Chapter 342 341. Scouting
On the outskirts of Mushroom City, at the edge of a fungal blanket bordering a mushroom field.
Chloro has been waiting here for a long time.
He hid in a wooded area connected to a mushroom field.
Looking around, there was a large, neatly-formed mushroom field in the distance, with some humans working in it, either picking mushrooms or carrying the corpses of monsters on carts.
The woods where he was cleverly formed a visual barrier. Looking from the direction of the fields, one could only see a dense shade of trees and could not see what was happening inside the forest.
Finally, the person he was waiting for appeared - a bald man wearing common adventurer's leather armor and with a shiny head.
The highly mobile identity of an adventurer is indeed often used as a perfect disguise for various secret meetings.
This time, the two parties had never met each other before, and they only met briefly here because of the needs of the mission.
Chrollo even made some minor adjustments to his appearance for this meeting.
Spies must be extremely cautious about such temporary and secret contacts.
However, when he saw that the person coming was indeed not a familiar face, Chrollo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although his current situation cannot be described as "being in the mushroom garden but having his heart in the devil", if he really wanted to harm those colleagues with whom he had a good relationship in the past, he would inevitably feel guilty.
It would be much easier if you don’t know him!
Chrollo handed over a secret scroll containing detailed information about Inanna.
The bald man Milo leaned against the mottled shadow of the tree trunk, quickly scanning the content, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.
In addition to the target's basic strength and appearance, which are known information when the mission is accepted, this intelligence not only includes the target's current location, but also a prediction of the time and place of possible appearance, as well as a detailed assessment of the regular guard forces around him.
These key information were enough to save him a lot of preliminary reconnaissance efforts and greatly improved the efficiency of the operation.
Milo put the secret scroll away neatly, without any unnecessary greetings or inquiries, and turned and left.
He is a member of the assassination team and does not need to be as worldly-wise and stick together as those intelligence personnel who need to manage their personal connections.
The mission is the only goal.
After leaving the meeting point, Milo did not enter the city of Mushroom City, but turned and went deep into the dense forest near the outskirts of the city. After making many twists and turns, he came to an extremely hidden temporary camp.
He glanced around but saw no one. He couldn't help but whisper impatiently, "Stop hiding! We got the information! You're hiding like this every day. Are you a bat or a rat?"
A low chuckle echoed nearby, and a figure slowly emerged from the dense shade of trees not far away. "It's always better to be cautious. After all, you're human. Who knows if you'll get carried away and come back with the Church's Wings of Judgment?"
"You talk as if you were born a vampire!" Milo didn't dwell on the topic any further and directly threw the secret scroll to his partner.
Milo himself is a genuine diamond-level assassin, and for the time being he is still a genuine human being.
The reason for him to defect from the demon clan was very simple. As an assassin, he had been doing all kinds of dirty work in the past.
He made a lot of money for his enjoyment by using his superb and traceless assassination skills.
However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. An unexpected mistake made him appear on the United Kingdom's most wanted list.
If he didn't want to spend the rest of his life hiding like a rat in a gutter, joining the northern empire became his only option.
This is also the reason why, although he is a human, he is extremely reluctant to enter human cities easily - there are too many troubles!
Logically speaking, for a human like him whose level is above the Diamond level and who has only been here for a short time, if he wants to get the precious opportunity of "First Embrace" transformation, he usually needs to go through a long period of testing and waiting.
But this time, Lord Sigimund was extremely generous and promised that as long as they could complete this task, he would make an exception and directly grant him the conversion quota.
You have to know that he, a Level 56 Diamond-level expert, consumed enough blood core energy during his transformation to be crowned a vampire earl. Countless senior viscounts eagerly awaited this opportunity, only to miss out simply because their assassination skills were inferior to his.
His partner Giles, a LV50 vampire viscount, was also chosen to participate in this mission because of his expertise in breaking various protective magic circles.
