Not long after the arrival of the guards, the Flamewind Army, which was responsible for maintaining law and order, quickly sealed off the area.

For safety reasons, although Lin Chi wanted to continue to stay outside to investigate, he was forcibly "escorted" back to the Flame Wind Palace by Shen Wenchong and several other guards.

As for the follow-up investigation, it was reported to him by the members of the guard:

"Lord, we checked the belongings of these assassins and found nothing to prove their identity. But judging from the color of his skin, he should be from Deserted Sand City. ”

"In other words, Deserted Sand City is also eyeing me." Lin Chi blinked.

"No, it's not for sure yet." The short, gray-clothed guard said quickly, "The situation in Deserted Sand City is quite special, and this may not be a signal of invasion. ”

"How?"

After Lin Chi asked, the guard lowered his head: "The environment of Barren Sand City is harsh, and only a small number of people are allowed to survive, so many people have left their homes and are scattered in almost all territories. ”

"Well, and there are a lot of assassins there......" Shen Wenchong's face was gloomy: "A large number of the residents who came out of Deserted Sand City have become assassins, and I heard that they have established dozens of assassin organizations, among which there is also one of the most famous organizations called the 'Brotherhood'. ”

"So, these assassins may have been hired by someone else to kill me." Lin Chi smiled.

"Yes, and it's very likely." The short guard nodded: "Although the assassins of Desert Sand City are notorious, they haven't invaded other territories for more than ten years. However, the previous lord had said: 'Beware of the kingdom of the desert'......"

"I think his 'beware' should mean something else." Lin Chi said thoughtfully.

After listening to the guard's report and leaning on the cold metal throne, Lin Chi let out a sigh of relief.

- His whereabouts should not be leaked out so easily, since those assassins found the lord's location so easily, there must be ghosts in the Flame Wind Palace.

This time, the assassin must have been hired by "that person". However, the actions of the Assassins were somewhat abnormal.

After the guards who reported the situation just now left, there were only two people left in the main hall, Lin Chi and Shen Wenchong, looking at the loyal guards standing beside him, Lin Chi whispered:

"Don't you think those assassins are weird?"

"Young master, I did notice an abnormality below." Shen Wenchong said: "As assassins of Deserted Sand City, they are really too unprofessional. ”

"I think these people are just bait." Lin Chi said his inference: "They are not so much trying to assassinate me, but rather sending a signal: someone is planning to assassinate the lord. ”

"You've been careful lately." Shen Wenchong's expression was very serious: "I will protect you all day long." ”

"Don't be too nervous, Shen Wenchong." Lin Chi smiled: "I'm not so easy to die. ”

At the moment, the soldiers of the Flame Wind Army are searching for the "guests" of Deserted Sand City in the city, and whatever the assassins plan to do, they should do so within a few days.

What he has to do now is to wait for the poisonous snake lurking in the shadows to show its fangs, and then simply deal with the other party.

……

"Okay, okay, I'm so old that I can't survive outside......"

Some stiff flames echoed in the dirty alleys. An old lady in ragged clothes and dark skin knelt on the ground and begged the soldiers to raise their noble hands. Next to the garbage bin, there are half-gnawed potatoes.

Facing the old man who was scavenging for a living in the suburbs, the two soldiers were also a little unbearable, but since they received the order, they still had to complete it dutifully.

"Stand up, Flamewind is expelling outsiders, you must leave." The soldier said coldly.

They had also just received instructions to expel all the inhabitants of Wasteland from Flamewind City. I didn't know what was going on, but as a soldier, there was no need to ask for the reason for the order.

"I beg you to ......"

The old lady who was scavenging on the ground knelt and pleaded, the place where her right foot should be empty. Seeing that the other party was missing one foot and couldn't stand up, the two Flame Wind Army soldiers glanced at each other, stepped forward one left and one right, and set the old man up:

"We'll send you out." The soldier said.

"I don't want to go......"

The old lady who had lost one of her legs was still pleading, and the two soldiers soon realized that her body was unusually thin and that only one person needed to support her.

