Don't touch my people!

It was almost night and the guards decided to take a rest. Noah and Gina pulled out portable tents from their storage rings and set them up for use.

Noah noticed the nervous expressions of the guards and he sighed. These guards were neither royal guards nor anyone from Trynis city. They were called from outside the city and Noah has already guessed it. He had no intentions of slaughtering everyone and ruining his trip...He would rather have fun while the world burns by itself. He has changed a lot from his initial days but many people still fear him because of his past.

He knew something was up...

'Empress Mary didn't take my warning seriously and underestimated me...Sigh~" Noah sighed again.

He thought if he broke the slave items, Empress Mary would be extremely careful but Noah felt like he has misjudged Mary's nature.

'Looks like she is not someone who leaves variables behind. A control freak huh?'

'Hmm...she knows that Valentina wouldn't care if she goes against the Emperor and might even support her...but me? she must be uncertain about me as Emperor is my father and I might become a powerful enemy...who may spoil her plans...'

'Sigh~ so troublesome...I'll leave a proper message this time...' Noah thought as he asked Gina to remain in the tent, as he walked out of the tent in which Noah and Gina were sitting and talking about various business-related matters.

He looked around...tore through [Space] mercilessly using his [Intent] and vanished.

........

Several black-robed individuals were gathering near a spot in the forest. The forest between Yutao city of Racada Kingdom and the Trynis City of Arda Kingdom.

Approximately 10 A-ranks,3 S-ranks, and 1 SS-rank. They were all wearing black masks.

In front of them a single man, whose aura could be recognized at the peak of this world, that is, SSS-rank stood wearing a silver mask. The SS-rank individual stood at his right side as a proper right-hand man.

The silver masked leader raised one of his hands so that people could shut up their murmuring.

The leader knew this team was set up in an emergency so they might have many doubts and uncertainties about this mission.

As soon as the leader raised his arm, all the people stood in a poised manner and pin drop silence filled their surroundings. The leader retracted his palm as he addressed them with a very manly voice. Although his voice was low yet it was very deep and clear.

"Our mission is simple"

"One young man, purple-haired, purple-eyed"

"Threat level is SSS-rank"

"Your task will be simple keep engaging him until he gets tired and then I will finish him off."

The leader was quite confident in this lineup. Although A-ranks are nothing in front of an SSS-rank.

But-

He had 3 S-ranks and 1 SS-rank. Furthermore, he didn't care about A-ranks. They were his cannon fodders to tire out the enemy and bring him to his weakest state.

A commotion broke out immediately among the A-ranks. It was a suicide mission for them! How could they accept it? If A-rank fought someone who is at SSS-rank it would be like an ant fighting an elephant. They had no way to survive! Furthermore, they had to breakthrough the encirclement of the guards as well.

They were terrified and couldn't help but think that this was a punishment rather than a mission.

The leader understood their thoughts and nodded in understanding. Before they could ask questions about the mission, he continued...

"I know what you all are thinking...but fret not. We have many countermeasures."

"First of all, the guards surrounding the tent of the target are on our side"

"They have around 15 A-ranks and 1 S-rank and all of them will help us without objections"

"They will prepare an easy path for us to surround the enemy and kill the target even before he gets alerted."

With this, the doubts that were arising in the hearts of all the A-ranks settled a bit. That being said, though they were still scared, now they knew that they will have the support to execute this assassination as silently as possible and they may even not alert the target if they are lucky.

Their hearts relaxed a lot...

But-

Then something unexpected happened...

*CHHRRRR!*

The head of the leader plopped on the ground as blood spurted out from his neck and sprayed all over on the SS-rank vice leader.

*plop*

The body of the leader also dropped on the ground as a chilling voice resounded in the area...

"Looking for me??"

A man with purple hair and purple eyes appeared behind the dead body of the leader as he asked with a slight smirk on his face. Noah didn't suppress his cultivation and unleashed his full aura of an SSS-rank which sent shivers down the assassin's spine. They felt like they were naked and their enemy was fighting with a battle suit. Strangely not a single drop of blood touched Noah or his clothes.

*Pisssss*

Several A-ranks pissed their pants when they saw their leader's head rolling on the ground as the man who they were supposed to assassinate, assassinated their leader. What an irony!

A sliver of Noah's [Killing intent] leaked from his eyes. But it was normal [Intent] which anybody could form after killing many people throughout their lives. Noah was not enraged and his [Killing Intent] was absolutely normal and not sinister like before when his [Killing Intent] leaked in Trynis city.

