"Nux."
Rune walked into Nux's room, in her hand, was a sphere-shaped artifact that was shining brightly. That was Alistair's signal.
However, as Rune walked into Nux's room, she realized that he was already standing up, he glanced at her and,
"2 Semi Saints and 1 Saint, all three of them are Falconkin, will you be okay?"
He questioned.
Rune found it strange how an Emper- no, how a Great Sage was asking her this question, however, she, who knew his abilities, just shook her head and replied,
"There is no way a Saint Stage Falconkin can sense me."
"Alright. Let's go."
Nux spoke.
Rune nodded, then, she turned into her catform and disappeared.
Nux waited for her to leave his room, then, he activated his *Essence*, his 'presence' disappeared, then he activated his [Conceal] and walked into Alistair's room.
That was how his way of 'concealing himself'. With his *Essence*, finding him using Mana became impossible since Mana didn't react to him at all, neither treating him as a living thing nor a non-living thing, and [Conceal] just turned him invisible.
The combination of the two was scarily strong.
Anyways,
Inside the room, beside Alistair, there were 3 men. These 3 were the Falconkin who had just arrived here. There was also Rune, who was sitting around the corner, hiding her presence. Nux did the same and stood in a corner.
Then, he focused on the conversation.
"You are the one who captured Rune?"
The Saint Stage Falconkin spoke in an intimidating tone. Honestly, even though they have 'captured' Rune. In his eyes, Shadow of Silence was nothing. He believed that he alone would be enough to kill everyone here.
"11 Star Artifact." Alistair, however, didn't care what the Falconkin thought or asked and simply asked for his 'price.'
Seeing his attitude, the Falconkin narrowed his eyes.
"I will give you the Artifact, answer my questions first."
"The Artifact." However, like a broken recorder, Alistair replied.
The Falconkin's mouth twitched.
"Do you have a death wish?" He questioned.
"You three alone won't be enough," Alistair replied.
"You are quite confident, aren't you?" The Falconkin spoke as he released his aura.
His Aura was overpowering, this man was far stronger than Alistair, however, Alistair was doing all this for the person who had saved his life. Not to mention that he was someone who had endured a Divine Stage Cultivator's Aura not a long while ago, although this man's aura was strong, compared to Eisheth's it was still lacking.
Alistair could take it head-on!
"I am."
With a confident look on his face, Alistair nodded.
Seeing him not flinching in front of his Aura, the Falconkin frowned.
'Is he not just a random Saint with no backup and used-up potential?'
He wondered in his head.
'Don't underestimate them, I do not like to admit it, but Rune is strong. Stronger than me, if they managed to capture her, then they are not a normal Assassin Hall.'
He then recalled Felix's words then glanced at Alistair again.
Seeing him looking at him with an unbothered look on his face, the Falconkin realized that Alistair wasn't someone he could look down on.
This man might be a lot stronger than he imagined.
Fighting here was a foolish decision.
In the end, he just took out a box-shaped artifact and placed it on the table.
"What is it?" Alistair questioned.
"Blackroot, an 11 Star Artifact, well, it is more like a poison, but I am sure an Assassin Hall like you would prefer it more than a normal Artifact. Anyways, once ingested, then even a Saint would feel his control over Mana decreasing, it would weaken him to a point where even a Semi Saint would be able to defeat him. It is one of the top-level 11 Star Artifacts we have."
The Falconkin introduced.
Alistair didn't say anything, he simply grabbed the Blackroot and stored it inside his storage ring.
Seeing that, the Falconkin narrowed his eyes, and then, he questioned,
"Now, tell me, how did you capture Rune?"
"We surrounded her and captured her."
The Falconkin was dissatisfied but then,
"When did you do it."
"12 days ago."
The timings matched.
That was the time Rune had disappeared according to Felix's information.
"Where is she?"
The Falconkin questioned.
"We killed her," Alistair replied with an expressionless look on his face.
"Huh?" The Falconkin frowned.
"She was tricky to deal with, we couldn't capture her alive.
She died 12 days ago."
"What…?"
The Falconkin narrowed his eyes.
"If I reported her death, then I wouldn't get paid.
Our mission was to assassinate her, not kidnap her.
We completed the mission, so we deserved the reward."
Alistair replied.
The Falconkin's expression changed.
He knew how pissed Felix would be.
He didn't wish for Rune to die.
That was not his plan, he just wanted to surround her and capture her, however, these bastards ruined everything!
The Falconkin clenched his fists in anger and spoke with a frustrated look on his face.
"Give me the body."
"We destroyed it. She belonged to the Feline Family, we can't risk keeping her body. After we cut her finger to use as proof, we destroyed her body."
"…are you playing with me?" Suddenly, the room's atmosphere changed.
The Falconkin was enraged.
First, these bastards ruined their plans.
Now, they even destroyed Rune's body.
These bastards!
"Do you really think I wouldn't kill you right here and now?"
The Falconkin questioned.
"As I said, it was an assassination mission, and we completed it.
We didn't do anything."
Alistair replied with a calm look on his face.
"Oh yeah? Then what if you hadn't killed her at all?
What if she had managed to run away while you were trying to kill her?
How do I make sure that you aren't trying to fool me right now!?"
The Falconkin questioned.
Hearing those questions, Nux and Rune's expressions changed.
This…
They didn't have anything to prove Rune's death…
And if they cannot do it…
Then the entire plan will be destroyed before it even begins…
The enemy is already alerted,
If they failed here, it would be a big problem.
'Shit…'
Nux cursed as he clenched his fists.
Amaya, who was keeping tabs on the situation through Nux had a solemn look as well. She did expect this situation and prepared an alternative plan to deal with it, however, that plan was a bit inefficient, so she had hoped it wouldn't come to it.
However, the luck was just not on her side.
With a sigh, Amaya prepared to use plan B,
But then,
"Contract.
I will sign the contract."
Alistair spoke up.
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