(zero)

Even if my life is fruitless, I am willing to be in the shadows and be a watchman.

(a)

The dark, damp streets are full of decay, black rats roam around the garbage heaps on the side of the streets, and dirty beggars staring blankly at passers-by, but no one dares to beg, because such an act is likely to kill them directly - you must know that every time night fades, several nameless corpses with bloody flesh appear on the street.

No one cares.

Here is the shadow of the city-state of Noxus.

It's also my place to live.

(b)

My name is Tyrone and I don't have a last name. In Noxus, low-level people like me are not allowed to have a surname at all, because for those noble lords who are high, a surname means glory.

Similarly, I have no relatives.

The only thing I remember about them is the name Tyrone and the knife they left me.

It was with this not-sharp knife that I gently slashed through the pockets of pedestrians and reached for the tinkling gold coins in my hands.

Yes, I was nothing more than a humble thief at first.

Until I realized that a knife can cut not only the pockets of pedestrians, but also the throats of enemies.

(c)

It was a quiet night.

After a 'busy' day, I was blocked on the trail by a group of 'colleagues'.

"Tyrone, you've had a good day today." The thin young man in the lead looked at me with a cold gaze and a non-smiling smile. "Brothers, I'm ...... a few days in hand"

Virtually every thief on this street has had such an experience, but I am not prepared to compromise, because I know that if I show weakness, these insatiable hyenas will rush up and loot my meager possessions, and then what awaits me is a lifetime of oppression...... Until life is worthless.

I didn't want to face such a future, so I didn't answer, but silently tightened my grip on the blade - it was the only thing I could rely on as a thin person.

"Toast and don't eat and drink!" The thin young man was furious when he saw my reaction, "Give this little rabbit cub a lesson that he doesn't know what to do!" ”

Somehow, watching the three ragged men slowly approach with a smirk, my nervous heart slowly calmed down.

……

Thirty seconds later, five guys about twice my age were dead in the streets, and the others fled in a panic - in fact, I didn't know my birth date at first, and it wasn't until I made my fortune that I found out my birth date through magic.

When I was seven years old, the blade was stained with blood for the first time.

(iv)

Even if I kill someone, I'm still a thief.

It's just that while cutting through the pedestrian's pocket, I can't help but think about how to simply and neatly stab him with a knife.

During this period, there were still blind creatures who wanted to plunder the wealth from me, and I was already experienced in killing, so I naturally would not be polite to them, and sent them all to the underworld - these guys only knew that rampage with a blood qi was only a small trouble for me, who could already use a knife to cut nearly a hundred flying insects to the ground in a minute.

When I was ten years old, the head of an underground organization recognized my talent and hired me to assassinate his adversary.

This is the first pot of gold I have ever caught.

That's when I made up my mind not to be a sneaky thief anymore.

I became a killer.

(5)

I'm a lone killer.

In the four years I have been in the industry, countless successful assassinations have made my fame grow in the dark world, and many killer organizations have sent me invitations to become one of them.

And then create benefits for them.

Amusing! Killers don't need companions, and those who can subdue lions must be more powerful dragons, mere hyenas, what qualifications do you have for my allegiance?

And then the bunch of garbage literally attacked me like hyenas...... Then I slit all my throat and threw it all into the moat.

After that, there were no more blind guys coming to me for trouble.

(f)

When I was fifteen years old, I had another turning point in my life.

It was a very rewarding assignment for me to assassinate a nobleman as soon as possible.

So on the same day, I took advantage of the darkness of the night and quietly infiltrated the target's mansion.

I have to say that this nobleman's defense measures are quite good: in addition to the necessary guards, fierce courtyard dogs, spell traps hidden in the shadows, and even a few alchemy golems, on several occasions I almost exposed my body......

It took about two hours, and just as I was about to reach the target dormitory, I was stopped by a man in black.

Maybe it's a peer?

Before I could finish my thoughts, the man in black flashed his blade and attacked me.

……

It was one of the most embarrassing battles of my life, with my opponent's strength, speed, reflexes, luck, and even the choice of slash angles far superior to mine. After only three slashes, I could no longer hold the sharp weapon I relied on for my life, and then I was put on the neck by the blade - this is still his attempt to capture me alive, and if he wanted to kill me, I guess I would not even be able to take a single move from the other party.

"Boy, it looks like you're really talented." The man in black smiled and put away his blade. "I'm Du. Kekao, would you like to be an envoy to Noxus High Command? ”

"Do I have the right to refuse?"

