Chapter 672: New Recruit - 672
He sat in silence for a moment before a servant entered his room. Before the servant could speak, Baron Sky spoke.
"Go bring me Skymender."
The servant nodded and turned around. Skymender was sitting in his room, reading a book, when the servant knocked on his door.
"Lord Skymender, Baron Sky has requested your presence in his office."
Skymender stood up and left the room, nodding to the servant as he did so. It seemed as though Baron Sky had put some things together, though he naturally wouldn't be certain at all.
Skymender arrived at the office door and stepped inside. Baron Sky sat with a serious face.
He looked at Skymender's hand. "Could you take off your glove?"
Skymender pulled it off. Baron Sky nearly recoiled. Hearing it described was one thing, but seeing it himself was another.
He felt as if the far fetched suspicions he held had become a percentage more possible.
He did not hide anything, coming out with his suspicions.
"Are you the Skygod?"
"Who?" Skymender asked.
Baron Sky simply looked at him.
"Nevermind. Sorry for bothering you."
Skymender left. It was impossible for there to be any sort of reasonable suspicion that he was the Skygod, no matter what his personality was like.
There was no more bringing up any idea that he could be Skygod, and Skymender continued his activities in Sky city. Now, however, he had a very good customer.
The police would request an assassination at least once every week, and often more.
Skymender took these requests himself, not because the Chief of Police had requested so, but because there was a chance that each mission was a trap. After all, no matter what was said, he was a killer.
During the next period of time, an assassination request was failed. Western Guardian, while attacking someone, slipped up and alerted some nearby people. He only managed to escape with his life due to a mist poison he had saved just in case.
He had actually ended up killing both his target and some other nearby people, but it was considered a failure.
One of the things they were taught by Skymender was to avoid killing anyone not a target, for they could become targets later on, giving even more money.
Nothing actually happened to him besides the fact that he had nearly died, but it served as a lesson.
Skymender considered training them, but after thinking, felt that it was better for them to do it on their own. Any interaction with them increased the chances of bad things happening.
With the city growing, and more and more requests coming in, Skymender began to look for more assassins.
It was hard to find any like Third Moon and Western Guardian, but not impossible. He just had to look for a while. He did things as usual, while also searching for potential assassins. Like this, the summer eventually came to an end. He had found a few potential recruits, but wasn't 100% sure what he was going to do just yet.
More time passed, and after consideration, he decided to recruit another individual. Unlike the previous two, who were simply the best available at the time, this person seemed like a worthy recruit.
In fact, this person had killed before. Skymender knew this because he had been paying attention to her.
She used the tactic of seduction to lure in her target and kill him. Naturally, this meant that she was quite a beautiful woman.
She had killed this man because he had run over her younger sister in a carriage without remorse, and got off without even a word from the police. This was unusual. Only a noble would get such treatment, but somehow, a simple commoner had avoided all punishment.
Skymender knew that the police were not as righteous as they seemed on the surface, but this was surprising. This was not under the new Baron Sky's reign, but the old one's. Whether or not his father knew of this or not was unknown.
Regardless, Skymender was focused on recruiting this woman.
She was currently in hiding. Both the police and the people of the man she had killed were currently hunting her down. She felt it was unjust, but could only live with it.
A few days passed, and she was moving through an alley with a hood covering her head, when someone stopped her.
"It's you! Get her!" He yelled.
A few more men entered the alley from both sides and ran towards her. She pulled out a dagger, but they did not slow down. Suddenly, someone appeared beside her. He grabbed her and jumped up, landing on a nearby rooftop. This was an inhuman movement. Although the roof was low, and only an athlete would be able to jump on it, Skymender had done so while grabbing a woman.
This was an effect of the Imperial Scholar's chest design.
The woman looked at Skymender in confusion, but did not swing her dagger. He had not shown any intention to harm her, and she did not need another enemy at this moment. Skymender did not look at her, first throwing a vial of the mist poison down.
As soon as they saw the mist appear, all of the men ran, though some were too slow.
Over time, sightings of the mist had occurred when people were assassinated. It represented assassins, and possibly even the Skygod himself.
The woman had also heard of the legendary mist.
She looked at Skymender differently, not daring to show a hint of ill will.
Skymender finally turned to her.
"My name is Skygod, and I am inviting you to become an assassin." He kept it simple.
Her answer would decide everything.
She only hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I am willing."
Skymender spoke again. "Then follow me. If you can't keep up, I don't need you."
Skymender stepped backwards, falling off the roof and shooting off into the distance. The woman ran after him.
Skymender was agile and fast, turning sharp corners with ease. The woman struggled to keep up, but did her best.
She was not someone physically fit. She had been completely normal prior to her sister's death.
Eventually, she stopped. Skymender stood ahead, someone resisting under his feet.
