In the quiet and remote cabin, the two looked at each other.

"What's next?"

Tails worried, "I mean you. ”

Fastrope shrugged, "Find a good explanation for this scene, Louisa and they should be back tomorrow morning, I don't want to be caught by them." ”

"You're not leaving right away?"

"Dean is dead, and the same team's Fastrope is missing," Fastrope rebuffed him unceremoniously, "Do you think everyone in the Darkroom is a fool?"

"I need to find cover, Tails, find a ...... that won't make people suspicious"

"But a lie, it always takes more lies to come true," Tails mused, staring at Dean on the ground, "unless we can guarantee that this guy mysteriously disappears—no one knows, never like that." ”

Fast rope rolled his eyes, revealing a flattering expression.

"Well, if you don't plan to kill me, and you don't plan to arrest me for something unseemly, esteemed Prince Tails......" Fast Rope rubbed his hands, looking like he was going to sell the insurance money: "Can you go to the Star Officials in the camp and let them dispose of the corpse secret......ly?"

"The original sentence is returned," Tails snorted lightly, "Do you think the people in the secret department are fools?"

Fast Rope blinked.

"But you're a prince. ”

Tails frowned.

"I mean......" Fastrope stretched out his hands, patted himself first, and then politely gestured to Tails, smiling awkwardly, "The kind that can see the light." ”

Prince......

See the light?

Tails sighed and refused: "Now the star army in the camp is complex, the main force is searching for me in the desert, and among the people who stay, the local nobles and the central forces of the royal family do not buy each other, they give me a very bad feeling, so don't expect them to keep their mouth shut for me." ”

The fast rope raised an eyebrow.

"Haoyue is above, see, this is the chain of power," he said, shaking his fingers, "Be careful, Tails, you're already trapped in it." ”

Tails gave him a roll of his eyes unabashedly.

"Well, to your people, you can say half hide and half cover me," Fast Rope scratched his head:

"For example, the spies in this dark room are here to catch you......"

Tails shook his head: "You've been out there for too long, fast rope, underestimating the suspiciousness of those people - the dark room sent a spy, and he has been lurking for five years, as long as he has been in contact with the contacts, the places he has been, the news he cares about every day, the special behavior, and the intentional appearance...... I don't think the secret department will miss this, are you going to bet your life on the carelessness of the Black Prophet, or simply kindness?"

Fast Rope's face fell.

"Phew, maybe I shouldn't have shown up. He leaned against the wall in pain.

"It really shouldn't. Tails muttered.

Hearing this, Fast Rope protested: "Hey, I just saved your ass!"

Tails pouted.

"How do you know I'm going to suffer?"

Tails looked at Dean on the ground, thinking hard about the way, not forgetting to fight back: "I'm the best at Jedi counterattack." ”

Fast rope gave him an expression of "believe in you to have a ghost", and said seriously:

"Well, we'll have to deal with him ourselves. ”

Tails sighed helplessly.

"All right," the boy said, standing up and packing his bags, "where are you going to dig a hole?"

"Dig a pit, just us two laymen?" Fastrope patted Tails seriously and shook his fingers, "No, no, no, we're going to be discovered." ”

"What do you mean?"

Fast Rope looked like a person who had come over, and smiled mysteriously: "This is the Blade Tooth camp, let's follow the rules here." ”

Tails made a deaf look.

"We have to find a professional, the kind who never asks more when he sees money," Fast Rope shook his head, his eyes getting brighter and brighter: "He has a lot of experience, he has many ways, and he knows how to deal with a corpse silently." ”

Tails' heart moved: "Professional? are you talking about ......?"

The fast rope snapped his fingers.

"Yes, that's him. ”

Looking at Fast Rope's faintly smiling face, Tails suddenly had a sense of foreboding.

Ten minutes later.

"It's just a turn ahead...... Wait, look at the wind first...... Okay, let's go...... Eh, tap, tap, this guy is so heavy......"

