The Ninth Prince Jike Salo, wearing a black cloak, walked out of the secret meeting hall of the Baylor family.
He was also accompanied by the palace guard captain and the Sequence 5 Great Knight [Dark Judge] Amilo.
After the meeting came out, Jike's face had not been very good-looking. As he walked, he said in a low voice: "This Gunter is really stubborn. I have already offered him such favorable conditions, and he still doesn't let go. It's obvious that at that time, he was so stubborn."
The Whale Chamber of Commerce is only a second-rate chamber of commerce. It chose to cooperate with my father to overthrow the old dynasty, and it became the super chamber of commerce that monopolizes the entire Tianlan today... If Thunderbird seizes this opportunity, why won't it be the second one?
Giant whale?”
The burly Amilo is a competent guard, only one step away from Prince Jike, "Your Highness, as far as I know, the Baylor family has made it clear to the outside world that it will not participate in any contention for the succession of the throne. Not long ago, several of your highnesses also did so.
I’ve sent people to contact us, but they probably haven’t gotten any results.”
Jike: "Hmph! Stupid choice! Since Gunter doesn't intend to support me, there's no point in keeping him..."
Amilo: "Your Highness, we can't make too many enemies yet. Now His Highness and His Highness the Third are the biggest worry! If Gunter is removed at this time, the people of Thunderbird may gravitate towards the other Highnesses."
Jike: "I naturally know this... If I ascend the throne in the future, these guys who don't understand current affairs will definitely be liquidated one by one!"
"..."
The two of them didn't chat for a few words before walking to the street at the back door of the manor.
There is a black steam locomotive parked next to the street.
Because I came to visit in secret, there were no other escorts accompanying me.
The street was eerily quiet.
"Forget it, let's go to the Michiel family... If we don't hurry up, my father will really breathe his last breath, and it will be too late to make preparations."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Jike was about to step onto the motorcycle, but Amilo's expression suddenly changed.
"No, there's an assassin!"
Before he could react, Amilo's tall figure suddenly froze.
Four transparent jelly-like figures appeared in the air. It was obvious that they were a team of professional assassins with extremely good stealth skills.
The guard Amilo was killed instantly, and the ninth prince Jike did not skip the fate of wiping his throat. His neck was easily wiped by a cold light dagger that suddenly appeared, cutting off his spine and leaving only a layer of skin. His head hung on his neck.
Blood spurted all over the ground...
The two bodies fell to the ground with a crash.
...
Only a few seconds after the murder occurred,
Raymond and Elijah appeared next to the motorcycle.
"What a great method. He kills with one strike without leaving any unnecessary traces. He looks like a professional assassin at first glance."
Raymond glanced at the body briefly, with suspicion in his eyes, and muttered: "There were four killers in total, and they were well prepared. After they succeeded, they immediately fled towards the southwest... They should have jumped into the sea now, and there is no way to chase them."
I can’t catch up.”
He was indeed a little surprised. If those assassins hadn't gone on a killing rampage just now, they wouldn't even have noticed their existence.
This is the first time that Raymond has encountered such a powerful assassin.
The long distance is one thing, but the more important reason is that these assassins are at a very high level, at least Sequence 5, and are extremely good at hiding, otherwise they would never be able to escape his perception.
In an instant, he guessed the identity of the assassin.
"Being able to quietly assassinate the Sequence 5 Transcendent Amilo, and also being proficient in master-level concealment, not many people in Tianlan can do it. Thinking about it, probably only the leaders of the 'Assassin's League' took action personally.
..”
The "Assassin's League" is a well-known killer organization in the game. It is low-key but powerful. It takes money to do things. Its leaders are all top Sequence 5 assassins.
Raymond held his chin and thought for a moment, then turned to look at the girl Ilya, but found that there was no solemn look on her face as expected.
When she looked at the separated Ninth Prince, she just pursed her lips, as if she felt a little troubled.
Raymond asked curiously: "Are you serious? The identity of the ninth prince is very sensitive. Now that he died at the back door of your house, no matter who did it, your Baylor family will not be able to escape his involvement."
Ilya smiled mysteriously and shrugged: "Who said they died in front of my house?"
"Huh? What do you mean..."
Raymond was stunned. This man died right before his eyes, and his body was still warm.
The evidence is irrefutable, can you still quibble?
At this time, Ilya said something incomprehensible again: "Then let them die as far away as possible, right?"
What?
They are already dead, how can we make them die again, to make them die farther away?
Raymond was confused.
But at this moment, he suddenly saw the totem on the back of Ilya's neck next to him light up, formed a seal with his hands, and uttered a complex ancient Nyx mantra in his mouth.
The moment the chanting started, wisps of black mist slowly enveloped the entire block. If you listened carefully, you seemed to hear the sound of wailing souls. Looking again, you could see many white fireflies appearing around the locomotive.
air mass...
In the blink of an eye, those light groups condensed and two white ghosts appeared...Looking at their appearance, they looked exactly like the two corpses on the ground.
Raymond felt that the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped a few degrees, and the hairs on his hair stood up slightly. He asked in surprise: "Is it possible that the High Priest of Nyx is also proficient in undead magic?"
At this moment, an even more incredible scene appeared!
Raymond watched helplessly as the two souls suddenly rushed into the corpse, and then the two guys who were obviously dead actually came back "alive" and stood up stiffly...
resurrection?
In the real world, death is irreversible. How can there be such a skill as "resurrection from the dead"?
Even the high priest of the Knicks can't do it at all!
"No! It's not resurrection from the dead!"
Although Raymond felt that Qi had obviously re-condensed on the two corpses, the feeling was very strange. It seemed like... not the original souls... but some mixed impurity spirits woven by Qi, supporting the two bodies.
