Chapter 289 - Mark Of Birth (V) (1/2)

”What is the ruckus going on? Did Tonpa already do a strike on his target?”

The last assassin who was trying her best to conceal her presence heard the noise outside. Her target is a family eating nearby a famous eatery. She plans on dropping a few drops of poison on their food without them knowing. With her body secreting a bit of poison, any bodily fluid she drops is going to be poison to a normal person who has taken it in their body.

One drop and you are dead.

Her focus is solely on the family but for some unknown reason, her ears keep distracting the screams.

”If he is done, he should already be here in my position to help me eliminate the other humans in the area.”

She waited patiently for the next timing to appear to drop poison on the food. However, her ears were quick to pick up sounds as she heard the militia of the soldiers who are responsible for keeping the peace of the place remains stable.

”Find the killer! To kill someone by ripping his throat out isn't that brutal?! That assassin needed to be punished for killing an Insect Person! Find him and detain him whoever he is! If they try to escape or struggle, don't hesitate to kill them!”

The female assassin was stunned when she heard the words of one of the soldiers.

An insect person? Killed by ripping his throat out?

That's not how Tonpa kills!

Tonpa specializes in small doses of poison and dart throwing. He didn't like to kill with bloody outcomes since he wanted to be a silent assassin that can kill without shedding the blood of his targets. Although Papillon has a chance to kill in that method, he is not going to kill a fellow insect man since the target to kill this time is humans. So why did a fellow insect person die? And in a brutal form at that.

The footsteps of the soldiers are getting heavier which means they are getting near. As much as the female assassin wanted to complete the mission immediately, she decided to retreat. Even though they are hired by the people of the royal palace, they still cannot get themselves caught as that will jeopardize the job they were given. Also, an assassin getting caught by the guards is quite a humiliation to the pride of the assassins.

She quickly moved away using the darkness in the shadows and slipped through without a word away from the soldiers. She didn't want to get caught before she can even finish the mission. An important mission that will bring glory to the Insect Empire, and the liberation of the empire she lives in is not too far anymore.

An assassin's safest place is in the shadows. One with the shadows and live like a shadow, as an assassin, they have to work with it to be to their advantage. However, for the first time in her life, the shadows she was hiding in, for the first time, she felt uncomfortable.

The more she delved deeper into the darkness, the more it felt like something is lurking in the darkness.

Waiting.

Staring.

The moment she shows her weakness, it will bare its fangs and devour her whole.

”What is this feeling?”

”Maybe it's the fear of death perhaps?”

”Fear of death? Yeah, maybe it was- wait who-”

STAB!