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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 30
Chapter Title: Assassination After Concealment
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In Assassin's Dawn - Shadows in the City, post-assassination concealment was a classic infiltration method you couldn't skip.
Whenever their route got blocked during stealth, players often chose this approach.
Some even played by assassinating every single NPC.
But.
What Seo-jun did was on another level entirely.
Forcing NPCs into alert mode and killing them before they could spot him, turning it into an assassination.
In short, it was physical prowess crushing the game.
This guy's doing his solo tricks again.
Screw it, just do it all yourself lolololol
No witnesses anyway, clean kill ㄷㄷ
Killing right before they spot you ㄷㄷ
In tough areas like Alverk Palace, if you assassinated and hid an NPC, allies would notice their absence after a set time.
Once you killed and concealed one here, it forced a time attack.
"Well. From now on, let's pick up the pace a bit."
It wasn't all that pressing.
Because from here on, he had no intention of worrying about noise.
Clack, clack.
Seo-jun strolled leisurely down the corridor.
No, swaggered was more accurate.
And when the Royal Guard approached at the sound.
He pulled a dagger from his inventory and hurled it.
"Assassination is definitely easier than rampage mode."
Seo-jun concealed the fallen NPC in a nearby empty room and kept walking.
We never agreed to call this an assassination ;;;
This is kinda confusing lol
Sniping before they even see you ㄷㄷ
Alverk's corridors were so lavishly decorated you could feel their splendor even in the dark night, wide enough for several people to walk hand-in-hand.
Thud, thud.
From the opposite end of the wide corridor came majestic footsteps.
The Royal Guard were elites trained in both magic and martial arts.
Naturally, even their gait exuded pride.
The moment the uniformed knight rounded the corner and even a fraction of his body entered view.
Shing!
The dagger sliced through the air and embedded in the Royal Guard.
The guard's eyes widened in shock, mouth agape, before closing forever.
Damn, predictive shot goes hard
You didn't even see him coming?
That goes hard too lol
Just goes hard fr
The footsteps in the corridor dwindled to one again.
"So quiet. I like it."
Saying something utterly unlike an intruder, Seo-jun scanned his surroundings.
Even with blueprints, Alverk Palace was a maze of complexity.
The viewers, having given up on seeing him fail, started guiding him now.
Seo-jun found stairs leading down and followed the viewers' directions.
"Oh."
Seo-jun let out a soft gasp, audible only to the viewers as he held his breath.
Two sweeping staircases welcomed him, like something out of a heroine's highlight scene where she'd descend in a dazzling dress, revealing the ballroom below.
"The backgrounds are truly something else."
Seo-jun whispered that, then vaulted over the railing.
At the base stood two Royal Guards facing the hall from either side.
Seo-jun dropped toward the one on the right.
His coat flared dramatically.
Just before hitting the ground, he flung the dagger in his hand, ending the right guard's life.
Then, yanking the dagger from the neck, he spun and threw it at the left guard.
Wtf did he just do lolololol
Taking out two like that
This is assassination!
Guy's just good at assassination lol
Close-range rushes with melee weapons triggered a 1-second assassination animation.
In high-difficulty zones like the palace, rushing one of two guards with melee meant inevitable detection.
And Seo-jun had only one dagger left.
So he closed in, threw from point-blank to skip the animation, retrieved it, and took out the other.
Seo-jun explained this to the viewers.
They were dumbfounded.
Lol just throw dagger and rush the last with longsword duh lololol
Fr, no daggers but plenty other weapons
Boss is lowkey dumb. Love that tho
Eh.
Yeah, true.
Seo-jun admitted it readily.
"Didn't think of that. Sounds easier. But."
He hadn't thought it through deeply.
"This way isn't hard either. Let's try it once."
With that, Seo-jun grinned.
The viewers lost it.
Insane, trolling every chance he gets
Don't feed the evil boss trolls kids lol
What? It was just one time, what's the problem?
God why give talent to a guy like that
Seo-jun win!
"Assassins gotta use daggers."
Seo-jun flashed a victory smile and headed for the queen's chambers.
If assassins use daggers, does that mean he's not one when bashing with longsword?
