Someone must have learned about the Book of the Moon from some source.

The black shadow that appeared in the room of the president of the thieves' guild not only killed the president of the thieves' guild, but also took obsidian, one of the four keys necessary to open the Book of the Moon. It's not hard to guess who this person is, and you can already roughly tell who he is just by appearance, but how did he know about the Book of the Moon?

This man must have been instructed by more than one force. Hidden behind this killer is not only some people in the Thieves' Guild who oppose the Guild President's decision and have to choose to commit murder before the Dragon's Tooth Knights enter Onyx City, there must be some conspirator like the Archmage and the Demon who wants to take possession of the legendary Book of the Moon for himself.

The order to kill the president of the Thieves' Guild undoubtedly came from within the Thieves' Guild. Once Count Brad Klein and his Dragontooth Knights enter the city after daybreak, treating the Dragontooth Knights with disgust with the head of the Thieves' Guild will anger the brutal Dragontooth Knights, and the result is that no matter how powerful a collaborator is, it will be difficult to avoid a direct attack from the powerful Dragontooth Knights, and the notoriously undead Dragontooth Knights will kill the hope of everyone in the Thieves' Guild. It is certain that some of the elders of the Thieves' Guild, who are trying to find a way to communicate with Earl Brad Crane, or considering the possibility of cooperation with the Chancellor of State, Baron Wesley Rueda and Princess Searye Crane, will kill the President of the Thieves' Guild before the Dragon's Tooth Knights enter the city, insisting on their "principles and beliefs" and inadvertently causing obstacles to others.

And to take the obsidian away, I am afraid that it may not be the person who set out to remove the union president, from the power from within the thieves' union. If the killer also receives orders from someone from outside. If you want to take the obsidian, which is one of the keys to open the Book of the Moon. It was carried out in conjunction with the work of the president of the assassination thieves' union. Undoubtedly the best solution. So, who wants to take advantage of this moment to get their hands on obsidian?

Is it one of the two princes vying for the throne, though both Prince Verdor Klein and Prince Yagu Crane each have the support of one of the three major knights of the Holy Asserr Empire. With enough information, either the Knights of Light or the Blood Griffin Knights can easily destroy the headquarters of the Thieves Guild and kill the Thieves Guild President to obtain obsidian, but they don't need to use shady means such as assassination.

Of course, it may not be a good choice to make a big move in front of the Dragon's Tooth Knights. There were already rumors that Prince Yagu Klein and his Blood Griffin Knights hoped to eliminate the Thieves' Guild, and even many spies from the Thieves' Guild were scattered in the streets, and before the Dragon's Tooth Knights came to Onyx City, they quietly instructed the killers to kill the president of the Thieves' Guild. It is a good idea to take the obsidian first, and I heard that the archbishop of the Green Leaf Church, Zeni Keamo, who supports Prince Verdor Crane, and the Knights of the Holy Light who are affiliated with the Church, have long regarded the thieves' guild active in the darkness of the Holy Asserr Empire as a thorn in their side. Prince Verdor Klein may choose to kill Neo Faun, the head of the Thieves' Guild, before the arrival of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, so that he will not be co-opted by others and lead obsidian to fall into the hands of others. Of course, this is all when the secrets of the Book of the Moon have been leaked into the ears of one of the two princes, otherwise it doesn't make much sense to kill the head of the Thieves' Guild at this time at the risk of attracting revenge from the Thieves' Guild.

And the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, Count Brad Crane, has an even stronger reason to take the life of the president of the Thieves' Guild and the obsidian in his hand tonight. Although there is no substantial evidence that Count Brad Klein will participate in the battle for the throne of the Holy Asserr Empire, if the Earl already knows the secrets of the Book of the Moon, and as the person in charge of one of the four keys to the Book of the Moon, it will naturally have many benefits if he can also get the obsidian in his hands. Because the reputation of Count Brad Klein's brutality has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you wait until the Dragon's Tooth Knights enter Onyx City before taking action, I'm afraid that many people will be suspicious. So tonight is a good time to capture Obsidian. However, how did Count Brad Klein learn the secrets of the Book of the Moon?

