Chapter 256 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After “Captain Rien” shot the opponent by tossing his dagger, he seemed to be out of energy too. He sat back onto the ground and breathed heavily.

Meanwhile, all the scouts quickly and crazily hit the mysterious assassin with all types of weapons in their hands. In the blink of an eye, that guy was shot until he looked like a hedgehog. He was not moving at all, so he must have been dead.

“Who exactly is this?” A curious scout walked towards him and checked his dead body, and found that he was a leopard from the Orcs.

“Leopard assassin. He is good…” an older, more experienced scout frowned as he mumbled. Then he could not help but open his eyes wide.

“Quickly, look at his sword! There should be a line of Orc text on his sword!” he shouted.

The scout who was examining the dead body picked up the scimitar that fell onto the ground. He found that it was shockingly heavy. He could not help but grunt, “How can this be so heavy!”

Then, he saw the line of words on the body of the blade.

Coincidentally, he knew the Orc language.

‘”Comes from darkness, killing the brightness.’ This is really arrogant!” he laughed as he said.

The face of the older scout turned white. “Does it really say that?”

“You might be able to use another way to translate it, but the meaning is definitely correct. Orc language is very simple, and so is this sentence. I am not reading it wrong.”

The older scout’s face was trembling as he shook his head repeatedly. His face was in disbelief. After quite some time he calmed down and whispered, “If I am not mistaken, this fellow is Atel.”

“Atel? Which Atel?” someone asked.

“Stupid! What do you mean ‘Which Atel?’!” someone replied.

Everyone’s face fell. More than one of them showed fear. Some of them were ecstatic after the initial shock and yelled, “Atel?! We killed the assassin Atel?! This is a huge accomplishment!”

Whether they were in shock or ecstatic, the person who could make the final decision here was still Captain Rien. Even if they disregarded his ranking, nobody dared to challenge his authority based on bravery as he came face-to-face with the legendary assassin, killing him with a tossed dagger.

Rien was obviously exhausted. He rested for a long time before he recovered. He picked up his dagger and kept it. Looking at Atel’s body, he grunted and then ordered everyone to pick up the body to send it back to Eagle Wing City.

As for the items on Atel’s body, they were obviously trophies for everyone. He was quite generous. He did not want anything except for the high-order magical weapon, the scimitar. He gave the remaining items to everyone.

Atel was a legendary expert. Although he was simple in nature and did not make much money, the things he brought with him were worth a lot. Just the belt that he was wearing was a high-order storage prop with quite a few different potions inside it. Many were unrecognizable, so they did not dare to simply open them. But the worth of this belt was enough to give everyone a small fortune. All the other relics that were found on him, divided equally by the 100 people on the scout team, gave everyone almost 1,000 gold coins each!

“I never thought that this guy could be so rich. He did not even have much money on him…” the old scout who was in charge of arranging things exclaimed. “What a legendary expert!”

“No matter how legendary this expert was, he is dead now,” a young scout spoke with disdain. “He did not seem to be that great anyway!”

The old scout laughed coldly. “He did not seem that great? I’ll tell you, we’re lucky for the quick response of our captain who found him in time, and used secret powers to increase his physical abilities in order to stop him. With just a little bit of effort from Atel, all 100 of us would have been dead under his blade by now! Have you seen that sword? That sword was granted to Atel by the Orc emperor from past generations, years ago. It was after he assassinated one of the holy sons in the Kingdom of Holy Angels. It weighs 28 pounds, and though it seems like a normal scimitar, it could even break heavy armor. If it was you, he would not have had to slash twice. One slash would cut you into many pieces, along with your army equipment…”