In the dim moonlight, Tails and Fastrope struggled to turn around a street corner carrying a sack the size of a man.

They bent over, padded their feet, and walked through the alleys with their heads in their minds.

"This point is going to visit him...... Are you sure it's a good idea?" Tails gasped.

They came to a nondescript wooden door.

Kuairope gritted his teeth and nodded: "Don't worry, Tampa must be at home - okay, put it down first - you know, 'my house' was wrapped up tonight." ”

But the hand that was about to knock on the door stopped in mid-air.

"Strange," fastrope stared at the lock on the wooden door, "the lock is outside...... Tampa didn't come back?"

"Ha, you're so reliable. Tails struggled to put down the sack and thumped his numb shoulders sarcastically.

"The next thing we have to do is ...... What are you doing?"

He was stunned by the movement of the fast rope.

I don't know when it started, and the fast rope had already bitten three iron chisels in its mouth.

He still had two hands in his hands, and he pounded the lock on the door.

"Unlock. ”

Fast Rope said vaguely: "We can't just be outside like this, just go in and wait for him ......"

"That's not what I said!" Tails said anxiously, "Are you sure you won't be beaten as a thief—"

"Calm and calm," the fast rope seemed to be neat: "You don't understand the rules of the road, do this kind of business, you have your own way, as long as your money is enough, don't care too much about other details......"

He saw that the lock in his hand was not moving, so he quietly changed an iron chisel.

Tails frowned, "Wait, where did you learn to pick locks?"

"You know, when I first arrived at Commas, life was not easy to mix," Fastrope snorted and replaced the second iron drill, "I had to learn one more trade." ”

Tails' eyes widened.

"Craftsmanship – if your father knows, his son is a thief in Commas......" he said in disbelief.

"I'm sorry to be a thief and disgrace Necaru and Sarah," Fastrope sarcastically sarcastically replied, impatiently changing the third hammer, "but really—damn it, Tampa must have got a new lock, this thing is tighter than a virgin — where did I say?"

Annoyed and clumsy he shook the lock that could not be struck, and finally had to change back to the first iron drill.

"Do you really will?" Tails looked at him suspiciously.

"You don't understand, but I've been on the streets," Fast Rope didn't care about the tunnel, his hands didn't stop, but cold sweat began to ooze from his forehead: "You know, not just a person can be a thief......"

Tails sighed, unable to take it anymore.

In the next second, the Prince of Stars snatched the iron hammer and lock from the fast rope and pushed him aside.

"Hey, don't mess around. ”

Fast Rope glared and protested to Tails dissatisfiedly: "Unlocking is a technical job for the door, not everyone can ......"

In the time he spoke—

Click.

The faint sound of the machine.

The fast rope is slightly sluggish.

Tails exhaled pleasantly, and he turned his head and tossed the contents of his hand at random.

Fast Rope scrambled to catch what Tails had thrown, and then froze.

When.

The iron chisel in his mouth fell to the ground.

Fastrope stared blankly at what was in his hand, his mouth big enough to stuff an egg.

"Impossible—" His voice cried with grievance.

That's a ......

A ...... with two iron chisels stuck in

The ...... that has been opened

Lock.

Three seconds later.

"Why ......"

The fast rope held the lock, with a sad and indignant look of being deceived, and said in a trembling voice: "Why are you so skilled!"

The Prince of the Stars shrugged indifferently and opened the wooden door with a relaxed expression.

"Come on. ”

Tails pointed to the lock lightly: "Unlock this thing......"

"Everybody does. ”

The fast rope froze.

With that, the prince, who was desperate to hold back his smile, bent down and went to worry about the sack.

Leaving only the fast rope alone, looking at the lock in his hand in disbelief.

I want to cry without tears, and my mood is complicated.

He looked at the lock, and then at Tails' back.

"Probably...... No, it must be ......"

"I must have pried it loose first. He said dryly.

Yes, it must be.

Definitely, yes.

Thinking of this, the mood of the fast rope is much better.