"Judging by your previous behavior, you're a smart person, so don't ask stupid questions......"

“…… I owe my allegiance to you alone. "Though I am humble, if I bow down to a bunch of waste, then I would rather die.

"No problem."

“…… Tyrone meets the General. ”

(g)

The new life is not as bad as expected.

General Quekao did not treat me like a slave, but as a true confidant, and he entrusted me with many confidential tasks - and of course, I did my best to do it.

The frozen lands of Freljord, the ruins of Shurima, the military offices of Demacia, the research laboratories of Piltover...... In the past two years, I have traveled all over Valoran, which has greatly enriched my knowledge and I am even more grateful to the general.

Because without him, I might never have been more than a ruler in a dark street for the rest of my life...... It's like a frog at the bottom of a well.

In his spare time, the general would teach me some knife skills and what it was like to be an Assassin.

It was on such days that I gradually fell in love with someone.

That year, she was fourteen and I was sixteen.

(viii)

Although I have a love for the eldest lady, I dare not express it.

Because I'm not worthy of her...... Even at this time, I have awakened my talent and has the strength of the hero level.

When the eldest lady was sixteen years old, Darkwell's eldest son, Karen, asked the Quekao family to marry.

Looking at the sad expression of the eldest lady, I longed to chop that waste into meat sauce - as we all know, the eldest son of the demigod, Karen, is not good at writing, martial arts, and has a corrupt private life.

How could I watch the eldest lady commit herself to such a piece of waste?

Just as I was about to act, the Shogun stopped me.

"I know you like Anna, but this time, you are not allowed to make a move, this is her test!"

“…… As a subordinate of the eldest lady, can I make a move? ”

"Absolutely...... But as Lord Darkwell's henchman, I'm obligated to stop you, too! ”

“…… Offended, General! ”

(ix)

"At your current level, if you want to marry my daughter, you are not qualified."

After a fierce fight, I finally lost to the Shogun.

"I know I'm not worthy of the eldest lady, but I won't watch her being wronged......"

"Yes......" The man who was like a god in my heart smiled, with an emotion that I couldn't understand.

"Don't worry, little Anna won't be at the mercy of others so easily, and that kid from Karen is definitely not his opponent...... Lord Darkwell Hero I, how could he give birth to such a waste. ”

……

Sure enough, the general knows the eldest lady better.

Not long after this news spread, the eldest lady directly chose to enter the Scarlet Assassin Regiment and successfully obtained the position of a squad leader - with her talent, it is not far from the realm of heroes.

Later, during a mission, the eldest lady deliberately left a scar on her left eye.

Karen, the idiot, set his sights on the second lady, who was one year younger than the eldest lady.

……

I've never hated anyone so much! If it weren't for the general's stopping, I would definitely let that gentleman know what is called purgatory on earth!

(x)

The powerhouse who ruled Noxus for a thousand years, Burnham. Darkwell is dead, and the General is missing at the same time. The entire Noxus undercurrent is surging, and careerists are faintly leaking out the minions that have been dormant for a long time.

I smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.

But so what? It's enough for me to protect the eldest lady.

The eldest lady has taken on a rather dangerous mission: to steal the body of the 'war machine' Sain...... At this time, she is only one step away from the hero level, maybe she wants to use this mission to make herself successfully advanced.

It just so happens that because of the disappearance of the general, I have nothing to do.

(xi)

Demacia, a collection of city-states that claim to rule the country with justice and virtue.

Hum! Under the light, the shadows raged, and there were many degenerate aristocrats, beggars who died in the streets, tenants who starved to death because of heavy taxes...... I've seen a lot of these things in this place.

But it's because of the shadows that I can sneak in so easily.

Soon, I followed the eldest lady to the place where the Demacians had shown Theon's body to the public.

Under the moonlight, a group of Demacia's elite soldiers constantly patrolled around the corpse of Thorn, and the man with a big mouth on the leading side I recognized as the rising star of Demacia, the future inheritor of the name of 'Demacia Power', and the existence of the same as the eldest lady who was only one step away from the hero.

The name seems to be Galen, right?

The eldest lady probed carefully, and seemed to be ready to do it...... Wait, this breath? There are heroes!

Feeling the abnormality, my complexion changed, and I felt the blade of the knife.

The guy on the other side seemed to notice my presence as well and began to move rapidly towards me.

Before his death, this guy was only an elite pinnacle, but because of his amazing brute strength and excellent performance on the battlefield, he brought a lot of panic to the Demacians before he was put on display...... The Demacians shouldn't have known we were interested in the corpse - it wasn't worth a hero's squatting.

