"What is this top assassin doing here?" Trapp wondered to himself.It was very suspicious that a top assassin for hire would appear on this small team that was sent to conduct dangerous missions for the Avalon family. It was very clear from the way the members of the team treated Phantom Trace that she was not a part of their original squad and was probably only just a temporary addition to the squad.The members of this squad treated her respectfully, and there was worship and awe in their eyes every time they looked at her. But at the same time, they were not close to her and even subconsciously avoided meeting her gaze. This showed that they were very afraid of her and didn't want to interact too much with the assassin.Out of all of them, the only person that had the best relationship with the assassin's phantom trace was the scout. He was the only one who approached her and could talk to her normally. But even for him, their relationship was very subtle. He

Trapp watched as the scout, Ryder, made his way towards the assassin, phantom trace. His gaze was especially focused on his every movement as he tried to see if he would behave abnormally and make any hidden moves. But the scout's actions were normal and Trapp didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. When the scout was almost 3 meters away from the assassin, Trapp immediately withdrew his senses from him, not daring to pay too much attention to the scout lest he be discovered by the assassin. Every assassin had a powerful perception, and they could notice it when they were being spied on. It was naturally the same for a top assassin, like Phantom Trace. Trapp did not dare focus too much on Phantom Trace, and he only dared to listen to the movement of the wind if he wanted to capture any sound from their conversation. Also, he didn't dare to look at the assassin directly because that could trigger a reaction from her. if Trapp tried to stare at any part of

The assassin held her blade against the throat of the squad leader, forcing him to come to a stop. Just as everybody was confused why the assassin did this, she suddenly spoke up and said to them in a cold tone of voice."From here on out, you all should stop following behind me. As soon as we all pass through this door, we will each go our separate ways. Got it?"After saying this, the assassin's phantom apparition quickly disappeared, and she started moving forward down the hallway through the door.Without the blade being held to his throat, the leader felt like he had been pardoned from a death sentence and he quickly brought his hand to his neck to make sure it was still attached to the rest of his body.Sighing in relief at not finding any issues, the squad leader soon came to his senses as he remembered the assassin's words.Thinking about what the assassin had said about them all going their separate way, the squad leader started to panic.

Fear filled the heart of the squad leader as he thought of his close brush with death just now. Right now, he could only thank his lucky stars that the assassin had reacted quick enough and killed all the ambushers.Thinking of the assassin who had just saved them, the squad leader's face immediately burned red with shame. Just a few seconds ago, the squad leader had been calling her names and rebuking her just so he and his squad could selfishly leach in her. But she was still the one who had saved their lives when they had been in danger.The squad leader could not bring himself to look the assassin in the eye, so he lowered his head, feeling repentant.At this moment, the squad leader had completely given up on being able to follow behind the assassin, and he didn't dare bring up this matter anymore. Even his squad members knew that they shouldn't go too far in this matter, and they simply waited for the assassin's reaction.As for the assassin, after

While Trapp was chasing after the scout...In another section of the base, the previous squad that Trapp was using as a cover... the members of this squad had been proceeding smoothly through the corridors of the base and they had passed by multiple sections to arrive and the intersection leading to the central command level of the base.Due to the commotion caused by Trapp when he started killing the guards in the base and the subsequent matter with the second squad and the assassin, the base was too busy dealing with them and they had not had the time to deal with other things. Also, the base was already making preparations to evacuate a long time ago. Adding to Trapp's matters, as a result of all this, nobody had discovered this squad at all and they had not encountered any trouble that they couldn't deal with without drawing attention to themselves.Because of this, Max, who had been reprimanded strongly by their leader, was carrying a smug expression on his