Chapter 66: Assassination
"Hey, Angelo, I just met an old friend, are you going to quit?" Qin Lun raised his wine glass and shouted loudly at the mage who had been wearing a hood.
Qin Lun's shout was very abrupt in the chaotic banquet hall, and some of the guests around him even glared angrily at him. However, it was obvious that the hooded mage who was about to quietly leave the banquet hall also became the focus of everyone's attention.
The hooded mage suddenly turned his head, and looking at Qin Lun's side, his face looked like that of the former Mage Angelo. The only difference from Angelo is that the pupils of his eyes are like obsidian black, and even his mind seems to be absorbed into it.
He glanced at Qin Lun deeply, as if he wanted to engrave the face of the silver-haired elf in his mind, but he didn't pause at his feet, and he also quickened his pace and ran out of the banquet hall.
At this time, Erastro, who was squatting beside the victim, had already heard Qin Lun's shout, and a pair of beautiful eyes stared at the hooded mage who was about to leave, and there was a hint of hideousness on his coquettish face.
Although the city lord of Silvermoon wanted to catch the turtle in the urn, and the future offenders of the Santarin would be wiped out, so he did not reveal the truth to the vast majority of the guests and the Silver Guard, but he was not as ruthless as Hill imagined, and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the city lord who opposed him.
In fact, she had arranged for her two strong guards to be around Elward and Lord Quelva who had opposed her more than four months ago. It's just that at this time, the legendary powerhouse around Lord Quelva is gone, and I don't know if he was led away by the enemy or if he has been killed.
"Catch him!" There were too many people in the banquet hall, and they were all around the victim at this time. Erasdra wanted to stay here to appease the guests who didn't know the truth~ but obviously couldn't do it himself, so he had to point at the assassin who ran out of the hall and shouted.
At the sound of Erastro's shout, three people jumped up from all corners of the banquet hall, and quickly chased after the Assassin disguised as Angelo.
All three of them had veils on their faces, and none of them seemed to want to reveal their identities in front of people just now. The leader was the most powerful, and his body seemed to be wrapped in the power of a storm, and everywhere he passed was like a typhoon, almost blowing the lords and their guards along the way to the ground.
Among the remaining two, the one on the left had already transformed into a vigorous ape when he jumped up, grabbed the flower and fruit vines hanging above his head, and just swept past the crowd. As it was about to hit the ground, it changed in size again, transforming from an ape to a leopard, stepping gracefully on the floor and slamming out of the banquet hall, second only to the stormy leader.
This man actually completed two transformations in just between ups and downs, and the eyes of the guests in the hall who were also druids were straight, and many legendary druids couldn't do this kind of process.
The last man on the right is the slower, but his movements are also the most exaggerated. This person is very short, almost only to the waist and abdomen of a normal human, but the body is stout, and it grows horizontally at all, and it is obviously a dwarf.
He jumped up, not chasing him out of the ballroom, but slammed straight into the window of the ballroom, smashing the oak frame and amethyst mirror window like a boulder, like a huge lead ball downward.
"Isn't it, this is a greeting hall?!" The guests and waiters next to the dwarf were dumbfounded, not knowing what to react to for a moment.
The Supreme Palace is a castle-like palace, much like most castles, in that the closer the building is, the higher the height. Starting with the unicorn gate at the front, the Silver Staircase climbs up to the greeting hall now used for banquets, followed by the Sublime Hall, and finally to the Silver Throne, the end of the staircase.
Although the greeting hall is only the second floor, this palace is magnificent, and the staircase corridor outside the second floor and the window is at least more than 30 meters high, that is, more than 10 stories high. The dwarven powerhouse probably knew that speed was not his strong point, so he simply jumped outside and formed a front and back attack with the two strong men before him.
"It was the Storm Queen and Master Garanord who chased out just now!"
"Isn't the Queen of the Storm in Agoralon, why did she come back......"
"Now that Master Garlanor has made a move, that assassin will definitely not be able to escape......"
The guests in the banquet hall slowly reacted in shock, and some quickly guessed the two powerhouses who chased out of the banquet hall first. Although no one knows the strong dwarf who jumped out of the window for the time being, the person who can ignore the height of more than thirty meters is probably not a weak person.
"Storm Queen Eraslan Silverhand, Lord of Agolaron, one of the six sisters of Erasdra!" Mastasia's eyes flashed, and he muttered to himself, "It seems that although the Silver Moon City Lord has not prepared many people, they are all very strong. ”
"It seems that there is nothing to do with us, being targeted by three powerhouses above the legend, that assassin of the Santarin Society will definitely not be able to escape!" Grand Sage Lenny patted her chest with relief, "As long as the matter is clear, I believe that the conspiracy of the Santarin Society will be bankrupt." ”
"No, it's too easy! How can a successful assassination attempt be carried out without a mending knife and a companion to answer? Or is it again...... Turning the tiger away from the mountain? Qin Lun felt a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart, and suddenly turned back to Lorraine and asked, "Lorraine, how long has it been since Emily returned to Silvermoon City?" ”
"Oh?" The dwarven prince was slightly stunned, and quickly replied, "More than two months, less than three months, Filar, why are you asking this?" ”
The last time Qin Lun exited the world of Torrell at Baldur's Gate was four months ago, but it took more than a month for Emily to return to Silvermoon City from Baldur's Gate, so she was in Silvermoon City for less than four months.
