A Drink To Die For [Lagi/B Rank/Solo]

Mission-

Spoiler:

Tonight was the night of the party of Odion Kassis, and not a soul was to disturb them for the evening. Everything was placed in a tight knit of some kind, checkpoints and all of the like. Of course, they were expecting the guards to come and deliver the items, so it was safe to say that only two people are expected to enter and come in. Lagi did a few preparations for the mission that’s happening as of now, but knew for sure that he would be limited in the sense of handling most of the guards. There would only be two people in general, Lagi and an extra pair of hands from the organization. As a matter of fact, That extra individual wouldn’t be doing all of the fighting, he would be venturing out in order to open the pathway for the rest of the dark hand members and the impostors to come in without altering anyone else of the occurrences that laid behind that door. This pathway was also the method of getting rid of the dead bodies that remained after the mission as done. Everything was taken into account this time around, and Lagi was not about to mess this up.  They were also to take care of the sentry men, cutting the household off of calling for any sort of backup.  “I guess this is one of those do or die situations…. Lagi would say to himself as he continued on forward with the speedy snails and the cargo, dressed up as the guards from the time he stripped them naked.

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“Who are you?” The guards outside were pretty much strict about people showing their identification before anyone stepped in any further. They had their hands ready at their blade at all time, giving off the vibe of professionalism.  At the same time, Lagi had no intention of starting a big racket, not yet anyway.

We are a part of the Kinjabi Sand Brigade, a delivery service that handles travel through the forgotten sands. “With that answer, Lagi took out a notice that he looted from the dead escort a few hours ago that told them of the order and the place they had to go. The guard of the palace looked at it with his piercing eyes and cross-referenced it with the list that his colleague was holding.

“Yes, there are two of them.”

They mumbled among themselves a bit more and then went over to Lagi and his partner once more.

“I hope that you don’t mind us opening the luggage to see it was what’s really ordered?” The man would say this as he opened it, half expecting a strange surprise of some sort and edging to pull out his sword. However, all he saw was bottles of El Ragu. “ I guess you must really be the people that Mr. Kassis had send for. I’ll check you off the list, I apologize.”

“That’s fine, I’ll bring this up. Also…”

Lagi reached into the crate and then placed a bottle of El Ragu near the soldiers. “This is on the house, you must be working hard. Courtesy from the Kinjabi sand brigade, from one guard to another.” The man nodded at the gesture in appreciation as Lagi and is partner started to unload the package and carry it up, leaving the snails outside.

“ Free bottle of El Ragu, this might be our lucky night, Farook. “ They would enjoy the drink later, but little did they know, it would be a 100% El Ragu. Those guards would be out for a very long time, much to Lagi’s delight.  It made it easy to maneuver around, and that’s the best thing that they could ask for.

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Heading upstairs, Lagi started to casually place all of the bottles down and then made a gesture to the servant. “The El Ragu is here? You people made record time. The payment should be forwarded to your barracks if you haven’t received it by now. “ Lagi nodded as he made another gesture to the dark hand member behind him. Taking out a syringe, he injected the servant in the neck with 100%  El Ragu, and then started to strip him naked. Lagi did the same, changing out of the sand brigade clothes in order to change into the servant clothes. On top of that Lagi took a good look at the guy's face in order to properly mimic it and pose as the servant for a while. “Proceed to phase two, toss him in the crate and put it out with the rest. You know what to do with the body, no witnesses. Remember your training, alright?”

The man nodded, seemingly excited that he was in a two-person stealth with a finger of the dark hand. Lagi had to admit that this man was skilled, he was happy that this particular dark hand grunt was watching his back as the look out.  After the use of mask change and voice change, Lagi completely fitted into the outfit of the servant and split up with the other Dark hand spy.

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Coming towards the main room to serve the guests of honor, Lagi had bottles of El Ragu in an ice cooler as he pushed the cart along. “ Excuse me…”

Lagi would say this as he walked in the room. There were four guard in total,  and they seemed to be in the middle of a conversation about something.

“I can’t necessarily say if this city has gone to shit because of the pharaoh’s idealist propaganda, or due to the fact that it was already rotten to the core, to begin with?”  They laughed as Odion made a hand gesture for lagi to start pouring the drink in their ice cups. Of course, the drinks would be pure El Ragu, but they wouldn’t be able to know until the end. It was funny as to how the less diluted version of the drink was a great all-purpose tool.

The conversation went on, and Lagi started to hear some interesting things as he began pouring. One of the things that he heard was about the frustrations of the high priest’s, something that he could use to his advantage later on. Another thing that Lagi heard was the fact that one of the high priests heard a rumor that brought the legitimacy of the pharaoh in question. This actually surprised lagi a bit, and the mention of that rumor made Odion look at Lagi. “Hurry it up now! And tell the chef to bring more food.

“As you wish sir….”

Lagi made a respectful bow and motioned to turn away. As he did that, they all brought their glasses up. “Cheers, to a great friendship. Even if the leadership here is a bit naught, we can still make something of it. “ They made the cheers with their glasses and started to down don the drink in one go. However, they started to feel the effects of El Ragu immediately.  It was even stronger than it was rumored to be, and their immediate impaired stumbling and euphoric state was alarming to the guards.

“You here! What did you do?!”

“I had it before myself, great drink. But, was it supposed to be this strong?!

They continued to rise up, leaving lagi to sigh and throw a b rank shuriken at the throat off one of the guards at A rank speeds, dealing b rank basic damage. It was easy to do amidst the confusion, which altered the other three guards to a fighting mindset as soon as guard 4 had fell in a bleeding pool of his own blood. Guard 1  and guard 2 used unified protection in order to make a protective  layer in order to protect the unconscious  guards as Guard three decided to use the Javelin throw in order to slay Lagi. “You Die now!”

However, with Lagi's danger sense, he effortlessly dodged it and moved over to the side of the guard, snapping his neck with B rank strength at A rank speeds. “Lagi then threw two more kunai, at the guarding warriors, but noticed that it wasn’t working too well. “Oh, so I guess you won’t be making this any more easy for me. “Lagi would mention to himself as he moved forward at A rank speeds and used this Zetal domain ability. This covered Lagi in a shroud golden hue that covered 5 meters. It served both as offensive and defensive, so it was able to protect Lagi as he rammed through them with his A tier golden light. It obliterated the last two guards and kind of killed the rest of the politicians in the process.

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With the front guards’ dunk to shit, it was easy for lagi to use the contact ability of his sphere of communication to call the rest of the dark hand members and replace the politicians. As for the bodies, they were taken over to the side passage and loaded with a large sheet over them on the speedy snails. The routine was the same, feeding them to the sand worms.

This was a long assignment, but the dark hand finally had a hand in heliohapt politics, and the social command was easy this time. Their job was to increase their influence.

wc 1500/1500

abilities used

Spoiler:

Stamina- 410/430
Magoi- 330/350

perk[spoiler]
2. Spread- Prioritize increasement of reputation in order to raise the rate of influence that the dark hand member has in the community in order to gain the option of more powerful decisions.

Prosper: After these people have been replaced, Lagi can issue out commands as to what he want these people to do. Of course, they are properly trained Dark hand members that know the proper procedure and can make their own choices as to how to proceed. However, Lagi can use his influence to push them in the right direction in terms of what he wants. Lagi can issue three social commands that they can prioritize.