My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

When a mercenary receives a mission, he must first complete the task at hand before he can accept the commission from the mission target.

For example, a mercenary is commissioned to demolish a person's house. He succeeds, and then the person whose house is being demolished comes to the mercenary and pays him to demolish the house of the person who instigated him. The mercenary can do so at this time.

If a mercenary is commissioned to kill someone, before that person is killed, no matter how much the person offers, the mercenary must complete the task first, otherwise he will be spurned by the entire industry and not accepted.

As for the evidence?

Mudrick did not keep the contract out of personal preference, but to prevent one of the mercenaries or the buyer from defaulting on the debt. The contract exists.

If the mercenary defaults on his debt and does not do his job after receiving the money, the buyer can simply make the contract public and ruin the mercenary's reputation.

If the buyer pays a deposit and fails to pay the balance after the mercenary completes the task, the mercenary can also publish the contract to ruin the buyer's reputation.

"Of course I understand. But aren't mercenaries also profit-driven?" Mudrick said with a forced smile.

"But I'm not a proper mercenary." The lion said this, and swung his sword again, forcing Mudrick to the side of a tree.

"Yes, you are not," said Mudrick, hiding behind the book.

The lion did not pursue him rashly. After all, there was a possibility that Mudrick might hide behind the tree and attack her. She simply used brute force to kick the tree in half, leaving Mudrick without any cover.

"Tsk..." Mudrick made an unhappy sound.

He would definitely be unhappy if his plan was seen through.

Then he turned and prepared to flee into the woods.

"Do you want to hide in the woods?" the lion said, speeding up and chasing after him.

At this moment, Litt also used magic to release a fireball in front of Mudrick, blocking Mudrick's escape route.

Although it was only a fourth-level fireball, Mudrick still had to take time to clean it up. If he rashly passed through the fireball, it would only reduce his speed.

"Tsk, annoying bug!" Mudrick said this and could only turn around and face the lion rushing towards him.

The lion swung his sword, and the huge force made Mudrick retreat several steps.

Then, the two men started fighting in the woods. Most of the time, Mudrick retreated and fought back, while the lion took the initiative to chase.

To prevent Mudrick from escaping through the woods.

At this time, the two had been fighting for several minutes. Litt looked at the time and signaled Virgil to start.

Virgil nodded, then walked up to the mercenaries with his sword in hand.

……

On the other side, Orson also left the Imperial College this morning. He quietly came to the woods where Litt and Mudrick had agreed to fight and hid there.

Then, he discovered something was wrong.

In a place he had obviously never been to, he saw dead leaves that had been trampled into the soil and several broken twigs on the ground.

Orson's heart suddenly became alert.

Then, he followed the direction of the dead leaves and branches, concealing his breath, and slipped past quietly.

The further he walked, the more Orson felt something was wrong.

"I wanted to catch a small fish, but I didn't expect a big fish to take the bait." At this time, a sinister voice came from a big tree nearby.

"Mr. Orson, it doesn't seem very safe to be here at this time, right?"

Orson looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man standing on a branch looking at him.

His body was wrapped in black clothes and he had a black mask on his face.

Orson looked at the other person's outfit and, for some reason, burst out laughing.

The other party was a little confused by Orson's trick, and then looked at Orson and asked harshly: "What are you laughing at?"

"I laughed at you like a moron. In broad daylight, you were wearing night clothes. Are you afraid that others won't recognize you?"

“……” The man in black looked at Orson. For some reason, he felt that it made sense.

But after being mocked by Orson, he was still very angry. Then he took out a dagger and pointed it at Orson.

"Now that you've seen that, you should know what I'm here for!"

Having said this, he jumped down and stood in front of Orson.

"Level seven, huh?" Orson said this and looked at the other party.

"It seems you have some insight."

"You are the one sent to assassinate me?" Orson asked in a deep voice.

"You could say that." The assassin nodded. "Someone asked me to buy your and Leete's lives."

The reason why he appeared in front of Orson so brazenly at this moment was, of course, because he was extremely confident in dealing with Orson.

You know, only Litt, Marvin, the president of the Antica City Adventurer's Association, and Triss knew the news that Orson's strength had reached the seventh level. Orson did not tell anyone else.

And these three people did not make it public, so others still thought that Orson was still a level six like he was a year ago.

After all, from level six to level seven is a huge leap. Even Prince Arthas, the empire's first genius at the time, spent two or three years in the Imperial Academy to advance to level seven with the help of various rare treasures.

Orson does not have as many resources as Arthas. Although his talent is indeed better, the speed at which his strength improves should not be faster than that of Prince Arthas.

Therefore, when arranging this assassination mission, the other party deliberately chose a seventh-level assassin to carry out the operation.

As for the eighth-level assassins, the empire is not without them, but these master-level assassins rarely accept missions, and the funds required are also astronomical.

The client thought that there was no point in using a butcher knife to kill a chicken, and since he didn't have the money to buy one, he had to settle for the next best thing.

In short, as long as the task is completed.

"So, before you die, can you tell me who wants to kill me?" Orson asked sincerely.

"Oh, you want to trick me?" The assassin smiled, "Don't take me for a fool."

Then, his figure disappeared from the spot.

Mist Hidden Technique?

The so-called fog-hiding technique is the skill that the assassin profession relies on for survival.

