It was just ahead.
Looking at the silhouette of the castle in the distance, the black-haired woman revealed a cold smile. She stuck out her tongue and licked the sharp blade in her hand.
"That must be the place the employer mentioned. It's really completely unguarded."
The black-haired woman was named Elsa, a highly renowned assassin in the West. She enjoyed cutting open people's bellies and playing with their intestines, which was why she was also known as the Intestine Hunter.
This time, Elsa had received a mission from her employer.
A mission that left her feeling quite relaxed.
She was to carry out a massacre at the target location.
The employer had made no particular demands. They had merely marked the location and told her to kill as many people inside as possible. The more she killed, the greater her reward.
For Elsa, this could be considered the finest kind of commission.
"I thought it would be some noble's estate. I never expected it to be this undefended."
After glancing around, Elsa let out a cold laugh.
There were no guards, no defenses, no scouts. There was not even a single patrol in sight near the castle. Did they really think they could stop her like this? How laughable. She could barely wait to enter the castle and play with the warm intestines of the people inside... Though she did not know why that strange employer had given her such an odd order, Elsa quite liked missions without specific targets.
With that thought, Elsa bent low and concealed herself soundlessly in the waist-high grass like a wolf, then dashed forward at high speed—only to be stopped by a wire fence.
"Private property. Unauthorized personnel prohibited?"
Seeing the wooden sign hanging there, Elsa could not help but laugh aloud.
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