The Martial Unity

Senior Sam Sevian had been on a roll lately. From commissions to assassinating important individuals in Senior-level nations in the Derschek Region to eliminating one of the powerhouses of a kingdom.

He had been getting a lot of good money, which he funneled into the Crina Foundation and Area Crina.

His goal was to gain the tutelage of the SIlent Shadow and become a Martial Master himself. He didn't know what the conditions of the Master Realm were, but he hoped to learn that in addition to gaining the wisdom of a powerful Martial Master.

The search for the Silent Shadow had been making steady but slow progress. The fact that even the Crina Foundation was having such a difficult time tracking her down in such a small place showed just how capable the Silent Shadow.

From what he had heard, even the legendary Beggar's Sect had failed in tracking down the vaunted Martial Master, which was a testament to the assassin's remarkable capabilities.

He left his residence, before taking a moment to glance at the recent eyesore.

A traveling musician had come all the way to the Shadow Isles to play music for donations.

Why a poor musician would want to come all the way to an assassin's den to play music, he didn't know. The man may as well have been trying to earn the ire of the assassins given how chaotic his music was. It was as though he was trying to hit every note there was all within a single piece.

Sam heaved a sigh before shaking his head and sky-walking to the Crina Foundation. He quickly checked his inbox, looking for any personal commissions towards him in particular.

[Assassination target: King Verkens]

his eyes in surprise at that name. King Verkens was one of the most powerful and influential figures in the Derchek Region. Assassinating

accepted the commission, before immediately accessing the intelligence of the Crina Foundation

completely planned in a single day, it would take days, if not weeks of planning for him to cleanly nail the assassination in order to avoid being caught by the Martial Seniors

spent several days looking deeper into and memorizing the basic information as he

and poison the man's food. It was a lot simpler and less

quickly made plans based on the information he had access to, he even went on scouting operations

it was finally time to put the assassination into play. He left the Shadow Isles, before heading to the kingdom. It wasn't long before he had arrived at his little makeshift base, putting on his worker disguise while preparing

before he could even leave

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corpse hit the ground. The brain damage had been

they did find him and even identified him correctly as the notorious Toxinist. They also found

An uproar arose only because it was the king himself who was clearly the target, and

was not the fact that the Martial

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that attempts on your life were part of the daily routine. The king hadn't even so

evoke great surprise was when he was informed that the Martial Senior passed away before he

had gotten to him first, killing