David rested until it was near midnight. He got up and started riding to the mansion. David reached the mansion by midday. He tied the horse to a tree, gave it some food and water and started scouting the mansion. There were few guards around, probably due to the place being located in the countryside. That meant that the guards were probably well-trained, even though they were only lightly armoured. The mansion had a fence perimeter, with guards walking up and down the area. The building itself was easy to enter, since there were windows all over the place.
Climbing over the fence stealthily, David sneaked around the courtyard. He climbed in through a ground-floor window and assassinated a guard with his Hidden Blade. He continued moving, searching the rooms silently for Roi Masque. David found Roi Masque in the living room, addressing a man David knew as Roi Masque's second-in-command, Victor Rackham.
Roi Masque, as his name implied, was masked. He was white, but his skin colour was a different shade of white, meaning that he was probably not English or American. Roi Masque had the body physique of an athlete. "Victor, what do you mean that Lieutenant Rasha has escaped?"
"My lord, Rasha is nowhere to be found. People report of seeing a hooded man enter Rasha's slaughterhouse. Rasha was seen running out of his slaughterhouse with his belongings half an hour after the hooded man left. Rasha probably told the man about you, my lord."
"Assassin!" growled Roi Masque. "What, sir?" Victor asked politely, but Roi Masque raised a hand to silence him. Roi Masque ordered, "I want the number of guards doubled by tomorrow, and no slacking for anyone, including you. If not, I will see that your head is on a sharp stick. Go, now."
Victor took a bow and hurried out of the mansion. Roi Masque walked up the grand and main staircase, accompanied by five guards. David reached for his Brown Bess rifle, but remembered that he did not bring his rifle along. David returned to the man he had assassinated near the window. The man was armed with a musket. Whispering his thanks, David took the musket from the man and hurried back to the living room.
David ran up the staircase and snuck up on Roi Masque. He kept the musket and released his Hidden Blade and sword. David slashed the first guard's throat with the Hidden Blade and stabbed the second guard in the back with his sword. The other three guards began to turn around. David swiftly cut down the third guard with both weapons and kicked the fourth guard in the stomach. The fifth guard took out his musket while the fourth guard staggered as he unsheathed his sword.
Replacing his sword with the musket, David shot the fifth guard in the chest and whacked the fourth guard with the musket's muzzle. He finished off the fourth guard by severing his head. David could not see Roi Masque's emotion, but he knew Roi Masque was afraid. David chased after Roi Masque and leaped onto him, pinning him down onto the floor. David plunged his Hidden Blade into Roi Masque's back, piercing through the heart. David turned Roi Masque's body over and pulled his mask out.
Behind the mask was a badly disfigured face, probably burnt in a fire. Roi Masque was in his mid-thirties, but had a clean beard and moustache. David muttered, "Rest in peace, Templar. You have suffered more than most of your type."
David reached home in the early morning of the next day. Master Assassin Percy was already awake, appearing to be expecting David. "What is the outcome of your mission, David?"
"Roi Masque is dead. I took off his mask and saw his real face. His face is disfigured from a fire, and he was in his thirties. A Frenchman he was, but that we all knew, due to his nickname. But now, one more Templar is gone from the face of this world. But now, who will take over his position? Roi Masque's old position is a useful one."
Percy nodded. "His second-in-command is a man named Victor Rackham. Victor is actually one of us, a mole in the world of criminals. I guess now, Victor Rackham will be the head of Roi Masque's gang."