Chapter 673: Serpent Master - 673
She had no idea who the man under his feet was, or why he was under Skymender's feet.
She breathed heavily while Skymender took a vial out of his pocket. He unscrewed one of the ends and poured it on the man. Nothing happened.
He then took off the other end and began to drip it down. As soon as it made contact with the liquid on the man, he began to feel immense pain and scream out. Skymender slowly dripped a hole through his head, ending his life.
The woman watched with shock and horror.
Skymender had ideas for how to use this woman in assassination. But first, he needed to make sure she had a fear of him implanted into her heart.
With the man under him dead, Skymender began to move again. The woman gritted her teeth and hesitated, before following him once again. She didn't really have much of a choice at this time.
After a while, she was led to the outskirts of the city. There was no city wall, but there was an obvious marker not far ahead that marked the end of the city.
Skymender finally stopped again.
"You will have a special position in the organization. You will be tasked with staying near and protecting a valuable individual."
The woman was surprised. She had heard nothing about these assassins protecting others.
"His name is Skymender, a member of Baron Sky's noble family."
The woman was even more shocked.
"You will be found in the woods, injured and unconscious, by Skymender and his servants. You will be taken to the household, and after being helped, you will be offered a position as a servant. You will accept it. Skymender will be in charge of you. Understood?"
The woman took all of the information in and nodded.
"Good."
Skymender moved quickly, knocking the woman out. He took her to a certain location not too far away from the city.
The summer had just ended and school would start in less than a week. He had this much time to set things up for the future.
The woman was deeply unconscious. The next day, as Skymender, Skymender took a few servants, including Li Youcai and Hope, on a small trip to the nearby woods to fish.
However, along the way, they found an unconscious and bleeding woman.
She was instantly taken into the carriage and began the process of healing. When she woke up, the first thing she saw was Skymender. Her eyes widened.
Skymender waved the surrounding servants outside, including Li Youcai, leaving only him and the woman.
She spoke after a moment, her tone uncertain. "Sir Skygod?"
Skymender sighed. It wasn't hard to figure out with so many pieces laying around. The same height and size, the hand, and the feeling.
Skymender had not been disguising anything about himself when he met her as the Skygod, so she managed to pick up on all of that information.
But he had never really intended to completely hide his identity. That was why he had needed to put fear into her.
Even though she knew who he was, she wouldn't dare to tell a soul even when threatened with death.
Skymender put his finger over his lips and spoke. "Quiet down a bit."
She nodded, not daring to speak any further.
Skymender let Li Youcai come in.
"She will become a personal servant of mine in the future. We can take her back to the house for training." He said.
Li Youcai nodded. "And about fishing?"
"Forget about it. We can do it another day."
Li Youcai nodded and left with the woman.
Skymender sat back in the carriage and thought, his eyes occasionally flashing with a green color.
When he returned home, he studied. He continued the usual cycle until school started. Not much changed.
However, after nearly a month, the woman had been completely trained.
She stood in front of the carriage as Skymender walked outside, ready to go to school.
"Lord Skymender." She said as she bowed. She was much more professional than before.
Skymender walked into the carriage. Before closing the door, he asked a question.
"What is your name?"
"Violet." She said as she bowed.
Skymender closed the door without another word.
In Sky city, the police received word that the woman they had been searching for had become a servant of the Sky Barony. They stopped their search, pardoning her crimes. After all, based on the entire situation, they were technically in the wrong.
Things continued in a semi-regular fashion for a few months. Violet did not participate in any assassinations yet, which confused her.
Skymender often looked into the distance, lost in thought. He could tell that something had been off for the past half year. He could feel it in the air.
Indeed, on the surface, the Empire was healthy, thriving, and peaceful, but underneath its surface, the Empire was everything but peaceful.
In a meeting room, the Imperial Scholar, the commander of the army, and the Emperor all met in one room. Behind the Emperor stood Sword Master Shang.
The Imperial Scholar spoke. "Ever since the noble gathering a few years ago, the Ancient Empire has been making hidden moves. It had been hard to detect, as expected of them, but flaws always show sooner or later. We captured a few people planted into the Imperial Capital by them."
The Emperor nodded. "Have they said anything yet?"
"No, simply enduring without a word." The Imperial Scholar said.
The Emperor spoke, taking over the room. "Towards the conquest of the world, the Ancient Empire is the greatest threat we face. Not only their Sword Grandmaster, but their Serpent Master as well. We must find a way to counter both before all out war breaks out."
The Imperial Scholar spoke. "Sword Master Shang will naturally face the Sword Grandmaster of the Ancient Empire, and as for the Serpent Master, I believe that I have a worthy candidate."
The Emperor, Commander, and Sword Master Shang were surprised. "Someone who can match the Serpent Master?"
The Imperial Scholar explained. "His name is Skymender. Right now, he is just a child, but in the future, it is unknown what he may become."
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