Obviously, the eldest lady was yin...... It seems that the disappearance of the general has made many clowns unable to sit still, and when they go back, they must be reminded of the horror of the Quekao family!

Thinking about how to boost the memory of those guys when I got back, I swung my sword at the hero of Demacia.

In the darkness, an unpretentious spear came straight into my face.

(xii)

Swords and guns clashed, and the cacophony spread through the night with that string of sparks.

[I originally wanted to kill this guy and go back to help the eldest lady complete the task, but judging from the current situation...... It's a blessing to survive under this guy's hands. 】

Looking at the weather-covered middle-aged man in front of me, I sighed secretly in my heart.

Zhao Xin, the governor of Debang, has the courage of ten thousand people, the first person under the demigods of Demacia, and one of the people who can directly give up the task after meeting it given by the general.

"I actually caught a big fish...... Zhao Xinping raised his blade gun: "The executioner of Noxus, the shadow of the blade." ”

[But this task, I don't plan to give up...... Can't give up either! Hold the blade tightly, relax your breathing, and steady your heartbeat.

【Miss...... Wait for me! 】

(xiii)

The gap in strength will not be narrowed because of determination, even if I try my best, I will only support Zhao Xin for fifteen minutes.

Thankfully, the eldest lady seems to have completed her task and managed to get out.

In the end, at the cost of a piercing of the left shoulder, I escaped the nidal raid of the governor of Debang.

It's just that at this time, I'm already at the end of my crossbow.

Stumbling into a dark street corner, my vision began to blur, and faintly, I seemed to see the figure of the eldest lady, am I going to die...... But who is that person next to the eldest lady?

Even though I had doubts in my heart, my body could no longer support it.

I fainted.

(xiv)

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

I was indeed saved by the eldest lady, but in the meantime, I got two pieces of bad news.

First, because of the same reluctance to marry Karen's wastewood, the second lady has been working desperately lately, hoping to avoid this marriage contract with her own ability, but unfortunately she was cursed in an intelligence theft mission and changed from a human to Medusa.

Karen...... I'm going to kill him this time!

Second, the eldest lady seems to be in love...... The subject was the guy named Galen.

It was like a bolt from the blue for me...... After hearing the news, I was confused all the way, and I don't know what kind of mood I felt.

By the time I had calmed down a bit, I had returned to Noxus with the eldest lady.

Then I got the good news - the Commander of the Strategists and the Hand of Noxus were ready to stage a coup d'état.

(xv)

Karen's idiot was eventually split in half by Darius' axe.

But before that, he had been tortured by me for twenty hours—with severe blood loss, shattered internal organs, broken meridians all over his body, and an unknown number of broken bones, and even if Darius hadn't killed him, he wouldn't have survived for more than a few hours.

But what's the use of killing this bastard? The curse of the second lady still cannot be unraveled, and the scar on the eldest lady's eye remains there forever.

I hated being weak.

(xvi)

The coup is over.

Burnham still didn't show up in the end, maybe he was really dead? Similarly, the general has not been heard from either. The nobles who lost them could not resist the rise of the top wise men and the gods of the world from the status of commoners.

The days of Noxus have changed.

The eldest lady led the army to the battle, but the opponent was the guy named Galen, and I was so jealous that I asked for an assassination attempt to assassinate him, but the eldest lady refused.

"He's my prey." She said.

So the two fought life and death on the battlefield during the day, but sneaked out of the barracks at night to look at the stars together...... Is this what fate is called?

The strength of the two of them has grown rapidly in the confrontation at an unbelievable rate - even I am not sure of victory.

(xvii)

The eldest lady doesn't need my protection anymore.

What should I do?

Shogun......

(xviii)

The oracle came.

All of a sudden, the word 'God's Trial' appeared on the desks of all the heads of the great powers, and the ensuing arrival of the Otherworldly Traveler pushed the desires of those obsessed with them to the climax.

And before that, Darius and Galen fought to the death, and both were defeated - Darius was on the verge of death with a sword in his chest, and had to accept the transformation of Zuan Technology, which he had always disliked, and became a cyborg; Galen, on the other hand, lost his legs forever and lost the opportunity to roam the battlefield.

The eldest lady was originally quite sad...... But the oracle gave them hope, for all the chosen ones would take part in the trial with their strongest attitude, and the victors and those who performed well would receive God's gifts.

