It was a warm night in mid October. A man clothed in black approached a small village.
“Ahh finally home! After 10 long years!” He took a deep breath and let out an edgy laugh. “Hahaha Now I can finally hunt down that brat and kill him. Let’s see how my pupil Esher has been doing all these years.”
He approached the Loud Sun and [Silent Melded]. “Guess who’s back!”
The assassins in the Silent night got put on full alert.
“Who is this?”
“An intruder?”
“Ahh, right, I have been away for 10 years, allow me to introduce myself, I am the founder of the Silent Night, Arby Sazor.”
The assassins who had gotten ready to defend their base relaxed. “Wait, it’s him it's THE Silent Night!”
“Of course, where did you think the name of this place came from, now give me a drink I’m both bloodthirsty and thirsty, where is Esher?” Arby walked inside.
“Hey, who are you! Get out of here or else I will turn you into a dragon snack!”
“Who brought this woman here? Step aside.” Arby pushed Io to the side.
“Hey!”
Arby entered a room and found Esher in bandages mixing some poisons. “Wow, they released you?”
Arby sat down on a chair, filled a cup with poison and drank it.
“Ugh, you know that your breath stinks when you do that, I assume you have come to take over the assassins' guild.” Esher waved the toxic fumes away and coughed as Arby's breath smelled foul whenever he drank poison.
“Of course, it’s mine after all. I want you to stop what you're doing and investigate someone for me. This brat humiliated me and I won’t stop until he’s dead. Don’t approach him, I will kill him myself.”
“A brat? How is he still alive?”
“He fought me in the cold, you know how I hate the cold, it makes me sluggish but even then, the speed at which he moved, at least I will give him that, very impressive indeed.”
“Oh, interesting, we had an assassin named Agnis not too long ago, he also had otherworldly speed.”
Arby crushed the cup and spilled poison on the floor. “Age? Specialties?”
“Huh? You can't be serious? Event Horizon is extremely far and even still there is no way a kid would even get out of there.”
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“Age, specialties! Don’t let me repeat myself!” Arby started exerting bloodlust. Esher was doing his best to breathe.
“17 years, speed and precision, he is known for his water magic.”
“Appearance?”
“Black hair with white or silver ends…”
Arby slammed the table. “You let that brat into MY guild?!”
A large shadow appeared behind Arby, it extended its arm and grabbed Esher and lifted him up.
“Hey, Esher what’s wrong, who is this guy?” Io walked in.
“Io, I’m fine…” The shadow was choking Esher. Io went in for a punch but Arby evaded it and landed a dagger in her stomach.
“What? How…” Io dropped to the floor.
“Quite sturdy this bitch, too bad you sullied my guild. It is time for a cleansing. Letting the one who humiliated me inside my guild just to humiliate me further! I won’t forgive you Esher!” Esher tried to escape from the chokehold. He managed to knock over a candle that briefly shone bright light before it crashed on the floor which allowed for Esher to escape. “It’s a shame, you were such a good pawn.” Arby used [Dark Nova] and the large shadow behind him got another arm with a scythe. the scythe swiped at Esher.
Esher clumsily evaded as his wounds slowed him down. The shadow's free arm grabbed Esher.
“Aaagh!” Bones could be heard cracking and snapping and then it went silent. The large shadow hand tossed the lifeless body to the side. Assassins came into the room and Arby cut them down gracefully and effortlessly.
“Who are all these maggots, so weak.”
Arby kept killing anyone he laid eyes on.
Suddenly everything was quiet. No assassins were left. Arby looked around and took a cigarette and a lighter out of his unblemished suit.
“A bit rusty but still good enough.” Arby lit his cigarette and made sure to inhale all of the toxic cigarette fumes.
“Ugh…”
“Hmm, I missed someone.” He stomped on the head of an assassin that survived, crushing his skull. Blood splattered on Arby’s suit. “You bastard!” He kept stomping on the corpses, splattering blood everywhere.
“I lost interest, I don’t need this place anymore.’ He visited the room that held the records. “He said the brat’s name was Agnis, let’s see.” He held a file. “Agnis, Hourai, 17 years old, no role or adventure name but C-rank. Water magic user, I recognize his face, this is him yes.” Arby [Silent Melded] out.
“I wonder if Bernard still works here. I will consider him lucky.” He looked at the Loud Sun. “It would look strange after all if a normal bar would disappear overnight.” Arby used [Shadow cloak] and disappeared into the night.
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A body moved in the Silent Night.
“Owowow that hurt!” Io held her hand at the wound which was slowly closing. She got up but almost instantly dropped to her knees. “Guys? This joke isn't funny. Esher? Shade? Jimmy? Hey guys! Answer! Please!” Io checked if there were any survivors and the tears started flowing when she realized that she was the only survivor.
“Be strong Io! Humans die, humans… die…” Io wandered through the empty Silent Night wondering how to get out. She sat outside the Silent Night and cried.
Her dragon senses picked up something. The shadows rippled and a boy in a donkey suit appeared.
“Yo, I’m Kyle, is this the Silent Night? Agnis sent me.” He showed an umbral pendant.