In Knight Conan's opinion, this might just be a rash decision made by the city lord because of the grief of losing his son, but when he was invited to the city lord's mansion, Knight Conan no longer thought so.

"What's this?"

Looking at the exquisite letter in front of him, Knight Conan was obviously a little surprised. He raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him, then lowered his head and looked at the letter again.

"It was found in my poor child's pocket."

The old man looked very haggard, as if he had aged ten years overnight. After the other party signaled, Knight Conan reached out, picked up the letter, opened it, and began to read. But soon, Knight Conan's face began to become strange and weird, and even a little angry. But even so, he forced himself to suppress his anger, and only looked at the old man again after reading the letter.

"Excuse me, this letter says..."

"…It should be true."

The old man bowed his head deeply, revealing a repentant expression. Knight Conan's face also turned red and white, not knowing what to say.

This letter recorded nothing but a series of atrocities committed by the previously deceased son of the city lord, including but not limited to violence against women, beating and injuring civilians, and even raping a peasant girl for her beauty, then after getting her, he felt bored and was afraid that she would cause trouble so he sent his men to kill her entire family and disguised it as a fire accident.

To be honest, Knight Conan had only been here as sheriff two days ago, but he knew about several of the incidents, but because he had just arrived, he had not had time to investigate. Now it seemed that someone had already taken care of everything for him.

It was a good thing for this bastard to fall to his death! If he was caught by the Temple, it would at least be a public execution!

"What does this letter mean?"

Knight Conan suppressed his anger and looked at the old man. He didn't believe that the city lord had called him here to confess his son's crime.

"Let me explain."

Just then, a man dressed as a butler standing behind the old man took over the conversation.

"This is 'death sentence'."

"…I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Knight Conan has just arrived here, so perhaps you don't know yet."

The butler bowed slightly to Knight Conan and then spoke.

"In fact, recently, a mysterious assassin nicknamed 'Death' has appeared in this area. No one knows who he is, and no one knows if he really exists. All we know is that every time he takes on a commission, the target will die in an 'accident' within a few days, and next to them, there will be letters recording the crimes of these people. It's as if he is judging their sins...so we also call it 'Death Judgment'."

"So, this was really an assassination?"

Conan Knight feels completely incredible.

"Is it some kind of magical influence? Or maybe we can find a prophecy wizard to..."

"It's useless. We have asked a prophecy wizard and even used time travel, but we can't find any clues... This is understandable. After all, we don't even know whether the other party is a human or a ghost."

Having said that, the butler also revealed a self-deprecating smile.

"Not magic, and you didn't do it yourself?"

Conan Knight felt even more incredible.

"Can this be called assassination?"

"But in fact, the other party accepted the commission every time, and after the target's 'accidental' death, the commission would also appear to be completed. In other words, this is indeed an 'assassination'."

"So you mean..."

"I hope Knight Conan can ask the Templars to intervene and find the assassin."

The old man raised his head and stared at Knight Conan.

"I know that my son has committed an unforgivable crime. If he is caught by the Temple, I can accept even beheading him. However, I cannot accept that my child was killed by a despicable assassin! I hope the Temple can help me find the murderer and punish him!"

"this……"

Looking at the angry old man in front of him, Knight Conan didn't know what to say for a moment. For some reason, looking at the old man in front of him, he suddenly thought of Knight Brand... Maybe this is the doting of parents on their children? Knight Conan is not married yet, let alone having children, so he can't understand it yet. In fact, when he saw Knight Brand wielding a sword to resist for his daughter in the temple, Knight Conan already found it difficult to understand the other party's thoughts.

And now...

"I'm sorry, Lord City Lord, I have retired now. I will report your matter to the Holy Temple, but I'm not sure what the Holy Temple's reaction will be."

"Thank you, Knight Conan, but I will not let go of the murderer of my child."

“…”

After hearing the old city lord's answer, Knight Conan didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only stand up silently, bow to the old man in front of him, and then leave.

"…Sir, do we really want to report this to the Temple?"

After leaving the city lord's mansion, Conan's attendant hurriedly walked to his side and asked in a low voice. Facing his attendant's question, Knight Conan remained silent for a long time, then he suddenly turned his head and looked at the attendant beside him.

"Bart, I remember... you are married."

"Ah, yes, my Lord."

Hearing Knight Conan's incoherent question, the servant was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly.

"Do you have a child?"

"There's a... mischievous boy who doesn't like to learn swordplay all day and just wants to go out on adventures. I really can't do anything about him... Alas..."

