‘It’s time to let Miller pay the price for killing father and taking over my territory with the gnolls.’
‘This debt can only be paid back with blood!’
Marvin let Kyle take the night watch and had a good sleep inside the warm cavern. The party of three left the Deathly Silent Hills in the morning.
They reached River Shore City after three days.
…
Inside a room, Black Horn Inn.
Anna worriedly looked at the empty room and let out a sigh.
She had already arrived at River Shore City yesterday night. Along with her were the twenty young guards.
They dressed as ordinary farmers, entered the city in several groups and lodged in various inns in the surroundings.
Marvin had left some money to Anna and it was enough for her to arrange all this.
There was a letter on the table written by Marvin for her. Mostly to reassure her that he would quickly come back and such.
But Anna wasn’t really reassured.
She had heard of the Acheron gang’s end, single-handedly exterminated by a guy known as dual wielding mask.
Anna was no fool; even if she was quite startled by Marvin’s newfound strength and courage, she could still accurately guess that that dual wielding mask should be Marvin himself.
‘It’s so dangerous. Young Master Marvin, why did you have to be so impulsive?’
Anna was somewhat worried. She didn’t know what Marvin was planning but her woman’s intuition told her that Marvin was certainly doing something dangerous.
She wanted to be of help, but right now she could only sit and wait for some news from Marvin.
She felt uneasy for some reason.
“Dong! Dong! Dong!”
There was a rhythmical three knocks pattern on the door.
Probably Andre, this guy was the guard captain, extremely loyal but also quite impulsive.
Anna sighed and then went to open the door.
Three people were standing outside.
“Young Master Marvin?!”
Anna was startled.
“They are…?”
Her eyes sized up the two strong adventurers behind Marvin.
“They are the helpers I invited.” Marvin smiled, asking, “Andre and them?”
“They are nearby. They were all angry when they heard that you suffered an assassination attempt.”
Anna answered.
“That’s good.” Marvin nodded, “Go arrange for them to leave in small groups and gather at the east corner of the rich district’s public square after sunset.”
“Rich district?” Anna stared blankly.
“Yeah, tonight we will take care of the real mastermind.”
Marvin whispered, “But first, I need to take care of some things. You need to be careful to make sure that no one recognizes them as White River Valley guards.”
Anna had a lot more questions, but hearing Marvin’s unquestionable orders, she could only stay doubtful for the time being.
“Good, I’ll go do that!”
…
Outside the city hall at sunset, a big-bellied official was on a carriage, going home.
But he didn’t know that three rogues hidden in the dark were observing him.
The cart stopped in the rich district and that fatty unhurriedly got down and went toward his study.
He had some secret files that needed to be disposed of.
But he felt something wrong the moment he set foot in the study.
Chapter 23: The plan
Chapter 23: The plan
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“Come…”
A hand covered his mouth just as he started speaking.
The official immediately began to struggle.
An ice cold voice whispered in his ear, “I would remain calm and have a chat with me if I were you.”
“If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead right now. Do not count on those guards, as their reaction would be extremely slow. I can kill you before you finish calling for them… a hundred times.”
“Can I let go of your mouth now?”
Marvin jokingly asked.
The fat official continuously nodded in cold sweat.
Bang!
Marvin easily struck down a pure white gem he stealthily fished from his pouch. The gem fell on the ground making a clinking sound.
“Don’t try to be smart.” Marvin warned him, “This is your last chance.”
“Sit down!”
The official’s legs went soft and he sat on a chair.
Marvin picked up the gem and put it in his pouch. This was a protection gem made by the Silver Church. It could increase inner divine light to protect the user. The official wasn’t a fool, but it was a pity that Marvin’s mind was faster.
“Masked Twin Blades… Is that you?!”
The official got a clear view of Marvin’s disguise and immediately became frightened, “What do you want?”
“Discussing a business with you.”
Marvin sat, firm as a mountain, and not worried that the other side still had tricks.
In fact, he had already checked the official’s body when he shortly came in contact with him, and apart from this gem, there wasn’t any other special item.
“What business?“The official was livid.
Bang!
A small bag containing more than a dozen gems fell on the table. The official calmly took a look and weakly said, “This amount is below me.”
Marvin nodded, “Mister Miro is a high ranked official of the city hall, this small amount naturally doesn’t enter your eyes.”
“But what about this?”
He then gently placed a cute doll next to the gem pouch.
Miro’s face immediately became gloomy.
“What did you do to Jenny!”
“You bastard! I’ll kill you!”
He seemed to have gone mad.
That doll was a gift for his most loved daughter’s birthday, but it now appeared in the hand of the Masked Twin Blades!
The other side’s approach was very clear, this was a kidnapping!
His own daughter was in their hands!
“Damnit, are all those guards eating shit?”
