Kapitel 8: CHAPTER 8: NIGHT WALKER
The woods are making synchronous rustling sounds in the middle of the forest, where leaves fall to the rhythm made by the wind blows. While nature is in the middle of a melodic performance, a white light parted the falling leaves.
"Let's separate in teams from here. Always be aware of your surroundings, it was a special mission. So, there might be an ambush waiting for us."
A group of twenty-five persons made an entrance into the dim forest called, Kaspian forests, as they were all wearing an auspicious black clothing- covering their whole body except for their bloodshot eyes due to their three days of restless journeys from aurora ridge
they were scattered to vigilantly watched their surroundings- the others were on top of the trees, and the others were hiding in dark places in case there was an ambush waiting for them
Each of them carried two short swords at their back and eight daggers wrapped in their left tight with poison at the edges to give an extra fatality to their victims.
"We need to infiltrate the BIFROST legion and intercept their plans no matter what!! Understood?
Said by the man who slashed the leaves into two as he was landing on the ground. In this group, he was clearly the leader based on how he talked and gave an order to the others as he reminded them again about their plan.
"When you all agree to come on this mission, I'm pretty sure that you are all devoted your lives to the safety of our family and for the sake of Elinor's kingdom."
Even though he was only speaking in a normal tone, his voice was clear and audible to everyone without delay, like he was transmitting his words directly to their ears
"This mission is not a joke, so be prepared to take your own lives, when you get cornered- if not, a much terrible fate was waiting for you in the hands of the enemies however when you were successful in the infiltration, give an individual report immediately to Mr. Youth."
They were an espionage team from Elinor kingdom, one of the target kingdoms of the Trulace Empire in their invasion of the whole continent because of its geography as a base in the north and the key location to separate the south and west kingdoms. The Elinor kingdom will surely become the first target in this upcoming war, that's why they were on the move to make a preventive measure to pacify the force of the Trulace empire near their territory before the war started.
"Sir, are you sure that he already took care of all the preparations needed?" One of the spies near him ask
"Tsk He already gets a high position within the legion,"
The leader muttered under his breath in a proud bearing manner, without even caring if his answer was heard by his companions.
"Let's go..."
When they were ready to depart, a slender pale hand with sharp nails grabbed the shoulder of their leader out of nowhere, they were all beyond shock at the sudden appearance of this man as he emerged in the middle of their watch without anyone noticing and walked past their faces even though they were on high alert.
"Hey… Are you all leaving without giving any respect to my king?"
Nevertheless, they didn't make any hasty action based on instinct and just observed the man first- clear evidence of skilled personnel.
"Who are you?" calmly ask by the leader of the spies
"a servant "
plainly replied by the young man with a cheerful sound, but it made the atmosphere grime as All of the spies surrounding him turned hostile when they heard it, enough for them to prepare for a joint attack- when the leader noticed this, he raised his index finger for them to stay still for a moment
In the perspective of the spies, the word servant is always related to the master it was serving, and in this case, the servant has easily slipped through their heightened watch. they were afraid that this mission is already busted, and the Trulace empire was already aware of their motives as they sent an expert warrior to disseminate their plan
"where is your master?"
the leader replied again cautiously as he was secretly watching all the blind spots in the vicinity in anticipation of the unseen expert warrior lurking in their surroundings
"Uhm, you see, I'm not quite familiar with this place yet, but I can lead the way for you..." The young man is still unbothered by the heavy atmosphere that pilling up, as he still replied innocently in a jolly personality.
as the leader of the spies observe the young man, he concludes that this young man is not an ordinary servant as he skillfully manages the conversation in the middle of a hostile atmosphere and still remains compose and unbothered in the whole situation
The leader waited patiently for the young man to move and distance himself from him before he turn around and observe the physical appearance of the young man
"so that's why the whole team was very cautious."
Then he sees the full appearance of the young man; different from his expectation, he was only wearing tattered brown pants, and his hair was pure white. his skin was so pale that it seems not a typical skin of a living, he's also very slender. it's hard to believe that he can still stand up in that kind of condition, but it was not the reason why he said that.
