I am the Enchantress!

Chapter 158 An Impossible Mission

8:45 PM.

The Colt Tavern is busiest during its peak hours.

Even though it was raining heavily outside, a steady stream of regular customers pushed open the door and quickly filled all the seats in the lobby on the first floor.

Adventurers who risk their lives every day here passionately squander their meager gold coins and their restless emotions.

Some drew their one-handed swords, boasting about the powerful monsters they had slain in the border forests;

Some wore strange smiles, boasting about which pretty girl they had enjoyed themselves with until dawn the night before;

Some kept drinking ale, patting their bellies to emphasize their immense alcohol tolerance, only to collapse on the table with a "bang" the next second.

A noisy and enthusiastic sound filled the entire tavern.

Here, if you don't shout at the top of your lungs, people will think you're mute, and you'll think they're deaf.

Almost every table of diners was shouting and talking wildly, completely absorbed in their conversation.

Apart from Wilder's table.

After Joffrey finished explaining the details of the mission and the specific name of the target.

The team fell silent.

[Assassination of Monk, a high-ranking mage in the investigation team]

Apart from Wilder, the rest of the team probably didn't know which mage Monk was in the survey group.

However, among that investigation team full of advanced professionals, there were only two mages wearing robes.

In that battle with the red dragon, one of them unleashed the level 4 spell [Blizzard] and the level 5 spell [Ice Wall].

The other mage cast the level 5 spell, [Ice Spike].

Regardless of which one Monk is, he is absolutely superior to the rest of the team.

Not to mention that Monk was not a lone adventurer; as a member of the survey team, he was almost always accompanied by the shield-wielding warriors who were specifically there to protect him.

The warrior who protected him was also a high-level professional.

Moreover, even if Joffrey manages to succeed by sheer luck, he will absolutely not escape the retaliation and pursuit of the other nine members of the investigation team.

That would be a well-rounded team that integrates reconnaissance, defense, offense, and healing.

Or rather, it was a team that dared to challenge even legendary creatures like the Red Dragon, and they even managed to fight to a draw.

Therefore, for Joffrey, this was almost an impossible task.

Yes, almost.

If it were anyone else present, the result would probably be "absolutely".

Only Joffrey can use "almost".

Because he was a wanderer who specialized in assassination.

Most of the tasks performed by wanderers are primarily "intelligence gathering" and "assassination".

In reality, only a minority of wanderers like Joffrey are keen on taking on quests to kill kobolds at the Adventurers' Guild.

But what exactly is the probability of this "almost"?

Can it reach 10%?

There is a huge gap between intermediate and advanced professionals; their combat power is on completely different levels.

They didn't know how long Monk had been a high-level mage, but judging from Joffrey's combat abilities, he had probably only been a mid-level mage for a short time.

"There's no opportunity in the border forests, so the survey teams will definitely work together."

Cyrion, always cautious, commented on the mission as the squad leader: "Even if we find an opportunity for the investigation team to split up, at least one warrior will stay by the mage's side."

That's right.

Lyle chimed in, "In the last battle against the red dragon, those three warriors each followed in front of two mages and a priest."

"That's right, so this is the location where there was an opportunity to assassinate Monk—"

Joffrey summed up his situation: "I can only stay in town."

The only chance to find Monk alone is in Ironweave Town.

Even so, the success rate is still less than 20%.

More importantly, if the operation were carried out in a crowded town, even if Joffrey successfully assassinated Monk, he would have a hard time escaping.

In other words—

Regardless of whether Monk dies or not, Joffrey is doomed to die in this mission.

Given Joffrey’s extremely low success rate, this task seems very strange.

It's like the Nomads' Guild rolling a twenty-sided die, hoping to gamble with an extremely low probability that Joffrey will kill Monk.

And the association's bet.

It was the life of a mid-level wanderer.

Another silence followed.

After Wilder and Joffrey joined the party, the roast meat and ale on the table were hardly touched.

Talia initially enjoyed the grilled beef ribs alone, but when she realized that no one else was eating them, she stopped eating too.

So hungry————

In order to continue eating as soon as possible, she listened attentively to Joffrey's description.

It seems they want to kill a mage in the investigation team.

She did express her approval.

After all, those two mages had left several frostbite wounds on her body.

It still hurts a lot.

Joffrey is Wilde's friend, while Monk happens to be her enemy.

Therefore, she strongly agreed to kill Monk and was willing to assist Joffrey in completing the mission with the breath of the red dragon.

But----

She blinked her crimson eyes, looked at Wilder sitting on the other side, deep in thought, and subtly pursed her lips.

Wilder forbade me from revealing that I was a red dragon.

He was trying to protect me.

Talia nodded to herself, pursed her lips, and said nothing.

"Let's abandon the mission."

Cyrion said, "This mission is too risky, let's abandon it."

"Yeah," Martha chimed in, "So what if the association punishes us? We can just pay some money and earn it back with Cyril and the others later!"

Joffrey gently shook his head.

"The job of a wanderer is very special. The information we are given is often crucial intelligence to others."

He continued, "To avoid intelligence leaks, abandoning the mission and failing the mission have only one outcome: the so-called punishment—"

They didn't continue.

But it is self-evident.

At this moment, Wilder, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "You mean to say that the assassination of Monk is itself very important intelligence?"

"yes."

Joffrey nodded. "That proves someone wants to kill him, and it's important to him personally."

"That's very strange—" Wilder said.

"What's strange about it?"

"You're just a mid-level wanderer; the chances of you successfully assassinating Monk are extremely low."

Wilder analyzed, "But if you fail, won't Monk easily get the information that 'someone wants to kill him'?"

Everyone was stunned.

It seems that's indeed the case.

"Once Monk gets the intelligence, he will definitely start to take precautions, making the chances of successfully assassinating him even lower."

Wilder continued, "If the association really wanted to kill Monk, why didn't they send a high-ranking wanderer with matching abilities from the start?"

"Joffrey's eyes widened instantly."