“And there was still that private bodyguard who swore to have the strength of a peak 2nd rank and that he would definitely be able to protect Jenny!”
Miro’s heart was filled with rage, if he didn’t have a bit a reason left to suppress himself, he would have put his life on the line to deal with that masked guy.
…
It was silent after a minute.
“Calmed down now?” Marvin indifferently said, “So can we go on with our business discussion?”
“You are kidnapping, this is a threat, we aren’t having a business discussion.” Miro coldly said.
“It doesn’t matter, as in any case, Mister Miro isn’t less capable of similar business.”
Marvin watched the other side’s eyes, and sure enough, the official felt uneasy.
Being in that position for so many years, how could he not have his hand in a bit of unclean business? He had shares in one third of River Shore City’s slavery business! As for kidnapping and murder, those were simply common.
But he didn’t anticipate that someone would have ideas on him.
In fact, it wasn’t that his 2nd rank helper was useless. Rather, Marvin’s two phantom assassins were actually extremely hard to deal with. They directly beat down that guy and then took away the little girl.
Marvin didn’t plan to do anything to the little girl, he simply used her as a bargaining chip, nothing more.
And it seems that this little girl was quite important to Miro.
“Say, how much do you want?”
“I heard you are a hired hitman? How much did the other side pay? I’ll double it. Give me Jenny back quickly.”
Miro quickly said.
“Miss Jenny can safely
come home.”
“On the premise that you can accomplish this thing.”
Marvin gently handed an envelope to the Miro.
“I don’t want any more trouble tonight, if there is no issue, Miss Jenny can go home tomorrow.”
“Oh right… Since you don’t want that pouch of jewelry, so be it.”
Marvin then took that bag of jewelry back and turned around to leave.
A servant entered from the outside and asked, stunned, “Master, that person…”
Miro suppressed his anger, “He is my friend.”
He then sent the servant away, opened the letter and read it. Afterwards, his face kept changing.
…
Before sunset, wealthy public square, a few scattered people were pacing back and forth in the shadows.
“All unfamiliar faces.”
A tall knight said in a low voice, “Pay attention, there cannot be any problem in the wealthy district.”
The rest of the followers continuously nodded.
The knight wore a [Silver Light], this was a special 2nd rank class [Silver Knight]’s proof of identity. As the patrol leader, his sense of smell was quite sharp.
Those ten plus ordinary civilians gathered here. There certainly was something amiss.
The wealthy district was his jurisdiction, and he wouldn’t allow any problems to occur.
But at that time, the sound of horses approaching from a distant location could be heard.
“Sir Fred! This is Sir Miro’s warrant!
That was a light cavalry knight, bringing the city hall’s most important person’s warrant.
Fred took the warrant and his face changed, “Is this serious?”
The light cavalry knight didn’t answer, only harshly said, “This is Sir Miro assessment.”
Fred clenched his teeth and began to gather all his subordinates before rushing toward the dock area.
Fred’s warrant said that they found traces of demon god worshippers activities in the dock area.
He personally ordered to transfer all patrols to search the dock area.
He must catch the demon god worshippers tonight or the consequences might be horrible.
Compared with the demon god worshippers, those rough gang members were basically nothing. Anyways, even if something bad happened, there was still Sir Miro.
The patrol whistled past.
A few young men in the edge of the wealthy public square suddenly wore a shocked expression.
“Andre, they left the patrol ground.”
“What is going on?”
They were in a circle around a tall man, somewhat curious.
They were very young but their aptitudes were impressive. Anna had personally selected good seedlings from White River Valley farmer families.
There were a total of twenty young guards taking care of White River Valley’s daily patrol tasks. But they were still unable to withstand facing a few hundreds gnolls, and could only cover the territory’s inhabitants while retreating, on Anna’s orders.
“I don’t know, it might be Miss Anna’s plan.” Andre scratched his head, “We just have to follow Miss Anna.”
“I heard that Sir Lord was attacked… Who are we up against?” A thin and small boy butted in. “It’s the first time I came to River Shore City, it’s really huge, if not for Sanders leading, we might have all gotten lost.”
“Whoever is behind the scenes and put his hand on our Sir Lord, I’ll definitely pay him back in full.”
At this time, a pleasant voice echoed behind them.
“What about you?”
Half-elf Anna came out of the shadows, showing a sharp gaze.
The twenty guards immediately stood at attention and whispered, “We are ready to follow behind Sir Lord and Miss Anna!”
Anna nodded in satisfaction. There was no need to doubt those young men’s loyalty. They were raised in the territory and had an extremely high sense of belonging toward White River Valley.
“Sir Lord already planned everything, and he has the means to take back the territory,” Anna calmly said. “But before that, we have to take revenge first. I investigated during my time in River Shore City, and found that the Old Lord’s unexpected death was instigated!”
“What?!”
Andre almost jumped out!
