Lucien held the white glazed porcelain tea cup and nodded slightly: "I know. If a person sitting in his position was not ruthless, he would have turned into a corpse without a grave in the wild. Unfortunately, what else is there around him?
The guards don’t even know, otherwise..."
The tone of voice was gentle, but Leo felt cold. His employer was the kind of terrifyingly calm magician. If he knew now how many powerful guards Ivanovsky had around him, he would definitely analyze it immediately.
Their defense loopholes, psychological blind spots, as well as the possibility and risk of completing the plan, strive to eliminate hidden dangers in the shortest possible time.
"When I was helping Ivanovsky, he was only followed by a high knight or a mid-level magician on the surface, but there must be something hidden secretly. Several times, assassins sent by competitors were not even around him.
When he arrived, he died inexplicably outside the house. One time, he came to assassinate a second-level knight whose bloodline ability was good at hiding. The knight who protected him was seriously injured in a sneak attack, but he was about to succeed. After darkness, the assassin had collapsed.
He died on the ground, and the expression on his face was full of horror." Leo told the complete story about Ivanovsky that he knew.
Lucien said with a smile on his face: "I just summoned the 'Invisible Servant' to follow me from a distance, but I was almost discovered. Fortunately, I also confirmed that Ivanovsky's room was surrounded by similar 'seeing through invisibility' and
Hidden magic effects such as 'avoid detection' are difficult to detect, so if you want to get rid of him, you can't assassinate him at his predetermined place, but let him follow our rhythm."
"Master." Leo said hesitantly, "If you give me an intermediate magic item, I will find an opportunity to die with Ivanovsky."
In his opinion, the main reason why those assassins could not kill Ivanovsky was that they were reluctant to take their own lives. If they did not care about their own lives, it was entirely possible that they would not be killed before they were killed by the great knight and mid-level magician.
Kill Ivanovsky first.
Lucien looked around the house: "It's not necessary for the moment, you can rest first."
At present, his biggest advantage is that Ivanovsky does not know his own strength. Whether he sends people to assassinate or uses other means, he is likely to make mistakes in judgment. And such mistakes are his own opportunities, which can be eaten away at him separately.
Of course, if he has no intention of killing anyone, then that would be the best result. Therefore, there is no need to send Leo to make a suicide bomb to alert Ivanovsky and let him use all his strength to deal with him.
At the same time, Lucien secretly arranged a hidden magic circle unique to the Magic Council. It does not prevent others from prying. Its only effect is to increase the sensitivity of the magic circle operator's mental force field, allowing it to detect extremely small and abnormal
The convergent magic wave is something that cannot be sensed at the current level under normal circumstances.
The moonlight was soft and quiet, and Lucien leaned back on the sofa. He closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep while admiring the moon.
As the night grew darker and quieter, Lucien suddenly felt a tiny magic wave occurring.
It almost blended into the breeze in the darkness. If the magic circle had not been arranged in advance, Lucien would not have been able to detect it.
The magic fluctuations were slow and almost subdued, but they remained hanging in the air. They were shining on Lucien like a mirror, observing his every move.
Lucien, on the other hand, occasionally twisted his body, as if falling into a deep sleep.
This "harmonious" scene lasted until dawn, and nothing happened.
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Ural City, "Green Vine" high-end hotel.
After processing most of the goods he brought in this bustling city and replenishing a lot of iron supplies, Belf seemed very leisurely.
After breakfast, he had been sitting in the corner of the hotel lobby, drinking strong wine, idly looking at the guests coming and going, and quietly discussing with another drunkard, judging the other party's identity, status, hobbies and personality, etc.
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"Father, why are you drinking so early in the morning?" Lena, who was wearing a white fur coat, accepted Igor's apology last night and reconciled with him. Today she is preparing to go to the market area, blacksmith area and other places with him.
, but unexpectedly discovered that his father had become drunk early in the morning, so he asked angrily.
Belf burped, and said with a drunken smile: "Little Lena, I will leave Ural City to go home tomorrow. Let me have a good day of drinking, and the more I drink, the more energetic I will be."
The next stop is the end of this caravan, the capital of the province of Kinov.
"Father, you have been drinking for two days!" Lena frowned, "Then you promise not to drink a drop of alcohol during the journey from Ural City to home!"
Belf laughed and said: "Little Liena, don't think that I will agree randomly when I am drunk. You still have to drink breakfast wine, lunch wine and dinner wine."
Just after he finished speaking, he stood up abruptly and said somewhat unsteadily: "Mr. Peter, welcome back, I thought you would stay at Baroness Carilena's place."
His tone was ambiguous, not like an old man at all.
At this time, Lucien was bringing Leo in from the hotel door. He was blond and energetic. After breakfast, Cariliana, who had obviously become colder, sent a coachman to take Lucien back to the Ural City. This was in line with the situation.
Lucien's mind did not relax his guard because of this.
"Good morning, Mr. Peter." Lena said happily. She always thought that Mr. Peter was a serious gentleman.
Lucien looked at her and Igor and smiled: "Miss Lena, good morning. You seem to have reconciled? Then I'm relieved."
The obvious joke made Lena blush, and Igor, a young man who disliked Lucien very much, scratched the back of his head shyly, not knowing how to answer.
Fortunately, a drunkard next to him changed the subject. Belf patted Lucien on the shoulder and comforted him: "Mr. Peter, don't be depressed. You are actually very popular with girls. Hiccup, Mrs. Karilena probably
I only like orthodox Shahran men, the kind who are tall, majestic and rude."
