Count Brad Klein wears almost the same full armor as the Dragontooth Knights he leads, except that he does not wear a helmet, and the huge dragon head on the cuirass is the symbol of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, and the dazzling amethyst embedded in the armor above the dragon's head indicates his identity as the leader of the Dragon's Tooth Knights. The Count's short blond hair on his head was very neatly trimmed, and there was not the slightest sign of messiness on his lips with short hairs of the same color as his. The turquoise eyeballs are unique to the descendants of the Crane family of the Holy Asserr Empire, and Count Brad Klein has inherited this family trait. The blue cloak behind the Count was gently unfurling in the breeze on the riverbank, with a sparkling sapphire as the clasp of the cloak, reflecting the count's aristocratic pomp. The Count was followed by two retinues, one of whom held the Count's helmet and shield in his hands, while the other led the Count's horse, and the legendary sword from the ancient treasures of the gods was worn on the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights himself.

While the head of Redfish Village lowered his head and occasionally secretly looked at the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knight in front of him, the earl's eyes also fell on the village chief.

As a fishing village, more than 90% of the residents of Hongyu Village have the characteristics of fishermen: slightly dark skin, rough hands and a toned body. And this qiē is not reflected in the head of Hongyu Village, Anthony Coma. The skin on Anthony Mia's face was unusually white, so white that one couldn't help but wonder when he had last been outside, and the skin of his hands was so delicate that if you had lost a little about half of the fat, some might have mistaken it for the small hands of the noble lady of the city, but more fat had been piled up on the belly, calves, and chest of the village chief. Especially the village chief's big belly that bulged into a semicircle. It looked like it was about to break the belt around the village chief's waist at any moment. Pour all the grease onto the ground. From the outside, Anthony Coma looks like a wealthy businessman who has nothing to eat.

Earl Brad Klein had heard rumors about Redfish Village. Legend has it that the head of the village of Agate was supported by a certain nobleman in the city of Agate, and he took a considerable amount of tax on every transaction between the residents of the village and the merchants who passed by, and the village chief himself received a considerable amount of wealth from it, while at the same time, the village of Red Fish asked for financial assistance from the city every year, on the grounds that the local land production could not meet the needs of the residents. Of course, this is not the domain of the Count's father, Grand Duke Karen. Therefore, the Earl planned to just learn a little about the local situation, and wait until he arrived in Onyx City to talk to his cousin, Prince Yagu Crane, the head of the Blood Griffin Knights, who was usually in charge of security near Onyx City.

Redfish Village is not a secluded place due to the frequent passing of guests from other places, but the influx of Dragontooth Knights has made the noise in Redfish Village more than twice as loud as usual. Under the Earl's orders, the Dragontooth Knights will camp out on the hill behind Redfish Village tonight, and countless blue tents have spread all over the hillside. After preparing their accommodation, the knights took off their armor and went to the village. Especially in the Sharpened Fishbones Tavern at the entrance of the village, the sound of the knights almost overturned the entire tavern, and the waitresses of the Sharpened Fishbones Tavern had to wake up their spirits. for each of them had to entertain more than thirty knights.

The Sharpened Fish Bone Tavern is the whole Red Fish Village. One of only three two-storey buildings, the other two being a church at the other end of the village, and the village chief's house in the center of the village. At this moment, the Count and his two retinues were in the hall of the village chief's house, and the fat village chief of Redfish Village was holding a wine glass, constantly describing to the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights how when he was young, he braved the sun and rain to brave the wind and rain to catch a red fish that was now nailed to the wall of the hall and used as an ornament twice as long as normal. Earl Brad Klein, who had fought whales in the southern seas, had almost no idea what the village chief was saying, and the ornaments in the village chief's hall far exceeded the wealth of an ordinary fishing village chief.

The feast did not last long, and the chief of the village was soon drunk with the ale he had prepared, and Earl Brad Klein, who had not been drunk, went straight back to his tent outside the village. Compared to the possible corruption of a fishing village head, the current chaos in Onyx City is even more worrying.

