"Are you sure there are thirty-three people?" Tatsumi asked again.
"Of course, I won't count wrong!" Tashigi answered with certainty.
It has been more than a year since the war between the Bashalan Empire and the Borg. The original revolutionary army has long been destroyed. Maybe some of them are still alive, but they are definitely not living well. Since they came out of Oro City, the two have never participated in any activities of the revolutionary army. Even the revolutionary army thought they were dead.
After the war, the two entered the desert from the southern border of Basaran. At first, they lived in several cities in the desert, and later encountered the Golden Group.
The two of them almost didn't make it out that time... But every experience seemed to play a joke on them. Not only did they get out, but they also survived Jagun's threats at that time.
It was said that many imperial soldiers later found the Temple of the Sun, and after learning that the two were among the victims, they distributed some subsidies, especially to the princesses and princes...
Tashigi and Tatsumi never thought that they would accept subsidies from the country that strangled the Revolutionary Army. After all, in their opinion, if it were not for the remnants of Jagun, their side would definitely win the war in the end. Even if the Bashalan Empire could resist, its territory would be divided, and the Revolutionary Army could easily occupy an area and establish a country independently.
But these are all fantasies. Since Jagun joined the battle, the battle has become one-sided.
So the two of them didn't have much good feelings towards this country...but the situation was special at the time, so they had no choice but to accept the subsidy before deciding to leave.
This journey led them to a southern city and then they followed the caravan south to the country of Kserk on the southern continent.
For the past two or three months, Tatsumi and Tashigi had no problem doing some mercenary work with their abilities, and they gradually settled down. But later they heard that the tribute sent by Kselke to Jagun was stolen and the diplomats were killed. At that time, the two of them were secretly happy, because if something like this happened, the two countries might go to war.
But... what a pity...
The usually arrogant Sun King actually chose to swallow his anger at this time and even sent troops to the sea to eliminate pirates because they had already found out that the incident of robbing tribute was planned by pirates behind the scenes.
There was no further news after that. The next time we heard about Jagun was when Prince Sean arrived in the capital of Kserk and lived in the palace as a state guest...
During this period, Tashigi and Tatsumi had to go to the capital for a delivery mission, and they happened to encounter this incident.
More than ten days ago, Emperor Cell ordered the public execution of the great pirate Rocks, and all citizens of the capital city could come and watch... Tatsumi had heard of the name of this pirate Rocks before when he was in the city on the coast of the great desert. He was considered a very notorious sea overlord, but unfortunately he was finally caught by the desert prince and was publicly executed.
The fate of a great pirate would probably not be much better than this!
However, what is interesting is that the day before Rocks was sent to the gallows, the prison where he was imprisoned caught fire, and all the prisoners, including him and some Kserk soldiers, died in the fire...
There are many versions of this incident among the people, and what is even more interesting is that a few days later, another incident occurred in the large library in the city. This time it was even more weird and bizarre. It is said that all the people around were turned into bones in an instant, and the two national alchemists who were present at the time insisted that they had fought with skeletons.
Many people don't believe it, but they insist...
Gradually, it began to become an urban legend and spread among a small circle of people.
Since the bodies were handled by the military at the time, many people never actually saw the specific situation, and the streets were temporarily closed to the public.
But there were still many brave people who climbed in to see the situation. They said that all the plants there had withered and even the walls seemed to be corroded, which once again indirectly confirmed the rumors.
Tatsumi counted the number of people coming and muttered to himself.
"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" asked Dashigi.
"I guess this was arranged by the emperor of this country. I don't know what he's going to do, but in a few days, something big will definitely happen in the imperial capital."
Before becoming a member of the assassination team, Tatsumi was also an investigator in the Revolutionary Army. He was the strongest in the team in terms of political sensitivity.
"Should we go back first?"
"Go back...why. Come with me first."
The two figures disappeared into the alleys of the street in the crowd.
………………
In an unassuming pub.
The dirty bar counter, the lingering musty smell mixed with the smell of alcohol...
This is usually the cheapest tavern in the city. Because it is located in a dark place, the environment itself is not good. However, it is often a place where low-income people, ordinary mercenaries and businessmen like to stay.
There are a lot of thieves, but there is nothing we can do.
After all, it’s cheap!
Just be more careful when you go out.
Tatsumi and Tashigi lived in this place. After delivering the goods, they wanted to wait for a new mission and then go back, but they encountered these two incidents.
"Tatsumi, shouldn't we go back?"
"Why rush now? Maybe something interesting will happen in the capital in a few days. Then our Prince Sean might show up..."
When talking about Sean, they both felt angry, perhaps even angrier than angry.
They are already enemies.
At first, I wanted to kill the other person, but as time passed, the anger in my heart disappeared, but there is definitely nothing wrong with hatred.
"Do you still want to..."
"Shh!" He made a shushing gesture.
Dashigi looked at the other person anxiously.
The two have been together day and night for more than a year. It is impossible to say that there is no love between them, but no matter what kind of feelings they have, Dashiqi does not want the other party to have any more accidents.
"That's impossible. He's a prince now, and every guard around him is a master. Let alone getting close to him, we'd probably be discovered if we even glanced at him in the crowd."
The two men, whose strength was only around level 6 of the Order, had no chance of resisting the royal guards. Even the experience of the assassination team members was nothing compared to them, as they were battle-hardened warriors.
"Of course I know it's impossible, but we have to try... Don't forget why we have become what we are today."
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