The Peak of Hell.
Rage was overwhelmed by Arthur's words, his words felt like a devil, and such greed showed in his eyes. He was working as an assassin to find amusement.
Finding amusement, in killing, hiding secrets, toying with people, breaking plans and betraying anyone. Such were his actions, he was no ordinary human being in Rage's eyes, just a puppet monster controlled by pleasure and nothing else stood in front of him.
"..i.. should...kill...him."
Rage whispered this to himself, he was thinking about seriously killing the person in front of him.
"Did you say something?"
Arthur was interrupted by Rage's lack of attention and self-whispering.
"Huh...?"
Rage's line of thought was interrupted was Arthur and he came to reality from his thought line. He needs to end Arthur's words as soon as possible.
"Stop it, Arthur. I've heard enough. We need to tell others about this note. We can't get more deep into this mystery by just yourselves."
Rage contemplated his thoughts, he was standing beside his ally, not an enemy. If Arthur spoke anymore, Rage would not be able to stop himself.
"I don't think so. I think we should tell this directly to Master. This might get us some good money or reward."
"Arthur, we do not work for money or reward. We work for this country and its people. We will tell this to others."
Arthur made a stiff face and raised his hands.
"We do it for reward Rage, we do it for money."
"What do you mean?"
Arthur had started to weave a small net of these strong threads around Rage and he never knew but he was slowly getting trapped deep inside it.
"Come on, why we are working together for a purpose right? We need to trust each other and find the best way to overcome our troubles."
"Don't act like a saint, Arthur. I know your tricks, we need to tell others about this."
"And what purpose will it serve, they will tell you to do the same thing as me. Wait until the mission is complete and then inform the master about this."
Rage no rebuttal for this response.
"It's best to keep it to ourselves and tell them after this job, telling them now will only distract us from our goals."
"..."
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While Rage and Arthur had their issues, the other four reached the castle's top.
The wind blew a bit fast at this height, the cold wind blew with it any lamp or lights placed, it was a completely dark area. While standing on the top the assassin could witness the country's capital, in beauty at night.
Jinx leading the group, stood at the top of the large dome made of a crown to the castle looking at the night city.
"What was the capital's name again? Nobody seems to speak its name."
Near again asked a question which undoubtedly showed that he was an amateur and Asuka began to explain the required information to him.
"The capital was earlier called, "Prismal", it means "The home to the greatest" in a foreign language but people during the rebellion demanded the name change. Saying this that name should be based on the country's own culture."
"but still does not have a proper name? Why is that?"
"Because the old geezer couldn't agree less on things, all suggested different names during that time, people at that time didn't agree about things. So, this place is unnamed. Calling it capital is just a formality. The one who wins this war decides whether the place is the capital or not."
"I wonder, what name will Master give it?"
Jinx spoke for the first time and his words shined confidence and power in them. He was sure that they would win this war and that their master would one day rule this nation.
"I wonder? What name would you give it, Jinx?"
Out of curiosity, Asuka asked Jinx about his own opinion of the Capital's name.
"A place like this deserves to be named, "Sinaran"."
"!!!"
"Really, you will name this place, cursed land."
Sinaran was a place mentioned in the folklore of the country. It was a place filled with gold and silver and said to bring eternal peace to one's reaching it but the truth was that it was a place that trapped people inside and made them suffer for eternity.
"This place had just brought ruin to the nation nothing more, I have killed so many of my own people behind this piece of land and some name. This place is hell, nothing less than that."
"And, we stand on the peak of this hell."
"!!"
A voice came back from the side of the building, it was the voice of a male who climbed up the side wall to the top. Soon, followed him a lady. Both of them walked up to the squad.
Jinx with his face towards the city asked the two about their work. The two were constantly looking for the queen for the past two days without any support or help.
"Kite. Any information about the location of the queen?"
Faced with the question, Kite, a girl with a deep voice, replied to Jinx.
"The queen is not inside the walls of the capital, she is already out of this place. his place is a trap by itself. A trap to catch a big fish."
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