When he was sent a bounty, the Milkman wasn’t sure whether he would come or not. He didn’t particularly have anywhere to be, but he also did not want to come to this world. He had been here a couple of times. The Assassin’s Guild had made a deal with the Architect of the planet to send people who broke the rules.

It was dumb, he wasn’t sure what the Assassin’s Guild representative was on when they made the deal. He had heard from others that the representative had been high on multiple drugs that day, which would make sense.

But a deal is a deal. If nothing else, there was honor in making sure the deal withheld. Even a dumb one like this.

He was amused to find that the Assassins Guild had sent not one assassin, but three.

“Milkman!” Chad the Lumberjack waved his giant hand at him. “What are you doing here?”

The Milkman returned a friendly smile. “Well, I’m here to do a job, Chad. I’m here to kill someone named Dalton.”

“I’m here to kill a boy named Riot.” He looked sad. “He’s my ex’s boyfriend.”

“Isn’t that a good thing? Less competition.”

“No, not really. He was a weird lad, but he did save a world. I’m just a bit conflicted here.” He scratched his head with the back of his axe.

"Well, I can go ahead and take care of that for you then. I’ll make sure that he dies very painfully"

“That’s the opposite of what I want Milky.”

“Why? He used to sleep with your girlfriend.”

“Well, he didn’t. Spouse was a virgin.” His scratched the back of his head, his face slightly red.

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“Strange. I thought all lovers had sex with each other. I find that statement weird. Is your spouse religious?”

“No.”

“Then, I’m not sure why he never popped open that can.” The Milkman stepped right next to him and took out his binoculars. “So, who is the third assassin coming with us?”

“Bloody Hole Piker,” Chad said. “He came before you and went into the city.”

The Milkman whistled. “Now that’s someone I wouldn’t want to mess with. Whoever his target is going to be is not going to have a good time.” He lowered the binoculars. “Maybe you should ask him to torture your girlfriend’s former virgin boy.”

“I don’t want to torture him,” Chad said.

“You don’t want to torture him…” The Milkman turned to Chad. The big oaf was wavering, he could see it in his eyes. “Are you saying that you want him to live?”

Chad sensed the danger. “No, nothing like that.”

The Milkman leaned forward. “Let me tell you, if you don’t honor the contract, then you shall take his place instead. A life for a life.”

It was funny how even a big man like Chad would cower to the Milkman. Chad was a towering beast of man, and the Milkman, well, he looked like a man that delivered milk to people. Head to toe, he wore a white uniform. He was shorter than the average man, and he always flashed a perfect toothy smile.

Yet even Chad knew not to anger him.

“Good,” he said to Chad when he gave a scared little nod. “I hope you know that it matters. So, go ahead and enjoy killing your girlfriend’s ex. If we’re going to kill, it might as well be for fun.”

He slapped Chad on the back and went back to using his binoculars. His information said his target was being held captive in the tower. That would make it easy to kill him. What he wasn’t expecting was the giant battle taking place at the base of said tower.

“What’s up with the Star Witches?” He asked Chad.

“I don’t know. When I came here, they were already fighting.”

“Is that so?” He looked more closely. They were moving at speeds that even the most abnormal people wouldn’t be able to distinguish. There were three of them. His true smile slithered across his face. “Oh, it’s the Witch of Eternal Ice, and not just that, the Witch of the Crimson Moon, and the Witch of the Black Dragon. Very rare indeed.”

“Is it true that you killed a Star Witch?” Chad suddenly asked.

“I did.”

“Why?”

Now that was a weird question. Usually people asked the how, and not the why.

“It’s because I was curious.”

“Curious?”

“Yes. They were said to be unkillable, but I guess I proved them wrong.” He chuckled at that. “It’s been a while though, so, why don’t I kill one of them today.”