The moment the Black Mist Hidden One's plan to silence them failed, the Faceless Man who was secretly observing made the decision to escape.
'The Eternal Dragon is just a boast, but in the end we can only rely on ourselves.'
The Faceless Men originally planned to kill Kel'Thuzad and Jack, but then they noticed that Buck was coming with his team, and they did not dare to act rashly again.
He hurriedly sneaked back to the stationery store, took away all the important things, and destroyed a batch of things that couldn't be taken away. After doing this, he escaped through the back door and disappeared into the night.
The faceless men had just escaped, and the special forces team broke through the door of the stationery store with their team.
Kel'Thuzad used magic to light up the dim shop. There were two rooms in front and behind the shop. The front room was used as a shop and the back room was used for living.
Looking at the ashes on the ground inside the counter in the front room and the mess in the back room, Kel'Thuzad yelled "Oops."
"It's broken, let it escape."
Kel'Thuzad was about to lead his men in pursuit, but Buck walked to the counter and squatted down.
"Come with me, I have something to ask you."
Later, Kel'Thuzad also made a discovery in the back room.
"I didn't do anything. I just bought some small illustrations to read. I have nightmares every time I finish reading them, but I don't know why I just keep wanting to read them..."
"Let the Faceless Men escape...how did you do it?"
"It's the smell of the Shadow Curse. This thing must be the key tool for the Faceless Man to curse."
Buck thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"I've almost recovered!"
"Ah, Uncle Jack."
"Don't worry, you won't have nightmares anymore. Go to school and leave it to me. Next time if something similar happens again, be sure to tell your mother in time, or you can come to me."
At the same time, Jack was staring at the situation at the school gate. Children were entering the school gate one after another. Jack noticed that at least one-third of the children had to turn in front of the stationery store before entering the school gate.
Buck, Kel'Thuzad and other staff all looked at Jack in disbelief. Just more than ten minutes ago, his shoulder was pierced. Even if the Paladin had the power of the Holy Light, his resilience was too terrifying.
The matter between the Faceless Men and the Eternal Dragon now seems to be quite troublesome, so much so that Li De once again decided to skip the joint meeting, and Noggenfogg and Haggard participated in the voting on his behalf.
"Don't worry, as long as the Faceless One wants to reconnect with the curse, we will be able to find it. The Eternal Dragon has suffered a lot of magical backlash, and it should not be able to interfere with us in the short term."
Seeing that Jack's entire arm was bandaged and hanging, the aunt was very concerned. Jack didn't care about his injuries, but was more concerned about whether there was something abnormal here just now.
Jack took the stack of illustrations from Tull's hand, and at the same time released a soft holy light to soothe Tull's emotions.
Li De felt a little relieved.
In the distance, Jack once again discovered his acquaintance among these children, the little boy Tull who was rescued by him.
"Captain, I suggest suspending the search and retreating first.
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"Okay then, you stay here and keep an eye on it, we'll go back and report first."
The object of the curse is children. We don’t know what the relationship between the children and the stationery store is yet. If the children see us searching here when they go to school later, they may panic and cause unnecessary trouble.
'Shouldn't I feel close to Uncle Jack when I see him? Why am I scared?'
Illustration! This is the second time Jack has heard it. He also heard it from the breakfast lady before. The Faceless Man is very fond of this thing.
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"It's going to be daybreak, people are going out of their homes and onto the streets, and children are going to school."
There were also some smart children among them who chose to ask people nearby who might know about the situation. Such children naturally came to the breakfast stall.
The aunt is worthy of being Van Cleef's mother. She knows how to keep secrets strictly. She doesn't know the answers to the children's questions and only smiles kindly.
How could an ordinary old woman detect any abnormality? But from her own perspective, Ai gave a piece of advice.
If it goes according to the original plan, the joint conference has reached the final stage of electing the next committee member and chief. Because of the previous attacks by faceless men and too many proposals to resolve disputes over the interests of various countries, the second stage has been postponed.
for several days.
