On one hand, there is the intersection of history. Standing at the top of the cathedral and looking back at the entire glorious land, it is as if you can still see the past events that happened here and influenced the history of the alliance.
On one hand, there's the thrill of extreme parkour; everyone's heart races when they're standing high in the air.
On the other hand, it's purely because of its coolness. Whether it's the assassin's image or the parkour moves, they're dazzling and make you want to do it again...
Many of the test participants spent more than half their time climbing the entire cathedral.
They start from different angles, take different routes, and eventually arrive at the designated assassination point.
Below the assassination point, you can see the target sitting on a bench, quietly listening to the priest's sermon.
At this moment, the phantom of Odin, the Great Demon King, who came to guide the player, reappeared, crouching at another spot next to the player.
He suddenly leaped down, as fast as a hawk eyeing its prey on the ground, leaving only a white blur before vanishing in an instant.
The quest prompt appeared suddenly, instructing the player to imitate the same actions—
But remember, aim the hidden blade at the target's throat!
Xia Cheng moved his middle and ring fingers somewhat awkwardly.
An exquisite mechanism is attached to it, which can pop out the hidden blade from the wrist guard at any time. The sharp tip of the blade is as sensitive and terrifying as the forked tongue of a venomous tongue.
—It's so short, can it really kill the enemy?
—It's so high up here. If I fall from here and kill someone, won't I break my own leg?
He was a little nervous, and adjusted his position again, his heart pounding.
In the final leap, it was almost like the thrill of bungee jumping!
The hidden blade struck the target's throat with deadly accuracy.
The short sword was so sharp that it didn't draw much blood when it was pulled out; only a dark hue was left on the blade.
The white-clad assassin, who had descended from the sky, used the enemy's corpse as leverage, rolled lightly on the ground, and then quickly ran out of the church.
The bodyguards around were stunned for a second before they reacted and rushed after them, shouting wildly.
As Xia Cheng fled, he let out sounds of relief, as if he had just escaped a disaster.
Wow!
The crowd outside the cathedral was very dense. He ran and pushed aside those blocking his way, while also hearing the system notification sound of "mission completed" and the shouts of the enemies chasing him frantically.
Xia Cheng ran wildly all the way, even climbing up the city wall, and then he couldn't get down.
Just then, he saw it again, right beside him, on the city wall, the phantom of Odin, the Great Demon King.
Odin raised a finger and gently made a "shh" gesture.
A hawk flew out from behind him, accompanied by a chilling cry that seemed to cut through the clouds, and soared towards the distant sunset.
Odin's lips curled slightly as he stood upright on the city wall. Then, he spread his arms, leaned forward, and plummeted downwards.
"?!"
Xia Cheng subconsciously followed his figure downwards and saw him fall into the rushing river, the illusory figure disappearing again.
In just a few dozen seconds, the pursuers arrived.
Some of them looked rather insignificant, wearing only clerical uniforms.
Others were clearly elites, fully armed from head to toe, and carrying rifles taller than a person.
Xia Cheng thought to himself: I can't beat them, I absolutely can't beat them!
So he turned around again and looked at the river below the towering city walls on the other side.
—The phantom of the Great Demon King must be a guide to completing the mission.
Xia Cheng's heart started pounding again. He closed his eyes and jumped, falling down in the exact same way.
Two minutes later, Xia Cheng popped his head out of the river.
After taking a deep breath, he found himself in a campsite by the river.
This place, where the waterway bends and the surface current is at its calmest, turned out to be a camp that the assassin predecessors had prepared long ago.
A system notification popped up in the camp.
Task completed.
Synchronization rate: 80%.
Task rating: Elite.
Please return to any Bluebell outpost to claim your quest reward.
On the task settlement page, Xia Cheng also saw his entire recording—he could actually see what he had done!
Xia Cheng reviewed the video and saw that he had followed Odin up the cathedral, but several times he had missed the climbing points and fallen miserably... Perhaps this was where his mission evaluation was deducted.
He also saw the part where he descended from the sky and killed the mission target.
I almost forgot how nervous I was. Did I look that handsome to outsiders?
And then there's the final moment when the camera zooms out as Odin jumps into the river; it really evokes a sense of history, like the mysterious assassin's final departure...