If so......

Fast Rope smiled and thought to himself, "I've improved my skills."

Put it in the previous ......

This kind of lock can't be opened.

But just as the two princes leaned down and prepared to carry the sacks......

Two light swords, silently protruding from the darkness in the door, caught the necks of Tails and Fast Rope respectively!

The two were shocked.

"Look, what kind of guests are we here?"

A face emerges from the room, but it's not Tampa.

It was a strange young woman, dressed in dark red leather armor, with her hair tied in braids and wrapped around her forehead.

She held two swords at the same time, one on the left and one on the right, with a slight smile:

"Two crappy thieves. ”

As she spoke, the blade of the sword in the woman's hand turned slightly.

Tails' neck was cold.

He exchanged a look of horror with Fastrope and scrambled to raise his hand.

"Are you sure we're on the right track—pry the right door?" Tails said through gritted teeth to the fast rope beside him.

Fast Rope looked at the woman in the door with the same horror, and said knowingly:

"That's right, I ...... last time I came."

"Hey, don't gossip," the woman said, shaking the sword in her hand and saying contemptuously, "Thieves, Mom didn't allow you to speak......"

In the next second, taking advantage of the distraction of the woman's energy, Tails and Fast Rope swayed left and right in tacit understanding, and took advantage of the narrow angle of the door to dodge both sides and dodge the blade!

"Wow," the woman with the missing sword was slightly startled, "It's still a good thief." ”

But the crisis has not been resolved.

Footsteps rang out from Tails' hellish senses to the left and right.

He froze again.

At some point, two strange men were already standing behind them with expressionless faces.

One is burly, the other is lean.

But both men held their respective blades against the backs of Tails and Fastrope.

Tails and Fast Rope had to raise their hands again.

These three people......

Tails' forehead sweated slightly.

In the senses of hell, the bodies of these three people exuded a cold meaning, the hands holding the sword were steady and powerful, the muscles were tense and measured, the breathing rhythm was orderly, and the finishing power in the body was galloping, and they were obviously skilled hands.

Tails glared at the fastrope angrily.

What the?

Fast Rope rolled his eyes helplessly.

I don't know.

"That is, two thieves," said one of the unfamiliar swordsmen behind him, coldly, "Tampa is really going to exaggerate." ”

The red-clad woman smiled and raised her twin swords.

"Then hurry up and get it done. ”

Tails and Fast Rope shook in unison!

"Wait!"

In a hurry, Fast Rope blurted out: "You must be the bodyguards hired by Tampa, aren't you! We, we are here, we are here, we are here, you ......are here, you

"I'm here to talk to him about business!" Tails took him tightly.

The woman's twin swords stopped.

"Talking to Tampa for business?"

She frowned.

"Lockpicking?"

"Shameless business, hehe, forgive me. The fast rope squeezed out a smile.

The woman in red exchanged glances with the two swordsmen.

A swordsman kicked the sack on the ground, then frowned, "There are people in it?"

"Corpses, to be exact," Tails nodded awkwardly, "so we had to pick the lock...... Understand?"

The woman looked up suspiciously.

"You guys, you know Tampa?"

"Yes, it's a good relationship, I'm his business partner......" Fastrope's eyebrows fluttered, and he didn't forget to give Tails a look.

"Very good!" Tails nodded like a woodpecker, "We're still drinking together today......

The woman in red and the swordsmen looked at each other again and nodded.

"All right," the young woman snorted as she walked out the door, "come with us." ”

"Tampa won't stay here tonight. ”

Tails and Fast Rope breathed a sigh of relief.

But the swordsmen behind him were not polite, they still forced the two of them with their blades.

"Carry your cargo," said one of the swordsmen coldly, "light, don't play tricks, you don't want to alarm the patrol." ”

Tails and Fast Rope looked at each other helplessly, feeling the blade against the back of the waist, and could only do it obediently.

Under the watchful eye of the four blades, the two trembled and carried the sacks, picked a secluded path, and walked through the streets and alleys again.

