The man entered the wall and the guard immediately resealed it. On the outside it was as if the wall didn't parted at all
The first man took a piece of paper from his spatial ring and handed it to the guard. The guard then opened the piece of paper and read its content
A picture of a young man with hair and eyes as dark as the night was printed on it along with the information regarding the youth. Reading the profile of the young man, the guard frowned under his mask before turning back his head on the other man
"I'm not sure the head will accept this task. This is too risky" the guard said with that disguised and neutral tone of his while shaking his head
"The head doesn't need to personally do it" the man hinted and the guard went into a deep thought. A few moments passed before the guard spoke again
"Still, the risk is high we can't easily do this task" the guard hinted too and the man chuckled before taking a spatial ring from his pocket
"This ring contained fifty thousand Magic Crystals. After the task is done, I'll add another fifty thousand"
The guard didn't immediately accepted the ring that contained that much wealth. A hundred thousand Magic Crystals might not all be the Noble's entire fortune but no doubt that it is a huge sum for them!
The guard wasn't that shock though. He was part of an assassin organization and naturally knew many things in the City. He knew that quite a few people offended someone from the Sternix Clan who rose into fame as they gained the City Lord's backing
The guard was sure that the one in front of him came from those Clans. After getting humiliated like that, how can they take it? Even if the City Lord try to investigate he might not necessarily know the culprit. As even the guard doesn't know who his client is!
"A hundred thousand is a huge sum but the risk...." the guard trailed and the man exactly knew what the guard meant
"I'll add another ten thousand. Don't push it too hard. You can just use a weak Mage to do the job. I'm sure you have disposable people at your ranks. A hundred and ten thousand Magic Crystals are more than what they worth" the man said through gritted teeth although his voice was still as neutral as before
The guard chuckled before finally accepting the ring. As the person that deals with potential client, how can he not have a shrewd mind? This sum is already high for such a simple task
The man was also right. Magic Knights are the pillars of their organization and the true backbones but the Magic Warriors and below are all disposable
Who said that they need a Magic Knight to do the task? Even a Magic Warrior will suffice and can be used as a disposable pawn. The Sternix Clan although has high standing but is still a weak Clan!
They only have one Magic Knight with them with several Magic Warriors. It can't be that Narry is 24/7 available to protect his son right?
"Okay, I'll take the task to our organization. Leave it to us" the guard said with the subtle meaning of "scram for now"
Their assassin organization might not be the best in the whole world but everyone in the Soaring Magic City feared them. It's not just because they have a lot of Magic Knights but because of how secretive they are
A transaction involving a hundred thousand of Magic Crystals actually concluded just like that. The man only met that guard in that secret place. He doesn't even know what's inside in the deeper parts of the wall or if there is a bigger place and other people
This is how secretive and protective this organization is, they don't even have a name!
The guard pointed his wand at the wall on the man's back before it parted again and made an exit
The man knows what the guard meant and nodded his head before walking away and the guard resealed the wall
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August 28 Year 9,000
Three days passed and the dark circles under Kence's eyes deepened. He almost got no sleep in these past few days. Calter, of course noticed this and become worried for Kence. He asked the youth if there is something wrong on him or if he was feeling sick but Kence just answered that he's not sick
Although Calter wants to pursue this matter but he needs to devote almost all of his time in the whole week on his cultivation.
Aside from dark circles on his eyes, Kence didn't looked that sick at all and Calter although worried just let it be as Kence didn't want to say anything.
He also don't want to pressure and pushed Kence too hard. He didn't want Kence to say the reason why he's not getting any sleep just because it was his master's order. He wants the youth to say it as opening up to him and not obeying a master's order
As of now, it was already night time. Kence's face was a bit pale and has large eye bags. The youth felt tired all over his body from the lack of sleep but no matter how much he wants to sleep, he just can't
It even affected his cultivation. Although he like studying magic but he is too tired and just become dizzy when he tried to study. This made him to sulk even more at how his master made him too used at hugging someone to sleep
Since he can't sleep anyway, Kence just sat on the bed before inching his body closer to Calter. No matter how many times he look at Calter he always felt admiration for his master
You can't blame him, Calter is just too handsome and manly that it made him jealous. Sword shape eyebrows, a bit long eyelashes, pointy nose, and an undeniably kissable lips
If he opened his eyes, his dark and deep eyes will become visible to other people. It was even complimented by his also black hair that sometimes reached close to his eyes
His cold facial expression on the other hand also rose his attractiveness to another level. He was the epitome of a God Level bad boy and seriousness but whenever he interacted with Kence that cold demeanor vanished into thin air
Interacting with Kence always turn him to look like an attractive and gentle person. The disparity from his two sides are enough to make any girls crazy
Kence put his hands on his face that turned hot and red while scolding himself. What's wrong with him? Why is his line of thoughts like this?