Although he had guessed that an assassin from within the Thieves' Guild would assassinate the head of the Thieves' Guild tonight, Archmage Aqiman had no idea that anyone would compete with him for the obsidian that opened the Book of the Moon. It is said that the secret of the Book of the Moon will be kept almost exclusively in the heads of the Emperor of the Holy Acer Empire and the President of the Thieves' Guild, and when the current Emperor becomes his predecessor, he will tell the secret to his successor, and if the Emperor who has become the former Emperor dies before he has given the secret, the President of the Thieves' Guild will use some channel or means to fulfill this duty that has lasted for 1,500 years. Could it be that Lord Hogo Al Qaeda and the liaison between the thieves' guild and the royal family were killed, and the president of the thieves' guild leaked this secret?

If at that time in the Agate City Mage Guild, Aqiman's teacher Fa Kui Yeman gave him a hint that the Mage Guild would be an obstruction from it, then it should also be after Aqiman and the demon have collected the Book of the Moon and all the keys to open the Book of the Moon, then the archmage is likely to have to confront his teacher; Waiting in the dark for the Archmage to collect the Book of the Moon and the four gems, and then snatch and clean up Archmage Aqiman, a traitor to the Mage Guild and the Tower of Archmages on the Vestal Continent, the Archmage is sure they will do it.

The Archmage was sitting by the dark window, trying to find any clues about his enemies, while the demon Amtils on the other side was carefully observing the loot he had brought back from the royal castle of Onyx tonight: the Book of the Moon.

A box containing the Book of the Moon wrapped in a soft black velvet cloth. The whole is made of gold, and there are countless intricately carved patterns both on the surface and on all sides. Shiny silver and an unspeakable red metal dotted the edges of the box, seemingly for decorative purposes. After taking a closer look. The demon found that the patterns on it were all stories and characters from the time of the legendary gods and goddesses, which may be able to confirm the ancient history of this treasure. The most striking thing is the carved motif of Dies, the god of death, and his giant dog. The Grim Reaper, who held a scimitar in his hand and had two black pearls embedded in his eyes, looked as if he was sneering at the demon in front of him, and the mouth of the three heads of the giant dog entrenched beside Death Dis had a conspicuous recess in each of them, perhaps this was where the keys to the box were placed.

The demon's eyes roamed over the box several more times, and then it was determined that there was no fourth place on the entire box where one of the gems necessary to open the Book of the Moon could be placed in the archmage's mouth.

"Aqiman, look here......" The demon was about to call the archmage over. As they studied how to fit the four gems into the only three recesses in the Book of the Moon, their words were interrupted by a scream from downstairs. The archmage hurriedly walked over to the table, rewrapped the glittering golden box in the velvet that had already wrapped the Book of the Moon, and threw it into his waist pocket. The pocket on the archmage's waist must have been magically applied, and it seemed that no matter how large the volume was, it could be put in without hindrance, but it could not exceed the weight that the archmage himself could bear, and this golden box containing the Book of the Moon obviously did not exceed the archmage's tolerance limit, and it was not even as heavy as the long dagger beside the demon, which once made the demon wonder if he had killed the emperor of the Holy Asserr Empire for nothing and retrieved a useless empty box.

However, the weight of this box is indeed abnormal. Just looking at the gold on the surface of the box, the demon can be sure that this box must be extremely heavy, and such a light weight may also indicate that the origin of this box is not simple. Watch as the archmage pockets the box wrapped in black velvet. The demon spread a topographical map of the vicinity of Mount Thor on the table, and rekindled the barely lit candle from the menorah. Pretend to be in the archmage's room last night studying plans for the future of his dungeon. Of course, the demon was careful not to leave a flat fracture in the candle, and the lit wick would quickly cover the broken place, as if it had been lit for a long time and only a small part remained, while the broken half of the candle made its home in the mage's magic pocket with the Book of the Moon. Once they were ready, the demons and mages waited quietly for the dead members of the Thieves' Guild who found their president knocking on their door.

The demon Amtils and the archmage Akiman did not wait long in the room. The shocking and panicked sounds downstairs continued for a short time, and an indescribable, terrifying silence permeated the entire headquarters of the Thieves' Guild. The duo who had come to Onyx from the dungeons of Thor's volcano heard a soft knock on the door.

Outside the door stood a short, thin middle-aged man, with Niya and Niss standing behind him. The demon and the mage discover that the man is a halfling.

