To be honest, Gawain was still quite surprised to see Amber come back alive - he probably wouldn't have been so surprised if he had seen this scene an hour ago, but since the Shadow Master was slapped away by a bank salesman named My little pony, he had completely lost hope for her combat prowess, not so much letting this guy out to stand guard as letting out a siren......

After all, Amber's shadow skills are really strong, so it should be fine for her to find an assassin spy or something and call the police...... But who would have thought that she would come back with one directly?

At the same time as Amber grabbed the person back, another rush of footsteps sounded outside the study, and then the Byron knight pushed the door and rushed in: "My lord, what's going on here?" ”

He was supposed to be in charge of guarding the gate below, but this time the movement on the roof was really not small, so he was alarmed.

As for when Melita visited before...... At that time, Amber was knocked away in a photo, and it really didn't make much noise.

"It's okay, it's just a thief, he's been caught," Gawain waved his hand at Byron, "You just go back and guard, it's not going to be peaceful tonight." ”

Byron glanced a little confused in the study, and saw the smug amber and the stalker lying on the ground, but in front of the order, the middle-aged knight still nodded: "Yes." ”

"How did you get someone?" After the Byron knight left, Gawain looked at Amber in surprise, "Won?" ”

"What do you mean by that expression?!" Amber was quite dissatisfied with Gawain's reaction, "My ability to fight head-on is a little bit worse, but not so bad that no one can beat me, right?" I killed a monster you called an 'aberration' before......"

Gawain continued to stare at her.

"Of course, it's mainly because this guy is stupid," Amber said later, "I might have won by fighting head-on, but I had to show off the Shadow with me - I kicked him out of the Shadow State." The spirit oscillated between the shadow realm and the material realm, and he fainted. ”

Gao Wen looked at the other party in amazement, and said in his heart that this kind of barbaric and rough operation can only be done by you, a demon.

Shadow Walking is the signature skill of the Stalker, and basically those who rely on this line of food have one or two "shadow walking" abilities, but the shadow walking of ordinary people is not the same thing as Amber's unreasonable ability at all, and it can even be said that it is completely two skill trees. At best, a normal Stalker can only temporarily become invisible in the material world, and shuttle between the material and shadow realms (which magicians call the "Shadow Border"), which is an extremely dangerous technique, like dancing on the tip of a knife, because if you step on the wrong foot, you may fall to the side of the shadow and be torn to pieces by the unspeakable things of the shadow world. And amber ...... God knows what she's capable of.

Normally, stalkers only need to focus on their own steps, as long as they don't make mistakes, they don't have to worry about falling into the shadows, because "shadow walking" is also known as the lonely road, and every stalker knows that no matter how clever the shadow master is, he can't step into the shadow steps of others, so as long as he is a skilled stalker, he can be familiar with this "dance on the tip of the knife", but that's the general situation......

When you dance on the tip of the knife, a demon with a combat power of up to 1.5 geese suddenly pops up next to you and kicks you, then it's different.

At this time, Amber was still smug on his face: "It was funny at the time, this guy put on a very stupid pose, and then suddenly he entered the shadow form - but I saw him real, I saw him sneak up next to me, and he made a gesture with a knife, so I pretended not to see him, and when he stood on the edge, I kicked him......"

Rebecca didn't mean to pay attention to Amber, but squatted next to Gawain to check on the uninvited guest: "Shouldn't you wake up?" ”

Gawain shook his head: "It's hard to say, normal people are shocked at the Shadow Border, and they become idiots even if they don't die." ”

As he spoke, the stalker who had fallen to the ground suddenly twitched, then woke up leisurely.

Under normal circumstances, a trained stalker would continue to play dead without moving, and would control his heartbeat and breathing seamlessly so that bystanders could not notice it, but the impact he had just received in the Shadow Critical State prevented the professional from controlling himself, and by the time he realized that something was wrong, he and Gawain were already looking at each other.

The nameless young man's expression was a little sluggish, as if what was happening in front of him was a little too unexpected, and then he was about to bite through the poison hidden in his mouth to commit suicide, but found that the poison in his mouth had been taken away by someone at some point.

He could only choose to keep his mouth shut and not say a word.

"What's your name?" "What is the purpose?" "Who sent you?"

Gawain asked the other party several questions in a row, but there was no response at all, and the other party seemed to be deaf.

Amber took out her small dagger and spun it in a circle in her hand: "Do you want to torture you to extract a confession?" I'm not a professional, but when I went into the dungeon to steal something, I did see some practical ......."

Rebecca looked confused: "What did you steal in the dungeon?" ”

"You don't understand this," Amber said triumphantly, "Many jailers have to hide their belongings in the corners of the dungeon after getting them from prisoners, and they have to wait for the shift change to carry them away, or they will be discovered by the patrolling prefect or lord - I will take advantage of the ......"

"Don't think about it, torture is useless," Gawain interrupted Amber's snort, "The Royal Shadow Guard, specially trained to do things for the king, is considered the elite of the elite, in addition to various special combat skills, the willpower is also terrifying, and it is really a shame that you can catch such a master by mistake, and go back enough for you to blow in the tavern for more than half a year." ”

As he spoke, he glanced down at the young man who was showing a surprised expression: "But when I was alive, the royal shadow guard was just a personal guard, at most responsible for reconnaissance intelligence in extreme environments, how come seven hundred years have passed, the royal shadow guard has degenerated to the extent of stealing chickens and dogs?" ”

The captured shadow guard looked at Gawain in astonishment, but before he could speak, Gawain continued, "You want to ask how I found out who you are?" ”

Shadow Guard nodded slightly.

