"Is there anything special about this stone?" said Robert, looking at Andu in confusion.

"Nothing, just a nice piece of material. Andu said casually and put it in the bag.

The rickshaw drove the two back to the villa, and after Andu put all the materials away, he and Robert rested in the villa.

As it got dark, Andu, who was leaning on the sofa, suddenly opened his eyes, and Robert sat up close behind.

"Almost, it's time to go out. Andu said lightly.

Robert's movements were a little stiff, he was obviously struggling and resisting, but in the end he only said bitterly: "Is there no other choice?"

Andu said indifferently: "He remembers your appearance." ”

One sentence shattered all of Robert's illusions, and he weakly hid the dagger, covered his wide cloak, and walked out first.

Andu watched Robert's movements, followed by the two of them, and the two left the dark and empty villa one after the other.

......

Close to the outskirts of the North District, outside a detached villa.

With a gloomy face, under the protection of several guards, Darcy got into a carriage, and as the vehicle slowly drove away, his gloomy gaze swept over the villa of classical architectural type, and the butler sitting next to him looked at him like this, and stopped talking.

"Tell me, what's going on. Darcy did not glance at him, but he seemed to have penetrated the butler's heart.

"Just now when you were at the villa, I already received a message about Grover. Rossetti, the middle-aged butler, opened the window on his side and looked at it, and whispered.

Darcy closed his eyes and said lightly, "Something happened to him?"

Rossetti straightened his mood and stubbornly said, "He was found around the fish market pier in the East End, which is the fringe area of yesterday's commotion. ”

Darcy said impatiently, "Then why didn't he come back?"

Rossetti's face darkened, and he said astringently: "He's dead." ”

Darcy's closed eyes opened in vain, and he stared at Rossetti's expression, word by word.

"He's got a whole squad with him!!"

"Yes, but the bodies of the rest of the people were found one by one, except for Justin, who is currently being treated by the church, and the rest of them are dead. Rossetti's voice trembled, and no one knew Darcy better than he knew Darcy's cold-bloodedness and tyranny.

Darcy, who tried to maintain elegance and humility in every action in front of him, was like a monster in estrus, panting with angry eyes, gritting his teeth: "I spent so much money every month to hire them, but because of such a simple task, I was wiped out?"

He couldn't understand why a team of four led by Grover, the two-ring heavy swordsman, had finally let go of the young abominable priest and was almost completely wiped out.

In Darcy's view, the outcome of today's trial was all due to yesterday's failed assassination!

If it weren't for Andu, he believed that those two inexplicable witnesses would never have appeared, and if it weren't for Andu, the last Claude wouldn't have had the courage to say that!

It was because of his appearance and disruption that the case was variable, which made the presiding judge declare the case invalid, and let his original plan for the merger of shops completely fail!!

The more he thought about it, the more angry Darcy glared at Rossetti, holding back the restless fire in his heart, waiting for his next report.

"Yes, it's because of the demonic beast that appeared yesterday for no reason, according to the information that our people received, that demonic beast was summoned by a five-ring powerhouse, and it has at least the strength of the fourth order, and I don't know why it met our people. ”

Rossetti said with a sad face, and in order to avoid making Darcy even more angry, he immediately continued.

"And according to reliable sources, the Summoners Association and the Church dispatched almost all the fighters yesterday afternoon, and finally barely killed the monster after paying the price of several tragic deaths, and the rest of the losses are even more incalculable, including a whole team of city guards, a large number of property damaged in the battle, collapsed houses, etc., and the specific damage assessment is still being counted. ”

Darcy took a deep breath, the fire in his eyes dimmed considerably, and he found some relief in his unbalanced mind after learning that all of Halmar had suffered a great loss.

"Elsa still won't forgive me, you let people watch it closely, don't have an accident. Darcy calmed down for a few minutes before suddenly saying.

"I see. Rossetti lowered her head and whispered.

Darcy lifted the curtains, looked at the roadside scenery that was not clear because it was dark, and said thoughtfully, "You said Justin is not dead?"

Rossetti stopped breathing when she heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, I heard that I lost an arm." ”

Darcy pulled the curtain with his right hand and suddenly smiled: "What are you doing alive?"

The cold wind blew into the carriage, and Rossetti buried her head lower, and forced a sentence out with the strength of her chest.

