The year 1044 of the Holy Hui Calendar, the month of green grass.
At the port of Stormwind, fully armed demon hunters boarded the witchcraft airships and headed to the Demon Realm to exorcise demons.
A witchcraft airship from the inner ring slowly descended and landed at the port.
A wizard wearing black leather armor and carrying a black sword walked down from it.
"Rapids City, I haven't been here for a long time."
This wizard looked middle-aged, with an ordinary face that was hard to remember. He was the kind of person who would be automatically ignored by others if he stood in a crowd.
"The target this time is a second-ring wizard. From the intelligence, it seems that he is also from the human world, and he is only fifty-four years old. He is so young and has already entered the second ring. He must have some extraordinary qualities."
The middle-aged wizard murmured inwardly.
Of course, what he was most looking forward to was that the target of this operation was in the same industry as himself and was also a legendary knight.
"Knight, what an ancient memory." The middle-aged wizard sighed.
He is none other than the Nameless One with a Thousand Faces, Lao Mo's teacher, and also Lao Mo's leader in the human world.
The founder of the Deathbird's Voice, the most mysterious of the seven legendary knights, the Thousand-Faced Knight, Nameless.
The drink in the Shining Tavern is "No Name Rum".
He should be the longest-lived legendary knight among the seven knights, even the Blood Knight Brad is inferior to him.
It’s not that the Thousand Faces Knight’s cultivation is so high, but that he himself is half immortal.
A hybrid born from the union of a dark elf and a human.
The dark elves.
This is a race of elves who have lived underground in the Pandora plane for a long time. The long life in the shadows has made the dark elves good at stealth and hunting.
They are natural shadow assassins. The Thousand-Faced Knight is the only descendant of the dark elf bloodline who has survived the last intersection of planes in the entire world.
His father is a dark elf, and his mother is a human knight.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for elves to give birth to offspring with humans. Cases like the Thousand Faces Knight are extremely rare.
In any case, he perfectly inherited the advantages of both parents and became a legendary knight.
Later, he founded the Voice of the Death Bird, earned money from the great nobles in the world, and made great contributions to the secular world.
He had come into contact with many legendary knights in the world, fought and sparred with them, and ultimately won without a doubt.
But for the Thousand-Faced Knight who has a long life, these cannot bring him any sense of accomplishment.
He came to the wizarding world and, relying on his dark elf talent, became a wizard of the Shadow School. Old Mo also came here with him.
He formed a small assassination organization and struggled to survive in the wizarding world by taking on assassination missions.
Lao Mo was once a member of his organization, but unfortunately, he died in an assassination mission a few years ago.
Originally, the Thousand Faces Knight wanted to stop.
When I came to the wizarding world, I found that everyone here is a talented person.
My strength is fine in the outer ring area, but it is just enough in the inner ring area where I am now.
Carrying out assassination missions here involves great risks. If you are not careful, you will end up in a ditch like Lao Mo.
However, the money this customer gave was really too much.
Inside the city.
Inside the mansion in the upper city.
The Thousand Faces Knight met his client.
Healing Hands Rex.
"Please take a seat." Rex said with a smile. "What is your name?"
"Just call me Thousand Faces." The Thousand Faces Knight said calmly.
"Mr. Thousand Faces, how confident are you about this operation?" Rex asked.
"Seventy percent." The Thousand Faces Knight said bluntly.
"So low?" Rex frowned slightly.
"If I say I'm 100% sure, will you believe me?" the Thousand Faces Knight asked.
"I don't believe it." Rex was choked and thought to himself that this Thousand Faces Knight was indeed weird.
“That’s it, no one can guarantee a 100% success rate for an assassination, especially in Rapid City.
I will do my best, and as long as the opponent shows a chance, I will do my best to kill him." The Thousand-Faced Knight said.
After signing the agreement with Rex, the Thousand Faces Knight took the generous deposit given by Rex and left with an expressionless face.
After the Thousand-Faced Knight left, Rex snorted coldly: "A stinky killer from the human world, why are you trying to show off to me?"
For a wizard like Rex who was born in the wizarding world, looking at those wizards who entered the wizarding world from the mortal world is just like some people look at those small town test-takers.
