"Why do you want to kill the First Prince so badly?" Thyra questioned. "My reason is personal." Riona spoke. Thyra narrowed her eyes. "I stepped back, you should step back a little as well. Deals are made when both parties are willing to provide their best. It is never a one sided effort. Not unless you have a ridiculous advantage and trust me, you don't have that." She then repeated Riona's own words. "Oh? And how are you so sure that we don't have a 'ridiculous advantage'? Just in case you forget, there are 2 King Stage Cultivators standing in front of you and you are alone." The man standing next to Riona threatened. Thyra glanced at the man, then completely ignored him and looked back at Riona, "Do you really want to do this?" She questioned. Riona frowned. She then turned towards the Assassin and spoke coldly, "Stay silent." The man snorted, however, he didn't dare go against Riona's order and turned silent. Riona then glanced at Thyra and spoke, "You should also know your limits, Thyra. Don't be too overconfident." "I will not help unless you decide to be honest with me, I have no reason to risk my life for someone who is still hiding things from me." Thyra replied. "…" Riona didn't say anything. "Alright then, it was nice meeting you again, Riona." Saying that, Thyra turned around. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖 "Lady Riona…" The King Stage Assassin wanted to say something, however, Riona raised her hand again, signaling him to stay silent. Then, she glanced at Thyra's back and, "That bastard killed my daughter." She answered. "Huh?" Thyra turned around. "That bastard killed my daughter. He will get caught, the Kingdom will punish him, he is finished, I do not care about anything like that. Whether the Skyfall Kingdom will punish him harshly or leniently, I don't care about that either. I want to deliver him his punishment on my own. That is the least I could do for my daughter." Thyra narrowed her eyes, even Nux was surprised when he heard her reason. "Don't act like you care, you were the one who sent your daughter away in the first place." Thyra retorted. "How do you know about that?" Riona, however, narrowed her eyes. "What are you talking about?" Thyra feigned ignorance. This time, however, Riona didn't control herself, she released her Aura again, this time, it was a lot more suffocating than before. She then walked towards Thyra and questioned her in a threatening way, "How did you know I was the one who sent my daughter away?" Riona's entire aura changed. It was as if everything she had shown before was just an act, now, however, she looked serious, scary even. Thyra, however, was not intimidated. "I have my sourc-" She replied, however, before she even completed her sentence, Riona disappeared and with a dagger in her hand, she appeared behind Thyra, taking her by surprise. Thyra's eyes widened, she didn't expect Riona would attack her like that. This was too aggressive, the cool-minded Riona would never do something like that. Thyra tried reacting, however, Riona was faster than she expected. Just as Riona's dagger was about to touch Thyra's throat, a hand grabbed Riona's hand, stopping her attack with ease. "Who are you? How did you get here?" Riona questioned as she glared at Nux. Nux, however, completely ignored the woman and turned towards Thyra. "Are you alright?" "I got careless." Thyra narrowed her eyes. "Heh. That's good." Nux chuckled. Thyra narrowed her eyes. "You keep your guard down since you know I am around, it feels nice." Nux chuckled. Thyra smiled a little, however, before she could reply, another dagger appeared in Riona's hand and she attacked Nux. Nux, however, blocked her attack with ease and grabbed her hand. "Khwak!" He then kicked Riona's stomach and pushed her away. "Who are you!?" Riona questioned again. Just this small encounter was enough for her to realize that the man in front of him was not a normal King Stage Cultivator. He was much stronger than that. He was not an Emperor, that she knew. He was just a ridiculously strong King Stage Cultivator. Riona decided to take things seriously. Dark Mist surrounded her body, Nux frowned, soon, however, he realized that this Dark Mist was not the Devouring Mist. It was just a cheap imitation. This was not his first time seeing this, Kelton used a similar technique, Riona's looked more refined, however, in the end, it was still nothing more than a cheap imitation in Nux's eyes. "You are lucky that you are her mother. You would be lying dead on the ground if not for that." Nux narrowed his eyes and warned, "Do not touch my wife." Riona, however, completely ignored his warning and focused on more important talk. "You knew my daughter?" She questioned. "We were a little close." Thyra stepped forward and replied. "Then why aren't you accepting this mission!? Weren't you close with her!? Do you not desire revenge!?" Riona shouted. The King Stage Assassin standing behind was shocked. He had never seen Lady Riona acting like that. "Did you not hear me? We were only a little close. She wouldn't have risked life to avenge me if I had died, I am doing the same." Thyra shrugged. "Who are you kidding!? With that monster with you, killing that bastard would be as easy as killing a bug! Heck, you don't even have to assassinate him, you can directly barge into that Duke's house and directly kill him!" Riona retorted. "Heh, aren't you speaking too much for someone who sent her daughter to Skyfall Kingdom in the first place? I mean, rather than Raguel, aren't you the one who killed her? Sending a 12-year-old girl into another Kingdom was no different than killing her, don't you think?" Nux chuckled as he blamed Riona, at the same time, he observed her reacting with a curious look on his face. Riona's eyes turned bloodshot, "You bastard! Do not spout bullshit if you don't know anything!" She then dashed towards Nux with a dagger that was covered with her mysterious Black Energy.