Chapter 103
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Volume 2 + Chapter 103: I’m Already At 1000%!
Assassins, also known as killers of the shadows.
Hired by others, they carry out assassinations on designated targets.
Assassination is an art. Ensuring the target is eliminated while minimizing negative impact on the employer is the professional ethic of this line of work.
Therefore, it’s unacceptable to just take out a machete in broad daylight and go stab-stab-stab on the target.
The best method is to exploit the target’s weaknesses… to carry out an efficient kill when they are unguarded.
This assassin received a lucrative contract from the Elvin family to assassinate a silver-haired young dragon.
When the assassin first laid eyes on this dragon loli, she wondered if she really needed to take action against such a weak-looking target.
In the underworld, this assassin had an outstanding reputation.
However, the Elvin family repeatedly emphasized not to underestimate the target based on appearance, as this person had some real abilities.
The assassin prepared to carry out an efficient assassination as per her usual habit.
Through various detailed observations, the assassin determined that this was a naive young girl who was unfamiliar with the ways of the world. Such people may have certain abilities due to their bloodline… but her behavior and conduct clearly showed a lack of mental fortitude. In summary—
A silly, sweet, and dumb loli.
Dealing with this kind of stupid loli was too easy. By slightly exploiting the naive weaknesses in her personality, it would expose her fatal flaws, allowing her to be killed a thousand times over.
From the results, it was a success.
Disguised as a pitiful little girl selling flowers, pretending to be a weak bottom-class citizen, letting the target assume the position of a smug superior, along with some kitty cat offensives… a series of maneuvers later, the target had completely let down her guard.
This is what you call a 1000% success rate!
This stupid loli probably wouldn’t even realize why she died, right?
But no matter, the pain would only last a moment, and soon the silver-haired girl would be sent off to the afterlife.
Die!
The assassin revealed her hidden blade, shedding her disguise and unleashed a murderous strike aimed solely at the heart.
This move was called— Sleeve Arrow Assassination Technique · Heart Extraction!
However, the bloody scene she anticipated did not occur. Her sleeve arrow stopped just before the target’s chest.
“What?!” Surprise appeared on the assassin’s face.
Xia Yi’s hand had caught the assassin.
Her expression seemed to be one of delayed realization. After half a second, she blinked and focused her gaze on the sleeve arrow.
The assassin’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“An assassin?” Xia Yi was a bit surprised. “You’re an assassin at such a young age?”
Just now, the little princess indeed didn’t react in time and wasn’t aware that she was about to be killed.
It’s just that the moment the opponent revealed their killing intent, her body instinctively reacted.
This is the intuition of a Sword Saint.
Without needing the brain to think, the intuition honed on the battlefield would force the body automatically avoid the threat of death.
The assassin realized her chance wasn’t over yet. She moved her other hand, pressing the index and middle fingers together like a blade, stabbing towards Xia Yi’s neck.
Since she had already reacted, how could Xia Yi sit and wait for death? She grabbed the opponent and used her strength to swing them around, intending to smash her into the wall and directly incapacitate her.
“In your dreams!”
The assassin’s eyes sharpened. She immediately let go of the sleeve arrow, letting her wrist slide out. In midair, like an agile cat, she adjusted her posture and landed on the wall, reaching a safe landing point.
The initial confrontation temporarily ended in this manner.
“Quite interesting, little sister,” the assassin narrowed her eyes. “You actually managed to avoid my first attempt. You’re stronger than my previous targets.”
“How dare you deceive me!”
Xia Yi was unhappy.
“To think I was kind-hearted enough to buy your flowers, but it was all an act.”
“Yes. Someone wanted your life, so I took on this job. It’s true that we’re strangers with no grudges. But when someone pays me, I naturally have to do the job. It’s only natural.”
“Who wants me dead?”
“Sorry, little sister. I have professional ethics and can’t possibly reveal information about my employer… However, I can tell you my title. I’m Thousand Kills, famous for my 1000% assassination success rate, the top assassin in Corolle!”
“Did your math teacher teach PE?” Xia Yi couldn’t help but point out. “Even if you always succeeds, the probability would be 100%. How could it become 1000%?”
“Hmph, what do you know? Achieving 100% isn’t impressive. Achieving 1000% is true strength!” Thousand Kills was extremely proud. “This means I’m 1000% better than my peers!”
“…”
Xia Yi was speechless. This person’s logic was completely absurd.
“The fact that you can resist indeed exceeds my expectations. This is my miscalculation,” Thousand Kills said.
“You better give up now. You can’t kill me. Someone as arrogant and condescending as you, always calling me little sister, who’s the real shorty here?”
“This is a test.”
The seemingly young girl grabbed her own shirt, and her aura changed.
