Chapter 0978 - Name Exit: Death Comes
Elder Regret raised his glass and drank it dry in one gulp. But instead of putting it down, he poured the glass until the last drop of wine flowed into his mouth.
Footsteps outside the curtain stopped, and he stopped at the door: "My lord, I brought you honey and bread." "It's the voice of the guy in the store.
"Come in!" said the elder.
Without the permission of the customer, the guys in the store will not come in without permission.
"Yes, sir. β
The man came in, carrying a plate of fragrant hot bread and a golden jar of honey filled with honey.
As he passed behind the Elder, he opened his mouth and blew softly on the Elder's neck. The action was silent, and the man's footsteps did not stop.
It's like a child grimacing behind an adult.
It's not a harmless action, it's just a little prank of a guy entertaining himself.
But unfortunately, Elder Ke's body was stiff.
The guy came to the table and put down the plate.
Elder Regret Ke stared at this fellow who he was no stranger to with round eyes.
"What's wrong with you, sir!" said the fellow in surprise.
Elder Ke's expression was very evil.
"You, Faceless!" Elder Regret's stiff tone, shocked expression, angry eyes.
"I'm a buddy. The guy took a step back and said.
Elder Regret stood up, and could see that he tried to turn his neck, but his neck could not turn, as if something was stuck in the joint.
"You ...... Little Wolf Girl...... Said...... Give us a ...... day."
"Oh, that's a lie to you, to let your guard down, or I wouldn't have done it easily. The surprised guy suddenly laughed. The guy just now turned into a relaxed cringe.
"You ...... You ......"
Shout!
A narrow sword stabbed into Elder Regret's neck from the side, stabbing in the left side and piercing out on the right.
Several poisonous scorpions crawled out of the corner, and two of them crawled out of the body of the Elder Regret Ke and jumped towards the man. The man stepped back, and a narrower and shorter sword appeared in his other hand, and with two snorts, he pierced the two manticores that jumped in the air through the sword.
Elder Regret's face was full of horror, the muscles on his face were twisted, and his eyes almost popped out.
Whoa!
Several manticores that sprang out of the corner bit the men's legs, and then something sharp pierced their mouthparts.
On the man's legs, inside his pants, he wore some kind of sharp shin armor or something.
The Faceless launched a surprise attack, and it looked like everything was ready for a long time.
The narrow sword was drawn from Elder Regret's neck, and blood spurted from both sides of his neck.
The elder fell, and died without a blink.
The man reached out and grabbed the elder's body, allowing his body to gently slide to the ground.
"Alright!" another man's voice came from outside.
"That's it!"
The curtain opened, and another guy from the hotel entered, and with a movement of his wrist, a sharp small sword with a curved hook appeared out of thin air.
He took off the elder's face towel and frowned slightly: "What an ugly face, the Elder of Heavenly Destiny won't like to wear this face on his face." β
"Hurry up, little kui. The voice of the man who killed Elder Regret changed to that of a woman.
Xiao Kui is the younger sister who entered the Black and White Academy at the same time as Arya Stark.
And the woman who asked Xiao Kui to do it quickly was Arya and Xiao Kui's senior sister with a long face.
Longface is in the same batch of Faceless apprentices as the Faceless Ones who taught Arya under the alias 'Jaqun Hegar'.
Name exit κΉDeath comes.
It's a pity that the names of the three elders have long had their information in the Black and White Courtyard.
The Demon Mountain also learned the name of the Third Elder of the Regret Guest from the mouth of Haji Moore, the only one of the Thirteen Giants who was still alive.
When Arya, Xiao Kui, Senior Sister Longface, and Jenny Westerling came to the Magic Mountain of Quells, they said the name of the Third Elder of Regret to Arya.
The name is out, death comes, whether the person is a king, a governor, a killer, or a priest.
Throughout the east of the continent of Essos, there are disciples of the Faceless who are active, and the activities of the Faceless are not only killing, but they also collect intelligence from all over the world to secretly maintain the safety of the Faceless traders. The Faceless Merchants' traders are regular merchants, and the vast majority of merchants are unaware that their real boss is the Faceless Ones of the Black and White Courtyard.
