"You have to find him, son or our organization will be doomed. Botwulf just where might you be..." The old assassin thinks as he looks over a map of London. A church bell rings as the mentor hits the table. "Of course! There will be a hanging today not far from the market. Apparently he was an informant for Botwulf, but tried to betray him, now he faces the consequences. Save him if you can, but first and foremost find Botwulf and get rid of him. He will probably be guarded, but i am sure you are able for the job." The old man walks up to the young assassin and puts his hands on his shoulders. "I put my faith in you, son don't make me regret it." They nod and the assassin climbs up to the rooftop.

"Okay, now let's try not to mess the whole thing up again." Find Botwulf and assassinate him at the hanging. "Okay, should be easy enough if there will be a crowd."

He parkours across the rooftops from house to house as he gets close to the rowling streets. He stops at the side only to see a few archers from the side guarding him, Botwulf already looks stressed and ready for the assassin's coming, perhaps it's a trap? He jumps down in the crowd and looks around trying to find an opening. There are 2 guards next to him side by side. He walks closer and closer and pulls out his hidden blade. As he inches closer they soon kill the hanging man. He stabs through the man's back piercing his lung. He ducks and cuts the man on his right side. He swings around trying to slit the other one's throat.

He barely manages as the guard was ready to swing his axe from the top. But as he looks down he sees it was not Botwulf he stabbed. Then suddenly a cold sword was touching his neck from behind.

"You dumb fool, i thought assassins were supposed to be smart." As the latch drops and the man starts choking the assassin's throat is slit by the sword.

"Damn it!" The player gets angry at his death and takes a deep sigh. He imagines himself in the assassin's place, what would he do? How do you complete this mission perfectly?

He drops down next to some drunkards and hands them a pouch with money. He walks in to the crowd as the group splits in half, they each walk to the archers. When two of them get to one of them, they whistle to grab his attention, the drunkards throw him with a rock. The archer immediately fumes with anger and pulls back his arrow ready to shoot them. Then suddenly his eyes open wide as the hidden blade goes through his chest. He gives them over to the drunkards as they pull him away. The same happens with the next archer. Botwulf seems to notice it from the crowd. Then suddenly.

"Hey what are you doing? Archers take him down- where are the damn archers?!" The assassin ran up to the hanging man and stabbed the soldier in the back who was supposed to drop the guilty. He ran up and cut the rope of the man. The two bodyguards move up towards the stand as the assassin throws a smoke bomb. He cuts through the imposter but fails to catch Botwulf, but manages to catch a glimpse of him running away towards the docks with the crowd. He turns around as the man cuts one of the distracted guards down. As the other one tries to cut him down with his axe the assassin kicks his knee forcing him down and stabs through his neck.

"Thank you friend, truly!" The man thanks the assassin as he pushes the corpse of the guard over.

"I need to kill Botwulf, does he have a hideout he will return to? You must know!"

"Well friend, truth be told you raised quite the ruckus now so if you do not catch him quick he will probably run to the royal guards. I shall go away from this place as soon as possible and so should you." The assassin grabs the man's arm as he turns around to run away.

"Go behind the merchant's house around the smith. We will meet again."

The assassin runs off towards the docks. Find Botwulf. "Great, i have to find him again, at least he does not have bodyguards now. He makes his way towards a crowd but cannot find Botwulf by the ships, it all seems hopeless until he hears yelling from towards the barracks not too far from here.

"It's me Botwulf you idiots! Now let me in!" The assassin climbs a house to get a better view, He is pleading for the guards in front of the gates to the barracks.

"The assassins will come for me, don't you understand?!" He turns and looks around only to see the assassin in a group of pilgrims in white hooded clothing.

"See?! Right there! There he is! Let me in damn you!" The guards look over his shoulders but only see the group of pilgrims and no one suspicious, the assassin is walking behind a house towards the walls in the meantime with Botwulf looking for him now as well in the crowd of people. He turns around just in time to see the assassin cut down the two guards in front of him. Botwulf immediately draws his own hidden blade and tries to stab the hooded man, but he quickly grabs a hold of his attacking hand. He puts his hidden blade to the throat of the noble.