Despite the unusual appearance of the young man, that wasn't the reason why the remaining spies were so focused on him that they totally neglected the expert warrior their leader was anticipating for the whole time to show up.
It's because of his sharp ear and a silver pupil in the midst of black eyes that were meant to be white. Then a particular name emerges in the leader's head that makes his whole body run cold and freeze up all his nerve as his heart rate accelerates.
the 'terror of darkness' or famous for the other title called 'the nightwalker.'
' It made sense that no one would show up to ambush us, that thing was already enough even if our number were six-folds we were still not matched to that monster
"Can you lead the way for us?"
although his body was screaming in fear, he still managed to pull himself together even though his body was already soaked in a cold sweat.
"Ohh, that's great I thought you would run away" the cheerfulness of the nightwalker was on another level, but the people around him cant appreciate it because they all had a feeling that they were in a dreadful situation.
"Follow me,"
added the young man, and he slowly walked in the opposite direction.
However, while the young man was happily walking away, the others didn't move an inch to their position. instead of following him, they grab their weapon when they've free of his presence
"Fwoop,"
a random sound intensifies the forbidding pressure in the air
Then the poison needle traveled at an incredible speed towards the back of the nightwalker, at that mere second, all of them unsheathed their daggers and threw all of them at him, but in that mere second, that feels like years were passing by. the nightwalker vanished, as all the weapons just only hit the ground
"shit! "
When the leader sees the disappearance of the nightwalker, he knows at this moment that they are fuck up.
"Run!!!"
the leader shouts in haste while he is already on the run- he didn't waste any second in the hope that he can still save his own life while praying to all the gods he knows, every individual ran in panic and scattered in every direction like confused flies who didn't even know where they were going, as they continued to run just to make sure they could go as far as they can to this place, but different from what they expected, the nightwalker showed his face to them in a different location at the same time.
"I'm afraid you are taking a different path, mister.."
The level of cheerfulness of the nightwalker didn't change at all.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but we have much more important things to do, so can you please let us be? I promise you when we come back. We will give respect to your master... Is that okay with you?"
The leader of the black-clothed man said in a pleading manner, trying to deceive the nightwalker.
"is that a promise, mister?"
The nightwalker felt satisfied with the statement of the leader.
"I will take that promise to heart," passionately said by the leader when he noticed that the nightwalker had taken the bait.
"Can I hold your promise, mister?..... Oops, I already get it... (Playful giggles)."
"W…what??... You demon!"
when the leader finished his word, he was already lying on the ground, and the last thing he saw was the creepy smile of the young man holding his beating heart.
This kind of scene happens in different parts of the forest- although the remaining spies encounter a different scenario, they all face the same result. - death-
"hihihi, what is the most important thing than my king?"
it was hard to distinguish if he was being sarcastic or genuinely happy because his expression was always wearing a cheerful smile.
"I like your clothes, mister. Can I have it?"
the nightwalker sits near at the heartless body of the leader, and he touches his forehead with his palm.
When his hands landed on the body, a black fire lit up from his hands until it silently engulfed the whole body of the assassin instantly.
The only evidence left of the leader's existence was his clothes and the skeleton.
"oh, it suits my taste, uhmm… they needed a lot of bones, so I must bring it."
When he grabs the bones of his prey, he looks up first to the blue moon wearing an intense smile as he licks his lips with his slick tongue before turning his gaze at some corner.
"my name is Cynn hope to see you again big sister."
then he disappeared under the shade of moonlight, carrying the bones of his prey, all things seem to stop after his disappearance like the whole vicinity sighed in relief. Although he doesn't have any presence, his body emits the stench of terror that can make any living things feel the terror that they have never been experienced before- he was a perfect physical embodiment of the soul reaper
After some time, an unknown heavy breathing was heard in the direction where the nightwalker looked previously
"huff, huff"
AUTORENGEDANKEN 
Hyneks
Hyneks hope you like this chapter my dear readers, feel free to comment any of your reaction. and for those who stole your heart, i wish they were taking good care of it ;)) i love you a lot!!!
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