Darkening Guardian Knight

"Give me the position and leave without saying anything." Jueying, dressed as the patriarch of the Dakru family, said helplessly, "This is not the first time, you should be used to it."

"I'm really used to it." Kate nodded expressionlessly, and said, "Since you're here, do you know everything that's going on down there?"

"Naturally, Colette speaks bad things about people like that, and Jueying will settle accounts with him when he goes back."

"Uh..." I mourned for Colette downstairs who was still rejoicing for a second, and then Kate remembered the purpose of her return. She took out a piece of paper from the assassin's small bag and slapped it on the Juying table seriously. He said to Jueying, "Let's not talk about it, I will deliver the A-level mission last time."

"Well, it's indeed finished." Jueying glanced at the paper Kate handed over, and then nodded, "I've already received the commission from the client, and it's all in your small treasury. not bad."

"Since Uncle Jue Ying said that you are right, then I am relieved." Kate said, "Let's put the reward first, I want to take on the next A-level task."

"It's really urgent... To be honest, I still think it's safer for you to do some B-level tasks first. A-level tasks are really too dangerous for you at level [-]."

Jueying sincerely persuaded, "Especially some A-level missions are already at the level of S-level. Once you encounter some powerful ninth-level masters, even you..."

"There's no need to worry, Uncle Jueying." Kate said indifferently, "Don't think too much, that kind of thing is usually very difficult to happen, and the guys who issued the mission are somewhat authoritative, so they can assess the possibility of mistakes. Very little sex."

"Besides, even if it's an S-level task, you may not be able to do it." Kate continued, "It's not like I haven't completed an S-level task..."

"It was luck that time!" Jueying feigned anger, "Didn't you realize how difficult that mission was? You have to assassinate the target under the protection of several ninth-level masters! That should have been my mission, and in the end But you finished it unintentionally..."

"Doesn't this mean that I have the strength to complete the S-level mission?" Kate argued, "Even if it is a bit of luck, this is the mission completed."

"But……"

Jueying wanted to say something more, but Kate insisted on it, which made him very helpless.In the end, he was persuaded and chose a relatively simple A-level task for Kate.

Section [-] The Utopia of Assassins

"After completing this task, it's almost time for the Star Wars in the school district?" Kate asked suddenly after taking over the A-level task from Jue Ying and browsing through it.

"Well, it's almost time." Jueying thought for a while and replied, "You are probably the one who will play in our school district this year? No one else can do it."

"Yeah." Kate also sighed, "There's no way, our school district is too disadvantaged. Except for us Dakru, there is no real clan. Like other school districts, they are basically talented people. Guys. But here, there are too few people who are so amazing, and there are not enough people to watch."

"Assassin's path is inherently difficult. If you don't have talent, it's really hard." Jueying was deeply touched by this, "It's like your talent in assassin camouflage is impeccable. But in terms of attack, you are not as good as Me back then."

"Isn't it better... maybe." Kate was noncommittal and left the topic alone, "In the Star Wars, Honglan School District should be the one who played in her?"

"It should be right. The youngest title holder in the new generation...Gladis White. But her record will be broken by you sooner or later, right?"

"Who knows." Kate expressed her thoughts frankly, "but at present, she is probably the strongest student in the Sky Academy. If I fight head-on, I probably can't beat her."

"It's only her, you can't beat it." Jueying has absolute confidence in Kate, "Let's not talk about the pure white school district, no matter who comes out of the emerald school district, you will be restrained, and the kid from the crimson school district He can't beat you, no matter how strong he becomes."

"Really? I don't think it's such a sure thing. The one in the Crimson School District is still pretty good, a fighter in the middle of the sixth level. Although I have a good chance of winning in a fight, it's not a sure win."

"Oh, didn't you do a mission with him last year? According to my information, he seemed to like you after that time."

Jueying laughed and said, "So he can't win you, even if he wants to win you won't let him win, right?"

"..." Kate was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

After a long time, she finally said: "Uncle Jueying, you are really getting cheap."

"is it?"

"But it's good." Kate said calmly. "Assassins like us are probably cold-blooded and ruthless executioners in the eyes of outsiders. But that's also true. Assassins should be ruthless..."

"Although what you said is true, in our family, it's okay to act like a baby even a little bit. Because we are all family members."

Jueying touched the black-haired girl's head, and said softly, "Originally, the meaning of our family's existence is to give assassins a home, a place where they can release their suppressed emotions."

"It's just that this feeling can really be completely released?" Kate frowned. "I am deeply touched. The trauma caused by the assassin mission is the heaviest. It is very difficult to heal."

"Yeah, it's not only difficult to heal those wounds, it's almost impossible... To be honest, the psychology of the current assassins is basically distorted, you and I are no exception, it's just that we can control ourselves. If there is no one In the case of Utopia, sooner or later we will become madmen."

Jueying also knows that the task of an assassin is heavy, it is a job that often kills many people who show kindness to him, and the assassin is not really heartless, no matter what, he is always touched in his heart.