They soon found themselves in a new location.

"My home" tavern.

This made Tails and Fastrope breathe a sigh of relief.

At least, it's Tampa's land.

"It looks like they're from Tampa," Quickrope squeaked dissatisfiedly, "that stingy guy is getting more and more suspicious." ”

The red-clad female swordsman knocked four times on the tavern door, quite rhythmically.

"Listen, I'll negotiate in a moment......" Fastrope whispered.

[Humans will die, orcs will fall, the queen will die, and we will never close the door - starting in the year 462 of the end calendar, Queen Eliga's last wine cup]

But looking at the familiar signboard above his head, the Prince of Stars suddenly thought of something.

If these people are bodyguards hired by Tampa and are looking after his home......

That Tampa house......

Why is it locked from the outside?

And tonight, the "my home" tavern is not ......

The door to the tavern opened.

Before they could think about it, Tails and Quickrope were pushed into the tavern by the swordsmen behind them.

The moment Quickrope and Tails walked into the tavern, dozens of pairs of eyes shot at them.

The two people carrying the sack were stunned.

There were many people in the tavern, all armed and ready to fight.

A suffocating murderous aura came to the face.

"They ......," Kuairope muttered.

Without a reminder, Tails recognized it.

It's the "whistle of blood".

The mercenary team known as the Hundreds.

That's right, they chartered the tavern tonight.

But there is no imaginary scene of drinking and partying all night.

On the contrary, the tavern was eerily quiet.

Even the whispers of these mercenaries were low-key and quiet, and they seemed to be well-trained.

Tails' heart was filled with unease.

This is...... What's going on?

What the hell happened to the tavern?

What about Tampa?

"Go inside," the female swordsman in red said, turning her head, "Tampa is inside, talking to our boss about business." ”

The mercenaries with their blood whistles were sitting or standing, some leaning against the wall, some leaning against the pillars, some propping up the tables, and even some sitting on the stairs, lying on the railing of the second floor, and even cats in the corners, most of them relaxed but with burning eyes.

Like the soldiers guarding the bunker—no, Tails shook his head inwardly—and vibeally, like soldier ants guarding an ant's nest.

When they saw the two princes come in, their expressions changed.

The eyes are fierce and ill-intentioned.

Tails panicked, and threw a look at the equally suspicious fast rope.

What's that......

Doesn't seem right?

Fast Rope gave him a wistful look.

Feel relieved.

You're in control.

With dozens of pairs of cold, terrifying glances, Tails stiffened, carried the sack, ignored the malicious smile of the fierce man on his left, and followed the female swordsman forward.

A mercenary with a sword and a shield on his back stopped in front of them, raising his hand to stop them.

He squinted slightly, looking at Tails and Fastrope.

"Marina," the mercenary said coldly:

"They have weapons. ”

The red-clad swordsman named Marina looked back at Tails, at the daggers, scimitars, and crossbows on their bodies, and then laughed, "What, Sonny, do you think the boss will be afraid of this?"

As Marina laughed, many of the mercenaries who looked at Tails also laughed.

But compared to Dante's greatsword, compared to the intimate and casual atmosphere, Tails could only feel a burst of murderous intent and coldness in the crowd of "blood whistles".

These people ......

Tails looked around with an ugly expression, feeling like he had fallen into another pit.

It's still full of muddy water.

Sonny, the mercenary who was blocking the way, smiled, and seemed amused by the joke, and patted Marina on the shoulder to get out of the way.

Worried, Tails and Quickrope walked into the middle of the tavern with the sack on their shoulders.

Here, the mercenaries kept their distance and scattered more sparsely.

Only on an empty table in the middle, there were four people sitting.

Tails recognized the man with the scar on his neck at first sight.

"Tampa!"

Fast Rope's expression relaxed, the sack rolled off his shoulder, and he endured the strange atmosphere around him: "Hey, I said why can't I find you......"