Such a person may have some ability and perseverance. When he is on earth, he is a favored child of heaven and the strongest person admired by everyone.
But in this wizarding world that requires resources and background, he is just a stinking fish seller!
"Sir... that's just his personality." The subordinate next to him said helplessly. "But the Thousand-Faced Knight is quite reliable. He won't take on missions that are beyond his ability or that he feels unsure of. Once he takes on a mission, it's basically 100% successful."
"I hope so. He has put in so much effort and received so much money from me, but he still can't do such a small thing. I don't think there is any need for him to continue being a killer." Rex sneered.
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No. 81, Midtown.
This is a mansion near Levi's mansion.
On this day, a new tenant moved into No. 81.
The middle-aged tenant looked at the wizard tower next door, which was always closed.
"From now on, we'll be neighbors." The Thousand-Faced Knight muttered to himself.
Naturally, he didn't dare to act rashly in this place, after all, it was too close to the Pharmacist's Tower.
In the Pharmacist's Tower, there is a five-ring strong man and two four-ring strong men.
So he stayed there for the time being, planning to get acquainted with Levi first, find an opportunity to lure Levi out of the city and kill him, and then he would take the commission and flee far away from Rapids City.
When it comes to patience, the Thousand Faces Knight believes that few people in Torrent City can match him.
After all, he had a relatively long life as a capital, while those short-lived low-level wizards had to race against time.
And next door.
Inside Levi's mansion.
Levi, who was practicing, opened his eyes.
He looked at the hair standing on his arms.
"Damn it, who wants to harm me again? Is this ever going to end?"
During this period of time, he felt that there was a vague hostility watching him.
Now, this hostility seems to be becoming more and more obvious.
According to Levi's previous experience, this situation generally means that the person who is hostile to him is very close to him.
Thinking of this, Levi opened the window and glanced around his mansion.
At the same time, he entered a state of synaesthesia in a small range.
Try to see if there are any suspicious figures acting suspiciously without provoking the big guys in the city.
Finally, Levi turned his gaze to No. 81 next door.
Because the distance was very close, Levi could basically be sure that the hostility came from here.
"Who lives at No. 81?" Levi was alert.
This is really the worst misfortune I've ever had.
I was a hard-working medicine seller, I never stole or robbed anyone, and I worked diligently for my boss. But the damn mastermind didn't go after my boss but me.
He was really angry.
You can just bully the workers, right?
Workers are not human beings? They have no human rights, right?
Levi calmed down, luckily he had spider sense.
Otherwise, he might not even know that such a hostile and powerful enemy was hiding next door to him.
"Don't be anxious. Since the other party didn't take action, it means that he doesn't dare to take action in the city, or in other words, he doesn't dare to take action near the Pharmacist's Tower. It seems that it was right for me to rent a house here in the first place." Levi analyzed in his heart.
Because there was also a magic circle next door that blocked breath and perception, Levi had no way of judging the other party's strength.
I can only guess based on my spider sense that the other party is at least a second-ring veteran, or even a third-ring...
In the following days, Levi led a normal life and seemed completely unaware that someone was trying to harm him.
When he left home one time, Levi also discovered a middle-aged wizard watering the herbs planted on the balcony on the second floor of the wizard tower next door.
As if sensing Levi's gaze, the middle-aged wizard smiled kindly.
Levi responded with a sunny smile, and then came to the Pharmacist's Tower.
Looking at Levi's slowly leaving back, the Thousand Faces Knight chuckled inwardly.
"Sir Levi, the kind and hardworking one, may not know that there is a ferocious beast living next door to him. However, judging from his performance, he does have the foundation of a knight. The intelligence is correct on this point." The Thousand Faces Knight analyzed calmly in his heart.
From the intelligence point of view.
Levi, except for a little bit of fame when he just entered the wizarding world because of the legendary knight, was mostly unknown at other times.
After coming to Rapids City to serve, he spent all day at home making medicine to earn meager merit points.
Levi is indeed a very hard-working person.
Even though the Thousand Faces Knight was Levi's enemy, he had to admit that Lord Levi was working too hard!
