After listening to Richard's explanation for a long time, the eldest prince had a basic understanding of this strange creature. If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, who would have told him before that there were creatures that could sneak directly into the shadows of people and launch attacks?
You will definitely think that there is something wrong with the other person's brain.
This kind of top assassin, who was known to almost everyone during the Elf Empire a thousand years ago, disappeared without a trace from the world after the magic power of the mainland was exhausted in the Battle of Gods. People a thousand years later will even read about it in ancient books.
The records of the Shadow Assassin may also seem to be exaggerated by the writers at that time, or simply read as fantasy stories.
Even Richard was skeptical when he saw the ancient books about the Shadow Assassin. He didn't expect to see this kind of creature that was about to become a legend again today.
"Does the book say how to guard against these assassins?"
No matter how special or outrageous the ability of this creature is, after seeing it with his own eyes, the eldest prince's ability to accept it is still very strong. Soon after being challenged by these assassins to challenge his world view, the first thing the eldest prince thought of was how to prevent this kind of innate ability.
The assassin.
The eldest prince saw with his own eyes how terrifying this thing was. It emerged directly from the shadow. It could be said that it was impossible to guard against. After accepting the existence of this creature, the eldest prince thought about how to prevent the assassination of this creature.
This time, he was lucky. Richard happened to be visiting, and he brought with him a master like the Protector Sword Saint Keshid. He was aware of the assassin's presence before he showed up, and saved the eldest prince's life.
But Richard and Keshid couldn't always stay by his side as his bodyguards. If they escaped this time, they might not be able to escape the next time. Being targeted by such a natural assassin made me feel numb just thinking about it.
If he asked other people, no one would be able to give him advice, but the ancient book of the Elf Empire that Richard looked through happened to have a description of the shadow assassins and some methods of dealing with the shadow assassins summarized by the elf mages.
, Richard has a good memory. Although he only read it briefly, he can still quickly recall several ways to deal with shadow assassins in his mind.
The first is to start with the limitations of the shadow assassin's abilities. Although the shadow assassin is called a shadow assassin, he cannot emerge from the shadow of everything. He can only come in and out of the shadow of humanoid creatures. As long as the light is cut off, the shadow assassin can
If the shadow does not appear, the shadow assassin will naturally not be able to emerge from the shadow and attack.
But this method is easy to say, but it is actually quite difficult to do. The eldest prince cannot hide in a dark hut forever. He needs to manage his own power, need to contact the army, and needs to go out anyway.
Normal people cannot accept that the object of their allegiance will never show up, like a dark creature, hiding in the shadows forever.
After listening to Richard's first suggestion, the eldest prince frowned. Apparently he also realized that he could not guarantee that no shadow would appear at all times. Even if he held a big umbrella to block the shadows of everyone around him, he could still act as a shadow assassin.
springboard.
The distance of a few meters or more is enough reaction time for the combat power of Richard and Keshid. After all, facing the enemy head-on, these shadow assassins only have the combat power of the earth level.
But for the eldest prince, even if a shadow assassin appeared from more than ten meters away, it would be very fatal. Several earth-level shadow assassins would attack from a distance of more than ten meters, and he would arrange dozens of knight-level guards for himself.
It didn't help, and besides, it was impossible for him to keep a large number of knights or even great knights around him as bodyguards.
You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days. There will always be times of negligence.
However, the eldest prince immediately made some arrangements based on this first characteristic.
"Here's the order. In the house where I live from now on, no candles are allowed to be lit at night. The guards should stay in the dark as much as possible and pay attention to their own shadows at all times to see if there is any abnormal movement."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Send me another five hundred armored guards to come to the manor."
Finally, the eldest prince ordered another wave of defenses to be strengthened. Although it may not have much effect, it can at least give him some psychological comfort.
"Brother-in-law, is there any other way? I can't hide in the house forever without going out to see people, and if these guys choose to force a breakthrough, hundreds of guards may not be able to stop them."
"A few earth steps are actually not that strong..."
Richard muttered to himself in a low voice. For the current Richard, Dadi Jie was indeed not considered a master. Keshid and Natalie around him, including himself,
He can easily defeat a dozen earth-level masters, and the people who act as guards around him, whether they are heroes or high-level humanoid soldiers, all started at the sky level, and they really don't care much about the earth-level assassins.
Just hearing the words of the eldest prince whispered by Richard, he froze directly on his lips. Isn't the earth level strong? Before, this was already the top master in the kingdom. Anyone who appeared would be scrambled by all parties.
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The eldest prince remained silent and did not answer. Richard also knew that he could not use his own thinking to consider this matter, so he added:
"According to the book, these shadow assassins can only launch attacks from the shadows of living things, but there is also a restriction, that is, they cannot leave the land of shadow for too long. They are creatures that should not exist in our world. If they leave the shadow
The soil has been around for too long, and they will be wiped out without us taking action."
"Shadow assassins cannot exist in the real world for a long time. They usually live in the world of shadows dominated by the Lord of Shadows. There must be an envoy of the Lord of Shadows to open the passage between the two worlds for them."
"Are we going to the Shadow Realm to kill them all?"
"Of course it's impossible."
The Lord of Shadows is still a famous god during the Elf Empire. No matter how these shadow assassins reappear now, it is impossible to run into the realm of shadows and fight on the opponent's absolute home ground. Richard has not yet done so.
iron.
Rather, wherever there are shadow assassins, there must be the presence of the Lord of Shadows. In a sense, they are like summoners. Only with them can the shadow assassins be summoned.
"Then what you mean is that we need to find the envoy of the Lord of Shadows nearby?"
