Chapter 222: Book Two: Second Chapter: Waiting For The New Master

"Boss… the boys are all trusting you and all that but…" a shield bearer stood in front of an assassin while hesitating to continue. Yet the assassin glanced at the group of hundred around before nodding for the shield bearer to continue.

"This… our master just got killed not more than a week ago and now we are just changing colors… simply like that?" the shield bearer said while his features told the assassin everything he was feeling.

"Don't worry, he isn't a stranger to us after all," the assassin calmly said in a deep tone, "he is a relative to our dead master, a man who is more cunning, far ruthless than you think."

"But…" the shield bearer couldn't continue.

"I know he isn't our master," the assassin sighed, "we have to deal with facts and not with emotions."