Seeing that Richard had finished his work, Stephanie looked at him apologetically and said, "Master, are you okay? I was still a step too slow."

"Fortunately, it's just a minor injury. Thanks to you this time, otherwise I would be in trouble." Richard smiled bitterly.

What just happened happened in a flash. Stephanie was able to react quickly and brought Richard into the shadow world at the critical moment. Richard didn't even have time to thank her, so how could he complain that she was too slow?

Moreover, when Richard saw that Stephana's face was pale and bloodless, he knew that the time she had taken him to hide in the shadow world must have far exceeded the limit of her ability, so she had symptoms of overdrawing her mental strength.

Richard still felt a little scared when he recalled the sudden battle just now.

"If Stephanie hadn't followed me this time, I would have been seriously injured!"

"Judging from the enemy's behavior, it seems that they are not from the Jade Fire Cult."

"They fled after missing their target. They look like a professional killer organization or assassination organization. As for the famous assassination organizations in the Gray Dwarf region, I don't know much about them because I don't pay much attention to them."

"But, the black-robed woman who asked for directions always gave me an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Although I have never heard her voice when she asked questions."

"Hey! That's right, I know what this inexplicable feeling of familiarity is all about!"

Richard replayed the scene in his mind several times where the other party took the initiative to walk up to him and ask him questions. He was basically certain that the other party should be a high-level spider woman like Stephanie.

There are two details here. The first is the figure. Although the other party is wearing a hood and a black robe, after the breeze blows, the tight wizard robe outlines the other party's graceful and slender figure. This figure is unique to high-level spider women.

There are obvious differences from the gray dwarves, murlocs and even lizardmen.

Secondly, although the other party spoke fluent Gray Dwarf language, now that I think about it carefully, there are two unusual accents in it, which reveal that the other party should not have lived in the Gray Dwarf area for a long time.

Although neither of these two points can serve as 100% evidence, I am not trying to solve the case, so I don't need to prove anything.

If one point is a coincidence, then two points are most likely not a coincidence.

"Master, enemy attack!" Stephanie shouted anxiously.

This shout immediately brought Richard back to his senses.

Richard quickly followed Stephanie's line of sight and saw a black figure holding a huge bow suddenly appearing on the roof of a shop along the street behind them.

At this moment, the other party had already started drawing arrows and aiming at the two of them.

Richard's pupils suddenly shrank. Wasn't this guy the archer among the three people who attacked him before? He didn't expect that the other party had not retreated yet and had attacked him back!

Obviously, the pale-faced Stephana's mental strength had not yet recovered, and she could no longer lead him to perform shadow transformation to avoid the opponent's upcoming attack.

The archer suddenly pulled the bowstring in his hand to its full length.

"Charge your strength for a strike!" the archer shouted.

A black spot of light suddenly appeared at the front end of her arrow, and quickly grew to the size of an apple at a speed visible to the naked eye, and continued to expand.

“Hua La La~”

At the black light spot, the sound of violent energy fluctuations and tides continued to be heard.

Judging from the degree of energy fluctuation alone, the opponent's attack this time was not simple.

Moreover, the more critical problem is that the opponent's timing is too good. It happened just when the previous sneak attack was over and Richard and Stephanie's mental state had just relaxed.

It is also the time when we are most tired and our reactions are slowest.

The black-robed archer's thumb holding the arrow suddenly loosened.

“Whoosh!”

The arrow, carrying a black energy ball the size of a human head, headed straight for the area where Richard and Stephanie were.

With the help of the arrow, the black energy ball moved very fast, like a ball of lightning with a "little tail".

After shooting this powerful arrow, the black-robed archer did not even bother to see whether the arrow had hit the target. Instead, he immediately pulled out a fist-sized glass bottle filled with green liquid from his arms, threw it toward the street, and quickly disappeared.

The moment the other party showed up, Richard pulled Stephanie behind him. At the same time, he silently chanted in his heart, and a huge inverted pentagram magic formation suddenly appeared under his feet.

With a flash of dazzling green light, a huge abomination over three and a half meters tall was summoned.

