Chapter 64: A Deal in the Darkness
"This isn’t happening..." reading the global announcement with a hand shaking in a mixture of disbelief, wrath, resentment and a fear undetectable even to himself, another man mutters as he looks at the group of hooded figures in front of him, their demeanor filled with confidence despite the fact that they are currently in the presence of someone like him who is practically a god in the eyes of other ascenders from Earth.
"You must be thinking that the one who caused this is the target you want us to deal with, right? You can rest assured, even if he can deal with monsters beyond the limit of the second floor, he is still, nothing more than a second-floor ascender" one of the hooded figures said with a tone of absolute confidence in his voice, his words still not enough to convince the young-looking man with a sword tied to his waist.
Sighing as they thought that this should nail the deal, they then decided to share their plan, a simple one that should’ve been thought of by this client all by himself, but somehow failed to do so as the urgency of having to deal with his target clouded not only his vision, but also his thoughts immensely.
"And it’s not like we’re going to deal with him now, we have eyes on the lower floor after all, we can observe him and deduce his strength based on those observation..." the same hooded man, seemingly the leader of this group, said as he throws document to support his claims, showing the client just how detailed their information gathering network is, having vivid description of a lot of things despite some of them lacking an actual media, photos or videos, to back it up.
"The higher the floor he climbs the higher the difference between a person who just ascended there and a long-time veteran in that floor, we’re going to use this opportunity to deal with him really quick" the leader of the hooded figures said with a smile on his face, his eyes glowing with greed as he feels like the deal with this client is already secured.
"Worst case scenario, we have to wait until he is on the fifth floor to capitalize on the gap; however, if we’re lucky, we can deal with him once he ascends on the third floor, especially if he’s going to be on that city once he ascends."
The leader of the hooded group said with a confident expression on his face, the client also found his reasons valid, making him nod at this figure, said client’s eyes turning serious as now is the time to discuss the most important matter.
"So, what’s your price?" knowing that this group has never failed a single mission that they had taken before, along with the fact that all of their missions are one with extreme danger involved, the client asked with a serious look on his face, his expression making it so that even these extremely confident figures couldn’t help but gulp, as they know that one wrong thing they say right now might cost the lives of some of them.