Assassination contract: Gregor Cassel [Ethan; Solo]

Job Description:

A few weeks earlier

A certain request had reached all the major dark guild in the land which had stolen the interest of many dark mages. The request by itself had gained so much attention to begin with as it had been requested by several higher ups in the been issued by several higher up politicians in Fiore's central government. On top of all that the pay was that of 25 thousand jewels. Most people just passed it by as they thought it would be impossible for even a skilled mage while some believed it was to good to be true and probably a trap of some sort set by the council. Ethan had heard rumours circulating about it but decided to leave it be as someone else was bound to take it before him anyway, but time went and no one had the guts to do it so he had decided he might as well enter history with a blast. He took on the job and was set up for a meeting with his clients at a safe location in the city of Crocus. He was told very specifically what was needed of him and that the guild would have to take full responsibility for the deed to avoid themselves being arrested on the grounds of treachery or worse. Ethan assured them he was a proffesional and assumed he would abide by the contract. He was given an invitation to the party being held in unison with Mr.Cassel's next big speach and Ethan was more than happy to come.

Present Day

The big day had finally arrived and Ethan had dressed up just right for the occasion in an elegant black suit. He walked around casually and tried to keep himself. He recognised a lot of the people here as some of the leading politicians in Fiore's government and also happened to see his clients amongst the large crowd. Thay had spared no expense for this party. The most luxurious meals could be seen carried around by people who could be mistaken for one of his own waiters. He was given a glass of some sort of champagne and didn't complain as he sipped on it. He observed his surroundings a bit more and read up the information he had taken time to memorize earlier for tonights event. The hall was connected to a balcony which was where Mr.Cassel would hold his speach for the city's occupants who was waiting for him to hold it in front of the building. The man of the evening still hadn't shown himself but Ethan wasn't in a rush or anything, he could wait......

Ethan kept to the outer corners of the room and occasionly wentured in to get another drink. Most people would suggest you shouldn't drink while at work but considering that Ethan just digested the harmfull substance as magical power and could as such just enjoy the taste. He kept doing this in lesser cycles as the plan couldn't be set in motion until the target had arrived. As time passed people moved closer to the balcony as if he was due to come out at any minute now. Ethan managed to slither his way through the crowds and found a decent spot to keep things in check from. As if to magically verify his guess a whisper of a sentence went through the large crowd like a breeze. "He's here" That's when everyone present turned their heads towards the middle of the hall as their host had arrived.

Surrounded by 10 men dressed in the mandatory city guard uniform he walked down the stairs in sync with them and was immediatly greeted from a distance as the guards kept people on distance. Ethan had already seen his face but still took a moment to observe his target. He looked like he was in his early thirties and had the typical richboy look with blonde curly hair and slim build. He smiled gently at everyone, his eyes brimming with genuine care for everyone. The fool thought he was pursuing peace and prosperity but was in fact pursuing his own impending doom. He made may to the balcony and his guards formed a wall between the grand hall and the balcony as cheers could be heard from outside, presumably from the common people who had come to hear him. Ethan finished his glass and made haste towards the balcony as he knew this was the time to strike.

Gregor Cassel had made his way to the end of the balcony and was waving at his audience with great enthusiasm. Everyone whispered in the masses as he seemed to prepare himself for his presumably great speach. Ethan had pushed himself to the front of the audience inside the actual building. The guards was positioned on the actual balcony together with his target. He took another moment to think this through and eventually thought of a simple enough plan. He let some time pass as the guard easened up and turned their head as in admiration of Ethan's target. That was when Ethan stepped forward into the space set between the balcony and the crowd.

"Venom God's Collision Course"
He raised his hand and a magic circle formed right above as a large sphere of a bizarre black liquid appeared as out of thin air in the middle of the hall. He could hear the people's screams and feel how the ground shook as they ran off in panic. Gregor Cassel himself and his guards could only cower in fear as they had nowhere to run. Ethan stayed expressionless as he swiftly brings his hand down; the sphere following. It collided with the walls and quickly ate away at the concrete and eventually covered the entrance as the guards and Castello gathered at the edge of the balcony. The sphere wouldn't stop in it's tracks as it kept eating away at Castell's now only lifeline until it had fully corroded the very foundation and the entire platform crahed down. Brief screams could be heard as it fell down but soon died out with a large "crack". The sphere had kept going as well and fell in the middle of the panicking crowd leaving a small circular crater in the ground. Ethan stepped forward and looked over the edge to find several pieces of the former balcony and the nonmoving corpses of his target and his entourage. Realising what would come next he smiled and gestured towards the masses outside. "Might i have everyone's attention?"

