Luo Ning put the Flowing Flame Sword into the space ring. After this battle, he also understood his own combat power level.

Without being ambushed or losing the initiative, he was able to defeat an average bronze tier with the help of magic.

"How are you, sir?"

Chahar and others gathered around and said, "We're sorry, we can't help you kill the enemy."

Luo Ning waved his hand and said, "Everyone should do their job."

He looked down at himself. He had rolled and crawled several times, and his body was covered with dust and dirt. The corners of his clothes were torn by the aftermath, and he looked rather disheveled.

"Go get some hot water. I'll take a shower and change my clothes first."

Luo Ning said, "Chahar, take someone to clean up my study and make sure those blueprints are not messed up."

"Yes, sir!"

Chahar clapped his hands, "Everyone, don't just stand there, cook if you need to, boil water if you need to, hurry up, everyone, get busy!"

The lord was safe and sound, and everyone's tense nerves relaxed, and they all threw themselves into their busy work.

But this assassination will surely be something they talk about for a long time to come.

"Brother Luo Ning, are you okay?"

When Irene came over, almost everyone had dispersed.

Hearing this cautious voice, Roning couldn't help but smile, "Of course I'm fine, the assassin can't kill me."

As he looked over, he saw Irene covered in mud, with a large stain on her fair face. He asked in surprise, "What happened to you?"

Irene sniffed, tears welling up in her eyes, but a smile was on her face. "I just went to look for Knight Macan and fell on the way."

Luo Ning was slightly touched. He waved for the other person to come over and rubbed his golden hair lovingly. "You are too careless."

"I was so nervous." Irene said with some fear.

Luo Ning wiped away the tears from the other's eyes, "You have to believe that Brother Luo Ning is the strongest and invincible! Come on, let Bella boil some water for you to wash. You don't look good at all now."

In fact, Roning was moved by the reactions of the servants, guards, and knights just now.

Although this group of people are a little weaker, at least they dare to rush forward to protect his safety, so they are competent.

The tense atmosphere in the castle gradually dissipated, but the tense atmosphere outside the castle was slowly rising. This assassination alarmed many people.

When Political Officer Wilson heard this, his face changed drastically and he almost crawled over.

Everything he has now was given by the lord. If the lord is assassinated, then everything he has now will be over.

In addition to Wilson, the village chiefs, group leaders, and many residents of the town also ran outside the castle to inquire about the news.

Shanlin Town finally welcomed a good lord, and they don't want to be killed by some assassin.

In desperation, Roning could only climb up the tower, hold up a torch and wish everyone peace, and then disperse the crowd.

After dinner, a fire in the living room fireplace kept the room warm.

Roning changed into a clean pair of pajamas, sat on the sofa, and quickly read a note that McKenn had found on the assassin.

There wasn't much valuable content on the note, just a few simple sentences:

Assassinate Baron Ronin of Shanlin Town, with a reward of one thousand gold coins. Note that there are high-level peak knights with strength comparable to bronze level around him, and try to find an opportunity to attack when he is alone.

Luo Ning couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm only worth one thousand gold coins?"

"They don't know your level, sir," said McKeon.

Luo Ning put the note into his space ring and asked, "Did you get any other information from the interrogation?"

In response, McCann shook his head helplessly.

"Sir, this assassin must have been trained and kept his mouth shut. No matter how David and I whipped him, he refused to reveal anything except some information about his identity."

Roning frowned, "It seems that this assassin is more professional than Pedro, so let's talk about his identity first."

"This guy said his code name is 'Shadow' and he is an official member of the Skull and Bones Society."

McKen replied: "According to him, this Skull and Bones Society is a killer organization established by the Black Gold Brotherhood. They target all the nobles in Wushan Territory, assassinate them, create chaos, and thus create a situation that is conducive to the expansion of the Black Gold Brotherhood."

