After sensing Bam’s aura spike quickly a number of instances alongside the ominous aura that had abruptly appeared near him, Blane contemplated his subsequent transfer fastidiously and determined it was finest to hurry again right here. 

He could not permit the favourite bodyguard of the fifth Princess of the Jaxith household to die in such a spot. 

His enemy should’ve been one of many elite members of this secret group to have the ability to outclass somebody like Bam, who was an skilled warrior so Blane determined to take numerous precautions.

He activated a number of expertise together with, Shadow Stealth, Shadow Actions, Conceal Intent, and Conceal Aura. All the abilities had been predicated on the primary objective of an assassination. He held no real interest in a good struggle nor a frontal assault. 

“Be quiet and Die.” 

His actions had been swift and decisive, showing behind the blood magic consumer with out being observed, even his phrases had failed to achieve his enemy in time as he immediately deactivated all his different lively expertise and poured all his Mana into the subsequent one.

•Assassinate•

A darkish aura coated the blade of his sword because it reduce cleanly via the air on the pace of sunshine, chopping via something and the whole lot in its path earlier than they may even acknowledge the state of being reduce. 

The blood lance wobbled within the air a couple of instances earlier than dropping its kind and splattering on the bottom because the Demon elite hesitantly touched his neck to forestall his head from falling off. His blood transferring unnaturally as he tried to heal himself by controlling each single blood cells in his physique. 

“You—you are? Why is somebody such as you right here— ack!”

Earlier than he might even end his sentence, Blane had appeared in entrance of him and his blade had pierced via his open mouth as the person’s eyes went vast in shock.

“I stated be quiet. Do not assume any of these would’ve saved you.”

Blane calmly pulled out his blade from his mouth as his eyes widened as he struggled to retain the blood in his physique however finally failed and his physique dropped lifelessly to the bottom. 

Blane then walked over to Bam who was slowly dropping consciousness and pulled out a rolled up parchment from his sleeve.

“Mild Heal.”

The scroll burst into flames as Bam’s physique glowed barely, his wounds started to heal albeit slowly and he quickly regained consciousness. 

“You okay.”

“Yeah, I am fantastic. Thanks for serving to me out.”

“No drawback.”

“What about her?”

Blane turned his gaze to match Bam’s as he noticed the overwhelmed and battered our bodies of the guard that they had left exterior this base and shook his head.

“That was my solely therapeutic scroll. Moreover, she would want a stronger therapeutic spell to outlive such accidents.”

“However we will not simply go away her to die.”

“Sigh… Tremendous. Right here, the Hunter guild needs to be nearer than the fortress. Why do not you’re taking her there and rent a healer to avoid wasting her? I am going to deal with the remainder down right here.” 

Blane handed Bam a couple of gold cash totaling as much as 1000 DCs for his climb again as much as the floor. Neither of them knew simply how a lot the Hunter guild charged for its companies so this needs to be greater than sufficient for utilizing a couple of therapeutic spells or instruments. 

“Alright. Will you be okay down right here by your self?”

“I will be fantastic. Moreover, I am extra suited to stealth than you so I haven’t got to struggle any battle I am unable to win.” 

Bam’s gaze shifted to the lifeless physique of the opponent that gave him such a tough time and felt as if he had wasted his breath.

“Proper. Keep protected.”

Understanding his reasoning and the underlying implications that his presence right here would solely function an extra hindrance to Blane, Bam nodded his head as he went and picked up the unconscious Kate and instantly ran out the way in which they got here. 

The second Bam determine had fully disappeared from view, a shrieking chuckle entered Blanes ears from a nook of the ruined chambers. 

“Kekeke… I assumed he’d by no means go away.”

Blane sighed deeply as he turned to the path that voice had come from, subsequent to the physique of the Demon he had simply killed was a person, dressed equally to him and shrouded in darkness. 

“Why are you right here? I simply submitted my report yesterday.”

“Kekeke… There is no have to be so hostile. Nonetheless, the plans have modified. You could have new orders.”

➖➖➖♦️➖➖➖

Bam lastly returned to the Emerald Palace on the daybreak because the lights started to unfold throughout the capital metropolis of the Floato area. 

His wounds had been fully healed by a healer within the Hunter guild however he was nonetheless dog-tired. For some purpose he had anticipated the therapeutic spells to fully wash away his fatigue however sadly that was not the case.

The preventing had taken fairly a while, and so had coordinating issues after the very fact. Ultimately, issues had labored out not as a result of that they had rescued the emissary however as a result of she had been able to dealing with the difficulty herself. 

This was not the absolute best end result contemplating the Jaxith household could be pressured to take the blame for this incident and the elders’ opinion on the Royal knights core should’ve taken a success. 

There was additionally the difficulty with the key group behind all this. Contemplating their base had been raided by the knights and their huge stock of Mana shards confiscated, there was sure to be retaliation from the group in query. 

Provided that that they had simply inadvertently found a large operation being carried out by the stated group underneath the noses of the household, this was sure to be an enormous deal amongst the nobles. 

As such, he was pressured to signal his identify and that of his mistress on the report he had despatched to the Elders.

After all, there have been drawbacks to doing so however there have been a couple of deserves to that.I feel it is best to check out

The primary was that Athena’s fame could be boosted because the one who found the presence of one other secret group working inside the partitions of the capital metropolis for some time now. As well as, her subordinate had led the cost towards that crime syndicate. 

