But since Lambert's proposal was rejected by a woman, he has been a little shaken by this idea. Although he has become more arrogant on the surface and often speaks disrespectfully to the martial artists around him, there will always be a doubt in his heart - is it because he is not a martial artist who can charge into battle, so he is rejected?

He ignored the fact that the woman and her husband were childhood sweethearts, and he didn't want to admit that the woman's husband was more talented in cultivation than him, but he just blindly thought that he was rejected because he was a mage and not bloody enough.

But he didn't start exercising or trying to cultivate magic and martial arts. He firmly believes that mage is a nobler fighting profession than a martial artist, and he is not willing to surrender himself. So, he transferred all his jealousy and unwillingness to the woman and her husband. Think that everything they do is a provocation to his dignity.

But a mage is destined to be unable to duel with a martial artist, not to mention that the level of that martial artist is higher than him, so he has to frequently participate in mercenary tasks, go to the secret realm to explore, and exchange a generous reward to find a mercenary killer.

For the first time, he spent all his wealth to hire the famous Chi Delirium, which was a real fifth-order rebel beast, and he also had a brother who was also a fifth-order, Lambert thought that this time he was nine out of ten, but he didn't expect a human mage to come out of a crack in the stone, which ruined his good deeds.

Originally, Lambert planned to swallow this breath himself, but he didn't expect that when he participated in a secret realm mission, his partner accidentally got a small vial of Kun Snake's poison. There are only three drops of this bottle of Kun Snake's venom, but there are a full eight people participating in the mission together, so it's not easy to tell the difference. So everyone discussed, put this bottle of Kun Snake Poison at the auction, and there must be a large amount of money at that time, and then the eight people divided it equally.

But Lambert also wanted to get this bottle of Kun Snake Poison, and with the poison of Kun Snake, it would be easy to kill the woman's husband, and he would be ashamed of himself. But his partner is not a fool, even if he is a mage, there is no reason for one person to monopolize a drop of Kun Snake poison.

Moreover, Lambert had spent all his savings in order to hire Chi Delirium, and he couldn't scrape together the money to buy this drop of Kun Snake Poison. His grandfather and father would certainly not agree to him hiring and killing a wolf orc, after all, the wolf and tiger have always had a good relationship over the years. Therefore, his companions ignored his request, and still planned to sell this bottle of Kun Snake Poison after leaving the secret realm, and then divide the money equally.

But they didn't expect that Lambert had no intention of letting them out of the ruins. That night, Lambert volunteered to apply for a vigil, and then he used most of his magic power to kill the sleeping captain and take away the poison of the snake in his storage ring. Despite his caution, he woke up a vigilant companion and made a noise. Faced with the siege of the remaining six people, Lambert unhurriedly used the little magic he had left to cast a group attack magic, and participated in two drops of the snake poison in his group attack magic.

And his companions have all seen this group attack magic and know that the power is average, so they didn't pay much attention to it, so they didn't use martial arts to protect their whole body. And by the time they found out they had been poisoned, it was too late.

In this way, Lambert walked out of the secret realm alone and plundered all the storage equipment on the seven teammates.

He returned to his tribe and contacted Akashi once more. In fact, he originally planned to contact other killers or mercenaries, but as soon as the other mercenaries heard that they were going to kill Monroe, they refused without saying a word, but they knew that Monroe's family had a high-level mage in charge, and Monroe's wife Musi had broken through to the fifth order, and the period of weakness had also passed, two fifth-order martial artists and one high-level mage, such a lineup would not be stupid to send them to death.

Only Chi Yu, he lost his good brother in the last interception, that is, the fifth-order orc who was killed by Zhao Yuan. So when Lambert finally reluctantly approached him, he took the task without hesitation. But I don't know what kind of psychology it is, about Zhao Yuan actually being a fifth-order martial artist, he has never mentioned it to others.

If Lambert knew that Zhao Yuan's true strength was a fifth-order martial artist plus an eighth-order archmage, he would not have a great hatred for the Monroe family again.

But Monroe, the Wolf King and the others were all tight-lipped about Zhao Yuan's mage rank, and everyone could only speculate that this young human race might have a sixth order, or a seventh order, after all, Zhao Yuan's age was there, and on the Cold Beast Continent, a sixth-order mage was already in the sky.

The reason why the Eighth Order is called a "Great Profession" is because it is extremely difficult to break through, requiring not only excellent talent and diligent cultivation, but also luck.

Even if it is a genius who comes out once in a thousand years, he is not sure that he can reach the eighth order.

