May 22, noon.

Mochizuki Castle, as usual, is full of oppression. I'm afraid, only naïve children don't care about all this. At this time, a noble urchin is frolicking with his fellow commoners on the street.

"Hey, Jackson, it's my turn to attack now, so you can see what orthodox swordsmanship is. ”

Dressed in a rich silk trim, Bill raised a short sword, a gift from a squire to please his father—a sword that was extremely short, sharp, and reflected the sunlight shining on it.

"Okay, but be careful, you're a real sword. Jackson reminded his aristocratic companions.

"Hmph...... Hmph, but you're still a poor ghost. That's what my father said, he doesn't like me to play with a kid like you. But, I told him that defeating a subordinate like yours is as easy as crushing a worm. Bill said arrogantly.

"And then?" Jackson wasn't afraid of the outrageous fellow.

Then he happily agreed with me, so now is the time to prove it to him. Pick up. ”

As he spoke, Bill took advantage of Jackson's time to speak. Jackson's already tattered clothes were cut by the blow, and the entire sleeve became a long strip of cloth that drooped.

Jackson then used his sword to fend off Bill's sword, but a wooden sword could not hold off a good quality sword. So, his wooden sword was cut off and he had to dodge back and forth, while Bill chased after him.

At this moment, Derek Van rode his horse around the central street, covered with a cloak. Despite this, one can still tell that he is of medium stature. He saw the child in front of him, but did not slow the horse's gallop.

It just so happened that there was a cart in the middle of the narrow street.

"Get out of the way!"

Derek jumped over the cart on horseback. The man pushing the cart was frightened and fell crooked on the side of the road along with the cart. This was followed by a group of men dressed in black, who also rode at a gallop.

Bill was rubbed by the rider behind him, and he spun around directly, overwhelming Jackson in front of him. And his sword was stuck in Jackson's left arm impartially.

"Blood...... Blood...... I didn't mean to!"

Six-year-old Bill was horrified by the blood gushing from Jackson's arm. He fled in a hurry, and the sword was abandoned to the ground. Jackson, who had hit the gravel floor, was unconscious on the ground, blood gushing from the wound on his arm—the blood in his arm had been severed.

"Guy in the way," Derek said coldly to the team behind him, "if you don't want to become a puppet, hurry up! Don't let these things delay time!" When he turned his head, he saw Jackson being picked up from the crowd, like Jackson's mother, crying for help.

Leave the crowd of onlookers. Back at the corner of the street, in the lord's hall on the central street, the lord of Mochizuki Castle was discussing with the shield warrior Amor.

"My lord, why did you send the Assassin League?"

Amo didn't understand. He knew that the League of Assassins had not been appointed for a long time, and that there had been no rumors of assassination in the city at night.

"Now is the time to use them, let them kill Kanther. We don't need him anymore, it's only good for Kryz to keep him, he's Kryz's advisor. Moon sat back in his chair with his head tilted back and closed his eyes. He still has half a glass of aging in his hand.

"You're going to get rid of the Night Wandering Church, but what about the power of the moon god? That's what you and Gudo both wanted. "Amo can't think through it.

"Disciples of the High Priest of the Starshow, in our hands. With her, there is no need for Canther Slen. Kryz is not the only one who knows the secret of the power of the moon god!"

Moon's tone grew colder. He had to stretch his numb left arm because of a recurrence of an old injury to his left elbow joint. When Alex was still in the kingdom, he had this injury, like arthritis, from time to time.

"So it was, it looked like the executioner was going to be executed. Mo took a sip of wine and tasted it slowly.

"Hopefully Derek can catch up with him, by this time Kanther should be making his way through the village of Grimrose. Moon said. He recalled the fact that on the morning of the 19th, Canthe's carriage had overturned. He counted the time with his chin on the back of his hand holding the glass.

"Derek, this guy has been squatting in the underground market all day long. I'm old, and I haven't seen him yet. Amo sighed.

"Amo, my comrade-in-arms, you are the light, he is the dark. The two of you will never be able to stand together. Moon laughed.

"You have some truth in what you say, but what are we who have taken refuge in the Order Clan......" Mo finished his wine in one gulp, but was not in a hurry to wait for an answer, "I'm sorry, I still have Lynn's affairs to deal with, so I'll retire first." He saluted Moon and walked slowly out of the meeting room.

"Oh, for those of us who live very comfortably, the Order is the light in this age. Moon sneered and muttered to himself.

"Dude, don't get too tired. ”

Amo added in a whisper at the door of the living room. He looked at Moon's tired look and remembered the days when he and Moon worked for King Velon, and together they fought against the invasion of the Remnant Moon - Moon always had a lot of worries, and had to do everything himself, even overseer the fortifications of Coral Harbor.

"But where is the darkness?" said Moon, gazing at the statue of the High Priest of the Starshow. His vision blurred, and his mind went blank. "This sunlight is really dazzling. He said.

In fact, it wasn't just Moon who felt the sun dazzle, but Kanther as well.

Now, the harsh sunlight shone into Kanther's somewhat hollow eyes. He suddenly came to his senses and rode his horse wildly. Soon, the peace of the village of Grimrose was shattered by the sound of horses' hooves, and Derek and his party on horseback chased after Kanther.

