Skaven leader Lanni slowly took two steps forward, stretched out his two furry paws to grip the iron gate, and bared two sharp front teeth in a grin.
"The reason I accepted the invitation... was, of course, to find an opportunity to kill you!"
Before his words had even faded!
He suddenly exerted force with both hands and, with a bang, snapped two iron bars as thick as big toes.
In an instant!
A gap appeared in the iron fence that had perfectly separated the two sides.
"Damn it! That bastard tampered with the fence beforehand!"
Bernice truly deserved his reputation as a top assassin. At a glance, he spotted saw marks where the iron fence had broken.
Without time to think, he immediately raised his hand and fired a poisoned arrow at the Skaven leader, then drew the two weapons at his waist and rushed forward, intending to block the gap.
Unfortunately, Lanni had clearly prepared for this. Relying on the Skaven's natural agility and reflexes, he easily dodged it.
But another Skaven behind him was not so lucky.
The poisoned arrow pierced his eye on the spot. After letting out a scream, he fell backward onto the ground, twitching unwillingly as he drew his last breath.
"Charge! Kill them all!"
The Skaven leader did not even glance at the unlucky fellow killed by the poisoned bolt as he decisively gave the order to charge.
His objective was simple: to eliminate Aipuke here tonight.
At his command, hundreds of Skaven immediately surged toward the gap in the iron fence like a tide, brandishing their weapons.
Their sheer numbers, along with the madness and bloodlust gleaming in their eyes, filled the Thieves' Guild with fear from the bottom of their hearts.
Several bodyguards carrying shields immediately worked with the assassin