Chapter 39: Five-Star Assassin

Two hours earlier. "Young Master, the Seven Stars Pavilion sent two hundred Five-Star Assassins. They say they're here to protect you!" Peony reported to Pierce Looske. Pierce blinked. "Assassins from the Seven Stars Pavilion? I need their protection?" The Seven Stars Pavilion was an assassin guild, one of the top hundred powers within the Hidden Sect. Their former Pavilion Master had once been the king of killers and was living in seclusion on Zerton Mountain. Pierce had met the man-and had...