The middle-aged nobleman was named Bernard, and his father was once a baron in the North.

When he was very young, his gambler father sold his baronial fiefdom and the whole family moved to Icewind City.

This made him full of hostility towards his father. It was his father who prevented him from becoming a noble feudal lord and forced him to live in the crowded Icewind City with these lowly commoners.

Therefore, he practiced hard since he was a child, and successfully became a formal knight. He practiced the ancestral breathing method to the highest level and killed his gambler father.

When he was young, Bernard accidentally came into contact with the faith of the Lord of Shadows, and soon became a believer of the Lord of Shadows. He even joined the Voice of the Death Bird with his strength as a mid-level knight, and step by step became the silver assassin of the Voice of the Death Bird.

The assassin system of Deathbird's Voice is divided into bronze, silver, gold, and shadow-level assassins of transcendent status.

Gold, silver and bronze medal assassins all need to be assessed and evaluated, similar to a job title. Generally speaking, if one has the strength of a low-level knight and has completed five successful assassination missions, one can become a bronze medal assassin; a silver medal requires the strength of a mid-level knight and fifteen successful assassinations; a gold medal requires high-level, or even peak knight strength, and more than thirty successful assassinations.

As for the shadow-level assassins, there are only five in the entire Voice of Death Bird, known as the "Five Shadows of Death". They are the closest to the Lord of Shadows and are the Lord of Shadows' agents in the world!

At the same time, they are also five genuine great knights!

No one knows the true identities of the "Five Kage" because the members of the Deathbirds organization and the Five Kage always have a single line of contact.

Their apparent identities might be wealthy businessmen, or they might be earls or even grand dukes. In short, they are extremely mysterious.

"Phantom Demon has been a bronze killer for so long, but he still failed. Baron Levi is quite powerful, so we should not underestimate him."

As time gradually turned to night, the stars began to emerge.

Bernard put on his nightgown, and his whole body seemed to blend perfectly with the dark night. According to the information provided by the broker, he sneaked towards where Levi was.

Bernard's title in the organization is "Shadow Hunter", which is related to the breathing method he practices. He is not practicing the Siren Breathing Method, but the blood breathing method inherited from his family: Shadow Leopard Breathing Method, which is a breathing method that is extremely agile and stealth.

In Knight Bernard's opinion, the Phantom Knight failed most likely because he was careless and underestimated his enemy. Otherwise, how could Baron Levi, who was only in his teens, be a match for a formal knight who was good at assassination.

"Once we complete this mission, we can stop. We have saved more than 3,000 gold coins, so we should be able to redeem our family's fiefdom."

Bernard murmured in his heart, he had waited too long for this moment.

…

Shining Tavern.

Levi bought a glass of "Unknown Wine" in memory of the Thousand-Faced Knight.

The proprietress was still drinking wine with her chin in her hand, bored.

The knights, swordsmen, and masked nobles who came and went were all chatting in groups of three or four in this tavern.

Not long after, a burly knight in armor also walked in. He was the knight who had traded with Levi.

That is the Boar Rider mentioned by Knight Fred, the leader of the Wild Boar Gang.

He is now a member of the Wilderness Brotherhood, and his status may be quite high.

"Why was the supply a bit small some time ago?" The Boar Rider frowned and said to Levi when he came to him.

"I was a bit busy recently." Levi said.

"I can feel that you seem to have become stronger than before." The Boar Knight looked at "White Wolf Geralt" and whispered.

Levi didn't say anything, but asked, "Did you bring the money?"

Seeing that the White Wolf Geralt had no intention of talking to him, the Boar Knight did not get angry. He took out the money and showed it to Levi. The gold coins made crisp colliding sounds in the bag.

Levi brought the Boar Rider to the delivery location outside the city and delivered the goods.

After all, there are too many armors and weapons involved, and it is inconvenient to enter the city, so Levi later made an appointment with the Boar Knight. The two parties will trade at a location selected by Levi outside the city, and only meet at the Shining Tavern.

With his current strength, he doesn't have to worry about being robbed by the Hog Rider.

The Boar Knight had the goods loaded onto the truck, and then said, "Your armor is of very good quality. I can see that you must be a very talented blacksmith. If you join my organization, we will give you more helpers and a stage for blacksmiths like you to display your talents. Perhaps you can become a legendary craftsman like the Flame Hammer."

Levi shook his head: "No need."

Seeing that there was no hope for another invitation, the Boar Rider left in disappointment.

"You guys go back to the territory first, I still have some things to do." Levi said to his soldiers.

"Yes, my lord."

…

Levi returned to the Shining Tavern. When he was trading with the Hog Rider just now, Levi could clearly feel that the Hog Rider, who once felt very oppressive towards him, could now be calm and relaxed when facing him. If he really took action, he was confident that he could kill him.

But that is unnecessary. Even if the Hog Rider is your enemy, this enemy can bring you benefits at the moment. There are no eternal friends, only eternal benefits.

After staying in the Shining Tavern for a long time, Levi did not find the knight selling ambergris. He planned to stay in Icewind City for a few days. If the other party did not come during these days, Levi would have to find other ways to get ambergris.

Levi didn't know that he had been targeted by a silver-medal assassin who was known as the Voice of the Dead Bird.

Bored Levi decided to take a look at the tasks on the bounty column, to see if he could get ambergris by posting bounty tasks.

Not long after, he saw a task related to ambergris. A noble was also purchasing ambergris. The commission was issued three months ago, but no one has completed it yet.

Seeing this, Levi's face turned grim. It was most likely that there was no chance of purchasing ambergris through the method of offering a bounty. Ambergris was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain these days. It was all because of that damn Knight on the White Horse. He had only been promoted to a legend, but he actually monopolized all the ambergris!

"If there's still nothing in a couple of days, I might have to make a trip to the Tuva Empire."

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Levi didn't want to go to the Tuva Empire, as the unfamiliar environment was always accompanied by unknown risks.

When he was disappointed, Levi found a task that caught his eye on a bounty board in the corner.

[Due to the need to carry out the mission, we are recruiting a formal knight, who must be highly skilled in archery.]

[Commission Reward: A bottle of ambergris (convertible into gold coins of equal value)]