Xia Yi wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt like Thousand Kills’ body was expanding.
The assassin walked forward, coincidentally passing by a pillar… By the time she appeared again, she had already taken off her top, and her body had undergone a shocking transformation.
Thousand Kills had gone from being half a head shorter than Xia Yi to a tall and mature beauty.
After completely shedding her disguise, she wore a black tight-fitting outfit that tightly wrapped around her voluptuous body, outlining her sexy curves.
“Your appearance has shaken my success rate. However, I still believe that my success rate is 1000%. I must complete this mission and overcome this hurdle to reach a new peak and become the emperor of assassins!”
Seeing the opponent suddenly grow taller and larger, Xia Yi couldn’t help but feel envious… Oh no, curious.
“How did you do that?”
“This is the Assassination Technique · Bone Shrinking,” Thousand Kills laughed. “I’ve been trained as an assassin since I was young, so naturally, I’ve undergone special training to achieve things that ordinary people can’t comprehend, such as changing my body shape.”
Damn it.
So it’s about controlling one’s body to shrink, which only works if you’re originally big.
If the small learned it, they would only become smaller.
“Those who have seen this form of mine have never survived!” Thousand Kills flipped out a dagger in her hand, gripping it and launching a new round of assassination.
So fast!
Her speed had abruptly increased.
“Rose Staff, summon!”
Xia Yi summoned the Rose Staff and grasped it in her hand.
There was no time to chant magic spells now, so she used Chant Regulation to save on the chanting time. Directly driving her mana and releasing magic with the power of the Royal Silver Dragon Family’s bloodline.
“Ice Magic Shield!”
An ice-attribute magic shield appeared beside Xia Yi, protecting her.
Thousand Kills’ dagger collided with the magic shield. Xia Yi successfully blocked this assassination strike.
However, cracks appeared on the Ice Magic Shield.
She could clearly feel that Thousand Kills had not only increased in speed but also gained a significant boost in strength… as if she had removed her own limiter, her combat power had risen to a new level.
Thousand Kills claimed to be Corolle’s strongest assassin, and it didn’t seem like a joke.
“Oh, so you’re a mage?”
Thousand Kills seemed a bit surprised.
“I’ve assassinated mages before, but I’ve never seen one as peculiar as you, who can release magic without chanting spells. How do you do it?”
“Why do you talk so much? As an assassin, you sure like to chat with your target.”
“Because it’s really boring, you know. When staking out, you can’t do anything, you have to concentrate without rest. The actual assassination is over in less than a second, and then you have to escape. There’s no interaction at all.”
Thousand Kills laughed, twirling the dagger in her hand, playing with it.
“Occasionally venting to the prey can relieve some stress. After all, dead people never talk, they’re the best listeners.”
Xia Yi sensed the obvious arrogance from the opponent, feeling that she was already at 1000%.
But that’s just how the dragon race is by nature. Compared to other races… quite arrogant, enjoying going with the flow and acting superior.
“Your personality doesn’t suit assassination,” Xia Yi said.
“Yes, the organization that trained me also criticized me for this and always told me to get rid of this bad habit. But I can’t help it. I’m a natural-born assassin with talent!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Thousand Kills vanished.
Xia Yi couldn’t see her anywhere, as if Thousand Kills had merged into the night, silent and traceless.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Three consecutive sounds rang out. Thousand Kills launched three continuous attacks, precisely striking the cracks on the Ice Magic Shield with her dagger, shattering it.
Xia Yi wasn’t idle either. Since she couldn’t find the other party, she certainly wouldn’t just sit and wait for death.
Protected by the magic shield, she chanted a spell, releasing magic to increase its power.
In the darkness, the tip of the Rose Staff lit up with a blazing fire.
“Fireball!!”
Xia Yi aimed the Rose Staff at the now-visible Thousand Kills and released a point-blank Fireball.
Thousand Kills had no choice but to stop her attack and quickly retreat, pulling back to avoid the fireball with her agile movements.
The fireball landed behind her, triggering an explosion. With her back to the firelight, Thousand Kills’ long hair fluttered in the fiery wind.
“Indeed a somewhat troublesome target.”
Thousand Kills felt that she had to do something. She had to make the opponent expose more openings…
Got it.
“Little sister, did you come here to get this back?”
Thousand Kills took out Xia Yi’s uniquely designed wallet, a cute Guagua Frog, tossing it up and down in her hand.
“Give it back to me!” Xia Yi shouted anxiously.
“Hehe, give it back to you?”
Thousand Kills let out a cold laugh. With a swing of her dagger, a cold light flashed, and the wallet was cut to pieces right in front of Xia Yi.
“Now it’s gone!”
