After resolving the target, Liens left directly.
This mission didn't require the target's head, or rather, most assassination missions didn't have this requirement.
After all, carrying a bloody head through the streets after killing someone was too conspicuous. Unless specifically requested, there was no need for it.
Since the Glenbagen Family conducted such business, they naturally had ways to confirm whether the Shadow Guard had completed the mission.
After returning to the family and submitting the mission, Liens went straight back to his dormitory and entered the Instance .
After seeing the rewards for those missions this morning, he lost interest in "saving money" to exchange for the Elemental Baptism Potion.
Earning money was too slow.
Even if he didn't spend any contribution points, he would still need to complete 500 missions similar to today's to exchange for the Elemental Baptism Potion.
Although not every mission only offered 200 contribution points, the time and effort required to accumulate 100,000 contribution points were still too great for him.
He had no spirit of dedication to the Glenbagen Family, so it was more suitable for him to use a slightly unorthodox method.
Since he couldn't afford it, he would try to steal or snatch it in the Instance . Anyway, he only needed to drink the Elemental Baptism Potion; he didn't care about the consequences.
The idea was settled.
Liens arrived directly at the storeroom from this morning.
While returning the 'exchange slip', Liens asked the young man resting behind the counter: "Do you have any Elemental Baptism Potion in stock in the storeroom?"
The counter attendant didn't even lift his head, giving a straightforward answer.
"If there's no stock, then if someone wants to exchange for it, how does the storeroom provide the potion to the person exchanging it?"
Liens continued to ask the counter attendant with a surprised expression.
"Such precious items are only made by the family when someone exchanges for them, so there's no stock."
"Even if there were, it's not something a service staff of my level should know."
The counter attendant looked up at Liens, his tone becoming a little impatient.
Liens smiled and said to the counter attendant: "I'm still a bit skeptical and want to confirm it myself, so could you please show me the way?"
"Where are the precious items or potions stored in the storeroom?"
"What are you talking about? You f*cking..." Is there no end to this?
The counter attendant was provoked by Liens' continuous questioning and was about to curse him out, but the longsword placed on his neck instantly stopped his words.
Liens' expression remained unchanged, still facing the counter attendant with a faint smile.
His actions, however, immediately shocked everyone present.
What? What happened? Why did a Shadow Guard put a sword to a staff member's neck?
"Brother, don't get agitated. Is there anything we can't talk about properly? Why resort to a sword?"
"I admit my attitude was a bit bad just now. If I offended you in any way, please be magnanimous and let me off."
"Really... I'm just too tired from work, and my words were a bit harsh. I had no intention of offending you at all."
The counter attendant's body stiffened slightly, his previously angry expression slowly turning into a mournful one, looking at Liens with pleading eyes.
At this moment, he deeply regretted why he couldn't have a better attitude, why he forgot that the Dark Guards in front of him were all ruthless people who killed without batting an eye.
"Liens, don't get agitated, calm down. This is the storeroom, don't be impulsive!"
Ben and Harriman also tried to dissuade him from the side.
They also somewhat didn't understand why, after just a few words, Liens had directly put a sword to someone's neck.
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Lead the way."
Liens ignored Ben and Harriman, and continued to demand from the counter attendant.
"Uh... what, understood, understood... This humble one will lead you into the storeroom's interior right away."
The counter attendant had just shown a puzzled expression, then understood when Liens' longsword moved closer, and responded promptly.
Hearing this, the people present finally understood that it wasn't that the counter staff had offended the Shadow Guard, but that someone wanted to be a robber.
Immediately, someone couldn't help but laugh... Chec.k My Virtua%l Li*b&ra^ry% E%mpi^re (*) for the la!t+est u%p#d-a*tes$.@
The laughter was contagious, and soon, the entire storeroom was filled with laughter of different pitches.
They couldn't be blamed for having a low threshold for laughter; the main reason was that a Shadow Guard actually wanted to rob the Glenbagen Family's storeroom, and he was doing it in broad daylight.
Dude, at least pick a time when there are fewer people.
"Alright, alright... Stop joking around . Put down the sword and talk properly."
A Shadow Guard with a rugged build and appearance, suppressing his laughter, stepped forward and spoke to Liens.
Liens' response to this was one sword strike.
Liens retracted the longsword from the counter attendant's neck, turned, drew his sword instantly, and delivered an upward diagonal slash, severing the Shadow Guard's neck.
Then, he placed the sword back on the counter attendant's neck and said faintly, "Hurry up, I'm in a rush."
As Liens' words fell, the moving figure also collapsed.
The head rolled onto the ground, still retaining an expression of disbelief, and gushing blood splattered onto the people around the corpse and the floor.
The storeroom instantly transformed from joyous laughter to silence. The blood flowing from the corpse also began to slowly spread outwards, like stretching tentacles pointing at everyone in the storeroom.
Someone died, this is for real...
Everyone stood frozen, watching this scene. Those who reacted quickly immediately exited the storeroom.
It was unclear if they were going to notify others, or simply felt that staying there would lead to being caught in the crossfire.
"Why do you do this?"
Ben silently stood with Liens, then expressed his confusion to him.
He didn't know the reason for Liens' actions, but as a friend, he chose to stand with Liens.
"Are you crazy too, Ben?"
"Do you know what you're doing?"
Seeing this, Harriman shouted from the side, his expression somewhat distraught.
He truly didn't understand why Liens would kill someone here? And he even less understood why Ben would choose to stand with Liens at this moment?
"I want to see if there's an Elemental Baptism Potion inside the storeroom."
Liens explained his reason for acting to Ben.
He wasn't surprised that Ben would choose to stand with him, because this situation had happened before in the Training Camp.
At that time, when Liens chose to kill crazily, Ben, unknowingly, also chose to fight alongside him against the guards' encirclement.
This was also one of the reasons why Liens recognized Ben as a friend.
It was also the reason why, as soon as he heard that Ben was in trouble, he wanted to resolve it for him as quickly as possible.
Ben was the first, and currently the only, true friend he, or even "he", had met since coming to this world.