Shuangyue crawled into the air, accompanied by a long bell that seemed to be nothing, and everyone in Falan City knew that it was early in the morning.

With the help of Drez, Aya was already busy with the work at hand, and after a while of chatting between the two, she showed fatigue and fell asleep against the wall.

Of course, this is due to the small dose of tranquilizers, but also due to some of the fatigue of work. She had been working for fourteen hours straight, and no one was able to move freely or leave until the night had passed.

People tend to lose their vigilance when they are tired, so in the conversation just now, Dres has already set what he wants - to sum it up is good news and bad news.

The good news is that the Darkbolt in charge of security went out with ten people to support the Windblast Division, and the remaining sixteen people were divided into two groups, one group guarding the three exits of Copper Fire Lane, and the other group guarding the Cruze neighborhood, Krubel neighborhood, and Elemental Lane.

But the bad news is also this:

In other words, Kohler is the only one in charge of monitoring and guarding the Nautilus Tavern......

In other words, if you want to leave the Nautilus Tavern, you have to face Kohler in the first level.

Where do you fight the boss when you come up...... He had some headaches. This senior was the youngest shadow-level assassin in Shadow Footsteps, and he would rather face the Underlord's team of eight than him......

Even though he has made great strides since half a year ago, he still can't muster the slightest courage when facing Kohler.

Whispering sorry, he untied his coat and put it on Aya, and Deres pretended to be nothing.

From the moment he stood up and glanced at the door, a murderous aura wrapped around him, like a rope around his neck.

Don't you want to be so exaggerated...... Deres couldn't help but smile wryly, but he still stubbornly walked forward.

Each step was accompanied by heavier pressure, and the rope was tightening step by step.

When he left the aisle and came to the counter, the rope was already tightly wrapped around his neck, and the other end was in the hands of someone else, and if he took one more step, he would face the fate of suffocation.

Dreas gritted his teeth and reached for the doorknob, a slight word suddenly came from his ear.

"Where are you going?"

"Get out and breathe, Kohler-senpai." Deres scratched his head, "It's too hot in here, I'm nearby, and I won't run around." You can't do it, you can keep an eye on me. ”

The only answer to him was a sigh.

Khloe's sigh seemed to see through everything, through Deres's careful thoughts.

The latter suddenly froze at the door, and the outstretched hand did not accept it, nor did it not accept it.

"After tonight, it's okay to mess around as much as you want." Khloe's voice sounded a little tired, "Ants don't know how terrible dragons are, but—"

"But a blood-clawed tiger will understand." "I understand that Lord Ricky is as oppressive to you as you are to me now. ”

"So?"

"So I still want to try." Dreas said softly, but the tone suddenly changed: "Since Your Excellency Khloe said this, does it mean that Mr. Ricky is not in the tavern, or even ...... Not in Copper Fire Lane? ”

Khloe was startled and his nerves relaxed for a moment, when Deres suddenly made a move, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the door.

"Heh......"

Kohler reacted instantly, sighed, and then pulled out Deres's dagger and pressed it against his waist.

"You are very good, you may be able to surpass me in the future, but not now."

"Really?"

Drés looked back and grinned: "Senior, did the 'sandwich' just now smell good?" ”

"What?"

Khloe instinctively felt a hint of something bad happen, and only then did he perceive an irresistible burning sensation spreading down his arm, and it all started on Dereth's dagger.

Something had smeared on his dagger grip, which had eroded through his gloves, and his brain had become groggy as the sand spread.

Damn, was it planned from just now......

Kohler's heavy, sluggish mind was like a slow-moving elephant, completely unable to control his nimble limbs, and could only watch as Dreas retrieved the dagger from his hand and pushed the door open. He even had time to smile at himself......

thump

Kohler's body fell out of thin air and fell to the ground, which alarmed the others in the tavern. The exchange between the two only happened for a moment, and everyone else lowered their heads and was busy with work, but no one paid attention to this scene, and it was still too late to stop it when they found out.

……

……

Element Lane.

A scout in leather armor suddenly appeared out of the air, and the guard was startled and raised his spear to return fire, but he fell to the door.

Before he fainted, he threw out a sentence:

"I want to see the Pope......"

The two guards looked at each other, and were about to go in to report, when suddenly their bodies shook, and then watched each other's bodies being cut along the shoulders by a line, and the upper part of the body slipped diagonally, and blood spurted out like money.

Just as the sword light was about to kiss the neck of the man who fell to the ground, the goddess sculpture in the tower suddenly bloomed with a cold light like a practice, and burst straight out of it, and the door was frozen into a world of ice and snow in an instant.

At the same time, there was a series of muffled grunts in the air, and several figures were forced to appear, picking up their frozen companions and speeding away.

Ten seconds later, the guards carried the fallen man and the two corpses inside.

……

When Deres woke up, he was surrounded by soft white futons, the fragrance of a hundred wheels of sandalwood was in the air, and he could faintly hear ethereal chants.

It seems that he managed to escape.

The volatile potion applied to the dagger in advance was combined with Roy's special tranquilizer, and even if he ate something that could be antagonized in advance, he was quite unbearable, so that after escaping from Copper Fire Alley, he couldn't insist on the Cruze neighborhood to ask for help from the council family, so he had to plunge headlong into Elemental Alley, pinning his hopes on the tower.

Although Deres is not a mage, he also vaguely understands from Roy's words that Mu Yan and the tower are on opposite sides, but now there is no other way but to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and solve the problem of shadow footsteps first.

After all, the shadow footsteps are an important institution of Jialan, and the tower should not be happy to see this kind of life in the hands of others, right?

With this in mind, he got out of bed and planned to go to the Pope immediately.

"Are you awake?"

A tall and thin figure came into the room at some point, and Dreas hurriedly rolled over and knelt down.

"His Majesty the Pope ......"

"No need to be polite." The Pope smiled, a soft force supporting him to his feet. "You're the Shadowfootsteps, aren't you?"

Deres nodded, took a deep breath, and quickly recounted what had happened to Shadow Footsteps for more than half a year.

After a few minutes, the Pope asked, slightly confused: "You mean...... That blue-skinned guy named Ricky is scheming to deal with 'Mu Yan'? ”

Sure enough, Gao Ta is also very concerned about Teacher Mu Yan......

Dreas didn't feel good, but nodded anyway.

"That's the case, their grudge is very deep, it's just that Teacher Mu Yan has been in the academy all the time, and the power of the shadow footsteps in the academy is limited to snooping and surveillance, and they can't do it......"

"Mr. Derees." The Pope interrupted him with a smile, "The implications of this matter are serious, and I will consider it carefully, but before I do that, I want to confirm the truth of the matter, it may take some time." ”

"But Jialan is dangerous!" Deres said excitedly, he was going to say that Mu Yan was dangerous, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back. "Someone has controlled the shadow footsteps and is endangering Jialan and Falan City! Shouldn't the council family be the first to be informed? ”

The Pope did not answer, but looked at him deeply.

The blue eyes were as deep and brilliant as jewels, and there was a look of confusion in them......

With just one glance, it was as if his soul had been sucked in, and he didn't know how long it had taken to regain consciousness.

What followed was the sharp pain as if the brain had been penetrated and torn apart, as if the memories that had been precipitated for a long time were stirred up, like mud buried deep in the bottom of the river, surging up and down in the mind, and the thoughts were also turbid.

It felt familiar, and it reminded him of the day he had just returned from the White Rock Mine, and it seemed that he had been in the tower and his memories had been checked in the same way.

"Hide nothing from God's servants, my child."

The Pope turned away, leaving Deres slumped to the ground.