Vengeance of the Returner

In the guest house of Daneren,

"Your wounds are not fatal. If you take rest for a day. You'll be alright."

A woman with a white robe said after checking the wounds of Sonali.

She was wrapped in bandages alongside her bed was Nagendra who gazed at her with a worried face.

"Nag, Come here..."

She called out for him.

" "

He quietly approached her.

She quickly grabbed him and cried.

"Thanks for saving me... Thank you..."

As she spoke, a few teardrops dripped on his shoulder. Nagendra slowly backed away from her embrace and looked at her blue eyes filled with sadness.

"I am sorry. If I was stronger... If only I killed them... If only I didn't restrain myself because of my stupid Ideology of Not killing others... You wouldn't have gone through that..."

He said with regret and wiped her tears. 

Shreya who stood leaning against the doorway and observing the scene cleared her throat to show that she was there and said.

"Ahem Ahem... What did the healer say?"

"Told her to take rest," Nagendra replied nonchalantly and glanced at Sonali. 

"I see..."

"Those fucking brigands! I just can't take this... I killed those bastards and I fucking feel guilty even though they were scums..." Nagendra grimaced remembering what happened and clenched his fist to endure his Anxiety

"Well, We can't do anything but, What did Mr.Havenkat say?" Shreya questioned.

"He said he wants us to be guards for the house until she recovers instead of going out for the subjugation, I mean he said we can take a few days off," Nagendra said in a low voice.

**** 

"Is there any vacant room?"

Nix enquired the receptionist after entering inside the inn.

"Yes"

As the receptionist replied. Helina looked at Nix with a dumbfounded expression and asked.

"One room? We will be sharing a room?"

"Yup, What about it?" He replied with an emotionless face.

"Huh? I don't wanna. I want another room," She tried to refuse to share a room shyly.

"Tch, I am not interested in flat-chested lolis..." He said jokingly.

"Hey, stop teasing me... I am not a loli goddammit!" She yelled with rage and a reddened face and added.

"I will show my womanly charms to make you understand!"

As she declared Nix paid for the room with a smile and went to the room along with her.

The room seemed just like any other. There were a few things like a dressing table and a bed plus some more things. It was pretty good for a cheap inn. Nix chose the necessity of using money in an efficient way as such he was bound to find an inn with the things needed and not a luxurious one.

Buying required things and buying stuff just because he desires to buy are two different things. Going for luxury and spending money needlessly when someone is paying is out of his character at least that was how he grew up or was taught by his parents.

"I am leaving to go for a stroll... Stay here."

Nix said after dropping his bag inside the room.

"So soon? We just entered the room and you wanna go out again?"

"Yeah, I want to know the difference between Outlaws, Regulars, and Entizens..." He said and walked out of the Inn.

'From what I have heard, The estate of Daneren should be in the eastern street and there seemed to be four companies in this city just like Dracton which contains four clans... Hah, First I have to study the city and check out the location.'

He thought and wandered for a while. As the Estate of Daneren was in a walkable distance to the inn he stayed in. It was one of the reasons he chose that inn. He strolled near the estate and observed for an hour wearing a cloak and concealing his head with it. His attire was covered with a cloak. They were what assassins use which masks an individual's mana. It was one of the things that were provided by Rafila.

From what he studied there were four routes to enter the estate. The mansion was in the center and a guest house plus storage and a pool. The security was indeed tight.

"What???"

Nix mumbled after he laid his eye on a couple who was busy talking with security. The two were Nagendra and some unknown busty blonde woman.

'Is he here to protect Havenkat?'

He thought and continued gazing at them.

"Huh?"

Nagendra swiftly turned towards his direction as he felt like someone watching him.

"What happened?"The woman next to Nagendra asked.

"It's nothing," He said and drifted his attention back to her. 

By the time he glanced at the place again, Nix was nowhere to be found. He wandered for a while and took a break in a nearby restaurant and returned by noon. to his room.

"Finished roaming around?" Helina questioned.

"Yeah"

"Actually, where did you go?"

"I went to a restaurant and then I went through the local streets. There are shops for selling monster materials? Why is Dracton not using those types of jobs? "

Helina began to explain after he finished speaking.

