"Reed, do you know the biggest difference between Chaos City's Inner City and its outer city?"
Hanks, who had quietly fallen behind the two men, paused and asked in confusion, "What?"
The two men half a step ahead of him chuckled.
They suddenly stopped. "Fine, we'll let you know why you're dying, so you won't complain about us brothers when you meet the god of death."
Hanks dropped his smile, his body tensing...
"The Inner City has a complete Assassin network!"
"The moment you tried to fool us with that brilliant acting, a [Scout] had already figured out your ultimate goal."
"Your partner's over there, isn't he?" The man to Hanks's left suddenly pointed behind the dune where An Kai was hiding.
"Honestly, Reed, we wanted to be friends with you, but you should never have tried baiting us!"
"We got into the Inner City from this place. Did you really think we got in through hard training?"
"Hahaha, Reed, you're really stupid, yet really clever. The stupid part was using such a common baiting trick."
"The clever part was actually fooling both of us. If we didn't have a Membership Card for the third floor of the Inner City's Bounty Tower, you really would have tricked us!"
"Never expected that, did you? Assassins might be an obscure class, but they have a complete network in the Inner City!"
"And it isn't just the tier-two Assassin class, [Scout]. Right now, an [Assailant], an Assassin just one step away from tier three, has already snuck up beside your partner..."
"Oh, you probably don't know what an [Assailant] is. Let me put it this way: he can give you a painless death. After all, you won't even notice when he strikes!"
"Don't worry. Once your partner dies, I'll send you to