Chapter 36: The Assassination Begins

On the 5th of March, Father Kellius arrived at Banji in a carriage and handed him a few silver coins.

On 7 March, His Excellency Viscount Rick Luxembourg entered the church and met with Father Kyleus.

On March 8, His Excellency Viscount John Fisher entered the church, the presiding officer of the town, and met with Father Kellius.

On 10 March, Sir Jane Sissoko, the captain of the city guards, entered the church to meet with the priest.

March...

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On March 15, Father Cairlius brought back a woman of unknown age to be a trainee nun.

On 16 March, Father Kylelius went out to the market in the morning and bought six sets of women's leather armor and clothing, presumably for the trainee nun.

March...

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April...

There is almost no one in a radius of about half a kilometer around the church, and it is suspected that a magic enchantment with a protective system of two rings is arranged to "disperse idlers"

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After reading the report in her hand, Lucy casually burned it into a pile of ashes.

Sure enough, it was a bunch of rubbish that gave me a useless report. The only useful information here is the second-ring magic, but it can't be the target's highest ability, what's the use of only knowing that he can use protective magic? These people are not as useful as the hidden stakes here, at least they also know that there was a woman in the Order Church a month ago, although this is not useful, but it is better than these thieves. At least the message of the dark pile is free. Apparently, the store where Kylelius bought Cheryl's change of clothes was one of the strongholds of the Dakker church in the bazaar.

Lucy looked at the ashes in front of her and made a decision: "Forget it, I'd better do it myself, anyway, I don't believe that this rookie who just graduated will be able to escape my assassination." ’

Lucy is very confident in her ability, and with a seventh-level stalker level, there is no possibility of missing a deal against a newly graduated imp. Although her own age is actually a few years younger than Kyleus.

Generally, the career level of the chief graduates of St. George's College is mostly at the stage of level seven to level nine, after all, the highest standard for the chief student of St. George's Higher Theological Seminary is level nine (more than level nine must graduate, and Kylelius stayed for two more years because of his teacher's relationship).

We also need to know that most of these 'chief students' who have reached the fourth or even fifth ring are over forty years old, and there are basically few chief students under the age of thirty, so most of them are the 'chief students' of the fourth ring. Lucy also thought that Kylelius, the chief student in his twenties, would only be exposed to the fourth layer of the magic net at most.

So this task should be very 'easy' for Lucy.

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Today is April 15th, and this is an extremely ordinary day, not the birthday or death day of a certain person, nor is it an important holiday with commemorative or religious significance, but an extremely ordinary spring day.

But it was a significant day for Lucy Pell to be, but she didn't know anything yet.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lucy was checking her equipment. She decided that she was going to complete the task that had been released for about a month today, but the look on her face was a little, well, angry.

Yes, it's anger.

"Damn, those trash who don't know anything and just hide behind the scenes, I'm not ready for it at all. Lucy frowned and muttered angrily.

Even in the midst of anger, the good professional habits and repetitive mechanical education have made Lucy not forget some of the most basic principles, such as trying not to do something that attracts attention, such as making loud noises, when performing tasks.

Yesterday, through some particularly unique means of contact for the 'masquerade', an order from the command of the Daker Church in the Kingdom of Ustan reached her:

An assassination mission was immediately launched against Father 'Kellius', the acting cardinal stationed at the Titar Church in Banki Town.

This sudden order made Lucy a little at a loss.

Although she had decided to go straight to the attack, with the cautious nature she had cultivated from years of dangerous missions, she would always have to spend some time monitoring and observing her targets. Knowing the target's schedule, movement patterns, and habits are all crucial information for assassination missions.

It is necessary to know that man's inertia is always very strong, and knowing these habits, he can follow the law of inertia of the target's action and deal a fatal blow on his 'inevitable path'.

But as soon as this order appeared, it was a sign that Lucy's assassination was all in vain.

Lucy didn't have time to observe the target before, and spent the previous month collecting information about the priest, but unfortunately, Kylelius basically didn't go out much since this month, and there was no useful intelligence at all. The report from the thieves was also received yesterday.

However, this can't be blamed on the personnel of the command, because generally this kind of assassination that doesn't seem too difficult, other 'mask' members usually only need about seven days to half a month to complete, and the efficient two or three days can be solved.

Lucy is an exception, there have been many times in the past where the 'Command' has been unable to bear to give the order to do it because it takes too long to complete the mission, and this time is no different.

Lucy can only be regarded as self-inflicted.

Lucy was supposed to observe Kyleus's movements in the next few days, and then plan to assassinate Jihua, but now it seems that she is going to do it directly.

When you receive an order, you must follow the order, this is the first rule of the 'masquerade ball', no one is allowed to violate it, and the consequences of violating it are not something that Lucy's little 'red mask' can bear.

Therefore, Lucy could only hurriedly go to the church of Daker in Banji to apply for some simple props, some low-level potions and alchemy props.

There is no inventory in this small place of complex and rare advanced tools Banji, and it takes a certain amount of time to report to the Xiangshang level organization and then transport it from other places, and it will take at least three or four days in total, which is completely too late, which is another reason for Lucy's complaints.

Then, based on the available information that could be considered almost useless, she hastily formulated an action jihua in her head.

Lucy brought all the tools she needed, including hooks, ropes, acceleration potions, mist potions, hypnotic potions, alchemy bombs, delicate daggers coated with pale poison, sturdy close-fitting leather armor, and a magic scroll with the spell system two-ring magic spell 'Laughter' written on it from the subject of a mission.

Lucy looked at the equipment on her body and felt that there was no problem, so she showed a relieved expression.

Lucy didn't act immediately, but stood silently in place until her body gradually became illusory and transparent, until it disappeared completely.

This is the Stalker's signature skill, "Stealth", and is a prerequisite second-order skill that can be used after becoming a second-tier Stalker. When activated, you need to stand still for one to two seconds to complete this skill, and if you are attacked, it will lose its effect, and the stealth time depends on the professional's magic liliang, and you can take the initiative to dismantle. By the way, the effect of this skill will be removed as soon as you use your magic to use other skills or be attacked by someone with your magic power.

The door to the room was silently opened, and no one noticed it. Closing the door, the incognito Lucy carefully made her way through the crowd and ran towards the dilapidated and deserted chapel.

The mission begins.