7 KINGDOMS: conquest
199.black assassin
"sir Ertios is wise!" said a noble.
"prepare your army, we will overthrow the king as soon as possible" said Ertios.
Ertios smiled, her dream long ago will come true.she looked towards the palace with hatred.
"today is the last day you become king and my first day leading the continent of Agord!" thought Ertios.
everyone also smiled, they had already agreed to split the profits after helping Ertios.
amidst their silent and comfortable atmosphere, several robed men appeared all of a sudden.
4 black-robed men crouched over the sky of the room with both hands tightly holding onto the long thin sword.
"Ertios, my lord is asking for compensation for the deaths of our members" a voice said.
tok tok..
footsteps rang out clearly, everyone was sweating coldly.they looked towards the quite dark passageway, seeing a cloaked man slowly appear before them.
"?!"
no one dared to speak, they were surprised to see the figure that came out was a black robe with a sinister mask.
only the top brass black assassins were wearing these masks, while the other members were wearing different masks.
"sir, it's our negligence." said Ertios.
"of course it's your negligence.a dozen of our trained and valuable members were killed at your request.
my lord is asking for compensation of 100,000 gold coins for every one of our members killed" the man said.
"one hundred thousand?! that's too big for one man's life!" shouted one of the nobles.
the man who was quite fat and round, was shouting towards the messenger.The man raised one finger and moved it.
shua..
one of the assassins darted and attacked the fat man, his head severed with dozens of incision wounds on his body.
"don't try to negotiate it, or my master will uproot all of you along with everything you have" said the man.
shua shua's..
more than a dozen other assassins appeared, covering all possible escape routes.
Ertios and the others trembled, they now realized why many nobles were reluctant to use the services of black assassins.
in addition to expensive fees, compensation is mandatory if their members are killed on a mission.
"we understand dear sir, give us time to prepare the payment immediately" Ertios said.
he tried to smile kindly, watching the man's cold eyes still make him tremble.
"well, I'll give you some time" said the man.
he walked back into the dark hallway and disappeared in an instant.The assassins also followed him away leaving the room.
"Ertios, do you really want to pay them?" ask one of the nobles.
"what can I do?! they'll kill me if I don't! also, this fat man is dead, we can use all his money to pay them" Ertios said.
everyone was silent, they felt suffocated.The treasures they had accumulated for many years, to fulfill their ambitions would now enter the pockets of others.
"fuckin!" shout Ertios.
...
elsewhere, the man who had previously encountered Ertios was now standing on one of the roofs of the guard tower.
the other higher-ups also asked him to investigate who was capable of killing their members.
"investigate who killed our members" said the man.
"well sir." replied an assassin.
about 20 assassins spread out to gather information on who killed their comrades.
on the other side...
Noran had just finished interrogating the soldier.The brain of all the chaos in the kingdom of Mecius was the lord Ertios who was none other than the king's half-brother.
"Erthios! godammit! he killed my wife!" furious with the king.
for years Ertios had been by his side and always displayed a good attitude towards him.
now that he knew all his treatment all along was fake, he clasped his hand tightly.
He smiled, looking at the corpse sitting with a pitiful expression.See also the hole in his chest due to the sword piercing of Prince Arexes.
"actually who are you? whatdoyouwant?" ask the king.
"his highness doesn't like pleasantries, I also like him. I'm just a little young master from the Artenia region.
I will help you defend the kingdom and fight against the forces of Ertius, all I want is a treaty" Noran said.
"covenant? what deal do you want?" ask king Mecius.
Noran gave a scroll to the king of Mecius, after a while reading the surprised king Mecius.
"is this all you want?" ask the king.
"yes, that's all I want" Noran said.
the king nodded, but he was still in doubt as to what was written on the scroll.
"alright, I will support him" said the king.
"if so, I will prepare my troops" Noran said.
"how many troops do you have?" ask the king.
"1,000 troops, 100 of them are horsemen" said Noran.
"1,000 men?" king Mecius said.
he was sure that Noran was only the young master of one of the low-level or middle-level nobles.
'it seems that I had too much hope for him.' thought king Mecius.
Noran could guess what the king was thinking, the capital army alone reached 50,000 troops, and at least 60% of the army must have been captured by the enemy.
what can you expect from an additional 1,000 people? they would still be corpses facing the wave-like enemy forces.
"why don't we see it first? the victory of the war is not determined by the number of troops, but from the right strategy" said Noran.
"alright, do what you want" said the king.
leaving with the prince and captain Rater, the three left the basement.
"sir, they seem to be underestimating us" Grim said.
Noran smiled, "then what can we do? we can only prove it to them."
"lord is right." replied Grim.
"Grim, it looks like the assassins are starting to investigate us. Be careful, we'll face them soon" Noran said.
Grim nodded, Noran created a small fireball and burned the soldier's corpse.
the two then went to the room they had prepared. Noran wrote a message to all four of his subordinates who were in the camp.
after writing it, he whistled a few times.a small fire bird appeared and perched on his shoulder.
"garuda, give this to Sin" said Noran.
kiak!!
the bird screamed and stuck its head on Noran before flying very quickly.
"let's see how many enemies this time.." murmured Noran.
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"map!"
[ding! map open, start scanning for the latest locations! location scanned, the Artenia Region has been added on the map.
its current location, the kingdom of Mecius, the capital of the kingdom of Mecius, the city of youaran, the royal palace.]