Law Of Creation

". . . Yes, Snake One. . . Viper One here." A black-clothed man with the black mask was talking to no one as his Right hand touched the right side of his mask.

This mask was the most useful equipment, the most useful device that he ever used. This mask was the research result of the combination of blacksmith and alchemy. He himself didn't understand what kind of alien language that the researcher used to explain the way this mask works.

The most important point of this mask is the capability to transmit voice from one place to another place immediately. At the same time! Making it a short sentence, he could transmit a message over than hundred metres in a flash.

[The only thing I have to take attention is the Elemental. Only a very small amount of Elemental to make this device works, but it has to be a continuous infusion of Elemental.] That's why he had to touch the right side of the mask. It was the only place that could accept the infusion of Elemental.

His leader called this device as a transmitter, one of the applications of the ancient technologies in present times.

". . . This is Snake One. . . Report your position. . ." A voice could be heard inside the mask.

He immediately infused a small amount of Elemental. ". . . This is Viper One. . . My position is around 500 metres from the target. . . Less than 50 meters from Viper Two and Viper Three. . ."

". . . The Fourth Prince. . . On the way. . . Stall more time. . . A few hours. . ." A few short sentences could be heard from inside the mask.

This was one of the flaws of this transmitter, only capable to send a short sentence every time the user infused Elemental into the transmitter. In exchange, they just had to get used with those short sentences.

[Even if only for a short word, it is still very useful. Those people from Black Crow Palace should be envious of me.] Viper One muttered to himself while he c.a.r.e.s.sed the mask, the transmitter.

Viper One flicked his right hand to summon his teammates, Viper Two and Viper Three.

Unlike him, Viper Two and Viper Three were not given the transmitter since the number of the created transmitters was limited. And the one he was using was the earliest model, meaning there were some defects in the device itself. But what he could do, this device was essentially very useful in this kind of mission.

"Damn! Give me that transmitter!"

Viper Two was a skinny old man with an eerie personality in his team. Even though many people said that it was a normal occurrence, but his tendency to cut his target into some pieces really disgusted Viper One. When they went to do a mission together, that was the first time Viper One wanted to vomit by the scene what he saw. Viper Two was literally made a mess with every limbs and innard of their target. He said it had an artistic value, hence he always enjoyed the 'art' he created on every mission.

Even though he was an assassin, he was not used to seeing something gory that was disguised as an art.

". . . "

Viper Three, a young man without any word. It was the first time they went on the same mission in the same team, but Viper One had never seen any voice that came out from him.

"It's okay if you want, but you have to be the leader first." Viper One rolled his eyes to Viper Two.

"Fine! I don't need it. It's not like I need that junk to create a masterpiece!"

"Ah. . . Please don't make a masterpiece this time. The mission said to catch the target alive without any lost limbs. And of course, their sanity has to be intact too." Viper One kneaded his forehead because he needed to control Viper Two's tendency to make a 'masterpiece'.

"Tsk! Wasting my time here." Viper Two snorted, but Viper One didn't mind it

[It's better than him making another problem for me.] Was what Viper One had in his mind.

"Okay, briefing time. We only need to follow the target for a few hours. The Fourth Prince is on the way. After he arrived, we can begin the plan. Viper, Cobra, and Snake will move." Viper One said blandly.

Viper Two snorted again. He and Viper Three returned to their previous position.

[Let's finish this mission as soon as possible and I will enjoy my time at the brothel again.] Viper One smiled while l.i.c.k.i.n.g his lips.

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[Hm? Something wrong with the target?] Viper One was surprised because he suddenly couldn't feel any presence from the target. Even though he had been following the target these few days, Viper One always traced not only the target's presence but also the target's trails and trace of movement.

He was well-known for his tracking skill. Not only that, but he also was well versed in detecting another people's presence. Fused with his tracking capability, his assassination skill reached a whole new level. Even in the Black Crow Palace, he was known as Shadow. No one could detect him, no one could escape his detection; akin to a shadow itself.

That's why he, with a few of assassins from the Black Crow Palace, was chosen to be the Fourth Prince's Assassination Squad.

Assassination Squad was one of the tools that the Fourth Prince had to execute his plan. And of course, under the guise of the Black Crow Palace.

Even though it was called Assassination Squad, their mission was rarely involved in the assassination itself. Information gathering, spreading false information, tracking the movement of the Crown Prince and the King itself, and tracking some people like what Viper One was doing right now.

The Assassination Squad, as what he knew so far, had four teams. Viper, Snake, Scorpion, and Cobra. And the team that was sent to chase the target was Viper, Snake, and Cobra. He, as the team leader of Viper, obviously understood about his own team. But for the other team, he was blank. This mission was the first time he knew about the existence of the other team.

And that also was what made Viper One was interested in the current target.

[What kind of person that made the Fourth Prince are targeting?] Viper One was intrigued by the mystery. But unfortunately, these days were filled with disappointment.

[If we were not restrained by the Fourth Prince, we could have caught her in less than an hour.] That was what he believed. But he was surprised by what he saw now.

The target entered an area with ruins at the surroundings, a suitable environment to hide himself/herself. Not only that but also it was very suitable for an ambush or even counter-ambush. Based on the environment itself, it would be a disadvantage for their team. If there was no him, Viper One, with his unique style of tracking.

But what surprised Viper One was the target's presence almost disappeared, even though the target left some trails behind. He was surprised! Fearing that he was duped, he moved to a higher place to take a look at the target.

[The target was still there, still moving in the direction of the ruins. Nothing wrong and there's no problem with my presence-sensing ability. Why did the target's presence become so thin that almost disappeared? Is there someone that was trying to disturb us? Or maybe this place itself was the source of the problem?] Viper One was thinking everything that might be the reason, but he couldn't find the exact reason.

Maybe because sensing the weird movement from him, Viper One's transmitter received a transmission.

". . . What's wrong. . . Follow the plan. . . Don't disturb our plan. . . Keep tracking. . ." An irritated voice could be heard from the transmitter.

". . . A problem occurred. . . There's disturbance around. . . The target's presence was diminished. . . Almost disappeared. . . I'm checking the target. . . Still on the ruins. . ." Viper One reported the problem that he was experiencing since he didn't want to be blamed for any problem that occurred.

". . . Useless. . . Begin the plan. . . Now. . ." An authoritative reply could be heard by Viper One. Even though he was grumbling, he felt it was better than being the team's scapegoat later.

". . . Affirmative. . . Viper One received the command. . ." Viper One replied as he made a gesture to call Viper Two and Viper Three.

"What else! I am bored, but that doesn't mean you could call me anytime you like, you know?" Viper Two was grumbling. His mood was clearly very bad since Viper One forbade him to make a masterpiece after this long mission.

". . ." And as usual, Viper Three didn't make any voice. He was only looking at Viper One.

". . . The plan, begin now. ." Viper One said with a low voice. After being looked down by other team and his team's eccentricity, his mood was already at the lowest. All he wanted to do was finishing this mission as soon as possible and relieve himself in the Red Butterfly, the high-class brothel at the Star Royal City.

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