Boss caught in his own contradiction lololol
Honestly, assassination or rampage—it didn't matter.
As long as the stream was fun, it was all good.
"Skip the small stuff."
Seo-jun's deep voice resonated pleasantly.
Yes hyung.
Yes oppa.
If I said that I'd get flamed. He's hot so it lands lol
Suddenly pissed. Unfollowing.
Seo-jun chuckled and twirled two daggers between his fingers like a finger gun.
The third was a kitchen knife he'd picked up on the way.
In the darkness, he extended his arm, aiming at the enemy.
'Hmm, first time throwing ones with different weights.'
Should be fine.
Shing!
The two daggers hurtled almost simultaneously.
The two guards at the chamber door collapsed at once.
"Gahk!"
Perfect.
A short death rattle echoed as Seo-jun strode boldly through the main door.
He didn't care if he got caught now.
"So, Dicey, how's my infiltration?"
Real-time mission requester Dicey sobbing lolololol
Playing stealth and assassination like rampage, rampage psycho!
Rampage freak! Rampage freak!
'Rigged Dice' donated 100,000 won!
[Wait, did I just get scammed? ㄷㄷ]
Seo-jun gave a thank-you, and the viewers laughed.
Someone stirred at the presence.
Vmmm!
A red glow gathered at the front of the orb floating beside Seo-jun, firing as a beam.
The Queen, the Ruler, had awakened.
"How dare a lowly worm enter without knowing its place."
She'd been lying in bed moments ago, but now stood behind Seo-jun.
The Queen's strategy was already out there.
Another streamer had beaten her before Seo-jun.
Not surprising.
Other Rulers fell to players here and there.
Fortunately, no one had collected all the Fragments of Order yet.
Because no one had beaten the Mage Tower Lord.
For Richard Neville, blueprint-level skill from Seo-jun's stream sufficed, especially with Weak Point Detection.
Drake too, with top skill and items, was doable.
'Though only a handful.'
The point was, a few had.
But the Mage Tower Lord was different.
Those who got Weak Point Detection challenged him immediately—for the lightning.
And they were shocked by the lightning's grain.
The weak point was tiny.
And it vanished too fast.
Unknown how tf did you do it lol
Even crazier: didn't even use Weak Point Detection ㄷㄷ
Dynamic vision at least bird-level
Even ignoring the grain, the difficulty was insane.
Thus, evaluations of Seo-jun soared daily.
Anyway, the conclusion.
'People aren't expecting me to beat the Queen right now.'
She'd already been done by someone else.
What they really wanted: collecting all Fragments of Order.
Seo-jun activated Weak Point Detection, spotted the grain, and slashed the Queen's Mirror with his sword.
The Queen's Mirror was a reflective glass orb, her special weapon—like an orb that floated freely, reflected attacks, or cast embedded spells.
'They say Weak Point Detection drops the Queen's difficulty big time.'
Crash!
The Queen's Mirror shattered, shards scattering.
Special force suspended countless pieces in air, blocking Seo-jun's vision.
"How dare you destroy my possession!"
Through the shards, Seo-jun saw the Queen's arm swinging from the opposite side.
A stiletto flew.
Weaving through glass debris, straight at him.
Reflected in the mirrors, illusions multiplied, scattering his gaze.
'But only one's real.'
And Seo-jun had never missed an enemy attack in combat.
Clang!
The arrow-like stiletto was parried by his dagger.
Seo-jun countered by throwing it.
"Ah..."
The last HP bar depleted.
The Queen let out a brief death cry, stared blankly at Seo-jun, and collapsed.
Clean af ㄷㄷㄷ
Whole different class lol
Want. No damage, no skills. Insane
Now let's go!
"It's over."
Queen Arietta has been killed.
Acquired Fragment of Order (4/4).
All Fragments of Order collected. Hidden scenario 'Choice' now proceeds.
As Seo-jun read the text, a raven flew in and perched lightly on his shoulder.
A letter was tied to its leg.
"Messenger bird?"
Seo-jun untied the paper, and the raven flapped off through the balcony.
He unrolled the scroll.
It offered rewards if he came somewhere.
"From the branch chief, huh."
Probably starts the scenario there.
