In a gloomy ravine more than ten miles away from the northern fortress, an illusory black figure gradually turned from the hidden place into reality, and slowly condensed into a tall and thin figure.

As soon as he got out of the phantom, the "cat demon" staggered to the ground, half-leaning on the trunk of the tree and unable to move.

Originally, he planned to look around to confirm the safety situation, but his current physical condition no longer allowed him to do more superfluous movements.

The bright light burst from the beads that Duke took out at the end made him smell the breath of death so clearly for the first time, if it wasn't for the quick opportunity and the use of life-saving means at the bottom of the box, the "cat demon" felt that he couldn't resist this encounter, and it was very likely that it was planted in Duke's hands because of carelessness.

And even if he barely escaped now, the condition of his whole body is still not optimistic.

Just to save his life and run away has almost completely exhausted his energy, and the little bit left is only enough for him to maintain his talent phantom state and escape here, and he can't support it anymore.

In addition, there are not a few small wounds that he is bleeding all over his body now, especially the upper abdomen was swept by the rays, leaving a charred black wound, the blood vessels and nerves inside were scalded and wrinkled, and there was no trace of blood left.

"This time it's really careless!"

The "cat demon" leaning on the tree muttered, and then raised his still intact left hand with great difficulty, and took out a small delicate porcelain vase from his lower waist, bit it open with his teeth, and then swallowed it in one go.

Because of this violent movement, the tattered hood that originally covered his head fell off his head and hung quietly on his back, revealing a pair of fluffy triangular ears and long silky hair that he had deliberately hidden.

As the medicine in the bottle was drunk, the small wounds and minor abrasions on the body began to heal slowly, and even the most serious scorched black wound began to ooze a little blood, and then quickly healed.

"I didn't expect to kill a little duke, and I actually had to do my best, and I had to pay for a bottle of life-saving elixir given by the shaman in the clan......"

After the wound recovered, he gained some strength, and the "cat demon" began to weigh about tonight's loss with some pain.

The thrown dagger was melted into molten iron the moment the beads were activated, and the hole cards he relied on to save his life were all consumed, and Duke basically did not suffer any loss or damage except for the castle being blown up by himself, and the operation was completely a bloody transaction.

"Who's there? I've already found you!"

Suddenly, the "cat demon", who had been silent in his heart thinking about tonight's action, suddenly shouted into a dark bush, and figurefully took another dagger from under his boot and gestured at the air.

This time, his voice was no longer disguised, and instead of the unpleasant sound of a pile of metal squeezing and rubbing like before, it was unexpectedly very crisp and tactful.

After pretending to deceive the pretenders who might exist around him, the "cat demon" did not receive the information that other people existed here, and then uneasily supported the injured body and circled around a few times, and finally determined that the place where he was now was a relatively safe place to rest as a temporary stationing place.

After confirming that there was no one around, the "cat demon" breathed a sigh of relief and began to remove another disguise from his body.

A ripple-like magic began to envelop the "cat demon"'s whole body, and then his body began to squirm irregularly, and his originally thin and tall body began to shrink and deform.

After a while, a figure that was a few sizes smaller than before reappeared in place, and the figure, which had no characteristics before, became exquisite.

It turns out that the "cat demon" has always been a woman, just for the convenience of daily movement and has always lived in the market and danger, so she often changes herself into a thin and tall man's dress, so that she can save a lot of trouble in any way.

Even this can make a final disguise when she is being hunted and killed, after all, ordinary people can't imagine that the target they have been chasing can actually become a real woman in the blink of an eye.

After losing all her disguise, the strength she had always maintained seemed to have become fragile as all the disguises were removed.

She slowly pulled out the necklace that was tightly protected on her chest, and held it tightly against her forehead with tears in her eyes.

The failure of this mission is also equivalent to her losing the opportunity to reunite with her only relative again, although her brother will not be executed because of a failure of the "cat demon", but with this powerful but unsuccessful assassination, Duke, as the main target, will definitely strengthen her precautions in the rest of her life, so that she no longer has such an easy opportunity as tonight, and the chance of success is even more slim.

Fortunately, she was careful when she signed the contract, and did not say how long it would take to complete the task that Elson had given her, and during the time when she completed the task or died and completely failed, Elson must also take care of her brother according to the contract.

Crying silently for a while, the little strength she had just recovered was exhausted by the "cat demon" again, and she could only simply walk around a few small formations that could provide her with an alarm, and then fell asleep holding the necklace against the trunk of the tree.

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On the other side, Duke was still worried about where he would stay tonight.

The castle, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, is not too strong, and the two generations of northern dukes in the past ten or twenty years have been strapped for money, so the castle has not been well repaired at all.

Now, after this heavy bombardment, and the worst thing is that it is still the load-bearing wall that has been blown down.

While Duke and Agnes were still arguing, Lenia was keenly aware of the abnormalities and abnormalities in the castle.

Just as she grabbed Duke in her arms and jumped out of the castle and kicked Agnes down by the way, the entire second floor of the castle collapsed into debris like a waterlogged beach bunker.

Fortunately, for a while, the second floor of the castle could not withstand the weight of the upper floor and collapsed, and the second floor was mainly Duke's residence, and there was no money to hire someone to wait on it.

And the castle guards who lived together on the first floor of the castle also rushed out of the gate of the castle as if fleeing from the desert at the moment of collapse, without any loss, and even the main buildings on the first floor could still be preserved.

"At least there are still a few ruins of the building left, and it will be good to build on the rest in the future......"

Looking at the house that looked like a castle shell, Duke thought with some joy in his heart, but before he could rejoice, another loud bang came from the castle.

As this loud bang fell, the ancestral castle of the Duke of the North, which had been inherited for more than 700 years, completely turned into puffs of smoke and dust......