In the Holy Asser Empire, three ministers in charge of government, finance, and military affairs were under the direct command of the Emperor. The current Minister of War, Prince Fodor Crane, is actually the de facto head of the Knights of the Light, and the titular head of the Knights of the Light, the Archbishop of the Greenleaf Church, is an outright follower of Prince Fodor Crane. And Prince Yagu Crane, who directly commands the Blood Griffin Knights, has made a lot of achievements in recent years, especially the invasion of the orcs from the ice continent of the far north about a year ago. The orcs even conquered the entire kingdom of Sylvia, only to be put down by the Blood Griffin Knights. That battle not only temporarily eliminated the power of the orcs, but also incorporated the kingdom of Sylvia to the north into the territory of the Holy Aserr Empire. Thanks to these achievements, Prince Jacques Klein has gained more support among the people than his brother.

The elderly Emperor Anfil XXXIV did not directly and openly designate his heir, so now that the emperor is seriously ill, the two princes have already begun to compete for the throne in a hurry, and the conflicts between the Blood Griffin Knights and the Knights of the Holy Light, which are already at odds, are even more continuous, and the Count himself came to Onyx City thousands of miles to quell the conflict between the two knights.

In addition, there are not only two princes who are eligible to inherit the throne of the Holy Asserr Empire. In addition to Earl Brad Klein, who shared the grandfather of the two princes, Princess Sayari Klein also had the right to sit on the throne, and the princess's husband, Baron Wesley Ruda, Minister of State, may have had some idea and never expressed any opinion about the heir of Emperor Anfil XXXIV.

The Minister of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Chancellor of War have always been collectively referred to as the triumvirate of the Holy Asserian Imperial Council. And so far. One of the Big Three, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Marquis Eugene Coma, has always been neutral. Perhaps for the Chancellor of Finance, who had long been in charge of the books of the Holy Asserr Empire. Whoever becomes the next emperor will not shake his position in any way.

And all the time. Why have the thieves' unions, which ostensibly kept to themselves, been responsible for so many assassinations recently? Are these assassinations really from the thieves' unions, or are there people who are doing something to them?

"Speaking of which, the surname of the village chief of Redfish Village is the same as that of the Minister of Finance, could it be that the nobleman in Onyx City, who is said to support the village chief, is ......" Unknowingly, the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, Count Brad Crane, fell asleep with such a speculation.

The white light on the horizon heralded the arrival of another morning. Just then the Count was awakened by the sound of horses' hoofs outside the tent, and a trembling knight was soon brought before the Earl. Shortly after disembarking at the small fishing port of Redfish Village yesterday evening, the Count sent three of his Dragontooth Knights as his emissaries. The pale-faced and alarmed knight who had been brought to Onyx City to report the arrival of the Dragon's Tooth Knights was one of the three messengers sent by the Count. The Count, who immediately realized that something had happened in Onyx, waved his hand, and the other knights who followed him immediately obeyed the order to leave the Earl's tent temporarily, while Count Brad Klein himself calmed down a little to listen to the news that the knights had brought back from Onyx.

It wasn't long before the Count lifted his tent and came to the knights who were waiting outside. The seams of the Count's armor clashed constantly, and the two lines of tears on his face surprised the knights even more, they had scarcely ever seen their captain cry. Immediately, from the earl's lips, which had been bitten out of several blood-red tooth marks, the knights heard the order of the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights:

"Inform all the knights and set off for Onyx City at once. ”

Death. It is the only fate of the president of the thieves' guild. Archmage Aqiman was very sure of this.

For both mages and demons from the dungeons, the president of the Rogue Guild must die.

