It was not a peaceful Christmas Eve patrol, and more than half of the originally planned route had passed.

What should have happened eventually happened.

When the royal family's procession turned to the square in front of the Arc de Triomphe, they were greeted by a large crowd.

This was the culmination of the expedition, and it was the best cover for the Assassins.

In the crowd of shouting and cheering, there is a killer with hidden murderous intent. When the three members of the Duris family stepped into the square, these killers quietly took out the short crossbows, poison blades and other murder weapons hidden on their bodies, and waited for the opportunity to deliver a killing blow.

However, as the old saying of the Oriental world: "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch comes behind." Those killers who are hidden in the general population do not expect that there are also some "shadows" hidden behind themselves.

Behind each killer there were at least 5 people who were staring at him, and when the killer made preparations for assassination, those 5 people also acted quickly at the same time. Two people were responsible for controlling his hands, one was in control of his weapons, one was instantly depriving him of consciousness with a cotton cloth soaked in a powerful mist, and then, without alarming the crowd, the four of them worked together to clamp the killer and quickly leave the crowd, while the last person was responsible for cover and support.

The killer was not the only one who was treated in this way, and as far as Sakolos himself could see, at least a dozen people in the crowd were "taken" in this way. It was only at this point that Sakolos's hanging heart relaxed slightly. Sacolos was also able to appreciate more clearly the unfathomable depths of his majesty.

Of course, Sakolos would not have known that his Majesty was in the hands of one of the most mysterious spy organizations, the "School of Fish". Duris had long expected an assassination on Christmas Eve, so two days earlier, the "fish" had put a list of killers hidden in Hansaria on Duris's desk. And those operatives who hid behind the killer were all orders given directly to the operatives below by Duris bypassing intelligence officer Fox.

In this secret game, King Duris has taken the lead at the beginning.

Cassius was rather annoyed and frustrated at this point.

It took a lot of effort to get the dwarf, frozen man from the ice, and just as he was about to start the interrogation, several heavy arrows fired by the heavy crossbow machine pierced the roof of the house, and fell from the sky with fire.

Cassius used his ice shield to block the arrows that came at him, but the short man was pierced through his heart, abdomen, and head by three other iron arrows, blood splattered everywhere, his brain flew sideways, and his body was almost torn apart by the powerful impact of the iron arrows, and even some of his internal organs flowed out, and the man had no chance of surviving, and his head was completely destroyed, even if he barely managed to save his life with special magic, it was impossible to obtain any information in his memory.

Although Cassius deceived the short man with an ice double, his actions were mastered by the enemy from the start. And judging by the depth of the heavy bolts that pierced the ground after passing through the human body, the heavy crossbow machines used to fire them must have been placed relatively far away from the current line of sight of Cassius.

However, such a setback will never make Cassius give up on the rescue of Ischenova.

Cassius made sure he was on his own hands, and pulled out one of the iron arrows that pinned the short man's mutilated body to the ground. He closed his eyes and concentrated his mind on reading the tiny messages left by the water elemental from the body of the pig iron arrow, which was more than a meter long.

"The sourness of milk...... Cassius raised the corners of his mouth.

It seems that he must climb back onto the high roof and search a shop or workshop for fermenting kefir, within a radius of 500 to 1,000 meters.

In the tavern.

Joyka braced herself with her sword so that her already limp legs would not fall. He was sweating profusely and his eyelids were extremely heavy, but he still insisted on holding on to not let his consciousness be taken away. Because Joyka knows that once she can't hold on and closes her eyes and falls asleep, she will probably never wake up again and become a puppet controlled by that woman forever.

"Huh? It's unbelievable. To be able to resist tenfold strength of enchanting magic to this extent, it seems that I really underestimate you as a man. Christina walked over casually, reached for Joika's chin, and said in a contemptuous tone, "But what's the use of holding on? Now it's easy for me to kill you, and you can't fight against it." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he flew up and kicked Joika in the head, knocking him to the ground, and then stomped on Joika's head in a very insulting manner.

"Yes, you have the ability to do it...... Kill me!" Even though he was trampled under the feet of the enemy, he couldn't even move his fingers for half a minute, but Joyka still resisted stubbornly, and she definitely didn't want to be left behind.

"Are you in such a hurry to die?" Christina pulled out the Mithril Sword and Longsword stuck in the ground, flicking the blade with her slender fingers, "Originally, I was going to spare your life, maybe for some purpose. But now it seems that leaving your life behind may cause trouble, so it's better to die for me sooner!"

Christina raised her Secret Sword Alloy Longsword and slashed at Joika's neck!

Seeing that Joyka was about to be in a different place, suddenly a fireball entered the tavern through the window and flew straight towards Christina! Christina subconsciously raised her sword to block. "Boom" - With a loud explosion, the tavern, which had already been messed up by the strong wind, was once again facing extinction. The powerful shock wave generated by the fireball's heat even lifted the entire roof of the tavern, and then the flames of the fireball engulfed the entire tavern and the nearby rooms.

In a small alley 50 meters away from the burning tavern, two men whose clothes were burned by the fire and whose whole bodies were blackened, were limping desperately for their lives.

"How's it going, I didn't expect to be saved one day!" Lyle put one of Joika's arms on his shoulder, and as he walked forward, he proudly showed off to Joica.

Joyka was naturally happy to be rescued by his companions at the critical moment, and after he laughed twice, he still couldn't help but pick a thorn: "It's quite powerful, and the magic I released even burned myself." ”

When he said this, Lyle also scratched his head in embarrassment: "Just run away if you can, don't care about the details." ”

"Didn't you go to the slums? Why did you come here? ”

"I ...... I'm lost. ”

"What?"

Hearing Lyle answer, Joyka was a little dazed, he didn't expect that such a god-level rescue was just a coincidence under a mistake.

Either way, it's a blessing to be able to escape. And the Christina he is facing is no longer the person Sophia and Alice knew before, but a more terrifying existence. Joyka had to tell the rest of her companions about this as soon as possible.

But Joika's euphoria lasted less than a few minutes. When the two of them turn a street corner, a beautiful girl dressed in costume, holding a Mithril alloy sword, appears in front of Joeyka and Lyle.

"It's really a grievance. Joyka gasped.