While Grantia and Alyssa are talking to each other honestly, a figure is lurking in the other corner of Christinetown.

"Sure enough, is it a pawn of the Tresthals?"

The man's face was hidden in the hood, and he couldn't see the specific appearance, and his voice was low, but he couldn't distinguish between men, women, and children.

He glanced at the brightly lit mansion, then held out a hand.

The hand glows with a metallic sheen, like a robotic arm.

"Well, it's really a big noble, and even this villa is equipped with a fairly strong defensive array, just relying on what I have now, it's not so simple to break through. ”

The man withdrew his hand, then smiled contemptuously.

"But it's not impossible. ”

He fell backwards and disappeared into the shadows.

I saw a dark shadow, and I just crossed the street and came to the gate of the villa.

The shadow waited silently, and then finally spotted a mouse.

The rat was probably wandering in search of food, attracted by the lights of the villa, and was slowly passing through the crack in the iron door.

The shadow immediately made a decision, moving directly towards the mouse, and quickly merged into the other party's shadow.

The mouse, who didn't even know what was happening, only felt an inexplicable force coming from its body, which helped it pass through the iron gate and climb onto the manicured grass.

It crawled through the invisible barriers of magic towards the large, gorgeous house, unaware of the black aura that surrounded it.

Following the aroma of food, the rat crawled to the back door of the villa, where the kitchen waste was piled up.

At this point, there are no more ordinary defensive circles, only simple spells for monitoring, which are still in effect.

The rat climbed up one of the garbage cans, found a small piece of moldy bread inside, and happily nibbled on it.

And its shadow, stretched out by the dim light, suddenly changed into a man in a robe.

At the moment of changing into an adult, the man snapped his fingers, and only felt the sound of a tight thread breaking in the air, and he knew that the last layer of barrier had been broken by him.

"The Trest family, that's just it. ”

Pulling open the back door directly, he swaggered inside.

Keen perception stretched out cautiously, sweeping stairs and corridors.

As a member of the "Dark Blade", he has a wealth of assassination experience, and they are originally people who live in the shadows of this world, and from birth to death, they have not been able to see the light of day for a day.

And he is a high-level assassin at the top of the "Dark Blade", codenamed "Shadow Snake", with the strength of the bronze rank, and after his mission, he has not failed for so many years, and is famous in the dark world.

Originally, the commission was only for the people who participated in the magic competition at this school, but it seems that the employer found something in it, so the mission was temporarily changed.

In fact, he should have directly rejected this task, according to the rules of the industry, this kind of errand of temporarily changing the content of the commission is prone to unexpected changes and unnecessary trouble.

But the remuneration offered by the other party was too generous, so he was tempted.

It just so happened that he was going to complete this commission and wash his hands and retire, so he let go of the last order.

Anyway, the opponent is just a few mage apprentices who have not dried up, teenage girls and young men, so they don't have to worry about anything at all.

The "Shadow Serpent" walked with light steps towards the room.

In his perception, around the corner ahead, a maid was packing up the clothes to dry, and he quietly approached the other party, then stretched out his hand.

Countless black lines shot out from the mechanical arm, piercing the flesh behind the maid's head, and from it, a paralyzing substance was secreted, causing the other party to quickly lose consciousness.

The "Shadow Serpent" does not want to attract the attention of others by killing senselessly, for him, the real assassin should come and go without a trace, except for the target person, without taking a little smoke and dust, this is the art of assassination.

He directly stuffed the fallen maid into the cart in front of her, then picked up one from the pile of folded maid clothes, quickly removed the hood on his body, and changed it directly.

At this time, the appearance of the "Shadow Snake" was revealed under the light.

It was a capable woman's face, her rare black hair tied up in Aster, outlining her beautiful figure, her slender legs flashing away, obscured by a black and white maid's outfit, and only her chest was tightened by a smaller dress, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

The most concerning thing is her exotic appearance, just with this beauty, presumably "Shadow Snake" can also become a leader in the party.

But she hated her looks.

Not only did this beauty make her spend a miserable girlhood, becoming the bedside plaything of many beasts, but it also prevented her from blending in with her target population as easily as an ordinary assassin, and always attracted unnecessary attention.

If there's one part of Shadow Serpent's body that satisfies her the most, it's her left hand, a metallic prosthetic leg made of state-of-the-art mechanical and magical techniques.

At this time, the hand was lurking in the shadows, obscured by the clothes on the cart.

She pushed her clothes forward, and the "Shadow Snake" had already sensed the location of the target, the bathroom, a perfect place, no one would be prepared when bathing in their own home.

Turning a corner, she was about to reach the main entrance of the bathroom when a man stood in front of her.

Is it a guard?

Confused, but not showing, Shadow Snake looked up at the tall man.

He was fully armored, and he had a rather large sword behind his back, and under the mask, he couldn't see his face clearly.

It seems to be a guard?

"Shadow Snake" remained calm and played the role of a maid with all her might.

"My lord, I'm going to take these clothes to the laundry room, so please let me go. ”

She spoke, in a soft voice.

"Shadow Serpent" knew the men's thoughts, knowing that these creatures were too weak to walk at the sight of weak women, and unloading their defenses was the first lesson she learned as an Assassin.

"I don't think I've seen you. ”

The other party spoke, and his cold tone seemed to freeze even the air around him.

"Well, have you forgotten that I'm Liya, who just arrived last week. ”

The "Shadow Snake" blinked, and secretly used the Disruptive Technique, trying to influence the other party's judgment.

But she soon found that her spell was like hitting a thick iron plate, and it didn't move, and there was no crack to penetrate.

This guard also has a bronze rank?

"Shadow Snake" was a little surprised, she remembered that the guards here were at most black iron level, and there should be no threat to her except for the defensive circle that had been set up in the first place.

"I don't know you. ”

The other party had slowly raised his hand and stretched it out to the shoulder of the "Shadow Snake".

"Indeed, you don't know me. ”

The "Shadow Snake" turned pale, his left hand shook suddenly, and countless black smoke formed spikes, shooting directly into the gap in the opponent's armor.

However, those sharp thorns hit an invisible barrier and broke directly.

"How so?"

"Shadow Snake" immediately gave up the frontal attack and prepared to flee instead, she didn't need to fight with the other party, this time she failed, and there will be a chance in the future.

But when she wanted to throw out the smoke bomb and turn to run away, she found that she had completely lost control of her body.

"What...... Who the hell are you, the Trest family doesn't have such a strong guard!"

Trying to use words to stall for time and give herself a space to escape, Shadow Serpent drove all the defensive trinkets on her body and, if necessary, detonated her left prosthetic.

But the other party didn't say a word, and directly pressed the forehead of the "Shadow Snake" with his hand, like a pinprick feeling penetrated her brain, causing a painful moan.

At the last moment when his consciousness sank into darkness, the "Shadow Snake" looked at the other party's face armor, and in a trance, it seemed that he saw two blue flames from inside, which were burning quietly.