BXBX NOVEL Chapter 56 Assassination Attempt
Seeing Captain Mahesh, the strongest member of the group, drop dead right before their eyes, that to in a matter of seconds, the morale of the soldiers escorting the two princes took a big hit as they felt anxious in face of unknown danger.
With the group leader dead, the soldiers were directionless and in a disarray over what to do. However, they still crowded around the two princes carriage as they looked around for the attackers.
The spot was perfect for an ambush; there were thick, tall trees surrounding the roadside and the nearest reinforcement centre was a long way out. Hence, although the flares had been deployed, there would be ample time to kill the targets before a response team arrived at the scene.
Percy clearly analysed the situation. The assassins had no idea which carriage the two princes were in, and because of that, they chose a vantage point and pre-planted the explosives.
The moment the explosives set off was the moment when Captain Mahesh chose to step out of the carriage, hence revealing himself and the location of the carriage where the princes were.
The assassins had planned this ambush in great detail and it was undoubtedly not the work of ordinary terrorists.
The weapons used by the assassins were laced with dangerous poison. Percy was sure that anyone who was even grazed with the blade would find it hard to live past five minutes under the effects of the poison. However, the use of poison revealed the careful mentality of the assassins who used extra measures to ensure their target was 100% dead.
With this information, Percy was sure that stepping out of the carriage now would mean certain death, while staying holed up would mean a rat-like death.
Hence, while Percy was busy deciding the best course of action, Ronan had completely different ideas.
For Ronan, seeing Captain Mahesh get killed ruthlessly was shocking. However, not even two seconds later, he had shaken it off as if it was nothing as he started to chant his strongest move, the flaming lightning wheel..
Just like Percy, Ronan also understood that the assassins knew exactly which carriage they were in. Thus, they would sooner or later either appear at the carriage’s entrance or the ceiling. However, that moment would be their last as they would meet with Ronan’s faming lightning wheel attack!
This was the difference between the two brothers as Percy was an analyzer while Ronan was a doer, who thought less and did more.
When Percy looked at Ronan’s calm visage, he was surprised. However, when he saw him chanting calmly, he was dumbfounded, as the calm Ronan displayed in this crisis was almost uncanny. Ronan looked completely different from the salivating sweets lover he was a few minutes ago, having become the very likeness of a true warrior in face of a crisis, calm and undeterred. For a moment, Percy could not recognize him.
The noise of intense fighting could be heard outside as loud thuds of bodies hitting the floor and blood splattering could be heard. The noise brought Percy back to reality.
“Don’t let the bastards approach the princes’ carriage!”
“Die before you let them have our country’s future!”
“They are only four while we are 70! Show them our might!”
“Aghhhhhhh! Fight. Fight. Fight with all you have!”
Sounds of men screaming and swords clanging could be heard as Percy gained important information; there were four enemies who attacked the group.
Percy drew out his sword as he pointed towards the entrance, ready to fight lest anyone try to force their way in. However, little did he know that the enemy were all level 100 or higher and that he was no match for them.
Ronan remained unaffected by the noise outside. He only focused on his chanting, calmly circulating his elemental essence, exactly how the spell demanded it to be for manifesting itself.
Ronan muttered, “Flames of abyss, cycle of reincarnation, o thunder lord Indra, I do not fear your Vajra or lightning the rejection, for thunder is my slave and fire my salvation…”
Little by little, Ronan collected incredible amounts of elemental essence around him, which slowly started to swirl into two rings of fire. Spokes of thunder attached themselves to the two rings as they crackled with power.
Slowly but surely, more and more spokes manifested themselves as the rotation speed of the wheel increased.
By this point, Ronan was sweating profusely as he could feel that the internal injuries of his mana circuit had not completely healed, and by using this move, he was further damaging his already injured mana walls. However, he had no choice. Only the A-ranked spell had the power to hurt powerful existences way beyond his level. Nothing else in his arsenal could even remotely threaten people beyond level 70.
Percy noticed Ronan’s state and felt guilty about pushing his brother to such limits back in the competition.
Although it was necessary, he felt bad for putting his brother through so much hardship, especially now when the effects of the fight were clearly showing, during the time they really needed to push themselves to the utmost limits. However, this time, it was a matter of life or death.
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(Assassin’s POV)
The four assassins from the Assassin Guild were codenamed Serpent, Scorpion, Toad, and Spider.
The codenames originated from the type of poison they used to lace their weapons with. Overall, their group was dubbed the poison masters in the killer community.
One of the most notorious assassin squads, they had a 100% kill rate. None of their victims had ever survived the assassination attempt.
The seven seas organization had paid top bucks to hire this group since the success of the mission was of paramount importance.
Although inside Avalon, the soldiers of level 60 and above were considered very formidable, the ascended assassins made short work of the guards protecting the princes’ carriage. For those coming from the central empire, facing level 60-80 troops was just a routine day at job.
This was considered run-of-the-mill security in the central continent, with every influential family having it as the bare minimum. It showed the large disparity between Avalon and the central empire, as in Avalon, this was the security provided to the king’s sons!
Scorpion said, “Too easy, where is the thrill in this job?”
Scorpion was the kind who liked challenging missions. He was someone who killed for the thrill of the hunt and not for the money.
For him, such boring missions were just not worth his time.
“It’s easy money, so stop complaining all the time like a little bitch,” Toad replied. For Toad, money was everything and he liked nothing more than risk-free missions like these that paid well.
“That’s enough. Spider, go and drag the princes out of the carriage. Toad, Scorpion, clean-up the rest,” Serpent, the leader of the four, instructed.
His orders were immediately carried out as Toad and Scorpion went all out with their fights while Spider made his way towards the princes carriage.
Spider hummed a nice little song as he walked towards the carriage, swinging his dagger between his fingers in a carefree fashion.
The group had done their study regarding the princes beforehand and knew that the two were only 7 and 9 years old kids. Nothing to be threatened about.
Technically, killing them should be even easier than killing the soldiers outside. Hence, Spider thought nothing much of the task and was very casual about it.
For Spider, the worst outcome that could happen was that the two resisted and he would need to give them a couple tight slaps before dragging them out by their hair with two teeth missing. However, he was gravely mistaken.
This casual attitude made Spider drop his guard, and his mental state soon relaxed. His thoughts could be summed up in a single sentence: ‘Just what can two kids do to me?’ His mentality was the cause behind his doom.
As he approached the carriage door, he had to kill one or two guards who were being a nuisance. He spat over the body of the dead Captain Mahesh before he stepped on his head to open the carriage door.
The moment he opened the carriage door, he shouted a nasty, “PEEK-A-BOO!”
However, at that moment, he received the shock of a lifetime as his eyes popped out of his sockets in surprise.
He expected two children cowering and shaking in fear, but in front of him was Ronan with a rotating disk of fire and thunder.
The last thing he saw before his head got decapitated was the sight of an azure-eyed Percy Draco eyeing him with murderous eyes, and a seven years old brat who had his tongue sticking out of his mouth as he produced the attack that even killed the level 101 him.
Blood sprayed everywhere as the flaming lightning wheel went on to cut a few trees in the distance after decapitating Spider. The people who were most shocked by this turn of events were the three assassins who looked at the lifeless body of their companion in utter shock.
Throughout history, there have been instances of David beating the Goliath, and it was always an inspiring story.
However, never would anyone be bold enough to tell the tale of how a seven years old child at level 33 decapitated an ascended adult with one move!
In the wide world of Everlon with its countless prodigies and a millennia of history, such a feat was only accomplished by one Ronan Draco!