If the Holy Asserian Empire is compared to a square dining table. The three major knighthoods, including the Knights of the Blood Griffin, the Knights of the Light, and the Knights of the Dragon's Fang, are the three legs that support this table, and the fourth leg of the table hidden in the darkness is undoubtedly the Thieves' Guild that once supported more than half of the emperors of the Holy Asserr Empire to the throne. Obsidian, one of the four keys necessary to open the Book of the Moon, is in the hands of the President of the Thieves' Guild, just as the Dungeon Lord of Mount Thor is a demon and Aqiman a necromancer. On the one hand, the mages were well aware that they would not have a good chance of easily getting their hands on the obsidian while the head of the Thieves' Guild, the funny but stubborn old man, was alive.

In addition, from the perspective of the other members of the Thieves' Guild, the continued existence of the respected president of the Thieves' Guild is essentially a threat to everyone's survival. There is no doubt that the principle and belief in the mouth of the president of the Thieves' Guild, who has supported the Klein family for thousands of years, is to uphold the rule of the Holy Asserr Empire and never fall into the hands of other surnames. According to the history books of the Holy Asserian Empire that the demon had read in the library, six emperors' daughters had ascended to the throne, but none of their own children had succeeded in obtaining the right to the throne, and that the thieves' guild had played a role in the sons of the empress's brothers, and even the brothers themselves, in their path to the throne.

Because of the brutal reputation of Count Brad Klein, who commands the Dragontooth Knights, the president of the Thieves Guild has no intention of contacting him, and in the case that Princess Sayarily Crane is not interested in the throne, the Thieves' Guild can only choose one of the princes of Verdor Crane and Prince Argu Crane to support if they want to remain in the Holy Asserr Empire. However, although the exact reason is unknown, it seems that neither of the two princes vying for the throne intends to continue to allow the Thieves' Guild to survive, so that after the Thieves' Guild decides that it will not move to Thor, there is only a dead end for those who remain in front of everyone. It was discovered from the mage's observation of the elders in the hall of the Thieves' Guild. Causing them to agree with the President. It was not an endorsement of the decision to remain in Onyx, but simply a sign of respect for the elderly president.

But. As a member of the Thieves' Guild itself, it is impossible for everyone to be willing to face the path that is essentially a funeral for the Thieves' Guild, and there must be some special means for a member of the Thieves' Guild to escape the shackles of the prestige of the guild president, such as the figure reflected in the crystal ball in front of the archmage Aqiman.

Although it was impossible to listen to the groans in the throat of the guild president through the crystal ball, it was clear from the movements of the old man on the bed that the movements of the black shadow had caused the old man great pain. The Archmage could even read the look of disappointment in the eyes of the Thieves Guild President.

"Your principles and beliefs don't apply to everyone. The archmage muttered to himself silently. Akiman wasn't quite sure how much what he said in the hall of the Thieves' Guild, in front of the Guild President, and the Thieves' Guild Elders' Elders had influenced the decision of the Thieves' Guild Elders, but he did mean to inspire the Thieves' Guild President's confidence by speaking out. Only in this way will there be killers from the Thieves' Guild itself who will do their best to attack their own president.

The murders reflected in the crystal ball continued, and the archmage began to figure out when he would be able to get what he wanted. The Book of the Moon is an untouchable secret for most people, and the obsidian in the hands of the President of the Thieves' Guild should be readily available, and after the Guild President dies and before the rest of the Thieves' Guild discovers the murder, Archmage Aqiman will personally go and put one of the four keys to open the Book of the Moon in his pocket.

Killing an unsuspecting old man is clearly not going to take much time. The head of the thieves' guild soon stopped struggling under the black cloth-covered figure, and the archmage began to silently recite a spell in his mind to move to the room of the head of the thieves' guild, which would create a reliable spatial connection between the archmage's room and the place where the murder took place, as soon as the shadow left the room of the head of the thieves' guild, the archmage could go directly to find the obsidian he wanted.

Just next. The movement of the dark shadow reflected in the crystal ball was completely unexpected by the archmage. The dark shadow decisively moved the body of the president of the thieves' guild, who had lost his breath, to the ground, and then fumbled on the leader's bed and pulled out a small box. It was as if it had been premeditated. The Shadow took the box into his pocket, then put the body of the leader of the thieves' guild back on the bed, then turned and left the dark room.

