Chapter 364


    These killers, carefully selected, possessed strange and powerful magic. Their deep and profound


    skills allowed them to swiftly disperse and secretly search. Before the Cobalt Strike Commander


    and Lord Viperbane could cross swords, they had alreadybed through the nooks and crannies


    of the fortress, searching for any sign of vin. Yet, there was no sign of vin, not even a shadow.


    Could it be that vin wasn''t within the city walls? Or had he been hidden in some other locale?


    The assassins, like shadows themselves, gathered in the darkest recesses to conspire. Their gazes


    locked firmly upon the gathered members of the Mallister family.


    "Take them alive!" they whispered among themselves. "Force them to reveal vin''s whereabouts.


    At the very least, we must discover his location."


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    The killers exchanged knowing looks, marking Oda, Celesse, Mari, and Helna as their prime


    targets.


    Decisive and unified in their intent, the assassins set off, swift as arrows shot from the shadows,


    hurtling toward the Mallister kin.


    "Danger!" Lucan and Grima awoke to the threat, and as they turned, the cloaked assassins had


    already breached ten meters, fast as streaks of light.


    "Take them alive!" the killers hissed in unison. Their movements were serpent-quick, their strikes


    like lightning, and their intent cold as the grave.


    "Ahh!" Oda screamed as the looming shadow of an assassin rapidly grew in her sight. A wed


    hand reached straight for her throat.


    Celesse, Mari, Helna, and the others were struck with terror. It had happened too suddenly. Who


    were these cloaked figures? When had they infiltrated?


    The assassins rose up as one, like a cast swiftly into the sea, ensnaring Celesse and the rest


    within their deadly grasp. Oda screamed and stumbled backward, but it was toote. The shadowy


    figure closed in on her, his grip aimed at her throat.


    Time seemed to freeze. The howling wind and the chilling aura of death rushed forward.


    Celesse and Mari had no time to react, facing capture themselves. They could feel the icy touch


    of death, their pupils dting in fear.


    However...


    Just as the assassin''s hand was about to mp around Oda''s neck, a shadowy figure appeared out


    of nowhere, flickering with phantom afterimages, suddenly behind the attacker. With a wet thrust, a


    wed hand plunged into the assassin''s back, piercing flesh and gripping his spine fiercely.


    "Ahh!" The assassin''s scream was piercing as the hand that was about to seize Oda retracted


    violently. His face twisted in agony, and his body contorted in a struggle. But the shadow was as


    swift as thunder, and its speed was so extreme that before the assassin could react, it coiled mid-air


    and stomped fiercely on his back. A sharp and massive force plunged into him, followed by a


    vicious tearing at his spine. In a sh of brutality, the assassin''s scream was cut short as his body


    was torn asunder. His spine wrenched from his flesh, and his form was sent crashing to the ground


    with a heavy thud. Blood sprayed, the earth trembled, and the killer fell heavily at Oda''s feet.


    The shadownded gracefully, flicked its wrist, and the blood-soaked spine whipped out like ash


    to the left and right with two crisp cracks. The assassins who had grasped Celesse and Mari by


    the throat had their heads burst by the bone of theirrade. Their brains shattered, blood and


    flesh scattered before the widened eyes of Celesse and Mari.


    The carnage didn''t cease there. The shadow moved like lightning on the loose, casting over a


    dozen afterimages as if existing in multiple ces at once. With electric speed and cruel precision,


    a series of muffled thuds rang out almost simultaneously. One was struck in the chest, and his heart


    was shattered. Another was struck in the face, and his skull split open; yet another faced the


    shadow''s fist head-on, and the terrifying force obliterated his hand, arm, and crushed through to the


    shoulder, sending the man spinning through the air as if struck by lightning.


    It was a counterattack amidst the ambush, a cruel and blood-soaked feast, a heart-stopping...


    instant kill!


    Time seemed to stand still. The scene was frozen.


    Celesse and the others could barelyprehend what had happened. The assassins that had


    pounced towards them broke, died, and flew in bizarre manners, followed by blood spraying and a


    chorus of screams and the sound of bones crushing echoing in their ears.