But Tails noticed that Tampa's expression was extremely ugly at the moment, and his sitting posture was stiff.

"Fastrope, and you?" the tavernkeeper frowned, looking at the two men who came in in disbelief.

"Of course it's us!" I said, you're really ......" Fastrope stiffened his face, and his voice slowly became quieter: "Did I bother anything?"

Tampa didn't answer him, just looked more ugly.

The other three at the empty table turned their heads.

Tails' heart moved, and he recognized the person in front of him.

Ricky with a smile on his face, a middle-aged man from the North with an indifferent face, and a swordsman with a covered face.

It's them.

"Blood Whistle" was the first three people to come to the tavern to make a reservation.

"It's just these two people," Marina put her twin swords back into the scabbards at her waist and pouted at Ricky, "I'm obviously picking the lock, but I said I'm coming to him for business." ”

Ricky nodded, his gaze back and forth between Tails and Fastrope.

As far as his eyes could see, Tails had a sense of horror that he had been seen through from the inside out.

"Thank you, Marina," he said politely, "a great help." ”

Marina nodded knowingly and stepped aside.

"I know you," Ricky looked at the two and smiled softly, "Dante's greatsword." ”

"And it's a newbie. ”

Tails and Fastrope squeezed out two mournful smiles.

"Listen, Tampa," Fastrope spoke first, looking heartless and stunned:

"The business you instructed me, we have finished it, and we will hand over the business tonight......"

He kicked the sack under his feet.

At the empty table, Tampa had a strange face.

Ricky turns to Tampa.

The tavernkeeper twitched his face and coughed, "Okay, I see. Listen, fast rope, you go back first, I'll find time to talk to you about business tomorrow. ”

"Ah, I can tell," Fastrope rolled his eyes, "You're a little busy right now...... It's okay, we can ...... again tomorrow."

Marina on the side chuckled.

Ricky was thoughtful.

Tails poked the rope lightly, and the two of them bent down in tacit agreement, ready to carry the sack.

But Tails was only halfway down the waist when a boot rested on the sack, in front of his chest.

"Listen to your mother and stand up, thieves. Marina sat in a chair to the side, lifting her slender thighs and grinning at Tails' chest.

Tails and Fastrope glanced at the twin swords at Marina's waist, and the afterglow swept over the mercenaries in front of them, left and right, only to straighten up in embarrassment.

It's terrible.

It doesn't seem that easy to get out.

The leader of the mercenaries, Ricky spoke.

"Oh, so, they're what you claim, your 'back-up'? your reliable 'security advisor'?"

Tails frowned.

Ricky sighed and lowered his arm: "You're so humorous, Tampa." ”

Tampa looked unladylike and covered his face in pain.

Fast Rope showed an inexplicable face, and then squeezed out a smile: "Actually, ......"

Tails coughed, gagging his words to his lips.

"Okay, okay. ”

The boy spoke slowly, he looked at Tampa, then at Ricky, and as he raised his hands to show his harmlessness, he said cautiously, "I know, gentlemen, that we may not be here at the right time...... But seriously, I don't understand, and I don't want to know what your situation is now, so whatever you're ......"

Tampa's face became more and more sluggish, and he coughed heavily, and his tone was not good:

"Then get out of here!"

Tails and Quickrope bent down a second time to pick up the sack that was out of reach.

But they stopped again halfway through.

Marina's blade struck their chests at some point.

"Ahh ”

I saw this woman with a delicate face playfully opening her mouth, shaking the sword in her hand, and smacking her tongue with bad intentions: "If you don't listen to your mother, you will be spanked." ”

Tails and Fastrope straightened up again with ugly expressions.

Ricky sighed and looked up with a smile, "You guys really don't understand, but it's okay, I'll tell you." ”

"The situation is simple. ”

Ricky gave the two of them a friendly smile, then pointed at Tampa and said softly, "We, the blood whistle......"

"In a tavern in Tampa. ”

"Hijacking Tampa. ”