Chapter 253
“Madam, there is no response from the Plated Orb . ” As the night grew darker and darker, the hotel lobby which was requisitioned by the church of the God of Aristocracy, was ablaze with lights . A knight in black plated armor came down the stairs and reported to a woman sitting in a chair near the door . She had been leisurely reading a book .
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The woman put down her book . Her beautiful face showed a little astonishment and doubt . “That’s so strange! Crick should have fled . Could it be that he doesn’t have a scroll which records transmission magic or a Return Skill?”
“Maybe he wants to get out of the town through a tunnel,” a female wizard named Maggie said casually . She was sitting at a table next to the woman with her legs crossed . “The Keane Family has been running for several generations . Maybe there is a tunnel that leads outside of town . ”
She stretched lazily and switched her legs . While switching her position, her slender legs were exposed under her high-forked robe . Some knights nearby obviously looked at those legs with brightened eyes, but they all turned their heads with privity and dared not to look anymore .
This woman had great power . You’d better not provoke her!
The woman who was reading was Machee Smith, the principal of the Church of the God of Aristocracy . She meditated, shook her head and said, “I am very familiar with the Keane Family, but I’ve never heard of any tunnel before . Although Crick did a good job of keeping my people from high-ranking, decision-making positions, there aren’t any tunnels . That’s impossible!”
“Is he stupid enough not to take any actions?” the female wizard asked . “I don’t think a person who has gotten so famous in just a few months can be so silly . ”
Machee nodded slightly and thought for a moment . Suddenly, she turned to a curly-bearded man with heavy armor who was standing beside her and asked, “Paul, what would you do if you were him?”
The curly-bearded man was very tall and strong . More importantly, his face showed the righteousness of a decent warrior . After hearing Machee’s inquiry, he thought for a while and said, “As a vassal of our Majesty the Highness, I can’t escape from my due responsibility . Therefore, I would get my affairs in order and prepare to take my subordinates out on the expedition . But due to the unknown dangers of an expedition, it would be necessary for me to delay the expedition as long as possible so that I could live longer . ”
Machee and the female wizard looked at each other and suddenly understood everything .
For them, “self-sacrifice” was an absolutely impossible choice because they were the kind of people who put themselves in front of everything, so neither of them thought in that way . But Baron Keane could be considered a moral model among the nobility . Even if his lord asked him to die, he would die without any hesitation . He would not try to escape from his responsibility . He had never thought of escaping .
They had distinct values and outlooks on life, and that’s why they didn’t understand Crick in the beginning .
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“Well done,” Machee nodded and praised him . She smiled faintly . She was satisfied to see the uncontrollable joy on the man’s face, but actually, she felt very disgruntled .
She had taken a lot of measures, made many arrangements and convened quite a few hands to deal with Crick only to find that everything was useless because the opponent had died . She was very frustrated because she felt that she had wasted a lot of time and energy .
She even convinced a decent adventurer to pretend as Paul, a man who had saved Crick and his sister when they were children . Then she used this adventurer to trick Crick who had always adored Paul . But originally, she planned to find an opportunity to trick this gifted but stubborn Crick into a trap . If he was determined not to change his faith, then she would stab him to death as a sacrifice to her Majesty . However, Crick went directly to the Eagle Kingdom for death because of the God of Knight’s Oracle .
That was too abominable! He is such a bastard! He can only be killed by me!
She closed her eyes, took several deep breaths, and suppressed the restlessness in her heart . Then she regained her calm and ordered, “Now that’s the case, everyone will have a good rest these days . When the news of Crick’s death comes, we shall kill his sister . Anyway, since we are here, we must grab the Keane family’s territory and industry .
Her men obeyed her order with pleasure because the tough battle in their original plan merely turned out to be killing a little girl . Most importantly, they would still get their original benefits . How easy this task was!
Maggie picked up the book, The Art of Performing, written by the famous poet Shevariel von Stolovsky Franz and read it carefully . She was not a genius, so she had to strive to improve in order to find the right path in life .
It was about this time that the clerk of Viscount Erik was writing something down in a room of Eagle Wing City .
He used a brush bought from the Void Mask Chamber of Commerce . It was dipped in pungent green ink, and he wrote on a red animal skin that smelled like blood .
What he wrote was the basic information of those scouts who were recruited during the day, in which he emphasized Rien particularly . He recorded as much detail as possible about this young elite who came from the Association of Thieves: his appearance, attire, habits of speech and manners, major abilities, personality assessment, etc .