Kence just shake his head. He don't want to continue staring at his master for the fear of the thoughts that will enter his mind. Instead, he turned his gaze outside the window but his eyes squinted as he saw someone there. He forgot to bring the curtains down and that person can see inside their room which made Kence uncomfortable
There, he saw a suspicious looking man. Kence cannot see the man's feature as its body were hid by his clothes and the night is dark
Kence smiled at the man out of politeness but scolded himself immediately after that. They are too far and the only source of light is the moon. It was too dim to see anyone's facial features from that distance
Kence moved his body and was about to get out on bed to politely greet the man before closing the room's curtains. But his movement made the man outside to panicked and it took a red wand on his hand
The youth was shock but the next thing he knew was that an arrow of fire was advancing to their room. Kence's mind stopped from moving. He didn't know if it was him or his master that was the target of this attack
But his instincts kicked in before his body moved. It was fine if he was the target but he's afraid that his master might get hurt if Calter is the target
Kence's heart started beating crazily and his blood pumped aggressively. Before he can even think of anything else, his body moved on its own. Kence pushed Calter on the side who at that time was just opening his eyes
Calter was engrossed on his cultivation but the mana fluctuations of a fire magician still attracted his attention. He is a darkness type mage, Kence is an ice type, and Nan outside their room's door is also an ice type mage!
Neither of them is a fire type mage which attracted his attention
Calter was just about to open his eyes when he felt a soft hand pushing his body away. When he finally opened his eyes it was as if time itself stopped and blood stared dying his vision
Fresh blood dyed his clothes and Calter can feel its warmth on his body. Calter's vision dimmed and his eyes focused on the flickering fire arrow that pierced Kence's chest
The blood that landed on him was Kence's blood that spurted out from the youth's bloody chest
Kence's eyes went wide from shock and pain before he opened his pale lips and an arrow of blood was shot from his mouth that landed on Calter's face
Kence doesn't know if it was because of his slowly drifting away consciousness or the tears on his eyes that blurred his vision. All he wants now was to passed out from the overwhelming pain filling his sense
As he didn't got hurt like this before, how can Kence take this so much pain?
Just before he lose consciousness Kence forced himself to say something. "S-Sorry....d-dirty...."
Kence wants to apologize for dirtying his master's face with his blood but his mouth that was now full of blood can't say much. He can only utter those words before he lose consciousness
The assassin was too unprofessional and immediately panicked. He didn't thought that he will fail to kill his weak target. But although he's not an expert, he still has some experience and activated another spell again
Another fire arrow was shot from his wand. Fortunately, Nan acted fast. As soon as he sensed the forming of the first arrow he already kicked open the room of the two
Nan was shocked to see such a scene but ignored his shock and immediately waved his hand towards that flaming arrow. A frosty light flew out from his palm that dispelled the second fire arrow
The Magic Warrior's position was too far away for Nan to noticed before as he's outside of the room after all. That is the reason why the assassin was able to launched such a sneak attack especially since Nan is already too sleepy. It seems like the City Lord forgot to send him a helper and caused him a lacked of sleep
Icy blue light appeared on Nan's feet that increased his speed. Ice Magic might not be like wind, lightning, or light magic that gave a huge boost in speed but all Mages has a speed boosting spell they can use
The attacker was also not a mage specializing in speed and Nan immediately caught up to him with the help of spells that Nan shot to hinder his movement
Calter's mind is currently a mess. The only thing he can see is Kence who passed out and landed above him. His body cannot move as flashes of scenes from his past life played inside his head
The scene of Kence's death before was already too much for him to handle yet now it played on his mind while a similar scene was happening
The blood dripping from Kence's body soaked his clothes and body. The blood is warm but it made him feel cold as if someone soaked him in an icy lake
"Healer! Healer!" Calter finally regained a bit of his senses and immediately called out for a healer
Nan heard this and easily bounded the Magic Warrior with ice before he used a sound transmission stone from his spatial ring. Fortunately, in case that something will happen the City Lord gave the Sternix Clan's healer the stone to contact him immediately
"Sir! Sir!" Nan quickly used the sound transmission stone in panic and called out for the healer. The old man was awoken in the middle of the night and immediately answered Nan's call