The gravel path winds its way like a giant python crawling through the forest. The road is lined with tall trees that resemble the earth's autumn maple trees, with flaming foliage. When you raise your eyes, it is full of dancing flames, which gives this forest a wonderful artistic conception of sitting in love with the maple forest at night.

It is said that this tree is full of life in winter, and the canopy is covered with lush green leaves, as if it deliberately added some life to the cold winter. However, in the spring, the leaves turn fiery red, as if burning with the last life before they wither. The rustle of the branches of the trees in the wind seemed to be the tree proudly mocking the people who were afraid of the winter.

At this time, a carriage was driving unhurriedly down the gravel path in the woods, and as time passed, the spire of a bell tower appeared in the distance of the woods, and it looked like the carriage was about to reach its desired destination.

Shelpis withdrew his gaze from the window of the carriage, turned to the rain man sitting opposite, and asked, "Is the front the station of the Cross family?" ”

"No, it's just one of their courtyards, and it seems that our benefactor doesn't want many people to know about our arrival." Rain Man said with a sneer.

"Hehe, it's okay, that guy has already gone in one step ahead, and if there is danger, he will notify us!" Shepis proudly patted the Rainman on the shoulder.

The Rainman twisted uneasily, pulled the hood from his face, and trunched his thin body into his cloak, as it seemed that the Assassin was not used to physical contact with others.

"Lord Shelpis, can you tell me about the Shadow Dancer?" A gleam flashed in the rain man's eyes and he asked expectantly.

"Shadow Dancer?" Shepis glanced at the rain man in surprise.

"To be able to approach me like that Excellency, so that I, a high-level thief, don't feel anything strange at all, and come close to me. Except for the powerhouses who use the high-level shadow dragon pattern, only the shadow dancers among the thieves can do it. The Rain Man said with a wry smile, "That Excellency is unlikely to be a dragon-patterned nobleman, only a shadow dancer." ”

"Oh, that guy is about the same level as me, and in terms of your strength, you can indeed be regarded as a shadow dancer." Shepis touched his cheek and replied absentmindedly, "However, I can't say much about him." If you have a chance in the future, ask him yourself! ”

"Oh!" The rain man agreed softly, but there were huge waves in his heart.

Shadow Dancers and Sky Knight are already considered the top-level professions among mortals in the world of Eberon. Further up are those saint-level professions that have cultivated out of the realm, such as: wisdom dragons, mages, sword masters, paladins, and so on.

However, these people are basically demigods and are not very good at interfering in worldly affairs. There are only a few people in the entire Kovarare Continent, and the dragon does not see the head and the end, and unless there is an extermination of his own race, he will not serve any royal family and power.

Thinking of this, the rain people's hearts were hot, and they also had a little more urgency for this mission. If he could take some credit for the mission, he might be able to get some guidance from the shadow dancer.

The carriage traveled some way again, and came to a slow halt in front of the iron gates of a large courtyard. At this time, in front of the gate of the courtyard, there was already a well-dressed old butler waiting respectfully.

"You should be the guest of honor that the host explained!" The old butler with gray temples bowed respectfully, "Can you please show me the invitation?" ”

"This is the invitation you sent to the tavern liaison office, and according to your deposit and requirements, we are here." Without waiting for Shepis to command, a gilded invitation flew out of the rain man's cloak and landed lightly on the old butler's hand.

"Come with me, two of you!" The old butler calmly raised his head and looked at the rain man and Shepis as his dark blue pupils suddenly appeared a bottomless swirling black hole.

"I ......" The rain man was about to move forward, but suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, his body stiffened in place, and his expression under the hood was confused.

"Humph!" A slight cold snort came from the rain man's ears, like a thunderbolt from the sun, which woke him up from his dizziness. He saw Shepis standing in front of him, with a large hand on the old butler's shoulder.

"I'm tired of your old man leading the way!" Shelpispie patted the old butler on the shoulder with a smile, as if to express his appreciation.

"You're so kind!" The old butler shook his feet and smiled reluctantly with a pale face.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" The rain man, who had come slowly, looked at the old butler in front of him and asked softly to Shepis , "How dare he test us!" ”

"It's nothing, others spend money, always know if we have this value!" Shepis smiled indifferently.

"Hehe, how is this old man's strength, it looks like your trip won't be too boring!" In Xue Pis's soul imprint, Xu Mo's heartless laughter sounded.

