Chapter VIII The Assassins' Association
Time is spent between words, and it is always easy to pass quickly, and Merge has just finished reading an article on how to bring the alchemy technology of the six-star battle armor closer to the seven-star battle armor, and Merge can see from the length of the burning candle that it is already more than two hours of night at this moment.
"It's time to earn your first pot of gold. β
Merge closed the note and sat up from the bed, flipped it with his right hand, and tucked it away in the storage ring.
Picking out a pitch-black garment from the stacked clothes and putting it on his body, Merge tilted his head and thought for a moment, and then put all the clothes from the wooden cabinet and bed into the storage ring in one go, including a bunch of gold glittering badges.
Merge reached under the mattress and pulled out a dark black round badge, the metal badge depicted a dagger, and under the dagger, there were five small pits in the shape of blood drops, and the overall appearance of the badge was slightly eerie.
Pin the dagger badge around your waist and cover it slightly with your jacket. Merge looked at his dress, a satisfied smile on his handsome face.
Merge removed the candle from the bedside and got up and walked out of the cramped cabin.
After packing some of the alchemy tools behind the counter in a cotton box, Merge took out some dry food and water bags from under the counter and put them into the storage ring. Merge only took some necessities, and did not touch the alchemy materials and alchemy items on the counter and workbench.
Finally, Merge pulled out an extremely sharp dagger from the mezzanine of the counter, which was not only sharp, but also did not reflect any light. The cold blade is terrifying, and at first glance it is a weapon of great value and high grade.
Murgmore tapped the blood groove on the dagger a few times, then hid the dagger to the right of his waist.
Looking around the alchemy hut, after making sure that all the necessary things were put into the storage ring, Merge smiled slightly, opened the door and walked out of the alchemy hut.
After locking the door, Merge, dressed in black, deliberately lowered his head and walked deeper into the street.
Merge didn't walk fast, and his figure gradually melted into the night.
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After walking around the city a few times and making sure that no one was following him, Merge came to a remote alley. At the end of a dimly lit alley, there is an unlit tavern where Merge is headed.
Although the dim alley is located in a remote location, there are not many people coming and going. The people who came and went in the quiet alley were all dressed in black, and most of them were like Merge, covering their faces and hurrying in the alley with their heads bowed, and there was no one to talk.
Merge quickly walked to the door of the tavern and walked in, the tavern was filled with the smell of alcohol and blood, but the smell of wine was so strong that it almost masked the smell of blood.
The dΓ©cor of the bar is so simple that you could even describe this pub as "run-down". The unlit tavern has nothing but a few tables, chairs, and a counter. There were few people drinking and talking on the randomly arranged tables and chairs in the tavern, and there were only a few empty bottles with cobwebs hanging on the counter.
Behind the counter, there was a frail old man with pale hair dozing off the bar, an ordinary-looking old man, lying on the counter and looking almost asleep, holding a bottle of wine that was about to bottom out. The old man's wrinkled face was pressed against the wine bottle, and he kept smacking his lips, exhaling and inhaling, and the smell of wine was strong.
Of course, if someone underestimates this lethargic and scruffy old man and steps forward to make trouble, then in the next second, this person's blood or limbs will become the decoration of the bar.
If you look closely at the interior of this tavern in the light, you will see that it is covered with blood stains left by people who do not know whether they are alive or dead. Even in the cobweb-covered corners of the tavern, pale and dry human bones can be seen.
Although Merge was not familiar with this old man, he knew that this was definitely not a simple character, and he had seen more than once that some self-righteous people had left their lives under the hands of this sloppy old man.
Ignoring anyone, Merge revealed the dagger badge around his waist and walked towards the passage behind the bar.
The old man, who seemed to have fallen asleep, raised his eyelids, glanced at the dagger badge on Merge's waist, and said nothing. After taking a sip of wine, the sloppy old man continued to squint, and dozed off with the bottle he regarded as his life.
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At the end of the passage on the side of the bar, there is an iron door.
Pushing open the iron door, a strong smell of blood came to my nose. In this rich and choking bloody breath, there was not only the smell of demonic blood, but also the smell of human blood.
Behind the iron door, a staircase leading to the ground floor appeared in front of him, and Merge followed the staircase to a dimly lit hall beneath the tavern.
This underground hall is known as the Assassins' Association, which is rarely mentioned. A place dedicated to buying and selling information, buying and selling human lives.
There are many bounties posted on the walls of the hall of the Assassin Society, among which there are many bounties for rare magical beasts, but many more are bounties for human lives. Originally, in the assassins' association, it was only allowed to buy and sell human lives, but there were too many shady clients in the association where money could make the devil grind, and entrusted shady tasks.
As time went by, the bounty for the rare monster was gradually posted on the walls of the hall of the Assassin Guild.
Merge's gaze swept over the many bounties posted on the wall, and when his gaze swept over the bounty that almost no one stopped for many years, Merge smiled in his heart, the bold commission to reward the head of the head of the Thai Tiger Legion, it is estimated that no one will accept it in this life.
