With a look of extreme unkindness, Marco Tasker, with his pipe in his mouth, returned to a remote warehouse, next to a long-abandoned church, and several brothers of the Blood Banner Brotherhood standing outside saw the leader's figure, immediately opened the door of the warehouse, and watched the silver-haired wizard walk in respectfully.

The semi-cellar-style warehouses and abandoned churches have been converted into an important stronghold by the Blood Banner Brotherhood, and where most of the important core members of the underground regularly return.

After the café was noticed by the Duke of Barrion, Marco Tasker moved his stronghold here - of course, even in such a remote abandoned warehouse, the silver-haired wizard with a penchant for luxury still decorated the living room with great taste, and even managed to install a fireplace, and the whole hall could feel the smell of the billowing heat.

The silver-haired wizard's eyes swept back and forth around the living room, and his brow furrowed even more - because of the assassination of the Duke of Berrion, the entire city of Turin was under martial law, and although the blow to the Blood Flag Brotherhood itself was minimal, many tentacles were severed.

After losing the "eyes" of beggars, thieves, homeless people, and many gangsters in the streets, the Brotherhood of Blood Banner, which had been functioning freely, suddenly returned to the point where it had to do it themselves, and the infantry and light cavalry that spread all the major streets also added a lot of difficulty to their activities.

Marco Tasker inherited the Brotherhood of the Blood Banner, which had been dying after Cortés, and although it had grown much over the course of a year, it was almost inevitable that they would be cramped to search for a group of Assassins who had almost never been detected.

But this was not enough to make the silver-haired wizard uncomfortable, and his uncertain eyes slowly turned to see Ludwig Dorian standing behind him, and a mocking smile appeared on his face: "Didn't some Assassin say that he only served Lord Edward Witwood?" Why do you have this spare time to come to me for coffee?"

"For this matter is very important to Lord Edward, as you said, my loyalty belongs only to Lord Edward Witwood, but that does not prevent me from coming back to help you. Ludwig smiled without humility, "And I'm sure you're going to need a lot of help right now to catch those Assassins who have disappeared without a trace." ”

"Oh...... You're confident, but I don't think so. Marco Tasker narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to one side: "It's a pity. The Blood Banner Brotherhood has never lacked capable men, especially those like you, who have too much self-confidence, so we still ......."

"You must be wondering where the assassins went, right?" Ludwig interrupted the silver-haired wizard very impolitely, "but you haven't found it yet, that's why you're back now." ”

"For the time being, it's not that difficult at all. Marco smirked and shrugged his shoulders, "With enough time, we'll be able to find those rats." ”

"Yes, but there's not plenty of time right now, right?" said in an unhurried tone. It made Ludwig even more hateful in Marco's eyes, but the Brotherhood Assassin didn't realize it at all: "Master Edward Witwood doesn't have that much time for you to accomplish this. ”

The silver-haired wizard was finally silent - it was hard, but the reality was so cruel, especially when he thought that he needed to ask for help from a guy who had "betrayed" him, and the frustration was an unbeatable blow to the proud Marco.

"I am the greatest Assassin in your possession, Lord Marco Tasker. Ludwig said with some pride: "Let me do my best job, and I will give you a perfect answer." ”

"I hope so. He replied coldly. Marco glared at him angrily: "I hope you can make some progress there, and it can't be empty words to be confident that you are like this, right?"

"I just came before. The esteemed wizard lady Angela told me something. Ludwig said very calmly, as if he had expected to be asked like this: "The poison that almost killed the Duke of Berrion should be dragon wattle, a poison that works very quickly - as long as a little bit penetrates into the blood, it will speed up the decay, and a little slower will erode the whole limb!"

"Dragon's Vitex. Poison on the West Coast?" Marco was a little surprised: "I saw that thing in the Mentor's collection when I was in the Wizards' Guild, the rarity is comparable to that of the finest wines, how could this group of assassins have such an expensive thing?"

"Apparently either stolen or had a generous patron. Ludwig spread his hands, the corners of his mouth slightly curled: "I'll start with the Minest family." And then I hope you can think of a way within the wizards' guild. ”

"After all, we are all in the service of Lord Edward, although there have been some unfortunate ...... Pleasant things, but believe me never changes my respect for you, Chief Marco Tasker!"

With that, Ludwig turned and walked away, as if he had not seen the hostile gazes around him, as if he were a man who had left home, calmly and casually.

A self-righteous stupid man, and he thinks everyone else is more stupid than him. Staring at Ludwig's departing back, Marco Tasker couldn't help but take a sip and take a test tube from his sleeve, looking at the pus contained in it—a part of it that had been taken out of Berion's body and brought out of Angela's attic.

"So you already know that the poison that almost killed the Duke of Barrion was the dragon wattle?" Kayla pushed open the door of the room with a curious expression and stood beside Marco, "Then you still pretend that you don't know anything?"

"No, I didn't know it was Dragon's Wattle - what I did know was that just a few days ago there was a serious theft in the Wizards' Guild, and the two respected Vice-Presidents had their collections ransacked. The corners of his mouth were curled proudly, and Marco played with the test tube in his hand, but his face was a little helpless: "You brought Ludwig, right?"

"The location of this stronghold is quite hidden, and even many members of the Brotherhood only know that it is nearby, and it is impossible to find important members who are not really here, as for the rest of the people...... I can't guess anyone else who will find him other than Ludwig's supporters. ”

"That's all? Doesn't sound convincing. Kayla laughed in a fluttering tone, "Can't our all-pervasive Blood Banner Brotherhood leader find more, strong evidence?"

"That sounds weird to you. ”

"Everywhere, I learned it from the leader of the Brotherhood. Kayla smiled slyly and gently wrapped her arms around the silver-haired wizard's neck, her eyes showing tenderness, and she held him in her arms for the first time: "Don't look like this, Marco." ”

"What, what's wrong?" Marco, who was a little helpless in the face of a woman for the first time, couldn't even speak clearly, smiled awkwardly, and his expression was so strange and strange: "Don't worry, I won't blame you this time, I will never talk about that annoying guy in front of you again, don't worry-just act as if he doesn't exist, ......how about it?"

"The problem is not with Ludwig, with you. Kayla whispered, "Remember Cortés? Surely you remember, he was very clever and powerful, he had traveled from the coldest north to Turin with a vengeance, but he was destroyed by something else - he could not tolerate anyone." ”

"......" slowly raised his head, and Marco, who was still nervous just now, gently pressed Kayla's shoulder, and under the messy silver hair, there was an extremely serious expression.

"I'll never be Cortez, I swear!" (To be continued......)