A month later, in the southern suburbs of the imperial city, Wanxiang Town.

In a spacious rotunda, in front of a long stone table, a red-robed man sat expressionlessly on the north side of the table. A man wearing a hat sat down at the south of the table, his face unable to be seen because of the black drape.

There was silence in the hall, and after a moment of silence, the man in the hat spoke first: "I have arrived as agreed, I wonder if the task entrusted to your hall has been completed?"

"Perhaps...... It may be done!" the red-robed man clasped his arms in his hands, his face as usual.

"What do you mean by that?" the man in the hat paused, and although he couldn't see the expression on his face, he could clearly hear the doubt in his words.

"The twelve killers sent on the mission, including an early dream king, are all ...... Missing. According to investigation, they all appear to have died in the lava. It's just that...... I am very puzzled that no one sent a message before they died! I can't figure out what kind of terrible accident they have encountered, or if the information you have given us is not true!" The red-robed man's face sank, and his voice became cold.

"I can guarantee that there is no problem with the information provided! The situation is all true! If your cousin insists on blaming the result of this matter, then you can take my life!" The man's voice was old and thick, full of anger, and there was not the slightest timidity to be heard.

The hall fell silent again, and the red-robed man stared at the man in the hat, his sharp gaze seemed to read through the black curtain to read the other party's thoughts. After a long time, he spoke, "Well, I believe what you say! As for the outcome of this mission, because all the killers sent were killed, I can't give you a positive answer. Our vice-hall master went to the Qianlian volcano group and didn't find the three people you mentioned, the other party may or may not have died in the volcanic eruption! So you don't have to pay the other half of the honorarium, and we won't return the deposit to you, so I guess Your Excellency won't have any opinions, right?"

The man in the hat didn't make a sound, raised his hand and threw a space bag on the table, "This is the remaining five million." In any case, the reason why your church has suffered so much loss is entirely because of the execution of the task entrusted to me. It's far from enough to compensate, but it's a piece of heart!"

The man took out a wooden plaque engraved with the word "reverse", gently put it on the table, stood up and said, "There is still something to be done in the future, farewell!" After speaking, he turned and walked towards the exit in the northeast corner of the hall.

"Slow down! The red-robed man sat on the chair and didn't move, a smile rising from the corner of his mouth.

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In the evening, at the top of a barren hill a hundred miles away in the southern suburbs of the Imperial City, a man in green with a black cloth was standing quietly watching the sunset, while a man wearing a hat was standing behind him, as if he was reporting something to the former.

After a while, the green-clothed man smiled slowly: "At the beginning, I expected that there might be such a result, since the royal family dared to let their children and grandchildren go out alone, they would definitely be given certain means of self-preservation." But it was a bit unexpected for me to kill all the killers in the Rebellion Hall so easily, and even the early Dream King couldn't escape his life! Anyway, my main purpose is just to get rid of that kid, even if he has already told what he saw, if he wants to come to a dead man, the princess and the prince will not take it too seriously. ”

"Hearing what the city lord said, could it be that kid has already ......?" the man in the hat suddenly raised his head and wondered.

"There is news from the palace that the princess and the fourth prince returned to the palace a month ago, they must have used some special method, otherwise it would be impossible to rush back from Qianlian Volcano so quickly. Moreover, I heard that the princess had not been in a good mood for the first few days after returning to the palace, and combined with the fact of the volcanic eruption, it can probably be inferred that the kid died in the Qianlian volcanic group. After saying that, the masked man in green turned to look at the man in the hat, and the laughter that came out of his mouth was a little strange.

The man in the hat shook his head with a smile and said, "In this way, you can finally rest assured!"

"Uncle Xu, I have no doubt about your loyalty! But ......" The man in green stared at him, and a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

The man in the hat looked at the man in green through the curtain, and from the other party's exposed eyes, he seemed to guess what the man in green was going to do next, "City lord......! I have been loyal to you for decades...... I can't think of the last ...... You ...... you" There was no fear in the old voice, but a heavy sadness.

"Do you know why I came to the Imperial City from Light Breeze City, and chose this place to meet?" the man in green was silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked.

"Isn't it to kill the old slave?" said the man in the hat after a pause.

"Of course not, at least not all!" the man in green smiled and said in a low voice, "Because I guess that you will be followed by the people of the Rebellion Hall, although they claim to the outside world very well, and their reputation and reputation are not bad, but I will never risk the so-called reputation! Once you are targeted, it is unexpectedly that your existence will lose its meaning, so you must die!"

Before the man in green's words fell, one hand had already reached forward, and he suddenly lifted it upward, and the body of the man in the hat was thrown into the air. The man struggled desperately in the air, making a strange "grunt" sound from his mouth, and the man in green raised his right hand at him, his five fingers slowly clenched, and then suddenly opened.

With a short scream, the man's body swelled rapidly in the air, bursting into a cloud of minced flesh and a cloud of blood in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, a large area of thick white mist suddenly appeared out of thin air, instantly enveloping the entire desolate hill, which was extremely strange!

After a few breaths, the fog inexplicably disappeared without a trace, and the man in green disappeared with him.

Under the barren hill, the red-robed man stepped out from behind a gray rock and looked coldly at the empty top of the hill, his eyes uncertain.

Not long after, a thin man in yellow flew in from a distance, and after a few breaths, he stopped beside the man in red robe.

"What's the situation? ”

"You're late! The other party was a late-stage dream king, covering his face with a black cloth, and my tracking was detected by him. The old guy with the hat only spoke to him for a few words, and then he was killed. The red-robed man glanced at the visitor, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he said helplessly.

"Later Dream King, it seems that the other party is not small, and he is still acting very cautiously! Now that the clue is broken, we can't be sure of the other party's true intentions, is it aimed at the Rebellion Hall?"

"There is definitely something wrong with the mission I received this time, spending 10 million to buy the life of a Dream Walker, no matter how you look at it, it feels suspicious! I originally thought that it would be very safe to send an early Dream King, but I didn't expect it to end up like this!" The red-robed man retracted his smile, and his voice became cold.

"There are many doubts about the deaths of the twelve killers. Judging by my speculation, those three people should not have died, or may have been rescued. Write down this event specifically and gather as much information as you can. The clue on this end was broken, so I started from the other side, since they were going in the direction of the Qianlian Volcano Group, then send more people to the eastern suburbs of the imperial city to secretly investigate, they should stay there in the inn. The thin man raised his head and said.

After some conversation, the two made another short stop at the top of the barren hill, and then rose into the air at the same time, flying low to the south.