At the red dragon headquarters, namely in the red district.
The tense situation inside the room is palpable, filled with torture for the troops defeated by Nic. They beg for mercy for underestimating their enemy.
"Hmm. Boss, do I need to directly intervene to deal with him?" said the muscular man with the code name bomber.
"no. i will send you at the end.. looks like that kid needs to learn a lesson." A very deep voice and sitting on his throne with a cold gaze. He is the red dragon boss known as Dragon of death. Abbreviated as Droth.
The bomber played with his bomb and then said sarcastically, "You'd better get rid of that assassin... I'm suspicious of him."
"Alexa? I already know, but... I've adopted her as my daughter.", He saw a photo of himself when he found Alexa on the street.
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Alexa was a homeless orphan since childhood, her life was very sad and it was difficult to get food... but suddenly Droth saw her and thought this was the kind of child he was looking for. As superior seeds that will be trained by him from childhood.
When Alexa was told to go with Droth, she obeyed without any resistance, as if she had surrendered and accepted, maybe because she had... Arriving at the red dragon headquarters, droth said if you want to survive you have to work hard.. this world is cruel so get used to it.
Alexa began training to be an assassin... and what? In just a few months, she was already adept at making Droth laugh with delight, because his eyes had not mistaken Alexa's potential.
The first mission was given to Alexa, well at first she was doubtful but in the end... this was the beginning of her becoming a killer and she succeeded without any pity because her training did not allow any emotion.
But time passed, and Alexa wasn't the same as before. Droth realized this because every mission she undertook felt incredibly long and convoluted, and she rarely killed anymore.
That's because he started to realize that he was now a killing machine that was being exploited.
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"The point is, we don't need to think about him now, Bomber, call all the red dragon pillars to come... I have a mission for them in the future."
Bomber bowed his head in salute and left.
After the bomber left, Alexa entered with a cold gaze. She faced Droth, having been summoned.
"What are you calling me for?", Alexa is very cold.
"Relax Alexa.. I just want to know.. how strong the target is."
Alexa bit her lip, finally admitting that Nic wasn't your average student. He was a monster.
"Monster.. right.., then how strong is your friend hm?"
Alexa was silent.. did Droth know about Lamia.. if he was targeting Lamia this was serious.
"Are you crazy? I don't have any friends.. You lock me up just to practice killing every day.. How can I have friends? Tsk." Alexa folded her arms, looking away from droth.
Droth stood up and suddenly grabbed Alexa by the throat. His eyes were sharp, and he looked very serious.
"Don't lie to your adoptive father.. if you dare to do anything, I won't hesitate to erase you from this world, understand..? A sweet child must obey."
Droth released his grip and left.
Alexa took a deep breath, very short of breath.
"Ugh.. Lamia.. what should I do now.."
Alexa sat silently on the floor.
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Flashback to the past, when Alexa met Lamia.
Alexa was initially on a mission and her target? Lamia. And it was revealed that Lamia's identity was the enemy of the red dragon, she was the killer. But because of her sweet appearance and always smiling, it is very difficult to see whether she is really a murderer.
Alexa was also confused and hesitant at first to fight Lamia because she really only smiled and looked good. The result of their fight was won by Lamia, here Alexa panicked because the red dragon's principle is that if they fail the mission they must die.
But suddenly Lamia wanted to help her, Lamia faked her death so that Alexa would survive and she could escape.
Alexa wondered why Lamia did that, but Lamia just said "you are the only assassin who kills under compulsion.".
Alexa was lost in thought, this was the first time anyone truly understood how she felt, that she was deliberately holding back her emotions to kill. And in the end, with every mission, Alexa used that to find Lamia. Because Lamia said that if you want to meet her, go to the city of Harlington.
And yup, in the end they always met secretly to discuss things and other things until Alexa finally realized that she was being used instead of being cared for like her own child.
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At Nic home.
Nic contacted Rika, and Talia to come to the house to discuss his collaboration with Leona's father regarding joining his esports team.
"So Nic.. what's up with calling us?", Talia said while fanning her fan.
Nic asked about Leona's father's esports team if they had ever met them.
Rika nodded, "Ah, so that's how it is... their team was called the Golden Team, when they were in their golden era, they were even runners up."
Nic tilted his head, "Huh? Golden era but only Runner up?".
Talia laughed, "haha Nic.. have you forgotten our Immortal team? No matter what the golden era of any team, as long as it's local, our team was still the dominant one at that time."
Rika continued, "Well, but after entering the world tournament, for some reason the golden team became weak, I think it's a mental problem... even though in local tournaments they always win completely except against us."
Nic concluded that this meant that Leona's father's golden team was just lacking in mentality, so he knew what he had to do to be able to bring the golden team to victory.
"Good luck, Nic! If you were on the team, we'd definitely be champions, haha," Talia joked.
"Haha thanks, thanks to both of you for the info".
Nic hugged them.
To be continued...