Members of this race, which has an active personality and are known for their super-nimble little movements in the Vestal continent, are usually born thieves. But perhaps because their minds aren't good at all sorts of intrigues, halflings rarely hold positions in the thieves' guild or some other organization. The man in front of the demon and mage was probably an exception, however, and the silver mark on his waist indicating that he was one of the eight elders of the Thieves' Guild.

Before arriving in Onyx City, Ness had already introduced the structure of the Thieves' Guild to the two visitors to the dungeon.

The president of the Thieves' Guild is the undisputed supreme leader, and the president's Thieves' Guild logo is made of gold, and no amount of time can erase the golden light that flashes on it. The president of the Thieves' Guild, who is responsible for guiding the future direction of the Thieves' Guild and giving supreme instructions, usually influences everyone in the Thieves' Guild with his prestige and dignity.

Below the president are eight elders who hold the silver-minted Thieves' Guild mark, and are only full members of the Thieves' Guild who have worked in the Thieves' Guild for many years and have proven their ability and loyalty to the Thieves' Guild with their excellent performance. to have a chance to climb to these elder positions. Each of the eight elders is in charge of the affairs of the Thieves' Guild. All of them respectfully refer to their leaders as their mentors. And the mentor of the dark elves Nia and Niss. Edgar, one of the eight elders, is in charge of the Thieves' Guild's external liaisons, and after discovering that the Thieves' Guild may no longer survive in the Holy Asserr Empire, Elder Edgar sends his best men, the Dark Elves Nia and Nissy, to search for a possible destination for the Thieves' Guild to relocate.

Last night in the Hall of the Thieves' Guild, the Archmage and the Demon had met with Edgar, but neither had officially introduced themselves during the meeting of the elders of the Thieves' Guild. Therefore, Edgar, who came to the door of the archmage, first reported to himself: "It turns out that the two distinguished guests are here. I am Edgar of the Presbyterian Church of the Thieves, a halfling. But they don't need to worry about their wallets. I haven't been hands-on in years. ”

The elder's little joke eased the tension that filled the air slightly. The numb expression on the face of the dark elf mage Nya almost made the demons and mages think that the Thieves Guild, which had lost its leader, would not hesitate to attack the only two outsiders at the Thieves Guild headquarters as murderers.

"Hello, Elder. Ness told us what a remarkable achievement you once put the Emperor's ring in your pocket at some celebration. The demon responded to the elder very politely. "We heard the noise downstairs, may I ask if something happened?"

"Yes. Our president had tragically passed away not long ago, and some shameful killer had suppressed the president's breath with his sinful hands, and we had lost a great guide. Have you been in the room with Mr. Acheman all night?I wonder if you have heard any particular noises or seen any suspicious figures?" Elder Edgar looked at the map spread out in the room and the candles that had burned to the end. He said.

"Ah, that's sad news. Your president is a respectable elder. Who would dare to do such a thing to challenge the entire Thieves' Guild?" Although the archmage was well aware of the true face of the dark shadow in the crystal ball, without knowing the mastermind behind the killer, the archmage did not intend to reveal the slightest thing about what he saw. "My dungeon master and I were so busy planning the future of the dungeon all night that we didn't leave our room or even have the slightest time to look out of the window. Has the Thieves' Guild suffered any loss other than that of an experienced leader as a result of this unfortunate incident?"

Elder Edgar was unresponsive to the archmage's spying, seemingly ignorant of the Book of the Moon: "What else can we lose? You know, without the cooperation of one of the forces vying for the throne, the future of the Thieves' Guild in Onyx City is really in jeopardy. ”

Just as the demon and the archmage were about to nod their heads in agreement with the elder, a loud noise from downstairs captured the attention of everyone present. It sounded like the door of the Thieves' Guild headquarters had been broken by someone from the outside, and Elder Edgar immediately turned around and ran in the direction of the staircase, where Nia and Niss, who had never made any sound, and the demons and mages who were talking to the elders hurriedly followed behind the halfling.

"Ice elves, all over the world, listen to my call and use your cold breath to fend off the sharp arrows in front of you for my friends!" Nyar suddenly stopped at the top of the stairs and quickly recited a magic spell.