There have always been disciples of the Faceless Ones in Quells. - Actually, in every important and famous place in the world, there are Faceless disciples who have been stationed for a long time and live like the natives. In the old town of Westeros, the 'Weatpen Bottle' tavern κΉ has been running for more than 600 years by the Meadow River, and has always been run by the Faceless One. - Faceless root bases like this are found in most of the major cities in the East and West, and Quells is no exception.
Quells is the world's core transit point for all kinds of trade between the East and the West, and it is also a major birthplace for trade from the Eastern world to the Western world. The disciples of the Faceless have long had their own roots here, but they abide by their beliefs and canons, never show their faces, and never intersect or clash with the regretful guests.
The little wolf girl who met with Elder Regret was Arya Stark, and she first had a face-to-face conversation with Elder Regret, causing Elder Regret to fall into the threat trap of 'Regret has one more day', and then Arya withdrew, and put on a senior sister dressed as a partner to assassinate Elder Regret, and finally Xiao Kui stepped forward to peel off Elder Regret.
When Senior Sister Long-faced passed behind Elder Regret Ke, she just blew a breath and blew Elder Regret Ke to death. Blowing can't blow a dead person, it's just that the senior sister has a syringe in her mouth, and she blows out a murderous poisonous needle that pierces the back of the neck of the unsuspecting Elder Regret.
If it weren't for Arya's coercive conversation with Elder Regret Ke's 'Regret Ke still has one day', Senior Sister would have been very difficult to succeed. Sadly, Elder Ke believed Arya's words, and he accepted the premise that the Faceless One would do it in a day'. Elder Regret was not afraid of the Faceless One's action on Quells, and what he was really worried about was the coercive pressure brought by Quells's King Magic Mountain.
If the king kills the regretful guest, the regretful guest will not be able to stay in Quells City.
Killers skilled in manticores and stealth assassinations are not able to deal with the Legion, nor can they deal with the Dragons.
The killer's headquarters, Scorpion Tail Fort, can't be moved.
Arya allowed the Regret Guest to leave after one day, which made the Regret Guest Elder naturally think that this day was absolutely safe, however, the Faceless One's next heartbeat was to do it!
It was an elaborate assassination plan.
This hotel is the 'spokesperson' of the worldly world of the Faceless. Facelings also run many businesses in this world, and they have their own agents, like white gloves on their hands. It's just that the owner of this hotel doesn't know that the source of his funds and the mysterious big man behind his service is the Black and White Courtyard in Braavos, far away on the other side of the mainland.
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Night!
Scorpion Tail Fort.
Unfortunately, Elder Hakka sat in the quiet room and suddenly felt a trace of unease.
This raised alarm in his heart.
For decades, the Great Elder had never felt such an inexplicable uneasiness, and there seemed to be a faint chill on his back.
He slowly stood up and finished his meditation.
It was strange to say, but after the meditation was over and the Great Elder washed his face, he found that the uneasiness disappeared, and the cold on his back was no longer felt.
Illusion?
Old, some inexplicable trance?
Or is it because many of the new king's initiatives are becoming increasingly disturbing?
After the new king Moshan moved into the palace, in a short period of time, he seemed to have been recognized and liked by the people of Quells. He proposed a new decree at yesterday's council meeting to cut the taxes of ordinary people by half, and the millions of freedmen in the city were plunged into drinking parties and dancing revelries last night. The first to kneel to welcome the new king was Baron Gil Gree, the spice trade manager of the original Ancient Spice Guild, who was appreciated by the new king Moshan and became the king's spice administrative officer, in charge of all spice trade rules and taxes.
This made it obvious to the Elder of Regret and the older nobles of the city that King Fyodor Raymond Horn of Quells was nothing more than a mere ornament.
The Regret Guest and the Immortal Temple, and many of the older generation of nobles want to directly rule over them is His Majesty King Fyodor Raymond Horn, and the King of the Magic Mountain is only responsible for collecting taxes. Although Quells submitted, everyone still wanted to retain Quells's independence in government.
But this is probably nothing more than a fantasy!
All of these made the elders of the Regretful Guest, the wizards of the Immortal Temple, and the nobles of the older generation feel unspeakably uncomfortable.
Could the discomfort that the Great Elder suddenly felt during meditation in the ashram be due to these distracting thoughts during meditation?
The Great Elder walked out of the ashram and slowly walked towards the Hall of Faith, where a huge manticore-tailed beast was enshrined. Facing him, the three elders were slowly walking towards him.
