Where there is light there is darkness.

The Kingdom of the Holy Religion is a vast and beautiful country, but this does not mean that it is heaven. Darkness and evil will always breed wherever humans gather, and even the Kingdom of the Holy Religion is no exception.

The city of Korhal.

This is a city located on the border. On the surface, it does not look as serious and serious as other border cities. On the contrary, the prosperous and elegant buildings and rolling villas make this place look more like a resort. Qingshan

Green water, clean and tidy streets and tall, flat city walls make everything look extremely luxurious and beautiful.

But now, those murderous soldiers broke all the tranquility.

"They're here again."

Sitting in the tavern, watching the heavily armed soldiers walking through the streets, a man in black smiled and said. He raised his glass, took a sip of ale, and then sneered.

"Look, do they look like a group of wild dogs that were driven out by their owners?"

"What can I do? After all, I heard that the person who died this time was the good-for-nothing son of the city lord."

The woman sitting next to him shook her head. Although her tone was quite helpless, she also had a smile on her face.

"How did he die this time?"

"I heard that he accidentally fell from the balcony and died."

After saying this, the woman nodded meaningfully.

"Many people have witnessed it with their own eyes."

"yes………"

Hearing the woman's answer, the man in black sneered.

"Surprise...it's everywhere. Our Lord Death is really powerful."

"Keep your voice down, you idiot."

The woman stepped on the man viciously to make his expression less weird.

"Don't you know what it means to be low-key? Although that rumor is just a rumor, it is not just a rumor! Be careful, if you keep talking nonsense, you might be the next one to suffer an accident!"

Upon hearing this, the man suddenly became solemn and did not dare to speak anymore.

It all started with the "Death Exchange" half a month ago.

In the city of Korhal, there is a rumored "Death Exchange". Of course, this is not a gathering place for necromancers, and it has nothing to do with hell. In fact, this is a dark assassin.

Gathering place. Assassins from various factions or without factions will accept tasks in the Death Exchange and then assassinate the target. Of course, all this is confidential, and those commissions will be placed on specially treated wooden boards.

Only assassins are allowed to take these commissions. Of course, the Death Exchange also has strict restrictions and a hierarchy. Those assassins who complete the tasks will be promoted, and then they will be eligible for more dangerous tasks.

And just half a month ago, something happened in the Death Exchange.

An unknown assassin took away a commission to assassinate the city police captain.

This was not a big deal, so the assassins didn't pay attention to it, but just one day later, the death exchange confirmed the death of the guard captain.

He didn't die unexpectedly on the way home, nor did he disappear into a dark corner, but he lost his footing and fell from the city gate after being drunk, and then landed headfirst on the ground with a "snap" in front of everyone.

Then... naturally there is no more.

No one took this seriously. He was a small city police captain, and it was well known that he liked to drink. It was normal for him to accidentally step on a loose brick after drinking too much, and then lose his footing and fall to his death.

things.

But what everyone didn't expect was that shortly after the death of the guard captain, the power of attorney returned to the Death Exchange, and a request for confirmation was given.

This means that the guard captain was not killed by an accident, but by an assassin?

The Death Exchange can become a famous underground assassin gathering place in the darkness. Of course it has its own abilities. They invited the most powerful prophecy mage on their side, and then prophesied and investigated the death of the guard captain, and concluded

The conclusion is...the guard captain did die in an accident.

Since the factual evidence is conclusive, it is naturally impossible to let the little thief succeed in fishing in troubled waters, so the Death Exchange naturally revoked the commission. Of course, they did not find the assassin who accepted the commission. At that time, they just thought that the little thief probably planned to

He took the opportunity to mix things up, so he deliberately hid his head and tail. Especially after Death Exchange revoked the commission, the assassin did not come out to explain. This made Death Exchange increasingly believe that the other party might just be lucky. After accepting the commission, the entrusted target accidentally...

He died unexpectedly, so he planned to get a reward.

And after that, something strange happened.

In the Death Exchange, there were cases where someone accepted the commission, and then the assassination targets entrusted died due to various accidents. These commissions were also returned to the exchange for confirmation after the death of the mission target, but the transaction

The result of each commissioned investigation by the institute's prophet is......accidental death.

Once or twice can be considered an accident, but if there are a large number of similar "accidents" in a short period of time, it is not an accident.

The person in charge of the Death Exchange is not a fool. Their prophecy mage is a legendary mage, but even the other party cannot detect any signs... How is this possible?

The assassins in this world are very powerful, but they are still assassins after all. To put it bluntly, they are still the kind of existence that hides in the darkness and kills with one blow. The biggest advantage of the assassins here is their patience and their ubiquitous assassination operations. They

They can wait for more than half a year for a target, constantly looking for the target's flaws and seeking a one-shot kill. They can also use their own weapons full of curses or magical power to break through the opponent's defense, but even so, they still need to

Do it yourself.