They, the guards, and the Old Lord had an extremely good relationship. And Andre himself was an orphan adopted by the Old Lord and considered to be an adopted son.
They couldn’t believe that the kind Old Lord was murdered!
“Who was it?” The young guards impatiently asked.
At that time, a rough voice came out from an alley not to far away.
“Wealthy District’s Miller.”
Everyone looked for the voice’s owner, only to see a shadow standing in the alley.
“Masked Twin Blades!?” Andre shockingly said.
“Tonight, follow me to kill that guy that killed his own elder brother.” Marvin said while feigning to be cold under the mask.
“Rest assured that your Lord has paid me more than enough. I am standing on your side.”
Chapter 24: Twin Snakes Cult
Chapter 24: Twin Snakes Cult
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There was some unease in the guard squadron.
These young lads were fearless: For their Lord, they wouldn’t mind even if they had to attack River Shore City’s city gates.
They were White River Valley guards, and they only ever obeyed their Lord’s orders.
But now they had to accept that hitman’s leadership?
It was somewhat hard to accept. Even though they only recently arrived at River Shore City, they had still heard the rumors concerning that hitman.
It was said that this guy single-handedly took care of an entire gang? Wasn’t that too frightening?
“Miss Anna…”
Andre was awkwardly looking at the half-elf butler.
But Anna surprisingly said with a cold face, “This is the Lord’s order!”
Andre blankly nodded and said, “I got it!”
Marvin said in a rough voice, “Done wasting time? It was hard to send the patrol away. Tonight we must be quick. Come with me quickly!”
Then Masked Twin Blades’ shadow disappeared in the alley.
The twenty guards immediately followed.
And Anna stayed there.
She had something more important to take care of.
…
Marvin skillfully moved through the alley, as he was already well acquainted with this city repartition of power.
The City Lord was the strongest, he was unmatched and on the brink of becoming a legendary wizard. His strongest general was the leader of the Wizard Corps.
After that was the patrol. Every soldier in the patrol was a 2nd rank fighter, incomparably strong.
They were in charge of the public security in River Shore City.
As long as the patrol was sent away, Marvin had nothing to fear.
Even if Miller was very wealthy, his mansion’s defensive courtyard only had five or six mercenaries forming a small team, plus two 2nd rank class holders.
Based on Marvin’s plan, Miller was already dead.
‘Being able to ruthlessly poison his own brother.’
‘I’ll never let that kind of man stay alive in this world.’
He inwardly swore.
After taking a turn, they arrived at a relatively deserted area.
An old goblin wearing a pince-nez was waiting there while smiling. He was called Bane, and while on the surface he was running a pawn shop, he secretly had a lot of ties to many of the local gangs.
As long as you provided enough money, these guys would sell you anything.
After Marvin returned to River Shore City, the first thing he did was to redeem his necklace. After that, he used Masked Twin Blades’ identity and made a deal with the old goblin Bane.
“Sir Masked Twin Blades, t
his way please.”
Bane chuckled and led everyone to a villa in the wealthy district.
The young guards were nervously looking at everything.
The party took advantage of the darkness of the night to go around the villa and then the old goblin took out a key and opened the door.
This was a small warehouse filled with crates.
“A total of twenty leather armors, and the weapons for military training are all inside.”
The old goblin laughed, “As long as you have enough money, we, the Black Claw chamber of commerce, can sell you anything you wish.”
“Obviously, don’t attack the City Lord’s Mansion with those things… I am not worried about you getting into trouble, but that you wouldn’t come back.”
Bane did a badly timed joke.
No one would use these discarded military weapons to attack the City Lord’s mansion.
Now was the wizard era, and a wizard using [Greater Ice Ring] could make half of the guards lose their fighting strength. And to face a wizard in this era was a joke.
The Great Calamity hadn’t happened yet, the Universe Magic Pool was still intact, and the Heavenly Gods hadn’t come to an agreement yet.
But Marvin knew that it would happen soon.
“Go in.” Marvin ordered, “Equip the leather armor. I know you received the most basic militia training, but your opponents are professional mercenaries.”
“I promised your lord to not let any of you fall tonight.”
“As such, rookies, tightly fasten your leather armor for me!”
Marvin gave directions as someone with a lot of experience, making Andre somewhat dissatisfied yet unable to get angry.
In fact, when he was playing, Marvin, as a pro scout, once took part in the underground human city expedition battling against dark elves. He underwent a pretty decent army training; a lot stronger than these few militia, at the very least.
The underground humans themselves were stronger than their surface counterparts, and Marvin didn’t even need to say anything about dark elves. From Marvin’s point of view, pointing out a few faults wasn’t that easy.
The fighting had yet to start but he immediately did a display of strength to these young men.
To completely convince them. They had to obey his orders in this kind of battle.
These young lads were still well-trained, and they didn’t take long to put on the leather armor.
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