Many years ago, no one dared to take this commission to assassinate a nine-star peak fighter who lived deep in the border guards' garrison. Now, the news of the Taihu Leader's breakthrough to the legendary realm should soon spread to every corner of Blue Ear City. This bounty, let alone going to pick it up.
As for the other bounty commissions, Merge didn't look closely, but walked towards an iron door on the side of the hall.
In the middle of the hall, there are dozens of iron doors. There are ten iron doors like this, some of which have the word "buy" engraved on them, and a small number of them have no words engraved on them, only the logo of a dagger.
In the middle of the hall stood many men dressed in black, some waiting outside the iron gates, others pausing in front of the bounty. However, no one in the hall spoke or asked, and everyone seemed to be unable to see each other, and their eyes were only fixed on the bounty or the iron door. As a result, the air in the hall was silent and cold, and even footsteps could hardly be heard.
Merge stood in front of the iron gate and waited quietly, and just as it was Merge's turn to enter the iron gate, a man in black suddenly rushed out from behind, trying to squeeze Merge away and enter the iron gate first.
"Let me go, there's something urgent. β
The man in black's low, fierce voice rang in Merge's ears, accompanied by a powerful right arm, trying to push Merge aside.
Hearing this, Merge did not let go, but wiped his right hand on his waist, and then quickly raised his hand to resist the man in black who was about to squeeze Merge away.
"Look at the badge and cut in line. β
The man in black was about to say something, but suddenly felt a chill in his chest. The man in black hurriedly looked down, but found that there was a sharp dagger in Merge's hand. And the tip of the dagger is right where his heart is!
If he took a step forward, the sharp tip of the knife would pierce his heart.
The moment he saw the dagger, the man in black was shocked, and he couldn't help but be frightened into a cold sweat, he didn't even notice that Merge took out the dagger, and while he spoke, the dagger in Merge's hand was on his chest. If he had just added another threatening nonsense, or if Merge hadn't said that reminder, maybe the dagger had pierced his heart.
Although the voice of the conversation between Merge and the man in black was very small, the people in the assassin hall were extremely sensitive to their five senses, and of course they could clearly hear what the two were saying.
Most of the people in the hall glanced at the two of them, and then withdrew their gaze with disinterest. Of course, there are also some people who look at Merge and the man in black with playful eyes, as if they are waiting for the follow-up action of the man in black.
"Rookie. Not far away, a man in black sneered.
Merge ignored the black-clothed man beside him, whose muscles were stiff and his limbs stiffened, and he withdrew his dagger, opened the iron door, and walked inside.
The man who froze behind Merg couldn't help but let out a long breath after Merge withdrew his dagger. Fortunately, the little fate was saved.
The rules of the Assassin's Hall are different from those of Blue Ear City. If someone kills people at will in Blue Ear City, they will be arrested by the army and dealt with judimentally. And in the Hall of Assassins, of course, you can kill, as long as you are strong enough to kill all the people in the hall, and no one will say anything.
The Hall of the Assassin is more like the Troll Mountains outside the city, a place where the weak eat the strong and the strong survive, a cold-blooded and ruthless place.
However, assassins generally do not kill people casually, because in the hearts of assassins, human lives need to be exchanged for gold coins, and the price of hiring assassins is very expensive, after all, assassination is a shady and extremely dangerous business.
The man in black who was going to cut in front of Merge couldn't help but tremble when he saw the dagger badge pinned to Merge's waist when he walked into the room and closed the iron door.
"Five-Star Assassin ......"
Although the badge on Merge's waist does not look much different from the badge on the arm of the man in black, if you carefully compare the badges of the two, you will find that Merge's dagger badge has four more small pits in the shape of blood droplets than the badge of the man in black. And under the dagger of the badge of the man in black, there is only a small pit in the shape of a blood droplet.
At first, the man in black didn't understand why someone in the distance laughed at him for being a rookie, and Merge reminded him to read the badge clearly before cutting in line, it turned out that they had already seen the gap between him and the badge worn by Merge.
This man in black is only a one-star assassin, while Merge is a five-star assassin far beyond him, and the difference in strength is naturally self-evident.
When the man in black saw Merge's badge, he couldn't help but feel a sense of happiness in his heart, fortunately Merge was not a murderer, otherwise his life would have been left in the assassin's hall forever the moment he opened his mouth.
A one-star assassin means that he has the strength to kill a one-star monster, a one-star fighter, or a one-star magician, but a one-star assassin does not mean that he only has the strength of a one-star fighter or a magician, and the real strength of a one-star assassin will only be higher than that of a one-star fighter, not weaker.
Just like the man in black who was almost stabbed in the heart by Merge, although he is a one-star assassin, he is also a two-star fighter.
While rank does not necessarily represent strength, the Assassin's badge does represent the corresponding strength.
A five-star assassin at least has the strength of a five-star fighter, or even higher. This kind of existence is something that the man in black who is a one-star assassin can't provoke.
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