The golden building’s entrance was now crowded with over a hundred skeleton knights. They picked up stones and frantically smashed at the door, swinging bone clubs in a relentless assault.
Some even grabbed weapons from passersby and assassins to pry the door open.
These skeleton knights clearly possessed a degree of combat intelligence. No matter how sturdy the door, it was only a matter of time before it was breached.
“What the hell is going on?”
The young assassin Veronica and the boss of the golden building, Rex, had already arrived on the second floor.
They immediately joined forces with the bodyguards and guests, moving debris to block the main entrance while sealing off the windows.
“Boss, could this be the legendary zombie horde?” the bartender asked.
“Paul, are you blind? Those are skeleton knights, not zombies! Zombies don’t have that kind of brains!” the bodyguard snapped.
“Stop arguing! How are there so many skeletal monsters? What’s happening? Can someone explain this to me?” Rex shouted.
Everyone shook their heads. Neither the guests nor their own people knew what was going on.
“Paul, have there been any unusual incidents lately?” Rex pressed further.
“I don’t know, boss,” the bartender Paul replied.
Just then, a burly bodyguard hesitantly raised his hand. “I… there was indeed something strange yesterday. Two nuns in black robes and a bizarre knight—three people in total—came to the door and said they wanted to see the boss. We turned them away. Could it be their doing?”
“Nuns? How could nuns show up in a place like this?” Paul frowned.
“What did they look like?” Rex asked.
“A golden-haired girl who looked like royalty, and a half-beast with horns. Both were exceptionally beautiful, at least SS-level,” the burly man recalled.
“You know how much the people here despise holy orders,” Paul muttered.
“If they managed to push through all obstacles to reach the golden building’s entrance, do you really think they’re just ordinary people?” Rex said coldly.
“We can’t be sure it’s them, can we? Besides, they’re about the same age as Veronica. How could they possess that kind of power? Those skeleton knights outside don’t look like anything a human could control,” the burly man remained skeptical.
“What do you mean by that? Looking down on me?” Veronica said icily.
“Does anyone know where they’re staying?” Rex asked.
“I’ve seen them. They’re staying at the inn next door,” a guest said.
“Veronica, we’ll cover you and create an opportunity. Go check it out,” Rex ordered.
“No problem,” Veronica nodded.
“Paul, protect the guests. The rest of you, follow me.”
Rex led the bodyguards and Veronica out of the main hall and through to the kitchen’s back door.
This area hadn’t been attacked by skeleton knights yet. Everything was quiet.
“These monsters probably lock onto targets by sight. This hidden door doesn’t look like anything from the outside,” Rex analyzed. “And their movements are too organized. There must be a commander. Likely a mage pulling the strings.”
“A mage… can they really pull this off? One person causing chaos across the entire Black Street?” Veronica asked.
“No. At least, none of the strongest mages I know could. Magic consumes a massive amount of mana. I can’t even imagine how terrifyingly powerful it would take to summon this many skeleton knights,” Rex quickly dismissed the idea.
“You seem to know a lot about mages, boss,” the bodyguard said.
“Mages are difficult to deal with. The best approach is to ambush them before they can react. That’s why assassins are the best counter against mages,” Rex said gravely. “But unless necessary, never provoke a mage.”
“Yet now, I might have to face one,” Veronica said.
Rex opened the hidden door. Outside was a narrow crevice clinging to the cliffside, wide enough for only one person to squeeze through sideways.
One by one, they squeezed out, which explained why the skeleton knights couldn’t find this door.
But the moment they emerged, a patrol of skeleton knights spotted them.
In an instant, dozens of skeleton knights charged toward them.
The back door of the target inn was right next to the crevice’s exit, so close it only took a sprint to reach it.
“Everyone, listen up! Cover Veronica’s breakout!” Rex shouted.
He and the bodyguards spread out into formation, engaging the skeleton knights head-on.
At the same time, he noticed that the skeleton knights were using non-lethal weapons, more focused on subduing than killing.
That made things even stranger.
Was someone really controlling these skeleton knights?
Mana? Battle aura? Neither seemed likely. The consumption would be too insane.
What kind of power could support such a large-scale summoning?
Just then, Veronica had vanished, successfully infiltrating the inn.
She was the youngest, strongest, and deadliest assassin in the golden building.
Now, it was all up to her.
Veronica moved silently through the inn, leaving no trace, arriving precisely at the target’s door.
Incidentally, her “steel-helmet hairstyle” was just a metaphor. She wasn’t actually wearing a helmet. Her hair was as sturdy as one, immobile no matter how fast she moved, not even stirring a ripple in the air.
By all logic, she was flawless.
Yet for some reason, her instincts were screaming a warning.
“Whoosh—”
Suddenly, the door was pierced by a strange sword, nearly stabbing her on the other side.
Veronica reacted instantly, leaping back to create distance.
Normally, getting discovered meant retreating.
But she didn’t.
As an assassin, being discovered was the ultimate shame.
She wouldn’t leave until she figured out how she was found.
“Creak—”
The door slowly opened.
A peculiar figure stepped out, wielding the bizarre sword in hand.
A black nun’s robe and a pair of horns on her head.
Clearly, this was the beastman nun the bodyguard had mentioned.
“Are those monsters outside your doing?” Veronica straightened up and asked coldly.
The beastman nun didn’t answer. Instead, she glanced back into the room.
“Playing tricks,” Veronica said coldly.
So, the person inside the room was the real mastermind.
The nun in front of her was just a henchman.
That meant she had to defeat her.
“Clang—Clang—”
Veronica drew her twin blades and exploded into motion.
Her entire body moved like a ricocheting ball, bouncing at high speed through the hallway, leaving countless afterimages.
Those were just false trails. An ordinary person couldn’t track her real position at all.
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