Chapter 122 Chief Assassin
Lynch received bad news that Teclis's brother, the powerful Shield of Ulthuan, had been assassinated.
The bad news was delivered by Archmage Safri, who hurriedly arrived on a giant eagle. Even Lynch understood the uniqueness and seriousness of the matter.
Suppressing his panic, Teclis used a calm tone to get more detailed information from the messenger.
The assassin was not coming for Teclis's brother, Tyrion, the Everqueen's champion.
That scoundrel set fire to the Phoenix Court! Lin Qi was very surprised. This was obviously more serious than Tyrion's assassination. Why didn't he report this news first? Smelling the worry of the female mage in the air, a strange thought came to his mind.
Could it be that... to this elf, Tyrion is greater than the Phoenix Court? The Asur had a heated discussion, and Lynch summarized the specific situation.
A skilled assassin infiltrated the capital of Asur, leapt past the elite guards, and planted an incendiary bomb inside the heavily guarded Phoenix King's palace.
The Guardian of Ulthuan discovered traces of the enemy, and while tracking them, he was distracted by a trap set by the assassin, and then was attacked from behind by the insidious enemy.
Fortunately, Tyrion only turned into a one-eyed dragon for a short period of time. The dragon armor wrapped around his whole body, blocking the violent backstabs.
The powerful warrior was unable to see the attacker clearly, and before he was knocked down by the poison, the White Lion Guard who came to rescue him saved his life, and the Heart of Avalon given to him by the Everqueen removed the poison.
But the other victims were not protected by the artifact! Black blood oozed from the wounds of the elves killed by the assassin, and the murderer used the blood of the dead to paint a strange symbol.
After arriving at Lothern, the Grand Mage of the White Tower of Safri, Belanna the Wise, arrived there, he identified the source of the mark.
It was the mark of the Skaven assassin. Belanna had heard it on the wind countless times, the screams of the victims who had been killed by the owner of the mark before they died.
And whispers mixed in with the screams...
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"I am the Master of Death."
On a merchant ship sailing out of Ulthuan in the Vast Ocean, a small monster, its body obscured by shadows, grinned at the owner of the merchant ship.
Pressing the human's shoulder, "Master of Death" Snikch drew his weapon and answered the merchant ship owner's last question.
As the last Assassin Rat to retain the title of Master of Death, he is the most skilled assassin in the Underground Empire, except for the Lord of Night.
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"Yes, there were no witnesses." The female mage choked.
Just as Teclis was about to take his leave of Lynch, the messenger from Ulthuan spoke again.
"Prince Tyrion asked me to tell you something."
"I'm listening. What did my brother say?"
"Soon a fleet will depart from Lothern. His Highness Tyrion will personally command the fleet to expedition against the Skaven clans and make them understand the consequences of angering Asur.
His Highness needs you to be prepared and wait for the good news of his victory."
Perhaps because he had just suffered a great loss and lost all face, Tyrion did not ask his brother to return.
Wearing a set of magical weapons, his injuries were not serious.
Allowing Teclis to return would likely be a mental blow to him.
No one knew Teclis better than he did, and the great wizard's words were sometimes sharper than his magic.
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The Council of Thirteen knew that the elves would retaliate for this sharp attack.
Orders were issued one after another, and many ratmen clans sent out naval fleets, preparing to lure Asur to the biggest storm in the Vast Ocean.
They had no way to deal with Druzy and the vampire fleet, so even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory.
It would be better to let Druzy and the vampire's enemies also join this growing storm.
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Teclis recalls the vision and becomes increasingly uneasy.
He planned to set out to catch up with Asur's dragon ship fleet after completing his journey north with the Lizardmen.
The messenger from Ulthuan eventually left, having apparently come only to bring Teclis this news.
Lynch didn't bother to care about the elves' little thoughts. After he dealt with the hot-blooded people in the Kara Temple, he would go to the location marked by Teclis to retrieve the holy relic. After going north to unlock the star map node, the next target would be on the sea.
The only star map node of Lustria that has not been lit up is Hexota, and the next node is on an unnamed island in the sea.
There seem to be more pterosaurs in the sky recently. Lynch can see pterosaurs and giant beaked dinosaurs flying hurriedly when he looks up.
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Fierce flying beasts of the sky carried their riders, following the bodies left behind by the purple-robed hot-bloods, in pursuit of the thieves who had stolen the holy relics.
Ichi's messenger smelled the stench of the ratmen, and some of the pterosaur riders followed the foul smell that made them angry and slightly changed direction.
They are good at defeating the majority with the minority! …
Cui Tesi Weiwei, who was observing the spellcasters arguing, felt a sense of malice.
It is sensitive enough to detect the source of danger from any slight movement.
A cloud floated in the sky! No matter what kind of magic it was, Cui Tesi was ready.
"Enemy attack!"
The shrill screams scared the warlocks, and the pervasive fear almost caused the slave rats to flee.
After giving the warning, Cui Tesi brandished his dagger and bravely led the charge.
The confused Storm Rats followed it and ran away from the dark cloud. The Warlock and Plague Monk who stayed behind had already seen the true appearance of the dark cloud.
Those were ferocious pterosaurs! The members of the Plague Clan were the first to recognize the visitors; they were old rivals.
But the Storm Rat evacuated in the opposite direction.
"Idiot! The enemy is over there! Over there!"
The Gray Prophet reacted and shouted angrily.
But Tritis's figure had been submerged in the rat swarm! Only the ratmen who were closer heard the warlock's order, but there were too few ratmen left.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the sorcerers all used their magical powers to stay away from the shadow cast by the pterosaur, and Chuan Kui Luo did not forget to take away the gold.
Cui Tesi was running in the front, and suddenly he found that something seemed wrong in the rainforest ahead.
Without any hesitation, Weiwei quickly found a gap.
After making sure that the cave was ownerless, it quietly hid in the cave without making any noise.
Weiwei began to dig a deep pit with familiarity. When he heard a loud "waagh" from above, he breathed a sigh of relief.
What a lucky guy! Now even if "The Most Horrible Doomsday" Chuan Quillo holds him accountable after the war, he has no reason to do so.
It is a fact that there are enemies attacking from this direction.
The Feartail was struggling hard against the dirt and rocks underground, and it didn't care about the battle on the ground.
Maybe the Skaven army won, or maybe the army was broken up by the greenskins.
But what does that have to do with Trites?
It fought hard, penetrated too deep into the enemy's territory, and unfortunately became separated from the main force.
This is a fact, and the Grey Prophet cannot refute it.
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In the Kara Temple, "Hunter" Aiden rejected the attack proposals of other mercenary captains.
Fighting in the rainforest is not in their favor, and taking the initiative would only ruin their advantage.
(End of this chapter)
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