"So what do you think the Lord City Lord's actions are right or wrong?"

"this……"

Hearing this, the follower was stunned for a moment. After a long while, he answered with a complicated expression.

"Well... to be honest, sir, the city lord's son is indeed not a good person. Frankly speaking, I feel relieved knowing that he is dead. But... I am not completely unable to understand the city lord. After all, he is his only son..."

"Really..."

Knight Conan was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"Just report it according to the normal procedures. At least this is our responsibility."

"Yes, sir."

While the entire city of Khara was in turmoil, the instigator of all this had already left this place of trouble far away.

“It’s not very challenging, but at least the pay is good.”

Counting the platinum coins in the purse, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

That’s right, all the so-called “death murders” in this area these days were caused by him.

What Fang Zheng used was "Killer 47", one of the two bronze soul stones he had extracted before.

In fact, Fang Zheng has always believed that compared to Assassin's Creed, Agent 47 is the real assassin. Although many people like to say things like "Life doesn't have so much time for you to sneak in, if you want to assassinate, you have to be invincible", this can only be used in the world of Assassin's Creed. In the main world, Assassin's Creed is meaningless.

Wushuang? The noble mansions here are full of magic traps and alarms. You are Wushuang alone, and you will be surrounded in thirty seconds. And even if you kill someone, what can you do? The magician has many ways to find your trace, and it will only take time for them to hunt you down. Unless you have some props or artifacts that can conceal your identity, you think assassination is that easy.

Things like serial murders only have a market in detective novels. In real life, just do a DNA test and compare. Who cares whether you say it or not.

The reason why Fang Zheng chose Killer 47 was naturally because of his two enhanced specialties [Ever-changing] and [Making the Most of Everything].

[Thousands of Changes] allows Fang Zheng to perfectly simulate anyone, just like Agent 47 in the game can change his clothes and then go in and out with various identities. The specialty of [Thousands of Changes] allows Fang Zheng to perfectly disguise himself as various identities and then launch infiltration operations.

【Making the best use of everything】 is the assassination style that is unique to Agent 47. With this expertise, Fang Zheng can analyze the usage of all the props and equipment in front of him as quickly as possible after entering the assassination location, and use it to set traps and lure the opponent into the trap. Just like the assassination of the city lord's son before, Fang Zheng didn't do anything at all. He just disguised himself as a cleaner, mopped the place a little, and then quietly removed the support on the railing while others were not paying attention.

Did he kill anyone? No. He just used the future vision to confirm where the city lord's son would go next, so he mopped the floor there - is it illegal for me to mop the floor?

As for the high-level wizard, it was even easier for Fang Zheng - the little angel Nymph could control all spells, so he didn't even need to take action. He just needed to find a place, and then let the little angel Nymph invade and seize control while the other party was casting a spell, and finally let the spell go out of control.

With these two abilities, plus the future vision and the magic assistance of the little angel, Fang Zheng can assassinate others easily in any situation as if he is alone.

The reason is simple, he needs money.

Although Fang Zheng still had the 5,000 gold coins that the temple had awarded him, this money was far from enough for Fang Zheng. Of course, if he was just living a life of luxury, then this money would be enough for him to live a good life. But for Fang Zheng, the meaning of his life was obviously not to be a luxury.

The most important thing is that the money in Fang Zheng’s hands cannot be used to recharge the system.

This is the key point.

No matter how much money Fang Zheng gets in the Iron Blood World or the Main World, it is meaningless if he cannot spend it in the system. Therefore, Fang Zheng needs to convert the money into something that can be used for recharge, that is, spirit crystals.

But this is not an easy thing to do.

Just like the world where Fang Zheng lived, although the mineral spirit crystal was not listed as a "strategic resource", it was not something that ordinary people could buy at will. In particular, large-scale purchases of spirit crystals must be reviewed and reported to official departments. In the past, Fang Zheng's identity naturally did not require him to care about this little trouble, but now, he did not want to be discovered by the Temple, and he wanted to get a large amount of spirit crystals, so he had to find another way.

According to the laws of the Holy Kingdom, only spellcasters and alchemists with formal "licenses" and legal organizations and individuals such as manufacturing departments that make armor and weapons are eligible to purchase spirit crystals. Although Fang Zheng has mastered the five-ring spell, because Rex did not report it to him, Fang Zheng is not even an apprentice at present. And the identity of the Templar Knight can no longer be used... Otherwise, if the Temple comes to the door, it will be a trouble.

Then the only thing left is... a backdoor listing.