There is no shortage of hard-working people in the wizarding world, but it is rare to find someone as hard-working as Levi.
Basically, there are no social activities or entertainment activities, and I don’t even have a partner!
For people like this, like alchemical creatures, isn't it tiring to live?
"What a pity. If he wasn't an enemy, I would still be very interested in getting to know him."
The Thousand Faces Knight talked to himself as he leisurely cleaned his house and watered the flowers, looking like a middle-aged man with a keen interest in life.
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药剂师之塔。
李维交完了任务，哈夫曼望着李维不走，便问道：“还有什么事吗？”
“哈夫曼大人，激流城中不可以动手吧？”李维问道。
“怎么了？”哈夫曼抬起头来，面色凝重。
“没什么，就是感觉最近有人在跟踪我，好像有人想害我一样。”李维开玩笑一样的说道。
他现在也是哈夫曼手下的“头号员工”，哈夫曼对他很不错，所以现在李维也会经常和哈夫曼聊天。
有一些问题，他也会直接问。
哈夫曼这个人，目前来看，除了贪财之外，没有什么坏心眼，问题是贪财，谁不贪啊？
比起来，李维更贪，只不过是没这个能力罢了。
既然哈夫曼相对可靠，有这样的靠山，李维不动用，才是傻子。
所以他换了个说法，希望把自己的处境，侧面的让哈夫曼知道，看看哈夫曼能不能给出什么办法。
“谁跟踪你？”哈夫曼面色一冷，问道。
“还不清楚，也不确定是不是跟踪我，就是心中有点不安。”李维说道。
“肯定是雷克斯那家伙。”哈夫曼厉声说道。
“雷克斯大人？他为什么要这样做？”李维明知故问。
“因为他也这样对我做过。”哈夫曼回忆起往昔，矮小的身子却散发出一种狠厉的气息，宛如一只深渊的小恶魔。
哈夫曼说起从前。
李维听完，不由得对哈夫曼的遭遇深感同情。
因为那个时候的哈夫曼，和如今的自己，基本上如出一辙。
他们这样的没有背景的人，一旦略微触及雷克斯这种人的利益，便会遭遇他的算计和报复。
只不过哈夫曼成功的熬了下来，他也和李维这样努力过，最终成为了三环药剂师，获得了如今的地位。
“要我把这件事和塔主说说吗？”哈夫曼问道。
“算了吧，这种事情别惊动塔主了，而且我没有证据，纯属瞎猜，事实可能并不是我们想象的这样，多谢哈夫曼大人好意。”李维说道。
哈夫曼点点头：“的确。”
然后哈夫曼犹豫片刻，最终从储物袋之中拿出来一张卷轴。
“这是一张三环法术卷轴，十分珍贵，我做出来，本来是想给我未来的儿子的，不过考虑到我现在还没有老婆，就先给你小子用吧，你勤勤恳恳工作这么多年，也值这一个三环巫师卷轴了。”哈夫曼说道。
李维心中大喜，面色感激。
“多谢哈夫曼大人！我会更加努力制药的！”
他恭敬的接过这张卷轴，连忙保证道。
回到家里，李维拿出来哈夫曼给自己的卷轴，心中美滋滋。
这属实是意外之喜了。
这三环法术卷轴之珍贵，这要是在功勋之塔，得上万功勋点。
最重要的，法术卷轴，在功勋商店那边，永远供不应求，一上架就被兑换掉。
毕竟这是任何巫师都可以使用的越级战斗利器。也没有副作用，对于一些有钱的需要经常执行危险任务的低阶巫师来说，这无疑是保命法宝。
李维不得不承认。
这哈夫曼，今天太大方了，不是一个合格的资本家！
看得出来，哈夫曼也慌了。
他也担心李维真的被雷克斯给搞死。
问题是，他明明知道雷克斯在玩阴的，哈夫曼却没有任何反制办法。
他如今只能说勉强自保，想要和雷克斯以及他背后的雷龙家族对抗，还差得远。
即便去告状，没有证据，谁会相信他和李维？
甚至，有可能，本来应该为你伸冤的上级，也是雷克斯的人。
你去告状，直接是自寻死路。
这就是**裸的现实。
哈夫曼能做到这一步，李维很满意了。
这样的老板，才是合格的老板！
哈夫曼给李维的法术卷轴乃是攻击法术。
三环法术·寒冰一指！
可以凝聚一道恐怖的寒冰攻击，在寒冰一指下，二环巫师，基本上九死一生，三环巫师，若是没有防备，也有可能会被重伤。
这是哈夫曼这位三环巫师掌握的最强大的法术。
有了这道三环法术卷轴，李维内心的不安也去除了几分。
但是，这还不足。
他现在不清楚敌人什么时候对自己动手。
他要在此之前，尽可能的提升自己的实力。
“一，掌握二环防御力场；二，早日把金蛇肝到十三阶；三，黑魔刃肝到六阶。”
这三个，是李维想到的，可以最快提升自己实力的途径。
防御力场不必多说，多一层防御，李维就可以多安全一分，叠甲流永远不会错。
而金蛇和黑魔刃，则是本来就离进阶不遥远了。
这两个，都是可以大幅提升自己实力，甚至有可能让自己足以对抗三环巫师的技能。
翌日，大清早。
李维就起床，匆匆的前往功勋之塔，并且在那里花费八千功勋点兑换了一个最顶级的二环防御法术。
二环法术·土灵之盾。
这是大地学派的法术，防御力是杠杠的，拥有A级的防御水准。
再加上李维的地火主宰。
等李维修行到极限，实际的防御水准，应该是A＋级，甚至是S级。
一旦达到了S级的标准，就意味着，这个二环法术，几乎拥有了接近三环防御法术的水准。