Convinced that Tur was related to the curse, Jack quickly walked up to the child and patted him on the shoulder.
Jack calmed him down with a soft tone.
The comforted little boy nodded heavily and ran away quickly.
The search in the stationery store was still in progress, while Jack was chatting with the aunt selling breakfast outside the store.
Kel'Thuzad lay on the ground and rubbed the marks carefully, saying at the same time.
Time was running out and there was no time to express these feelings. Buck led the team to evacuate first. Kel'Thuzad also needed further treatment. He did not have Jack's strong resilience.
After Buck collected the team, he immediately went to report to Li De.
Let’s evacuate first. Children going to school may only be confused when they see that the stationery store is not open and will not have other negative emotions.”
"You are right. We are suspending the search and retreat, and we will analyze the clues we have first, but there must be someone staying here to keep an eye on it, so..."
"Captain, just let me stay. I'm familiar with the work on the streets."
Buck picked up a handful of ashes from the ground, rubbed them with two fingers, then put them to his nose and smelled them.
The aunt looked at the stationery store that had been forcibly raided and suddenly said something seemingly irrelevant.
"Looking at these marks on the ground, this should be the magic circle where the Faceless Ones performed rituals. Although it took away all the props used in the rituals, it did not destroy the traces carved there."
Buck just nodded without saying a word. To deal with the minions of the Ancient God, it was best to first figure out the curse they used. This was the dragon's experience gained from the long-term struggle with the forces of the Ancient God after the Black Dragon fell.
"Stop chasing. The enemy is far more cunning than we imagined. Pursuing at this time is likely to cause more casualties. We might as well stay and see what clues we can find from here."
Jack tasted these words carefully and quickly understood the meaning. He immediately ran into the stationery store. During this time, Jack complained that the excessive bandaging made it difficult for him to move.
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Reed frowned, and both Buck and Kel'Thuzad felt a little embarrassed, especially Kel'Thuzad. After all, he had neglected to consider the Eternal Dragon during the investigation stage, and thus failed to keep the secret secret and alerted the target.
"Captain, your decision is right. Rather than finding the Faceless Man, I think we should first unlock the secret of the curse."
Jack no longer cared about acting in front of the child. He pulled Tur to the side of the road away from the crowd, held down the boy's shoulders with both hands, squatted down and looked at him at eye level.
It's just that these children were destined to be disappointed today. Seeing the stationery store with a closed door and a sign saying "Closed", these children seemed a little anxious and stopped for a while before leaving.
The little boy hesitated for a while, and finally nodded weakly, took out a stack of cards from his schoolbag, and said with a hint of tears.
Before Buck could make the assignment, Jack volunteered.
"Tul, tell me, what do you want to get from the stationery store?"
"You have to believe me, Tur, I am concerned about your safety."
Hearing Jack's question, the boy suddenly felt panic and pursed his lips without speaking.
Jack was left with a heavy expression, because from these cards, Jack sensed the deep shadow curse energy!
Buck subconsciously rejected Jack's proposal.
Seeing Jack Toole was so excited that even the boy himself had doubts.
However, Jack took off the bandage on his arm in three strokes, moved his arm and said.
"No, you are so seriously injured and still need treatment."
Buck got up and went to the back room. According to the layout of the house, this was supposed to be a bedroom, but there was not even a bed here, indicating that the owner here did not need to rest like a humanoid intelligent race.
This shadow is hidden so deeply that even a high-level priest or paladin, not to mention ordinary Holy Light cultivators, cannot easily detect it. If it weren't for the power of a giant, he wouldn't be able to see through the clues.
As the children entered one after another, the flow of people at the school gate gradually thinned out.
The school bell rang, and the street in front of the school returned to silence. After making sure that there would be no more gains here, Jack brought these cards filled with weird stories to meet Buck and the others, and took them to see