Hiya guys! I got another chapter up, though... it's shorter than the previous ones haha...

Wah... school's fast approaching! I don't wanna go QQ

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Placid blue eyes stared through the white mask he had on. At his foot was a man begging for his life, but did he care? No.

Why?

Simply because he was an assassin.

"Save you breath." The hooded killer suggested cold, his silver pistol firmly pressed against the other man's skull. "It's useless when your death is already warrant."

"Please, I-"

The sound of a gunshot filled the once still air of the night. He had pulled the trigger out of annoyance. That man was talking for way to long. Wasting exactly two minutes of his time.

He watched the man becoming lifeless as the body dropped to the floor, red liquid quickly accumulating around his head.

The assassin doubled check what his job was when he took out a device, and skimmed through the page that it brought up. "The head, huh. Hope they don't mind the bullet hole. Or the blood."

That night, a headless body was situated on the carpet floor within the walls of a mansion.

Chung Seiker casually strolled through the empty street, a bag tossing up and down in his hand. He had finished his latest request in record time of within the night that he had accepted it. The pay was pretty good and he had nothing to do that night, so he might as well.

He slowed to a stop to the next meeting place. Cold, paw-printed blue eyes staring up at one of the many taverns in the country that was once known as Feita - until it was brought down by the Queen of War.

The night was still young, the stars shinning bright in the sky, and the mood decorated the night sky in its beauty. Even though the light that the heavenly creations were giving light to his surroundings, enough to see in the dark, there was once place that it will never reach.

Chung briefly looked up to the sky phlegmatically as the wind brushed his blonde hair before switching his attention back to the inn.

He had gotten another request right after he had received his pay the following night of his deed. If he hadn't seen the many digits that showed up in the request, he wouldn't even had bothered answering the call of summon. It did say to come immediately.

"This better be good." He muttered though he suddenly had a thought. Since when had he even started on this road? He didn't remember the exact date but...

He had such a peaceful life before. He thought it would stay like that forever.

"Hey Elsword!" The Chung who looked to be about ten years old shouted from the lake. "Look at what I caught!"

It was one of those days where his best friend could visit and it usually brightened Chung's life in the Hamel Castle, where he had to take up studies and combat training.

"That's a good one!" The red head replied, his long spiky red hair tied into a ponytail. "But look at mine!"

He fished his hands out of the water and showed Chung his caught fish. Their fish were of the same size but Elsword's was a bit more... colorful.

"Oh look, the idiot caught a Rainbow Trout." Aisha commented offhandedly from where she sat on the bench near the lake. She was also visiting since her sister was good friends with Elsword's sister. And because of that, Chung knew that Aisha and Elsword get to visit each other a lot - whether the liked it or not. He was kind of jealous of them having a sibling but at the same time, he doesn't - not after Elsword and Aisha complained to him what their elder sisters tried to do to them.

Elsword scoffed at the purplette with the childish pigtails. "Like you can do any better? You don't even want to get your clothes wet! You're such a girly princess!

"And you're such a cretin!"

"Ooo a big word! Nerd!"

"Jerk!"

Chung merely watched with an exasperated smile as another argument started.

He had never appreciated those peaceful days as much as he could have. And he should have appreciated his father's company more when he was forced to train with him. But he didn't, because it had always been a waste of his time. To wear a heavy armor and carrying a cannon around while fighting was ridiculously - was what he once thought.

"Father, what's the point of this?" Chung huffed as he took a break. "I mean the kingdom is at peace. Why must we train everyday to better ourselves when there is no enemy to be fought?"

His father had looked down at him sternly. "You never know when disaster will strike Chung. You must always be prepared. Now, come, we're resuming."

"But I only had five minutes!"

His father was right. They should always be prepared for the worst that might happen. But he wasn't. None of the soldiers were except for his father. Before he knew it, his peaceful days as the Crown Prince of Hamel came to an abrupt halt.

He was tired - not, Chung was exhausted. He had just block an attacking shadow demon and blast it to shreds with his destroyer.

