Chapter 5 Killing in the Night
Bing Zhixie went upstairs and brought a cup of iced coffee. He was about to go back to his room to take a good look at the night view of the imperial capital, but he heard something coming from the corner at the end of the corridor. Someone was whispering.
“This time, there are many children from wealthy families from all over the country who are recruiting students at Kulantin Academy. If we do one or two jobs, we are sure to make a lot of money.”
“ Hahaha...I think so too. Do you have a goal?"
"I heard a girl calling herself Isabel in the restaurant just now."
"That Isabel from Sherman Province?"
The person in front smiled: "Is there any other famous Isabel in the Demon Moon Empire?"
"Are you sure?"
< br>"She said it herself. I just went to the front desk to inquire. There were three of them checking in. The little girl named Isabel lived in a room alone without any family members."
"How did you ask for this information? Arrived? ”
"You can always ask if you have money. I think this vote will be enough for the three of us to make a big fortune."
The three of them muttered for a while, then walked around the corner with suppressed expressions of excitement. After walking out, Bing Zhixie took the door key and opened the door to his room. The three people passed by the door, not doubting that their conversation just now was overheard by the little white-haired boy who opened the door. In fact, they speak so quietly that it is difficult for ordinary people to hear them.
When Bing Zhixie closed the door, he glanced at the faces of these three people, and one of them felt a little familiar. He closed the door, took out the small bag he put under the bed, and dug out several mission sheets from the Mercenary Guild. The name on a B-level mission sheet fell into his eyes, along with a blurry portrait.
He put back several other task lists, leaving out the reward list for the kidnapper. A smile appeared on his lips: "It seems I have something to do."
At night, all the guests in the hotel fell asleep. Only the front aisle was still lit. The night receptionist was sleeping on a sofa where he usually receives guests. He was covered with a thin blanket and had already fallen asleep. Very familiar.
In front of the window, the curtains were half-closed, and the quiet moonlight spilled in from the window, shining on the white quilt next to the window sill. Kenelia was sleeping soundly, her delicate Yao nose turned to one side and breathing lightly.
At this time, a dark figure passed through the curtains. This person was dressed in light gray clothes and hung upside down on the red brick wall outside the hotel. He leaned into Cornelia's window, but he did not make a move easily. . He knew that there would be simple and invisible magic circles on the windowsills of hotels to prevent people like him from breaking in from the outside.
The man in gray took out the magic stone pen and spent half an hour drawing a larger magic circle around the entire window. He pressed his hand on the magic circle, and the magic power started to circulate. A palm-sized circle appeared on the windowsill. The invisible small formation shines and appears. The man in light gray clothes showed a proud smile: "I know these small hotels are always lazy. It is too easy to make this simple magic circle invalid."
He was on the formation. After doing some tricks, with a 'whoosh' sound, the small magic circle on the windowsill ignited a small blue flame, which was quickly extinguished, leaving only a burst of green smoke and a black magic mark remaining on the windowsill. . He gestured to the lookout below.
There were two people watching below. One was standing at the street intersection to prevent the patrolling police officers from coming, and the other was guarding the door of the hotel under the window to respond. Seeing that his companion above had finished his work, the person who responded took two steps in vain and jumped onto the window sill. He created a small summoning magic circle in his hand and summoned a group of plants as big as twine in the palm of his hand.
This group of plants is called Ichthyophthora. It parasitizes on fish, shrimp and other aquatic products near the pond, and slowly eats away at the host. This plant-like monster is usually the most hated creature by fishermen, but it is the favorite of thieves. The guardian monster, with which you can easily slip through the door and open the window.
The algae was lying on the window sill. The silk-like algae leaves on its body got in along the gap in the window. From the inside, it gently wrapped around the window bolt and pulled. There was a gentle click and the window opened. .
The slight sound behind her ears did not alarm the familiar Cornelia, but she still felt it when someone stood in front of her bed. She opened her eyes and saw a black shadow blocking her eyes. She was startled. Just as she was about to get up to get a clear look, a strong hand wrapped in a handkerchief covered her mouth. She struggled hard for a while, and her nose A pungent smell came from inside, and he soon lost consciousness and passed out.
The two succeeded and showed a knowing smile. The two of them carried Cornelia out of the window, one holding the meat ticket, and the other called the accomplices who were escorting her to retreat quickly.
Barron shuttled through the dark and quiet alleys. The red-nosed deerhound in front of him was clearing the way for him, looking for an unguarded route to leave. He was very excited. He knew that the ticket he tied tonight would be enough for him to spend the rest of his life comfortably. Sherman's Isabel was a well-known local family. If this girl was really a member of the Isabel family, even if she was not a direct relative, You can definitely get a hefty ransom in exchange. He has now begun to imagine that if nothing happens, he will buy a luxurious house by the sea, eat the most delicious seafood, drink the most beautiful wine, and live his 'retirement' life comfortably. You can even change to a different beauty every day and enjoy a life that you have never enjoyed in the first half of your life. No, I could have enjoyed this kind of life a long time ago. If my previous partner and that cousin had not taken away all the money, I would not be reduced to working for the rest of my life.
