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Shin and his small group managed to sneak inside the capital city of the Elven Kingdom after carefully dodging all of the guards patrolling within the city.

"Tsk! What have you done to make this city heavily guarded?" said Akailu while clicking his tongue.

"Let's just say that those guys controlling the Royal Forces are quite desperate to catch us after we successfully escape from them," answered Shin while peeking outside the alley.

"Heh! To think that you are still planning to go back to that place after escaping from it, you sure have guts," said Alucard smirkingly.

"It is not like we have another choice," commented Owen from the side while checking his weapons.

Then Akailu looked at Shin and said. "Just remember that you still need to help me with my quest after we are done with everything here."

"Tsk! Yeah, I know. You don't have to repeat it again," replied Shin while waving his hand.

"What's more, your quest is somehow related to ours. So, I'm pretty sure that those guys from the Corrupted Cult in the Beast Glade Kingdom will be shaken quite a bit," he added before sweeping his gaze at everyone.

Seeing that all of them seemed to be ready, he started clarifying their plan once again. "As you guys know, we don't have much time to properly construct a better plan, so we are going with the most basic one that we come up with."

"Owen, Ithilien, and Charlotte will head over the prison to free the King and his subordinates while Alucard, and Akailu will create a diversion and attract as much attention as possible. As for myself, I will sneak inside and find a certain guy to keep him busy."

"We have to make this quick so that we can avoid getting trapped inside the castle," he added with a will supporting his chin with his hand.

He then paused for a moment and looked at Alucard and Akailu before continuing. "You two need to be careful. Aside from the Messenger of the Corrupted Cult, there were still quite a lot of strong NPCs within that place."

"And even if we can fight them with our current level, there are still some NPCs that out-leveled us so much in that place, just like the guards that are always on the Crown Prince's side," added with a serious tone.

After that, he looked at the sky and saw that it was now completely dark, indicating that it was pretty late at night. "It looks like it is already time. We are going to proceed according to what we've discussed earlier."

Then he looked at Alucard and Akailu before reminding them. "You two are 'wanted criminals' in this kingdom, so you can freely roam around the city without worrying about the guards. Given that, you can also get near the main gate of the castle without having a problem. We will leave that place to the two of you."

"As for you three, you guys are going to sneak inside using the secret passage that Charlotte is talking about. She will lead you since she is pretty familiar with the structure of the castle," he added while turning his head at Owen, Ithilien, and Charlotte.

"What about you? Are you sure that you will be fine on your own?" asked Alucard while giving Shin a sidelong glance.

Hearing that, Shin smirked at him a little before answering. "You guys don't have to worry about me. Even if I can't fight all of them at once, I can still easily escape from that place if I want to."

Then he stretched his waist a little before saying to them. "I need to settle a score with that Messenger and I prefer fighting him one on one this time, so I appreciate it if you guys attract the attention of everyone so that no one will interrupt our duel this time."

"Tsk! Look at this guy, enjoying the most exciting part of this mission while letting us suffer from the hardest task," comment Owen while clicking his tongue.

"Tsk! Enough with the chatting already! Let's get moving and wrap this up," said Akailu before walking out of the alley.

Seeing that, Alucard quickly chased after him and said. "Come on~! You are just in a rush because you want us to proceed with your quest as soon as possible."

"Is it good to have some great companions? So, are you planning to join a team or a guild now?" he added, trying to tease the Beastmaster.

On the other hand, Owen patted Shin's shoulders before brushing past him. "Well, we are also going now. Make sure to not lose to whoever that Messenger is. I still need to win a duel against you before anyone else."

After that, Ithilien bowed at Shin before quickly following behind Owen. And at the same time, Charlotte tried to open and close her mouth, trying to say something but no words came out. She just slightly nodded her head at her before chasing after the two.

Meanwhile, Shin stared at their backs for a few moments before opening a virtual screen in front of him and contacting someone.

"Hey! I need a favor to ask…"

"I'll tell you guys the details later… just gather the others for now and head over to the Beast Glaze Kingdom and wait for me."

"I said I'll explain it later!"

...…

A few moments later, Shin stood on a secluded alley right across a wall surrounding the Royal Castle. He waited for the patrol guards to walk past the area before walking out from the shadows and staring at the tall wall.

"Using my flying ability is going to be a waste, so let's go with the alternative solution," he muttered to himself before flipping his cloak a little while equipping the [Belt of Tomi].

He then touched the flying daggers sheathed on their respective holders before sprinting straight to the wall. And when he reached the ideal distance, he suddenly threw the daggers at the wall and pinned them on it to create a series of small platforms that he could use to climb.

Whenever he was done stepping on a dagger, Shin would always pull them out with the use of his 'Telekinesis' Skill before impaling them on the wall once again to create more platforms.

His speed was quite fast so he was able to reach the top of the wall with ease. He also observed the routine of the patrolling guards roaming on the walls earlier, so perfectly timed his infiltration so that we would not bump into them when he reached the top.

When he was standing on the top of the wall, he quickly entered Stealth and immediately jumped down without any hesitation. And right before he fell on the ground, he cast one of the skills attached to his cloak to descend in a gentle manner.

After that, he quickly sprinted forward and headed straight to the main palace to look for his target.

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In the meantime, Alucard and Akailu just arrived in front of the main gate and immediately created a commotion.

"As I said, we really need to see the King for urgent matters," said Akailu while glaring at the guard blocking his path.

"Any entry to the palace is all rejected! That is the King's order! If you don't want to die then I suggest you leave immediately," shouted the guard while raising his weapon.

Seeing the actions of their captain, the other guards behind him quickly raised their weapons and pointed them at the two.

"Tsk! Now they are pointing their weapons at us. Agitating an NPC sure are simple as real people," muttered Akailu to himself before raising his right hand slowly and snapping with his fingers.

Then a pair of magic circles suddenly appeared on both of his sides, summoning a huge wolf with glacial powers and a fire-wielding tiger of the same size.

Roar!

Awoo!

Then those two beasts immediately jumped at the guards, not giving them any time to react. And since their attacks were too sudden, the guards that were standing at the forefront of the group we immediately devoured without putting up a fight.

The captain was in a slightly better position since he managed to jump backward and dodge the assaults of the two beasts. But his experience could only save him that much because a barrage of magic bullets drilled through his head and body while he was still in midair.

In his final moments, he managed to see Alucard standing behind Akailu holding his gun forward along with its still smoking muzzle. The captain saw the crimson pupils hiding under the shade of Alucard's hat, staring back at him coldly.

"This new feature of the game is really interesting. Now, we can inflict more damage and kill anyone instantly as long as we hit them in their vitals properly," muttered Alucard with a smirk.

Meanwhile, the elven guards blocking their path were immediately thrown into panic when they saw what happened.

"Intruders!"

"They are trying to intrude on the palace, stop them!"

"The captain is dead!"

Due to the sudden actions of the two, and even larger commotion immediately broke out in front of the castle gate. And to make the matter even worse, the two forced their way in and entered the castle while slaughtering every guard who was trying to stop them from entering.

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