadow.
The three slipped through the narrow alleyways, shadows blending with the night. Shaun's heart pounded—this warm-up heist suddenly feeling a bit more real.
As they approached the merchant's house, a faint creak echoed in the stillness. Shaun
froze.
" Who's there " a guard said lifting up his lamp
"Probably mice" another guard suggested
And they resumed their patrol
Reaper signaled sharply two guards stationed just outside the basement door.
Without hesitation, Reaper darted forward, swift and silent. One guard dropped to the ground neck snapped clean. The second barely had time to react before Cassian's blade pressed firmly to his throat.
The trio reached the basement door.
Reaper crouched and pulled out his tools, hands moving with precision The metal softly clicked inside the lock, and Shaun leaned in with anticipation
A faint snapping sound filled the silent hall
Reaper pulled out the half broken lockpick
Cassian looked down at him clearly unimpressed "you said you practised" Cassian said with the loudest whisper possible
"The key should be in the merchants room" Cassian paused before continuing "and reaper will get the key"
Reaper looked back at him if eyes could kill Cassian would be dead 10 times
Reaper glared at Cassian one last time, then sighed silently and melted into the shadows of the hallway. He moved as quietly, smoothly as he could,
Shaun nudged him with his elbow. "he's born to be an assasin
"I don't remember seeing an assassin mess up a lockpick."shaun said
Reaper went into the room upstairs and started looking around he spotted a silver key attached to thick leather rope
He approached the key every snore and every creaking board made reaper and the other two who followed him up flinch
Reaper pulled out his knife ready to cut the rope only for the merchant to snore loudly and turn to other side
Causing reaper to grab the hilt of his blade
With a small cut the key fell onto his palm
His body started glowing faintly to provide light for him as the surrounding was too dark
Luckily the ivory guard was asleep and don't sense him
"Since when could you do that ?,"shaun asked
"His race is almost extinct dumbass, his race was known as the assassins race, i wouldn't be shocked ,if he has more skills apart from this," Cassian replied
Meanwhile reaper just looked proud he wasn't human like the other two he was a dark race and over time his race vanished.nearly extinct
Soon they reached the basement trying to go down as quietly as possible
They lighted up the candle the room now filled up with light had a huge hoard of gold coins
"Illegay obtained gold " shaun continued"I don't mind taking it"
The room was decorated from various artifacts
Two short twin daggers caught shaun's eyes as he dashed towards them
Cassian pulled out his spatial ring"let's see how to use it "
He walked up towards the gold intending to keep it inside the ring but it just wouldn't go in
Reaper just facepalmed and signed something, clearly annoyed.
Cassian stared at him for a moment before realization hit.
"wait..I need to drop my blood on it?" he muttered.
He pulled out a small knife, slicing a shallow line across his palm A single drop of blood fell onto the ring.
The moment it touched the surface, the ring pulsed with a faint crimson glow before sucking in the nearest pile of gold coins like a starving beast.
"greedy" Cassian mumbled, watching as the treasure vanished into the ring with a soft whoosh.
Without wasting another second, he swept his hand across the room armor sets, swords, daggers, and artifacts blinked out of existence one after another disappearing into the spatial void like they were being devoured.
Reaper simply crossed his arms, unimpressed.
A guard walked in on them sweeping away all the treasury
He picked up his lance and way ready to fight he was an ivory knight not like the others knights they had killed
The first ivory knight stood, eyes locked on them, muscles tense beneath gleaming armor.
Cassian slowly lowered the last golden chalice into his ring
Before the first knight could charge a second one appeared broader ,muscular weilding a double edged battle axe
"I needed a warm up but this may or may not just grill us"shaun muttered
Cassian threw the twin blades towards shaun slightly nodding ,Shaun caught it and took his battle stance
The first knight had already dashed towards reaper his lance ready to kill
Reaper barely sidestepped the lance grazing his cheeks the second knight
Flung his axe downward on Cassian though Cassian dodged the ground now has a crack forming
Before Cassian could relax a fist came towards him throwing him towards the walls
Reaper has a few minor cuts on his body whereas the knight had a few dents on. His breastplate some major and some barely noticeable
The second knight had already started walking towards Cassian and before his could swing his axe Cassian summoned a pouch of gold intending to bribe him
But it failed as the knight only stoped momentarily and started swinging again
He pulled out an artifact it blinded every one in the room except the user
Reaper because he couldn't speak had joined his other skills and slashed a single sword towards the neck of the first knight cutting it clean
Cassian threw shaun on his back who was blinded and rushed towards the exit
A few bronze guards followed but we're dealt with by reaper
Not long after it was already sunrise time the sun began using casting a orange glow into the streets as the trip rushed to their lair
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Cassian laid down all the items he has stolen on the table in their lair
There were multiple armour sets and a few strange looking crystals that could be used for communicating
As they were distributing the items a armour pitch black caught his eyes it had a small hole
Indicating that something could go in
"I call dibs on this one " Cassian said
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Meanwhile inside the manor of the merchant
A crisp slapping sound rang
The merchant had slapped the ivory knight
"I paid you so much money and you couldn't protect my stuff from a few teenagers "he said angrily
And scolded all the other knights
The ivory grade knight silently out his hand forwards grabbed on to the merchants head lifting him up
"Put me do-down or all of you won't be getting the salary for the next three months "
The ivory grade knight threw him onto the floor with force enought to kill him and then he stopped on his head making brains fly everywhere.