Even though Lucien was a few centimeters taller through disguise, he was still a head shorter than most men in the Shahran Empire, and there was a huge difference in his majestic figure.
With Bilf's interruption, the awkward atmosphere quickly disappeared.
After Igor reconciled with his sweetheart, he was in a good mood and suddenly remembered something: "By the way. Mr. Peter, please go back to your room and take a look at your luggage! I was so happy last night that I couldn't sleep. Then I heard something from your room next door.
There was a slight noise and then disappeared quickly. I don’t know if it was my hallucination or a rat or a thief..."
Lucien turned his head and glanced at Leo, seeing the same solemnity, and then smiled calmly: "Thank you for the reminder. Igor. I'll go back to the room right away."
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In the room, Lucien carefully inspected the magic marks, teacups, kettles and other items he had left in the hiding place, and said to Leo with slight confusion: "There is no magic trap set. There is no poison. Is it really a rat?"
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The magic trap in Lucien's words no longer refers to the simple magic circle at the apprentice level, but returns to the original meaning of a trap.
"Master, it shouldn't be such a coincidence." Leo was still frightened by Ivanovsky's cruelty.
Lucien nodded while looking around the entire room again, checking each item.
The suitcases that I opened by myself, the clothes that I "changed", the folk music manuscripts that I collected, the special items that I bought bits and pieces on the road as souvenirs of my trip...
When Lucien focused his mental energy on a colorful matryoshka doll, he finally felt the faint malevolent atmosphere contained in it, which made the exaggerated funny face of the matryoshka doll a bit eerie and terrifying.
"Curse?" Lucien, who has been studying this knowledge in the past year, made a keen judgment.
Leo followed Lucien's gaze and looked at the matryoshka doll: "Master, is there something wrong with it? What should I do?"
Lucien pondered for a few minutes. He smiled and said, "Do what a noble should do!"
The "Crown of the Sun" talisman on his chest was activated, and the sacred and vast anti-death barrier protected Lucien's body.
Then, Lucien picked up the matryoshka doll and turned it open as usual.
The first floor, the second floor, the third floor, and when an exaggerated portrait of an old woman appeared on the fourth floor, countless black insect-like gases that were invisible to the naked eye but exposed under the sacred light of the anti-death barrier quickly moved toward Lucien.
It comes over the body.
Unfortunately, they were unable to pass through the anti-death barrier and disappeared into it one by one.
Seeing that the anti-death barrier was so dim that it was about to disappear, Lucien "snarled angrily": "There is a magician who wants to assassinate me! There are magicians in the empire who dare to do such a thing! Fortunately, I have the blessing of the Lord. I have the Lord."
The gift!”
While "roaring uncontrollably", Lucien asked Leo to wrap the matryoshka doll in clothes, and then, under the astonished eyes of Belf and others, he took Leo directly to the nearby church!
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In a hidden room of the church.
"My Lord Bishop, I think you have checked out the magical aura that has not disappeared on the matryoshka doll, and also confirmed the status of the anti-death barrier on my body." Lucien still "maintained" his anger and said to a Ural City man.
Bishop said.
The bishop looked like a bear in a white robe, tall and strong, with thick hair all over his body. He said soothingly: "Yes, Mr. Peter, I have confirmed the degree of damage to the magic aura and the anti-death barrier on your body."
Lucien was "emotionally unstable" and said: "Then Bishop, do you have any questions? Why don't you go after that damn magician? If I hadn't noticed in time and activated the talisman given to me by the Lord, I might have already
Become a victim of the evil magician! Does the church just allow the magician to do whatever he wants in the empire?"
After saying that, Lucien deliberately took out the Crown of the Sun and shook it. As long as you don't check it carefully, it is completely a fifth-level magical item that has only released two layers of seals.
"Mr. Peter, I can understand your anger, but we still need to investigate. After all, there is no information about the magician yet." The bishop said kindly.
Lucien became serious: "Your Majesty Bishop, I think I know who the murderer is! It's Ivanovsky, it's Karilena! In order to seize the earl's property, they secretly hired a magician to kill me!"
Then Lucien told the story "exactly".
"But what Mr. Peter, Baroness Karilena and Mr. Ivanovsky did was what normal people would do. They just knew the news in advance and prepared in advance. They did not violate any laws, whether it was the empire's.
He is still from the church, so why is it necessary to kill someone and silence him? Master Nevsky also knows about this." The bishop shook his head, subconsciously defending the noble flower of Ural City, feeling that Lucien was a little mentally allergic after being assassinated, "Of course
, thank you for providing clues, we will investigate them."
Lucien seemed to be unable to accept it and kept blaming Ivanovsky as the murderer. It was not until more than half an hour later that his mood stabilized and he left the church.
Leo followed closely behind Lucien and whispered: "Master, why don't you just point out that Ivanovsky is a big smuggler?"
"Unless you directly testify, they are likely to believe that there is something wrong with this businessman with a profound background, and that will expose my true identity. As long as the matter reaches this point, it will be up to what Ivanovsky does next.
"Lucien narrowed his eyes slightly.
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As soon as he returned to the hotel, Lucien saw a distinguished middle-aged gentleman waiting for him.
"Mr. Peter, Count Werther heard that an outstanding young man from the Vladimir family has arrived in the Ural City, so he would like to invite you to the castle to meet and have a chat." The middle-aged gentleman smiled politely.
Lucien was slightly stunned. The opportunity did not change quickly. The originally scheduled arrangement to deal with Ivanovsky seemed to be ruined by Count Werther's invitation.