The Wushan Territory was in chaos, and the nobles were busy dealing with their own affairs. Of course, not many people paid attention to how much territory the Black Gold Brotherhood occupied on the border.

McCann shook his head. “He didn’t tell us any of this information.”

"He's pretty tight-lipped."

Luo Ning stood up and said, "Come on, take me to see him."

There is a dark room in the north of the outer fort, which was usually used to imprison slaves in the early days. After Ronin entered the castle, this room was rarely used and was left idle.

McCann used this place as a temporary prison cell.

At this time, the assassin codenamed Shadow was tied to a pillar, with many bloody wounds all over his body. Although the places where he was stabbed by Roning were bandaged, the blood had already dyed the linen bandage red.

It was really miserable, but he was not dead. After all, a bronze-level knight had much stronger vitality than ordinary people.

Luo Ning couldn't help but touch his nose, feeling a little emotional.

If this kind of scene were put in a normal TV series, he and McKeon and his group would probably be villains.

But when dealing with assassins, it is sometimes necessary to use some force.

"This dark room is too damp, Wharton. Go ask the kitchen to get some firewood to heat it up and warm up our Lord Shadow."

Luo Ning warned: "But remember to ventilate the room when you are burning the fire, don't suffocate in the house."

The miserable assassin raised his eyes and sneered, "Don't use this little trick in front of me. I have told you everything I can tell you, and don't even think about asking me for anything I can't tell you."

He thought that Luo Ning was suddenly so concerned about his well-being because he wanted to pry open his mouth through small favors.

"You're still pretty tough."

Luo Ning kept his distance and asked with a smile: "Is there a possibility that I just don't want you to freeze to death?"

David had already picked up the whip and was ready to strike twice more, but was stopped.

"When dealing with a stubborn character like this, the harder you use this kind of tough approach, the harder it will be to pry his mouth open."

"Please give me some guidance, sir!" David asked hurriedly.

Roning folded his hands over his chest, looking thoughtful.

He knew a lot about torture, after all, it often appeared in costume TV dramas, such as the tiger bench, branding, etc. Isn't it too inhumane to bring it out like this? While thinking, he frowned and scanned the wounds on the assassin's body up and down, and thought of a way.

"That's all for today's interrogation. Just leave him hanging like this tonight. If it's too cold, put some more clothes on him and let him have a good rest."

Luo Ning said, "Tomorrow, have the kitchen boil a pot of sweet water, let it cool down, and pour it on him. Then have the guards find a few ant nests and capture a few of them."

Although it is winter and ants don't come out much, there are places with high temperatures in the castle, so there are always ant holes that can be found and they can be dug out.

"Ants really like sweets. Just imagine that the sweet water seeped into his wound and adhered to his blood and flesh. The ants loved it even more."

Roning grinned, and under the candlelight, the smile was so eerie that even David couldn't help but shiver when he looked at it.

The assassin, who was originally prepared to ignore the matter, opened his eyes with a look of horror when he thought of the scene described by Roning.

Luo Ning reminded slowly: "Just imagine, if tens of thousands of ants crawled all over your wound, gnawing at it, how would you feel?"

"Pain? Or itchy?"

Ronin's voice seemed to come from hell, with a natural coldness.

"I heard that although the mouth of an ant is small, its bite force is amazing. I just wonder how many bites the bronze knight can withstand with his body defense?"

The people in the dark room just felt their scalps tingling and couldn't bear to imagine that scene.

McKeon and his companions felt that compared with the lord's interrogation method, their whipping was too idiotic.

"Ronin, you!"

The assassin panicked. All he could think of were images of ants eating his flesh and drinking his blood. His scalp was tingling!

Luo Ning interrupted him first, "You have one night to think about it slowly, and then experience it carefully tomorrow."

He walked out, reminding them as he walked: "Remember to light a fire in the house after you catch the ants tomorrow. Only when it's warm will the little guys be more energetic and motivated."

"Okay, okay..." David responded dully.

(End of this chapter)