Even then, this slight amount of [Killing Intent] was more than enough for the animals, beasts, and monsters alike to run outside this area, where a true monster suddenly appeared

Many people fainted and even the 3 S-ranks individuals had their knees shivering in fear.

Noah nodded in satisfaction. He wanted to give Mary a warning and Mary took it but she still wanted everything under her thumb...so she prepared a nice surprise. This lineup would have troubled Valentina two months ago. But that monstrous genius grew so rapidly that nobody could kill her now, not even Noah.

Noah turned towards the SS-rank who was the closest to him. The vice leader!

But-

Unfortunately, he was drenched in sweat and piss. He was not affected by the killing intent but because he knew how powerful his SSS-rank leader was. He felt like he was facing an existence that can wipe out the entire planet without breaking a sweat.

"I don't care who you are...but I know what you were planning."

"You wanted to assassinate me silently...but if that failed...then..."

"You wanted to use my employee and the director of 'FahionX' as a hostage and attack me using her...right?" Noah took a step forward deducing everything with a single glance.

The SS-rank right-hand man shivered as suddenly his feet gave up and he fell on his butt. What is this monster? Where did he come from? Even if he heard half of our plans...the rest half was yet to be discussed...so how does he know? Who is he?

Noah's hand was on the hilt of his Saber, which was quickly sheathed as soon as the leader died.

"Don't include my people in your plans...or it won't be good for you or your boss"

"I don't care...you can use as many tricks as you want on me...but not on my people!

"Got it?" Noah tilted his head while squinting his eyes reminding them that he was not here to negotiate but order them to never include his people in their plans.

The SS-rank leader nodded several times while tears came out from the corner of his eyes. He had no strength to even utter a single sound. He felt like if he dared to...then that sound might be his last sound.

"Go back and tell your boss that my people include Valentina, Ares, Seraphina, Gina, Eve, and Adah! Other's can die for all I care!"

"Remember these names very very carefully."

"As if your life depends on them..." Noah's words were like the words of 'The God'.

The vice leader nodded over and over again. He wouldn't forget these names in his lifetime! He was too scared and would love to even eat the dirt under Noah's boots if he tells him to do so.

Noah kneeled in front of the vice leader as he whispered something in his ear, and then made him repeat his words. The vice leader repeated the words 3 times at a rapid speed without stuttering once. He was too scared to make any mistakes.

Noah nodded and vanished into thin air cutting apart [Space] appearing outside Gina's tent...he entered and another round of moans and groans filled the tent.

....

SS-rank vice leader didn't waste any time and quickly took out a messaging crystal and messaged their boss and didn't forget to mention all 6 names that Noah gave him.

.....

Somewhere in the Delos Empire,

In an underground chamber, a meeting was taking place...after all, assassinating a prince of an Empire was a grave crime. They were all tensed up and didn't want their people to fuck up and leave loose ends behind.

A messenger entered the room and for some reason, he was sweating bullets.

It was the same messenger who delivered the 'good news' about Prince Noah's visit to the Racada Kingdom. He was very happy at that moment but now his entire body was covered in sweat.

He went to the woman sitting on the main seat and whispered something in her ear...

then...

*BAM!*

*CRACK!*

"You idiots!" yelled the woman as she kicked the messenger in his nuts.

A loud cracking sound filled the room as the messenger kneeled on the ground while holding whatever was left of those cracked eggshells. Will he ever become a father? Who knows?

But-

One thing was sure, that his nuts were thoroughly crushed. His face turned completely pale and purple.

The woman sat back on her seat as she gestured for the messenger to repeat the details.

The messenger was in absolute pain, yet he somehow stuttered the contents of the message he received from the vice leader.

"T-the l-leader was assassinated by p-prince Noah in f-front of t-their eyes."

"Continue..." The woman spoke in an anxious tone...

The loss of an SSS-rank individual was definitely a hard blow to their foundations. They needed each and every strength for their plans to succeed. They couldn't afford to lose SSS-rank specialists.

The messenger still holding his cracked eggs took out a paper and handed it to the woman.

The paper had 6 names written on it.

The messenger continued as he said in a trembling tone:

"Prince Noah said and I quote 'Don't touch my people and I wouldn't interfere, but the day you do, I will make sure your souls burn in hell forever"