"Well, every city and every ruler has their own preferences. for example, Outlaws and other sentients who worship Corrupted gods, sides with working on shady or dark business most of the time. While the other factions restrict from doing so. But both sides have good businesses and bad businesses. So this all comes to preference. Mostly Monster subjugation doesn't work well with Outlaws. It is protecting people's kinda job." 

After hearing her explanation all Nix did was sigh. 

"HAh, Well I understand. What's our Next plan? Havenkat Daneren is a man I made an enemy of. If he were to find out that I am here. My head will roll... I have plenty of things to do. We will attack him two days from today. Before that, collect some intel about him."

"We already have plenty of em and you went to scout His mansion, right? Why are you hiding it info?" She asked with a smirk.

'So she guessed it huh?' He mumbled inwardly and said.

"Well, Yeah I did. But..."

Helina knitted her brows as he stopped.

"But? Come on tell me."

Nix resumed talking with an emotionless face.

"I saw a few of my old comrades there."

"So? Are you being a softie right now?" She said with a smile.

Nix outright denied and frowned at her.

"Nah, I don't want to cross paths with them. It will be quite bad."

She began to talk with a dejected face.

"Alright, If you feel uncomfortable it's fine."

Receiving her reply, he frowned at her again.

"Tch, I just asked for your opinion. Do you wanna go right now and attack them? We need to at least analyze his movements if we are about to go for the kill." 

According to the file Rafila gave him. He is a merchant with multiple ties and a big fortune and holds political power. Filthily rich, Loyal dog of the king Barbel Mundisan and a member of Royal council. He is widely known as an economical pillar of Ferandel as mentioned before. Adding all that making a nonstrategic move can be considered suicide.

But, The secrets that aren't known about him or that he holds precious were not too bad but, he can be considered pretty bad.  He killed many potential Merchant rivals, Destroyed businesses. Has an affair with multiple women. Fooled his wife and took her company and her fortune under his wing. He was a normal human but corrupted but, not to the extent of joining the opposite party but, he was moderately evil. He runs an orphanage to atone for his sins but he abuses the children there.

He deserved to be humiliated and his wife was the same as him.  She had an affair with her servant. So they were equally cheating on each other that's that.

Nix couldn't come up to read more than that. He was very surprised to know about how they collected the information and so he questioned Helina two to three times if they were reliable.

In the evening he went to a nearby ground to hone his skills only to cross paths with his old ally. 

" "

A guy wearing a black battle suit that assassins use. Throwing daggers at a target looked at him with question marks on his head. It was none other than Reegan.

The common thing about both Outlaws and Regulars was they possessed training grounds regardless of checking who they were as they were already made to enter into the city after multiple checkings.

Nix just nodded his head and walked towards him. After he walked a bit close towards him Reegan came to his senses and noticed it was Nix.

"Buddy, Is that you?"

He said and stretched his hand to bump fists.

Nix smiled and bumped his fist with him and said.

"Yeah, How have you been man?"

"Ah, Fine... How have you been? homie you look cool! How did you grow tall? Didn't get your call for the past few months. Thought you died."

"Chill bro why are speaking so fast?" Nix said indifferently unable to endure his questions that came fast like gunshots.

Reegan smiled at Nix and said.

"Yo, you've changed. In the past, you'd be frowning at me often but, now look at you."

Receiving his reply Nix frowned at him.

"Tch, Fuck it! I am just enduring myself from doing those things!"

Reegan began to laugh.

"Haha, More like it... But, why are you trying to restrain yourself out of your character tho?"

He looked into his eyes and began to talk in a calm demeanor.

"Need favors from people. Gotta get to the good side. Actually, I have been enduring things quite a lot. I have to improve myself and evolve."

"Do you remember back then you called me to gain some information records according to the regulars data about the Helldogs...No, it is Hell hounds of saragame city? right?"

Nix stared at Reegan with his slightly Reddened eyes that showed his anger which he was hiding and enduring all this time. His boundless hatred and rage towards Hellhounds and Feroz khan pushed him to survive all these times once again awakened after being reminded by him. The driving force that pushed him forward was the hatred towards Hellhounds.

He was pushed to the edge of death and humiliated as such he didn't forget it. The scene and the feeling of getting stomped and abused to the extent of losing the will to live and he fully remembered everything that happened to him. He still vividly remembered every one of their faces.

"Yes..." He replied after regaining his composure to get pieces of information regarding the hellhounds.