Night of the Full Moon

Luke knew that the Chick Brothers currently possessed three-and-a-half-star strength, and felt that level 60 Clear Sky would have some difficulty fighting them.

So he raised her level to 80.

At level 80, the enhanced bloodline Wings of Time and Space changed from dark to lit, becoming usable.

At the same time, power consumption accelerated, leaving her with sixty minutes of uptime.

They might need a level 100 Clear Sky for the Mad Axe Gang instance, so every minute had to be carefully budgeted. They could not waste too much time on the Chick Brothers.

Luke drew her blades. With a flicker, she appeared at the Chick Brothers' side.

Frost clung to her left blade. Though she had yet to strike, its razor-sharp chill had already enveloped the Chick Brothers.

Even beneath a black long-sleeved glove, Angel's Right Arm could not conceal the white radiance bursting from it.

Holy Flame blazed white along her right blade, fueled by sacred energy.

Werewolves were evil creatures, and sacred energy increased its lethality against them by fifty percent.

Her twin blades danced as she attacked the Chick Brothers at once.

Only after she closed in did the Chick Brothers realize they had vastly underestimated this seemingly delicate elf.

Dew had condensed on their bodies from the damp air, then turned to frost under the cold wind.

The cold pierced to the bone.

The twin blades neared their vital points, especially the curved blade wreathed in Holy Flame. It nearly scared the wits out of the Chick Brothers.

They knew their werewolf bloodline was restrained by sacred energy.

But... how could an elf wield Holy Flame?!

The nearness of death jolted the Chick Brothers. As assassins, they were nothing like Ron, who had no idea how to adapt in a crisis.

It was too late to dodge.

The coordinated brothers simultaneously reached out and shoved each other. Their palms collided, and their opposing strength sent them flying apart.

Just as they thought they had avoided the incoming curved blades and prepared to transform—

An inexplicable force pulled them back to where they had just been.

What happened?!

The Chick Brothers did not know.

The blades simultaneously sliced open their chests.

Holy Flame set their evil blood ablaze. Little Chick let out a miserable scream. Sacred energy battered his mind, disrupting his control over his power. His body shifted constantly between human and werewolf. He tried to extinguish the Holy Flame, but it only burned fiercer.

Big Chick was struck by the ice blade. His wound froze shut and no blood flowed out, but cold seeped continuously into his body through the wound.

It also prevented the werewolf's formidable recovery from healing the injury.

Seeing his younger brother's miserable state, he immediately transformed into a werewolf.

Under the full moon, his fur gleamed black, blood filled his eyes, and pale fangs protruded from the corners of his mouth.

His enlarged body also tore open the wound in his chest, spraying ice and blood outward together.

Ignoring his own injuries, he swung his wolf claws at Luke. He had to kill this elf quickly before taking his brother for treatment.

But the elf vanished beneath his claws.

When she reappeared, she was already in the air. Her right arm erupted with white radiance, while surging Holy Flame covered her blade.

Facing the descending blade imbued with Holy Flame, Big Chick hurriedly dodged, only for his body to be strangely dragged back to its original spot.

One slash fell.

A wolf's head rolled across the ground.

Another slash. A long ice blade plowed a deep gash into the ground, and Little Chick's screams stopped.

His head rolled over the frost-covered ground.

Luke flipped through the air, regained her balance, and landed.

Behind her, the window in the tavern door snapped shut.

"Tais!"

The window in the tavern door quickly opened.

"Powerful elf lady, what can Tais do for you?"

"Leave the bodies to you. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem, miss. I will sort out the Chick Brothers' belongings and wait for you to return and claim them.

I apologize for offending you and beg your forgiveness."

Luke sheathed her blades and lowered Clear Sky's level back to 60.

"You did not offend me... Thank you for your kind warning. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll leave this place to you."

"Please rest assured."

Luke leaped onto a nearby rooftop, then ran toward the nearest teleportation anchor.

Inside the Assassin Tavern.

The elf's arrival had made the atmosphere unusually lively.

After all, such a beautiful elf was not something one saw often, and she had even accepted the mission to assassinate Jumu the Horned Demonkin.

Even the assassins, who usually showed little emotion, could not help gossiping.

"Actually, we should have captured her. That way, we wouldn't be letting that minotaur Jumu have her for free."

"Yeah! Someone would definitely pay a high price for goods like that."

"Mind your identities, gentlemen and ladies." The lizardman bartender tapped the bar. "My master does not like infighting among assassins. Since Miss Clear Sky has accepted a mission here, she is, according to the mission's rank, an Assassin Tavern-certified assassin for one week.

If she fails the mission, she will not be received here for one month.

If you want to make a move against Miss Clear Sky, wait one week."

"One week? By then, who knows where she'll have been sold off to."

At that moment, Tais the Evil Eye walked in on his eight tentacles.

The lizardman asked curiously, "Tais, why did you come down?"

"The Chick Brothers are dead. Can someone help me deal with the bodies? Holy Flame is still burning on them, and I don't dare touch them."

Upon hearing of the Chick Brothers' deaths, everyone in the tavern was stunned.

On their own, either Chick Brother might not have stood out here, but their seamless teamwork made them opponents no one wanted to face.

Besides, it was nighttime, and the night of a full moon.

Who could kill both of them on the Chick Brothers' home ground?

The lizardman bartender poured Tais a drink. He knew that the Evil Eye was also an evil creature and had an instinctive fear of Holy Flame.

"Have a drink first, Tais. Someone will take care of the Chick Brothers' bodies.

Do you know who killed the Chick Brothers?

Was it a personal grudge, or was it aimed at our Assassin Tavern?"

This was the answer every assassin wanted to know.

If this had been an action targeting the Assassin Tavern, it would undoubtedly spark a war.

Tais curled a tentacle around the cup and drained it in one gulp.

Only then did he say, "It was that female elf... You all saw her. By your standards of beauty, she was absolutely the kind you would all want to capture and sell.

The Chick Brothers thought so too.

They waited outside the tavern for the elf to leave. They waited for the elf, and they lost their lives."

The lizardman asked in shock, "That elf killed the Chick Brothers? She... she didn't look like anyone formidable. Was she really that strong?"

"Do not doubt my eyes... No, this time, I truly misjudged her. The Chick Brothers were killed without any chance to resist, like slaughtering two pigs.

She wielded both ice and sacred energy.

She could move through space over short distances and even... affect Time Reversal. She used Time Reversal to pull the Chick Brothers back to an earlier point in time, then killed them with one slash each.

Controlling space and time consumed an enormous amount of energy, especially time...

How could a body like hers provide so much energy?"

The entire tavern fell silent.

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