"All is as you wish, sir. ”

In the huge villa behind Darcy, a beautiful woman wore her hair pinned, and her original noble dress was now ragged on her beautiful body, barely covering some important parts.

She stood at the dresser in front of the balcony, her face in her thirties was stained with faint tears, her eyes were a little hollow, and even the traces of time could not hide the delicate features, at this time there was no half of blood, as if she had just experienced something terrible.

I don't know how long it took, she finally pushed open the door in front of her, and suddenly the howling cold wind rushed into the warm room baked by the fireplace, the cold touch of the cold wind made her eyes regain a trace of clarity, she pulled the only clothes on her body with great effort, to prevent them from being blown off by the cold wind, and her delicate appearance was sad and sad in the cold winter night.

She stood on the balcony, looking at the full moon the size of a jade disk in the sky, and the tears in her eyes fell silently again.

......

In the quiet streets, there was silence except for the hissing of wild dogs.

The silence that lasted for an unknown amount of time was gradually broken by a faint noise in the distance, and the sound spread and approached at a very fast speed, but half a minute later, the galloping of horses' hooves and the roar of wheels completely resounded in this area.

Accompanied by the guards, Darcy walked into the most luxurious three-story duplex villa in the area, and a large number of servants rushed to the lawn outside the villa to welcome the return of their master.

For this reason, many servants who were slower to move were a little flustered at the last moment because they were in a hurry, and even collided with each other, but today Darcy was obviously not in the mood, and he walked straight into the villa, rarely without punishing them for their faux pas.

The strange and sometimes noble and sometimes vulgar rich merchant went straight back to the room, leaving the guards and servants staring at each other, and finally looked at Rossetti with all his eyes.

"There is no need to prepare dinner today, the normal patrol of the guards is outside the courtyard, and the others should do whatever they want. ”

Rossetti's simple order relieved these unknown guards and servants, and they hurriedly left the living room and returned to their posts as soon as possible.

Rossetti sat on the sofa in the living room, began to recall today's work and subsequent arrangements, and after half an hour of contemplation, he tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose, which was ravaged by his glasses, and left the empty hall on the first floor.

Nine o'clock, ten o'clock......

Time passed, and the lights in the villa gradually went out, until about twelve o'clock in the night, there was finally no light in the whole villa, even the conscientious guards, only two or three people were left to be on duty for the night, and the rest went back to rest, ready to take over the post in the second half of the night.

The whole area fell into the same silence as before, and behind an ancient tree in the area full of vegetation, a sound suddenly sounded, which immediately caused several stray dogs not far away to howl.

The sleepy guard in the villa was startled by the sudden barking of the dog, and was about to scold a few words, but immediately remembered that the master had spent the night at home today, so he had to hold back the anger in his heart, and planned to clean up these stray dogs tomorrow morning.

After a burst of barking, several stray dogs found that the calm behind the ancient tree had regained their peace, so they stopped barking boredly, and slowly trotted away from the area with their companions.

Behind the tree, Andu was busy putting on his hood, and a black robe and cloak he had gotten from Robert completely covered his head in the darkness, and it was impossible to see him clearly as long as he lowered his head slightly.

Robert on the side was much simpler, wearing a black tight-fitting suit and a half-covered blue mask on his face, completely covering the parts above his nose, leaving only his mouth and nose, and even the most familiar people standing in front of him could not recognize who he was at all.

Watching from a distance that the guards in the villa fell into a state of false sleep again, Robert said softly: "What should I do?"

Andu pondered for two seconds and said, "Are you sure that in this villa, there are warriors with two rings hidden?"

Robert nodded affirmatively: "That's right, there are two two-ring under his men, one of them is a heavy swordsman and the other is a warrior, and the Grover you said appeared in the fish market port yesterday should be one of them." ”

Andu groaned, "Are you sure you can lure that warrior away?"

Robert thought for a moment and said, "Sixty percent sure you can escape." ”

After hearing this, Andu took out a card pack from his bosom and handed it to him, saying, "If there is an accident, sacrifice it to help you buy a few seconds to escape." ”

Robert didn't say anything as he saw Andu, just nodded, he accepted the card bag with his right hand, and then placed it in the small leather backpack on his right abdomen.

After the two of them finished the preparatory work, and once again determined a clear division of labor, Robert rushed out of the ancient tree first, and his agile steps were like an elegant spirit fox in the moonlight of the night!