拿到法术，李维就开始构建法术防御模型，而后按部就班的修行。
时间一天天过去。
转眼间。
三个月过去了。
李维发现，那个对自己有敌意的邻居，不仅没有对自己动手。
在偶尔擦肩而过的时候，还友好的和自己打招呼，如果不是蜘蛛感应的话，李维说不定真的以为这是一个好邻居了。
李维干脆将计就计，能拖一会儿是一会儿。
他装作完全不知道的样子，和这个友好的邻居交往。
暗地里则是疯狂的爆肝法术和呼吸法。
他也通过聊天得知，这个邻居叫威尔，是一位三环巫师。
当然，这肯定是对方的假名，实际身份到底是谁，李维也不清楚。
除非他手眼通天，可以通过他的会员证号将其真实身份锁定。
就在今天，李维的法术模型已经构建完毕，他成功的掌握了自己第四个二环法术。
并且将其固化为自己的二环防御力场，这样一来，李维的防御，就多了一层保障。
土灵之盾，金蛇之鳞，金刚岩之躯，灰烬缠身，这些构成了李维层层叠叠的防御体系。
除此之外，李维的翡翠龙呼吸法，也肝到了十一阶极限。
如他所料，翡翠龙呼吸法十一阶之后，诞生的超凡器官，和毒有关。
在李维的体内，血囊的位置，又长出来一个新的囊子。
这个囊子里面，是一摊幽绿色的剧毒。
这些剧毒成分，以圣甲蝎和赤面海鬼蛛为主，辅助其他的毒物之毒，最终汇聚反应成为独属于李维的毒液。
他买来一头活的海兽试了试，一环海兽，根本扛不住他的毒液。
几分钟之内，就会毒发身亡，想必就算是二环存在，也不能完全免疫，肯定有所影响。
而如果巫师没有掌握解毒法术和药剂，或者没有足够强大的体质，大概率也会中毒。
“还是不够，我得收集更多的毒物，把自己练成究极毒物。”李维的内心阴冷。
他的血族之触，如今变成了李维注射毒液的器官，他可以依靠血族之触的远距离攻击，和毒蛇一样，对敌人注射毒液。
李维趁热打铁，将翡翠龙呼吸法破限，他要将翡翠龙呼吸法和血兽呼吸法同时修行到一个层次，将他们变异融合。
如今，只不过是时间问题了。
在李维修行的时候，另一边的千面骑士，却是不慌不忙。
他看起来完全不着急，这让那边的雷克斯很不满，他将千面骑士叫了过去。
“你为什么还不动手？”雷克斯问道。
“现在还不是最好的时机，我现在正在和李维打成一片，等关系差不多，取得李维的信任之后，我会将他引到合适的地方，将其击杀。”千面骑士说道。
“你最好是真的！”雷克斯说道。
“你在质疑我的专业能力？我曾经为了暗杀一位高阶巫师组织的四环巫师，在其身边做了十五年的助手，最终设计将其骗到一个古代遗迹，利用古代遗迹的法阵陷阱，不费吹灰之力，将其暗杀。”千面骑士冷笑。
他的真实实力，其实也就是三环普通巫师的水准，但是他却利用自己的耐心和智慧，杀死过四环巫师，这可不是随便一个杀手都可以办到的。
四环巫师，放眼整个无尽海，都是称霸一方的强者了。
“你……”雷克斯无语，也不好发作，毕竟现在他也只能寄希望于这个千面。
这杀手，可真是够闲的，居然可以卧底十五年。
对于千面骑士来说，啥都缺，就是不缺时间。
所以在他看来，花费几年时间卧底，杀死敌人，这是很正常不过的事情。
这个李维就算是再天才，也不可能在十年内踏足三环巫师吧？
Since that is not possible, the Thousand Faces Knight can slowly find a way to lure him out of the city and kill him within the next ten years.
As for ways to trick Levi out of the city, the Thousand Faces Knight has too many of them.
Natural treasures, ancient relics, secret places to explore...
These are all temptations that wizards can hardly resist!
How could Levi not be moved?
In the end, Rex had no choice but to let Qianmian go back.
He always felt that if this continued, something unexpected would happen, and it would be a disaster if he delayed further.
He finally decided to spend some money and have the family send a "wizard warrior" over.
The so-called death warriors are those who have been trained by the wizard organization using secret methods since childhood and are willing to die for the wizard organization without hesitation. Such people are absolutely loyal and reliable and will not betray their family.
Of course, the cost of training a death warrior is very high.
Therefore, Rex was not sure whether he could transfer assassins from there considering his already precarious status in the family.
