The following day, Percy and Elvin met with David. "I think it is time for you, David, to be an apprentice no more. You shall be promoted to be an Assassin," Percy decided.
"I thought you guys were just Assassins? Only Master Assassins or Mentors could promote people to Assassins!"
Elvin chuckled before telling David, "I think we have kept you in the dark for too long. Percy Jenkins here, is a Master Assassin. Sorry to have not told you, David."
"An official Assassin you will be now. Come, follow us, David. You shall do your leap of faith." Percy and Elvin led David to the top of a building.
"Always remember, David. Nothing is true, everything is permitted." Percy then jumped off the building, landing into the haystack. Elvin did the same thing.
David took a deep breath, then leaped off the building. He got up and the two congratulated David.
Later in the day, David got his first mission as an official Assassin. A wealthy businessman was supplying the men for the Templars' mission to find the temple. The wealthy businessman was known as George Ridas. David poked around and found out more about Mr. Ridas.
David walked to the front of a normal-looking building at the western side of New York City. He knocked on the door, only to be shouted at by a man behind the door. David moved to the side of the building and climbed it.
Entering the building by breaking a side window, David attacked two thugs who were rushing towards him. He released his Hidden Blade and ducked under a clumsy sideway-slash from the first thug. David lifted his knee to connect with the thug's stomach, making him stagger backwards. David surged forward and pinned the second thug onto the floor, slamming his head on the floor to knock him out. The first thug was starting to recover when David took him from behind and put his Hidden Blade on the thug's throat.
"I will ask you only once, thug. Where is Mister Rivas?" The thug nodded repeatedly and stammered, "Mister… Mister Rivas is in the study! Spare me!"
"Well then, but hush," David then gripped the thug's head and knocked it against the wall. The first thug fell down and blood was smeared onto the wall. David walked along the hallway and found a lone guard at the staircase. He rushed up to the guard, letting the guard's jaw feel the knuckles of his fist. The guard's jaw shifted while David stepped back. David slammed his elbow into the guard's stomach and pushed him down the stairs. The guard rolled down the stairs and ended up with a concussion. David walked past the unconscious guard and found the study quickly.
The door to the study was the best-decorated, being gold-plated and having supremely beautiful designs on it. David knocked on the door and a voice shouted from inside. "What!"
"Mister Rivas, someone is looking for you. He calls himself a knight," David lied. The door unlocked and opened very quickly. David pushed George into the study and shut the door.
Bringing George up to the wall, David questioned him. "Tell me the name of the man you supply slaves to or I'll kill you."
"You'll get nothing from me," George told David coolly. David reacted by unsheathing his Dirk and cutting off some of George's hair. George groaned in pain.
David warned, "Next time, it won't just be your hair, Mister Rivas. You will tell me now, or god knows what I will do to you." George snorted. "A soldier I was a couple of years back, your lousy haircutting is nothing compared to my life as a soldier then."
"I warned you," David used his knife and cut off George's little finger. George howled in pain as David cut the other little finger. "Do you want to tell me now, Mister Rivas?"
George sobbed and nodded. "A man known as 'Roi Masque'. I supply the men to one of his lieutenants, a man called Rasha. Rasha owns a slaughterhouse by the Collect pond."
David thanked George, then knocked him out. He found a sword lying on the table. David inspected the sword and found it to be a basket-hilted sword. David took his Dirk out and replaced it with the basket-hilted sword. He then went to look for Rasha.
"Hey, are you Rasha the butcher?" David called out to the African tending the slaughterhouse.
Rasha nodded, asking, "Why? You want meat? Rasha sells best meat in this part of New York!"
David took out his sword and charged at Rasha. Rasha parried David's sword with his cleaver. He timed the moment perfectly and ducked, allowing Rasha's cleaver to swing by above him. David flipped his Hidden Blade out and cut off Rasha's fingers. He sheathed his sword and pointed his Hidden Blade at Rasha.
"Where is Roi Masque?" David asked. Rasha shook his head. "I suffer worse than death if I tell you."
"I will protect you from the clutches of Roi Masque if you tell me. You can walk away from your shitty criminal life and start a new life. Tell me, now."
Rasha agreed, wincing as blood flowed from where his fingers once were. "Roi Masque is rich man. He owns big house in countryside. Few kilometres north from city, you can find house."
David left the slaughterhouse and returned to the bookstore. "My god, I just went to what is probably the shittiest part of the city," complained David.
"What, the place near that Collect pond or something?" asked Elvin. David nodded and explained, "I seeked out George Rivas and he told me about a lieutenant of the man he supplies. The lieutenant was the owner of a slaughterhouse in that place. He told me that the man, nicknamed Roi Masque, owns a mansion in the countryside, maybe a day north of New York City."
Just then, Percy walked in. "You have learned all you need to, Assassin. I charge you to go to the mansion and kill Roi Masque. Take your time, but you must complete this task in three days. Rasha may tell Roi Masque."
"Master," Percy bowed politely. "Rasha says he would suffer a fate worse than death if he told me anything about his master, and he did. I told him to run away and seek a new life. I doubt he will tell Roi Masque about me."
"True you are, Percy. But it is best to be safe."