The castle was surprisingly empty of mercenaries, so when Jacob and Evie encountered another elite mercenary guarding a flight of staircases, they knew they were on the right track.

This elite mercenary was much smarter than the others. Instead of choosing to fight them, the mercenary took his helmet off and surrendered. Jacob pointed at the castle exit, signalling for him to get the hell out of there. The mercenary obeyed.

Going all the way up the staircase, Jacob and Evie came onto an empty landing area. Standing there were four mercenaries, who at first sight looked like ordinary mercenaries. But on closer inspection Jacob realised that they were wearing slightly more leather armour, and they were all armed with the same weapons – a sword and two daggers.

One of the mercenaries stepped forward and examined the two Assassins. "You probably thought those lads that looked like damn knights were our elite mercenaries, eh?" he sneered. "Then you're bloody wrong. We are the elite mercenaries."

Before Jacob could react, he was already lying on the floor, with that mercenary standing above him, who now had his dagger and sword in his hands. The mercenary was bringing his sword down on Jacob's body, but fortunately he rolled away before the sword could land on him.

Seeing her brother at risk of being killed, Evie sprang her Hidden Blade, but before she could get to Jacob, two elite mercenaries stopped her. Knowing that the mercenaries were very skilled, Evie had to use the best of her fighting techniques to defeat them.

Going for the second elite mercenary, Evie faked that she was about to switch sides, and as he moved to deflect where he thought Evie's attack would land, she slashed her Hidden Blade at the mercenary. The blade cut through his shoulder pad and scraped the mercenary's skin.

Switching to the third mercenary, Evie brainstormed for a unique technique as she moved and traded blows. Moments later she had a good one. Crouching, Evie made the mercenary think that she was going for his legs, but instead she was actually going for his balls. Squeezing them as hard as she could, Evie relished the agonising scream the third elite mercenary made for a second, before thrusting the Hidden Blade into his balls.

Seconds ago, Jacob was on the ground when he saw his sister made his way to him, only to be stopped by two other mercenaries. He attempted to pull the first mercenary down, but the mercenary moved away swiftly.

Jacob fired his rope launcher at the mercenary, who was shocked to see a rope flying towards him from his enemy's hand. The mercenary felt himself unable to breathe nor swallow. He touched his neck, and felt something wet. A second later the mercenary started making strangulated noises as he collapsed. As Jacob got up, he heard the unmistakable scream of a male's testicles being destroyed.

The third mercenary doubled in pain, trying to stop the blood from the large wound. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in his back, before he fell to the floor, dragged towards Jacob by his rope launcher. Once the mercenary was close enough, Jacob kicked him hard in the head, rendering him unconscious. Detaching the end of the rope launcher from the mercenary, Jacob killed him with a punch to the head with his brass knuckles.

Behind him Jacob heard a sword being slid out of its sheath. Loading his dart gun first, Jacob turned around and fired a sleeping dart at the second mercenary, who was behind. The mercenary had expected something like that to happen, and dodged the dart. Both Jacob and Evie were surprised, as almost no one, if not none, had ever dodged their darts. Evie then extended her hand and fired another sleeping dart at the mercenary. This time the dart landed on its target.

As the second mercenary lay on the floor, Jacob walked up to him and killed him swiftly. They then turned to look at the only door in the landing, which was where the fourth mercenary had escaped to. It was also where Arthur Menethil and his bodyguard probably were.

Without even going close to it, Jacob knew the door was locked. He fired his rope launcher at the door, and pulled hard. He had to pull a few times before the door dislodged from its original position. When the door came down, Evie, who was hiding right beside the door, rushed into the room. She charged at the fourth mercenary with astonishing speed, stabbing him in the stomach as she grabbed his shoulder, making him fly a little before falling onto the floor.

Next Jacob rushed into the room, running straight at Arthur's bodyguard, who had a muscular build and was armed with two swords. The bodyguard did not expect Jacob to push him along as Jacob ran straight for the window. There was a loud shatter as the bodyguard's back knocked into the window. The two of them then fell out of the window.

In mid-air the two of them tussled. "You do realise you'll die with me, right?" the bodyguard spat as he punched Jacob in his gut.

Jacob shook his head and aimed at the window, before firing his rope launcher. The bodyguard had a look of astonishment as he hit the ground, dying on impact.

Arthur, thinking that Jacob was already dead, turned around to face Evie, drawing his sword and sneering at her. Arthur Menethil had an average build, but he stood out with his different coloured and sized eyes.

"Quite a few Sages have become Templars," Evie said. "I never expected a Sage of such status to be one of those scumbags."

"Looks can be deceiving, Miss Frye," Arthur said with a polite smile as he closed in on her.

At that moment, a figure flew into the room through the window, landing with a roll and using the momentum to push Arthur onto the floor with a hand. The figure got up and smiled at Evie.

Kicking away the sword, Jacob said, "You thought I was dead, didn't you? I'm not a scum like you, so easily killed."

"We may be scum," Arthur said with a chuckle. "But that part about being easily killed? That's where you're wrong."

His hand shot back to get a grip on Jacob's, and tugged hard. Jacob fell onto Arthur. With Jacob's grip released, Arthur shot out for his sword, only for his hand to be stepped on by Evie.

"Quite impressive, there," Evie mocked, not lifting her foot.

"Let…let go of my foo…foot," pleaded Arthur.

Evie responded by moving her foot forward slightly and applying more strength to it, crushing the bones in Arthur's hand. After that she fulfilled his request, letting go of his hand.

The moment she let go, Arthur tried again to reach for his sword. Jacob reacted quickly, firing his rope launcher into Arthur's back to prevent him from succeeding. Arthur jolted in pain when the tip of it entered his body.

As Arthur's body flew towards him, Jacob released his Hidden Blade, crouching and stabbing Arthur's head with it. Arthur bled on the floor as Jacob cleaned his Hidden Blade, then keeping it.

"May Master de Vita…avenge my death," uttered Arthur, before closing his eyes forever.