"Well, so this is the so-called Utopia?" Kate smiled and said, "Indeed, although it can't completely solve the problem, this place has a sense of peace of mind that allows us to let go of the disguise and show our true feelings. If we don't establish such a family, I am afraid that the people here will not be like this."

"Ah, indeed." Jueying said sadly, "This truth was taught to me by the old patriarch, but you have discovered it now, it's really sharp."

"Hehe, it's a girl's intuition." Kate shrugged and said, "But let's stop here today, Uncle Juying, I'm going to do a task. I must finish this task earlier, and then go to the headquarters of the Sky Academy to participate in the star battle."

"Well, be careful, even though it is a simple A-level task, it is still very risky." Jueying reminded Kate who was about to open the door and go out, "Be sure to proceed with caution."

"I understand." Kate nodded and said, "I have completed more than one or two A-level missions, so there is no need to tell me so."

After finishing speaking, she went out, left this beautiful Utopian family, and embarked on the mission journey again.

"Kate... Has she really noticed something?"

"It seems that some things must be dealt with as soon as possible."

After she went out, Jueying was muttering to herself, sighing from time to time, not knowing what she was thinking.

……

Kate looked at the A-level task that Jueying gave her, and sighed slightly: "It's this kind of task again, and it's clearly considered relatively difficult among A-level tasks."

"But it's quite suitable for me, camouflage and intelligence missions..." Kate stuffed the paper with the mission into her small bag, and walked out of the Obsidian School District.

She glanced back, looking at the place in the Yaohei school district, and couldn't help but think of the situation when she first entered the Dakru family.

"I've seen it... Uncle Juying, you understand in your heart that an absolute utopia is impossible. That is the so-called Gensokyo, and it cannot really exist. As long as there are conflicts and interests, no matter what will change in the end. It smells good." The black-haired girl covered her eyes with five fingers, and sighed again.

This is not the first time she has seen the corruption within the forces.

"I really miss it—I miss that first time."

"Unfortunately, we can't go back."

Section [-]: The Boy in the Far Mountain and the Secret in the Mountain

On the border between the Principality of Mandela and the Principality of Spigno, there is a small village called Skonda.Although this small village looks ordinary, everyone in the know understands that this place is not ordinary, and it hides a big secret.

Naturally, the people living in this village are not ordinary people, they are the eyeliners planted by many powerful forces around to protect and monitor this secret.

Around here, there are even high-ranking magicians setting up barriers to block the footsteps of most people. Ordinary people can only take a detour here.

One day, a young man dressed as a traveler actually passed through the barrier and entered the village, breaking the peace that had always been there.The forces of all parties were very panicked, thinking that this was a scout sent by the enemy to spy on the enemy.

They captured the man, locked him in a dungeon, and tortured him every day, trying to get him to call out who was behind him.

But in the end, this behavior was fruitless. No matter how hard he asked, he never revealed the power behind him, and kept denying it.

This made the major forces panic.At this time, they can probably conclude that this person is either a dead soldier of the hostile forces and can keep his mouth shut. Another possibility is that this person knows nothing about the secrets of this village. .

According to the situation, it is mostly the latter.

The major forces made such a judgment helplessly, but they did not deny the possibility of the former.In short, it is impossible to let this person go. In order to allow his own power to enjoy this secret, it is impossible for this person to get out alive.

"Sure enough, it's here, so it's considered sneaking in." In the prison, the young man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and there was no emotion in his eyes. "But it's troublesome to be trapped all the time, and it's not conducive to action. Let's get out of here first. Bar."

This boy was naturally Kate pretending to be. The A-level mission she received was to find out the secrets here and go back and organize them into a report.

And the reason why she pretended to be a teenager and ostentatiously appeared in front of those people was because the protection measures here were really good.

Not only is there magical surveillance, but there are also many eyeliners who don't know where they are placed.

Kate believes that it will take a lot of time to investigate to avoid them all, and she doesn't want to waste too much time, so she came up with this bitter trick.

The prison made by these people is extremely rough, with a sixth-level martial arts cultivation, Kate can even walk freely in it, and those seemingly solid iron gates and fences are nothing to her.

But she didn't want her escape to cause any disturbance, she had her own plan.

When it was abused just now, the chest wrap was a little damaged, and some places were bloomed, revealing a little bright flesh color.

But anyway, no one saw it, and Kate didn't care if she didn't expose her identity. In her heart, the mission was the first.

Since sneaking in here for a few days, she has been recording the routines of those prison guards in her mind.

According to her calculation, it should be the youngest guard who came to inspect the situation at this time.

Sure enough, Kate's prediction was very accurate and she guessed it right.

The young guard walked around the prison as usual, and after noticing anything unusual, he turned around and left.

He thought, anyway, the people imprisoned here will not live for too long, so it's almost enough to just look at them casually.

Originally, there was no problem with the young guard's thinking.For ordinary people, this prison is an inescapable cage, and once they are caught, they will die.But Kate is not an ordinary person, on the contrary, Kate is just waiting for this opportunity!

