Chapter 354: Nightmare Order

Shun Gordon had been living a typical life ever since the death of Edwin Rhodes. He felt that he had accomplished his task and achieved the result expected of him.

However, the last couple of weeks, he had been having some sleepless nights. He was troubled by some questions that prevented him from having a good sleep.

These questions included. If Edwin Rhodes, the Demon God, was dead, where was that Elf Princess and Beast Emperor's Egg?

Why had these two things still not surfaced yet?

The King had definitely searched the entire area that Edwin ruled. If he had still not found it in that area, then it had to be somewhere else.

But where would Edwin keep these two things? The Walsh Dukedom's territory had already been thoroughly checked.

After checking so many locations, only a single possibility remained. He took it outside the kingdom.

'I kept such a strict watch over his movements. When did he take them outside the nation? Or did he assign them to his subordinate?'

When he came to this conclusion, Shun couldn't help but be disappointed since there was no way he could know of the answer.

In the Kingdom, he had heard how the conflict between the Royal Family and the Noble Family Alliance was growing.

For some reason, the Noble Families had banded together, and some radical families had even attacked a Royal Prince.

The Royal Prince managed to survive the assassination attempt, but the message to the Royal Family was delivered perfectly.

It meant that the Noble Families were willing to fight it out against the Royal Family.

Shun wasn't worried about this kind of battle. He knew that the king was experienced and proficient in dealing with these kinds of battles.

He would make perfect decisions to maintain the kingdom's stability. However, he did feel that someone might try to take advantage of this chaos.

And precisely, this occurred as the Silent Death Organization suddenly activated as they slit the heads of multiple Noble Family heads.

This happened too quickly, and the Noble Family leaders were taken completely off guard.

They had expected a reaction from the king, but not something as drastic as this. When this news was spread, people instantly pointed their fingers in the king's direction. Only he had the motivation and the capability to target so many Noble Families.

However, a single look at the report was enough to tell Shun that this wasn't something the King did. If he was going to commit a mass assassination, he wouldn't have them do it on the same day.

Since all these assassinations occurred on the same day, the news erupted, and the situation worsened.

'Either someone planned these assassinations, or the Noble Families, or wealthy merchants realized that it was time to take their revenge without being suspected.' These were Shun's opinions about it.

The King was slightly troubled by this event. He hadn't planned to assassinate these Noble Family Heads as he wanted to make further use of them. Thus, their assassination caught him off-guard.

The Noble House Alliance was also very humiliated. The securities of multiple Noble Houses had been breached on the very same day. And the heads of the respective Noble Houses had been assassinated.

The first thing King did was distribute their responsibilities to other Noble Families. The other Noble Families were dissatisfied to receive these extra tasks.

Thus, the King also had to promise them some extra benefits to keep them pacified.

Once he had distributed those tasks so that his kingdom's administration wouldn't be affected, he decided it was time to figure out the clients of this Silent Death Organization.

The King organized a meeting with the Silent Death Organizations' various managers within the Sinyalian Kingdom.

"Who tipped you for those assassinations?" The King asked with an authoritative tone.

The men ahead of him quietly picked up their respective cups of tea and began drinking, "We have no idea what Your Majesty means. The news spreading around the Kingdom is unrelated to us. That's what we claimed earlier, and that's what we will claim now."

"…Do you think those words can fool me?!" The King spoke with a colder tone. His tone promised a lot of pain.

"Fooling you is not our intention or objective. You are also one of our many clients, Your Majesty. If we truly possessed the information, we would have shared you at a reasonable price that you could surely afford. However, this time, we did not act. This is a fact. It would be better if you quickly accept this fact," The one who appeared to be their head spoke out.

The King remained silent for quite some time. He knew that the managers of the Silent Death Organization weren't stupid.

They knew the powers and the wealth the King possessed. Since they were intent on keeping their silence, it meant they likely had nothing to do with this event. They had no idea about the real culprit.

"Just who in this kingdom possess enough capital to slaughter the heads of seven Noble Houses on the very same day. I am afraid only your name comes up, Silent Death Organization." The King spoke with a serious look.

The head of the Silent Death Organization thought for some time before he responded to the King's words, "There is another that comes to my mind. The Nightmare Order."

"…What sort of organization is this? How come I have never heard of it?" The King asked with a curious and serious gaze.

"Any more information would cost you, Your Majesty. You must understand that this is our bread and butter," the head of the Silent Death Organization replied with a smirk.

The King snorted in response, and a pouch full of Spiritual Coins appeared in his hand, and he threw them in his direction.

When the head of the Silent Death Organization grabbed that pouch. He shook it a little before commenting, "35000 Spirit Coins. It seems that Your Majesty is on edge. Well, I will try not to disappoint you."

A solemn look appeared on his face as he began speaking, "During the last couple of years, many assassins had been leaving the services of the Silent Death Organization. Despite our strict actions of killing the traitors, we had more and more assassins who left our services."

"When we investigated, we found out that there was another secretive organization that was offering them the same missions with greater rewards. We found out that the clients or the normal citizens didn't even know the name of this organization."

"This organization distributed missions by stealing our mission contracts. Not just ours, but also any other private organization trying to settle up in the Sinyalian Kingdom. This organization seems to connect within them, steals their mission contracts, and assigns them to its subordinates. They then offer nearly the entire reward to their subordinate to ensure they are well paid, which further ensures their loyalty."

"In return, this organization keeps a seal over them that prevents them from talking about the organization. The members are normally free, but if an urgent task arrives, they are ordered to prioritize it before completing the other missions!" There was a solemn and grave look in the Silent Death Organization's leader's eyes.

"Since this organization was actually stealing the mission contracts belonging to us, we have a fight against them. But only when we fought did we realize just how outmatched we were," he spoke while clenching his fists.

The King was surprised as he asked, "They were that strong, or did they have too many members?"

The Silent Death Organization's head responded with a shake of his head, "Neither. In reality, they aren't that strong, nor do they have that many members. It's just that they are so secretive that we don't know who the enemy is. Due to their seals, they can't talk about the organization in day-to-day life, and their status and Nightmare Order's members remain concealed. Even if you find one, you won't find others through him since each member operates individually. They form teams only temporarily."

The Silent Death Organization's head spoke seriously, "Your Majesty, I believe that these assassinations of the Noble Family Heads were done by this organization."