Chapter 46 Chapter 46 I bought it for you.
The streets suddenly became silent.
The passersby below looked up in shock and cast terrified glances at the roof. They looked at the assassin's mutilated body, their screams stuck in their throats.
"…I'm fine, thank you."
Su Cheng spoke slowly.
She pondered the other person's position for a moment. "So if I fell off the Dragon Eagle, you could really catch me?"
This is comparable to the speed of teleportation!
And the distance is at least a hundred meters!
Su Cheng raised his hand to wipe away the blood splattered on his face.
The trajectory of the sword just now seemed to still be burning on the retina.
That is not simply speed or strength, but a terrifying energy generated by the accumulation of fighting spirit that transcends the laws of physics.
She had never seen a strong warrior take real action before, so this was truly an eye-opener.
Kai had been looking down at the assassin, but he gave her a helpless look. "Yes, otherwise I wouldn't let my team take such a risk—"
He paused, "Although I also believe you can handle it yourself, whether it's using magic to deal with crises or mastering the use of fighting spirit at critical moments."
He kicked the assassin off the roof, and his bloody body fell in the middle of the road, splashing a glaring crimson.
The passers-by around couldn't help but scream.
The owner of the leather shop had already come out of the shop and was staring at the scene in amazement.
Su Cheng, still using Feng Bu, also jumped down and gave her a few silver coins, "...I'm sorry for dirtying your house."
The panic on the boss's face immediately disappeared, and he smiled and said it was no problem.
It was a moment later that Su Cheng realized that these people were not afraid of the corpses, but were afraid that he and the team leader would continue to kill people here.
Tielong Town is a bustling and bustling place, and is located on a major traffic route. There are many mercenaries coming and going, and the locals are accustomed to all kinds of fights, and many of them result in deaths.
The assassin was still lying on the ground, groaning and twisting in pain. Having lost his limbs, he could only wriggle like a maggot.
A normal person with such injuries would have died from excessive blood loss, but he looked like he could live for a while longer.
Su Cheng stared at the assassin's face, recalling for a long time, and was sure that he had never seen him before, "I don't know him."
"Me too," Kai shook his head slightly, "but Camus will have a way."
Su Cheng raised his eyebrows and rolled up his sleeves, ready to drag the assassin away, but he didn't know where to start.
Kai stood by and watched silently. When he saw her pause and a look of hesitation on her face, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Su Cheng was a little embarrassed. "I want to grab his collar, but I'm afraid he will bite me."
Kai: “…”
He leaned over and grabbed the assassin's head. His large, leather-wrapped palm easily covered the head, and then he lifted the trembling body.
The assassin's wails and curses were crushed in his palms.
Su Cheng originally wanted to ask whether he should keep a low profile, but ended up watching the captain walk across two streets, carrying the bloody assassin with him the whole time.
Until I met Sasha at the intersection.
"...Um," the vampire crossed his arms and looked at them, "I don't know them either."
He had obviously sensed what had happened from afar, and his face showed no surprise. "Let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, Camus came out of the bookstore across the street with a few old books in his arms.
The blood mage frowned at the assassin and the blood dripping on the ground, then put the book away without asking any more questions.
Su Cheng originally thought that they would take the assassin out of town, but who knew that the group went to the nearest tavern.
The boss behind the counter was about to speak, but Sasha threw a handful of silver coins over and the boss immediately started counting the money.
The two waiters also quickly picked up the rag and mop to clean up the bloodstains.
"...someone from the Killer Guild."
They picked a large empty room upstairs, and as soon as they closed the door, Kai threw the man to the ground.
The assassin lay face down, trying to turn over.
Sasha stepped on his lower back and used a sheathed short blade to lift the clothes on his back, revealing a strange sword blade totem.
"So who was the honored winner?" The vampire chuckled. "I guess it must be a noble God-favored one."
Su Cheng originally wanted to confront him, but she also felt that it must be herself, because if the assassin's target was their group, then his strength would be too inadequate.
Even if they don't know the true abilities of their teammates, they are still the leaders and core members of a B-class mercenary group, and their identities are still there.
She couldn't help but look at Camus: "Can you ask it?"
The blond man snapped his fingers.
Sasha took a step back.
The assassin screamed loudly.
Blood gushed out from the wounds on his limbs, weaving thousands of crimson threads in the air.
Su Cheng smelled a strong fishy smell.
