With the emergence of the muffled moans, the soldiers who observed outside became embarrassed as they scratched their heads. Retreating, far away from the hut.
Dan removed his hand from her clothes as he wiped his hand on the edge of her clothes. Staring at the glazed young woman, Dan wryly smiled, taking a handkerchief, he wrapped it on her forehead and said,
"Once war erupts, run towards the side of the Fiery Blood Army. Once they see that red handkerchief on your forehead. They won't attack you." Dan whispered, and the young woman who still felt the aftershocks of Dan's deft movements weakly nodded her head.
Dan stood up, glanced at her who splayed on the bed, before his figure, disappeared into the darkness. Now that he achieved his goal of locating Anthony's residence, it would just be a matter of time until he executes his plan.
Arriving at the southern side of the Azure Hamlet, Dan found a thatched hut that looked reinforced and bigger than the others. Beside that hut were the warehouses where the rations of the soldiers were located. Smiling to himself, his figure disappeared into the darkness as he slowly crept towards the huge hut.
Since it was in the middle of the night and most of the soldiers were dead asleep after celebrating their capture of the Azure Hamlet, Dan walked seamlessly and arrived at a door where moans and rugged grunts constantly emanated.
Smirking, he bore a hole in the door using the tip of his dagger and peeked. Indeed, the figures of a stark naked young woman could be seen, bobbing up and down on the bed.
[You found the Quest Objective!]
A timely system notification confirmed his theory. The man on the bed should be Anthony, and it was time for Dan to act. Entering the door, the two didn't even notice his intrusion as they were completely immersed in their night activities
Dan kept his body, close on the ground as he crawled. Eventually, he arrived under the bed. "System, create a holographic image of Anthony's weak points!"
A blue hologram manifested in the air before him. The reason why he asked the system to form a hologram was that he could use it as a reference to accurately hit his target above him.
The only problem that he had was the woman. How can he silence her without giving her the time to shout? Dan's mind spun, numerous idea sprung into his mind which he quickly denied.
'Wait...' Dan inwardly mumbled, staring at the creaking bed that he was under, a slight smile lifted on his lips as he took his dagger, fixed it on a certain location with the sharp edge, pointing towards the skies.
He damaged the feet of the bed before crawling outside the bed. There, he looked like a cougar, ready to pounce for the kill.
"I'm almost there, I'm almost there..." A hoarse masculine voice echoed out, their grunts and moans gradually reached the peak. But before Anthony could eject, the bed they laid on collapsed, and the dagger, fastened under the bed, directly under his neck, pierced through his neck, sending a blood arrow, flying from his mouth.
His eyes widened in confusion and shock. He didn't even know how he died as his consciousness succumbed to death. The young woman looked confused, staring at the crimson blood that drenched her naked body.
Her mouth opened to scream. But before she could do so, Dan was even faster, his figure leaped behind her and mercilessly sliced the nape of her neck, almost decapitating her in the process.
[Quest Completed!]
[You have successfully assassinated the Commander of the Hawk-Eye Batallion! Obtained 250 AS Points!]
[Quest Reward: Two-Thousand AS Points, Obtained!]
Staring at the bloody scene before him, Dan didn't understand why he felt no remorse towards what he did. As if the person that he killed wasn't a human being but an animal for the slaughterhouse.
Wiping his blood-drenched dagger, Dan ordered the System to erase all traces of evidence after paying a hundred Assassination Points. Several minutes later, the room looked clean and tidy.
And the only person present inside the room was Dan, whose visage, looked like Anthony. Walking outside, Dan arrived before the warehouse and lit it on fire. Afterward, he returned back to Anthony's residence, donning the latter's armor for himself before walking outside again.
Seeing the orange fire wreaking havoc inside the warehouse, Dan exclaimed, "Intruders! The bastards of the Empire of Dawn has breached our perimeter!" His solemn and dignified tone became akin to that of a thunderclap which awakened the consciousness of the entire Battalion from slumber.
"Those dogs of that coward Emperor, how dare they invade us while we're sleeping!"
"Hey, look! The warehouse is burning!"
"Oh, hell no!"
Panic surged throughout the entire camp as every soldier rushed towards the warehouse, desperately throwing water into the flames in an effort to subdue it.
Meanwhile, the Fiery Blood Army, just outside of the Southern Gate of the Azure Hamlet, noticed the commotion as every soldier raised their swords and unleashed a battle cry.
The battle cry of the furious soldiers shook the entire forest as the attention of all soldiers inside the Azure Hamlet turned towards the distance. Donning their armor, they gathered at the center of the Hamlet upon the orders of their commander.
"Those pigs from the Empire of Dawn dared to challenge our authority with a measly number of a hundred soldiers!" Dan declared, the faces of the soldiers before him flickered before they jeered,
"Those bastards really are too naive, to think that they would only send a hundred army to try and retake this place...How stupid..."
"Today, we shall drench their land with the blood of their own! Raise your swords, we shall meet them head-on!" Dan raised towards the skies, and the morale of the Hawk-Eye Batallion exploded. They hurriedly retracted the traps that they set before the gates and rushed out, intent on clashing head-on with their underpowered enemies.
But of course, not everyone came out, some of them, stayed with their bows in tow. Dan also rushed out, and there, he saw the figure of his father, raising his sword, bringing with him a domineering aura as he rushed towards his own son.
Zaramias expression looked sorrowful and full of killing intent.
'Why is he targeting me? Wait...' A sudden epiphany struck his mind, 'Goddamned it, I forgot that I gave that handkerchief to the woman!' Meeting his father's strike, Dan barely parried it as he leaped backward.
By this time, the battlefield became filled with chaos as all sorts of miserable shrieks echoed across the entire forest. Zaramias smirked, staring with disdain at Dan, he declared, "Do you really think that we just clashed with you, head on?"
Dan momentarily glanced at the Hamlet and indeed, he could see numerous figures clad with fiery armors, killing their way into the core of the city. At this moment, the Hawk-Eye Battalion displayed their cooperation and teamwork as they lumped together with Dan in the center.
The man who mocked Dan earlier, stared at him with a critical expression, "Commander, at this rate, we will all be killed, we need to take our retreat or else we will all die together..."
Dan stared at the former, "Yeah, all of you guys will surely die..." A vicious smile lifted on his lips as he stabbed his sword, right into the heart of the man!
"C-c-commander?" Even when he died, he didn't understand the reason why the Commander that he was loyal to would attack him. His eyes widened, dying with endless regret.
Both sides became confused, particularly Zaramias who knitted his eyebrows in contemplation, the remaining soldiers of the Hawk-Eye Batallion stared at their commander with venomous expressions on their faces.
"Commander Anthony! How dare you betray us!" The soldiers raised their swords against him. Anthony merely chuckled, "Betrayed you? I'm not even at your side in the first place!" He coldly spat and his figure turned into dust. Revealing the visage of an unfamiliar young man, underneath!