Kylian begrudgingly followed behind Fionn, and the further they walked, the more Kylian could feel his stomach turn.

First, it was the guards laid out on the ground. There were several more than the first one they found and they seemed to have been killed through a single stab or a single punch that left a massive dent on their armour.

They looked in one of the buildings that still had their lights on and he didn't know such a horrifying sight could exist. The guards he could see looked like they fought the epitome of strength as they had parts of their bodies crushed or cleaned and sliced through with their armour on. There were a few without heads and next to them on the floor were an assortment of red, brain and white. It also seemed the flies had started showing up.

Kylian had gone pale-faced following his friend.

"I can't take this anymore, Fionn. I'm leaving."

Fionn turned around and slowly walked up to him.

"Lad, don't be such a fool. If we play our cards right, you'll never have to work another day in your life. Besides, I'll need someone to help and by the time I go and come back, this place will be emptied by other opportunists."

Kylian gulped as he turned away from the man. He didn't seem fully convinced and his eyes held doubt in what Fionn was saying.

"You have a new kid right?"

He felt his heart sink.

"W-what about it, Fionn?"

"Doesn't making a big score here and providing for your family, mean anything to you? Don't worry I'll split the rewards fairly."

He placed his hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile.

Kylian simply nodded and Fionn removed his hand and placed it back onto his sword.

"But I hope you'll know to keep your mouth shut. It'd definitely cause both of us problems if this got out."

He moved his hand, telling him to go on ahead, and Kylian quickly started moving. He decided the main building was their best hope and started walking that way.

As they went towards it, the bodies on the ground increased and Fionn stopped them for something he felt was pertinent.

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"Hoho, if it isn't the lord of the Manor." He commented as he crouched down.

Kylian did his best to ignore the bodies and focus on the night sky.

"Hey, Kylian!"

"What is it, Fionn." He responded weakly.

"Look here!"

"..." He didn't turn his head.

"Don't be like that lad, you should feel relieved knowing this bastard can't boss us around anymore."

"Can we move on?"

"Psssh, what a sad sack." Kylian heard the sounds of footsteps and Fionn touched his shoulder.

"What i- AGAHSGAA!!!" He fell on the ground and started crawling away before running into another dead body and covering his mouth to keep his breakfast down. Fionn had placed the dead body of their boss on his back.

He was hunched over laughing at Kylian's reaction.

"Hahaha haha, I swear, people who've never seen a body before are comedy gold."

He kicked his former boss' head before continuing on.

Kylian got up and tried to run away but Fionn grabbed him before he could manage it.

"We're in this together lad, so I'd hope you don't have any funny ideas."

He let him go, and Kylian accepting his fate continued walking alongside him.

As they got a better look the front of the main building had a giant hole in it. That wasn't all, the hole went through the entire building and as far as Fionn could tell, everything behind it.

"whistle Assassination sure are scary."

Kylian had stopped talking for a while now and he only nodded. As they walked closer to the property, Kylian noticed wolves taking a fancy to one of the bodies on the floor and he shooed them away. It initially caught his eye due to its white colour compared to the other armours that were just the colour of the bare metal. However, another aspect of it caught his interest as well. It was only the lower half but that's why it caught his interest. He laid down beside it and asked Kylian to look at them. He relented.

"It's… big." He plainly commented while appearing downcast.

"I know right? Must have been a fucking giant or one of the things that live in forests like orcs that wore it."

He got up and looked around more to see pieces of the upper part of the white armour (including the helmet) scattered around.

("Hmph, those wolves sure were messy eaters with this one. Maybe the reason they loved it was because it wasn't human.")

What caught his attention was the torso piece that had a circular portion cleanly removed. As he looked at the hole in the armour and the building he realized they were the same size. He curiously touched it and felt a strange sensation. He placed his hand on it and nothing happened.

A smile crept on his face and he removed his hand. This time a small amount of ice formed on his hand.

"You can use magic?" Kylian asked with the most energy he had shown after seeing the piles of bodies.

"Fionn, get a horse and a carriage. This alone is going to make us rich men."

He tried to pick up one of the pieces of armour on the floor and he looked like he was struggling to pick up the singular shoulder piece.

"Hahaaha, it is Disiponium! Those crazy noble bastards, how the fuck did they manage to find anyway who can wear this shit?" He turned to Kylian. "Get going asshat, it'll be no time until those bastards are back for this. I'm surprised they left it in the first place."

As Kylian looked at the armour questioning its supposed wealth, Fionn drew his sword and Kylian quickly made his way to the stables.

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Cormac woke from his reminiscence to see a group of his men dragging him somewhere. It seemed they escaped their bonds.