The Assassin and The Blind Saint

Arc 1 Chapter 5: Nightfall

[ Sirius POV ]

Lena and I entered an inn and went to her succession.

“How much is the rate for 2 rooms a night?” ask the receptionist.

“One room a night has a tariff of 50 Colling,” replied the receptionist.

I then gave 1 Shilling coin to the receptionist. Country – countries in the Alterna continent have 3 currencies namely, Colling Bronze Coins, Silling Silver Coins and Golling Gold Coins. 100 Colling is equal to 1 Silling while 100 Silling is equal to 1 Golling.

“This is the wash, you can add 10 Colling for breakfast if you want,” bargain the receptionist while giving 2 keys to me.

"No, no" I replied briefly.

We then went to the 3rd floor of the inn. I think I picked the right inn. Lena will not often hear strange sounds when resting later.

“Come on Lena, this is your room,” I said as I opened the door of a room.

“Ummm,” Lena nods and sits on a mattress.

“Lena, wear this,” I called her and gave her a necklace.

“What is this, Sirius?” ask Lena to be confused.

“It is a special necklace to keep watch – guard, I can track you if something happens – unwanted things happen,” I replied.

“Emm.. will Sirius put it on for me,” said Lena a little embarrassed.

“You can't wear it yourself?” my many.

“Ahhh, no. I-I can wear it myself,” said Lena in a slightly disappointed tone.

“Hahhh... Alright,” I said in a complaining tone.

I squatted down in front of Lena and took her necklace. Lena's expression started to turn weird. Her cheeks look red for reasons I don't understand. I put the necklace around Lena's neck and said.

“With this, if we are separated not too far away, I can still find you quickly,”.

“Ummm, thank you Sirius.”

I stood up and went to the exit of the room and said.

“I will be out for a while to find something, you rest in order to have the energy for the next trip.”

“Alright, heart – heart Sirius,” says Lena.

“Ya.”

I then left the inn. All right, time to root out those stalkers. I then started walking towards a rather quiet place. I then made sure 5 of the 6 people who were stalking us were following me.

I have reached a place in the outskirts of Omor City. It's quieter here than downtown. Tonight the sky was very clear and a full moon was shining down on my location. Not long after, a man emerged from the shadow of an alley and came up to me and said.

“Let's make a deal.”

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[Bull POV]

“The escort looks out of the inn, what will we do?” ask a woman to me.

“We better kill his bodyguard first, we'll scout him and kill him in a place that won't attract too much attention,” I replied.

“Why don't we just kidnap the target? Why bother having to kill his bodyguard first?” ask the woman.

“Fox, we are ordered to capture the target alive. It will be very difficult for us if the bodyguard disturbs us while carrying the target,” I replied.

“Good. So, how are our plans?”

“Eagle will be our protector from a distance, the rest will attack him directly if the negotiation fails,” my command.

We followed the man. After the man reached the end of City, he arrived – arrived stop just standing motionless. Is he waiting for us? Has he been aware of us all this time? I went out and tried to get to him and said.

“Let's make a deal.”

The man wasn't as surprised as he had predicted I would say this.

“What kind of deal?” ask the man.

“We'll pay you three times as much as your employer if you don't bother us with the woman,” my bargain.

Hearing my words, the man laughed and said.

“Ahahahahah.. in view of your equipment, you are from the special intelligence unit of the Republic of Anconia. The country is famous for bribes – bribes from its top brass. I did not know that their special unit – unit has the same habit,” he said in a scornful tone.

I prepared my knife and said.

“Sweetest..”.

I then darted to attack him with my dagger, he dodged by jumping to the side. My comrade who had been heading from that direction arrived - coming out to attack him before the man's foot landed.

Clang!!

The man turned around and fended off my colleague's attack and kicked him which made my colleague bounce into a hut.

I then darted back to corner the man and attacked the man with a tube. The man simply dodged and did not counterattack. He then kept his distance from me.

My bouncing partner then approached me.

“You okay – what Fox?” my many.

“Yes. The reaction speed is very fast, I think it will be very difficult to kill him with a surprise attack,”.

“Yes, We have to lure him. We have to attack him more to drain his stamina and make his focus less.”