"Damn, I shouldn't have investigated Silver's movements in Mochizuki City, and after a little delay, I was targeted by a group of guys who didn't know where he came from. I wish they were only robbers. ”

Kanther muttered to himself. Just after passing through the village, Kanther was about to jump over a dead tree that had fallen to the ground. Suddenly, his horse neighed, his horse's hooves tripped, and Kanther was thrown out. After a few rolls, Kanther got up dizzily. At this time, the man in black who was riding a horse behind him had already surrounded him.

"Canther, where else do you want to go?" Derek smiled gloomily and turned to Squillel, "He's Canther, I'm not mistaken, right? Squaller?"

Squirrel was then pushed by an Assassin with his hands tied.

"Take a closer look at me, don't let the time go to waste, there's other business for me to do!" Derek pulled out the dagger from his right waist and pressed Squirrell's neck.

Kanther thought it was over, but he saw a team coming from the south. However, he had no idea that it was Glori's team that was coming here.

In the distance, Glori saw what lay ahead. The black outfits of those people reminded him of the black clothes of the King of Order, like Kaida and Yura. He wanted to go over and take a look, so he chased after him a few steps. Then he tied his horse to a dead tree, which was already close to the group of men in black.

"There's something going on ahead, so let's go over and take a look. Judy, take care of the king. Christopher took out his Magic Rose Tree Bow and went after Glori on foot.

"No problem, you go and help Mr. Carlos. Judy tied the horse to a tree and watched from afar.

"You guys are here, I'll go over with Dylan and have a look. This show of courage could not have been done without me. Wei looked at Dylan, mimicking the tone of the debut apprentice's proclamation of justice.

After a while, Will and Dylan caught up with Glori and Christopher.

"Look, there's a new friend again? haha, search them, and the guy who gets in the way will be killed. Derek gave the order, gesturing at Glori and his friends.

"It seems that there is no need for communication at all," Glori rushed over with his sword drawn, he could see the black full moon dagger emblem on their daggers, "we have to fight, they are the servants of the Lord of Mochizuki City." ”

At one point, Mr. Mayne had told Glori about the Nightfall Assassins, an organization formed to fight against the United Church of Alex and Gudian, and had been involved in a plot to split the Golden Alliance. So, Glori relied on the other party's dagger and thus recognized them.

"Are you doing bad things again?" asked Glori.

"I thought you were a bunch of people in the way, but I didn't expect you to be stupid people who don't know the times. With that, Derek used his dagger to block Glori's sword.

"Glori, you've recovered from your injuries well, the phoenix blood potion in Loreka's secret room really works," Wei said with a smile, "I forgot to get a few more bottles when I came out that day. ”

“...... King Shennuo would do such a thing," Zoe came over to join in the fun, "beware of being lectured by His Highness Lolaika." ”

"I'd be happy to bear the blame, but I'm afraid that's a long time later. Come on, let's have a good time with Glori. Wei shook his neck from side to side, making a clicking sound.

"Haha, and the King of Shennuo?" Derek was a little confused, but he also learned some news about the Kingdom of Gudian, "I heard that the King of Shennuo didn't even want the throne in order to help a young human, and he didn't even want a life of glory and wealth, which is really stupid." ”

"That's a rumor......," Wei said.

"Whoever you are, save me, and I'll pay you well. Kanther had already been pointed by the nearby assassin with a dagger to his neck.

At this moment, Glori kicked Derek away and stabbed his sword at the Assassin holding Canther down. When the Assassin fell to the ground, Glori drew his sword, shook off the blood, and turned to draw his sword to fend off the onrushing Derek. And Canthe, who had been stabbed in the leg a few times, crawled in the direction of the horse.

"So, you're the guy named Glori Carlos? I remember, it's something Lord Mochizuki often talks about, so the Golden Covenant is in your possession too?" Derek said excitedly. He used his steel gauntlet to fend off Glori's sword blow, stabbing him at his right wrist.

"Another slave of the Order, you want to sacrifice the Golden Covenant to the Order, right? Try my sword!" Glory said hatefully. At the same time, he saw the greedy gaze flashing under the other's hood.

"Since the beginning of the Machinery City, the City Lord has been paying attention to the development of this matter. The Golden Covenant may be of great value to the Order Clan, but it has nothing to do with me, I just need to sacrifice it to the city lord, and then I can earn enough. Derek said. He kept laughing, as if he was delighted when a bag full of gold coins arrived.

"Since that's what you want to get, then come, the Covenant is with me!" Glori exhaled, sword in both hands.

Derek pouted and smiled, looking unconcerned, and stepped forward, jumping. Glori raised his sword and slashed to the right, but was surprised - Derek disappeared in the black mist and reappeared from above Glori's back.

"I've seen this magic before!"

As the words fell, Glori turned and swung a slash to the left. The sword passed, and a blood streak appeared—Derek fell to the ground, clutching his chest, and the dagger was picked off with his sword by Glori.

Glori's expression was solemn at the sight of the magic that had disappeared in the black mist again. He raised his sword and scrutinized Derek—the assassin had no trace of pain in his eyes to break free from the dark curse, except for greed. Therefore, Glori knew that the Assassin in front of him had gone to the darkness because of his own desires.

"Haha!"

Derek looked down and smiled. At the moment when Glori swung his sword, he drew the sword from his right waist and slashed a crescent moon in front of Glori. Unexpectedly, he looked up—Glori staring at him intently, and there was no blood spilling. Only then did he realize that the sword had been blocked by Glori.

"Haha...... Haha......" Derek laughed in obsession. His body was changing.