Chapter 44 Night time Raid

Translator: Tseirp

The 4 members of the assassination squad that left the Kingdom of Haggle rushed their horses and arrived on the royal capital of Ashbury in ten days.

That they had a certain quantity of data about ‘a big silver-haired man who lives within the royal capital and might be an aristocrat’ earlier than leaving.

They have been ninety-nine % sure that to be Jeffrey Asher, who was the Commander of the Second Knight Order.

They contacted the Haggle brokers who settled in Ashbury to search out out the place Jeffrey Asher’s courting associate lived. Individuals within the nation have been additionally employed with cash.

Then, in just some days, the pseudonym and residence of Chloe, the Second Knight Order’s Commander’s companion, have been recognized.

“Is that the mansion? There’s a indifferent constructing. Most likely that.”

They casually inspected it through the day and aimed for the indifferent constructing.

After ready for dusk, the 4 approached Yorana Haynes’ home. Lights have been on each in the principle home and the indifferent constructing. After confirming that, they left once more.

“Wait an hour after all of the lights exit. Three will enter, one on lookout.”

The three nodded to the chief’s orders.

All of the lights went out. After ready for an hour, the 4 of them approached the indifferent constructing and unlocked the door with practiced ease. The three who entered the indifferent constructing separated into two teams.

Two of them quietly opened the door of what gave the impression to be the master suite and entered the room. The chief and the middle-ranked man approached the bulge on the mattress, and the second they raised their knives, there was a whooshing sound.

In response to the sound, they rotated and caught it with a knife.

It was a sword swing from a big man. The chief who had good evening imaginative and prescient was shocked to see his opponent’s silver hair (Why is he right here?).

He didn’t have the leeway to struggle again. The sword swings from the big man had great energy and pace, and he was compelled to defend himself as he did his finest to parry the blows that have been unleashed.

The opposite companion was additionally combating one other man, however quickly after the lads in black rushed in and pressed the intruder all the way down to the ground, held the arteries in his neck with each arms, and induced him to faint.

The chief of the assassins continued to struggle along with his knife for the potential for escape, however whereas blocking the enormous man’s sword, the person in black caught his leg with one thing like a rope, inflicting him to fall and he was held down.

The murderer who broke into the youngsters’s room opened the door and took a step or two earlier than listening to a loud noise within the subsequent room and stopped shifting.

(Did he discover?)

The second he stepped into the hall to hurry to the subsequent room, a fist slammed into his photo voltaic plexus and one thing like a stick was smashed onto his head. When the murderer’s motion stopped after leaking a cry of ache ‘Gaha’, one other individual wrapped his arm round his neck from behind and tightened it.

A knife was held to the neck of the lookout murderer outdoors as quickly as he noticed his comrades enter the indifferent constructing. A person completely different from the one holding the knife out of the blue stood in entrance of him.

“Should you transfer, we’ll kill you. Should you make a sound, we’ll kill you too.”

The person spoke fluent Hagglese. He nodded. He considered counterattacking when he noticed a gap, however he was already surrounded by so many males wearing black that he puzzled (The place did they arrive from?).

After some time, many lamps have been lit within the backyard of the mansion.

The boys in black took off the footwear of the 4 unconscious males, eliminated their belts, stripped them till they have been half bare, tied them up, and carried them away. It was actually fast. The murderer’s garments had a number of small hidden weapons in them.

There have been two wounded in the master suite, and the odor of blood hung within the evening air.

The members of the Second Knight Order seemed across the neighborhood to see if there have been another assassins.

One of many Third Knight Order approached Jeffrey, mentioned ‘Good job’, and left.

Mrs. Yorana and her servants had quietly taken refuge through the daylight. When he left the abandoned Haynes mansion, Jeffrey glanced on the indifferent constructing, however he shortly seemed away and headed for the royal fortress.

The assassins have been introduced into the jail of the royal fortress. Although it was midnight, many individuals have been coming and going.

Earlier than lengthy, a person who coated every little thing besides his eyes with black fabric visited the jail.

The assassins have been all housed in separate prisons, the place they couldn’t see one another.

“Are you the chief? That’s what I’ve heard out of your subordinates. Ah, you may’t reply since you’re gagged. You have been shocked, weren’t you? That we have been mendacity in wait. Ashbury additionally has a modest group that undertakes particular missions. We knew you have been coming.”

