At the same time as Shirkat let out his last sigh, in the central hall of the Holy Flame Tribe, Iroh, who appeared in the form of a human boy, paused abruptly before putting the drink in his hand into his mouth.

"No matter what orders I give, it's up to them to decide how to spend their lives. ”

"Perhaps in your opinion, life is the most important thing. However, with all due respect, even if you think so, it can't change the fate of most people's lives - in this world, there are many moments when life is worth giving and having to lose one's life, and one's compassion doesn't change anything at all!"

“...... When I say this, it does not mean that I am indifferent to their existence. However, I believe that a person, even if he cannot decide his own life, should at least have the right to decide his own death—that right, at least more important than my commands. ”

Thinking back to what he had said to the mutant fairy dragon, Iroh swallowed the slightly spicy goblin in his mouth and closed his eyes.

"Hilcart, let's go......"

The other side.

Blue Descartes stood silently at the top of the city's tallest building, the bell tower, with a pair of dark eyes indifferently looking at the brightly lit night scene of the city dozens of meters below.

Beside him, the leopard-orc Hoy was silently wiping his sword, the dwarf Pulit was sipping down the spirits of the steel flask, and the lizardman Cummins leisurely took small cookies from his pocket bag and put them in his mouth.

The four members of the Abyss Nova all gathered here at this moment.

After eating a few cookies, Cummins licked the cookie crumbs from the corner of his mouth and said curiously, "Boss, it seems that Stasi's killer organization does have some skills." It is possible to build such a training base in the territory of an enemy country......"

"That's nature, sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest place. ”

"But I still don't understand," the dwarf scratched his head in confusion, "the city has been explored by scouts, how can there be such a large place for a base to hide?"

Blue Descartes glanced at Pullett and patiently explained, "Space and illusion magic are the best tools to use in this regard. I've said before that as a killer, your own qualities and skills are of course the most important, but space and illusion magic can help us a lot - of course, if possible, time magic needs to be dabbled in. ”

"Besides, with the power of Grand Duke Jon's family, it is not impossible to secretly build a small secret base here before our Abyss Nova is formed. It's a pity that he doesn't have an organization like the Yanlong Church to help...... Wait, the show is coming. ”

Lan Descartes's attention was suddenly attracted by Raman, the deputy captain of the special security force of the royal capital, and a figure that followed him far behind, invisible spiritual power spread everywhere, and a huge perceptual network quietly spread out, like a scattered breeze that was imperceptible - there were no other suspicious characters around!

Moreover, the person who has been eyeing Laman seems to be a little unaware......

They didn't choose to stop it, ignoring the fact that Raman was willing to leave alone in order to cooperate with their plan, and they all waited and watched how things would develop.

A minute later, in a secluded corner of the city, a shielding barrier quietly shrouded a range of two hundred meters in the vicinity.

Within the barrier, in the vast frost mist, Raman's dead face was extremely pale due to the low temperature, and not far from him, the young man in the armor of thunder and lightning and playing with a fireball in his hand sneered, and then withdrew all his magic, revealing a familiar face.

The new apostle of the Supreme Inquisition - Austin!

I didn't expect that it was him who came to assassinate Raman?

It's no wonder that Raman can't support even a minute, but to deal with a low-level legendary guy, he actually needs to use a demigod powerhouse to make a move?

Could it be that the men of Grand Duke Jon have already guessed our plan and are planning to intimidate, or kill, us?

Blue Descartes's mind raced, and in an instant, countless ideas and speculations surfaced from his mind, and one after another was denied by the instantaneous analysis. Like a tree-like diagram that grows and forks, his brainpower beyond ordinary people allows him to calculate and outline the development status of hundreds of things, and choose and optimize the most reasonable actions according to his ability......

Blue Descartes was confident that he would be able to get out of the way even if Stasi's killers laid a net, but if he took Cummins with him, they might not be able to.

"You stay behind me and get those things ready...... I'll go up and take a look. ”

After a moment of silence, the elemental holy beast that turned into a teenager said this indifferently, and then he fell silent in just a few seconds, completely turning his existence into an inconspicuous emptiness like a natural curtain, which was an invisibility that could not be perceived by breath, killing intent, sound, or taste, and an absolute hiding that could not be detected as long as the tracked person did not see his own outline entity within the visual range.

The dark shadow moved quietly, silently following his face indifferently, and he couldn't see behind Austin, a young powerhouse who had just killed someone.

"It's not like a trap...... Even if he wasn't aware of my presence, he made several circles around the neighborhood with his own caution. However, it cannot be ruled out that the other party deliberately exploited my thinking loopholes. ”

Wrapped in a pitch-black trench coat and as unpredictable as a real shadow, Blue Descartes had just made a leap that was silent and without even a hint of intense air flow, as smooth and easy as a bat gliding in the dark.