Waited a week for this!
Choice? What choice?
Pls don't speedrun. Pls don't speedrun. Pls don't speedrun.
Location: 4th floor of an abandoned factory on Alteon's southern outskirts.
Practically the edge of the map.
"Alright, let's check it out."
Seo-jun exited Alverk Palace as casually as he'd infiltrated, then headed to the marked spot on the map.
Through District 4's commoner areas, further south.
Sword-speedrun boss doing this?
Strike while the iron's hot!
Phew. Almost rioted.
Upon arrival, a cutscene played.
"Why'd you call me?"
Alteon's branch chief Arthur emerged from behind junked machinery.
Quite a distance away.
"Unknown. You took down the Queen after all."
"And?"
Arthur's eyes bulged.
"Damn it. Didn't I tell you? Rushing it would cause more damage. The fanatics are coming."
Arthur spoke calmly, but couldn't fully hide his boiling rage.
His hands trembled with excitement.
"We requested backup, but no reply yet. I told you to hold out till then. Couldn't wait?"
Yet the protagonist—Seo-jun in the cutscene—remained unflappable.
"That's your problem, not mine. More coming? Then just kill more."
This cutscene or boss controlling? lol
No choice options lololol
From picking that dialogue with Arthur last time probs.
Oh no...
"Right. You're not our brother. Didn't take missions."
Arthur's trembling hands stilled.
Then he smiled kindly, as if never agitated.
"But Unknown, you're strong. Irresistibly so, even if you escape my control and disrupt order."
Control and order.
Words unbecoming from an assassin's mouth.
The protagonist sensed something off and entered combat stance.
Shing!
Arthur threw a stiletto; the protagonist dodged with his dagger and glared.
"What is this?"
"Heh. Knew this wouldn't cut it. As expected from the man who killed four of my comrades."
"Comrades? You don't mean..."
The protagonist's face twisted.
"Exactly as you think. I've been allied with the Rulers."
Insane plot twist
Why's the assassin branch chief...?
Final boss?
True ending. No wonder
"One reason for the alliance: mutual destruction if we fought all-out. Obvious end. But when the Western Slayer—you—arrived, Alteon's balance shattered. So I thought: use you to kill the other Rulers, replace with my men."
Explained why taking missions blocked Fragments of Order.
Taking missions meant following Arthur's will, conflicting with hidden quest conditions.
"But you acted on your own. Plans derailed, took longer to seize Alteon."
Arthur smirked, holding a button.
"Still, you did eliminate them, so thanks. Now, bye."
Arthur climbed the nearby stairs to the upper floor.
Simultaneously, explosions rocked below.
Flames surged, floors detonating in sequence.
Protagonist was on 4F.
Instead of chasing, he leaped outside.
But the hasty jump from height injured him on landing, collapsing.
Arthur on the roof laughed, threw a stiletto, smug.
Protagonist closed his eyes, expecting death.
Seo-jun thought the same.
But from third-person view, a black-shadowed woman appeared, deflected the stiletto, and fled with the protagonist.
"Hm. Traitor? Didn't expect that, but hide-and-seek sounds fun."
Arthur was relaxed.
Alteon was practically his already.
Arthur whistled; a raven came.
He removed paper from its leg, wrote a letter.
[Unknown betrayed us and joined the fanatics. Designate Unknown as top-priority assassination target from now on.]
The raven flew off; cutscene ended.
Huff, huff.
Seo-jun was piggybacked by someone breathing heavily.
Still too weak to move.
Then.
Ding.
A window popped up before his eyes.
Seo-jun's eyes lit up at it.
So this is it?
"This'll be fun."
Whoa
True legend lolololol
Hidden quest nuts ㄷㄷㄷ
Users get a taste of their own medicine!
Lol user education quest goes to the GOAT streamer lol
[Hunt]
Alteon branch chief Arthur was a traitor.
Worse, you're now top-priority assassination target.
From now on, all assassins under his command will hunt you relentlessly, by any means.
No place in Alteon escapes their eyes, they say.
Way to survive? Probably just...
Stay vigilant of every shadow on every street for assassin blades.
Quest Clear Condition: Survive one day of assassin assaults.
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