A Demon's Journey

King Valliadis was absolutely startled to hear these details regarding this mysterious organization, Nightmare Order.

The organization he had never even heard of had actually spread so far wide within his Kingdom.

"Why would they suddenly slaughter these Noble Family Heads? Do they have something against the Royal Family? Or do they just want to see the world in chaos?" He asked with a frown.

"I don't believe they have anything against the Royal Family. Because if that was the case, then the members of the Royal Family would have been the targets of those assassins. My guess is that they merely want to turn the situation in the kingdom even more chaotic. They knew that killing the leaders of these Noble Families would just infuriate the Noble Family Alliance and make them dead set against the Royal Family," The senior manager of the Silent Death Organization spoke.

Another manager of the Silent Death Organization spoke up, "There is another possibility. This plan was probably created by someone else and executed by the Nightmare Order. Thus, to find the person behind this entire scenario, we have to find the core members of the Nightmare Order."

A bitter smile appeared on the King's face as he spoke, "And trying to find these core members in the entire Sinyalian Kingdom was like searching for a needle in a haystack."

"Very well. That was valuable information. I had no idea this sort of organization had been set up in my kingdom. It seems I need to think of a countermeasure for this organization. Their policies are different than normal." The King spoke.

"Thank you for appearing here today," The King spoke at the end. These words basically stated that they were free to go.

The managers of the Silent Death Organization stood up after finishing their tea and began to move out of the Palace.

They were moving together and split up after a short period.

The manager who had acted as their leader had a cold smile on his face. He had accomplished his objective of fooling the king.

In reality, it was truly the Silent Death Organization that had accomplished this mission. They had assassinated the Noble Family Heads and tried to blame the king.

On the other hand, the Silent Death Organization was well aware that they would ultimately be faced by the king. Nobody could spare them from execution if they offered a flimsy explanation at the time and the king caught them.

Thus, they had begun their preparations long back.

In reality, the main branch of the Silent Death Organization had been quite angered when they heard that the Elf Princess they had captured had escaped. They were even more infuriated when the branch manager was captured by the Noble House commanding that area.

He was actually tortured before being handed over to the King.

The Silent Death Organization had already tried to exchange the life of their expert with many treasures, but the king remained unmoved. Even though there was no point in keeping this man chained any longer, the king didn't seem to have any intention to let go of him.

The Silent Death Organization's hatred for the monarch has grown as a result of this.

They had made up their minds to destroy this kingdom. The King had trampled over their dignity, and they were planning to return that favor.

The main branch had begun to set up another organization by the name Nightmare Order. The things that this senior branch manager mentioned to the king were the truth except for some points.

Like the battle between the Silent Death Organization and the Nightmare Order, it had never occurred, but he made it sound as if it did.

He had perfectly mixed his lies within the truth when he talked to the king. Even if the King tried to analyze all their conversation, he would never figure out what was the truth.

As he was moving towards the main city to get a horse from the stable, he sensed someone pursuing him.

A contemptuous smile appeared on his face. He was an assassin whose name had long since spread in the world. And to think that someone wanted to sneak attack him. There could really be nothing more hilarious than this.

He turned around to meet that foolish warrior head-on. However, his eyes widened in shock when he saw the face of his adversary.

It was none other than David Valliadis!

"W-What are you doing here, Crown Prince? Did you need anything from me? Perhaps assign a target to me?" The manager of the Silent Death Organization remained calm and even tried to gather information from David Valliadis.

David paused for a second and spoke, "No. What I want from you is your life."

He pulled out a sword that was shining with orange color at this moment and dashed towards this manager of the Silent Death Organization.

The manager of the Silent Death Organization was absolutely shocked to see David's attack. He immediately jumped back and dodged David's attack.

David didn't stop, though. He continued to head towards his enemy and attack him with powerful flame slashes.

The Silent Death Organization's manager barely dodged those attacks when he suddenly felt that David's speed rose with each passing second.

He pulled out a small dagger from the thigh pocket of his pants and suddenly slashed towards David.

David kicked that arm that had the small dagger. His kick was so strong that the Silent Death Organization's manager felt his entire body shake when that kick struck him.

However, a cold smile appeared on his face as he spoke, "You are still too young, Crown Prince."

David's eyes widened slightly when he noticed his body couldn't move. He now realized that when he kicked this arm, his enemy had launched a weak electric current that would paralyze him for a short period.

The Silent Death Organization's manager pulled out another knife as he stabbed David's gut.

A purple color began to spread near that wound, and he kicked David away.

"I can't afford to kill you, Your Highness. The King won't let me live in peace otherwise. However, this poison will slowly break your muscles and make you experience unreal pain until you receive medical attention. At the least, you won't be able to pursue me while inflicted with this poison." He spoke as he stood up and began to leave.

Just as he had turned his body, he was struck by a quick fireball, strong enough to burn his skin. The man quickly used his Lightning Ardor to destroy those flames while turning to look at David, who had been struck with that poison.

His eyes widened with shock when he saw David standing there with flame releasing from his entire body. He could see that his poison was still working, but David was unwilling to give up.

"You think you can get away after creating this chaos in my kingdom?" David spoke those words that brought a chill down the spine of this Silent Death Organization's manager.

He unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he prepared to battle against David.

Meanwhile, David whispered the name of his technique, "Fire Drive!"

He then dashed towards his opponent. His movements were clearly too fast for his adversary to notice.

However, the rich experience he possessed allowed him to raise his arm to block David's punch.

But only when he blocked that punch did he realize that it was a mistake to take it head-on. He should have jumped on the other side.

Once David was in the close range, he immediately initiated a combo of punches and then suddenly last kicked him in the air.

As this Silent Death Organization's manager was in the air. He finally felt that he had time to gather his energy. The electric energy was concentrated near the tip of his knife.

However, when Silent Death Organization's manager looked down, he nearly lost all hopes of winning this fight.

He saw David standing there, holding a sword as he suddenly slashed towards him.

"Phoenix Rush!"

A massive phoenix created of pure flames rushed towards this manager of the Silent Death Organization as it dealt with his puny attack of lightning ardor and burned him alive!