The temperature around him rose sharply, and the blood seemed to start burning, sending a scorching heat wave towards him.
Blood surged into the assassin's body.
The roar in his throat stopped abruptly, replaced by the sound of cracking teeth.
Red lines penetrated into his eye sockets, burning tiny bubbles in the whites of his eyes, and his eyeballs shriveled into charred lumps in the high temperature.
He twitched violently, his back arched into a horrible shape, and his spine made a crackling sound like firecrackers as it twisted.
"I say—I say everything—"
The assassin wailed in pain, "But I don't know the identity of my employer - they just asked me to come here in advance and wait -"
He gave a confused account of everything he knew.
The Killer Guild has a long history and has existed for thousands of years, so it has long developed a variety of mission modes and many ways to keep the client's identity secret.
The order this person took was of this type. He claimed that the employer gave the location, approximate time, and a general description of the target's appearance.
——Although the target’s hair and eye color are not particularly eye-catching, the employer specifically mentioned that the target is very beautiful, and it is very rare to be that beautiful.
He's also a wind mage.
With these points in mind, it’s not easy to make mistakes.
Su Cheng pondered for a moment, "Are you the only one? Did that person only hire you to kill me? Or do you not know either?"
The assassin was tortured to the point of collapse. He answered all the questions asked at this moment, nodding and shaking his head at the words, "It's just me, it's just me here - the others have gone somewhere else!"
Su Cheng was stunned. "Are you the only one guarding Iron Cage Town? Did the others go somewhere else to block me? Or did the others go somewhere else to kill someone else?"
The assassin nodded repeatedly. "Others, killed others. They were all ordered by the same person. I have a friend in the guild who told me. He said the employer was in a hurry..."
Su Cheng roughly understood, asked a few more questions, and then sat aside to think.
"Anything else you want to say?" Camus said calmly, "If not, I'll kill you."
Su Cheng looked up, "Don't you have any questions?"
The blood mage shook his head coldly and glanced at the assassin who was screaming on the ground.
The latter has begun to beg them to kill him quickly.
Camus snapped his fingers, and the skin at the assassin's severed limbs quickly turned black and festered, while the muscles visibly shrank and melted as if burned by invisible flames.
His waist, abdomen, and chest were quickly eroded by an unknown force, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a pool of blood all over the ground. In the end, only his head, with an expression of fear, remained.
The air was filled with a sickening burnt and fishy smell.
"This should be a wanted criminal," Sasha said cheerfully, "You can take him to the town hall and try your luck."
Of course, what we mean by leading him is actually leading his head.
"……I see.
The three men looked at Su Cheng at the same time.
"It should be Earl Gawler," she spread out her hands. "She suspected I had killed her son—of course, she wasn't sure. She had made so many enemies, so she must have sent out several assassins to kill those she thought might be suspects."
Sasha raised an eyebrow, "So you killed him?"
Su Cheng: "...the one at the entrance of the Magic Guild."
Kai nodded suddenly, "Oh, that was the time."
Sasha narrowed her eyes and looked at them. "What little secrets do you two have that no one can see?"
"It's a big secret that at least hundreds of people have seen," Su Cheng said unhappily, "although no one knows it was me who did it. Well, at least most people don't know."
She briefly recounted the contract between herself and the young Earl, omitting the agreement with the God of Contract.
"Oh, so you guess he's going to do something to you, and if he breaks the contract and dies, then the spot will be freed up for you?"
Sasha said with interest, "I really can't tell. Do you care which college you go to? Or do you not care and just dislike that person?"
Su Cheng shrugged. "I don't care which academy I go to. If the people from Cross Star directly assign me to the Academy of Frontier, I won't say anything. If that young earl doesn't call me a pariah and instead offers me a large sum of money, I might just give up the duel. If he doesn't break the rules and fights me seriously, then I will also fight seriously and accept the outcome. But there are no ifs."
If the young earl didn't have that kind of personality, she would definitely think of other ways and wouldn't stare at him.
As for Earl Gawler himself, after losing his son, it is not surprising that he simply arrested all the suspects because he could not determine who the real murderer was.
After all, everyone saw the scene in front of the Magic Guild. Normal people would not think that it was the work of a god-favored person, but would think that it was some kind of curse.
For details, please refer to Murong Yue’s cannon fodder schoolmate.
