While Xue Hua was waiting for Abathur to remove the last barrier between him and the Horadric Cube, outside the oasis jungle, a man wearing black robes with a handful of dark gold looming in the sun was seen on his wrist.
The guy with a high-level swordsman was holding a purple-haired female assassin covered in wounds in one hand and asked in an extremely cold tone.
Around the two of them, five other corpses were lying in random directions. The equipment and weapons on these corpses showed their identities-this was a team of professionals.
"Have you ever heard of the name 'Xue Hua'?" the man in black asked in an extremely cold voice.
"..." The female assassin just stared at him, but refused to say a word.
She comes from a fairly well-known family, and the family is famous for being rich in assassins.
Since there are many assassins, of course, we also know a lot about well-known assassins.
Therefore, when she and her friends suddenly met the guy in front of her in the oasis, she recognized him almost instantly.
Then, she knew that they might be doomed this time...
Because this guy is one of the guys that the elders of the clan have mentioned to her more than once, and she must not take the initiative to provoke him.
The reason is not only because of his level and strength, not just because he is an evil bonder, but also because this guy... is a madman!
His whereabouts are mysterious and elusive, and it is said that he possesses several very special mutant skills.
And his level is also quite high, reaching level 84.
This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this guy is not only ruthless, but also bold!
In Lu Gaoyin, there is a legendary event that everyone knows. The previous old king Geer Hein and her queen actually had three children, two sons and one daughter. The daughter is the elder sister, the eldest princess of the royal family - Roni.
·Hein.
The eldest son is Prince Leigh Hein, who is one year old.
The youngest son is the current King of Lugoin - Jay Hein
However, one summer morning decades ago, the royal family suddenly issued a mourning notice and announced a state mourning. The reason turned out to be that the eldest princess Ronnie suddenly "died" of illness.
This incident caused an uproar among the people, and many people were discussing what disease Princess Roni had.
But only some big families in the upper city knew that Princess Roni did not die of illness at all.
She was assassinated!
Yes, he was assassinated right under the nose of the Imperial Guard, which was composed of two legendary strongmen and hundreds of high-level professionals at that time.
And the person who assassinated her was the guy in front of the female assassin.
The most important thing is that after committing such a shocking crime, this guy not only did not flee to other places in panic, but instead hid somewhere in the desert for more than 20 years.
It wasn't until the evil contracted person survived the old king to death and received news that the new king Jehaine had ascended the throne that he began to emerge again in the gray streets of the outer city.
At first, after Jiehein learned that he had returned to Lu Gaoyin, he sent a large number of guards and even legendary powerhouses to encircle and suppress him, but in the end, he was cunning enough to slip away first.
This guy seems to have his own hidden intelligence system, and he can always escape before danger arrives.
After several roundups with no results, Jehein had no choice but to announce a permanent arrest warrant for this guy, and then let it go.
After all, Jie Hain had not yet secured his position at that time, so how could he find so much free time to avenge his long-dead eldest sister?
In addition, for some unknown reason, the old king announced that the eldest princess's death was due to "illness", so after several fruitless attempts, Jie Hain was too lazy to look into this old case again.
But this guy's deeds have been passed down among Lu Gaoyin's upper-class nobles and professional families to this day.
Those nobles who feared him even gave him a nickname - "Shadow Blade" - based on the weapon he used.
The female assassin was born into a high-level professional family of Lu Gaoyin, so she was naturally familiar with this guy's deeds, so when she recognized the person in front of her, she knew that she had no chance of survival this time.
But she was also very surprised. Why did this guy come all the way to the oasis when he had nothing to do but stay in Lugaoyin City?
It wasn't until "Shadow Blade" asked her the question just now that she realized that this guy had actually taken action again.
But this time, his target was the rising star Necromancer who had become famous not long after arriving in Lu Gaoyin—Xue Hua.
However, even if she knew his purpose, the female assassin could only smile helplessly in her heart.
How does she know where the super rookie who once defeated high-level professionals in a duel in the palace is?
She has never even met Xue Hua, okay?
"It seems you don't know anymore... Then say goodbye forever." Shadow Blade got the answer from the expression on the female assassin's face, and then without hesitation, he punched the female assassin's heart with his sword.
Feeling the body in his hands slowly becoming colder, Shadow Blade's face hidden under the cloak twitched slightly, then let go of his hand, letting the female assassin's body languish on the ground.
Then, he looked at the messy ground with a rare wry smile on his lips.
This is already his tenth day in this damn oasis. Since he received the task of capturing Xue Hua alive from Badi half a month ago, he has begun to collect the target's data and information, and after confirming the other party
After his route of action was indeed heading to a distant oasis, he rushed here day and night.
Shadow Blade originally thought that with his speed, he would intercept Xue Hua before he arrived at the oasis, and then easily complete the task and receive a large commission.
However, when he arrived at the oasis and waited for three days, he still did not see Xue Hua.
At this time, Shadow Blade began to feel that something was wrong, and gave up waiting around, and began to search the oasis for traces of Xue Hua.
At this time, he didn't know that his employer Badi had fled because he was afraid of being investigated by the Guardians. He was just worried about his commission.
Evil Contract killers like him, who are able to make a name for themselves and still survive, usually have their own creed, and his creed is - collect money and do things.
That is, collect the money first and then do the work.
And after receiving the full amount of money, he will usually give his employer a time limit, and before this time limit, he will complete everything assigned by the employer.
If the time limit is delayed due to his fault, then for each day of delay, he will refund the employer's 10% commission when the task is finally delivered.
The time limit agreed upon by him and Buddy was six days, but at that time he was already one day overdue.
This means that he has lost 10% of his commission.
Therefore, in order to save the remaining money, Shadow Blade began to search the oasis frantically for Xue Hua's whereabouts.
But Xue Hua and he were not in the same space at that time. One can imagine what the results of such a search would be.
After exhausting all means but unable to find any trace of Xue Hua in the oasis, and losing 50% of his commission, Shadow Blade finally began to consider whether he had made a mistake in his intelligence collection.
So he used the messenger bird to contact his "helpers" in the city and asked them to review Xue Hua's information again.
But when he received a message from his "helpers" who once again confirmed that Xue Hua's destination was a distant oasis, he felt that for the first time in his life, he might not be able to control his emotions.
After that, he continued to search around the oasis, trying to find even the smallest clue about Xue Hua. This search lasted another six days.
It wasn't until early this morning that he realized that he had lost all his commissions.
This means that he has failed in this task...
And since he got that mutant skill, this was the first time he failed to complete the task he accepted.
So, he stayed in the oasis for another day to vent his anger, and massacred a team of professionals he just met.
It wasn't until his emotions were vented that Shadow Blade began to consider whether to continue.
The situation before him now is that all commissions have been deducted, and he must abide by the rules he set himself.
So if you continue, it will be a loss-making business.
But if you don't continue and just go back like this, returning the commission in full to the employer is equivalent to destroying his own brand.
And it also gave Xue Hua a wave of popularity for free...
After thinking about it for a long time, Shadow Blade decided to continue because his "signature" was much more valuable than the commission for a mission.
But before that, he had to go back first. One was because he didn't have enough supplies. The other was that he had to go back and confirm the accuracy of the information for himself. He couldn't continue searching aimlessly like this.