The Assassin and The Blind Saint

Arc 1: Prologue

One night, there were several bodies lying near a horse-drawn carriage. Seen from the interior, the horse carriage was carried by a noble. Not far from its location, several men were seen surrounding a Platinum-haired woman with burns on her face . The men were a group of famous bandits who often robbed people who passed a certain path.

“I think he is just a diversion and the real nobility is passing another path,” said one of the bandits.

“In this ambush, we lost half of our group. But all we get is the ugly woman,” umpat bandit.

“In your opinion, how much will it cost if we sell to slavery?”

“Hehh most only sell a few pieces of silver coin.”

Hearing that the bandits were measuring the value he had, the girl started to look trembling.

“Alright, let's tie wan-” the bandit's voice stopped because in his throat, there is a knife stuck.

“Waa... what happened!” one of the bandits was shocked to see one of his comrades die.

A splurtt!

Then, the other two bandits began to fall with incision wounds that were on their necks.

“Come out of you! Show yourself!”

The bandits then saw a man who appeared in the darkness of the night. The remaining three bandits then started moving to slash at him with a sword.

Swosshh!

One of the bandit heads was decapitated. The rest of the two bandits who saw him then started to tremble in fear and tried to escape. However, the man would not let them escape. Quickly the man ran over and appeared before the two bandits.

Splurrt!

The man slashed both the necks of the bandits. After the man finished off all the bandits, he approached the girl.

“How are you doing?”

***

Alterna, a Continent where Humans, Demons and various demihumans lived. At this time, there was a war between the human side and the demons. The Alliance of Human Lands led by the Habsburg Empire is in a state of being cornered. The demons managed to control half of the Thuringia Kingdom which became the frontline of the battle of the humans and demons.

This situation was because they had lost a Saint who had the power to weaken the demons. This would be the advantage of mankind when there was a large-scale battle with the demons.

In addition to the power that weakens the devil, the Saint will also perform a ritual that gives a blessing of the Goddess to selected humans. The chosen humans will be the heroes who will spearhead humanity to defeat the invading demons.

3 Years ago, 1 year before the declaration of war from the demon lord was announced. The last Saint died and put mankind in the present situation. For now, the higher-ups of the Temple of the Goddess Athena are looking for candidates for Saints who will be blessed in the Ascension ceremony of the Goddess Athena 3 months to come.

In addition to the Temple of Athena, the lands of mankind also sought the candidate of a saint in the hope that the chosen Saint would bless one of the Knights in their country. This is because, the status of heroes is very influential to raise the status and position of a country in the continent of Alterna.

Not a few of them even carried out various devious plans and sabotaged each of them in order to get a candidate for a Saint. The Habsburg Empire, which had previously been a candidate for Saint status, chose 5 heroes from the country and made the Habsburg Empire the most dominant land on the continent of Alterna.

Right now, in a forest on the border between the Kingdom of Loraine and the Habsburg Empire, a platinum-haired man and girl with burns on her face were sitting near a bonfire. From this moment on, their movements and deeds would bring about the direction of the destiny of mankind that existed in the Alterna Continent in the future.