Presumably because of the long-term starvation, the old man's body was so "light" that the soldier could easily hold her upper arm with one hand. Ignoring the old man's words, the two continued to lead the outsider towards the city gate.

"I've been doing business here for more than ten years, why should I be driven away?"

On the side of the street, a bronzed-skinned woman crossed her waist and cursed, and three soldiers were surrounding her, ready to take coercive measures. Flamewind City, which had just been quiet for less than two days, seemed to be in chaos again.

As they passed by a group of passers-by, the two soldiers who were supporting the old man heard whispers in the crowd:

"Did you hear that? The attack on the high street side ......"

"Looks like someone is trying to assassinate the lord, right? It was the assassins who hired the city of Deserted Sand. ”

"What are you kidding, how could the lord be there? It must be in the Flame Wind Palace. ”

Listening to the voices of these people, the old man's body, which was already trembling, trembled even more, she coughed, and asked the two soldiers who were "sending off" her:

"That's it...... Do you think I'm an assassin if you want to drive me away? Yes? Look at my hands, can they really hurt people? ”

"I'm sorry." The soldier holding the old man's arm lowered his head: "This is the order. ”

"You'll be back in a few days." Another soldier next to him said.

That being said, it was clear to both soldiers that what they were saying was nothing more than a reassuring remark to comfort the old man. Now that there has been an incident of assassinating the lord, in order to prevent the assassins from assassining again, these immigrants from Deserted Sand City in the city should be permanently expelled.

"I want to ...... Drink. The old lady said tremblingly.

"Not right now." The soldier refused her request.

"Please let me drink some water, I'm going to die of thirst......" The old man's weakened body spasmed slightly, hunched over his back and coughed.

“……”

Seeing that the old man seemed to be dying, the two soldiers whispered a few words, came to the nearest wooden house, and knocked on the damp wooden door.

"Anyone?"

After about five seconds, the wooden door opened inward, revealing a suspicious-looking figure in front of the trio:

"Is there something wrong...... a deep male voice came from under the other party's hood.

The man was wearing a black cloak and a strange large mask on his face, revealing only a pair of bloodshot eyes.

"Are you feeling unwell?" A soldier asked, confused.

"It's ...... My hobby, hehe. The guy smirked, as if trying to cover it up.

Seeing that the occupants of the house were extremely strange, the two soldiers, who were originally trying to find water for the old lady, put the old lady by the door and let her body lean against the outer wall of the wooden house.

"Please take off your face, we're going to check it."

As he spoke, the soldier pressed his right hand on the hilt of his dagger, and another soldier next to him immediately stepped forward and strode into the living room of the house.

Compared to the suspicious owner, the interior of the house was quite normal, with ordinary wooden tables and chairs, and a few porcelain vases on wooden tables.

However, the faint smell of blood in the room still made the two soldiers feel a little strange.

"Please come in and sit." The hooded man laughed.

"Take your hood off at once, hurry." The soldier urged.

Faced with this strange owner, the two soldiers had begun to lose patience, and they both drew their swords at the same time, vigilantly observing the hand movements of the suspicious person.

"Please calm down, I'm really not a bad person!" The man hurriedly raised his hand in surrender, signaling that he did not have a weapon hidden in his hand: "I'm just an ordinary resident, really." ”

"Less nonsense, hurry!"

A soldier finally lost his patience and reached out to tear off the mask on the other's face—

Boom!

A muffled sound came from behind them, causing the two soldiers to turn their heads suddenly.

Then, immediately, their eyes widened:

The old lady, who had lost her right leg, had stood up at some point, and she was leaning against the door, her wrinkled face and a kind smile.

Before the two soldiers could make other movements, the back of their necks suddenly became hot, their bodies suddenly lost their strength, and their five senses began to disappear rapidly.

In the last moments of the remaining senses, they seemed to hear the voice of the "old man":

"The Flame Wind Army is really ......"

"It's too weak."