Unfortunately, after the masked elder Hakuhara was killed, the new masked elder who showed up outside was the third elder.
"Great Elder, I have heard very disturbing news. β
"What's the matter?" said the Great Elder lightly. But there was a hint of unease in his heart, and he remembered the uncomfortable feeling he had felt in the ashram.
"The Faceless One is coming. β
"Oh!" the Great Elder didn't react in any way. He knew that Quells had the Faceless One, but the water from the wells on both sides did not interfere with the river water. The Faceless has never killed in Quells, nor has it officially appeared once.
"The Supreme Elder of the Faceless Ones, the Elder of the Mandate of Heaven, has arrived. β
"What is he here for?"
"He met with me today and he asked us to leave Quells City in three days. β
"............" The Great Elder was stunned! He couldn't understand it, and he couldn't react for a while, this matter was too abrupt and unreasonable.
The Faceless are going to war on Quells, and this is their inevitable defeat. The faceless one belongs to the west of the mainland, and the regretful guest belongs to the east of the mainland, which is the conventional balance between the two sides. At Quells, regret is overwhelming.
"I've heard that this is probably something to do with the Magic Mountain. The three elders said in a worried tone.
"Is it the Magic Mountain that wants us to leave Quells?" the Great Elder's voice was a little out of control. He looked wary and guarded, as if he had seen a manticore.
"I think so, the new king doesn't like us, after all, we are an Assassin Order that has not sworn allegiance to him, and we threaten his life. The new king may be jealous of our presence. β
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"What did Master Boli say?"
The Third Elder was silent for a moment and sighed, "Master Boli remains silent!"
"It was he who said that as long as we regret that our guests choose to sue for peace, we can keep our Scorpion Tail Fort. β
If you can keep the manticore, you can naturally continue to stay in Quells. The Regret Guest was already an ancient Assassin Order in Quells, so old that it had become an inseparable love-hate knife for the nobles.
"The king still thinks that Master Boli is dead, and this is our advantage. The third elder said slowly.
"Let's not count on the Immortal Temple, Master Boli wanted to keep their Immortal Temple, so he killed the Ancient Spice Guild, the Tourmaline Brotherhood, etc., he is now the king, but he did not convince the Demon Mountain to believe us. If the Magic Mountain had made up its mind to get us out of Quilles, I think we might have to give up Fort Scorpiontail. β
"Let's join forces with the Immortal Temple to kill the Demon Mountain?"
"There is a man by the side of the Demon Mountain, who is a slave of the Shadow God, and we cannot get close to the Demon Mountain to assassinate him. Any shadow around the Magic Mountain may hide a shadow deadman. The Faceless One has arrived. The dark magical power of the Faceless, disguise, swordsmanship, poisoning, and detoxification have always been above us. β
"We are no longer the regretful guests of the past, we have improved too much, and the resurgence of magic has brought us great power, Great Elder, I will go and kill Quixie first. β
"Maybe no one can kill Shadow, we just have to find a way to get rid of her. β
"Together with Master Boli, we have nothing to fear when we combine the Kui Xi and the Faceless One. Great Elder, we must rise up and fight, the Scorpion Tail Fort is sacrosanct. β
The Great Elder was silent for a long time: "Okay, I want you to go to Master Boli first and hear what he has to say." He knows everything, and we need His guidance. β
"I immediately went to the palace to see Master Boli. β
"There are the Quish and the Faceless in the palace, so be careful. β
"I won't let them find out about me, even if they do, it's fine, they don't know that Master Boli is the king, and the Faceless Elder has promised us three days. β
"Okay, let's go. β
The Third Elder turned around and left, took two steps, but stopped again, and turned around: "Great Elder, the Faceless Destiny Elder said that there is something for me to convey to you, but this is not a good word. β
"Say it, what's the matter!" the Great Elder said in a deep voice.
With a flash of cold light, a small sword stabbed into the Great Elder's throat.
"The name is out, and death comes. The voice of the three elders changed, and it became a woman's voice.
The voice was soft, as if it was blowing in the ear of the Great Elder.
Outside, in the night sky, a strange sound of wind sounded.
Whirring wind.
Correct!
There is a dragon groan that suddenly sounds!