By creating a gas with hallucinogenic effects, the enemy can no longer see their own figures.

This kind of magic is simply a powerful weapon when facing someone who is much weaker than oneself. It can kill the enemy invisibly, which is quite terrifying.

However, when facing someone with equal strength, the assassin can only reduce the frequency of his activities to achieve the effect of hiding.

If you were to launch an attack at this moment, or get too close to someone, you would definitely be discovered.

Of course, this does not mean that this move has lost its effect. After all, it is an assassin's signature skill. At this moment, when facing an enemy of the same level,

Reduce the intensity of your activities, and launch a surprise attack in a new place while the enemy is unaware of you.

The main thing is a surprise.

Orson frowned, then used his magic power to continuously detect any signs of activity outward, with himself as the center.

Then, he really locked onto a breath.

As a mage, he is very restrained against the Mist Concealment Technique at this moment. After all, it is also a kind of magic. The assassin will consume his own magic power when releasing the Mist Concealment Technique.

As long as the magician is of the same level, he can lock the assassin's position through the magic power released by the assassin.

But at the same time, if the assassin is more capable of facing the mage, the mage's disadvantageous attributes in melee combat will be revealed. In this case, the assassin can basically declare victory in the battle as long as he closes the distance.

However, the opponent seemed to have forgotten that although Orson often used swordsmanship in battle, according to the Adventurer's Association's assessment, he was a dual practitioner of physical and magical skills, and was on the same level as a warrior and a mage.

It's just that Orson has never encountered anyone who needs him to use both warrior and mage skills at the same time during battle.

Then, after locking the assassin's position, Orson stabbed out with his sword.

The assassin was just about to look for Orson's weakness, but he didn't expect Orson to have discovered his position. Although the assassin's main focus was agility, Orson's sudden attack caught him off guard and he had no time to dodge. He could only hold the dagger in front of his chest to block the stabbing sword.

Then, the huge force caused the assassin's body to fly backwards.

He was not known for his strength, but Orson's strength gave him a bad feeling.

He hit the tree and couldn't help spitting out blood.

"You..." The assassin looked at Orson with a surprised look.

"You're curious, why? Right?"

"I'm only a level six, how can I send you flying so far with just one strike?"

"Because I have already reached level seven." Orson said.

The assassin's heart felt as if it had sunk into an icy cave.

I had been pretending to be so cool for so long, but in the end Orson slapped me in the face and almost crippled me.

The assassin wiped the corner of his mouth and then used the Mist Hidden Technique again.

However, this time he did not want to attack. Instead, seeing that the situation was not right, he prepared to escape.

He couldn't defeat Orson at level seven at all.

In order to show off, he lost the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and was just injured by the opponent's sudden attack. At this moment, he had no choice but to escape.

The assassin even suspected that Orson's previous exposure of his flaws to him was a deliberate attempt to lure him into the trap.

Thinking of this, he quickly used his magic power to design several "clones" in the Mist Concealment Technique.

As mentioned before, the mage can locate the assassin's position through the magic power emitted by the Mist Hidden Technique. The assassin, of course, has made a countermeasure, which is to use magic power to create "clones" or "dummies" in several specific locations that react similarly to his own magic power.

In this way, whether attacking or escaping, causing interference to the opponent will be beneficial to your next action.

But Orson was not disturbed. He closed his eyes and carefully felt the difference between each magical power. Then, he opened his eyes and released a magic towards the front right.

Suddenly, countless vines appeared on the ground and coiled around one place.

After a few seconds, the fog hiding technique was lifted, and the assassin appeared in the place where the vines were entangled.

Now, his limbs were bound, with only his head exposed.

Orson smiled and walked up to the assassin.

"Now, can you tell me who sent you here?"

Chapter 2: Trump Card (K)

"Tsk..." The assassin turned his head away and ignored Orson.

"Don't think you can get anything out of me..."

"Then don't blame me..." Orson said this and was about to take action when suddenly he felt the ground shaking violently.

"What's going on?" As he said this, Orson looked in the direction where the vibration came from, and then his eyes widened.

……

On the other side, Mudrick was resisting the attack of the lion. Due to the interference of Litt and Virgil, Mudrick could not use all his strength to fight against the lion. In addition, his strength was not as good as the lion, so his physical strength gradually ran out.

Faced with the righteous beating, he seemed to be on the verge of defeat.

"Tsk..."

When he was distracted and dodged the lion's attack, Virgil cut his arm with a sword.

Mudrick was furious and punched Virgil back with all his strength. Virgil was caught off guard and was hit hard, crashing into a tree.

Lit looked at Virgil with concern, but the latter just shook his head, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then continued to stand up.

Although Virgil was still able to stand up, he obviously could no longer continue to interfere with Mudrick as he had just done.

This is the difference between the sixth level and the seventh level.

Mudrick's attack also exposed his back to the lion. As a fierce warrior, the lion certainly did not miss this opportunity. She slashed at Mudrick's back with a sword.

This sword directly cut through Mudrick's clothes and left a wound on his back deep enough to see the bone.

After the sword was swung out, the lion was actually a little dissatisfied.

Because she just hit it off-center, if it had been more straight and hit Mudrick's spine, he might have lost his ability to fight immediately.

Even so, this blow caused Mudrick to suffer heavy damage. He rolled forward in pain, putting some distance between himself and the lion, then turned around and stared at the lion.