After saying so in fluent Hagglese, the questioner known as out to the skin of the jail and invited an individual in.

“Are you nervous about being tortured? Don’t fear. Not like your group, we don’t condone such tough acts. Only one injection.”

The chief of the assassins lashed out whereas tied to a chair and gagged.

“It’s okay. It simply stings, and also you received’t die. It simply makes you are feeling higher and relaxed. It has been a very long time since our nation stopped stripping nails, sticking needles, and sticking heads within the water like your nation. I don’t wish to see it both.”

A person wearing black held down the rampaging man, and a person dressed like a physician gave him a fast injection. The person who gave the injection appeared to rely for some time as he seemed on the man who was tied up.

“I believe it’s already working.”

He whispered to the interrogator.

Mercantile Kingdom Ashbury buys that medication from a rustic far throughout the ocean. Medicines purchased from the nation the place all residents have black eyes and black hair have been fairly costly, however all of them work splendidly.

Together with medication for burns, medication for cuts, painkillers, and others, this fact agent was additionally bought by Ashbury. In alternate, that nation buys good high quality ebony and rosewood grown in Ashbury.

The interrogator introduced a chair into the jail and sat in entrance of the sure man. The jail door was locked as a precaution, however the interrogator didn’t care. The questions began in Hagglese.

“Now then, who have been you guys aiming for? Are you able to inform me the title of the goal?”

The murderer with a peaceful expression slowly moved his face. His pupils have been constricted as when he was at relaxation. A person in black standing behind him eliminated the murderer’s gag.

“Chloe. I’m right here to kill Chloe.”

“I see. Chloe is a feminine title. What sort of individual are they?”

“Ace of the Particular Forces. Brown hair, brown eyes, medium construct. Twenty-seven years outdated.”

“Oho, an ace. Is that so? So why was Chloe ordered to be killed?”

“She ran away.”

“Did she fail at some activity?”

“No. She disappeared abruptly.”

“Only for operating away?”

“That’s proper. His Majesty advised us to kill canine that misplaced their loyalty.”

The interrogator nodded a number of occasions.

“I see. I’ve heard that you just all can’t stop the group even if you wish to stop, is that true?”

“Stop? Stop the group?”

“That’s proper. Are you able to stop if you wish to stop? Can’t you stop?”

“Nobody quits. Work so long as you may.”

The person seemed like he was being requested a wierd query, however

“Teacher, clerical work, chores, cleansing. There may be a whole lot of work to do. You by no means stop the group.” He defined.

The interrogator made eye contact with the individual behind the murderer. The person behind him shrugged his shoulders as if to say, ‘Wow’.

“Effectively, in Ashbury we name {that a} ‘slave’. Paid slaves. I perceive a lot of the scenario this time round. Coming into the nation with a faux identification, breaking and coming into a noble’s constructing with a weapon, and making an attempt to hold out an assassination. These are all severe crimes. Effectively, subsequent, I’d such as you to inform me about your comrades who reside on this nation.”

After that, the interrogator requested one query after one other, and after some time, he left the jail. Subsequently, the interrogator’s subordinate additionally left the jail. He known as out to the jailer.

“The medication will run out in a short while, so control them. I’ll have guards stationed, however they’re skillful folks, so don’t let your guard down. If there’s one other breakout, you’ll be fired this time.”

“Sure!”

The interrogator eliminated the material protecting his head whereas climbing the steps. Flowy silver hair appeared. He spoke to his subordinate who walked proper behind him.

“The contact community I created was an awesome success. I’m actually moved by the truth that we acquired the message sooner than the assassins.”

“Sure. As anticipated of the Supervisor.”

The contact community proposed by Edward Asher to convey emergency data from neighboring international locations labored by altering horses one after one other, and the knowledge would proceed to journey even at evening.

“The prime minister says that upkeep is just too pricey, however tax cash ought to be used for the security of the folks. Contemplating the potential for being invaded by the armed forces of one other nation, the upkeep price is affordable. This time it’s been confirmed.”

“Completely.”

“We have now to catch their comrades tonight. We should do one final push to seize them earlier than they escape.”

“Sure!”

Edward Asher climbed the steps with a happy look on his face.