The old lady raised her right hand as she spoke, and instantly "transformed" into the appearance of a young woman, and the brown light leather armor wrapped around her body outlined a fairly good figure.

Look at the two soldiers whose necks were pierced by silver needles and fell to the ground. A contemptuous smile appeared on her wheat-colored face:

"They don't even care about conscription? How can such a woman-like guy become a soldier? ”

"That's why our plan ...... so smoothly."

The suspicious person wearing the hood ripped off the mask on his face as he spoke, revealing a pale face that was pitted and uneven, as if it had been soaked in strong acid:

"When is it over? The employer wants us to resolve it as soon as possible. ”

"Before the next night, the head of the Lord of Flamewind will move." The young woman with four pigtails on her head burst out laughing and kicked the unconscious two soldiers.

"If you didn't have to make it more difficult, you should have done it just now." The disfigured man sighed.

"The Flamewind Army is indeed a waste, but their guards are not rookies. You also saw the movements of the man in white, right? We are no match for him at all. The young woman shook her head: "Don't worry, as long as the ritual is completed, we will have a chance." ”

"After those low-level assassins you hired to do it, the guards around the lord must be tighter." The man stretched out his burnt right hand and touched the hole in his face: "It could have been solved in a more low-key way, but it had to be more difficult." ”

"Ha, that's the real 'Assassin'!"

The wheat-skinned woman laughed and looked at the two poor worms who fell to the ground: "No matter what you think, I want to go down in history!" ”

"How many times have you said it, the assassin should keep a low profile......" the man continued to sigh.

"Ordinary assassins need to keep a low profile, we are assassins of the Brotherhood!"

At this point, the young woman raised a finger with great interest and began to "teach history" to her companions: "You know what? According to my research, the original founder of the Brotherhood was probably a man named Bayek thousands of years ago. ”

"You've said that several times." The disfigured man couldn't help but hold his forehead.

Ignoring the other party's complaints, the young woman continued: "But this Bayek is not an assassin, he is the 'guardian' of that country, and the inhabitants of the whole country know him, and he accepts all kinds of commissions given to him. ”

"So what are you trying to express?" The disfigured man stared at his unreliable companion.

"Assassins don't have to be low-key, and it's not my style to keep a low profile." The woman smiled slightly: "Think about it, if we can infiltrate the heavily guarded Flame Wind Palace and assassinate that young lord, we will also become legendary assassins left in the Brotherhood's records in the future, and we can also be buried in the tomb where six legendary assassins are buried after death!" ”

"I don't want to talk about what happens after death." The man raised his hand and interrupted the woman's tirade: "Is it okay to finish it quickly?" Don't make any more extraneous things. ”

"Got it, got it......"

The woman waved her hand irritably, as if she was not yet satisfied, and she bent down and dragged the bodies of the two Flamewind soldiers to the center of the living room, then picked up a porcelain vase on the table and took out a finely crafted carving knife from it:

"If you want to play, play big, the end of Flamewind City is coming soon!"

As she spoke, the woman's face showed a cheerful smile again, and she pulled out a crumpled yellow book from her arms, with a giant scorpion on the cover and a line of small letters written next to it:

"Sand King".

"With these two sacrifices alone, can you really summon the gods of Desert Sand City?" The disfigured man said in disbelief, focusing his gaze on the book in the woman's hand: "You can't be kidding me, are you?" ”

"Who said it was two sacrifices, and the owner of the house was still tied up in the basement? Bring her up, and we will have three sacrifices. ”

"Is there a difference between three and two?"

The man, though still questioning, saw that the woman had already begun to prepare, and went into the back storeroom and opened the planks that led to the cellar.

The woman curled up on the ground was still whimpering quietly, her hair was messy, and blood was running down from the wound on her forehead, staining her otherwise fair skin.

Seeing the man's disfigured and horrible face, the original owner of the bound house cried even more. Looking down at the woman's miserable appearance, the man licked his mutilated lips:

"It's your turn, ma'am."

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