The Assassination Attempt On The Assassin

Ethan was conflicted. He wanted to conquer the world just like the main protagonists of all the Chinese novels. But now, it looks like he will be killed just after ten days after he arrives in the cultivation world. He couldn't agree with this.

The Assassin slowly came forward while holding a dagger in his hands. As the distance between them started to become narrow, the panic and anxiety in Ethan's heart started to become visible on his face.

"I am sorry. Now rest in peace!", The Assassin said after approaching Ethan. He lifted his dagger to cut Ethan's throat.

He said, "I like you. For an Elementary Stage like you… you gave me a lot of trouble previously. I was almost defeated. If I had the choice, we would have become good friends. But now, I had to kill you."

"If you want to become friends with me, then I will welcome you without any hesitation. Why need to go against your heart and kill me?", Ethan couldn't help but ask.

The Assassin sighed and said, "Because it is against my principles. If I accepted to assassinate a target, I will accomplish my job no matter what. This is my principle."

"Who hired you?", Ethan asked, "You can tell me at least that much before my death?"

The Assassin remained silent for a while and said, "The Patriarch of the Walter Family!"

Ethan sighed. He got the complete picture of the situation. The Walter family is one of the three influential families in Phoenix Feather City.

There are three influential families known as Walter Family, Miles Family and Barrington Family.

Young Master Sirius was from the Barrington Family. While Young Master Robin was from the Miles family.

Ethan was acquitted with both the Miles and the Barrington family in one way or another. But he never stumbled against the Walter family.

And yet, they hired an Assassin to kill Ethan!

Ethan knew why they hired an Assassin to kill him. Even an idiot could tell. How could Ethan fail to guess it?

Everyone knew that the current Patriarch of the Phoenix Feather City is going to retire soon. Very soon, a new Patriarch is about to be announced. And the Patriarchs of the three influential families who were already Supreme Elders of the city's Union branch were in the line for becoming the next patriarch.

They were doing everything in their power to become the next Patriarch of the Phoenix Feather City. They were scheming anything possible to become the next patriarch.

This was a sensitive time. They do anything in their power to damage the reputation of other contenders. And he became a small pawn in one of their schemes.

'So the Walter Family is trying to kill me to damage Barrington Family's reputation.'

'Since I had a feud with Young Master Sirius of the Barrington Family, the Walter Family is now trying to kill me so that they can use my death as an excise to sully Barrington Family's reputation.'

Ethan immediately understood the entire story. He already had this guess previously. But now that the Assassin told him everything, he now felt that his earlier guess was right.

But right now, he put everything aside. First of all, he had to escape from this mess. He is going to be assassinated soon. He can think of anything else only after he could escape from his current situation.

But how?

He couldn't find any way. The Assassin raised his weapon and placed it on Ethan's neck. He said, "You had a great future. But your arrogance has led to your demise. If we met earlier, then I think that we would have been good friends. Goodbye!"

Ethan gritted his teeth. He tried to struggle and escape from the trap desperately. But the more he struggled, the tighter the rope on his body became.

'Is this the end?'

Ethan thought as he recalled his family. He remembered Shirley. He remembered all the people close to him.

He closed his eyes and decided to accept his fate. No one will die for him anyway. The System is constantly prompting messages informing him that his life is in danger.

But Ethan felt that all these messages are meaningless now. There was nothing he could do to escape his fate.

Shush!

But just as the Assassin is about to slice his throat, Ethan heard a wind-piercing sound. He closed his eyes, so he couldn't see anything. But he heard the sound. Moreover, three seconds had passed, but his throat was not sliced.

"I finally found you, you fucking assassin!", Just as Ethan was wondering what might have happened, he heard someone speaking.

Ethan abruptly opened his eyes. He saw a man and a woman 20 meters away from his location glaring at the Assassin who knows when he moved away from him? He was now standing around 30 meters away from him.

"It's you, people, again!", The Assassin shouted angrily. His shoulder was bleeding as an arrow pierced it. Even an idiot could tell that the assassin was attacked by these two unknown people.

And judging from their conversation, Ethan deduced that the Assassin and these two mysterious people were past acquaintances. But not in a friendly way though.

The man gritted his teeth and said grudgingly, "You killed our father. Why would we not be persistent in killing you? Because of you, my family has now fallen from power. Because of you, we are now homeless."

"That's right! If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have to live like this.", The girl said, "Today we will kill you and avenge our father!"

The Assassin was pissed. He shouted back, "It was part of my mission! Someone hired me to kill your father! How could I be the one to be blamed?"

The Assassin was an Assassin after all. They live to assassinate others. They will be hired by someone in the process. This is their life. This is how they make money to live.

The father of these two mysterious people was also one of the victims of the Assassin. He was hired by someone to kill their father who was a ruler of a place in the past.

After his assassination, their family became weak and their family declined. These two people who were children of that victim vowed to kill the one responsible for their father's death. By some chance, they learned the identity of the assassin.

And since then, they attempted to kill him on multiple occasions. But they always failed. Today is another attempt that they made. Only God knows whether they will be succeeded or not.

As for Ethan, he looked at the situation that was developed. He heaved a sigh of relief. He raced his brain and was thinking of a quick solution to escape from this trap.