After hearing this, the eldest prince asked Richard tentatively, with a complicated expression on his face. It is not an easy task to find an angel who is deliberately hidden in the city of Clays.
However, in a large city comparable to Piaoxue City, with a permanent population of hundreds of thousands, finding people in the city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Can you find the person?"
"It depends on luck. I will stay near the manor in the past few days, and the people from Black Prison and Yusidu will investigate secretly at the same time. If my luck is better, I think we may gain something."
"Pay close attention to some nobles in the city. There should be internal support in the city."
"Um!"
If there were no humans as internal agents, how could these shadow assassins find the location of the eldest prince so accurately and launch the assassination just after the eldest prince returned to the backyard? It couldn't be that these shadow assassins just asked random people on the street.
The eldest prince nodded fiercely. Several suspects had already flashed through his mind. He had even thought about what to do if he caught the traitor. If he can't deal with those monsters, how can he not deal with you?
"Then please leave it to my brother-in-law!"
After regaining consciousness, the eldest prince solemnly said to Richard that this was a major matter concerning his life and must be taken seriously.
"Just do your best."
Richard didn't say anything, but he actually felt a little sure in his heart.
If you don't have any characteristics, you have to find someone in the huge city of Clays. No matter how powerful Hei Jing and Yu Si are, it will be difficult for them to do it, but Richard just guessed what characteristics the other person should have. According to these characteristics, with the manor,
If we continue to investigate for the center, we should have a greater chance of gaining something.
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"Boss, look over there, he looks quite handsome."
In the city of Kleis, the spies from the dark prison began to search the entire city repeatedly as if they had opened a big net.
As the largest intelligence organization in the kingdom, once Black Prison gets serious, its capabilities will definitely be stronger than anyone imagined.
On the street, two peripheral spies were scanning a young man. They had been searching for handsome faces on the street for the past two days. If they found someone who was not a local, they would need to pay close attention.
Because in the era of the Elf Empire, any god likes to choose elves when selecting their envoys. Even gods who are not from the elven race will most likely use elves when selecting their envoys.
Without him, the elves of that era were the darlings of heaven and earth. Compared with the elves, any other race would be inferior. Whether in terms of appearance or talent, the elves were the first choice for the gods to choose their agents.
The Lord of Shadows is an elf god in the records, and his envoys are even less likely to be from other races. Therefore, when Richard issued the order to search the entire city, he described three characteristics to the people in the Black Prison.
First, she has a handsome appearance like a woman or simply an extremely good-looking woman. Second, she is not a stranger to this city. Third, the shape of her ears is slightly different from that of humans, and the upper ears are not slightly pointed.
Searching according to this standard, although the workload is still huge, has given the Black Prison a direction to search. As soon as this intelligence organization, which has existed for hundreds of years and has not declined, took action, it quickly identified many suspected targets.
And began to filter repeatedly.
But regarding the concept of beauty, there will always be people who have different aesthetic values than ordinary people and make some mistakes.
The other spy turned his attention after being reminded by the people around him. He only saw a muscular man nearly two meters tall standing next to the street. This was obviously different from the standards issued by the above. Then he looked carefully at the other person's face.
The face, a big round face with a unruly beard, does give off a sense of vicissitudes of a man, but this is completely different from the handsome woman-like figure described above!
"Stay away from me, I think there's something wrong with you."
After giving the other party a sidelong glance, the spy even took two steps back. For the first time, he felt that his companion was so unreliable.
Although there were some minor problems during the search process, the entire Black Prison was still running in an orderly manner. After all, Clays City was within the traditional control range of the Kingdom, and the Kingdom still had strong control over Clays City.
In addition to the Black Prison, other forces are also cooperating with this large-scale search operation. Although the Golden Dragon Kingdom has many problems, it is actually far from the end of the dynasty. The official institutions are basically still operating normally, and the entire kingdom is running on the machine.
It soon showed its power. Soon, the suspected objects were screened and sent to the eldest prince. Then they conducted key investigations again. In two days, all the beautiful men and women in the entire city were investigated.
After all, those who didn’t know thought that the eldest prince was going to choose a concubine in Clay City.
…
In a gorgeous mansion in the city.
A secret room was cleaned spotlessly. A man in black robe was sitting in the room. Next to him, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes was talking to him. Looking at the posture of the two, the man in black robe was sitting in the room.
The status should be much higher.
"Sir, it seems that the people in the prison are looking for you. Do you need me to arrange for you to go out of the city and hide for a while?"
"Oh? You mean it's not safe for me to stay here?"
"Of course not, I'm just on the safe side..."
"That's alright, I haven't finished my work yet."
"I'm not going out anyway, how can they still come here to find me?"
"Too."
After hearing what the other party said, the person who asked the question at the beginning seemed to feel that he was a little too worried.
The man in the lower robe initially wanted to persuade the man in black robe to leave, but was blocked by a few words and said no more.
"Forget it, let me have a rest. Remember to ask someone to bring me some fresh fruits and osmanthus cake."
"Yes, sir!"
"Also, ask two servants to come in and clean the room. The room has not been cleaned for more than two hours, and there is dust on the floor."
"..."
The middle-aged man below subconsciously rubbed his fingers on the ground. When he picked it up, he saw that it was not stained with any dust. What kind of dust was on it?
However, he did not dare to complain. After the people in the room were ordered to be kicked out, the middle-aged man exited the room. He walked through the corridor and saw most of the servants standing aside, waiting for orders.
"Have someone send some fresh fruits to that gentleman. Remember, they must be picked within an hour."
"Let someone clean the room again."
"But wasn't that room just cleaned?"
"Don't ask so many questions. Just make arrangements as soon as I ask you to do it. Remember to send a letter that is worthy of acceptance."