Chapter 183: The League of Assassins
The footage replays two minutes ago.
Dressed in a black cloak, the Nine Princes, Jik Salo, walked out of the secret chamber of the Baylor family.
He was also accompanied by the captain of the palace guard, Sequence 5 Grand Knight [Dark Judge] Amilo.
After the meeting, Jike's face was not very good-looking, and he walked all the way, all the way to pieces: "This Gaunt is still really stubborn, I have thrown him such favorable conditions, and he still doesn't let go." It can be seen that the Giant Whale Chamber of Commerce was also a second-rate Chamber of Commerce back then, and chose to cooperate with my father to overthrow the old dynasty, which became the super Chamber of Commerce that monopolizes the whole Tianlan today... Now, if the Thunderbird seizes this opportunity, why not be the second giant whale? ”
The burly Amilo was a competent bodyguard, only one step away from Prince Jike, "Your Highness, as far as I know, the Baylor family has made it clear to the public that they will not participate in any competition for the succession to the throne. Not long ago, several His Highnesses also sent people to contact them, but they should not have received any results. ”
Jike: "Humph! Stupid choice! Since this guy Gunter doesn't plan to support me, it's useless to keep it..."
Amilo: "Your Highness, we can't make too many enemies for the time being, and now His Royal Highness and Third Highness are the biggest troubles!" At this time, if Gaunt is eliminated, it may cause the Thunderbird's people to favor several other highnesses. ”
Jik: "I know that... If I ascend to the throne one day, this guy who doesn't know the times will be liquidated one by one! ”
“...”
The two didn't say a word, and then walked to the street at the back door of the manor.
A black-painted steam locomotive is parked next to the street.
Because it was a secret visit, there were no other escorts.
The streets are quiet and eerie.
"Forget it, let's go to the Mihir family... If you don't hurry up a little more, my father really took his last breath, and it would be too late to prepare. ”
"Yes, Your Highness."
Jike just wanted to lift his foot and step into the locomotive, but Amilo, who was beside him, suddenly changed his face,
"Oh no, there are assassins!"
Before he could react, Amilo's tall figure suddenly froze somewhere.
Four figures that looked like transparent jelly appeared in the air, apparently a team of professional assassins with extremely skilled stealth skills.
The guard Amiro was killed in an instant, and the ninth prince Jike did not skip the fate of wiping his throat. His neck was easily wiped by a cold dagger that suddenly appeared, cutting off his spine and leaving only a layer of skin. His head hung from his neck, and blood gushed all over the ground...
The two bodies fell to the ground with a bang.
......
The murder happened only three or two days later,
Raymond and Ilya appeared next to the locomotive.
"It's a good means, it kills with one hit, it doesn't leave any superfluous traces at all, and it looks like a professional assassin."
Raymond glanced at the corpse roughly, his eyes showed suspicion, and muttered: "There are four killers in total, they are very well prepared, and they fled in the southwest direction immediately after they succeeded... Now I should have jumped into the sea, and I couldn't catch up if I wanted to. ”
He was indeed a little surprised, if those assassins hadn't rioted and killed people just now, they hadn't even been able to discover their existence.
This was the first time Raymond had encountered such a powerful assassin.
The distance is one thing, but the more important reason is that these assassins are of a very high rank, at least Sequence 5, and they are extremely good at concealment, otherwise they will never hide his perception.
In an instant, he guessed the identity of the assassin.
"Being able to assassinate Amilo, the transcendent of Sequence 5 quietly, and also proficient in master-level concealment, not many people in the entire Tianlan can do it. Come to think of it, probably only the leaders of the 'League of Assassins' have personally intervened..."
The "League of Assassins" is a well-known killer organization in the game, low-key but powerful, taking money to do things, and several bosses are the top assassins in Sequence 5.
Raymond held his chin and thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at Ilya again, only to find that her face did not have the solemn look she expected.
She looked at the Nine Princes whose corpses were separated, and she only pursed her mouth, as if she felt a little troublesome.
Raymond asked curiously, "Are you not only hearty?" The identity of these nine princes is very sensitive. Now that he's dead at the back door of your house, whoever did it can't get out of it. ”
Ilya smiled mysteriously, shrugged, and said, "Who said they died at my doorstep?" ”
"Huh? What do you mean..."
Raymond was stunned for a moment, and the man's breath broke under his nose, and the corpse was still hot.
The evidence is ironclad, can this still be quibbled?
At this time, Ilya said something inexplicable, "Then why don't you let them die a little farer?" ”
What?
Dead are all dead, can they be allowed to die again, die a little farther?
Raymond was confused.
But at this moment, he suddenly looked at the totem behind Ilya's neck beside him, his hands were sealed, and a complicated ancient Nix spell was chanted in his mouth.
The moment the chant began, wisps of black mist slowly enveloped the entire block, and when you listened to it, it was as if you were listening to the sound of the wailing of the dead. Looking again, many white air masses like fireflies can be seen around the locomotive...
In the blink of an eye, those clusters of light condensed and two white ghosts appeared... Judging by its appearance, it turned out to be the same as the faces of the two corpses on the ground.
Raymond only felt that the temperature around him had dropped by a few degrees suddenly, and his hairs stood up slightly, and he wondered, "Could it be that the High Priest of Nicks is still proficient in necromancy?" ”
At this time, an even more incredible scene appeared!
Raymond watched as the two souls suddenly rushed into the corpse, and then the two guys, who were obviously dead, actually "lived" and came back, standing up stiffly...
Resurrection?
Death in the real world is irreversible, how is it possible to have such a skill as "resurrection from the dead"?
Even the High Priest of the Knicks can't do it at all!
