The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 1085: The Night Reaper

The news of the assassination of the sect master of the Soaring Heaven Sect caused an uproar across all territories under the sect’s sphere of influence.

However, the uproar did not stop there.

Last night and the next few nights would be remembered by many as the nights of the deaths of many important figures across the world.

Many leaders of famous organizations or families were assassinated by an unknown group of assassins.

However, some of the assassins directly attacked some nobles or sects without hiding themselves, which was not like normal assassins.

It was said that they were truly strong even though they were small in number, as they could defeat many cultivators and killed only the leader of the organization.

Their target seemed to be only the leaders before they disappeared.

However, people then heard that a few hideouts of the Underworld’s Feeder had also been found and destroyed. The aftermath of the slaughter could be seen by anyone visiting those places.

All of the assassinations and slaughters continued for the next four nights. The only description that the people heard about the mysterious group was that they were wearing masks and black robes.

Many stories developed about these mysterious attackers or assassins, or whatever people called them.

It was clear that the ones who killed the leaders were not assassins from the Underworld’s Feeder because they themselves were also under attack. Their situation was even worse, as their hideouts were completely wiped out and their assassins were hunted down.

The attackers seemed to hate the assassins of the Underworld’s Feeder even more for some reason.

With the emergence of this new mysterious group, many people, especially the leaders of big families or organizations, became restless. They did not know when it would be their turn if those attackers were truly targeting the leaders of many nobles and organizations.

Are they targeting all leaders across the world? Are they targeting specific people who happened to be leaders?

The unknown and the lack of information itself made them unsettled.

That was why, since then, every night, every family and organization had been on higher alert than they had ever been. The leaders also did not take a single step out of their manor or headquarters to protect themselves.

However, as if all of that was useless, some of the nobles or sects that had already made preparations still got their leaders killed. It was as if those preparations to stop this mysterious group were only a joke to them. There was no one who was safe if they became their targets.

The mysterious group then received the name "Night Reaper" from the people because they always acted at night and never failed to kill their targets.

However, after more than a week of nights full of terror for many leaders across the world, on the next night after that, the Night Reaper actually ceased their activities. There was no assassination, and no one died.

Still, all of them did not reduce their wariness as they thought that the Night Reaper might only be taking a rest and would continue their killing on the next night.

But then the next night came and passed, and the Night Reaper did not appear. Then the next night, and the next night, and the next night. The Night Reaper had not appeared for more than a week. They had simply disappeared without a trace, which caused confusion among many.

What happened? Are they already done with their killing? Are they only targeting specific targets then?

After more than a month since the Night Reaper ceased their activities, the leaders across the world finally could sigh in relief. It seemed this mysterious group was truly only targeting specific targets, which happened to be those important figures and the assassins of the Underworld’s Feeder.

After the fear and wariness came curiosity. Why was this mysterious group targeting those people? Was there some kind of bad blood between their organizations or families? Then why did they only target the leaders but slaughter every assassin of the Underworld’s Feeder?

Many questions appeared, but they thought that the answers to these questions would be difficult to obtain as the mysterious group itself had already disappeared. The organizations or families that became the victims of the Night Reaper would also not necessarily know why they were attacked.

Or even if they knew why they were attacked, they would not disclose this kind of information easily to outsiders.

That would be foolish, as the reason might be something that they needed to keep hidden from other powers.

While the Red Lotus World was still in confusion over the short appearance of the Night Reaper, in other worlds of the White Ring Star Cluster, something similar happened. This caused an uproar, and the mysterious group was already becoming more famous.

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Two months later, in one of the worlds of the White Ring Star Cluster, called the Iverus World, the situation was quite tense.

The news of the mysterious group called the Night Reaper, which had already killed many leaders of nobles, organizations, or sects across various worlds, had already reached them.

All worlds in the White Ring Star Cluster had already experienced their terror except their world. The last news they heard was that the Night Reaper appeared near their neighboring world before disappearing.

With that pattern, they knew that they were already done with that world, and they would most likely come to the last world which was still untouched by them.

That was why all big sects, nobles, and other parties were tense and had already prepared for their arrival. Each newcomer from other worlds would be checked, and surveillance in all cities and towns would be heightened.

The populace also could not help but feel restless because they did not know which leaders would become the Night Reaper’s targets. The death of the leaders might cause instability in their territories, which could affect their lives, so they also worried even though the targets were not them.

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One of the noble families that had already heightened their alert was one of the strongest noble families of this world, the Luivan family. Inside the manor grounds of the Luivan family, the number of guards had already doubled, and they had also spread their cultivators to all of the cities and places under their influence.

They expanded their information network so that if they found something strange, the family would know it quickly.

At this moment, inside one of the rooms in the manor, the patriarch of the Luivan family, Veron, stood and looked outside the window. His gaze was directed toward the many cultivators patrolling the manor grounds.

His gaze looked calm without any ripple.

Behind him was his butler, a man with neatly combed white hair and a moustache. He looked at his lord with narrowed eyes as he appeared concerned.

"My lord, how about you hide in another world or somewhere outside the reach of those assassins first? Your safety is the highest priority," he said.

Veron remained silent for a few seconds before he opened his lips.

"Let’s just say that I could hide from their pursuit. Until when would I have to live in hiding? For days? For weeks? For months? For years? I doubt that they will stop looking for me until I am dead."

The butler sighed upon hearing that. For most of the people of this world, they were still guessing who the targets of the Night Reaper were.

But for them, they already knew that the Luivan family was one of the targets, and they were certain of it.

That was because their patriarch could see the pattern of the Night Reaper when they killed their targets. Their targets were people who had something in common with the Luivan family.

That was that they had contributed to the plan of Aldrian the Great’s assassination.

After the repeated assassinations across various worlds, Veron could clearly see what the Night Reaper were after and the most likely mastermind behind this mysterious group.

Who else could it be if not Aldrian the Great?

Still, to think that Aldrian the Great’s retaliation was truly decisive and merciless. He still wondered how Aldrian the Great could pinpoint with such precision who were the ones that needed to be eliminated.

They even knew where the hideouts of the Underworld’s Feeder and killed all of their assassins, something that even he could not do and did not dare to try.

Although he knew that even if Aldrian the Great knew about the Underworld’s Feeder assassins, he thought that Aldrian the Great would not know who the real mastermind behind them was.

With Aldrian the Great not knowing who he needed to attack, he would not make a move until he was sure.

That was what he had in mind in the past when he decided to use the Underworld’s Feeder assassins to try to kill Aldrian.

He also did not directly contact those assassins, but only made use of the parties that had close connections to them. He only contributed his share of the payment for using their services, just like many other organizations that joined in this plan.

That was also his way to make sure he would not be implicated if Aldrian the Great somehow caught the tail of the ones who used those assassins’ services.

There were many questions appearing in his mind regarding how Aldrian the Great could get hold of all who were responsible. But he no longer cared about those anymore.

He knew that he had already become one of Aldrian the Great’s targets.

From everything that he had heard about Aldrian the Great, he knew that Aldrian the Great would never let him go.

He suddenly smiled.

For someone who wanted to make Aldrian pay for the humiliation he experienced at that banquet, he used others to attack Aldrian. But in the end, Aldrian was coming for him.

After everything that he had done in his life, it looked like fate was against him now.