(OOC: This post only exists as I forgot to roll)

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As he spoke the masses turned to his own almost towering presence as he was still standing at the edge of what used to be the balcony. Ethan took a moment to make sure he had everyone's attention before he went on. "You're probably excerting yourselves to the limit to fathom what just happened" He had taken a very condescending tone as to make sure all eyes would stay on him. He could see the detest in their eyes as he spoke and he could only rejoice as it could only mean he was doing a good job. "You see, Mr.Cassel won't be able to hold his speach nor continue with his foolish campaign as i have killed him" He decided bing blunt and indifferent would be for the best if he wanted to get everyone's attention. He felt that he could almost touch the gathered resentment in the air. "Let it be known that I Ethan Ran Delt of Nox Animus have killed Gregor Cassel, why you might ask? I felt like it" If that wouldn't make them angry then he didn't know what would. He got results quite quickly as there was furious shout, cries and the like voiced at him. Unlike what most people would expect out of a person met with hate and disdain Ethan was quite pleased with his work. He then realised that the city guard might be on him any moment now as it had been some minutes since the deed had been done and he was standing in an official building.

His premonition soon came true as the sounds of metal hitting the concrete could be heard behind him. He turned around to see 2 guards identically dressed guards equipped with shields and spears pointed at him. "You are under arrest!!" Ethan just smirked at the ridiculous comment. "I'd beg to differ" With that one of them ran forward with spear pointed straight at him as he got closer. Ethan simply grabbed the shaft as he got close enough and proceeded to use the guards speed against him: Throwing him and his spear out the large gap in the wall. The guard fell to the ground like those before him and yet another scream was heard. Ethan turned around too meet the other guard's gaze. "You're up next right?"

The remaining guard seemed pretty hesitant to approach him after what he had just done to his comrade. The guard seemed to have learned from his friends mistake and wouldn't approach him as Ethan would probably send him the same way. The guard had quite a dilemma and Ethan thought he could might as well help the poor fellow out. He lunged forward across the room at high speed and approached the guard quickly. The guard held up his shield in a desperate attempt to protect himself but Ethan pulled it to the side as he quickly pulled one of his guns out. He out the barrel between one of the openings in the helmet and fired a single bullet. The guard fell to the floor as the inside of his helm was pretty messed up by now. The gun which barrel was now covered in blood was put back in it's place in his coat and he proceeded to run out of the hall.

He had already memorised the layout of the building and ran straight through the grand corridors decorated with several paintings, decorative weapons and armor. If he had everything remembered correctly there would be a stairway around the next corner which he should be able to get to the lower floor with. He had come to the conclusion that he would have to make a big a mess as possible as he escaped to ensure he'd have all the attention of the public. He reached the turn and ran down a set of stairs, repeatedly as there was a lot of stairs. He could eventually hear voices and several footsteps getting closer as he went further down. He let his hand rest on his gun once more as he prepared himself for the worst.

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The steps got closer as he went further down. He eventually saw the familiar tip of the local guards helmet as it got closer from below. There was two of them from what he saw and they seemed to know who he was "Stop right there!" They raised their shields like a wall in the middle of the stair as they raised their spears upwards, hoping to get him to stop. Ethan had no plans to let himself be stoped tha easily so he just kept running and leapt from one of the higher steps. The Guard didn't expect this and didn't adjust their spears in time as Ethan jump kicked one of their shields making the guard lose balance and fall down the rest of the stairs. The other guard still stunned didn't make any resistance at all as Ethan grabbed him by the collar and threw him down as well. Unfortunately it didn't go just that well. The guard had grabbed Ethan's sleeve as he pulled him and as he was dressed in full armor Ethan joined the guards on their painful journey downstairs. The world appeared to shake as he kept rolling for about 2 seconds. It was a pretty tall building so that didn't make it better at all. He eventually stopped as the stairs did and found himself on the bottom floor.

