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\u003eKingdom Blood

\u003eChapter 124 Urgent Mission Catalog Bookmark Comments Chapter 124 Urgent Mission

Novel: Bloodline of the Kingdom Author: Sword of Masterless Words: 7483

In the tavern, against the sound of everyone's breathing, Ricky said slowly:

"What secret?"

Thales stared at the brazier, unable to move his eyes away.

The curiosity and surprise of that night overcame the restlessness and fear in his heart.

The brazener didn't answer right away.

The man of the Shadow Shield looked around, and after seeing that everyone was attracted by this topic, he smiled in satisfaction.

"That's why I'm here today."

He raised his head slowly, revealing a pair of sharp eyes under his eyebrows: "Since crossing the sea, Teng has shown extraordinary enthusiasm for the Canxing royal family. I guess it is due to his past status."

"However, in the year of blood, taking over the business with no room for retreat and taking away the Canxing royal family at the root? This is too much."

Beside Ricky, the masked man snorted coldly.

The Year of Blood.

Hearing the key words, Thales' eyelids twitched for no reason.

"There must be a reason, a reason, that made him so fascinated by Canxing."

Jianzi straightened up, and responded to the people with different expressions one by one with indifferent eyes.

"Six years ago, as our leader in the Northland, I issued an order: If there is a chance, assassinate the visiting Second Prince of Stars."

The fast rope poked Thales lightly in the dark.

Thales lowered his eyelashes, pretending not to see the reproachful look of "Why are you again?" sent by the other party.

Qianzi's words continued, attracting everyone's attention: "But this order was finally stopped by Teng. He even went out of his way and took the risk to show up, just to prevent our subordinates from doing impulsive things."

"He wanted that prince alive, and even sent me to negotiate with Grand Master Heisha for this."

Ricky frowned, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

"From the almost frantic assassination of members of the royal family eighteen years ago, to now we are doing our best to ensure the survival of that prince," Qianzi showed a mysterious expression: "The change in attitude before and after Teng only shows one thing."

He raised a finger, and his tone became serious:

"The existence of that prince must mean something."

Thales could feel his nails gripping the palm of his hand.

The mercenaries murmured.

No matter what, Qianzi just stared straight at the highest-ranking Ricky: "If I take him down, I will be able to find out Teng's secret, why he is so interested in the Canxing royal family, and find out the reason why his blood color is so strong." The behind-the-scenes truth of taking over the big business like crazy in the past year."

"How do you say? Do you want to discover this secret with us?"

The commotion of the mercenaries grew louder, and Thales could even hear Marina gritting her teeth behind her.

Northland swordsman Clay leaned over and said something in the masked man's ear, but the masked man just shook his head slightly.

Until Ricky raised a hand expressionlessly, quelling the whispers around him.

"Where's Teng?"

The leader of the mercenaries did not bother with the so-called secrets thrown by the other party, but asked softly:

"How is he now?"

Turning back to this topic, Qianzi's complexion seemed to be covered with a haze.

He and Ricky looked at each other quietly, but the latter's indifferent expression showed his attitude and focus.

The brazener could only sigh slightly.

"Life or death is uncertain."

The three leaders of the Sword of Disaster frowned at the same time.

"But I can tell you that his condition is not good, very bad," Qianzi put his hands together, and took the conversation very quickly, "six years since then,

Teng never showed up in the organization again, and even I rarely received his orders anymore, even if there were..."

He said solemnly: "Including me, more than one person in the organization began to doubt the current situation of the actor."

After listening to Qianzi's words, Ricky took a light breath.

"So," "Krasu" of the Disaster Sword showed a strange look: "The Shadow Shield is now a headless poisonous snake."

The masked swordsman added unhappily: "It makes them even more dangerous: you never know where the venom is going to go. Flash Dance Fiction Network"

Clay snorted softly, and the brat could only smile awkwardly in return.

"Then what are you doing here?"

Ricky shook his head: "Discover his secrets, and continue his unfinished tasks?"

The brazener's smile slowly disappeared.

"Needless to say, after Teng's disappearance, the Shadow Shield is at a critical turning point."

Qianzi coughed: "As I said, taking down that prince is the key to solving the puzzle, and it is a summary of what Teng has done in the past ten years."

The masked man snorted lightly.

"It sounds like you're dissatisfied with your master?"

"dissatisfied?"

Qianzi had a subtle expression on his face at first, then shook his head decisively.

"No, I'm here to save the desperate Shadow Shield from desperation and distress."

"We can't go on like this. Shadow Shield needs to be inspired, needs to be revived, needs new stimulation..."

The masked man interrupted him again.

"Or the new leader I guess you mean?"

Qianzi's words suddenly choked in his mouth.

