Chapter 3

I woke up at night time and decided to get some more information about my target. It took a lot of digging and not so less torture to get my info. It turns out there is an elf that fits her description working at a nearby pub. I don't know if it's 100% True but its the best lead i got. I decided to do some stalking to find out more. I spent the next 3 days watching this elf's moves and patterns and am sure this is my target. I noticed she passes by this certain alleyway as a shortcut to the pub. It would be the best place to ambushed and assassinate my target.

I decided to setup my ambush ahead of time and prepared my knives with poison that has a odorless scent. A couple hours have passed and night has finally descended. I continue to wait for my target which utmost patience and eventually she'd appear. I ready my knives and got my body prepared to spring into action while concealing my presence and sound. As soon as she got into range i leaped at her with my dagger coated in poison and aimed for the back of her neck. She must have sensed me coming and dodged swiftly yet elegantly.

She spoke with a coldness to her voice and said "It's about time you decided to act, I was beginning to think you were a coward. Well you still are but at least you have the balls to attack me". She turned around to face me but i had already disappeared and reappeared behind her. She wasn't expecting that speed and barely managed to dodge and face me but once again i had already disappeared. She whispered "This might be some trouble, So annoying". She turned around instantly and saw a dagger hit the ground and got confused. Then she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her leg and noticed another dagger but this time embedded in her leg. She was now on full alert and won't let her guard down again.

I appeared in front of her being overconfident in my abilities and ended up paying the price. She brought out a knife hidden in her sleeve and slashed me across my chest. I only barely dodged the fatal hit but still managed to get hit. My veins became black and my wound began to heal instantly. In 1 minute it had fully closed leaving no scar behind. I Gritted my teeth and decided to get serious and not underestimate my opponent. Ryuu noticed that she can't really move her leg and knew that the daggers are laced with a paralysis poison. She noticed a sudden movement to her right and dodged the dagger thrown at her with expertise. She saw her attacker coming from behind and threw the knife directly behind her and saw it enter his chest.

I leaped away and pulled out the dagger and watched it heal quickly. I knew i had to do something quickly and decided to push my luck and catch her by surprise. I threw 2 smoke bombs on the ground and hid up above the alleyway roof and activated my traps i placed beforehand. Multiple knives, needles, and darts spread throughout the area and i was watching with bated breath. Once the smoke cleared i looked and saw that my trapped had failed and on top of that, i couldn't see my target anywhere. I decided to retreat for now since i clearly underestimated my target. Before i could do anything else, i felt the wind brushed past me and am now falling to the ground confused. I hit the ground pretty hard and before i can do anything else i felt the wind once again and my vision blacken once i felt something hit my head hard.

Ryuu took a deep breathe and lamented herself for letting down her guard. She will make sure to stay active and go back to training to help better defend herself and her new family at the hostess of fertility. After a few minutes calming down she looked at her would be assassin and the first thing she noticed was how short they were. "Did they send a pallum to kill me" Ryuu said. She saw they had a mask on and decided to reveal her attacker. What she found shocked her because behind the mask was a face no older than 8 years old. "Who would send a child to kill me especially against someone like me". She wasn't trying to be vein but she knew she was a level 4 and didn't think they would send a child to her. She decided to see if there were any signs or clues to who sent him after her. She removed his hood and once again shock filled her eyes when she saw the symbol for evilus on the boys neck. She could also see that the symbol or brand was fresh considering the scarring around it.

When she went to grab him the boy awoke and then slashed his hand with the dagger and managed to cut Ryuu's hand slightly and threw 2 more smoke bombs and this time he truly did escape. Ryuu was sure she knocked him out cold but decided to get back to the hostess and take care of her wound.