Clangs! Clangs! Clangs!

We alternately attacked the man however, there was no sign of – the slightest sign of the man being exhausted. I need to find another strategy. I raised my hand and made a symbol with my fingers.

“Fox, plan B.”

“Oke.”

Both of my comrades who were fighting with him were seen getting some incision wounds on his body.

I then attacked him with a wide swing to lure him. When I attack, Fox will be prepared to carry out an attack in anticipation of the man's counterattack. It aims to trick him from the actual killer attack.

The man then changed his strategy of fighting from defensive to offensive. He was after Fox. It appears Fox is very difficult to avoid the attack - the attack of the man. When the man managed to land a kick on Fox's head, I immediately darted out with a comitious strike to kill him.

However, he managed to dodge by jumping backwards. But that is my purpose. From afar, the Eagle who was a Marksman using a special weapon would shoot him when he already had trouble dodging.

Thuwww!!

A bullet collided with the ground. The man's cheeks were bleeding. I was so surprised he was able to avoid a Marksman shot with the latest weapon.

After realizing we had a marksman, he started to run away.

“Don't let him to the city center! Chase him!” my orders.

The man ran very fast on the roof – roof of the building. We lost her figure in the dark of the night.

“Dogs! Come out, track down the man!”

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[ Sirius POV ]

I was hiding in a tower after escaping from their group. If I hadn't noticed the enemy's eyes before me, I wouldn't have noticed the Marksman's shot. I was a bit confused when the man's gaze did not focus on me after the attack. It turned out that he was waiting for a shot from his partner. And the weapon used by Marksman did not make any sound at all. Is it a new weapon developed by the Republic of Anconia?

I then decided to look for a fighting environment that could cover the Marksman's fire. Code number 8 in a live fight, look for an environment that benefits you when you are in an unstrung position. Not long after, I heard a footstep leading to this tower.

“Dog, is it true that he is hiding here?”

“Yes. The aroma leads here. Be careful – heart, in this dark place maybe he is preparing to ambush us.”

The five men then entered the tower and searched for my presence in the darkness. A Tracer, huh? I have to kill him first. A tracer is someone who is specially trained to track. His smell and hearing are very sensitive even surpassing that of – animals. I started holding my breath and took a round object in my pocket and threw it. It has the ability to store aroma.

“Observe - be careful, the aroma begins to move.”

I then used my killing technique called Featherstep and started moving.

“There! The smell is so pronounced there!”

Two people then moved towards me throwing that thing earlier. A crack opened and I rushed to kill Tracer at his blind spot.

Stabb!!!

I managed to thrust Baselard from behind into his heart. The Featherstep technique allows the user to move without making a sound. This technique is only effective once if attacking a group.

“Sial! How could he approach without making a sound at all!”

Without wasting any time I shook my sword at the nearest woman from the Tracer.

A slashh!

I managed to slash the head of a woman using her shocked state.

“Sial! Fox! I Kill you!”

The man ran towards me with anger. I then dodged and positioned myself behind him and locked his neck.

Crackk!

A voice sounded indicating that his neck had been broken. The remaining two people have then returned and carried out a – combination attack. I managed to sever the hand of one of them with a counterattack.

“Aghhhhh!” scream the man.

I then ran to attack the next man. I raised my hand which was holding Baselard. The man looked like he was going to hold it and raise his sword. Seeing his front defense open, I quickly changed my attack pattern and then strangled his neck with my left hand.

“Aghhhhh!”

Crackk!!

I smashed his neck and the man died instantly. I then approached one of the remaining enemies. He was holding his broken hand.

“Who are you really?” ask the man with trembling.

I approached him and looked him in the eyes and said.

“Special killer unit Ouroboros, Code Name— Nightfall.”

-Slashhh!

The man's head then floated in the air which I then caught using my hand.

“My gut feeling, not only the Republic of Anconia wants Lena,”.

-Crackkkk!

I then smashed the head in my grasp. My hands were covered in blood and the rest of the man's brain.

“I don't think that's a problem. I will destroy the people who will take it from my escort,” I said determined like every Chairman gave me a mission.

I then came out of the tower and stared at the moon that illuminated the night atmosphere of the city.