"Hmph, judging from the pupil skills he used, it is probably equivalent to a second-order spirit department transferor. However, he was just a subordinate who came to test him, and it seemed that the Cross family was stronger than we thought. "Did you find anything inside?" ”

"It's a big place inside, but there aren't many people, and one of the young people is a little suspicious!" Xu Mo pondered for a while before he said, "I suspect that he is the third prince Brian, you can test it later!" ”

"Isn't it okay to anger them?" Shepis said with a frown.

"Hehe, people don't ask for people to be as high, if people ask for people to be as cheap as grass!" Xu Mo said lightly, "Since I know your strength and have a request for you, how can I care about a small temptation?" They didn't know you were going to take the main quest from them! ”

"Hey, that makes sense! It's a shame I didn't dig you into Y-space in the first place! Shepis sniffled, a look of regret.

While the two were talking, the old butler had already guided them to the front of an elegant little western-style building in the courtyard. The small western-style building looked a little old, and the stone walls were crawling with moss and green vines. In the corners of the terraces, the weeds grew so luxuriantly that they reached the waist of a normal person.

"Please forgive us for our slow treatment, the property here was bought by the family not long ago, and not enough servants have been hired yet!" The old housekeeper waved his hand a little embarrassedly, "But the building has been cleaned, please wait in the other hall, and I will invite the master here." ”

The rain man glanced at the delicate seat under him, picked up the tea bowl sent by the maid and looked at it, turned his head and said cautiously: "My lord, the layout and furnishings here are all brand new, but I am afraid that this courtyard is a reception place that the Cross family just bought to avoid people's eyes." ”

Shepis looked at him and nodded in satisfaction. The Rain Man's strength was not worth mentioning to him, but his keen observation showed the Assassins' powerful intelligence-gathering ability.

For the reincarnators, the stronger the Assassin Order's intelligence-gathering ability, the greater the help it will naturally be for the mission. It is no wonder that the head of the top team was a little reluctant when he delivered the token, and repeatedly told him not to destroy the foundation of the Assassin Order.

After the old butler came out of the living room, he went straight to the study on the top floor. Compared with the empty and silent situation downstairs, on the corridor on the top floor, there were more than twenty fully armored guards. At this time, in the study, there were already two men in brocade clothes, waiting for the return of the old butler.

"Joey, what is the strength of those two assassins sent by the Red Rose Order?" One of the men in the brocade suit asked in a deep voice when he saw the old butler pushing the door in.

The man did not look very old, with delicate skin on his face, eagle eyebrows and a nose, long elegant white hair, and slightly sharp ears on his temples, indicating that the man was of elven blood. This middle-aged man is none other than the head of the Cross family, Phil Don Cross, who is actually over seventy years old, but his elven blood makes him live far longer than humans, and he does not look old.

Beside Phil, there is another heroic young man. The young man has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a slender body, and a lazy smile at the corner of his mouth, looking a little uninhibited~ uninhibited. Only between the opening and closing of the eyelids flickered, there was an occasional hint of pride.

"One of the two visitors was a high-ranking Assassin, barely making it to the Assassin rank. As for the other one...... I can't see it! However, his profession is not supposed to be an assassin, but more like a warrior or knight. Old Butler Joy said with a wry smile.

"Can't you see?" Phil and the young man glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Joey, you go out first! Tell the two distinguished guests, and I will go downstairs to receive them immediately. Phil groaned for a moment, then waved his hand to signal the old butler to go out first.

"Being immune to Joey's Dream Eye, I'm afraid the other party has already reached the rank of Sky Knight." A gleam flashed in Phil's eyes, "Your Highness, it seems that the rumor you heard is true, Breeland's assassin organization is just the periphery of Red Rose, and the real Red Rose is probably a powerful assassin organization on the mainland." ”

"Well, I heard this rumor from Countess Anna, and she shouldn't lie to me!" A faint smile appeared on the corner of the young man's mouth, and then he said solemnly, "Baron Phil, do you think I need to meet them in person?" ”

"No, Your Highness! We don't know the attitude of the Red Rose Organization yet, not to mention that with your identity, it is better not to be involved in this matter. Phil's eyes flashed, and he said cautiously.

"Well, then I'll leave it to you, my Baron Phil!" The young man waved his hand happily, "I'm here waiting for your good news!" ”

"Follow your will, Your Highness!" Phil bowed and exited the study.

Seeing Baron Phil come out of the study, the young man restrained the smile on his face, and there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"Old fellow, you really think I'm a puppet, do you think you can control everything?" In the room where there was no second person, the whispers of young people were faintly heard.

As the young man lay back on the sofa and closed his eyes, a cloud of white mist on the window glass began to slowly subside, and finally only five semi-circular water stains were left on the surface of the glass.