An ice mirror that resembled the mage's fireball reflected from the mage's fireball in the last lodge in Thor, appeared behind Isaac as he tried to run up the stairs, and several sharp arrows shot at his back with a loud sound hit the ice mirror and changed direction, plunging into the handrails and stairs of the stairs.

Elder Edgar, who had already reached the staircase and had walked down several steps, saw several heavily armored swordsmen rushing to the staircase in the lobby of the Thieves' Guild headquarters, and several knights behind these swordsmen were holding powerful crossbows in their hands, and the arrows flying towards Isaac's back were shot from these crossbows.

The staircase in the lobby of the Thieves' Guild headquarters separates on both sides, bypassing the heavy doorway of the Thieves' Guild Hall and extending to the second floor. Elder Edgar pulled out two sharp daggers from his body and was about to rush down the stairs on the other side when the demon grabbed the elder's robe. There were already a lot of corpses lying in the lobby downstairs, several of them had silver thieves' union marks on them, and they ran upstairs out of breath Isaac also joined the ranks of the elder Edgar who wanted to go downstairs to fight: "The others have already hid in the hall, I came up to inform you to escape." You can't go downstairs, there are countless heavily armed knights outside the door, who will rush in at any moment. ”

Another row of sharp arrows was fired at the elder Edgar and the others standing at the top of the stairs, and the dark elf thief Ness snorted slightly, drew two daggers, one long and one short, worn by her side, and unmistakably swept away most of the arrows that were fired at them, her nimble movements would surely win countless applause if she was in normal times, and the mage Nia glanced at the archmage Aqiman, who was holding the staff of Trist, and began to unleash another powerful magic: "O fire elves who burn their souls, listen to my call!" Gather your scorching breath and destroy the target before me for me!

At the same time, Aqiman, who saw Nia's eyes, also raised the staff in his hand: "Sirak, Tika!", and two giant fireballs appeared in front of the dark elf mage and the archmage's staff respectively. The two fireballs then flew towards the stairs leading to the downstairs.

Everyone on the second floor, whether it was the demon, the elder Edgar, the thief Ness, and even the knights downstairs had just felt a violent tremor. After the terrible explosion, the swordsmen who had already rushed to the stairs fell to the floor of the first floor, and the flames that surrounded them, burning their muscles and hair through the armor on their bodies, immediately set the portraits, curtains, and even the wooden parapets hanging in the lobby of the thieves' union hall on fire.

The flames spread extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had spread throughout the Thieves' Guild Hall. The other swordsmen downstairs who had not had time to rush up the stairs to escape had already taken their crossbows in their hands, and the swordsmen who had seen that the stairs had been destroyed by the fireballs of Nia and Aqiman shot their sharp short arrows upstairs, ignoring the corpses they were trampling underfoot.

Seeing this, Niya raised her hands: "Dark elves at the end of the darkness, listen to my call! Devour the light in front of you and obscure me and my friends!"

As soon as the dark elf's voice fell, a black mist appeared from her hand and enveloped the entire staircase. When the black fog cleared, the attackers downstairs, who kept firing bows and arrows upstairs, found that the people at the staircase were gone.

In fact, they just turned around and entered the archmage's room. The Archmage was rolling up the map on the table that he hadn't had time to put away, and Elder Edgar muttered in a low voice, "Who is it? They can't know where the Thieves' Guild is located, someone must be informing." Who the hell is it?"

Nia sat in her chair silently feeling the breath of the elves that filled the air but would not be seen, and a few consecutive spells had consumed a lot of her spirit. The other dark elf, the thief Ness, looked cautiously out the window into the street, and for the few people in the room now, the second floor was not a great height, or everyone could leave the headquarters of the Thieves' Guild, which was gradually surrounded by flames.

Just by looking at it, even the bold Ness couldn't help but gasp, and the demon tiptoed to the window, and immediately heard countless footsteps and horses' hooves.

The downstairs was already crowded with heavily armed swordsmen and archers, knights with spears doing their best to restrain their seated horses, and shadows of more armor poured down the street in the dawn sun toward the headquarters of the Thieves' Guild.

The headquarters of the Thieves' Guild, and the people who live in it, are surrounded by countless knights and warriors. From the blue decorations on their armor, it can be determined that the one who appeared in front of the demons and others was the Dragon's Tooth Knights, who were famous all over the continent and never left a single mouth alive or captured. (To be continued......)