I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 289: He's Smiling!

Wallis in his pigeon form trembled violently. The strangely frightening scene he just witnessed made him flap his wings in panic and he had nearly fallen down.

Louie had managed to successfully sneak into the bookshop rather quickly. He hadn't made any movements yet and, as usual, lurked in the shadows of the bookshelves.

This was routine, and no problems had arisen during this process.

The bookstore owner was focused on reading a book behind the counter and didn't seem to notice the intruder at all.

It was quite normal for a 'shadow assassin' to have such a successful and perfect infiltration.

After all, the art of assassinations were their specialty.

Even their physiques had been modified, allowing them to become umbra creatures. Usually, even Destructive-rank beings wouldn't be able to detect their existence, but for someone at Louie's level, as long as he didn't make a move, he could even hide from a Supreme-rank.

These 'shadow bugs' nurtured by the Path of the Flaming Sword were the highest-ranking lackeys in the organization's periphery. They were responsible for running communications with the lower-level members and doing all the secret dirty work.

This includes taking in and testing prospective recruits who wanted to join the organization as well as undertaking assassinations on behalf of the organization.

Wallis was introduced to this organization by none other than the current head of the Sapir Clan, 'Wolf King' Hoffman.

Indeed. The head of the Sapir Clan was also a member of the Path of the Flaming Sword.

Wallis was a trusted aide of Hoffman's and was naturally loyal to the old patriarch. Thus, he was temporarily accompanied by this shadow assassin to undertake an evaluation mission as any new member needed.

With Hoffman as a guarantee, Wallis' mission was basically no-brainer.

It was merely taking a special book from an ordinary secondhand bookseller, and the only thing of concern were other transcendent beings that were coveting the same book.

According to Wallis, none of them were a mat

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