"Damn, he knew about obsidian and took it away. The archmage who couldn't help but start cursing in a low voice lifted the magic that had been applied to the crystal ball, and it took a lot of mental effort to maintain this magic that could provide observation from a distance. The archmage began to wonder who had snatched his prey from his hands.

The dark shadow didn't seem to be very large, he was very quick and light, and he was very familiar with the environment inside the Thieves' Guild, there were not many such people, but the archmage did not intend to go to this person immediately. The archmage was well aware that there was another murder in Onyx City tonight that would cause a sensation throughout the Holy Asserr Empire, and that the murder of the head of the Thieves' Guild would inevitably cause extraordinary chaos within the Thieves' Guild.

Just for a moment, the archmage suddenly felt a wave of magical energy in the air, and someone used magic to cover his figure and came to the vicinity of the archmage's room. Immediately, the door to the archmage's room was silently opened and shut, and the person who had crept into the archmage's room immediately noticed that the Archmage's Trist staff was aimed at him.

Demon Amtils had no interest in guessing whether there would be a fireball or an ice pick or even a bolt of lightning coming out of the archmage's staff. The demon who casually threw a magic scroll on the table appeared in the archmage's room, and after seeing the demon's face clearly, the archmage shifted his gaze to the magic scroll on the table, whose handwriting was fading. The Archmage was pleased with the scroll he had made, and the invisible magic from the Archmage that attached it had barely escaped the Archmage's eyes.

"You're back?"

"It's back. The emperor has died. With a hint of sarcasm, the demon answered the archmage's question and untied a box wrapped in soft black velvet from his shoulder. Inside is the legendary treasure left by the god of death Dies, the Book of the Moon.

Anfil XXXIV didn't even have a chance to see the face of the Assassin who had broken into the Emperor's bedroom in the royal castle of Onyx, and had already collapsed silently on the ornate carpet of the room because a long dagger had pierced his heart. And the demon who found the Book of the Moon began to think about how to leave the majestic castle smoothly. Although the archmage-made zuò invisibility scroll in his pocket could also unleash an invisibility spell for a demon, any attempt to conceal his form was futile under the influence of a huge magic circle beneath the royal castle.

There were more than a hundred guards and knights downstairs, and mages among them, so it was definitely not a rational choice to break out directly. The demon's choice was to restore the secret dark room containing the Book of the Moon, and then follow the stone staircase back to the top of the tower in the southern corner of the royal castle. The guard the demon had just killed was still lying on the ground with his eyes glared, and the armor of the Blood Griffin Knights, which was large enough to hide his body and face, would be the best cover for the demon to leave the castle.

After putting on the full suit of armor, the demon tossed the corpses of the guards aside and returned to the fourth floor of the castle. Several heavily armed guards had already appeared outside the door of the Emperor's bedroom, staring dumbfounded at the corpse of Emperor Anphil XXXIV lying in a pool of blood on the carpet, and one of the guards, who appeared to be the squad leader, saw the demon wearing the armor of the Blood Griffin Knights, pointed at him and shouted, "You, go downstairs and call someone up." The Emperor has been assassinated!"

The squad leader's instructions were exactly what the demon wanted. While a large group of guards in the guardhouse downstairs hurried upstairs, the demon made his way to the gates of the royal castle without being questioned by anyone.

After taking off his armor in the woods outside the castle and using the invisible spell in the magic scroll created by the archmage, the demon flew straight back to the Thieves' Guild. When the demon who had achieved his goal of infiltrating the royal castle tonight was about to show the archmage his loot, the Book of the Moon, the archmage's expression made the demon unhappy.

"What's going on? ”

"Someone is fighting us for the Book of the Moon, and they've taken the obsidian from the head of the Thieves' Guild. (To be continued......)