Barron has always resented his last partner, and even swore that if he saw that couple again, he would break their necks with his own hands. But he doesn't think so now. As the daughter of the Isabel family, with this vote, he can get back what he lost, and maybe even more. He was even a little grateful to that couple. If they hadn't taken away his money, he wouldn't have come to Debiles in the Demon Moon, and he wouldn't have wanted to come here to make a big fortune. He didn't know why Isabel's daughter was staying in a small hotel like that, and he didn't need to know. All he needs to know is that after this vote, he will start a new life. Suddenly, the red-nosed deerhound running in front barked, and Barron frowned in displeasure. The guard dog he raised has been with him for six years. Not only is he very smart, his senses are very keen, but he never barks. Even if he encounters a guard on the way out, he will quietly retreat and find himself again. Find new roundabout routes.
"Red Nose, what are you doing?" Barron scolded lightly, and stopped in place with his two partners without chasing after him.
After a while, the red-nosed deerhound stopped barking. The two partners were a little nervous. They did not see the red-nosed deerhound retreat.
"Go up to the room." Barron suggested, and he jumped up to the roof with Cornelia in three or two steps. However, as soon as he landed, he found a white-haired boy standing more than ten meters away under the moonlight. of another rooftop. Barron was startled. He had seen this young man twice before, in the restaurant and on the corridor of the hotel. He was frightened: "Has he been targeting me for a long time?" Barron couldn't help but think so. There was a bit of anger and surprise. He was surprised that this young man could block him, and also angry that this young man dared to block him.
When the two partners jumped to the roof, they were also frightened by this scene and looked at each other.
"Leave the people behind, I can consider letting you live." Bing Zhixie looked at them quietly, an old magic robe fluttering in the wind, but the expression on his face was unimpressive A little ripple.
Barron was angry, really angry. He had traveled across the continent for so many years and had seen everything. No kid had ever dared to say such a thing in front of him. His pair of iron fists have kept him safe throughout the continent for decades. He has practiced hard for twenty-three years with a single move of the Rock Breaking Fist. A single punch can destroy half of even a three-story building. Even his peers or masters who were more powerful than him had to be polite in front of his fists.
"Boy, you are looking for death!" This sentence was squeezed out by Barron through his teeth, and he waved his hand: "Come on, don't leave anyone alive!"
The three of them turned to the opposite side. The white-haired kid ran quickly, stepping on the edge of the eaves and rushing towards the opposite roof. However, at this moment, Barron found that the kid in front of him suddenly disappeared, and then a cold voice came from his ear.
"Death? Haha. Have you ever heard the sound of death?" Bing Zhixie gently stepped on Barron's left shoulder with one foot. He looked at the other two kidnappers behind Barron and said, "Death?" He raised an evil smile.
The three of them were immediately horrified. They didn't see clearly when the boy in front of them moved. Barron didn't even feel when the other person's foot stepped on his shoulder.
The horror was not over yet. Barron suddenly felt a chill on his neck, followed by a surge of warmth. In the next scene, he saw blood mist spurting out of his neck.
The man in light gray clothes was so frightened that he couldn't breathe. He didn't know what kind of monster the boy in front of him was, but the blood spurted from Barron's neck and he saw the blood that fell from Barron's hand. Girl, this woke him up right away. The white-haired boy in front of me is really here to kill them! He quickly pulled out the short knife stuck in his waist and slashed at the boy 1.5 meters away. His speed in drawing the knife has always been praised by others, and he has always been quite confident in the speed at which he draws the knife. He is sure that within the next 0.3 seconds, one of the arms of the boy in front of him will be cut into two pieces by his knife. He had never missed at such a close range.
But unexpectedly, his confident knife missed. Just when he thought his sharp fingers would feel the pressure from the handle of the knife, the young man in front of him disappeared. Just like the previous time, he I didn't see how the boy disappeared at all, and I didn't see the traces left behind by the white-haired boy's movement. Soon he found that the palm of his hand holding the knife had no feeling. He watched his waving arm draw a parabola, and his palm flew out from his wrist. He opened his mouth in fear, and the cry was about to burst out from his throat. The next moment, he heard cold words in his ears.
"This is the last movement you will hear in your life, the prelude to death."
The man in gray turned his eyes and saw an old boot with mud on the edge, an old gray robe, and It reached the side of the boy's cheek.
The ice blade in Bing Zhixie's hand lightly wiped it, and he did not look at this person's face at all, because he knew that this person was already dead, and there was no accident!
The remaining pockmarked man was so frightened that he lost his center of gravity in the air, hit the wall of the house opposite, and fell into the alley. When he fell to the ground in pain, his eyes saw a pair of feet gently landing on the ground two meters away. The white-haired boy in front of him not only fell to the ground at the same time as him, but also caught it as it slipped from Barron's hand. girl.
"Let me go, please let me go. I am not the mastermind. This matter has nothing to do with me." The pockmarked man shouted in fear, realizing that he could not be the boy's opponent at all.
Bing Zhixie tilted her head slightly and looked at the pleading man on the ground without a trace of emotion: "There is only one chance. You have already lost it."
A touch of blood red was the last thing the pockmarked man saw before he closed his eyes. What I saw was...
The three kidnappers had fallen to the ground, but they were not dead, just unconscious. Bingzhixie sealed their wounds, dragged the chief offender Barron, and left with Cornelia in his arms.
Back at the hotel, Bing Zhixie gently placed Cornelia on the bed, stood in front of the window sill and glanced down at the girl. He is not a person who does not ask for anything in return, but the bounty he just received from the mercenary union is enough.
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(End of this chapter)