He looked worst for wear and so were the soldiers. They did not expect a demon invasion, and in such a large scale as well. As a Shadow Charger came at him, Chung set up his Destroyer so that the head was aimed right towards the demon. With one click, he fired Heavy Railgun at the Shadow Charger, pushing him back but not necessarily knock him out.

With his now slacked grip, the recoil made him stumble back. He wanted to rest but he knew that if he did, then he would be a goner. Even now, with him running out of stamina, the risk of his life increases.

"CHUNG!" He heard the bellow of his father. He turned to look, just in time for his father to slam his cannon on right past the left side of his head to get rid of a Shadow Stinger that was about to impale him.

"Be careful." He said though his armor, helmet and all.

"S-sorry father." Chung apologized, hanging his head low.

"This is what training is for." Helputt lectured as he shoved his cannon in the face of a Shadow Charger with little to no effort. "You must always prepare for the worst. Or this happens."

"Right."

He wasn't prepared. Not at all. Not when his blunder caused him everything.

It was just one little mistake. He was tired and he felt his legs give way. He didn't notice the demon that lurked in his shadow... until it was too late.

"FATHER!" The young Shooting Guardian watched in horrid as Helputt was impaled instead of him.

Helputt grunted in pain but turned his head - with effort - towards his one and only son. "R-Run... Chung."

"But -" He stopped himself when the Cold-hearted Brutal Trickster enlarged to a different form. That of a Shadow Priest. His claws broke through Helputt's gleaming white armor and jabbed at his guts. What got Chung speechless was the fact that his father's armor was turning black, as if a disease broke in and spread.

"Run Chung..." Helputt muttered weakly as he struggled. His hands on his cannon tightened as he brought it down on the Shadow Priest that impaled him. "RUN AS FAR FROM HAMEL AS YOUR LEGS CAN CARRY! AND DON'T EVER LOOK BACK!"

It wasn't his mind that told him to run but his body did it anyways. He turned away from his fallen father and ran for the life that Helputt had given him. No matter how much his mind yelled at his legs to stop and go back, they didn't. With his aching and wounded body, he left Hamel as it took a plunder into the sea that it once tamed.

Chung gritted his teeth. He was a coward for running for his life and leaving his people behind. And he could never make up for it, because they're all gone. All of them died. News came around a few weeks after Chung's escape that Helputt - his supposed dead father - had challenged Altera to a war.

Back then, a new ruler had taken over King Nasod's throne, by the name of Eve Silvia. And she personally made an appearance and utterly slaughtered every single one of Hamel's army with her advanced weaponry as if the soldiers were nothing.

The former Prince didn't know why but he didn't believe the news. Not at the war declared but at his father. There was no way it would have been his father. He was dead. And even if he was alive, he would never declare a war on Altera. They never had a grudge against the country, so why would his father suddenly do that? Altera was also far ahead in technology, Hamel would be at a big disadvantage.

He couldn't do anything then. Even though he decided to scout out the battle despite his body telling him to stay still and recover. What he saw on the battlefield was not his father. It couldn't be.

His ways of fighting was brutal and the armor he wore was of an abyss black with red trims.

He was stunned at the change of the soldiers as well. They were all... tainted. Their armors no longer white and blue, the colors that Hamelians pride in, but black and red.

There were also demons in the mix, which boiled Chung's blood.

He vowed from then on that he will become stronger. Strong enough till the day he would avenge his fallen people at the hands of demons, and the Nasods. And so, he disappeared from the surface and trained his senses in the dark.

It was because of that one little mistake that took everything from him. And he wasn't going to let the same thing happen again. He wouldn't stop at anything that would hinder his goal and he will throw away emotions that would stop him from killing that man who took the place of his father.

Before he knew it, he was known as the Deadly Chaser of the underworld, the silent Silver Wolf assassin who wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger once he had a target.

Chung pushed the door open into the tavern and wrinkled his nose at all the drunkards sleeping on the tables. He kicked the limb of an unconscious body out of his way as he made his way to the bartender.

"Have you heard the calls of a wolf?" Chung asked, that being the hint would give him the passage.

The man behind the counter nodded as he clean out a glass with a cloth. "Silent, no? Follow me, I'll show you a book about Wolf calls."

