"First one!"
After killing the guard on duty, Leone did not slow her pace, though she began calculating in her mind.
She, who had always fought with fists and kicks, also drew a sharp dagger. After all, fists and kicks made too much noise, while slitting a throat with a dagger was far more discreet. Though she was not particularly skilled with a dagger, cutting throats for assassination was still easy enough.
At the same time, as Leone began dealing with the first person, the others also took out the remaining guards.
Everyone kept moving forward. Though the corridors were long, they were deathly quiet, without a single sound escaping.
From entering to carrying out the assassinations, only a few breaths had passed.
"Second..."
"Third."
"Eleven..."
Only after they had silently cleared every person from several narrow corridors hundreds of meters long did they stop their assassinations.
After killing them, most of Night Raid skillfully dragged the bodies into more concealed places to avoid being exposed too quickly.
But even so, with so many people dead... anyone sensitive enough who came nearby would probably notice the smell of blood.
Fortunately, no one passed through here in the middle of the night.
Every ambush so far had been a one-hit kill. There had been no direct confrontation, so they still did not know the guards' true strength. After all, under assassination conditions, it was perfectly normal to kill someone stronger than oneself.
After clearing several corridors, they continued swiftly searching for enemies nearby. Their orders and list required them to purge the entire Imperial Fist Temple, leaving no one alive... kill them all.
The difficulty was immense. The Imperial Fist Temple had no shortage of people; there were still several thousand of them. Killing several thousand pigs would be