The body returned to the light.
After achieving this step, the totem on the back of Ilya's neck became brighter and brighter, and the mana in her light blue crystal eyes became more and more turbulent.
At this moment, a scene that surprised Raymond even more appeared...
He looked at the blood on the spot where Ninth Prince Jike's head had been severed and flowed out. At this moment, it was like going back in time. Every drop was drawn by some mysterious force and poured into the corpse. Looking again, Jike's
There are no traces of cuts on the neck at all.
Apart from their dull eyes, these two "people" were almost indistinguishable from living people.
"The ability of the Knicks High Priest is so awesome!"
Raymond was really stunned. If he hadn't seen this scene with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it could be done like this.
He just watched helplessly as the two corpses got back on the locomotive intact, and then drove the steam locomotive away from the back alley of Baylor Manor...
"Done!"
After Ilya finished everything, he clapped his hands easily, greeted Raymond and said, "Let's go back."
"..."
Raymond couldn't help but be curious and asked: "How did you do it? I mean, are those two guys alive or dead now?"
"Of course he's dead! No matter how powerful the high priest is, he can't resurrect the dead."
Ilya briefly explained a few words and said: "The spell just now is 'Awakening the Dead', which can temporarily keep the corpses fresh. Then I filled them with a temporary soul, allowing them to recover before the corpse's vitality was completely cut off.
They just died somewhere else. They could last for a quarter of an hour at most... They would probably be found dead a few blocks away."
Raymond was stunned for a while, then he roughly understood, and said: "In other words, you moved the crime scene?"
"Yes! This assassination probably wasn't aimed at our Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce. It just happened that those guys chose to do it at the back door of my house."
Ilya thought for a while, then spread his hands and said: "So, I will leave this trouble elsewhere."
It sounded very novel to Raymond. He had never seen such a magical skill even in the game.
Sure enough, there are still too many unknowns and mysteries in this great maritime world.
Ilya stared at Raymond and said: "Uncle, I just realized that your perception is so strong! You actually noticed what happened here before me... Could it be that you have awakened the 'seeing and hearing color'?"
Raymond said in surprise: "You know this?"
Ilya said in a dissatisfied tone: "Uncle...don't look at me like a primitive person, okay? Although the High Priest of Nyx has been passed down for thousands of years, things like 'seeing, hearing, and color' have always existed.
Okay?"
After a pause, she said in surprise: "But... you are really surprising. The ability of 'seeing, hearing and color' is very difficult to awaken, and it will take many years to reach your current level of sensitivity.
It takes time to accumulate...but you are obviously not very old..."
Raymond didn't intend to explain this problem, and the system couldn't explain it by adding points. He asked instead: "Then how and how did you sense it?"
"The high priest has the ability to super-control nature..."
"What was that spell you used to restore blood just now..."
"A kind of 'retrospective' magic driven by the force of nature."
"..."
The two of them just chatted and walked back to the manor.
At this time, I happened to meet Matthew and Jiji who were looking for someone.
"What happened?"
Just now, Matthew saw the serious expressions on Raymond and Elijah's faces, and obviously realized that something terrible must have happened, so he hurriedly chased them out.
Ilya said lightly: "The ninth prince and his guard captain were assassinated by assassins at the back door of the manor just now."
"What? Is the Ninth Prince dead? Or did he die at the back door of the manor?!"
Matthew's face turned pale as he listened.
That guy just walked out of the manor a few minutes ago, and now he has been killed. The Baylor family cannot escape his involvement! If this matter is not handled properly, it may bring disaster to the Baylor family.
"Oh, brother, you don't have to worry..."
Seeing that his brother was so frightened, Ilya had no intention of teasing him anymore and said, "Uncle and I have already taken care of the matter. There won't be any trouble."
Is there no trouble if a prince dies?
So what is trouble?
Matthew's fat face trembled so much that his voice trembled with fear. He still couldn't believe his unreliable sister, so he turned around and asked: "Brother Nicholas, this..."
"Well, it should be no trouble."
Raymond nodded and said: "But the scene of the murder has been elsewhere. It is estimated that several leaders of the Assassin League will be equally frightened... In the next few days, someone may lurk into the manor to investigate. This matter is
Just pretend it didn’t happen.”
Hearing this, Matthew finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the inscrutable Nicholas brothers have said so, there is probably no problem.
"It's really unlucky. There's no place for that guy to die, but at the gate of the manor... He almost got us into big trouble."
Matthew muttered, frowned, and asked again: "Assassinating the prince in the Tianlan capital is a serious crime. Who could have done it?"
Obviously, he would not think that someone would assassinate a prince just to frame their Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce.
Ilya said: "Who else could it be? It's probably the other princes and highnesses who want to compete for the right to inherit the throne."
"Not long ago, the third prince who had the best chance of winning the inheritance was assassinated and seriously injured. Now the ninth prince, who is the most popular candidate, was assassinated..."
Matthew thought for a while, with a solemn expression, and sighed: "It seems that the capital will not be peaceful recently."
Raymond: "Is it possible that a certain ambitious prince is planning to kill all the other brothers who pose a threat? Then he can successfully ascend the throne?"
Matthew analyzed: "The three most popular candidates for the throne are dead and one is injured. Now the eldest prince has the best chance, but of course he is the most suspected."
"It seems like there's a lot of fun there. But I always have a feeling that the eldest prince seems to be taking the blame..."
Raymond felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
Although he liked to see the princes killing each other, it always seemed to be shrouded in a layer of conspiracy suspicion.
...
The next day, Raymond went out early in the morning.
He has not forgotten the most important purpose of coming to Tianlan Capital, to find clues to his imprisonment and rescue Anna!