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"Tell me your last words templar!"

"Haha, tell me yours first assassin!" The man chuckles as he looks behind him. He hears the arrow swooshing towards him and quickly dodges, the arrow impaling Botwulf's forehead and dropping him to the ground. The assassin looks behind him as the archer pulls his arrow back once again as he lets it go the assassin tries to dodge to the side but the arrow hits him in his shoulder. A group of 8 soldiers come out as the commander signals them to attack the man. He quickly turns tails and runs away.

He jumps up a rooftop, tries to jump from over to another one but his ability to climb is next to none with his wound. He eventually drops down with his enemies tailing some distance behind him. He tried to vanish into the market but looks down to see his trail of blood. The soldiers come around and surround him. He breaks the arrow and pulls out a shorter sword in his right hand.

"Oooh baby here we go!" An arrow flies towards him, the assassin ducks as one of the soldiers got too close, he stabbed him in his abdomen with the hidden blade and slashed him across his chest with his sword as he dropped to the ground. 8 left.

Two brutes attack one of them swinging his axe, the assassin easily dodges it and hurts the other one's leg, he goes to slash the other one but he blocks. The brute tries to punch him but the assassin dodges his punch and thrusts his hidden blade in his abdomen. He pulls the brute around in front of him as the arrow flew towards him hitting the brute. The other brute swings his axe from the side, the assassin pushes the dead brute and dodges the axe, the brute loses his balance and the assassin takes the perfect opportunity and stabs his sword through the man's side. 6 left.

A soldier goes to stab the unexpecting fighter, but he dodges swiftly and counters with a stab to his abdomen. He grabs his attacking hand puls him in front of him just in time for the arrow to hit the man in his back. The assassin stabs him in the throat and pushes him down on the ground forcing the arrow through his body. 5 left.

Another solider swings his sword at him, he blocks the attack with his sword and rolls out of the way of the arrow. The three soldiers surround him with the commander waiting behind the archer. The assassin checks his surroundings quickly. The arrow shoots towards him, he rolls towards an unsuspecting soldier. "Come on already! Just shoot him will you!" The commander yells at the archer. The assassin parries the sword swing from the soldier with his hidden blade and stabs the soldier with his sword. 4 left, he picks up a rock and throws one of the soldiers with it who ran towards him to attack. He parries the other one's swing with his sword grabs him and shields himself once more, the arrow landing in the soldier's abdomen. The assassin ruthlessly pushes him on the ground as the soldier is on his knees and tries to get up, the man jumps from his back towards the next soldier. The soldier crumbles on the ground. 3 left. The man tries to stab the soldier with the hidden blade but he blocks the attack, he immediately follows up with a stab with his sword. He forces the sword through the soldier's throat. 2 left. He dodges the arrow that flies towards him.

The enraged commander takes the bow from the archer, pulls it back as the assassin approaches slowly, he lets the arrow fly. Press counter! The hooded man hits the arrow away with his hidden blade, the commander opens his eyes wide and becomes furious. He pushes the bow back into the archer's hands and draws his sword.

He walks towards the assassin and relentlessly starts swinging his sword, the assassin blocks and parries his every attack, the archer tries to find an opening to shoot. The commander swings his sword once more and the assassin blocks with his sword, he tries to stab him with the hidden blade but the commander grabs his arm just in time, the hooded man's back is facing the archer, he is in quite the vulnerable spot. A drop of sweat rolls down the archer's face as he smiles and lets the arrow fly. The assassin barely clashes the sword out of the way he shoulders the commander and moves out of the way of the arrow, he lets his sword go and grabs the commander's wrist. The arrow lands in the commander's chest as his eyes widen and his grip lets go. The assassin lets him fall to the ground. He picks his sword back up and slowly walks towards the archer.

"Only one left, what will it be?" The hooded man asks the archer as he drops in disbelief. He pulls out a dagger and runs at the man screaming. The assassin dodges the stab of the archer and slashes his guts open with his hidden blade in the momentum. The archer falls face first down on the ground and coughs in his last breath. The assassin finishes him off on the ground.

Mission passed! New skill unlocked: Arrow parry

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