Standing lightly on a branch in the dense canopy, Blue Descartes set his eyes on Austin, who was still weaving through the intricate forest more than a dozen meters away, as if the other party was not aware of the fact that he was being followed, he had gradually stopped going in circles and turned to travel in an arctic curve.

Now is the official beginning!

Based on the terrain information he had just gathered through the psychic perception network, Blue Descartes knew that Austin was drawing circles in a curved spiral, gradually narrowing the distance and heading towards his destination, while he himself was biting tightly on the other party's back, following him with a concealment ability beyond ordinary people's imagination.

......

"Unsurprisingly, this level of protection ...... What a remarkable achievement. ”

After more than ten minutes, Blue Descartes, who had skillfully bypassed the illusion barrier and spatial barrier that could only deceive mortals and weaklings, stood in mid-air, condescendingly looking down at the last defense mechanism arranged in the forest to protect the killer's base.

It was a myriad of translucent threads as thin as a hair, but even tougher and sharper, densely intertwined, forming a scene that enveloped the entire stronghold, obscuring a huge perceptual spider web of space hundreds of meters in radius.

The possible enemy of this silk wire enchantment is obviously the Blue Descartes, who has the ability to fly in the air, so the silk threads laid over the stronghold are particularly thin, and the gaps left between them are not even a palm's width wide. Not to mention humans, not even the bigger birds want to land here...... Completely stifled the attempt of Blue Descartes to make a surprise attack by plunging down from the sky.

Actually, this is nothing, because even if it is set up in the nearby forest, the silk barrier that should allow its members to pass through is extremely complicated, and it does not even leave an obvious passage, but indirectly controls the silk thread barrier through the people who stay in the stronghold, and temporarily opens a passage for returning companions.

"This ability...... It seems that Grand Duke Jon has recruited both of them. ”

Blue Descartes is talking about Tyles Borg and Bieber Borg, known as the "twin murderers of the Foggy Night".

The elder brother Tails, with a thin build, but with great speed and excellent strategic mind, and can release dense fog within a radius of 150 meters, is the IQ of the twins.

Younger brother Bieber, who is more than two meters tall, is born with divine power, and can drag the earth dragon for 50 meters with all his strength. The weapon is a two-handed greatsword that only orcs can barely use. The battle instinct allowed him to successfully fight back against an underage giant. Therefore, it is the force of the twins.

The Twins are well-known killers, who have killed the Grand Duke of the Duchy, the prince and grandson, and the general commander, the most famous is the "One Night Massacre", which killed more than 5,000 people in a small city in one night, and was discovered a month later. Since then, the Twins have become one of the most famous killers.

It's just that few people know that Tails Borg, who seems to only interfere with the enemy, can control the silk thread as a killing weapon in addition to the fog!

Guessing the protection and operation mechanism of the Silk Barrier in a very short time, Blue Descartes took the initiative to lower his altitude and dive back into the forest, since it was no longer advisable to rush into the sky, then he had to seize the opportunity to follow the Apostle Austin through this heavily defended Silk Barrier.

This is not difficult for Blue Descartes, who is Falkenridge, or even the strongest assassin in the entire Western Continent.

When he saw that the silk barrier at the edge of the woodland automatically opened a gap large enough for one person to pass through because of Austin's arrival, the pitch-black shadow was like a gust of fresh wind, clinging to Austin's body and flashing forward, and instantly burrowed into this gap.

"Huh, anyone?"

Austin felt a chill to his bones as the shadow brushed his body, but when he looked around, there was nothing suspicious in the dark and silent forest, and the ground around him was not stirred up even a speck of dust......

"Maybe it's a delusion. ”

Austin can only think so for the time being. Although his strength is among the demigods, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are not his strengths, and Austin also knows that there are definitely people in this base who have stronger perception than himself.

Austin's idea was not wrong, and Tails in the shadows would not think it was also a delusion.

When Tails walked into the jungle where he had laid his own silk thread in order to meet Austin, he already felt that something was wrong, not that he had found anything suspicious, but that the instinct of his own killer who had fought for many years alerted him, and the jungle that he was familiar with had become a little strange and calm for some reason, and the inexplicable oppressive atmosphere also escaped......

Something is wrong, it just doesn't feel right...... It's like a glass of pure water mixed with a little alcohol, and although it is also colorless, it always feels different.

A gentle breeze suddenly blew through the woods...... The invisible breeze...... Silently blowing in the face!