Suddenly, she jumped out with lightning speed, and the young guard didn't even have time to call for help, and Kate, who had been prepared, stuffed something into his mouth.

Because the boy was still covered by Kate, he couldn't make a sound.But he was struggling with his hands and feet, trying to escape Kate's control.But he failed in the end. What Kate fed him was fierce poison, and it would take a few breaths to take effect.

"It went well." Kate couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when she saw the boy's hand hang down limply and died completely.

The boy was weaker than she thought, which was good, less troublesome.

Otherwise, it would be bad if it attracted the attention of others during the fight.

Kate's camouflage skills are top-notch. She effortlessly disguised the boy's corpse as the one she had when she entered this place, and locked him in the prison, while she changed into the boy's clothes and transformed herself into this place guards.

She didn't know how long this would keep the others from hiding, but it would certainly buy enough time.In fact, she was confident that her camouflage skills must be fine. After the boy's body was handled by Kate, it was already exactly the same as the boy who broke into the village.

Unless an expert in the field checks the analysis, it is impenetrable.

"The inspection is over, there is no problem." Kate pretended to be the voice of the juvenile guard, and saluted the officer here in response.

She has seen this action several times in prison, and now imitating it is naturally flawless.

The officer didn't see anything inappropriate, and the world in his eyes was still the same as usual.Little did he know that the boy in front of him was no longer himself.

So he nodded with satisfaction as usual, and then said to the young man, "Thank you, Thoreau. I don't think it's early today, so let's go home and take care of your brother."

"Yes!" Kate answered very simply, but her heart was not calm, and she was thinking about some problems.

It turned out that the young man had a younger brother in the village, Kate thought, so her actions might be somewhat restricted, and she couldn't be exposed in front of his younger brother.

She thought about it, and felt that she should investigate first at this time to get a general understanding of the situation here, which would be beneficial to her next actions.

So Kate did not go to the home of the boy "Thoreau" immediately, but first took a stroll around the village, and secretly took note of the terrain here, especially marked a few very suspicious buildings, and planned to investigate carefully when she had the opportunity .

Section [-]: The Boy in the Far Mountain and the Secret in the Mountain

Strange to say, Kate can be sure that she has never been to this village.

But she always feels that everything here is very familiar, but she doesn't know where this familiarity comes from.But this is not the time to think about it. After walking around here, Kate almost memorized the terrain here.Investigate the surrounding environment in advance, which is the basis of being an assassin.

Kate's footsteps are not at the same level as the original boy's. Even if she went back to "her home" after a rough look at the whole village, it would be a few minutes behind the boy's original return time, and it is impossible to arouse suspicion.

"I'm back." Kate pushed open the door of the boy's house and said politely, but no one responded.

"Well, this kind of thing is quite normal." Kate thought for a while, in the Dakru family, if someone greeted like this, she would definitely not respond.

So comparing her heart with her heart, she didn't think there was anything wrong.

But when she walked into this door, she realized the weirdness in it.

Upon entering the room, the first thing Kate smelled was a stench.Others may not be able to distinguish this smell, but Kate is very familiar with it—it is the smell of corpses from dead people!

"It seems that this village is weirder than I imagined." Kate frowned, this situation was already unexpected.

Leaving aside who died, judging by the strong smell, the corpse had been here for at least a few days, but the boy remained as usual, obviously there was a ghost in it.

"Unreasonable speculation is useless. In short, we should see the situation first before we talk about it." Kate did not hesitate, and walked into the room following the smell of the corpse.

Then when she saw the source of the smell of corpses, she suddenly had a sudden feeling.

The corpse itself was an ordinary male corpse, probably the "boy's younger brother" that the chief guard said.

As for the identity of the younger brother, I don't know. In short, the corpse is very ordinary, nothing special.But what made Kate understand many things in an instant was the runes written all over the corpse.

Although Kate couldn't understand these strange characters, she roughly knew what it was.

--dark magic.

This weird feeling, this strange appearance, except for the black magic, Kate didn't think about it.

"The secret hidden in this village...is probably related to this black magic." Kate frowned, thinking seriously, "But there are too few clues, and I don't even know what it is at present, and I am still close to completing the task." far away."

Kate sorted out her thoughts and found that many places were mysteries. She could only infer that the secrets in this small village were much more serious than she had imagined.

"Thinking about it now, is the "care" that the officer said earlier really just superficial? "Kate thought, "If not, then it should imply some kind of action on this corpse, and the boy named "Thoreau" must know about this kind of action and is willing to do it." "

"But this is just conjecture, there is no evidence." Kate has been here for a few days, but she basically spent time in prison and did not collect much information. Now her intelligence is seriously insufficient, and she can't analyze anything, "No way , we must be more active."

Kate searched the house all over, but she didn't find any clues that were helpful to the mission. She had no choice but to attack in stealth, to see what other people in the village were doing, in an attempt to gain inspiration from them.

Although the camouflage technique is extremely sophisticated, Kate's strength is only at the sixth level.If she really meets a strong person, she is absolutely invincible.