Won’t he notice us if we get that close?’

‘He’s an Adventurer who is fighting in the forest . As long as we don’t get closer than 10 meters, we should be fine . …And even if he does see us, we can just act like normal Adventurers . ’

The a.s.sa.s.sins said as they got closer—in the meantime, the battle started .

The Proud Wolf bit into one of the Rush Bulls .

“BOOOOOOOOOAAARGHHH!!”

The Rush Bull let out a howl filled with anger and pain .

However, the Proud Wolf was merciless .

‘It’s been a while since I was in a real fight, but it’s fun!’

The Proud Wolf said happily .

But after taking down 2 Rush Bulls—the Proud Wolf missed one of his prey .

A Rush Bull had escaped his attacks and was charging towards me .

‘Ah, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You weakling! Come back here and die!’

The Proud Wolf said these embarra.s.sing lines as he chased after the Rush Bull . But it was clear that he wouldn’t make it in time .

The Rush Bull was quite fast .

“…I have no choice . ”

I said as I took out a sword I had made before .

I often carried a sword with me, so it shouldn’t look too suspicious if I used it now .

‘That wolf…he seemed quite capable, but he’s let one go . ’

‘Aye . And now Yuji has taken out his sword . Just like the rumors said . ’

As the a.s.sa.s.sins talked, the Rush Bull charged towards me .

And so I held my sword up, ready to attack .

“BBBBOOOOOOORGH!!!”

‘…The way he holds the sword . Isn’t it a bit clumsy?’

‘He looks like a novice…’

It was quite rude for them to follow me and then criticize the way I held my sword . I was almost distracted by that .

Still—I swung down at the charging Rush Bull .

It easily went through the thick fur of the Rush Bull–and the monster split into two .

…Uh, I might have gone too far .

I was worried, but waited to hear the reaction of the a.s.sa.s.sins .

‘…While it was E-Rank, he still killed it with his sword in one hit . …Does that seem likely considering how he can’t even hold a sword properly?’

‘Are you blind? Yes, he cannot hold a sword . But his hands were steady when he swung . …It’s almost a waste that he’s a Tamer . Now I know why headquarters thought he might be dangerous . ’

So they rated my attack very highly then .

But what would they do now…

‘But, could he be a threat to us?’

One of them asked the question that I had been wondering .

The other a.s.sa.s.sin answered .

‘Of course, not! I don’t care how good he is with a sword . Someone who looks so serious while fighting a Rush Bull is of no significance to the Blue Moon of Salvation . ’

‘…I agree with you . ’

But then the other a.s.sa.s.sin continued .

‘…He won’t be a threat, but I’d still like to kill him . Can I please kill him? We can just tell them that he was actually quite strong . ’

‘You can do what you want, but I will make an accurate report . …I don’t want to be held responsible and killed alongside you when they find out the truth . ’

‘Tsk . …Fine . Let’s go then . ’

And so one of them started to walk away .

Apparently, they were going to stop following me .

‘We’re finished then?’

‘Aye . It’s not fun looking at someone I’m not even allowed to kill . ’

‘I don’t really agree with you about killing being fun…but you’re right that there is no point in following him now . Let’s go to the next mission . ’

So saying, the other one also stopped monitoring me and moved away .

It seemed that I had succeeded in fooling them until the end .

‘Great! …So, who is the next target?’

‘The next candidate for a.s.sa.s.sination is…Father Shtyle . But first, we should report to headquarters . ’

‘We might as well kill him first and then make the report! I don’t care who it is, I want to go and kill someone!’

‘No . ’

…Now, I would have to monitor them and see where they were going .

Hopefully, they would go to their headquarters next . That would make me very happy .