He rubbed his forehead as the throbbing head stayed put in his head. He saw the 2 guards he had thrown down earlier and they didn't seem concsious as far as he could tell. He managed to get on his feet and saw what seemed to be the main gate he had entered earlier tonight. It was still closed, probably in an attempt to contain him. Then it suddenly opened up slowly and he could hear various angry sounds coming from the other side which he presumed was the reinforcements. He realised he might have just the thing for this as he thought back. He pulled out a bright pink key from below his coat. He had studied how these sort of keys worked and proceeded to hold it out in midair. He wasn't sure it would work out as he wasn't specialised in this type of magic to begin with "I open thee, Gate Of The Delivery God"

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"Well it appears that I have been summoned by someone so young!" Yato approaches Ethan with a samurai sword and places it by his neck. "Hello kiddo, you've just summoned the majestic DELIVERY GOD! Apparently you don't know about my dark past... but you have some guts to summon me here!" Yato turns around and faces the guards. "Oh, are you in trouble here? I'll deal with this in a matter of milliseconds!" Yato knocks down all of Ethan's opponents and placing them in an unconscious state"Well kiddo, good luck... I don't want to make this job too easy for you!"Yato ressurects Gregor Cassel "Have fun!"

Yato vanishes.

As he opened the gate in midair he was embraced in a bliding light. As it dissipated a brown haired man in pretty ordinarly looking clothes and a Katana. He let it rest on his own neck as he approached Ethan. "Well it appears that I have been summoned by someone so young!" Ethan wasn't sure what to think of what had appeared out of the gate. He had heard stories of the several types of spirits which came in forms of both people and animals or the like. He guessed he had expected something less...plain. "Hello kiddo, you've just summoned the majestic DELIVERY GOD! Apparently you don't know about my dark past... but you have some guts to summon me here!" Delivery God? Dark past? Ethan was at a loss for words as this completely ridiculous and respectless character just kept throwing these strange questions his way.

The strange character suddenly turned around as the gate had now opened and 3 knights came running inside. "Oh, are you in trouble here? I'll deal with this in a matter of milliseconds!" Ethan didn't even get a chance to protest as the proclaimed "Delivery God" walked casually towards the storming Knights. Now here's what Ethan hadn't expected. With the katana still resting on his shoulder he pretty much threw the knights around with his free hand as if they could might as well have been pillows. The Knights now spread across the floor, unmoving at top of that. Ethan was nothing short of impressed by this amasing show of strenght, he didn't even take it seriously and what if he did. It seems he had found a very valuable ally with this key. He was broken out of his thoughts as Yato took to word again. "Well kiddo, good luck... I don't want to make this job too easy for you!" With that comment he snapped his fingers. "Have fun!" The space around him seemed to twist and just like that he was gone.

Cheers and roars could now be heard from outside and Ethan suddenly had a very bad feeling about Yato's last words. He left through the gate to find the chaos he had caused himself, the rubble, the smaller crater, the guards and of course Castell; though not in the state Ethan had left him. He seemed to be quite alive and well in fact as all injuries had miraculously healed and he was greeted by the large masses around him. Yato's words echoed in his mind as he spectated these irregular events "Have fun!" It seemed he had gained a powerful aquantaince, now if only he could make him his ally instead. He'd have to correct that at some point but as Gregor recognised his killer's face he suddenly lost all chance of fixing this as nice and smooth as he had hoped. The people made a wall between him as if the man was a saint of sorts. He could see several guards traversing the great crowds. Could this possibly get worse? Everyone was filled to the brim with hope believing in divine miracles as that Yato or whatever had revived the man and made him a fricking Messiah on top of all that. It sure wasn't ideal but Ethan couldn't help but get excited over it all. If he could make it through this mess alive he'd prove both to himself and the world he was a force to be reckoned with. He thought of what Yato had said once more as his body exerted the familiar black and red gas. "I'l be sure to enjoy myself"

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Ethan was now in the middle of the mass as the people kept their distance; forming a circular space for him to roam free in. He could see the guards squeezing themselves through the big crowd and readied himself as he brought his arms to his sides and had a mass of Venom  cover his skin and coat "Venom God's Heavy Mail" It slowly took shape of a full suit of armor and Ethan's eyes glowed red as the Venom hardened and glistened with the light from the mansion shining down upon it. He took a pridefull stance and pressed his chest outwards as if to scare his incoming adversaries. One of the soldiers; a smaller woman this time with sword and shield in hand tried to stab him from behind. Ethan had already noticed but decided to stay put to show them just what different leagues they were in.

