At this moment, the royal city, the archives.

According to the Sith's plan nine years ago, Princess Sophia was captured by the rebels when she went out of the city without permission, and the fifth was attacked and killed on the way out of the city to negotiate with the rebels. With the death of the king and the turmoil of the country, and the young Prince Albert forced to succeed him, Kroll was able to take full control of the young prince and use this as a starting point to realize his greater ambitions.

The smile on the face of the Crow Assassin grew thicker, and he already saw victory at hand.

The second question is answered.

His eyes were like torches, and his eyes were fixed on the pendant on Albert's chest, and as soon as the last barrier was removed, Henry VI, the king of the kingdom, would be completely in his hands, and he promised to let Theopharan's feud die for a long time.

What made him even happier was that Albert asked only innocuous questions, and his answer was that Mistress Richingora's plan was far from it, that is, Albert not only didn't get anything, but lost his life in vain. But that's where gambling is both wonderful and cruel – the winner takes everything and the loser has nothing.

"I understand. ”

Albert still looked the same as usual.

The other party has said enough, if the events of nine years ago were aimed at assassinating the Fifth Emperor, then the words of the Black Crow Assassin at least confirmed a key implicit message - nine years ago, they did not have the ability to directly commit murder in the royal city, or for some reason, they had to disguise the death of the Fifth as a political event.

Albert thinks the latter is the predominant.

Because after that incident, Kroll became his bodyguard, and after the Holy Maiden announced the illness of V, he also negotiated with the Chaos Cult under Kroll's leadership. It's just that due to the premature exposure of Kroll's identity, the Senate sensed something strange and completely blocked the opportunity for the Chaos Sect to contact him.

He also understood the cause of this incident by the way.

The real target of the Chaos Cult is him, and they need to re-establish a partner to work with, or directly use Grayla's mark to control the next king, because Albert knows the Chaos Cult's style of action too well, so that the Chaos Cult is jealous of him, after all, the first condition for implanting Grayla's mark is the subject's willingness.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to cut off the bloodline of the Henry family.

"The third question, let's ask. The Crow Assassin urged.

At the same time, he added in his heart: After asking, you can go to die.

"After answering two questions, you should be tired. ”

Albert's answer made the Crow Assassin frown, and he asked sharply, "Are you planning to break the contract now?"

"Breaking the contract?"

Albert shook his head: "I have solved the doubts in my heart in advance, and for the sake of your cooperation, I intend to make the third question as simple as possible." ”

As he spoke, his index finger rested on the pendant.

He heard the sound of Sisuo behind him: "You are only five steps away from me now, and with your speed, it will take less than half a second to come to me." ”

The Crow Assassin was a little confused.

He didn't understand why Albert had chosen to praise him at such a time—didn't he know that even if he praised him or begged for mercy, Theopharan wouldn't let him go?

"The third question is...... The enemy of the past is standing in front of you now, and you only have half a second to complete the assassination, and if you miss that half second, you will forever miss the opportunity to slash the enemy—if it were you, would you be able to do it?"

Under the stunned gaze of the Rook Assassin, Albert gently pressed the pendant. The barrier that swirled around him was completely gone.

Albert's question made the Crow Assassin feel a little uneasy in his heart, and the moment the barrier disappeared, he moved—Albert's guess was right, with Theopharan's world-class assassination skills, it only took half a second to cover these five steps, or less!

Go to his torture plan!

Nothing could go wrong except in the assassination of Albert, as Mistress Sindora repeatedly emphasized, and he was almost at the finish line.

Henry VI, your arrogance is the culprit that killed you, if there is an afterlife, don't give the Crow Assassin even half a second!

He said silently in his mind.

He felt like his vision had never been clearer, and he could even see every line on the blade, pointing at the tip of Albert's throat, the blood that was about to erupt, and the silver threads wrapped around his arm.

Wait a minute.

Silver thread?

He watched as the silver thread tightened, and without feeling any pain, his arm snapped in two—so fast, so fast that the part where he had been severed didn't even transmit the pain.

It wasn't just his arm that was caught in the silver thread, and without realizing it, the other party had already wrapped his whole body around him with the silver thread. Controlling the silver thread was a tall man, shrouded in pitch-black robes, and a chilling skeletal mask beneath his cloak.

The ends of the silver threads were attached to the long sleeves, and the man just flicked a cart, and the Crow Assassin saw his body fall apart.

"I happened to hear the cry for help from the Henry clan when I was passing by, how did it feel to have been closed from the ghost gate?"

A man's voice came from under the cloak.

Albert looked up, stunned. He didn't have the joy of the rest of his life in his heart at the moment - it was not Lin Qiu who saved him, which meant that the gamble he was determined to win had deviated, and he won the game by luck rather than strategy. What made him even more upset in his heart was that this man used silver thread as a weapon, and in his cognition, the Chaos Sect had never had such an existence.

But his outfit and iconic skull mask revealed his identity for the first time.

- "The Eight Faces of the Dead."

"Who are you?"

Albert and the Crow Assassin asked the same question at the same time - the Crow Assassin's head fell to the ground, but due to his tenacious vitality, he was still able to see everything inside the house. The Crow Assassins in this costume were familiar, they had only seen them once when Lord Sindora was on a mission, which meant ...... This man and Mistress Sindora are of the same level?

"Just a passer-by who was in the wrong place at the wrong time...... Young King, stop gambling beyond your control, for if you die here, the consequences will be catastrophic. ”

As the man spoke, the figure gradually blurred, becoming transparent and dim.

"After all, next time there may not be a passing enthusiast like me to save you. ”