*Kingdom of vervos*
A cloaked figure stood atop a mountain range taking in the scenery and breathing the fresh air, he wasn't one for such sentiments but he found out he couldn't help himself, in his life there was no peace nor calm and this was the closest he could get to either.
He shrugged off the sentimental feeling and his face hardened beneath the mask of darkness, he wrapped himself in darkness to mask his presence and shot towards the kingdom in front of him at break neck speed, the continent of vervos was quite large compared to the rest of the other continents but the kingdom ahead of him known as the divine fist kingdom was considerably small.
Like every other kingdom in the continent this kingdom was also a mining town, largely surrounded by mountains rich in ores and other precious minerals, he slowed down as he approached the town not wanting to take unnecessary risks, he had masked his energy signature but that didn't mean anything to an elite of higher level, they would sense him as long as he made use of energy while in close proximity to them.
He did away with his cloak, gulping down a potion and managed to achieve a little bit of normalcy, he was still a bit pale but that complexion was normal with the people of his continent, even though they were looked upon strangely there was no rule stopping them from visiting other continents.
As he walked into the town he saw a lot of strong men and women moving different colored rocks into huge vehicles, he wasn't so sure of how the payment system worked in the kingdom since from what he knew there were too many workers and not enough supervisors.
He was still lost in thought when someone barged into him making him lose him balance and for a second he lost his composure letting out a feral snarl that mad the young man step back in fear and apologize, he took a deep breath to calm himself and smiled at the young man he just snarled at who cringed in fear and hastily disappeared into he crowd.
"I cannot jeopardize this mission like I did the last one else it might be my last" he thought to himself, his hand forming a fist
He spent the past week making preparations, so as to avoid any unfortunate mistakes. His previous failure was his first and it was a stain I'm his perfect record, a memory he wished could be forgotten, he walked through the industrial area seeing different machines offloading the rocks into the warehouse and some trucks headed for the factories, he was unconcerned about these details but since the industrial area was situated at the outskirts of the kingdom there was nothing he could do about it.
After a few minutes of being alone with his thoughts, he began hearing loud noises and the sounds of different animals, the path he had taken was hilly and he couldn't see the top of the hill from where he stood but from the sounds he could hear he knew that this was a marketplace, he increased his pace eager to see if there was anything worth buying.
The marketplace was situated atop a hill whose top looked to have been perfectly cut off, it wasn't a large market per say but it was rowdy, vendors were screaming at the top of their voices, at one end of the market he saw a man wrestling with a fire bull. It was an animal with the body of a bull but it had claws instead of hooves. Every few minutes a fight broke out, he shook his head cursing his luck and was about walking away when someone pulled him and he found himself in front of a stall.
"you are very lucky" he said to the man who grabbed him with a chuckle, he could have killed the man when he was grabbed but he saw that he was just a stall owner and harbored no I'll intent.
"Very lucky" the man replied with a smile. "I haven't had any one buy my goods today but I am sure you'll be the first" seeing that the man in front of him was from a different continent he felt like he might make a great sale.
The cloaked assassin picked up one of the bottles that were neatly arranged on a rack and opened it sniffing the liquid in it, the smell was pungent and he quickly closed the cork on it, he let out a hoarse cough and turned to the vendor.
"I assume you sell potions"
The vendor nodded with a smile on his face, he knew this was his lucky day and he bent to open all his drawers bringing out what he considered to be the best of his goods and laid them in front of him.
"I sell the best body enhancement potions in the kingdom, drink this and you will be as strong as a vervos elite" the vendor was obviously pleased with himself
The cloaked assassin was aware that this potions were most likely knock offs but he decided to buy them since he was playing the part of a tourist this time, he grabbed all the potions the vendor offered him and threw down to gold coins.
The vendor was almost moved to tears since he hadn't made such amount of money in his life, by the time he raised his head to thank the strange man who had bought his goods, he couldn't find him anymore
The cloaked assassin stored away the potions and headed down the hill, away from the market, he headed towards the location where he would ambush his target, there were commuter vehicles taking people to and fro the market and it could have saved him some time but he decided to move on foot for certain reasons, the first was that every commuter vehicle had a continental official and he was trying not to be noticed, the second was that the mission ahead of him was quite dangerous an he wasn't sure he would be the victor