After freeing prisoners who immediately attacked the guards, I completed a special request contract. Though the state official died unexpectedly, I hunted remaining guards before escaping through a secret route, successfully finishing the mission for juicy rewards and skill points.
The prisoner I had freed started fighting the surrounding guards right away, and I jumped in to help him take down his target.
Moving deeper, I freed two more prisoners; once all three were liberated, the special request contract was officially fulfilled. With that objective met, my remaining goal was to assassinate the state official.
Before hunting him down, I decided to thin out more guards while blending in among the prisoners within the open prison grounds.
Targeting another guard near a familiar spot I had cleared out during a previous visit, I experimented with my focus ability, though I knew it risked compromising my stealth.
Reaching the front gate that had previously blocked my entry, I used my focus ability to eliminate the guards stationed there.
When another guard stumbled upon the bodies I had left behind, I rushed him and took him down instantly before he could raise an alarm or search the area.
There were two more guards who were gossiping and came into my focus so I jumped on one of them and after assassinating him, I tried assassination streak to take down the other one right away.
Continuing my sweep around the perimeter, I spotted a large chest locked inside a block room. Since the door was barred from the inside, I shot the lock through a small hole to gain entry, and looted the chest.
Having already eliminated a significant portion of the garrison, I prepared to track down the state official, only to realize he was somehow already dead, likely taken out by the rioting freed prisoners or caught in the fights without me realizing he was my primary target.
With the main objectives complete, I could have left immediately, but I decided to stick around and toy with the remaining guards a bit longer. An archer spotted me and moved in to attack, but I quickly ended his life.
Continuing my hunt along a secret escape route out of the prison, I assassinated a few final guards along the way.
Basim chimed in to remind me it was time to leave, and whether the game recognized I wasn't leaving quietly or simply finalized the triggers, the contract officially closed out.
Walking away from the prison, I collected some juicy rewards and valuable skill points for a job well done.
Until next time, happy gaming.
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