In other words, Angelo had only been in Silvermoon City for more than two months, and with the mage's dislike of socializing, even if anyone knew about his savings, it would probably be less than two months. And the conspiracy of the Santarin Society began more than four months ago, and at that time, it should have been long ago to send people to search for the dead souls......"
Qin Lun raised his head and whispered to himself, "Then their original plan didn't target Angelo......
Seeing Qin Lun's distracted appearance, everyone next to him was a little confused, only Mastaxia, Hill and Rand's faces changed slightly, and they seemed to realize something.
"If the Santarin Guild didn't originally want to use Angelo's identity to separate the City Lords of the Silver Moon Alliance, then our guess would be biased." Rand grimaced and said, "There may be several alternatives to their plan!" ”
"Yes, judging from what happened tonight, if you only want to poison one or two city lords who oppose Erastro, it doesn't seem like you need to be so troublesome......" Ciel's face suddenly changed, and he turned around and asked, "Mastasya, you can recount the effect of the Necro Potion again!" ”
"The Necro Flower Elixir has the effect of polluting the souls of the living, and the poisoned will not necessarily die, but will become the living dead without intelligence! This vicious potion is generally only used by necromancers and lich guilds. ”
Mastasia frowned and asked in disbelief, "......What do you mean?"
"Necromancers and the Living Dead!" Qin Lun lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and he grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "Isn't this obvious enough, the opposition who assassinated Erastro can divide the Silver Moon Alliance, but it is not perfect in any case." The most perfect plan is, of course, ......"
"It's not good, Aylas Zhuo is in danger......" Before Qin Lun finished speaking, everyone understood.
"Ella...... Be careful! The Great Sage of Lenny, who had the best relationship with the Lord of Silvermoon, turned pale and shouted at Erastr, who was still crouching beside the victim and trying to save the Centaur Lord.
"Lord of the Castle!" Annecilia, who had been following Qin Lun like a little tail, also woke up in the discussion of everyone, and immediately jumped up and pounced on the Silver Moon City Lord's side.
At this moment, the centaur lord, who had been lying on the ground with his hooves twitching, suddenly calmed down, his white pupils glowed with blood, his hind hooves kicked up his upper body, and his right hand took out a sharp short sword from under his robe, and stabbed at Erasdra who was close at hand.
The two closest of the guards who had gathered around the centaur lord and had come with him to the banquet suddenly turned around, sandwiched Erasdra between them on the left and the right, and each took out a dagger from his bosom and stabbed her in the back of the head like lightning.
A large organization like the Santarin, which can compete with a country, has been brewing a conspiracy for four months, and its plan has a slight chance of success, even if it is against the Church of the Gods.
Qin Lun and the others rescued the old steward Mason in the claws of the troll, and got the secret letter from the Santalin Society, they could only learn about this conspiracy one-sidedly, although they knew that it was against the Silver Moon Alliance, but they didn't know the specific content.
It wasn't until they saw Angelo's body on the farm that the plot was partially revealed. However, no matter how high the IQ of Qin Lun and the others was, no matter how meticulous their thinking was, they had only guessed part of the content of this conspiracy.
Using Angelo's identity to assassinate the opposition of the Silvermoon City Lord was indeed part of his plan. But this part of the content is too simple, there are not no smart people in the Silver Moon Alliance, and there will always be people who will contact the Santarin Society about this matter.
What's more, as long as Erasdr, the spiritual leader of the Silver Moon Alliance, is alive, this little trick may not necessarily work. The prestige that the Silver Moon City Lord had accumulated over the decades could not be completely offset by one or two assassinations.
Santarim would be hostile to the Silvermoon Alliance for so long, and he knew that he was deeply aware of this. Qin Lun didn't understand this, so he misjudged the situation.
Therefore, the point of this plan is not to plant the spook, but to have the city lords turned into living dead by the Necromancer manipulate them to assassinate Erasdr. Only this kind of surprise attack could potentially hurt the powerful Silver Moon City Lord.
When Erastro dies along with the opposition, the Silvermoon Alliance will become suspicious of each other due to the loss of its spiritual leader, and truly fall into civil strife, and the plan to build a nation will naturally come to an end.
Time seemed to stand still completely at this moment, and the attacks against Erasdra from three different directions were like three poisonous snakes that cooperated tacitly, completely blocking the retreat of the Silver Moon City Lord.
Judging by the unusual luster on the surface of the dagger and dagger, they should have been coated with an inexplicable alchemical potion. This time, it is estimated that it is no longer the Death Soul Flower Poison, but a poison that can kill legendary powerhouses like the Silver Moon City Lord.
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