The blade made contact and to the audience it would appear that it pierced through but it had in fact just gotten smaller as the solid Venom ate away at the steel as it was pushed against it. The soldier noticed that it didn't feel like she had made contact and tried pulling out only to find that the blade was almost gone now as she only had a hilt left to fight with. Ethan took this moment of confusion to his advantage as he raised his arm and spinned around; hitting the shocked soldier across her shoulder with the back of his arm. Due to the armors added weight behind the blow the guard was sent flying into the surrounding masses and caused what might have been another couple of death or fatal injuries. A woman in full armor flinged right at you at that speed couldn't turn out too well.

Gregor Castell didn't seem to be too happy as he struggled to get away from Ethan within the large crowds. Ethan knew it was only a matter of time until he'd get him.

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Ethan kept a calm face as he couldn't move too fast in the armor anyways. He walked slowly but surely against the the frightened to death Gregor Castell. The masses scattered and made way for them both as the chase continued. Gregor seemed out of his mind as he pushed and screamed himself through his supporters, Ethan was actually a bit impressed by just how fast the skinny man could run. He wasn't exactly sprinter material considering his background and profession.

"Stop right there!" A knight suddenly made himself known with a shout as he tried to obstruct Ethan's path with his shield raised. "I'm taking you into custody" Ethan didn't care too much for the man in question but he was undeniably onstructing his path as it stood. "Move" He said it loud and clear in the form of a command as he didn't want to waste more time then neccesary on this. The guard suddenly lashed out with his spear against Ethan's armored torso. Ethan managed to slip to the side in the nick of time as he landed a straight right against the knight's shield, leaving crack on it and the guard actually loses the grip as he fall backwards. Ethan moves on almost pure instinct now as he grabs the edge of the airborne shield and  throws it in a straight line after the guard. It hit him right in the chest and managed to prolong his time in the air.

As the guard landed he was groaning while rubbing his chest area, the armor was shattered from the shield blow and Ethan assumed he had broken a rib or 2 while at it. Ethan proceeded to move past the fallen guard as he resumed his chase of Castell who had gained quite the head start as the guard had stopped him. The guard still wouldn't quit as he grabbed his spear and supported himself on it as he tried to get on his feet. Ethan couldn't care less as he walked away, his eyes set on his target.

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Ethan could do nothing but frown as Gregor finally broke out of the square and ran across the streets, heading downtown. Ethan couldn't believe his bad luck as he still couldn't move to well with the armor on. The screams vibrating through the air was actually so high pitched that he didn't even notice as the soldier from just now ran forward and proceeded to thrust his spear into Ethan's legs. It luckily didn't penetrate and Ethan's reflexes went haywire as he managed to spin around and raise his leg for a kick in the soldier's chest. The Soldier spit blood as his now broken body was sent flying and landed on his back in a quite "Distastefull" manner.

Ethan looked turned back to find that Cassel had managed to dissappear somehow. Ethan was pretty pissed as of now and made haste through the crowd with a pissed look on his face. He finally broke through as well and went straight into the streets as he was now relying solely on his enchanced senses to try and locate the man. He kept running and attracted a lot of unwanted attention in his armor which left a trace of Corrosive ooze with every step. "T-that's him!!"
Ethan turned around at the familiar tone of Gregor Castell's voice.

He was boarding a carriage and was completely stunned at the sight of Ethan. "S-stop him, don't let him get any closer!" Ethan expressed a sly grin as to instill yet more fear into the poor man. "You kill a guy ONCE and he never lets it go....." With that the young politician gave off a high pitch scream which not only got the horses attached to the carriage goinf; letting him escape. The now familiar sounds of rustling plate could be heard in an even rythm. Ethan just sighed as he realised just how much had gone wrong with this, he cursed the key and got into position with his fists raised.

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