Chapter 62: The Strength of the New Director
Leon did not notice at first that someone else was moving inside the room.
That person was concealed within a mass of eerie black shadow.
Whenever someone attempted to observe that shadow, it would disperse like ink diffusing in water before it could be seen, vanishing without a trace.
Shadow Passage, a divine art and one form of power bestowed by the Blessing of the Star-Night Secret God.
Within the area covered by shadows, the sense of existence of things would sharply diminish.
A person hiding within it would be subconsciously ignored even if another’s gaze swept over them, or even if they made a sound.
Only when the one in hiding interfered with surrounding objects would the concealed state be broken, allowing the observer to perceive something for only that instant.
For a professional assassin, this single advantage of striking first was enough to methodically eliminate every ordinary person within a base.
He had already completed the assassination mission, but while searching for important items and letters, someone had intruded.