"It's been twenty years since Teng came to Westland." The masked man said coldly with a tone of knowing a lot: "Twenty years of 'Shadow Master', for the shield of the shadows, the leader rotates. In terms of a 'good tradition', his time in office is indeed too long."

Qianzi's face turned cold.

"You don't have to imply that."

"I'm disclosing these secrets to everyone, just to win trust," Qianzi said coldly, "To prove to you that Shadow Shield, at least the part I lead, is no longer Teng Zi. period, and we don’t deserve the treatment and stigma of that period.”

As soon as this remark came out, the masked man hummed and shook his head, while Clay giggled.

Unexpectedly, it was Marina who took the words of the brat.

"Ridiculous," said the woman in red with a resentful tone, "What kind of 'stigma' do you think we can give to a group of stinky rats in the gutter?"

Hearing this retort, Qianzi frowned and looked at Ricky, but found that the other party was not unhappy at all when the conversation was interrupted.

He could only sigh and turn to Marina.

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Facing Marina's hateful eyes, Qianzi said sadly: "Once upon a time, the Shadow Shield was not a mouse that everyone shouted and beat. In the past, we also had noble and respectable ideas."

The mercenaries looked at each other.

I saw Qianzi took a deep breath: "Thousands of years ago, the empire was finally restored, and the great powers were born. The powerful and high-ranking people set off countless wars, tyranny, slavery, and oppression. Another famine, death, pain and suffering."

"Thus, after being forced to a dead end, such a group of people came into being: they came from humble beginnings, had mean names and surnames, were lonely and lonely, but they stood up and wielded their swords. The simplest but also the most powerless and clumsy way is to assassinate the tyrant, resist tyranny, fight back against the power, stand in front of the ruler's innocence and the princes' violence, and speak out the voice of the suffering common people."

"It's rare." Ricky showed a hint of approval in his eyes: "Compared with those killers who acted blindly, at least you know the past of your organization."

Thales' eyebrows twitched: this was the first time he heard the Shadow Shield narrated from this angle.

Qianzi bowed his body, then let out a long sigh, his eyes wandering.

"Once upon a time, we were the last hope of the poor, the vanguard messengers of the rebels, and the non-returning warriors of the rebels. Through unimaginable means and costs, we threatened, reminded, and warned those tyrants who were in high positions but were fish and meat. : In the shadow cast by the rulers, there will always be such a restless existence, always turning into the most steadfast and thorny shield, guarding the people who are trampled under their feet and look like ants."

Ricky remained motionless, while Clay and the masked man responded with expressions: the former scorned, the latter groaned.

But Qianzi's words were interrupted again.

"How can you be so shameless and describe the despicable things as great?"

"Last hope? Bah," Marina gritted her teeth and said, "Scumbags, do you know how many thousands of innocent people died because of you during the Bloody Year?"

Qianzi looked back at Marina with some surprise.

He said with a complicated expression, "I can't say you're wrong, girl."

Qianzi lowered his head and sighed:

"The fact is that over the past thousand years, the Shadow Shield, who swore to the death in despair, has drifted with the tide and compromised day after day... degenerated into the mess it is today."

He clenched his fists, biting words out between his teeth, seemingly in displeasure:

"It's all about profit, it's a dog, it's disgusting, it's disgusting."

The air in the tavern was quiet for a moment.

"Wow, a noble, pure, phantom assassin who has escaped the vulgar tastes," Clay shook his head sarcastically, "It's really rare."

Qianzi still clenched his fists, as if he didn't see other people's eyes, nor did he hear Clay's sarcasm and Marina's snort.

"Especially after Teng's arrival, our situation got worse and worse."

His complexion tightened and his breathing quickened:

"Eighteen years ago, he bewitched us, contacted all parties, and launched an operation against the Canxing royal family, starting from the assassination that shocked the world."

Thales' heart beat faster and faster: My tavern gave him too much information tonight.

Qianzi raised his head sharply and gritted his teeth: "As the film master, he never disclosed the list of employers for that business to us, but he tried his best to trick us into ignoring the risks behind it."

"Teng said it very nicely: Shadow Shield has had enough of haunting the poor streets and alleys, accepting the stinking money of a few countrymen, finding rich or poor baron officials, and going to pay for those who were stolen and killed in the village. The livestock are asking for justice, such a trivial matter, and he also said that we have a great responsibility, and we will go straight to the root."

Qianzi looked around, with angry flames in his eyes, as if to find approval.

"He told us: Through an unprecedented business, the Kingdom of Stars will collapse from now on. This represents the opening of a new era, a great era rooted in chaos and confusion, the horsewhip will be cracked, blood will be spilled, and the fields will be Burning, fears will sprout, a world that makes us shine, turn from down to skyrocket, a world that wakes up from sleep just as our rise a thousand years ago will remember us again, and need us again."

