THE GREAT WIZARD

Chapter 1

In the middle of the night.

In the luxury apartment area of Blue Sky, New York.

Alex held a glass of red wine as he stared out the window where there were glittering lights that decorated the night from the many skyscrapers. With a look of sad eyes, Alex continued to stare outwards. Alex's heart at this time was filled with frustration and also a sense of uneasiness as if something was raging in his heart at this moment.

Alex is a leader of the 'Black', one of the five greatest hitman groups in New York City. Alex has led a group of dozens of assassins at hand. Alex is famous for his genius as a strategist, under his leadership Black seems to be at his golden peak at the moment. However, it's all just a story away. Now the only thing Alex can do is swallow his sadness inside his luxurious apartment.

It's been about 15 years since Alex spent as a hitman. Since the age of 15, he has been trained very hard to become a great assassin. Alex has experienced countless trials and sufferings. Alex had felt the harshness of life, he seemed to continue to be between the abyss of life and death. However, Alex always tried and struggled to be able to suppress his fear in him until, in the end, Alex was able to rise from the slump to achieve a decent life like this. And it's all thanks to the hard work he went through. Yes, all the hard work that ultimately really paid off a real result like this.

Under his leadership for approximately 5 years, Black has managed to dominate among other assassin groups. Black is finally able to compete with the first-level assassin group in New York City, which was previously Eagle. So now under the leadership of Alex, Black finally occupies the position of the number one hitman group in New York City. Black's name continues to echo in the heart of New York City. There's not a single person who doesn't know the great hitman. However, notwithstanding nor has Alex enjoyed the endless success of his life that a disaster has changed everything. As if whatever Alex had achieved to date had vanished.

Alex never thought that his efforts so far to fight and keep Black under his power would only be wasted like this. All of these things started with Alex's wrong decision. At a time when Black was at the peak of glory and occupied the first level of New York City's professional assassins, a new offer appeared in front of Black. Shadow comes to offer a partnership for Black, where later Black can join together with Shadow to bring the world within their grasp. It was the dream of all other assassins, but Alex simply refused the offer and opposed Black to joining Shadow.

Shadow is a first-class hitman group that has been at the top of the world.' Shadow has dominated even almost all corners of the world, not just limited to areas like New York. Seeing great potential in Black in the end, the offer just appeared from Shadow's side. However, unfortunately, Alex was too greedy to be able to make Black succeed with their abilities so in the end, the offer from Shadow was simply rejected by Alex.

Because of a wrong decision, Alex's life had to change instantly. Alex also had to lose his fighting partner one by one. The companion who had been with himself in Black's group had just died. And even as if they had been lost in the swallow of the earth, their bodies could never be found anywhere. From that, it can be ascertained that it was the deed of Shadow. Because shadow's mercenary group is indeed famous for doing their actions cleanly until no one will ever be able to find the target they have killed. Because even the corpse or traces are lost like they were swallowed by the earth. As the name implies, Shadow seems to be a shadow of death and makes the person who is the target of Shadow will also disappear and this is also what is currently happening among the Black members.

I want it to feel like Alex can repay the deeds of the Shadow. However, until now, there is absolutely nothing he can do. Because the information about Shadow is indeed very difficult for him to get. Shadow is not only a small assassin like his Black, but Shadow is the largest group of international assassins in the world. So, it is not an easy matter for Alex to be able to escape his mistakes that have offended Shadow like that. Finally, of the dozens of people he led, now only two people are left from Black members, namely Ronny--Black's deputy leader and Alex himself.

Hufft...

Alex couldn't help but let out a long sigh roughly. Now it's only a matter of time until finally he and Ronny will disappear like the rest of his colleagues. The look in Alex's eyes seemed to float far away. Now he can only surrender and wait for death to come to him. Because Alex knew that he was never comparable to Shadow. Black and Shadow have a very different power comparison.

Tok... tok... tok!

Suddenly there was a knock from the outside. The sound of knocking on the door interrupted Alex's reverie of his life story a little. Unlike Alex who usually will always be alert to face anything, now he turns into Alex who seems to be resigned to waiting for his death. With a slow pace, he also began to walk closer to the direction of the door while directly holding the doorknob and was about to open it.

Ceklek!

The door began to open. At the sight of someone who was at the door at this time was the figure of Ronny, a colleague and one of the people who was also waiting for death like himself.

"Ronny!"

"Hi, Alex! can I go in?"

"Yes, of course. Come in Ron!"

For some reason, Alex felt a little relief in his heart where now he could see the figure he had known for a long time.

"What do you want to drink, Ron?" asked Alex as he began to walk in the direction the fridge was.

Klek!

"I'm sorry, Alex!" said Ronny who started pointing a gun at Alex.