"That's not right! It's not a resurrection from the dead! ”
Although Raymond felt that Qi had obviously recondensed on the corpses of the two, it was a strange feeling. Like... Not the original soul ... Instead, it was some mixed impurity spirits woven by Qi, which supported the two corpses and returned to the light.
At this point, the totem on the back of Ilya's neck became brighter and brighter, and the mana in her pale blue eyes surged more and more turbulently.
At this moment, a scene that surprised Raymond even more appeared...
He looked at the blood in the place where the head of the Nine Princes Jike was cut off, and at this moment, it was as if he had gone back in time, and a drop was dragged into the corpse by some mysterious force. On the second look, Jike's neck was completely devoid of any laceration scars.
These two "people", except for their somewhat dull eyes, are almost no different from living people.
"The ability of the High Priest of the Knicks is so awesome!"
Raymond was really stunned. If he hadn't seen this scene with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that he could still operate like this.
He watched as the two bodies got back on the locomotive intact, and then abruptly drove the steam car out of the back alley of Baylor Manor...
"That's it!"
After Ilya finished everything, she clapped her hands lightly, beckoned to Raymond and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”
“...”
Raymond couldn't help but be curious and asked, "How did you do that?" I mean, are those two guys alive or dead now? ”
"Of course it's dead! No matter how powerful the high priest is, he will not be able to raise the dead. ”
Ilya briefly explained, saying, "The spell just now is 'Necromantic Awakening', which can temporarily keep the corpse fresh. Then I filled them with a temporary soul and left them to die somewhere else before the corpses were completely cut off from life. I can last a quarter of an hour at most... Probably they would have been found dead a few blocks away. ”
Raymond was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and roughly understood, and said, "In other words, you transferred the scene of the crime?" ”
"Yes! This assassination probably wasn't aimed at our Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce either, but it just so happened that those guys chose to do it at the back door of my house. ”
Ilya thought for a moment, spread her hands again, and said, "So, I'll just throw this trouble elsewhere." ”
Raymond sounded very novel, such an amazing skill, even in the game he had never seen before.
Sure enough, there are still too many unknowns and mysteries in this great maritime world.
Ilya stared at Raymond and said, "Uncle, I just found out that your perception is so strong!" I was aware of what was going on here before I did... Have you awakened to the 'sight and smell'? ”
Raymond was surprised: "You know this? ”
Ilya said in a dissatisfied tone: "Uncle... Don't look at me with the kind of primitive eyes you look at, okay? Although the High Priest of the Knicks is a thousand-year-old inheritance, these things have always existed, right? ”
After a pause, she was surprised again: "But... It's surprising to you, it's hard to awaken the ability to 'see and hear', and it takes many years to accumulate to reach your current level of sensitivity... But you're not too old next year..."
Raymond didn't intend to explain the problem, and neither did the system add points. He asked instead, "And how did you perceive it?" ”
"The High Priest is superpowering nature..."
"What was that spell you used to restore your blood..."
"A 'backtracking' magic triggered by the forces of nature."
“...”
The two of them chatted as they walked back to the manor.
At this time, I happened to meet Matthew and Gigi who came out to look for someone.
"What's wrong?"
Matthew saw that Raymond and Elijah's faces were very serious just now, and obviously realized that something terrible should have happened, so he hurriedly chased them out.
Ilya said lightly: "The Nine Princes and the captain of his guard were assassinated by the assassins at the back door of the manor just now. ”
"What? The Nine Princes are dead? Or did you die at the back door of the manor?! ”
Matthew's face turned pale as he listened.
That guy just walked out of the manor a few minutes ago, and now that he's been killed, they can't get out of the Baylor family! If this matter is not handled properly, it may bring disaster to their Baylor family.
"Oh, brother, you don't have to worry..."
Ilya saw that his brother was frightened, and he didn't have the heart to tease him anymore, and said, "Uncle and I have already taken care of it, and there will be no trouble." ”
It's not much trouble to die a prince?
So what is trouble?
Matthew's fat face trembled so badly that his voice trembled a little with fright. He still couldn't believe his unreliable sister, and turned his head and asked, "Brother Nicholas, this..."
"Well, it shouldn't be too much trouble."
Raymond nodded and said, "However, the murder scene has become something else, and it is estimated that several leaders of the Assassin Alliance will also be frightened... Someone may infiltrate the manor in the next few days to investigate, and this is better than if it didn't happen. ”
Hearing this, Matthew finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the unfathomable Nicholas brothers have said so, probably no problem.
"It's really unlucky, it's not good for that guy to die, it's not at the gate of the manor... Almost got us in big trouble. ”
Matthew muttered, frowned, and asked, "Assassinating the prince in the Tianlan King Capital is a big crime." Who will do it? ”
Obviously, he didn't think that anyone would go out of his way to assassinate a prince in order to frame them Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce.
Ilya said: "Who else could it be?" Probably the other princes who want to compete for the succession to the throne. ”
"Not long ago, the third prince, who had the most hope of obtaining the right to inherit, was assassinated and seriously injured, and now the ninth prince, who is now a popular candidate, was assassinated..."
Matthew thought for a while, his expression was solemn, and he sighed: "It seems that Wang Du will not be calm recently. ”
Raymond: "Could it be that some ambitious prince is ready to kill all the other threatening brothers?" And then smoothly ascended the throne? ”
Matthew analyzed: "The three favorites for the throne were killed and injured, and now the eldest prince has the greatest chance, of course, the most suspicious." ”
"It seems to be lively. But I always have a feeling that this eldest prince also seems to be behind the blame..."
Raymond felt that there was something strange about this.
Although the princes killed each other, he also liked to hear about it. But this matter always makes people feel that there is a layer of conspiracy and suspicion.
......
The next day, Raymond went out early in the morning.
He didn't forget the most important purpose of coming to Tianlan Wangdu, to find clues to his detention and rescue Anna!