Chapter 291

Chapter 291

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[You have been attacked by NPC ’16’].

[Enter hostilities with NPC ‘No. 16’].

[Killing a hostile NPC in a preemptive strike will not increase your criminal level].

[Reduces death penalty by 50% if you are killed by a preemptive strike].

[You have been attacked by NPC ’17’].

[Enter hostilities with NPC ‘No. 17’].

[Killing a hostile NPC in a preemptive strike will not increase your criminal level].

[Reduces death penalty by 50% if you are killed by a preemptive strike].

“…”

At the sheer number of messages that had appeared in the immediate aftermath of the attack, Ming Hu turned his head and stared wordlessly at the 16th and 17th who had attacked him.

“…”

“…”

Like Ming Hu, the assassins said nothing. In fact, by the look on their faces, they were so bewildered that they were speechless.

A hush fell over the room. Tension began to fill the room, but the seemingly endless silence was broken when Ming Hu opened his mouth.

“Bloody explosion.”

“Ugh!”

“Boom!”

Immediately after using the Blood Blast, screams of agony erupted from the mouths of No. 16 and No. 17, and a trickle of blood flowed from their mouths at the same time.

Whisk

Soon after, #16 and #17 fell to the floor.

[You have defeated NPC ’16’].

[Prestige 1600].

[You have killed the River-Assassin NPC].

[Your reputation will increase by 700].

[You have defeated NPC ’17’].

[Your prestige increases by 1500].

[You have killed the River-Assassin NPC].

[Your reputation will increase by 700].

When Ming Hu saw the message, he shook his head.

“Kang-Assassin?

The message was different from the previous ones I caught, #37 and #32.

“Is it a rating?

The “strong” in front of it seemed to be a rating. No, it was obvious that it was a rank, given its increased prestige. Of course, Ming Hu, who didn’t care if it was prefixed with a rank or not, quickly dismissed it and opened the character window.

Nationality : Helioca [Empire]

Titles: Count

Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith

Reputation: 35910810 Achievements: 5770

Title: Hidden Hero (Effect: +50k Health, +50k Mana)

Level: 417

Vitality: 19087550

Mana: 2508420

血力 : 7965

Strength : 796530 [79653(+7200)] Dexterity : 65715 Stamina : 62157(+500)

Wisdom: 61370 Wisdom: 61041

Dexterity: 500

Contribution: Elgav – 2000000

His fame was now approaching 36 million. Ming Hu thought as he watched his reputation grow.

“I wonder what they use it for…

Months after opening, nothing was known about Minghui. Ming Hu also looked into it, but found nothing.

‘It will be known someday.’

Ming Hu closed the character window with a rueful expression. He looked over to where Nos. 16 and 17 were lying on the floor and shook his head.

“…but why doesn’t it go away?

It was strange. The bodies of 32 and 37, the ones I’d killed before, had fallen to the floor and Chaptered with light as their bodies disappeared, but not now. The bodies of Nos. 16 and 17 were still lying on the ground.

“What’s wrong?”

Seeing Minghu’s frown, Jian Chen asked. Ming Hu shook his head again, then turned around to face Jian Chen and opened his mouth to speak.

“The bodies didn’t disappear. The two guys I caught earlier just disappeared.”

“Ah~”

Delay nodded in understanding at Myung Hu’s words and continued.

“I wonder if there are any dropped items?”

“Drop?”

He had a point. Ming Hu turned his head again and looked at Nos. 16 and 17. Just because they were NPCs didn’t mean they didn’t drop items. Even NPCs drop items when they die.

“I don’t see it… is it embedded?

But there were no items around, and Ming Hu reached out to move the corpse, wondering if it might be lying on the ground.

Sigh

That’s when Ming Hu’s hand touched the corpse.

[This is a belonging item, would you like to acquire it?]

“Huh?

Ming Hu was a bit surprised by the message that appeared.

‘This message is…’

I’ve seen this message before.

“It’s the same as in Karot?

Karot had definitely gotten this message before. Ming Hu thought it might be different, so he removed his hand from No. 16’s body. He slapped his hand and the message disappeared. When the message disappeared, Ming Hu put his hand back on it.

[This is a belonging item, would you like to acquire it?]

The disappearing message reappeared.

‘The corpse was… It was a drop item.’

Now it’s clear. The corpse hadn’t disappeared because it had been dropped. Ming Hu first opened his inventory and placed the corpse of No. 16 in it.

[You have acquired the body of Express Assassin #16].

“Express assassin?

No ordinary assassin, after all. Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at the corpse of No. 16 in his inventory, then turned back to reach for No. 17.

[You have acquired the body of Express Assassin #17].

After acquiring the corpses of 16 and 17 in quick succession, Ming Hu closed his inventory, turned around, and walked over to where Delay was and began talking to him again.

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“What?”

The woman replied with an incredulous look on her face.

“…”

But the man standing in front of her said nothing in response to her question. When he didn’t say anything, the woman frowned slightly and continued.

“I’m not in the mood for jokes, Larsen.”

“…”

But Larsen didn’t say anything to the woman’s next words; he just stared at her in silence. The woman opened her mouth in disbelief, and Larsen spoke.

“…Is this real?”

“Yes.”

After a long moment of silence, Larsen nodded. Larsen’s expression was as serious as ever.

“Ha…”

That’s why I sighed inwardly. The woman who sighed looked at Larsen in disbelief.

“How long have you been out of touch?”

“The departure report is the last contact.”

“…”

Larsen’s words left the woman speechless for a moment.

“And you haven’t heard from him since?”

“Yes.”

“16 and 17?”

“Yes.”

Larsen nodded as the woman continued to ask questions.

“…Ha.”

In disbelief, the woman lowered her head and sighed. Larsen remained as silent as ever, waiting for her to speak.

Sigh

The woman looked up.

“I don’t suppose it’s too much to ask to send more of the 10th?”

“I think…”

Larsen trailed off. That was enough of an answer. If sending two 16s and two 17s had failed, sending the same 10s would have had the same result.

“What the hell. Ha.”

The woman sighed again in disbelief, unable to comprehend.

“What do you want me to do?”

Larsen asked.

“Stop the mission and bring it back?”

16 and 17, which I thought would be successful, failed. But there were others who were better than them. Of course they were on a mission, but this one was ordered by the Emperor. It was more important than any other mission.

“No, we need to report it first. If it’s bad enough that 16 and 17 are being killed… if someone like that is in the palace without our knowledge, it’s a big problem.”

Still, this meant that the secret escort was not an ordinary person, and it was a big deal that such a person was not known to the people who were supposedly in possession of all the information in the imperial palace.

“I see.”

Larsen nodded at the woman’s words.

That was the moment.

Profit

“Hello, ma’am, deputy ma’am. Long time no see!”

The door opened and a man walked into the room.

“…!”

“…!”

The woman and Larsen are surprised to see the man enter the room, and so is he. He should not be here now.

“What’s the mission?”

He was on a very important mission, and she looked at him with a furrowed brow, wondering how he had come to be here. Larsen continued.

“I don’t think I gave you a return order.”

You may have completed your mission. But even if you had completed your mission, you were not to return until you were ordered to return. That was discipline.

“I thought I’d die waiting for a command.”

There was an exception, of course. That was death. If you were near death, you could return to work without being ordered to do so. Of course, this exception didn’t apply to everyone. It only applied to a very small percentage of people, including the company itself.

“Mission accomplished, of course. Here.”

The man approached the woman’s desk, took the scroll from her arms, and handed it to her. He then said

“But… what do you mean, 16 and 17 got hit?”