All I can say is, give it a try.
As long as he continues to maintain his position as the top supervisor, these costs can be earned back later.
The most important thing is that if he wants to be promoted to deputy tower master in the future, he cannot do without the support of these achievements.
The military only cares about performance.
After returning home, the Thousand-Faced Knight continued his plan to get along with Levi.
He felt that his relationship with Levi was getting better and better, and Levi's guard against him was getting lower and lower. He would even open the window every day and take the initiative to greet the Thousand Faces Knight good morning.
This shows that Levi has him in his heart! Levi has already regarded himself as his good neighbor.
The Thousand Faces Knight also took the opportunity to get closer to Levi and decided to take the initiative to ask Levi out of the city.
He had already thought of a reason, saying that he found a wounded third-level demon [Horned Demon] in the wild.
If Levi cooperated with him in hunting, they could sell the demon's precious [unicorn horn] and split the proceeds.
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Levi's residence.
The Thousand-Faced Knight knocked on the door outside, and then shouted: "Sir Levi, I have something to discuss with you."
"Sir Will, what's the matter? Come in and talk." Levi said with a smile.
He wasn't really panicking because his home was so close to the Apothecary's Tower.
If the opponent suddenly attacks, with his ability, he can definitely deal with it for a while, enough to hold on until the strong man in the Pharmacist Tower is alerted.
The noise of their battle will definitely not be hidden from the strong men in this city, and someone will naturally come to take care of it when the time comes.
At home, Levi brought tea to Will. Will drank it and then said, "Sir Levi, I won't keep you in suspense. I wonder if you have ever heard of the Horned Devil?"
Levi's expression changed: "Oh, I've heard of it. I'm a pharmacist. The powder ground from the horn of the horned devil can be used to make potions."
The Thousand-Faced Knight nodded. "Indeed, the horn of the Horned Devil is very precious. To be honest, when I was on a demon hunting mission in the wild recently, I found a wounded third-level Horned Devil..."
"It's actually level three?" Levi was shocked.
