The Strongest Assassin Reincarnates in Another World
Chapter 189 - 189 - Sylas Nightshade

Isolde was now on the stage right beside the three heads of the founding families since one of them was missing.

Aiden wondered what was taking so long for the Nightshade Patriarch, he knew that he was having a discussion with Lucius, but it was starting to worry him.

Why was it taking so long?

That was a question that only the Patriarch could answer, it wasn't like Aiden would be able to change anything about this. That's why he dismissed those thoughts and concentrated on what was happening in front of him.

"It's now time to announce who arrived second in the tournament..." said Thorin, as he wanted to keep the mystery of whom it would be.

In the crowd, the shouting hadn't stopped, as everyone was supporting Aiden as much as they could... shouting, clapping, dancing. It didn't matter what it was.

"The person in second place is part of the... Ravenwoods, Orik Ravenwood come to the stage," Thorin said, with a huge smile on his face.

He was happy that someone from his family had reached such a high place in the rankings.

Sure, it hadn't been first place, but it was still quite good.

While all this was happening, Melinda was on the stage celebrating the victory of Aiden in her mind.

'I knew it!' She thought, as she was now assured that the Reaper had won the tournament, which at the same time confirmed that he was the best young awakened in Nova.

And the cherry on top of it was that he would be joining her family. She just couldn't help but smile, knowing that someone so talented would be joining her family, in a couple of hours.

Now, the only that she needed was for her to see his face and learn his name.

She had imagined what he looked like a lot in those past hours, and she had to admit that maybe what she imagined was a little too perfect, but a girl can dream, right?

The crowd had now stopped shouting Aiden's nickname as they literally turned crazy, shouting whatever came to their heads.

'I did it, I won!' thought Aiden, realizing that he had done it.

He had finished first place in this damn tournament, which meant that his past month of training hadn't been for nothing.

Honestly, no words could describe the happiness that he was feeling.

He just felt good knowing that you are the strongest out of all the participants. However, this happiness of his was short-lived as he still had loads of work to do because his objective wasn't to be the strongest out of all the young awakened. His objective was to beat the founding families' heads.

Nonetheless, he dismissed those thoughts about the future as he concentrated on the present and what he had achieved.

"Now, it's time for the one who won this tournament to come on stage, The Reaper, please come," exclaimed Thorin, still keeping the same intensity.

It was nice that Thorin wasn't biased as he announced things, the winner. One thing that Aiden had noticed was the fact that Thorin always had the same tone for all the winners.

Maybe it was a fake tone or whatever, but that didn't matter if no one knew about it.

As Aiden started advancing toward the stage still with his Reaper Mask on his face, he saw someone else appear on the stage. It was the Nightshade Patriarch, and with him was his son, Lucius, who didn't seem to be in the best condition.

The one that Aiden had killed in the trial.

"Is that him, The Reaper that you're talking about?" asked the Nightshade Patriarch, in a quiet tone, pointing toward Aiden.

However, everyone had heard him, since it became complete silence the moment he appeared.

Even the crowd had stopped cheering Aiden on as they were scared of the person who had appeared.

Lucius seemed to be standing only because his father was holding him, however, his face, his hands, and his body, were all badly hurt as even Aiden could see the blood gushing out of his body from over here.

"Answer me!" shouted the Nightshade Patriarch, still looking toward Lucius, furious.

Aiden, who was seeing this, had no choice but to be scared right now.

He had never once felt such a strong pressure. He knew that he would never have a chance at winning against him if the two of them were to fight together.

"Y-Yes, that's the Reaper," mumbled Lucius, who clearly had difficulty speaking because of all the injuries on his face and his lips.

In fact, he was in even worse shape than when Aiden had finished him off in the trial.

As soon as the Nightshade Patriarch heard those words, he disappeared and reappeared right in front of Aiden, dagger in his hands.

However, he wasn't the only one who had moved, Melinda had also disappeared from the stage.

"What are you doing, Sylas?" asked Melinda, who had a small fan in her hand, blocking the Nightshade Patriarch's dagger.

A dagger that had been aimed directly at Aiden's neck.

"Move out the way, Melinda," replied Sylas, ignoring her as his eyes were still looking at Aiden's mask.

'When did he move?' thought Aiden, as he hadn't been able to see it happen, it had just moved at a speed that Aiden's eyes hadn't been able to see.

'Was it Flash Step?' thought Aiden, as he had no other idea as to how he had done such a thing.

"And what if I don't?" answered Melinda, with a little smile on her face.

"Then, you will also die," replied Sylas, who for the first time since appearing turned his gaze toward Melinda.

"Oh, will I?" responded Melinda, not sounding scared at all by Sylas.

Sylas hearing her playful tone of voice gritted his teeth as he knew that if the two of them were to fight right now, it would take a while before one of them would lose. In fact, he wasn't even confident in winning.

"Giving up?" continued Melinda, as she saw Sylas's expression on his face, clearly not satisfied with what was happening.

"Why?" asked Sylas.

Seeing the confusion on Melinda's face, he continued his sentence.

"Why are you protecting someone from a middle-level family?" asked Sylas as he simply couldn't grasp why Melinda who never interfered before would now make a move.

"Ahaha, well it's simple, he's not part of a middle-level family anymore," exclaimed Melinda, making sure that everyone could hear what she just said.