"Hmm… This should be an interesting mission, don't you think?" The scrambled figure said in an excited tone, that left Oliver confused on what to say.
"Is there any extra information that might be necessary?" Xander asked, but Oliver shook his head.
"I hope you are aware that if things were to go far beyond the info given, the assassin can't be blamed for the failure of the mission, and the payment wouldn't be refunded." Assassin Xander explained to the beast tamer, who nodded in response.
Once all the rules had been explained and relevant info had been shared, they moved over to the final part which was the payment.
"17 million gold coins." Xavier said.
'Not bad at all.' Oliver confessed. The Master seal was sold for 16 million, meaning it was only a million more which was a very nice deal. If he had decided to borrow from other members of the Nystrom family, he was certain the bidding war would have reached 20 million gold coins.
"Deal!" With him accepting the terms, the meeting was over and the communication orb began disintegrating, eliminating all traces of the conversation ever happening.
"Finally! It's been a while since I had fun." A white-haired boy who looked like he had recently turned 20, said with a psychotic smile.
Apart from his sliver pupils that added a pristine glow to his charming face, there was nothing spectacular about the boy's physique, but every member of the league of assassins respected him because of his skills.
Xavier wasn't famous for stealing, rather he was known more for his ability to escape even the most difficult situations.
What brought him to the limelight was when he had managed to escape from a demigod while he was in the Hero realm and it was after this that the league of assassins had recruited him.
He had never been caught even as a hero and now that he was a demigod all attempts to capture him were proving to be more useless.
"Time to go prep." Xavier began skipping as he left the darkroom.
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The next day at the southern wall, all the teams had assembled for what was the final lesson.
'It amazes me how 5 days felt like 2 weeks…' Brian sighed.
'Not amazed…' Blake retorted.
'After we are done with the last lesson, what next?' Castiel asked causing them to think.
'Maybe we would just be on guard duty on the wall…" Blake answered.
"Let's get these lessons over with. Today we will be looking at rescuing a teammate that is being swarmed by beasts." Major Reeves announced as he finally turned to the teams.
"You are to select a teammate that would be placed beyond the wall where they would be protected by a rock dome. When the signal to start the exercise has begun, the rock domes will be lowered. Your task is to weave through the beasts and save your teammate before they are overwhelmed." Major Reeves explained.
"Note, the selected teammate can fight back, but they are not allowed to leave the marked range even if they can fly. The only time they are permitted to do so is when the team has arrived and the floating orb has been equipped."
With so many rules, the students couldn't help but look at each other. It seemed that the final lesson wasn't going to be as easy as they thought.
Before the students were about to begin planning on how to tackle the exercise, Major Reeves spoke up. "Before you guys select a teammate, I suggest you take a look at this." His words prompted the students to take steps forward to look beyond the wall.
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me?" The students were star-struck when they saw hundreds of beasts beyond the wall.
"Is that where they are planning on putting one of us?" The students couldn't help but ask. When Major Reeves was talking about the task it sounded quite difficult, but now that they were thinking back at it, it became bone-chilling.
"Why did I just have a feeling that the lessons couldn't just end in a normal way." Blake let out a sigh of helplessness.
"Don't jinx it. The task might be difficult but where is the fun if it is too easy." Luciano said with an excited smile.
'If I may ask, did they swap personalities?' Brian was confused when Luciano who has always been the quiet one was excited all of a sudden.
"I think the important question we should be talking about is who is going beyond the wall?" Castiel asked.
"Tessie is the best, so I suggest she goes out." Everyone turned to Luciano with raised brows.
"I disagree with that. I for one have the highest defense in the team, and if we could go for something special, Castiel can stay invisible till we come to save him." Brian pointed out.
With the number of beasts beyond the wall, people like Blake and Luciano were ruled out of the equation. Although they possessed very explosive set of abilities, the large number of beasts would eventually wear them out. Meaning this was a task only those with high defensive abilities could handle.
The only reason Castiel was put into consideration was because of the darkness element that could completely cloak him.
"This would have been a cheat code, but you are forgetting something. When the rock dome is taken down and you cloak yourself, you might find it hard to escape the encirclement and if you do, how do you prevent the beasts from coming in contact with you?" Blake pointed out the only flaw in the plan.
Even if Castiel was to go invisible, the large number of beasts would prevent him from maneuvering without touching them, meaning he will still be discovered.
"We can't take such a risk when we have better options.." The others nodded to Blake's decision of not picking Castiel, leaving their options down to Brian and Tessie.