More than ten minutes had passed since the assassin, Phantom Trace, had killed the guards of this base section, including their captain. By now, everybody had gotten a good rest, and the injured had been treated.
At this moment, the assassin finally moved. She stood up from her place in a corner of the hall where she had been leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.
As soon as she moved, the rest of the squad members and the scout immediately perked up. They quickly got to their feet after seeing her making her way over to them.
During the time the squad had been resting, they had always kept an eye on the assassin, paying very close attention to her every movement. It was mainly because they were naturally wary against having a powerful assassin staying so close to them. Also, their current mission now relied heavily on the assassin to be completed.
Now that the squad had been exposed, it was certain the base would definitely prepare countermeasure
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.
Actually, the squad leader was already regretting what he said just now. He wished he could take it back and not trouble this assassin.When the leader noticed the assassin clutching her shortswords tightly and looking as if she was trying very hard to hold herself back, he knew that he had successfully angered her right now. From this moment, there was no way for the two groups to actually get along anymore.In that case, the squad leader was thinking of what to do in this situation. If he wanted to mend the friction that had developed between the assassin and his squad, it was actually quite easy. All he had to do was retract his statement while apologizing sincerely. If he did that, then the assassin would likely give a face to the Avalon family that had commissioned the squad and not to quibble with time anymore.In the end, the squad leader actually hesitated and did not immediately try to apologize. He was feeling very conflicted based on certain matters.<
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
With the departure of the squad, the hall suddenly became silent and empty. The only occupants of the hall were a bunch of corpses that littered the ground and stained it with a pool of blood.A few minutes after the squad had left, a blurry figure suddenly condensed inside the hall. The figure slowly became corporeal, eventually revealing the slender figure of the female assassin, Phantom Trace.Currently, the assassin was looking in the direction the squad had just left through, and she was silent for a while before sweeping her gaze around the hall.She also muttered to herself, "Was I really thinking too much?"There was a doubtful look in the assassin's eyes as she looked around suspiciously for a short while. In the end, not finding anything strange with the environment, she eventually shook her head in the end."It seems I was really thinking too much. I should just forget about it and leave. I still have a mission to complete."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
Nina had a frown on her face as she was interrupted by the leader. With an impatient look on her face, Nina answered scathingly."Don't interrupt me. I will be done in a minute. The algorithm of this lock is very delicate and demands my full attention to be able to crack it. If I lose my focus for even a second, minutes of hard work would be lost in an instant and I would have to start from the beginning all over again. So just stand there and do your job protecting me while I do my job."After speaking, Nina ignored the leader and went back to cracking the lock. As for the captain, he had an apologetic look on his face as he felt embarrassed for disturbing Nina.Although Nina's words sounded harsh, the leader was not annoyed. He knew how important her work was, so he didn't take her harsh words to heart at all.The leader even wanted to apologize for disturbing her, but seeing as she had resumed working, he thought better of it and instead focused his at
Friction was developing between Max and the leader and the two of them were unable to see eye to eye at this moment, making their relationship appear tense at the moment. Due to this, the rest of the squad members were uneasy. They didn't know what would happen to Max and the leader or how it would affect them later. To be honest, the squad members liked the current state of their mission. Since they had infiltrated the base successfully, everything had been smooth sailing for the squad and they hadn't come across anything they couldn't handle at all. All of this could be attributed to Max's scheme against Trapp that unintentionally drew the base's attention to him, which later ended up benefiting the squad. For this, the squad members were naturally grateful to Max. Although he had not planned for this to happen when he schemed against Trapp, it was still because of him that the progress of the mission could be so relaxing. On the other hand, the squ
As the leader spoke to Nina, she suddenly snapped and said in a very curt tone of voice."Didn't I say you shouldn't disturb me? You're distracting me and I am not able to focus on my work!?"The leader flinched a little when he heard Nina's harsh words and he hesitated a little. In the end, because the situation was really urgent, the leader had no choice but to say to her once again."I know what you said, but we really need to know when the door can be opened. The situation is very urgent right now, so if you are not confident about opening it soon, let me know. If that is the case, we can only give up and try another time when the situation has settled a little."The leader spoke gently to Nina, trying to implore her to give an accurate timeline on when she would be able to crack the lock on the door.In the end, probably knowing how urgent things were, Nina eventually calmed down and said to the leader."Fine, I have heard. I am almost