Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
The three of them had a monotonous days as they waited for intel and guarding the posts for possibly encountering the target.
They thought this day would be the same but then...
*CAAAWWW!!!!
The loud screeching sound of the messenger Eagle alerted Eiji and his team as they ran towards the forest, where the eagle had flown.
When they ran out of the City walls, there were also other hooded figures like them also running in the direction they were going to!
They looked and nodded at each other but said nothing.
There was no need for any competition in their line of work.
As long as they managed to complete the mission, they would still get compensated especially with an S rank mission like this, even if they had not participated with the fight.
*SWOOSH!
Passing through the forest, their figures blurred as they rushed and evaded the bushes and tree branches along their ways.
And Eiji was the one who was at the forefront out of all of them.
Eiji's speed showed out with chasing and retreating, behind him was Akai who managed to out ran the other assassins through his Blood sword power, as he sneaked and slipped through the shadows!
*SWOOOSHH!!!
*BAAANNNGG!!!
As they whizzed passed a tree, they heard a loud sound, which made the six of them stop abruptly.
"West!!"
One of the assassins said and they ran westward right after!
*SWOOOSHH!!!!
*BAANNGG!!!
Then another loud sound!
"Theerreee!!!"
Ahead, they saw a team of two, chasing a man. He was middle aged and was very thin.
He was also very haggard and was panting slightly, clearly the past few days of running and chasing had taken a toll on him!
He had cracks all over his glasses, and although he looked thin especially because of his lab coat, he surprisingly had an aura of master level swordsman!
This was not on any intel they have been given, and from the surprised reaction of the others, only the two teams currently fighting Eden Dugby knew that he was a master level swordsman but maybe because of the chase and fighting they hadn't had any time to report back any information they had!
"Let's go!! Encircle him!"
One of the Assassins shouted and ordered the others.
Still, they were calm, they had always come across suxh situations in all their missions, either surprising power of the target or the wrong amount of numbers the enemy has, and unless it crossed an unsurpassable threshold, as assassins, they won't be backing out in any way!
""YES!!""
All of them answered in unison.
*SWOOSH!!
"Haaahh!! Haaahh!!!"
As they encircled Eden Dugby, he panted as he looked towards the assassins around him.
Although he looked tired there was no panic in his demeanor.
He was more like... Calculating...
Eiji and the other six that arrived with his team were also puzzled.
Eden Dugby was alone, but he wasn't panicking, and there were already two teams fighting him from who knows when and where, yet they hadn't been able to defeat him!
Although he was a master level swordsman, that was just about it! All of them currently were at the same level! So why?!
"Heh! Here!"
*SWOOSH!
After he patted his treasure pouch, a number of flat round object came out from it with a green light in its center.
He threw in nearly all directions except one where only a single assassin was intercepting him!
Most of them were with their teams, and the solo assassin was clearly more of an easy target than the others!
"What is this??!!"
Eiji and the others watched as the round object flew in their direction.
It was then that they knew why he had survived this long and why there had been multiple explosions occuring every now and then!!
*Ziinngg!!!
"STOOPP!!!!RUUUUNNNNN!!!!!!!!"
"!!!"
As Eiji prepared to cut it with his katana, one of the assassin, of the two man team that managed to find Eden Dugby, shouted as he hurriedly run away!
Eiji, Akai and Marco also felt the danger in the last second!
*SWOOOSHH!!!!!!
Time seemed to slow down as Eiji quickly grabbed the back of Marco's cloak who was a second late!
Akai was halfway in activating his blood sword power!
Then...
The green light became red....
*BOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
*BAAANNNGG!!!!!!!
*TIIIIINNNGGGG!!!
Eiji could only hear a ringing sound in his head.
"Aahh! Aahhh!!"
His consciousness was fading, and he was blacking out. He could only hear a ringing sound in his ear as well as his heavy and painful breathing!
At the last bit of his willpower, he saw two of the other assassins helping Marco and Akai who were unconscious, while another one was coming towards him.
Then.. everything went dark...
.....
*End Of Chapter.