Conquering His Cold Heart

Her sister Chana trembled for a second – taking in the full gravity of her sister\'s words- before returning a similar gaze. They would succeed or die trying.

Across the room Kalia sat with a clear view of the kitchen door. Beneath her cloak her body was primed and ready to pounce and an indistinct sliver of sweat dripped down her brow.

After 3 days of intelligence gathering she and her team were finally ready to take down their target. Such a task was really not easy given the amount of ronsos kicking about as well as the care and protection shown to the target but finally after dedicated research they had found the perfect moment to strike.

Whether any of them would succeded in escaping after the deed was done was a mystery and not important. This job came from the higher ups and needed to be achieved no matter the cost. Her superior even hinted that she should ensure that at least one person was captured which she was more than happy to do.

"Everyone ready, the target\'s about to exit." Kalia whisper into a small stone and a moment later several voices replied.

"Good here."

"No ronsos in sight good to go."

"Ready to break the southern mirror once target is down."

"Good, once the target exits and displays her back we\'ll attack as one, swift as a swallows."

""Swift as swallows""

The seconds seemed to stretch into eons as both Kalia\'s team and Maressa and Chana waited with bated breaths, their bodies growing tenser with every passing moment.

Creak.

Just when Maressa and Chana were about to strike Kalia the door to the kitchen opened and the air around Kalia and her team instantly changed.

"Thank you for the lesson head chef, bye everyone see you tomorrow." Nanna pushed open the kitchen door with a slightly tired expression, but she didn\'t forget to thank the chef and say goodbye to the people she worked with.

"Goodnight Nanna-chan." .net

"Do you have enough cookies you can take some more if you want."

"We\'ll focus of controlling the fire tomorrow see you then Nanna." Everyone bade farewell to the little angel with bright smiles.

Nanna grinned from ear to ear and felt her heart warm but the moment she was about to turn around a strange sensation gripped her heart. It was fear, she was in extreme danger.

Her hair started to stand on end, goosebumps formed along her arm and just when she was about to nervously look around the sound of several tables and chairs scraping across the floor reverberated in her ears along with a woman shouting "Now!"

Kalia and her team moved seamlessly, the moment Nanna left the kitchen and bade farewell all, but the person assigned to assuring their escape route pounced with their weapons drawn.

Four powerful assassins attacked Nanna all at once holding nothing back. What was once a group of separated D-rank adventurers were now high ranking C-rank assassins. The change was drastic and took everyone in the dining room by surprise, not even if they had the strength to help would they be able to react in time. Well as long as they hadn\'t been paying close attention.

The moment Nanna exited and the air around Kalia changed Maressa and Chana immediately made their move both charging at Kalia with their weapons drawn and a fierce look in their eyes.

"Chana the girl!"

"On it sis I\'ll do my best, for Ranullia!"

"For Ranullia!" The sisters tore off their robes and revealed a sharp great axe and a spear, their weapons of forte.

"What the fuck some bitches from Ranullia!" Kalia loudly cursed as she was forced to contest against Maressa who blocked her path forward.

\'These damn lunatics.\' For years, ever since she committed that one job in Ranullia bitches as she called them like Maressa and Chana had been hounding after her. Whenever they caught a glimpse of her they\'d drop whatever they were doing and attack without any ounce in forethought for the time or place.

"Dammit, Rual, Terri, Tanya kill the target while I deal with this bitch!" Kalia gave her orders while she quickly engaged with Maressa.

"Die fiend, for the innocent blood you spilled in Ranullia! [Great stone cutter!]" Maressa regardless of the location charged up her great axe with a powerful skill.

"Crazy bitch! [Laceration of envy]" Kalia wasn\'t one to care about the lives of others, she immediately swung her whip at Maressa, carving up more than a few tables and forcing guests to duck for cover.

"Ah what\'s going on?"

"Someone get the ronso guards."

"No they\'re after Nanna!"

Chana was quick and rather strong, but two hands would struggle against four fists let alone six. With her spear she lunged at Rual while she kicked a nearby table at Terri but there was still Tanya.

"Ahhhh!!" Nanna screamed in panic, powerless to stop the powerful Tanya who was flying through the air with her daggers raised.

Even though she never missed a training session and Maya said that she was rather skilled she was still just a child. Her power allowed her to compete with a goblin maybe something a little more but certainly not a C-rank assassin.

She barely had enough time to register the vicious look on the woman\'s face before her and her daggers were inches from her heart and neck.

"Bye bye little money pouch." Tanya sliced her daggers with immense speed, giving up the opportunity to activate a skill in leu of it. However that may have been a mistake.

The moment her daggers were about carve into Nanna\'s succulent white flesh a hand appeared from behind the kitchen door.

This hand though white and smooth radiated strength as it punctured through the door and grabbed onto the oncoming daggers, halting them firmly in place despite the edge cutting into the owner\'s skin.

Tanya suddenly got a very bad feeling and the next moment a pressure akin to the weight of a mountain and filled with wrath encapsulated her and everyone in the dining hall.

Tanya felt her skin crawl as the stench of death assailed her nostrils. She tried to pry away her daggers, but they wouldn\'t budge, and a chill seemed to be forcing its way through them in order to invade her hands.

"Fuc…." She didn\'t even have enough time to curse when the daggers in her hands were firmly pulled, instantly breaking her wrists.

The pain caused her to wince but her hands were now free so she immediately ran, there was no way she could defeat whoever this person was, the job was a failure. She ran as fast she could but whether she was allowed leave wasn\'t up to her.

The kitchen door of the Sleeping Fenrir melted away as a blue chilling flame burst forth. The next moment revealed Frost adorned in his trademark robes with a wrathful expression.

His eyes rapidly locked onto the assassins making their hearts freeze in fear before he positioned himself in front of Nanna, acting as her shield.

"Khuno, Findley take care of this." Frost said with a frigid tone, as though he was a judge ordering for capital punishment.

"Yes your lordship."

"By your will master." Both Khuno and Findley suddenly appeared at the entrance to the dining room with no less wrathful expressions. For anyone to dare to harm one of their little ones was an immediate death sentence.

"Fuck run!" Rual bellowed before dashing for the southern window but again he didn\'t have permission to leave.

"[Icy grasp]" Frost cast a spell that caused ice to form across the chests of those trying to escape, slowing their movements to but a pathetic crawl, Khuno and Findley took care of the rest.

Without any surprises Findley and Khuno easily dealt with the assassins spilling no small amount of blood from their bodies however no one was killed, death was too easy a sentence for what they tried to accomplish.

\'So that\'s the power of B-rank.\' Maressa internally noted as the dreaded Kalia who could easily put her on the back foot did her best to flee only to be struck down by a single swing of Khuno\'s halberd. His strength completely eclipsed hers, and his simple act achieved a revenge that an entire nation sought after. The Queen of Ranullia was sure to reward Frost and his subordinates for their actions.

"Damn seems like we weren\'t even needed." Chana suddenly felt rather useless.

"No you weren\'t but the fact that you not only tried to warn us but also did your best to intervene in a battle that you\'d have surely lost will not be forgotten." After Frost finished calming Nanna down and made absolutely sure she was safe he walked toward to the two amazonian sisters.

"I thank you two from the bottom of my heart for your efforts here tonight, please tell me if there\'s anything I can do to repay this debt."