Updated: 2012-10-20

The bullet-like heavy motorcycle drove at a constant speed of 300 kilometers per hour towards the Shadow City, at which speed Rhine would have taken at most an hour to stand in the city surrounded by mountains.

The scorching fumes from the heavy locomotives carry the strong smell of gasoline burning. In fact, it is not for nothing that there is a faster vehicle than this locomotive in the Dark Council. For example, the anti-magnetic levitation vehicle driven by Lan Qi is one of them, which is not only fast, but also quiet and energy-saving, and is definitely a more comfortable means of transportation than a heavier locomotive.

Kryin just liked the smell of heavy metal and gasoline, which made him look different in the Dark Council, which sought to be efficient. But he doesn't care what others think, and doing things his own way has always been Rhine's style. Just like this mission, the high-ranking warriors of the Scarlet Knight were not cared for at all, but Rhine took it over.

It was an order issued directly by the Parliament, but the content of the order was very simple.

No matter how you look at it, killing a fifth-order wilderness mercenary is not a difficult task. After all, this mercenary's highest-level ability is a fifth-order agility enhancement, and in the eyes of high-level blood knights, this ability is too bad to escape. The reason why the council is so aggressive against such an inconspicuous little character is that this mercenary has taken out a low-level blood knight.

Rhine remembered that the guy who had been killed was a member of the Parkland family, and although Parkland was a big conglomerate, he was technically only a peripheral member of the Dark Council. If it were just this relationship, the Dark Council would not have dispatched a high-level Blood Rider. But the young man named Sauron was a member of the Bloodriders, killed by a wilderness mercenary who came out of nowhere, and the very thing was a slap in the face to the Dark Council.

Each Bloodrider is implanted with a Pocket Chip when they are officially in office. The chip is connected to the Dark Council's brain terminal, which can feed back the life wave energy of the implanter, so as to facilitate locating and search and rescue when the Blood Rider is in trouble. And just a few days ago, the blood rider named Sauron, his life signal suddenly disappeared, much to the surprise of Sauron's boss. Through investigation, the Bloodrider Headquarters quickly determined that Sauron had died while dealing with a family's personal vendettas.

When this message was fed back to the upper echelons in accordance with the usual procedures, the upper echelons of the council issued an order to send a high-ranking blood horse to kill the mercenary.

If you don't kill that mercenary with an absolute advantage, where will the face of the Dark Council be put on in the future? Behind the dispatch of high-level blood riders, there is a deeper meaning, that is, to show unquestionable force, in order to strengthen the position of the Dark Council in the coastline region.

Rhine was well aware of this, and knew that this was just a frivolous demonstration. However, attacking a low-level ability could not attract the interest of the high-level warriors within the Blood Rider. However, Rhine, who had just returned to the headquarters from his mission, learned of this order and did not hesitate to take it and go to the City of Shadows as soon as possible.

This made many people very disdainful and even a little disdainful of what Rhine did behind his back. But only a few people know that the reason why Rhine is willing to take on such a boring task is simply because he doesn't want to stay in Eternal Night City.

Rhine, the Ninth Knight, had never been a legalist, and he was asked to stay in the hierarchical city of Eternal Night, preferring to go to the front lines of war. Therefore, this task is nothing less than a different kind of vacation for Rhine.

"I really thank you for that......" Rhine bared a row of white teeth after speeding down the broken and cracked road, and after the high-speed locomotive knocked an old living corpse out of nowhere, Rhine showed a row of white teeth: "There are not many opportunities for vacations like this, and if you can, I hope you have left the City of Shadows...... Zero!"

That way, my vacation can be extended a little. This is the subtext of Rhine.

The City of Shadows.

In the hotel room, Zero rushed out of the bathroom, and he changed into the ragged clothes like a refugee at great speed. Even Zero didn't have time to buy a new tactical suit, he crashed into Mony's room, and said to Moni and Atesha, who were watching the young Girutin frowning and stuffing a piece of black bread into his mouth, "We must leave immediately!"

Moni was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Weishenme?"

Zero shook his head and said, "I can't tell you, but I have a very unpleasant feeling!"

Without any extra nonsense, Moni pulled Girutan up. She had been with Zero for a short time, and knew that Zero was as sensitive to danger as a beast. Now that he feels in danger, he must not stay in the hotel any longer. They didn't have any luggage, so Atesha picked up the wheel saw that was resting in the corner of the wall, and the group of four hurried down the stairs of the hotel.

When he came to the lobby, Zero gestured. The four of them froze, and Zero said softly: "Something is wrong, why is there no one?"

The three of Moni looked around, and as Zero said, the lobby was too quiet. Even the waiter at the counter was nowhere to be found, as if all the people in the hotel had mysteriously disappeared. Not only that, but the street outside the hotel is also empty. Although it is now afternoon, there are relatively few pedestrians on the street, but there is not even a single person. Zero cats leaned against the corner of the wall and came to a window. The window was closed, and Zero pushed open a crack with his fingers, then raised his head slightly.

The strong pinprick sensation spread throughout the body in an instant, and before I could think about it, I immediately fell to the ground. Almost at the same time, the entire window frame was blown open from the point where Zero had just poked his head out. The metal bracket twisted and deformed, with a bullet embedded in it, followed by the sound of sniper equipment coming from outside the hotel.

Sniper!

Zero scolded darkly, needless to say that the hotel had been tightly controlled by a certain shili. Enemy snipers who attack themselves must occupy the high ground nearby, and once their personnel are exposed to the noses of these killers, they will immediately invite a deadly attack.

It's just, which shili do these people belong to? Could it be Parkland?

The thought raced through Zero's mind, it was a normal revenge. Zero kills Sauron in the ruins, but Sauron's soldiers are not all wiped out. They will soon discover Sauron's body and send the news back to Parkland. However, when Zero uses his rich sniper experience to find out the position of the opposing sniper, he uses his free field of vision to zoom in on the enemy's image, but sees a soldier in a black uniform.

In the middle of the tactical helmet on the soldier's head, a zero familiar symbol appeared. The pattern of the sword and shield, Zero had seen on Sauron's body, it was the coat of arms of the Dark Council. In other words, the people who are now surrounding the hotel are actually people from the Dark Council. And judging from the fact that they were able to make such a deployment immediately on the day Zero arrived in the Shadow Capital, it was clear that the Dark Council had put some troops in the Shadow Capital.

Zero regretted that if he had known beforehand that the Shadow Capital was garrisoned by the forces of the Dark Council, he would not have ventured into the city. Zero knew very well that taking out a Blood Rider was enough reason for the Dark Council to take revenge on him. It's just that he didn't expect the other party's revenge to come so quickly.