Chapter 102: Fleeting Brilliance
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After the death of the captain of the guard, he was magically transformed into a controlled walking corpse, and Shar Pei put his arms around his shoulders and pretended to be close to him, dispelling the suspicion of faltering.
Step by step approaching the city gates.
Dead, dead...... Repeat thirty-seven times! Shar Pei only had these three words left in his mind at the moment, and his face turned pale. The assassination of the commander of the garrison was already a capital crime, and he was already deeply involved in it, leaving aside the relationship, and it was too late to fantasize about getting out.
"Huh? Captain, are you alright? β
One of the guards saw that the captain had lowered his head and did not speak, as if he had disagreed, but he did not think much of it. In fact, the more garrison force than usual caused these minions to be careless.
The walking corpse, of course, did not answer.
Shar Pei put his arm around the captain's shoulders and said, "It's okay, I told him that the new medicine can't be sucked too fast." You see, the whole person is too happy, confused. β
"Uh-oh." The guard smiled with a look of abrupt realization.
They haven't been following this captain for a day or two, and they know what their habits are. They also knew that it wasn't the latest that the captain and Shapigo had been mixed up.
Tacitly.
"I'll help your captain go back and lie down for a while."
"Okay." The guard nodded and shouted above the gate, "Hey, open the door!" β
With a low rumbling sound, the heavy gate was shaken up more than a meter high by the guards on the inside of the city walls. Shar Pei then helped the captain into the door, who had turned into a walking corpse.
The guard was about to shout to close the door when he was stabbed in the throat by a sudden flying knife. His body shook, and Gollum fell to his knees.
The companion who was close to found out that he had died, and just as he was about to shout, he was also killed by a throwing knife. This was followed by poisoned arrows, and black-clad masked people who swooped down at a rapid pace, numbering about fifty.
More than 30 people guarded in front of the gate, and more than 20 people behind the door, were quickly put down by the assassins in the blink of an eye, and before they could cry for help, they were dragged into the shadows under the city wall. At the same time, more Assassins rushed in from under the gates, breaking into the garrison rooms on either side and the stairs leading to the walls. More of these Assassins threw their hooks and ropes onto the walls, joined their companions in and out, and killed all the garrison in an instant.
Swift and silent.
Shar Pei hugged the walking corpse so tightly that even with his ears pricked up, he couldn't hear a single sound of fighting or shouting. Whether it was on the city wall or the garrison room in the city wall, the whole attack ended in three breaths.
Then he saw the Assassins, dressed in the armor of the guards, swaggering back to their postsβthe garrison room, the walls, the inside and outside the doorsβas if nothing had happened.
The walls have a large-scale barrier maintenance facility that can block a variety of magical air raids, teleportation, or spirit infiltration. Now, all of these facilities were under the control of the Assassins, and when they retreated, they could be turned off to teleport back to the roof of the original tavern, where the teleportation barrier had been arranged.
About a hundred men were left to serve as guards and continue to stand guard.
Wouldn't it be revealing if the changing of the guard?
No......
Shar Pei understood that he might not be the only one who was being used as an internal response like him. The guards at the city gate changed their posts every hour, and these slain garrisons had just taken up their posts, and they were more than enough time for the next change of guard. This information will not be known to outsiders, and he did not say it, there must be other internal responses.
"We don't have to have him." Shar Pei finally understood why he was not a necessity, not only because there were other internal responses, but also because the Assassins could force their way over the wall, not doing so just to be more secure.
He thought his mission was over.
Unexpectedly, he was thrown by an assassin with a crystal ball, and was once again shrouded in the pitch-black mist inside. It is a high-level concealed magic used by a single person, and it is more effective than before.
It's really treason.
These spells are the specialties of the Black Shadow Class, the Southern New World. The same is true for the magic of making the walking corpse, I'm afraid it's black death magic, which involves the New World belief and is strictly forbidden to spread outside, and I'm afraid it can't be bought just by spending money. These assassins, no, Nikoyid actually did not hesitate to collude with foreign countries in order to assassinate Dong Shangjue, and absolutely treason.
Sharpe's "loyalty" is different from that of ordinary people, and although he has three boats on his feet, he would rather die than betray any of his bosses. For the country, too, although he doesn't feel how happy and comfortable life is, there is no reason to hate the country that gave birth to him and raised him. He is definitely not a good person, but he is a human being, and this is the bottom line of being a human being.
The assassin patted Shar Pei on the shoulder and urged, "Let's go?" There's a lot more to show you off. β
"No ......"
The Assassin was stunned and asked, "What did you say?" β
"I said, 'No, I'm not doing it.' Shar Pei made up his mind and said, "Kill me." I have done a lot of bad things, treason, I refuse. β
looks like he is waiting for death with his eyes closed, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring.
The assassin was stunned, and only laughed out loud for a long time: "What the is a decent gentleman, everyone knows what the virtues of the three-headed vicious dog are, don't pretend to be high." What does the assassination of Dong Shangjue have to do with treason? It's not the King of Thorns. β
"Shang Jue is the largest hereditary title given by the king, and to assassinate Shang Jue is to assassinate the king's right and left hand, which is treason." Every word has a clear eye.
The assassin tightened his brows, whispered a word of insanity, and then placed his short knife on the necks of the three younger brothers.
Shar Pei hesitated for a moment: "I'm sorry brothers, the whole family died of treason, and I still have an old mother." β
The three younger brothers' originally frightened eyes also turned into relief after hearing this. Yes, stop dying now, and it is the whole family that continues to die. They nodded their heads in understanding and following.
The Assassin killed a younger brother and discovered that Shar Pei was serious.
Hesitate.
Several of the Assassins exchanged words, presumably discussing whether to kill or not.
If others plan to take advantage of you, you should be happy, indicating that you are still useful. The same goes for Shar Pei. His previous performance was honestly more useful than the Assassins had expected. Considering that the infiltration operation is becoming more and more difficult after that...... The conclusion is not to kill Shar Pei for the time being.
"Shapigo, don't say that treason is so exaggerated. This is just a matter between big people, at most it is political and civil strife, and it is not unheard of in history. It has nothing to do with the king, the state, the foreign country. One of the Assassins began to persuade, "As you know, many of our Assassins will go to the Southern New World to learn some shadow magic, and when they come back with gold, their worth will continue to rise. It's a personal reason, it's not collusion with foreign countries or something, you think too much. β
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Another assassin threatened, "Shut up Shar-Pei, don't fuck shit yolks." If you quit now, not only will your family die, but your younger brothers and their families will all die. If we don't wait for the Wang Cheng army to come out, we will take care of the traitors ourselves. And there are a lot of tricks, and it will definitely not be boring to die. β
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The third Assassin advised, "Oh Shar-Pei, you can see that we are ready to retreat. As long as you cooperate and don't get caught, how can you be convicted? β
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The fourth Assassin became impatient: "Stop grinding. Have you thought it through? Any idea how much time has been wasted for you? Kill you faster! β
ββ¦β¦ Got it. β
Shar Pei's great glorious image is like a shooting starβboom, flash, boom, gone.