After Steven waited for Kate to arrive, he described to Kate the situation at the opposite base that he had just detected, and also told Kate about a carriage entering the base just now.
While putting on the purple python armguard Kate brought, he whispered: "Kate, I will climb in from the wall later, control the guard, and then open the iron door. There are no lights on the building, so I guess inside
Most people are already asleep and we try not to wake those who are sleeping."
Kate had already assembled the hunting bow. He pulled the bow string and nodded: "Then let's start taking action!"
Steven walked from the alley to the street. At this time, the observation hole on the iron door was closed. He leaned forward and rushed forward. In a dozen steps, he crossed the street and rushed to the wall. His body rushed forward violently.
He jumped up from the ground, leaped into the air, then kicked off his feet, stepped on the wall, lifted his body up again, and then grabbed the top of the rock wall with one clasp of his hands.
Then Steven stretched his arms hard and squatted low on the top of the wall. He looked at the situation in the inner courtyard. There were no lights. The inner courtyard looked very quiet under the dim moonlight of the first quarter moon. The carriage just stopped quietly.
In the corner of the inner courtyard, the guard's room was also dark. The guard had probably fallen asleep.
Steven jumped off the wall, landed and rolled to relieve his strength. After standing up, he quietly walked towards the guard's room. He felt that the guard was snoring softly and was already in a deep sleep.
He opened the door gently, walked inside and came to a single bed. The doorman was lying on the bed undressed and sleeping soundly.
There was a slight sound of wind in the darkness, and Steven slashed the side of the doorman's neck with his palm. He passed out without saying a word. Then Steven tore the sheets, tied the doorman tightly, stuffed his socks in his mouth, and left the doorman.
room and came to the iron gate.
He gently pulled up the latch of the iron door and opened the door to a gap. Kate squeezed in through the crack and closed the door. After closing the door, the two of them walked along the wall towards the building opposite the inner courtyard.
On the way, they came to the carriage parked in the corner. Steven opened the curtains of the carriage and looked into the carriage. Inside were two rows of seats facing each other. There was a trail of blood on the floor that had dried.
There is nothing else out of the ordinary.
He whispered to Kate what he found in the carriage, and then led Kate towards the building that stood not far away. There was also a spacious porch outside the ground floor of the building, surrounding the middle door, which was now closed.
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Steven used his night vision ability to lead Kate to the door. The door was not locked. He gently pushed the door open. Entering the room was a hall. Opposite the hall were two spiraling stairs. Some decorations were hung on the walls of the hall.
There are curtains and hanging paintings. In front of the stairs is a walkway divided into left and right, connecting the rooms in both directions.
Steven listened carefully to what was going on inside.
In his auditory perception, snoring came from several directions above the second floor. It seemed that everyone in this building was sleeping soundly, but someone in the corner below the stairs made a slight breathing sound. This did not sound like a sound of deep sleep!
A warning sentinel, Steven thought.
He turned around and came outside the gate and made a few gestures to Kate. Kate took off the hunting bow and handed it to Steven. Steven at the same time pulled out an arrow from the quiver on Kate's back.
He turned around and entered the hall quietly, stood by the wall with his bow drawn, and touched the wall lightly with his feet, making a slight sound.
A man in a black tight-fitting combat uniform poked his head out from the corner under the stairs. In the darkness, he could not see the situation on the other side. "This damn cat!" he thought as he touched the place where the sound came from.
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A bowstring sounded! The whistler who had just turned around from the corner wanted to dodge, but the arrow had already passed through his throat. He covered his throat and fell to the ground with a gurgling sound. Steven came to him later.
In front of them, this man was wearing a hood just like the assassin who had just assassinated them, with only his eyes, mouth and nose exposed.
Steven returned to the gate and whispered to Kate what had just happened. There was no trace of the escaped assassin, so it seemed that he had to search room by room.
Steven told Kate his plan, and the two discussed it and decided that Kate would stay at the hall door to keep watch. Steven would enter the room to search and come back to notify Kate if he found anything.
After handing the hunting bow to Kate, he walked to the right along the wall and came to the entrance of the corridor. The corridor was connected to another smaller hall. There was a long dining table and chairs here. It seemed that this was a restaurant.
Beyond the restaurant were several rooms with closed doors. These rooms were not large. Steven listened outside the first door, but there was no sound inside.
He gently turned the door handle, opened the door and entered the room. The room was decorated like an office. After finding nothing, he exited the room. Later, several rooms were searched by Steven.
It was an office, and nothing unusual was found. Soon Steven came to the corridor on the other side of the hall.
The first room after entering the corridor is an infirmary. There are several beds and various cabinets for storing medicines. There are also unused bandages on the table.
Maybe the assassin with the broken arm had his wounds treated here, Steven thought, but now the room was empty.
Steven left the infirmary and came to the next door. After opening the door, there was a large study room. Two walls were filled with bookshelves that reached the top. In front of the bookshelf on the right side of the door, there was a huge desk. On the wall opposite the window, there were
In addition to oil paintings and some curtains, there are several wall-mounted weapon racks holding various weapons including long swords.
Steven came to the huge desk. He carefully observed and searched around. Soon he found that there were obvious wear marks on the carpet next to the desk. These were marks left by many people walking around. No.
It's like a study room used by one person.
Steven followed the traces to the bookshelf behind the desk. There should be a mechanism here. It seemed that the bookshelf was a door. Steven turned and left the room. Later, he and Kate returned to the study room. They moved the wall
He took down the kerosene lamp, closed the curtains and lit the kerosene lamp.
After some searching and testing, they finally discovered that the switch to open the door was under the desk. After turning a knob, the side of the bookshelf could be pushed open, just like a door. After opening the bookshelf door, there was a walkway inside, with signs on the wall.
Hanging burning kerosene lamp.
Kate handed the hunting bow and quiver to Steven, and the two of them entered the walkway one after the other. A few meters away from the walkway was a diagonally downward staircase that led to the underground. After walking a few dozen meters, the walkway turned a corner.
After turning around, the ground became flat. At this time, the two of them saw several closed room doors in front of them.
There are two room doors facing each other on both sides of the corridor, and there is a room door at the end. There is a sound coming from the door on the right side.
Steven walked gently to the door and leaned against the door to listen carefully to the sounds coming from inside.