Secondly, as his unit was the one to escort the emissary safely to her non permanent residence, they’d be credited as those to forestall a world incident from occurring. 

As for Blane, Bam wasn’t positive the place he was at the moment. He had gone forward to research the bottom however was but to return. Maybe he had found one thing much more essential to taking down that group. 

Bam considered these issues as he knocked on Athena’s door.

Though his mistress had informed him a number of instances that he did not must knock and will merely simply stroll in at any second, he did not assume that was acceptable, particularly at an hour like this. 

As he waited for a response, Bam thought concerning the struggle he had with the blood magic consumer earlier. If Blane hadn’t appeared when he did, he did not assume there was something he might’ve performed towards such a foe.

After surviving the brutal battlefield of assorted wars since he was a toddler, Bam had considered himself as sturdy. He wasn’t complacent to imagine he was the strongest however on the very least, he had thought he was sturdy sufficient to guard his mistress together with his innate means, irrespective of the opponent. 

Nonetheless, issues modified when he met Blane. With the few sparring periods he had with him he was painfully made conscious of how really weak he was and the final struggle was proof of that. 

Bam felt his coronary heart develop heavy as he considered all of the issues he could be troubling his mistress with attributable to his incompetence. 

He couldn’t assist however take into consideration how a lot better it might be if he had been stronger. It was all because of her that he could lead on a life like this and serve such an incredible mistress, but he couldn’t do extra for her.

…Unusual. There did not appear to be a solution… There wasn’t one, proper?

He had not heard her allowing him to enter. Did he?

Bam knocked once more.

This time, he heard a quiet voice granting him entry from contained in the room. That put his coronary heart comfy and he entered. 

“Please forgive my tardiness, my woman.”

He bowed his head low, in apology.

“That is the primary time you have been gone the whole evening. I used to be nervous you already know?”

Bam might hear distinct anger in Athena’s voice, which stunned him. His mistress wasn’t the kind to get indignant over something and this was a primary. To assume somebody like her could be nervous a couple of mere soldier like him made his eyes water.

“, as a result of I used to be so nervous about you all final evening I could not sleep very nicely, do you propose on taking duty for that?” 

Bam had no concept how a mere commoner like him might ever take duty for inflicting such discomfort to a princess like his mistress so all he might do was sincerely apologize. 

“I am really sorry for inflicting you such unrest my woman.”

“Apologizing is not the difficulty— nicely by no means thoughts, how did your mission go?”

Bam was going to ship his report from a standing place, however Athena insisted that he sit down.

Thus, Bam took a seat. There was a teacup in entrance of him, and Athena poured him a piping sizzling cup of tea from the magically heating tea kettle earlier than strolling behind his seat and leaning ahead to hug him from behind. 

Bam’s face instantly went vibrant purple as he tried to face again up however was pulled down tightly by Athena’s locked arms. Not wanting to harm her, he hesitantly accepted his destiny as he tried distracting himself by taking a sip from his cup. 

“Come on now, inform me the whole lot that occurred.”

Bam then narrated the whole scenario to Athena, as a result of he felt there could be folks that would want her assist.

“What did you consider the emissary?”

Bam was briefly baffled by the primary query Athena had requested after listening to the proceedings. Nonetheless, she had requested, so he needed to reply.

“I am undecided. She felt like somebody past my comprehension.”

“Is that so… I assume even my Bam can not help however be entranced by her magnificence huh?”

“I used to be? What! No! That is inconceivable.”

Bam instantly shot up as he rejected Athena’s phrases with a severe expression earlier than abruptly changing into slightly embarrassed for elevating his voice in entrance of his mistress and instantly reducing his head.

“Is that so? You are actually cute you already know, Bam. fufufu…”

“Urr… I am probably not…” 

Athena chuckled gently earlier than strolling to take her seat.

“…Let’s go away that apart for now; I’ve one thing to let you know. After I obtained your report, I spoke to my elder brother and it is determined that as a result of battle, the 2 felony organizations have turn out to be too lively inside the capital to the purpose of daring to kidnap an emissary underneath our safety. Even the Darkish Order has been kidnapping orphan kids from the streets not too long ago.”

“The Darkish Order? I had no concept they’d turn out to be lively once more. My sincerest apology, I let myself get complacent and failed to note such essential data.”

“No, please pay it no heed. Whereas I really feel for the lacking youngsters contemplating the objectives of the Darkish Order, this example has given us the authority to launch an all out assault on all of the bases of each organizations. I’ve had Aurora and her group examine their hidden bases inside the metropolis for some time now, she has provide you with a listing. Now that we all know they’re utilizing the tunnels for transportation and transit, we can hit all their bases effectively earlier than the Elders can protest.”

Athena lastly let go of Bam as she walked curtly again to her seat earlier than smiling. 

“Since you have efficiently uncovered a base of the enemy. They’d be in restoration mode for some time earlier than they’ll get well from such losses. We’ll hit them once more earlier than they’ll get the phrase out of the Royal Capital!”

“Understood! I’ll go relaxation now, and collect my power for tomorrow’s operations!”

“Please do. I feel tomorrow might be fairly an thrilling day. Please preserve that in thoughts.”