Chapter 383 Aya Middlestone
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Updated : Oct 15th, 2025
In the suburbs of Hilton City, located in the eastern region of the Northern Union, Aya Middlestone is known as a single mother, a loving parent, and a devoted family woman.
She is the ideal image of a perfect woman—the type who wakes up early in the morning and drives to her job as a cashier at a large mall owned by one of the influential figures in Hilton City.
Aya is a mother of two, who sent her daughters to the capital to receive the best warrior training available in the Northern Union.
Because of this, she has become known as a hard-working mom, dedicated to earning more money to support her children's needs.
Everyone admires her. Mothers praise her tenacity and work ethic; children wish she were their own mother. However, her own daughters wish the earth would split open and swallow her whole.
While Aya may seem like the most caring and hard-working mom on the surface, in reality, she is one of the most ruthless assassins in the world.
Her code name is Lady Death. She has carried out some of the most daring assassinations, earning numerous accolades from the organization she works for—the Dark Order.
She had risen through the ranks and become one of the strongest assassins in the Dark Order, particularly when it came to operations in the Northern Union. Aya was in charge of their unit in the Eastern region.
For years, everything had been going smoothly. She had issued countless hits and executed many of them herself. However, everything changed one day when she received a high-priority target: a young rising star named Klaus Hanson.
The assignment was marked as a priority kill, meaning failure was not an option. She delegated the task to her most capable subordinate to ensure swift execution.
Initially, the mission was deemed successful. But after about 70 days, the unimaginable happened—Klaus, who was supposed to be dead, rose from the grave, and that was when her troubles began.
Klaus made sure the Dark Order felt his wrath. His first move was to humiliate them, and he succeeded in doing so to an unprecedented degree. In response, Aya issued another hit order on him, but from then on, all she received were reports of failure.
Weeks passed, and frustration took root. Desperation drove her to send Sages and even Great Sages after Klaus, but no matter what strategy she employed, Klaus was always one step ahead.
The pressure from her organization grew unbearable. They threatened to strip her of her position if she did not put an end to Klaus Hanson.
This ultimatum did not sit well with her, so she resorted to tapping into her private network of elite assassins which consisted of 12 Great Sage assassins, including her two twin daughters.
The same daughters who were believed to be away at a warrior training academy were, in fact, under her seal, serving as her weapons.
She left work and headed straight home. When she arrived, she went to her room and accessed a hidden section that housed her office as the infamous Lady Death.
She began checking through some information on her system, but a few minutes later, she felt her eyelids grow heavy.
She shook her head and returned to her task, but it didn't take long for the same dizziness to come over her again.
"What is happening to me?" she muttered.
"You've been poisoned, dummy." Suddenly, a voice came from the inside of her bedroom. In her haste, she had forgotten to close the door.
She stood up and walked back to her room. There, on the bed, Klaus was lying with a drink in his hand.
"Surprise..." Klaus said with a mocking smile.
Aya's primal instinct kicked in as she retrieved a dagger and lunged at Klaus. However, she only managed to take a step before feeling her strength vanish.
"Oh... Performance issues?" Klaus asked, tilting his head.
"What did you do to me?" Aya shouted, but her voice wasn't as loud as she intended.
"What do you think?" Klaus said, still maintaining his smile as he sipped his tea. "I had to level the playing field somehow, Lady Death," he added.
"You..." Aya tried to move, but her legs gave out. She couldn't move or even shout. She wanted to clench her jaw, which meant only one thing: to kill herself.
But before she could bite down on the poison hidden in her tooth, a kick landed on her jaw, sending the poison capsule and some teeth flying.
"Hi, Mom," Luna said, stepping out of the shadows.
Another kick landed on her ribs, breaking a few. "Long time no see, Mom," Nuna also said, appearing with an angry yet satisfied smile.
Klaus looked at the twins and smiled. Then, with a snap of his fingers, a lightning bolt moved and paralyzed Aya completely. Nuna delivered another kick, knocking her out cold.
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