So tonight, Lambert ordered his martial artists to stay around his bedroom as usual, and at the same time turned on the formation to monitor the magic power. This kind of formation costs a lot of money, but Lambert has already heard about Zhao Yuan's disappearance from the territory of the wolf clan, although the people he sent to garrison along the way from the wolf clan to the tiger clan have not sent back any trace of Zhao Yuan, but these days Lambert still feels a little uneasy in his heart.

It stands to reason that a mage would not have the ability to travel through the Dust and Mist Forest alone, but maybe Zhao Yuan still had a way? There is no limit to the cunning of the human race. So he laid a net at home, all of which were aimed at mages, and there was also a fifth-order martial artist and three fourth-order martial artists guarding him, and there were usually only two fourth-order martial artists.

After arranging this, Lambert finally felt relieved, and the gloom in his heart dissipated a little, and he returned to the bedroom to get ready for a good night's sleep.

When he took off his robe in the bedroom and was about to go to bed, he suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, and his heart was beating in shock. He turned suddenly, only to see a man covered in black leather armor, standing silently in front of him. The man was armed with a blood-colored black sword, as if it were a grim reaper sent by the night.

"Who are you!" Lambert knew that he would not be able to beat the other at such a close distance, and immediately opened his mouth to shout, trying to attract the attention of the guards outside.

"Don't bother with it, I've already planted a soundproof barrier. The man in black said, his tone cold and mocking.

"W-what?" Lambert didn't react for a moment, isn't this person a martial artist? How can he know third-order magic? And what about the formation he has in the courtyard? If someone casts a spell, the formation should have a reaction!

As if knowing what he was thinking, the corners of the black-clothed man's mouth exposed outside his hood slightly hooked up a mocking arc: "Do you think that a mere fifth-order formation can find me?"

"This can't be!" Lambert's eyes widened, and he cried out in horror, the only one who could completely suppress the fifth-order formation was the eighth-order archmage, how could this be possible!

At this time, as long as Lambert is not stupid, he should know that this man in black must have something to do with Zhao Yuan, after all, orcs have never produced an eighth-order archmage since ancient times. If Zhao Yuan used the invisibility spell to come to his room as an eighth-order archmage, the formations and guards he deployed outside were indeed useless.

However, this person was still wearing a suit of leather armor and holding a sword, and compared to Zhao Yuan's pale and thin appearance that Lambert knew, the weight of this equipment was by no means something that a Terran mage could easily control. Then there are only two possibilities, first, this man in black is Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan is not only an eighth-order archmage, but also a martial artist. Second, this person is just a martial artist, he is not Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan is hiding in a corner to help him cast magic.

Compared with the first possibility, Lambert is more willing to believe in the second one, because if the person in front of him is Zhao Yuan, then he will really die today. So he said decisively: "Friend, no matter who you are, spare me once today, and I will pay double the reward, and I will give it immediately! But if I die, the contents of my storage ring will explode, and you won't get a penny, and you will be wanted by the Tiger Clan." ”

"Oh, double the price?" the man in black's tone seemed a little interested.

"That's right," Lambert said excitedly, as if he saw hope, "I went to a ruin before, but unfortunately my teammates all died, and I got their storage rings, and there are countless treasures in them, which can be given to you." ”

"But......" the man in black hesitated and hesitated, "I don't know what to do to kill a person twice." After speaking, a big smile bloomed on the corner of his mouth, and his tone was playful and vicious, like a devil.

Lambert's pupils shrank suddenly, his face changed greatly, he was about to take something out of the storage ring, but it was too late, he obviously didn't move, but his eyes moved down uncontrollably, and the last scene he saw was a headless corpse with blood sprayed on its neck slowly falling.

The soundproof barrier can block the sound, but it can't block the strong smell of blood. The martial artist stationed in the courtyard moved his nose slightly, and his expression immediately changed drastically, and he rushed into Lambert's room.

All that remained in the room was a headless corpse, and there were traces of blood splattering on the surrounding furniture, as well as a large pool of blood on the floor.

"What about Young Master Lambert's head?" asked one of the youngest Tiger Clan martial artists.

"I guess I've been taken to a task. One of the experienced fifth-order martial artists said, although his face was ugly, he still squatted down and carefully looked at the marks on Lambert's neck.

"The edges of the wound are very smooth, there are no traces of martial arts, and the murderer's strength is probably greater than mine, and his techniques are also very skilled, he is a veteran. Then he turned to look at the blood splattered around him.

"There is no trace of blood being blocked around, so there should be no blood stains on the murderer's body, then the position where he is standing should be here," the fifth-order orc walked to the place where Zhao Yuan had originally stood in two steps, "Young Master Lambert should have met with the murderer, since the killer did not choose to sneak attack from behind, then he must have something to say to Young Master Lambert, but I don't know why, Lambert didn't send out a call for help, maybe it's an acquaintance?"