Because of this, these assassins generally rely on special means to hide themselves. At the same time, assassins will not take out their star patterns casually. In other words, in this world, everyone knows that assassinations are assassinations, and at most they are not

Just know who the assassin is.

But... this assassin's "assassination" is no longer an assassination.

This is more like a declaration of death.

Of course, Death Exchange did not pay much attention to this "assassin" at the beginning, because although the people killed by the other party were of high status, they were very weak in strength. If it was someone whose strength far exceeded theirs, then use

It's not impossible to kill them with such powerful power, it's just a bad taste at best.

However, when a senior mage from a certain family was assassinated, things immediately changed.

Of course, according to the people who checked at the time, the mage suddenly lost control of his magic when he was releasing magic, and then it backfired on him and died unexpectedly. From the beginning to the end, the mage showed no signs of being mentally controlled, and the priest of the temple inspected

After passing the corpse, it was also shown that the corpse was not poisoned or had taken some mentally interfering drugs.

If it had been done elsewhere, I'm afraid it would just be regarded as a high-level mage's mistake and not be taken too seriously.

But Death Exchange doesn’t see it that way.

Because just before the death of this high-level mage, his assassination commission was taken away by the "God of Death".

And when the high-level mage died, that "commission" was sent back.

For a time, the entire top management of Death Exchange was shocked.

Although in the eyes of ordinary people, assassins have an advantage over mages, in fact, the last thing an assassin wants to face is a mage, and it is a high-level mage. Because after reaching the intermediate level, mages will use various methods to save money.

Defensive spells used to deal with emergencies, whether it is secret assassination, poisoning, or even mind control, it is impossible for people around the mage to take advantage of him to make a surprise attack when he is undefended. And once a mage has

Be prepared, then the next unlucky one will definitely be the assassin.

So for those powerful assassins, asking them to assassinate a mage is not as good as assassinating those high-level warriors, sword masters or even druids. After all, they still have a certain degree of confidence in facing these professions, but when facing mages

, it’s basically a matter of face bet on whether the other party is really stupid enough to be killed by an assassin.

Of course, assassins usually have dark faces... As for the ending, there is no need to ask more questions.

But now, there is actually an assassin who can kill a high-level mage in such a weird and easy way? More importantly, how did he do it without being discovered by anyone at all!

This immediately attracted the attention of Death Exchange, and even the three legendary strongmen within Death Exchange all dispatched to stay in front of the commissioned board, trying to find the assassin.

But then, a horrifying scene happened.

Another commission disappeared silently, and then along with the "accidental death", the commission returned to the death exchange again. The problem was that during the whole process, the three strong men found nothing at all!

This means that the other party has escaped the joint search of a powerful prophecy mage, a legendary killer and a legendary thief. They can enter and leave the Death Exchange at will as if entering a no man's land, but there is no one there.

Discover!

Is that human being!?

As things gradually escalated, the story of an "invisible god of death" appearing in the Death Exchange was widely circulated, and many people heard about it. Because of this, they were even more frightened. There were even some people dedicated to it.

I bribed the assassin and wanted to know the target of the "invisible god of death" so that I could investigate and take precautions. But... all of this was of no use.

"...The invisible 'Death'?"

The armored sheriff raised his head and looked at the pale subordinates in front of him.

"Isn't this a normal accident? You and I witnessed it with our own eyes, right?"

"Of course, Lord Conan..."

Hearing the Sheriff's question, the attendant in front of him also broke into a cold sweat.

"As you said, we were also invited to the ball at that time, and both you and I saw with our own eyes that person's ridiculous behavior..."

Speaking of this, the attendant also showed a look of disapproval on his face. Because the good-for-nothing son of the dead city lord was a promiscuous person who loved to play with women. In fact, when they went to attend the dinner hosted by the city lord this time,

I also witnessed with my own eyes how annoying the libertine was. After he failed to tease the maid, he planned to take her away by force. During the process, the libertine suddenly stepped on the smooth floor and lost his balance, and then hit her.

On the railing of the balcony on the second floor, perhaps because the railing was in disrepair and broke, he fell to his death in full view of everyone.

Of course Knight Conan saw this scene, and he was planning to go over and stop that idiot's stupid behavior. Although he has retired now, as a former Templar, he cannot be indifferent to this kind of thing.

Not to mention that this idiot son's reputation in the city was quite bad. After his death, the whole city was almost celebrating. If it weren't for the concern of the city lord, celebrations would have started all over the streets by now.

But now, the city lord came to find him, saying that he wanted to search for a "god of death"?
Chapter completed!