The blonde nodded and followed the bartender up a flight of stairs. At the end of the hall, there was a bookcase and searched the shelf for a specific book to pulled at it. He didn't do it fully but he didn't have to. The bookcase slowly moved on its own to reveal a secret door.

The bartender opened it and motioned for Chung to enter. Once he was inside, the exit closed off - not that he cared. There was a window, he just have to jump out from there.

Chung searched around for any sign of life but there wasn't any. Suddenly, his keen senses detected something and he drew his one of his Silver Shooter within less of a second to point to his right. "Are you trying to mock me?"

A chuckle filled the dull darkness as hands were raised up in defeat. "That was merely precaution. Thank you for coming on short notice, Silver Wolf."

Chung lowered his weapon but he didn't put it back into his holster, just for precaution. "Lento, was it?"

The man smiled and nodded, telling the blonde to take a seat at a table stationed in the center. The latter oblige, but it didn't mean his guard was down.

Lento sat down, the two beside him took a seat as well. "The one to my right is Stella and on the other side is Allegro."

"Less introductions and get to the point." Chung snapped coolly, not caring for the names.

"Already giving attitude eh?" Stella huffed. "I knew I didn't want to agree in hiring you for a reason."

"S-Stella..." Allegro stuttered. "D-don't g-get on his b-bad side now..."

Chung rolled his eyes but remained silent.

It was Lento who continued and he didn't beat around the bush, like Chung demanded. "For the target of this job, we want you to take out the Alteran Queen."

The blonde raised a brow in interest. No one had actually hired him to kill one of the royals of any country and the Alteran Queen bit took him by surprise, yet he was a natural at hiding it of course. "I never asked for the reason for my clients' motives but this is an exception, since this is the ruler of Altera after all. A dangerous one at that."

Lento chuckled, weaving his hands as they were in front of him. "I'm sure you know of her title. Eve Silvia, the Queen of War."

Chung gave a silent nod.

"Well, Allegro and I are former citizens of Feita while Stella is from Bethma. We don't particularly like Eve's control over our two former countries after she took over our territory."

"So is this about a grudge?"

"Partly." Stella continued. "I just don't like how she's ignorant of the citizen's needs. She's a queen but she's ignoring all of our needs, leaving us to fend for ourselves. I'm sure you have seen the condition this part of Elrios is in?"

Chung leaned in to rest his chin on the back of his weaved hands. "Of course, quite the slum if I might add. Let me ask one more. Are you three trying to start a revolt?"

The three in question exchanged doubtful glances before Lento spoke for them. "We already have but we know that we don't have enough powers to take down Eve, let alone her army. Alterans are so far in technology that they use robots to fight instead of human soldiers."

"I see..." Chung leaned back in thought. It would certainly be at a disadvantage for humans. After all, machines don't need to think twice before killing and no lives will be sacrificed when one robot is destroyed. No morale will be lost nor will the country's population decrease if the worst happens.

"I-if you t-take down the Q-Queen, w-we would have a-a much better chance at the r-rebellion." Allegro add in an after thought.

Chung found him to be the odd one out. With his stuttering, it doesn't seem like he would be someone who would lead a rebellion, but he shouldn't bother thinking about that.

"So, what do you say, Silver Wolf?" Lento asked.

"... I don't want to be counted into your coup d'etat." Chung stood up. "But... I do have something that I have to pay the Queen back anyways."

With that, he walked to the window, open the curtains and the window. Beforehe leaves, he looked back at the three baffled faces with a smirk. "I expect my payment in full."

He jumped off, disappearing into the darkness of the night.

Chung's next action revealed but how will it go? Could he really assassinate Eve, who's strong enough to be her own army?

Eve is next and this will continue on to the next chapter... I don't think she's going to have a lot of flashbacks... Pretty sure she won't.

Yeah... there's two things going on right now. One group's looking for Aisha while the other is... killing each other. Yay.

To clear confusion that might rise since this is... slightly connected to my other story. Chung and Eve never met in this. They would have but thanks to the demon invasion, they didn't.