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]

Verkens was one of the most powerful and influential figures in the Derchek

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

weeks of planning for him to cleanly nail the assassination in order to avoid being caught by the Martial Seniors of

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

into the Royal Kitchen and poison the man's food. It was a lot simpler and less risky than trying to

even went on scouting operations to get a better understanding of the layout and the various challenges

the kingdom. It wasn't long

before he could

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impact. The world simply went dark as his corpse hit the ground. The brain damage had been instantaneous, and instantaneously brutal. There was nothing anybody there could have done to save him, even if they did

identified him correctly as the notorious Toxinist. They also

in the Derschek Region. An uproar arose only because it was the king himself who was clearly the target, and it was minor because assassinations were too commonplace in the

not the fact that

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that attempts on your life were part of the daily routine. The king hadn't even so much twitched or displayed a hint of tension when he was

surprise was when he was informed that the Martial Senior passed away before he could execute the

killing him before the man could kill