"Nonsense, the name I personally formulated for you back then, as well as your first version of the training system," Gawain patted the shadow guard in the face, "I am the instructor of the first generation of the royal shadow guard!" ”

Amber looked at Gawain's nearly two-meter figure in amazement: "You are a knight...... To be an instructor for a stalker? Do you teach them to stealth? ”

Gao Wen smiled slightly: "No, I will teach them physical training and two-handed swordsmanship." ”

Amber looked confused: "Why does the Stalker want to learn two-handed swordsmanship?!" ”

"Of course, kill all the witnesses when they are discovered on a mission."

"As a stalker, isn't it the end of the mission if you are discovered during the mission!?"

"No, for Ansu's stalkers, stealth is only the beginning of the mission...... But the one at hand doesn't seem to have done a good job of completing those training sessions. Or maybe 700 years have passed, and the courses I left behind have been obsolete because they are outdated? ”

The shadow guard who fell to the ground suddenly looked pained—it turned out that those hellish training sessions were left behind by the man in front of him......

Although 700 years have passed, all the courses have been updated for an unknown number of rounds, but only the courses that are regarded as basic have not been fundamentally replaced, even if they are revised, physical training and two-handed swordsmanship are two of them.

Seeing the change in the expression on Shadow Guard's face, Gawain knew that the lessons he remembered seemed to be still there......

"Francis II sent you, right?" He looked at the young man on the ground and smiled kindly, "But I think His Majesty the King is not so confused that everyone in the small half of the kingdom knows that I sent an assassin to assassinate me when I was in the royal capital, so the order he gave you should be surveillance?" ”

The shadow guard remained silent.

"But he should warn you to stay away, after all, this matter is very risky, even if the Cecil family falls, Gawain Cecil does not fall with it, so you are overconfident...... Or did not obey orders? ”

The shadow guard finally said the first sentence: "If you have a humiliating mission, you will lead to death, so you don't have to bother." ”

"Get a fart!" Gawain slapped the other party in the face, "It's really been too long to be comfortable, and it's all degenerated like this?!" ”

The shadow guard looked at Gawain with a confused expression, as if he didn't know what the other party meant.

"What do the Royal Shadow Guards do? It's to protect the king, to protect the country, to protect the land! Your duty is to deal with the villains who seek to overthrow the kingdom, not to help a foolish king spy on your Founding Prince! If you were captured on the battlefield against an enemy country, I would have a bit of a backbone to say this, but here you are, in my home! What kind of insulting are you talking in front of me - do you mean that I intend to subvert the country, or do you mean that Gawain Cecil is insulting Ansu's dignity by catching you?! Could it be that in the hearts of the Ansu people in this era, the founding duke and the kingdom he created are already on opposite sides?! ”

In the face of Gao Wenyi's stern reprimand, the young shadow guard was finally a little at a loss: "No...... I'm not this ......."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter what you think," Gawain interrupted him directly, and then stood up, "I haven't been careful enough to be angry with my juniors, so you can leave now." ”

The young shadow guard didn't expect it to be such an unfolding (I guess tonight's unfolding was all unexpected), and he looked at Gawain in a daze, completely unable to believe what he had heard.

Even the expressions on the faces of Amber and Rebecca next to them were not calm.

Gawain then repeated: "I said, you can go—do you want me to send you?" ”

The shadow guard slowly got up: "Are you sure?" ”

"Of course, I can't kill Francis II's men here, and I don't plan to take you to Silver Castle in public tomorrow - I do want to, but I'm too old to let you go."

Rebecca seemed to want to say something, but under Gawain's serious eyes, she held back.

The shadow guard slowly moved to the window, and Gawain suddenly spoke before he left, "I'm not interested in telling anyone about today's events, so how should I report to your majesty when I go back...... It's up to you. ”

“…… Thank you for your kindness. ”

Leaving such a sentence, the figure of the shadow guard gradually dissipated into the air.

Gawain pouted: "...... Another one who walked through the window. ”

It was only then that Rebecca found a chance to speak: "Ancestor, did you really just let him go?" ”

"Of course," Gawain laughed, "of course I'm going to let him go." ”

"But doesn't he have to be punished? And His Majesty the King sent someone to watch over here, and the matter itself can be ......"

"Rebecca, remember, if you want to get greater benefits, you have to take a long-term view," Gawain patted Rebecca on the head, "It's not a loss to let go of a soldier, but the potential benefits are inevitable." ”

"Potential benefits?" Rebecca blinked, "Like?" ”

"It depends on how the young shadow guard will report when he returns, and the result is nothing more than two," Gawain spread his hand, "Either Francis II won't want to sleep in the middle of the night today, or he will have one more by his side from now on...... Not so loyal shadow guards. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the moonless night in another world.

"To be relatively loyal is to be absolutely disloyal – there is a lot of truth in that."