The piece of animal skin was soon full of words . The clerk examined it carefully and made sure that it was correct . Then he picked it up and threw it into the burning brazier on the ground beside him .
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It was strange to say that this animal skin looked solid, but it burned quickly when it encountered fire . The flames were very small, but its burning speed was very fast . The whole animal skin had burned into white ashes without a trace in just a few seconds .
The clerk examined the brazier carefully, then covered and wrapped the rest of the ink and put it into an inconspicuous box . This box was made of a special wood that could absorb odor, and there were lots of ink and animal skins in it .
After finishing this, the clerk cleaned up everything on the table and took out two magic scrolls to clean his body and absorb the odor of the house . Then he burned the magic scrolls that had lost their magic and turned them into blank parchment . Finally, he opened the doors and windows to ventilate the room so all traces of his actions would disappear .
After all this work had been done, he put out the brazier and went to bed .
Among the Orcs’ barracks thousands of miles away, there was a camp that was guarded by a large number of troops . Several Orcs with great power were sitting there solemnly . They were watching the animal skins that were pinned to the magic array in the sky .
These magic arrays were made of precious materials with each corresponding to a focal point . As soon as there was news from a focal point, it would be received immediately .
At that moment, words appeared on one of the animal skins and quickly covered the whole skin . The words appeared exactly as how the clerk had written them .
An Orc took down that animal skin, replaced it with a blank one and then scrutinized the information on it carefully .
“Ah,” he said with a little worry, “there comes another powerful figure among the humans . ”
Another Orc nearby looked at it and frowned . “Where does this type of person come from? He almost possesses the stealth ability of a high-level thief, and the shooting ability and sharp observational skills of a high-level paladin… Such a scout is just like a trump card . ”
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“This news must be reported quickly, and a specialist should be arranged to kill this guy and remove this unstable factor as soon as possible,” the leader of the Orcs said grimly . “Our emperor’s grand goals shouldn’t be hindered by any enemy . ”
All the Orcs answered seriously, and one of them took this document to report it immediately .
After a while, this document was sent to a figure wearing a hood in his own barrack . His appearance could not be seen clearly .
“Lord Atel, this is what Lord Elo asked me to send to you,” the herald said . “Lord Elo asked you to remove this hidden danger as soon as possible . ”
The man in hood didn’t answer, but he nodded in order to show that he had understood .
After the herald left, he unfolded this rolled animal skin, scanned it carefully and laughed coldly under his hood .
“A little guy possesses the ability of both a high-level thief and a high-level paladin… No wonder they worry so much! If this guy appears in the Scout War, we don’t know how much trouble he will bring us!”
“All right . Since I have nothing to do now, I shall find him in person and make sure that this hidden danger is no more . ”
Atel went to the entrance of the camp, gave the animal skin to the guard and said a few words to him . Suddenly, the hooded Orc disappeared into the shadow without any warning .
After only a few minutes, Atel appeared in the air force camp again . He asked the quartermaster for a mount with low combat abilities, but that could fly very fast when needed .
“Lord Atel, I wish you a good journey!”
The dangerous person who inherited the name of “assassin” was of the most powerful stalkers and killers in the Orcs army . Among the soldiers’ farewells, Atel waved to the ground and rode the flying mount which had been resting and saving its strength all this time . He rose to the sky slowly, headed south and soon disappeared into the night .
Suddenly, Leon, who was sleeping in the guest room of the house of Viscount Tariq, was shocked and opened his eyes .
With a flash of light in his hand, the sword “Holy Avenger” appeared . Strange ripples appeared on the silver-white sword through the moonlight reflected from the window . Leon closed his eyes and concentrated his mind on the sword . The mysterious power linked his heart to the divine sword, making him feel as if he had become a fresh breeze rising up into the sky .
A dark red breath was approaching slowly in the northern sky .
With strange ripples gradually subsiding, Leon opened his eyes and sneered .
“It seems that some of the Orcs are coming for me…” he snorted and said unhappily . “There are so many ears and eyes in the Eagle Kingdom… I just arrived today, and the Orcs already know of my arrival . ”
“Forget it . Finding the traitor is not what I should do . I shall be ready to welcome that friend from far away!”
He looked at the chilling and shining sword and showed a dangerous smile on his face .
“I must give him a very important lesson…”