The summoned vengeful abomination discovered that its master Richard was standing in front of it, so it narrowed its eyes and grinned, deliberately revealing a seductive smile, as if trying to please Richard.

But the next second, it discovered something was wrong because a violent energy fluctuation came from behind it.

When it looked back in confusion, it found a black arrow with a black energy ball the size of a human head coming straight towards it at a high speed.

Now, it immediately understood the purpose of its master Richard summoning it.

Are you going to use it as a shield?

A bitter smile suddenly appeared on the evil face of the vengeful spirit!

However, although the Wraith Abomination had a bitter smile on its face, its hands were not slow at all. It quickly crossed the giant iron axe and the heavy chain ball with its left and right hands to protect its chest.

Almost at the same time, Richard, the master, placed his hands on the waist of the Wraith Abomination, which was much thicker than a bucket. Two streams of dark silver-gray metal film, like streams of water, quickly gathered from the back of the Wraith Abomination to its chest.

Since the total amount of mimicry metal is insufficient and the surface area of ​​the Wraith Abomination's body is too large, only half a thin metal breastplate and a metal helmet can be formed.

But Richard's action made the vengeful spirit feel particularly warm-hearted.

Suddenly, the huge body adjusted its posture slightly, protecting the master behind it tightly to prepare for the impending attack.

"boom!!"

"Duo!"

The black ball of light hit the intersection of the two weapons of the Wrathful Spirit, and suddenly, a violent explosion occurred!

The explosion was so powerful that even a giant abomination like the Wraith was forced to take several steps backwards before it could barely stand.

The two weapons that the Wraith Abomination used for blocking were now completely damaged. There was a huge gap on the blade of the iron axe, and the heavy chain ball had fallen to the ground.

Because the vengeful abomination was blocking him like a wall, the shock wave of the explosion only made Richard take two steps back.

And Stephanie behind Richard was even safer, and it seemed that he had only ruffled Stephanie's veil.

After the smoke cleared, Richard, dressed in black bone armor, quickly stepped forward to check on the injuries of the evil spirit.

Under the protection of the mimicry metal, the overall injury was much better than Richard had expected, but the black feather arrow still penetrated the defense of the mimicry metal, and most of it penetrated into the chest of the evil spirit.

"Hiss! What a vicious attack!" Richard's face couldn't help but grim. In this double attack, the last arrow was the fatal blow.

No elemental shield, bone armor, or the like can completely protect against this attack.

At this moment, the green glass bottle that was thrown on the ground shattered instantly, causing a large amount of light green smoke to float on the street.

As soon as you get closer, you can smell a pungent smell, which is obviously highly poisonous.

Richard quickly pulled Stephanie back to a safe area. ——Rescue always comes too late.

Although Hawkins was very fast, by the time he arrived with his two men, the assassins had already disappeared.

"Levi, how are you? Are you hurt?" Hawkins cast a hurricane spell to disperse the poisonous fog, and asked Richard with concern.

"Lord Hawkins, I'm fine." Richard waved his hand, signaling Hawkins not to worry.

After Hawkins looked Richard up and down, he seemed to confirm that Richard was not seriously injured, and the anxious look on his face faded a lot.

At this time, a small team of city guards resisted the scene and began preliminary investigation work.

Apart from a series of explosions and traces of witchcraft, the assassin did not leave any useful information at the scene.

Hawkins asked a wizard from the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood to stay and coordinate the relevant situation, then took Richard back to the headquarters of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood.

After all, many things are not convenient to say on the street.

On the second floor of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood headquarters, in the office of Vice President Hawkins.

Hawkins and Richard sat facing each other on the soft leather sofa.

"Levi, do you have any guesses about the assassin?" Hawkins asked, looking into Richard's eyes.

Hawkins was also quite confused about the assassination attempt on Richard this time.

The previous assassination attempt that led to Desol's death could be attributed to a personal vendetta, and Richard was implicated by Desol.

After all, in the incident with Nicol a few years ago, Lord Baghdadi and Disor both seriously injured Nicol on the spot. If Nicol had not escaped by chance, he would have been killed at that time.

