{Chapter 39} More and More Doubts
[After lurking underground for three hours, you finally erged upon receiving the signal.]
[You changed into a cloak, briefly concealed your face, and entered the city.]
[After regrouping with the others, Atala ntioned that she was about to et with that person and suggested everyone follow her.]
[Following Atala, you walked several streets and eventually found a seemingly decent mansion.]
[After casting an invisibility spell, you managed to follow Atala into the mansion.]
[Upon entering the mansion, you finally saw the client who was eting with Atala.]
[It was the branch president of the local adventurer's association.]
...The branch president?
Anna tried to recall if she had ever offended this branch president in the past... but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't figure out where she might have crossed him.
In fact, Anna had only t this branch president once and didn't even know his na.
For such a person to want her dead... it was utterly baffling to Anna.
[You felt strange; you and the branch president had no connection whatsoever, so why would he want to kill you?]
[While discussing the commission with Atala, the branch president didn't ntion anything else. After confirming that you were "dead," he stated that the commission was complete and instructed Atala to return to the black market to finalize it.]
[Now, Louise and Helga asked if you wanted to dispel the invisibility. After so thought, with Atala as a witness, as long as you gathered enough evidence, you wouldn't need the Latimir family's involvent to resolve this matter.]
[So, you dispelled the invisibility.]
[The mont you beca visible, Atala retreated to your side, her bow aid at the branch president.]
[The branch president, whose na you didn't even know, imdiately raised his hands in surrender, looking at you in shock, claiming he had seen your corpse.]
[You scoffed at his surprise, drew your sword, and placed it against his neck, demanding to know why he wanted you dead.]
[However, after the initial shock, the branch president beca calm, a sneer appearing on his face.]
[He had no intention of revealing anything. Just as you were about to take him away for further interrogation, his sneer turned into a smirk.]
[His gaze wasn't on you anymore but past you, directly at the door.]
[Before you could turn to see what was behind you, a wave of heat surged from beneath the ground.]
[The entire mansion was engulfed in an explosion.]
[This event would beco one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in the kingdom's history. In this explosion, two heirs of major noble families perished, and it even enraged the Elven Forest, sparking a severe diplomatic crisis. War between the Kingdom of Rianved and the Elven Forest seed imminent.]
[But you were blown to smithereens.]
[Simulation ended, calculating results...]
[Achievent unlocked: Team Wipe Catalyst (Bronze)]
[Achievent unlocked: Art is Explosion! (Silver)]
The simulation ended, and Anna frowned at the frustrating outco.
How did she end up dying in an explosion so inexplicably?
To blow up an entire mansion, there must have been a massive amount of explosives buried underground, or perhaps a fourth-level magic array?
Was that the branch president's final resort upon being discovered? To take everyone down with him?
And it even triggered a war between the Elven Forest and the kingdom... was it because of Atala's death?
Why did the branch president look towards the door at the end? What was there, or who had arrived?
Just when she thought this simulation would unravel all the mysteries, it only gave birth to more questions...
"Argh! So annoying!"
To put it bluntly, whether the assassination order on the black market was hard to fulfill or whether the branch president who issued the commission seed like a ruthless person... there must be so dark force targeting her, right?
But she had never felt like soone was trying to assassinate her before.
Besides, as a fallen noble, wouldn't it be easy to kill her?
She didn't have bodyguards or any divine artifacts protecting her; the best protection she had was a set of low-grade armor...
And in the simulations, she had died so many tis. It's not like she was hard to assassinate in real life.
The more she thought about it, the more questions arose, and the more frustrated she beca.
Anna rubbed her temples, watching the sun set outside her window, and let out a deep sigh.
‘Thinking too much makes hungry... I should go find Helga.’
Although this simulation raised more questions, at least the events from Day Zero to Day Two seed to proceed without major issues.
So, following the simulation's path for now might not be a bad idea.
Ever since Louise gave her that large sum of money, and with plenty left over, Anna felt like she couldn't go back to the days of surviving on black bread or even pure sawdust bread.
Thankfully, she hadn't impulsively spent an achievent point to buy those 1,000 loaves of black bread.
If she had, she wouldn't be able to eat them now and would have to give them all away...
...After all, she had spent 1 achievent point on them. Wasting that point would sting.
As for armor maintenance? She'd deal with that later!
Anna casually picked out a decent-looking dress and left her room, heading towards the inn where Helga, and Atala, were staying.
Along the way, she opened the achievent interface to check out the two new achievents, which, judging by their nas, were probably mocking her again.
She then collected a total of 11 achievent points.
[Team Wipe Catalyst (Bronze): You and your team mbers were wiped out within five seconds.]
[Reward: 1 achievent point]
[Silver unlock condition: You and your team mbers are wiped out within three seconds.]
...Although this achievent has advanced rewards, just looking at the conditions made Anna dismiss any thought of unlocking the silver tier.
Who would actively try to get wiped out in one second?
[Art is Explosion! (Silver): Died in a 25-ter radius explosion.]
[Reward: 10 achievent points]
[Gold unlock condition: Trigger an explosion with a maximum range of 10 kiloters and die in it.]
Another absurd achievent...
Anna silently complained in her mind, collected the achievent points, and then ignored it.
Actively trying to unlock higher-tier achievents? Not happening.
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