274 A second before their demise


    “?!”


    “What’s that?”


    “Looks like there’s something out there.”


    As the three looked at each other, the door of the room was flung open. Mayor Gilbert, us, and Zennie, looked in the direction of the door and saw a guard enter the room.


    Mayor Gilbert frowned, but before he could say anything, the guard immediately said, “My lord, we are— ah!?” Before he could finish what he was going to say, a bloody sword de suddenly came out of his stomach.


    Ngh!


    The guard groaned as the expression on his face turned into a grimace. Following that, blood came out of his mouth and his face lost all colors. The mayor, us, and Zennie, the three of them were all stunned at what had transpired before them.


    Plop!


    The guard’s blood ran down the tiled floor. From behind the dying guard, a person wrapped in a ck cloth came out.


    .....


    An assassin? The three of them thought the same thing seeing the person.


    After a moment of shock, Mayor Gilbert asked in a stammering voice. “W-Who are you? What are you up to?” Mayor Gilbert worriedly asked the assassin.


    Zennie was dumbfounded and us stood up and looked straight at the assassin with his full attention on it.


    Since the assassin’s upper face was hidden under his hood, only the lower part of his face could be seen.


    They saw a grin in that person.


    Heh~


    “You don’t need to know who I am. All we need is your life, Mayor,” the assassin replied coldly, stating his hideous intention without hiding any.


    After letting the body of the guard fall to the floor like trash, the assassin produced a knife and rushed to kill the mayor next.


    Seeing that, the mayor looked petrified. He could not move because of fear. It was so sudden and he had nothing he could do. The assassin was very fast. He arrived in front of him in an instant. The assassin did not waste time, he swung the knife to take the mayor’s life.


    Ting!


    With that noise, sparks flew.


    His attack was blocked by something?!


    Under his hood, the assassin’s eyes widened in disbelief. That shook him a little and he was slightly shocked, though his shock reaction onlysted for a moment before he realized that someone parried his attack.


    “I won’t let you!” Mister us announced after parrying the assassin’s attack using a hammer that he summoned from the spatial ring on his finger.


    Although it wasn’t a high-quality spatial ring, it was enough to store something like a hammer. And some important things he needed for travel.


    “Eh?!” Mayor Gilbert looked surprised. But he came back to his senses after us said, “Girl, fast! Take the mayor out of here!”


    Noticing the enemy’s slight shock, Mister us used the chance and attacked again by swinging his hammer at the assassin. Parrying such kinds of attacks with a knife might not be an ideal choice. The assassin was forced to step back as he tried to dodge Mister us’ heavy attacks.


    To us’ dismay, none of his attacksnded at the enemy. us’ brows knitted.


    The assassin’s mouth curved up to form a cold smile.


    “Don’t get cocky, old f*ck!” A kicknded on Mister us’ face.


    Mister us’ back hit the floor with a loud thud after receiving that kick. Blood came out of his mouth right after.


    “Mister Smith!” Zennie shouted.


    She and the Mayor looked stunned stunned once again.


    “Don’t worry, I’m fine. Just go!” Mister us said as he tried to get up again after wiping the blood on his mouth with his arm.


    However, after that kick, the assassin rushed toward the mayor and Zennie. It looked like the assassin was very set on killing the mayor. Mayor Gilbert could do nothing but step back instinctively.


    It was clear to him that he was the target of this person. But who had sent him for his life? He could not think of anyone else who was interested in taking his life.


    Seeing the knifeing at him at unperceivable speed, he jolted back. The criminal stabbed him, but the stab did not reach his target. us was able to tackle the assassin before it happened.


    “Ugh!”


    The assassin and Mister us hit on the sofa and rolled on the floor, but the assassin was able to stand up fast.


    “Damn!” The assassin cursed under his breath then he took another knife and threw it at Mister us. It looked like he needed to get rid of the pest around him first.


    us widened his eyes when he saw the knife only a few inches away from his face.


    But a magical force altered its trajectory. The knife didn’t hit Mister us. A magical force materialized in front of Mister us and altered the knife’s direction.


    The shifted his nce at Zennie. He saw her arms stretched forward while her hands were glowing brilliantly.


    “Mister us! I’ll help you!”


    After saying that, she hastily used her ability to buff Mister us with strengthening. It raised Mister us’ strength.


    “Eh?”


    us was surprised when he suddenly felt stronger than before. He did not expect that despite her gentleness, Zennie had a very helpful ability.


    “Thanks girl!” Mister us said his appreciation. Then, he hastily reached out on his hammer and attacked the enemy again.


    “Horyah!”


    Bam!


    us knitted his brows when his attack only hit the floor. The enemy was able to dodge away. The room shook as if an earthquake had happened.


    “You! You are from the Rothsport Family?” The enemy asked while directing his gaze straight at Zennie.


    Zennie looked surprised. “H-How did you know?” She asked.


    “It doesn’t matter how. Hehe. This is more interesting than I thought!” Said the assassin in a much colder tone.


    Zennie frowned, wondering what the criminal meant.


    us then remembered an old fact about the Rothsport family’s ability. The Rothsport family was known for this kind of ability that allowed them to temporarily affect their target’s attributes. However, us was baffled by the enemy’s intention in mentioning the Rothsport family in particr.


    Anyway, us attacked once again. But despite his strengthened body, the enemy is still far stronger than him. He elbowed Mister us and sent a knee at him.


    Despite gaining a strengthening buff from Zennie, his fighting power was still inferiorpared to the assassin.


    us was sent flying away. But us didn’t give up. He still tried to get up.


    “Mister us!” Zennie ran to us’ side, helping him to get up.


    Cough! Cough!


    us coughed blood.


    “I-I’ll try to buy some time. Find a way to escape here along with the mayor,” us whispered to Zennie.


    Seeing us’ condition, “B-but—”


    Zennie wanted to say something, but Mister us cut her words by saying, “There’s nothing we can do against him. You need to tell the others about it.”


    Zennie bit her lips. She knew he was right. But she could not take herself to abandon someone who was in a dire situation. However, much worse things might happenter.


    She tried to think of a better n, but Zennie found herself unable to think of one. Moreover, they saw the assassin walk towards them.


    Everytime the heels of the assassin’s shoes hit the floor, it was as if a second before their demise.