Of course, Milo was well aware of the huge risks involved in this operation.
Look at the target of this assassination, the daughter of a duke!
The status and position of all the targets he had assassinated in the past probably could not match that of this little girl whose strength might not even reach the gold level.
However, if he had pursued stability in everything, he would not have chosen to embark on the bloody path of a killer!
Mage Giles quickly reviewed the information and said thoughtfully, "Next, we need to verify the authenticity of this information."
"Verification is fine," Milo said, crossing his arms. "But when you say 'verification', don't you mean quietly observing for a week or so?"
"That's the way it should be, just to be on the safe side. Any questions?" Giles asked.
"Have you forgotten how tight the time limit was for this mission, given by Lord Sigimund?" Milo's words left Giles speechless.
They were unaware of the torture their boss Sigismund was going through lately every night. They only knew that this assassination mission was given an extremely high priority and an extremely demanding time limit, and there was really no time for them to follow each standard step slowly and methodically.
A day later, the two men quietly sneaked into the dense bushes outside the St. Clair family's private woodland.
Breaking through the Duke's Mansion's impregnable magical defense system, sneaking inside, assassinating the Duke's daughter under the protection of a palace-level steward and many elite guards, and then fighting his way out - this is undoubtedly the option with the lowest success rate and is almost suicidal.
Fortunately, the intelligence mentioned a key piece of information: every few days, this rich young lady would come to this private woodland belonging to her family to play.
At that time, the terrible butler was usually not accompanied by his side, only the usual guards followed.
This is undoubtedly a godsend!
Of course, as a noble's private property, even though its importance is far less than that of the Duke's mansion, this woodland must be filled with various hidden alarms and defensive magic circles.
Therefore, the two of them must scout the area in advance, with Giles finding out the locations of all the magic nodes. If necessary, they even need to quietly destroy some key nodes to clear obstacles for the operation.
In the woods, Milo remained highly alert, monitoring his surroundings from the treetops.
Giles took out a ring inlaid with three-colored exotic gems from his arms and put it carefully into his mouth.
This ring can greatly suppress the fluctuations of magical power around him, minimizing the risk of exposure.
Then, he tore open a specially made scroll of small-range reconnaissance.
Invisible magical ripples quietly spread, and all the hidden magical structures within the range emerged clearly in his mind one by one like underwater reefs:
【Warning Magic Circle】
【Explosive Magic Circle】
【Puff】
【Magic Power Fluctuation Detection Magic Circle】
【Puff】
【Puff】
【Puff】
…
Giles: “…”
He looked up in disbelief and looked around.
As far as the eye can see, the forest is empty and quiet, and not even ordinary monsters can be seen.
Milo, who was on guard on the treetop, also made a gesture that everything was normal and did not notice anything unusual.
Giles silently activated a second, equally precious scroll of Scouting.
【Puff】
【Puff】
【Puff】
…
Gulu——
Invite your partner to come down.
"Milo," he lowered his voice, "you stay here and hold your ground. Don't move, or you might trigger some hidden alarm we haven't noticed. I'll scout in another direction to see if there's a more suitable ambush or retreat route."
"Then I'll go with you..." Milo suggested subconsciously.
"No!" Giles interrupted him immediately, his tone filled with unquestionable "professional" considerations. "My perception range is limited. Acting together, we can't guarantee that you can completely avoid all the trap nodes. Please wait here patiently. I'll be back soon!"
After successfully convincing Milo, Giles quickly turned around and went around the dense bushes. After making sure that he was completely out of Milo's sight, he immediately stopped suppressing his inner panic and ran wildly in the opposite direction of the woods!
Behind him, there was a sound of explosion.
A trap! It really is a trap!
I hope my good partner can delay it long enough!
After running for a while, he suddenly stopped. The surrounding environment seemed to have changed. Looking back, the road he came from had disappeared.
"Illusion?"
In front of him, several "Aidings" walked out leisurely.
(End of this chapter)
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