Qianzi's words were vivid, Thales could even imagine Teng's tone at that time.

but……

list of employers.

Thales noticed the word.

In the year of blood, who exactly wanted to see the Canxing royal family destroyed?

Qianzi exhaled, his expression and tone dimmed at the same time.

"It has to be said that he is very eloquent, superb in means, and has the power of a new leader... Some people were bewitched, and some people had to obey him for their lives."

Clay showed his disdain: "I guess you're going to say you're one of those 'have to'?"

The brazener shook his head.

"That's not important anymore. What's important is the consequences of this matter."

"Let's see what Teng and his crazy plan have brought us."

Qianzi spread his hands flat, his face drooping:

"Chaos? Of course, the war in the Bloody Year is a mess. Not only civilians suffer, but also killer assassins like us, and even mercenaries like you. What do you want a killer to do? In the days when wars are raging, if we can't even find a flat and quiet piece of land to rest and repair, then what's the point of buying and assassinating?"

"And that chaos didn't last long, at least not until our golden age came to an end."

Qianzi's expression struggled, as if he was going through hell:

"For eighteen years, Teng has made enemies for us on all sides: Not only do the shadows hide in the stars, they have nowhere to go, even in the world outside the stars, they have to face the secret department or their allies who are chasing and killing them all. You can't imagine how we got by in the old days, everything sucked."

Qianzi's eyes were cold: "That's a business with no winners."

Thales' heart trembled.

"After the catastrophe, the Kingdom of Stars did not fail completely, and did not usher in the golden age of assassins and shadows. On the contrary, they climbed up from the ruins. The new king's methods were even more ruthless than before, and the power of the throne was unprecedented. We used to wholeheartedly Opportunities to hope and rely on for a living: the endless grievances of the nobles and the melee of the princes disappeared slowly under the iron fist of the new king, and there is nowhere to be found. The chaotic future promised by the fall of the Star Kingdom has not come, but instead It's ridiculous to say that we're drifting away, but sometimes our subordinates even wonder: Could it be that Teng who initiated the assassination was the spy of Star Kingdom?"

In the last narration, Qianzi almost said it in a bitter tone of crying and laughing.

It made people frown.

Ricky exchanged glances with the others.

"You just asked, I'm 'dissatisfied' with Teng?"

Qianzi shook his head violently, with resentment flashing in his eyes: "No, the word you chose is too simple to describe how we feel about Teng."

"In twenty years, Teng brought it to the Shadow Shield."

"It's a disaster."

The tavern was quiet again.

Only Thales was still immersed in his own thinking.

Teng.

What kind of person is this?

"You said, six years ago, Teng appeared in an adventure in Dragon Clouds City, was ambushed, and was dying?"

Ricky's voice sounded, pulling Thales back to reality.

The brazener nodded politely:

"yes?"

Ricky touched his chin, smiled lightly and said:

"It doesn't matter whether your words are credible or not."

"Be careful with someone like Teng, how did someone discover his whereabouts in Longxiao City, which you have been running for a long time?"

Qianzi's face froze.

"So, either you're talking nonsense, brat, or..."

Ricky's smile cooled.

"Now, the person we are dealing with is a person who is unwilling to let others down, and kills the master in anger..."

Ricky's eyes showed a deadly cold color:

"traitor."

A suffocating and terrifying silence returned to the tavern.

Everyone looked at Qianzi with strange eyes.

Damn.

Qianzi wiped the sweat from his palms.

This so-called Crassus...

Ricky didn't move an inch, waiting for the brat's response.

Whole seconds passed.

The latter took a deep breath.

"Actually," finally, at this moment, Qianzi no longer gathered a smile, but had a cold face and a ruthless look in his eyes:

"If you've never been loyal to someone or something..."

"What about betrayal?"

As soon as this remark came out, whether it was Clay or the masked man, they looked at Qianzi even more sharply.

But unexpectedly, Ricky smiled.

"You must be terrified of him, aren't you?"

The leader of the Disaster Sword said plainly: "Afraid Teng."

The figure of Qianzi trembled.

"Whether it's your subconscious imitation of his speech and behavior, or your deliberate expression of resentment and dissatisfaction, it can't cover up your inadvertent fear."

Ricky seems to have grasped the opponent's weakness:

"To you, he is like an impassable mountain, a shadow without boundaries, isn't it?"

"The reason why you want to master his secrets so much is because you can't wait to surpass him and Teng."

Qianzi swallowed lightly.

His lips trembled, but he didn't make a sound, as if he was struggling.

It seemed that all his previous eloquence had lost its due color at this moment.