Therefore, the other party's revenge last time made sense in every aspect.

But Hawkins found the assassination attempt that Richard encountered this time quite strange.

Although there were not many useful traces and information left at the scene, he, with his experience, had already noticed some clues.

It seems that the assassination attempt on Levi was carried out by a secret spy organization of the night elves, the mortal enemy of the Gray Dwarfs' Military Intelligence Department.

Ordinary people don’t know that the night elves have triggered spies to carry out assassinations.

"It should be the killer of the night elves. In the previous battle between the Undead Wizard Academy on the surface and the night elves, I used alchemical bombs to kill several high-level spider women on the night elves' side, so."

Richard explained with a mixture of truth and falsehood.

Obviously, the fact that he had obtained the mixed black dragon blood and seized the blood magic weapon from the night elves must not be revealed to anyone.

If it were to be leaked, even if Hawkins himself was trustworthy, the higher-ups of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood might not necessarily share the same attitude as Hawkins, let alone the official Gray Dwarf Brotherhood.

Richard's hesitant expression well shows his humble attitude of not wanting to take credit for himself.

Hawkins stroked his beard and nodded. He had no doubt about what Richard said. Moreover, he admired Richard's humble attitude.

"He has achieved so much at such a young age, but he is neither arrogant nor impatient. He can continue to concentrate on studying alchemy. This is the first time I have seen such a young man. Alas! Why don't I see such a young genius among the gray dwarves?"

"Levi's talent in alchemy is obvious to all. It is entirely possible that if the other party is not careful, they will fall into the bomb or trap that Levi has laid in advance, resulting in heavy casualties.

However , Levi had come to the area of ​​the Gray Dwarves, but the other party was still able to find him. What does this mean? This means that either there is a traitor inside the Gray Dwarves, or they have been infiltrated by the Night Elves' spies. Therefore, Levi's secret identity as the provider of the alchemical combination bomb was known to the Night Elves' spies.

This must be the reason why the current assassination incident happened! Alas! The organization’s work is not in place, causing this young alchemist to almost suffer misfortune twice! "

After thinking about the above information, Hawkins couldn't help but feel very sorry for Richard.

And from Richard's perspective.

Ever since the last assassination, Richard had listed the kinds of inquiries he might encounter and considered the relevant answers one by one.

So, now Richard's answer was almost perfect.

Unless the gray dwarves caught the assassin who tried to kill him and pried some key information out of him.

But the possibility of this happening is very slim.

When it comes to defeating or even killing the night elves' assassins, Li Jue feels that the gray dwarves have the ability to do so.

However, prying key information from a night elf spy is much more difficult than killing a night elf spy.

I won’t go into details on the reasons.

Richard took the initiative to say, not wanting Hawkins to continue to focus on the assassination:

"Lord Hawkins, I'm here this time to improve a recipe, and I'd like to trouble you to help me evaluate it."

Richard slowly took out a parchment scroll from his arms and handed it to Hawkins.

Hawkins took it with curiosity, opened it and looked at it carefully.

After a while, Hawkins' facial expression became more expressive. Although he tried his best to conceal it, a hint of surprise and joy was still revealed from his brows.

This made Richard smile inwardly.

It seems that in terms of facial micro-expression management, the gray dwarves, because of their bold and cheerful racial nature, can hardly compare with the "cunning" humans.

Even Hawkins, a great wizard of the second level who holds a high position in the gray dwarf region, cannot compare to the average profiteer among humans.

"Levi, your talent in alchemy is truly beyond the reach of ordinary people." Hawkins looked Richard up and down again with his sharp eyes and exclaimed in admiration.

"The formula you improved this time is very practical. I think it can be exchanged for 4,000 contribution points. Of course, if you have other items you want to exchange, you can also put them forward. Even if you don't have enough authority, I will help you find a way."

Perhaps because he felt guilty about Richard's two consecutive assassination attempts, Hawkins added the last sentence.

And what Richard was waiting for was Hawkins's next words.

(End of this chapter)