Void Fear, who was caged by the League of Legends to refine the energy of the Void, Twilight Eye, who was severely injured by the Lord of Shadow and has not yet healed, as well as Soraka, who lost his divine powers due to a curse, and Warwick, the 'Soul Seeker', who was cursed to turn into a werewolf...... Once these guys are back to their strongest state, they won't be fuel-efficient lamps.

But I don't want to see the eldest lady sad.

(xix)

The killing field began.

Alone, I quickly determined the position of the eldest lady and hurried towards them, but as I approached the position of the eldest lady, the piercing sound of gold and iron lifted my heart.

Miss, you must not have any problems!

Soon, I was at my destination...... As fate would have it, Svein and his otherworldly companions came here with him. In the middle of the battlefield, the great axe and sword collided violently, and the eldest lady was confronting Darius's otherworldly companion, not far from them lay a corpse that had been split in half, and the flesh was blurred, and it seemed to be Galen's otherworldly companion in costume.

The cause of death is obvious, the guillotine of Darius.

The enemy is outnumbered, and the first strike is strong!

But I never expected that just as I was about to make a sneak attack, the duel between the power of Demacia and the hand of Noxus was nearing the end.

"Die!"

I saw Darius roar wildly, and slashed the giant sword that was split down in all directions, and then jumped up, and the giant axe in his hand 'decapitated' blood overflowed, and it became one size bigger, and slashed towards Galen below.

The Noxus guillotine, simple and crude, a trick that countless people know, but few people can take this axe...... At least I can't stop it—but I'm confident I can dodge.

Galen chose to meet ...... This bastard knows how to make the eldest lady sad, can she die if she retreats!

Svein opened his spell shield just in time.

The golden greatsword appeared out of thin air, colliding with the blood-colored axe, and the violent air flow scattered, and I had no chance to intervene.

……

I was quite surprised by the outcome of the death match between the two rivals.

I'll admit that the Noxus Hand was transformed by Zaun Tech is more like a murder weapon, but it looks like Galen's bastard has improved his strength in the days since his broken leg...... Darius was killed instantly, and Galen was only cleaved in the chest with an axe, but it was not fatal - although he was temporarily incapacitated, with his ability to heal himself, he could recover in three hours.

But Svein they won't give him time.

Looking at the stubborn expression of the eldest lady...... I knew I had no choice.

(20)

"Shadow of the Blade, Tyrone...... I thought you were not supposed to be our enemy when you climbed from the bottom. The slender eyes of the Commander of the Strategists gleamed faintly.

"My job is to guard the Kekao family...... I don't bother to care about the other aristocrats. "Those two otherworldly people are not weak...... Are you going to be desperate? 】

"Stupid! Being a dog will never get the favor of someone you admire. ”

“…… I just want her to be happy. "[The kindness of the general, and the light that the eldest lady brought to me, how can a careerist like you understand? 】

(21)

"Ahem...... "Didn't you kill him in the end...... This demon-like power is very similar to the second miss. You're a cursed too, Svein. 】

Although a lot of thoughts flashed through my heart, I couldn't speak at this time - not only was my throat eroded by the flames of magic, but the wounds all over my body were still bleeding, and the massive blood loss made my eyesight drop a little, and Svein, who was possessed by the evil crow not far away, had turned into a vague shadow in my vision.

I could clearly feel the strength slipping away...... and the coming of death.

Maybe in the future, I will also usher in such an ending.

But I won't regret it.

Throwing out the last eight blades on my body, I drained the energy I had into stealth and launched the final assault.

(Postscript)

Shadow of the Blade...... I thought he was just holding on to Du. The thoughtless Killing Blade in Kekao's hands turned out to be the Guardian Blade? 】

In the jungle, the strategist commander silently clutched the wound in his throat and remained silent.

[But yes, if he didn't have unwavering faith, he wouldn't have become such a strong hero.] 】

Beside him, two travelers lay on the ground - one sliced into pieces by scattered blades, the other by a slash in his throat.

[It seems that it is impossible to use his jealousy of Galen to plot a rebellion...... This kind of stupid man is really invulnerable. Recalling the figure that was covered in wounds and on the verge of death, but still rushed towards him without hesitation, Svein shook his head silently, lifted his transformation, and walked off into the distance on crutches.

Behind him, the shadow of the blade that stood horizontally dissipated into a cloud of light.

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livingdiebytheblade！ My favorite assassin, the plot refers to the Dark League of Heroes in the post bar...... I have to admit that my brain hole is still not big enough.