Chapter 252
While Lyner and his men were heading to Cromer city . Alex and the others were steadily moving the civilians, and as Oliver and his family were fighting mercs from the Shadow Mercenaries . The group all somehow forgot about one person that suddenly disappeared, this person was none other than Sayaka Mutsu .
She had hidden herself from view after looking at her best friend one last time as the doors to the safe room closed, her father was also close at hand . Even with a beast like Dan present, he couldn"t sense the two a.s.sa.s.sins .
The father and daughter duo had been hunting down a.s.sa.s.sins and snipers on the vicinity that were rated as extremely dangerous . After killing some of them, Sayaka noticed that the a.s.sa.s.sins had different targets . These group of a.s.sa.s.sins were divided into two groups, that Sayaka noticed .
The first group of a.s.sa.s.sins which seem to be of an adequate level of ability were all targeting Niel, or to be more specific the whole Rayheart family . Though now that the other Rayhearts were inside Lyner"s safe room, most of the a.s.sa.s.sins attention was now solely on Niel, who was out in the open . They started to get more aggressive seeing that Niel was the only one present among their targets . Sayaka was the one dealing with these a.s.sa.s.sins from the shadows . She was doing this since Alex and the other were already hard pressed in fighting the units out in the open . They had too little manpower to deal with the a.s.sa.s.sins as well .
"An a.s.sa.s.sin to deal with an a.s.sa.s.sin . " Thinking about this made Sayaka smile .
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The second group of a.s.sa.s.sins were targeting Oliver, and they weren"t any ordinary a.s.sa.s.sins . These a.s.sa.s.sins were the so called named a.s.sa.s.sins, and most of them had a track record of a hundred percent kill rate . These a.s.sa.s.sins each had a kill count that easily numbered in the hundreds . Seeing as Oliver and his group were already having an extremely difficult fight against the Shadow Mercenaries and it was entirely possible that Oliver might be killed by these a.s.sa.s.sins . So the one dealing with the a.s.sa.s.sins that were after Oliver was Sayaka"s father, the man with no name, who has been nicknamed the Shadow .
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a.s.sa.s.sins point of view:
I was sent here to deal with a boy named Oliver Minx . The target was supposedly an ordinary boy, with great combat potential . That was all the information they gave me, and so I thought that this was going to be an easy mission . Still knowing that they hired me to kill the kid, that would mean it wasn"t as easy as it might sound . Well in reality nothing is ever easy when you get to my level . All the work they give me is always the hard c.r.a.p .
Still knowing all that I couldn"t help but shout in my mind, what the h.e.l.l is this?! I was now running inside a school building and for some reason the whole floor was dark . I know for a fact that it was afternoon, and the sun has yet to set, but what is with this, the whole floor was covered in darkness .
Is this the work of another a.s.sa.s.sin, trying to kill Oliver? When I infiltrated the school, I noticed an a.s.sa.s.sin or two, and even recognize some famous names . Still did someone really have an ability to do something like this?
I then heard footsteps from behind me, and without hesitation I fired my gun at whoever it was . Yet I hit nothing but air, it was then I heard multiple sounds of footsteps, slowly coming towards me . I could feel my heart racing in fear, as an a.s.sa.s.sin who has lived in the dark side of the world, I knew a thing or two about scare tactics, but this was on a whole other level altogether . It was like I was in a horror movie .
I moved my legs and headed into a nearby cla.s.sroom, which I thought was empty . When I entered I smelled a very familiar smell . This was the smell you usually get to sniff in my line of work, this was the smell of blood . Looking around I saw inside the room was piles of flesh upon flesh . It was a pile of dead bodies!
"What the h.e.l.l is this?" I whispered to myself as I approach the mini tower made of flesh . Upon closer inspection of the bodies, I saw some familiar faces . Weren"t this the other high level a.s.sa.s.sins, that infiltrated the school . What the h.e.l.l happened here? Did a fight break out or something . It was at that moment when I thought that, I felt a spine tingling sensation from behind me . Every fiber of my instincts were telling me to run but for some reason I couldn"t move . Was I afraid? Gritting my teeth, almost gnas.h.i.+ng at them, I took out a knife and stabbed myself .
I used the pain from the knife wound as something to overcome the fear . I just need to focus on the pain . After confirming that I could move again, I heard a voice echo throughout the room .
"Pretty impressive, as expected of the black hound of the underworld . Quick to act no hesitation in attacking, and even in such a situation where you couldn"t understand what was going on, you kept your cool and acted in what you deemed was most efficient . Truly impressive, my daughter should learn from you . "
I don"t know where the voice was coming from, and I had little to no information about my opponent, while he knows everything about me . Isn"t this a checkmate already?
"Hey how about showing yourself . It"s bad manners talking to someone while hiding . "
"Hmmm, I guess you"re right . " When the voice said that, a silhouette appeared before me . I wasn"t sure if it was a man or a woman who stood before me . I tried to focus all my senses on him, but no matter how hard I look I wasn"t sure, if the person I"m seeing was really standing in front of me .
I see so the man before me is that guy .
"What an honor to meet the legendary a.s.sa.s.sin Shadow . "
"Oh, you know about me?"
"Anyone worth mentioning in the underworld knows you . The immortal Shadow, the a.s.sa.s.sin who has held the most kills throughout history . They say you existed since the beginning of Berdonia . Well anyway now that I know you"re here as well, I"ll resign from this a.s.signment in killing Oliver Minx . I hope you let me go . "
It was a long shot but I might as well try and retreat .
"You really are a good a.s.sa.s.sin, knowing when to fight and when to retreat . Fine, I"m not really under contract to kill everyone in sight, just those who wish harm upon the boy called Oliver . So sure you could go . "
"Why, thank you . " I bowed at the silhouette of Shadow in front of me, as I tried to get something from my back pocket . Yet before I could pull out the object from my back pocket I felt a long knife stab through my chest . I coughed up blood, as I felt my body getting colder and colder .
"Why?" I asked even though I already know the answer . Shadow"s voice that was once masked by multiple noise now sounded like a middle age man whispering into my ear .
"You really are a good a.s.sa.s.sin, masking your killing intent . Acting out like you would go and do nothing else, even though the truth was you had no intention of backing out . Still you must work on that body language of yours, as well as your poker face . It was easy for me to tell you were about to do something . . . Oh right you won"t be able to practice anymore seeing as you"re going to die now . "
Hearing the real voice of the man called Shadow, I chuckled .
"Who knew the legendary a.s.sa.s.sin, was such a talkative man . "
"Well you were a special case . I truly didn"t want to kill such a talented man . Truly what a shame . "
"What an honor to be praised by a legend such as yourself . " It was at that moment I could no longer feel strength from my body, as it slid down like a puppet whose strings had been cut . I then heard Shadow telling me something .
"Tell death for me, tell him that the Shadow approves of you . " That was the last thing I heard when everything turned black .