"She probably felt that there were two types of people who killed her son: one was their family's enemies taking the opportunity to seek revenge, and the other was someone who could gain tangible benefits from it, like me."
Su Cheng concluded, "But there should be some other thoughts, such as why my son died, but you can go to school well, and even if you didn't kill him, you should be buried with him... Maybe."
None of the other three people cried foul or said it sounded strange.
Judging from their expressions, they have probably seen this kind of thing many times.
"Well, that's a common behavior among human nobles," Sasha said lazily, "it's no surprise that she guessed you were passing by here—"
When traveling from Jinpo City to the Imperial Capital, Tielong Town is almost a must-pass place. Even the team following the Cross Star Academy will stop here for supplies.
Su Cheng just asked about the time. The assassin set out a day earlier than him and also rode a monster to wait for the opportunity.
For the assassin, he had to consider the possibility that she would leave with Cross Star Academy, as well as the possibility that she would leave early on her own.
Anyway, the deposit alone was a huge sum of money, so the assassin felt it was worth waiting a few more days and set off on the same night he received the mission.
Su Cheng calculated the time. "...After the news of the Earl's death reached his family, the Earl should have started placing orders. And that person just said that the employer was in a hurry. Does that mean she was in a hurry?"
Thinking about it more carefully, she had previously instigated the people from the Vatican to investigate them. Had they found any problems now?
That family has never done good things and will definitely not stand up to scrutiny.
But if it were now, it would only have been a few days?
When did the Vatican become so efficient?
Or was the Archbishop doing him a favor? Was he specifically urging them to hurry up?
Su Cheng touched his pocket, "Oh right——"
etc.
She searched her coat pockets and found that the gilded box was gone.
Su Cheng: “?!?!”
Did it fall during the fight?!
She jumped up and rushed out, "I lost my things——"
Before the other two could react, Kai pulled her back and showed her the small box in his palm. "Looking for this?"
"right!"
Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was thrown on the street!"
"Indeed," he smiled, "I saw this fall out of your clothes."
Su Cheng was very happy and was about to reach out to take it, but suddenly remembered that he had originally wanted to give it to him.
My brain suddenly went crazy, and I don't know why, I said casually: "Since you found it, it's yours."
"Um?"
Kai was also a little surprised. He never expected her to say such a thing.
He blinked, a hint of surprise flashing in his beautiful golden eyes, "It belongs to me?"
"Well," Su Cheng said stiffly, "Well, actually I bought it for you, although you may not need it, or have other similar props?"
Kai glanced at her, "Can I open it?"
"It's yours anyway," Su Cheng said, crossing his arms. "You can do whatever you want with it. No need to ask me."
She could hold the exquisite gilded box in one hand, but it looked even smaller in his palm and could be easily opened with his thumb.
Even so, Kai still raised his other hand seriously and opened it solemnly, revealing the clear crystal bottle inside.
"oops--"
Sasha, who had been watching from the side, sniffed when he saw this. "I was wondering why it smelled a bit like dragon's blood. Turns out it's this."
The silver-haired young man sighed in mock sadness, "It seems that in your heart, you only remember that he is the only one who uses cold weapons."
Su Cheng glared at him with a dark face, "Is the dagger on your body really not just for decoration? When have you ever pulled it out?"
The vampire smiled back and said, "Maybe it's just that we don't spend enough time together—"
"Have you forgotten, Sasha?" the captain said calmly, "she liked my sword very much when we first met."
He patted Su Cheng's shoulder gently and said, "You didn't pick out the greatsword you liked in there, I guess?"
Su Cheng: “!”
Su Cheng nodded vigorously, "Captain, you understand me——"
That's how things are!
She just had a sudden urge to look at greatswords, and when she couldn't find a suitable one, she thought the protective oil was good, so she bought it.
It’s not like I came into the store just for this!
Although this is not a big deal, it feels strange for the bastard vampire to say so.
Kai looked down at her. The little girl's face was full of relief, as if she had already regarded him as a close friend, and she was staring at him closely.
His reflection almost filled those beautiful amber eyes.
The man's fingers holding the box moved slightly, but in the end he did not move and just closed the box.
"...Thank you," he said seriously. "As for weapons, if you'd like, I can help you choose one or make one for you when we get to the imperial capital."
Sasha glanced at him and asked, "Do you have any suitable materials?"
"It's okay if you don't have it," Kai thought for a moment, "maybe draw a couple of... dragon bones."
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