"That's right, the horn of a third-level horned demon is worth at least 20,000 Taishi. If it can be refined into a potion, its value can be multiplied several times!" Seeing that Levi seemed moved, the Thousand Faces Knight knew in his heart that the time might be coming soon.
Unexpectedly, after being undercover for less than half a year, Levi was captured by me.
"It's difficult for me to deal with the cunning horned demon alone. If you can lend me a helping hand, we can divide the spoils of the horned demon equally after the task is accomplished. I can also see that your real strength is not weak." The Thousand Faces Knight said with a sincere look on his face.
Li Wei was torn between inner and outer thoughts, then he smiled bitterly and sighed, "I really can't spare the time recently. The potion tasks during this period are too heavy. It's a pity that I can't go with you."
Hearing this, the Thousand Faces Knight remained calm and said with regret: "In that case, Sir, please go about your business first. I will follow the Horned Demon. If you are free, you can come find me. How about that?"
Li Wei nodded: "That's great, thank you very much, I really need money now."
"In that case, I won't bother you anymore. Go ahead and do your work. Come and visit me when you have time." said the Thousand Faces Knight.
"Goodbye, I won't see you off." Levi said.
After Wizard Will left, Levi closed the door and his face gradually turned cold.
"Want to lure me out and then harm me? It's a rare trick that he could come up with. I might as well take advantage of you and delay for a while. When I am strong enough, I will play with you and catch the mastermind behind this." Levi already had a plan in mind.
With his current strength, he should not be a match for Will. But after he develops for a year or two and his Golden Snake and Black Magic Blade both break through, he will basically be fine.
However, considering that there might be stronger enemies ambushing outside the city, Levi felt that he should stay alive for as long as possible, improve his strength to the limit, and then make plans.
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The year 1044 of the Holy Era, the month of winter.
In the blink of an eye, another half a year has passed.
Will still keeps in touch with Levi, and says things like "When you're out, you rely on friends, and I like to make friends with people like Levi."
Levi naturally cooperated with Will in acting, and then worked like crazy in secret.
Finally, Levi's Black Demon Blade was the first to reach the sixth level.
Levi——
Black Magic Blade: Level 6 (1/40000)
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"I can still play with this Black Demon Blade. Can I play with it indefinitely? Will it ever end?" Levi was full of doubts.
This is just a skill obtained in the mortal world.
At first, Levi didn't care too much.
Now, this skill is not simple.
Behind Levi, a huge monster wearing golden scale armor and with a blood-red ribbon wrapped around its back, nearly nine meters tall, was sitting cross-legged in the wizard tower.
Even when sitting, this guy's head hit the ceiling of Levi's Wizard Tower.
If there weren't a magic formation to isolate the aura, the appearance of such a terrifying evil spirit would immediately attract a lot of attention.
After the Black Demon Blade reached the sixth level, the first thing that happened was that the Nine Swords Asura Evil Spirit became larger, a full nine meters long, which meant that Levi's physical fitness and strength were enhanced in all aspects.
This gave Levi the urge to compete with the three-ring master. The sense of expansion brought about by this increase in strength was indeed intoxicating.
In addition, the colors of the Nine Swords Asura are richer.
The golden scales are obviously the external manifestation of the power of the golden snake, while the blood-colored ribbons are the manifestation of the power of the blood beast.
In addition, the red flames burning around the golden scales are a manifestation of the power of the red lotus.
The blood power generated by any breathing method that advances to the twelfth level can be manifested in Nine Swords Asura, showing different characteristics.
Moreover, as Levi's mind moved, nine red-flame swords flew out of Asura's hands, circling around the inside of the wizard tower, constantly spinning and turning, and finally, flew back to Asura's hands.
Levi was excited.
Is this the legendary sword-wielding technique?
"This Nine Swords Ashura doesn't fit in with the style of this wizarding world."
Levi felt emotional.
It looks like Asura is running all the way towards the immortal hero.
Levi had a feeling that with his current mental strength, these nine swords could only fly a few miles at most. If they flew farther, they might not be able to come back.
No matter what, this is the first step on the road to "flying a sword".