Based on the principle of rather killing someone by mistake than letting the criminal go, Levi tortured the soldier who sneaked away in the middle of the night to extract a confession.

In the end, it was discovered that the soldier was indeed a traitor, an undercover agent hired by the Voice of the Dead Bird to facilitate the assassination.

Moreover, he had been here for a while. Before Knight Fred left the castle, it was he who went to inform the broker of the Voice of the Dead Bird.

Then the assassin took advantage of Knight Fred's absence, sneaked into Levi's castle at night, and assassinated Levi.

Of course, what the undercover did not tell the broker of the Death Bird was that Levi had already been promoted to a knight. Because it had not been long since Levi was promoted to a formal knight, only he and Fred knew about it, which led to the assassin's failure.

But the undercover agent didn't know who the big client who was trying to assassinate him was.

After all, Sound of the Dead Bird is a professional team, and they do a very good job in keeping their clients' secrets.

But since they were able to hire assassins many times, even a mid-level knight, this also shows that the mastermind behind the scenes is most likely the same as what Levi and Knight Fred guessed.

"The Duke of Montenegro!"

Levi narrowed his eyes, murderous intent in his heart, thinking about countermeasures.

The fact that the Duke of Montenegro hired assassins twice shows that he will never give up until he achieves his goal.

With the strength and status of the Duke of Montenegro, Levi could imagine how difficult his future would be.

Now the Duke of Montenegro did not take action against himself due to the explicit laws, but after discovering that both assassination attempts had failed.

Levi didn't know what outrageous things the Duke of Montenegro would do.

There are only two things Levi can do now.

One is to give up the territory and lordship, and wander around the world to avoid being hunted down by the Duke of Montenegro.

The second option is to continue being the lord of the Blackwater Valley, but that would bring about headaches.

In the end, Levi decided to take things one step at a time. Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is difficult to make a decision for the time being.

He will be able to advance to a mid-level knight soon, and now he has a lot of gold coins, so he can start to expand the military strength of the territory.

With his current strength, he would have no problem escaping unless the Duke of Montenegro came to kill him personally.

In the end, Levi sent the undercover agent to meet the kind father of heaven.

"You're still not careful enough. You need to be more strict in examining the soldiers in the future, Fred." Levi said to Fred.

"I'm sorry, sir. It was my fault. Something like this will never happen again." Fred felt extremely guilty and felt very uncomfortable.

As Master Levi's knight, I have not fulfilled my duty and obligation to protect the master, and I feel so ashamed of him!

"It's okay. I just need some time. It won't take too long. I will make those who want me dead regret it!"

"By the way, Fred, don't forget to help me find out about the Giant Breathing Technique and the Mellon Family. This has to be done in secret."

Levi returned to the shelter and continued practicing breathing techniques.

Not to mention being remembered by others, even if the end of the world comes, it will not hinder my practice of breathing techniques, and my liver will be done.

…

Somewhere in the Emerald Kingdom, in a dark and eerie black castle, rows of black crows stood on the roof of the castle, and groups of black crows were circling in the dim sky above the castle.

The entire castle exudes an oppressive atmosphere of death.

In the underground wine cellar of the castle, a gloomy, pale-faced, slender and well-proportioned noble man was tasting the fine wine he had collected for many years.

He picked up a glass of Blood Roland wine and went to the balcony on the second floor of the castle. A red-eyed crow fell from the sky and landed on his shoulder. There was a letter tied to the crow's legs.

The red-eyed crow is a pet that can send messages faster and more accurately than a carrier pigeon. There are only a few of them in the organization, and they are mainly used to contact major customers or trusted members.

He opened the letter, which was unsigned and read:

“Dear Lord Pale Shadow, I originally didn’t want to write to disturb you, a shadow-level assassin, but your organization has not yet responded to the task I entrusted to you some time ago. From the information I currently have, it seems that the person I wanted to eliminate is still alive and well.

If your organization is not capable of completing such a simple task, then I have serious doubts about your professional level.

I will give your organization one last chance. If I fail to complete my task, my cooperation with your organization may come to an end.

Alas, the inheritance of the Thousand-Faced Knight should not have failed like this..."

Seeing this, the pale noble's face became gloomy. He held the stone railing with his right hand. Above his palm, surging black air emerged from his fingertips and actually left his body. From a distance, it seemed as if the nails on his right hand suddenly grew longer and turned into sharp nails like vampires.

The stone railings were covered with scratches, leaving deep marks on them.

After a moment, the pale nobleman wrote on the blank parchment with a quill:

"Send out the gold medal assassin Tieshan to complete the task of assassinating Baron Levi. No matter what means are used, this mission must not fail!"

"——Pale Shadow"

Then, the red-eyed crow flew away into the distance with the letter.

The pale nobleman looked grim, and even now he couldn't understand it.

So how did Baron Levi survive two assassination attempts?

The Phantom Knight is a bronze assassin and it's just a failure.

Knight Bernard is a silver-medal assassin. They are the voice of the dead bird. There are only thirty silver-medal assassins, and each one is invaluable.

But not only did Knight Bernard fail in the assassination, he actually died?

Now the Pale Shadow is not sure whether it was external intervention or Baron Levi himself who killed Knight Bernard.

If it was the former, he could still understand it, but if it was the latter, it would be a little hard to believe.

"Six years ago, he was just a coward who threw down his weapons and armor and sacrificed his life to save his land because he lost his shelter. Are six years... enough for such a big change to happen?" The Pale Shadow murmured to himself.

A Kage-level assassin who is the voice of the dying bird and one of the Five Kage.

He himself didn't care about Baron Levi's affairs. In his opinion, the only thing he could remember about Baron Levi was that he was the son of the famous Black Snake Knight, but that was all.

However, he must care about the reputation of the organization and maintain its high professional standards and good reputation in the industry, especially since the person cooperating with them this time is a real big shot, a person who is almost at the top of the pyramid in terms of strength and power.

The Deathbird Voice is also dependent on the cooperation with this person, so he absolutely cannot lose this customer.

Tieshan is a gold medal assassin who has become famous in the organization in recent years. He is a high-level knight who is only 30 years old. He is the illegitimate son of a great nobleman. He practices the family's excellent-level breathing method. It is possible that he will be promoted to a great knight in the future. His overall strength ranks among the top five among the twelve gold medal assassins in the organization.

If Tieshan is unable to complete the mission, then the only ones in the organization who can complete the assassination may be the "Five Kage".

However, as the leader of the organization, the people he targeted every time he went on an assassination mission were at least at the earl level.

If things develop to the point where I have to go out personally to assassinate a young boy.

Pale Shadow may need to seriously consider the disbanding of Sound of the Death Bird, and everyone should go back to their own homes and do what they should do.

They couldn't bring shame to the Thousand-Faced Knight anymore.