Finally, Ricky looked at him and shook his head.

"Come on," Ricky didn't ask, but leaned on the backrest and snapped his fingers:

"It's time to talk about our cooperation."

Qianzi was startled for a moment, as if he didn't expect the other party to return to the topic he wanted so easily.

"So……"

I saw Ricky clenched his hands, with a cold look in his eyes:

"For possible cooperation, why don't you tell me something about the prince?"

Listening to Thales' body froze, he tried his best to behave naturally.

"How did you find him?"

A few seconds later, Qianzi took a deep breath and smiled.

After a while, a plainly dressed man was led into the tavern.

The newcomer was dressed in light clothes, travel-stained, and his face was tired after traveling, but even in the face of the swordsmen with unkind expressions in the room, he still maintained his demeanor and even walked all the way with arrogance. , and immediately found the person in the room who kept his word.

The brazener smiled all over his face: "Let me introduce, this is Baron Russell Veda."

Following his words, the new guest bowed slightly.

Thales moved slightly, he subconsciously felt that he had seen this man before.

but……

Ricky frowned slightly: "Baron?"

Clay's face showed doubts, and he said softly: "Vida, I remember the noble surname of this northerner. It seems to be a small vassal with a fief. It can't be any smaller."

The new guest raised his body, revealing a vicissitudes but serious face.

"Remove the honorific title," Russell nodded, "My fief has already been taken back, and my title has also been deprived."

He said with a straight face: "Now, I'm just Russell Veda."

"You are too modest." On the other side, Qianzi raised his hand and added cheerfully: "Currently, you are our most reliable source of intelligence and cooperation partner, including our retreat..."

Ricky's face showed suspicion: Cooperation?

But the newcomer Russell didn't have any intention of greeting, so he interrupted the brazener directly.

"I've had enough of diplomatic rhetoric," Russell shook his head, and said straight:

"So I'm going straight to the point."

"A few days ago, we received a piece of news," he said with a solemn face and a low voice, which made others listen unconsciously: "An informant secretly discovered the traces of the star Thales in the desert."

Taylor's heart skipped a beat!

Even the fast rope stopped moving.

"The informant has already marked the target, but because he is short of manpower and in the enemy's territory, he has to ask us for help and arrange their evacuation afterwards."

Russell frowned and said, "The deadline for evacuation was last night. According to the plan, our informant will come to us with his prince captive."

Ricky listened to the other party's narration, and the suspicion on his face never disappeared.

Thales stared straight at the ground, motionless.

"But it was early morning, and the informant has not responded."

Russell let out a breath and said sternly: "For this reason, we have reason to believe that he failed."

"That's why I'm here today, breaking the convention, and urgently asking for help from both of you."

Russell looked at the smiling brats, and then at Ricky with a humble expression.

The new guest gritted his teeth and said: "It is very likely that Thales Canxing has escaped our control and obtained the official protection of the camp, and we have to catch up with a thunderbolt before the army returns to help. The time is urgent, the sooner the better." good."

Ricky and his companions exchanged glances.

"Any clues?"

Russell nodded.

"Our informant, he's a mercenary." Russell looked around with a serious face: "The name he uses in the desert is..."

"Big Dean."

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Kingdom Blood - Chapter 124 Urgent Mission - WuxiaWorld

In the tavern, against the sound of everyone's breathing, Ricky said slowly:

"What secret?"

Thales stared at the brazier, unable to move his eyes away.

The curiosity and surprise of that night overcame the restlessness and fear in his heart.

The brazener didn't answer right away.

The man of the Shadow Shield looked around, and after seeing that everyone was attracted by this topic, he smiled in satisfaction.

"That's why I'm here today."

He raised his head slowly, revealing a pair of sharp eyes under his eyebrows: "Since crossing the sea, Teng has shown extraordinary enthusiasm for the Canxing royal family. I guess it is due to his past status."

"However, in the year of blood, taking over the business with no room for retreat and taking away the Canxing royal family at the root? This is too much."

Beside Ricky, the masked man snorted coldly.

The Year of Blood.

Hearing the key words, Thales' eyelids twitched for no reason.

"There must be a reason, a reason, that made him so fascinated by Canxing."

Jianzi straightened up, and responded to the people with different expressions one by one with indifferent eyes.

"Six years ago, as our leader in the Northland, I issued an order: If there is a chance, assassinate the visiting Second Prince of Stars."

The fast rope poked Thales lightly in the dark.

Thales lowered his eyelashes, pretending not to see the reproachful look of "Why are you again?" sent by the other party.

Qianzi's words continued, attracting everyone's attention: "But this order was finally stopped by Teng. He even went out of his way and took the risk to show up, just to prevent our subordinates from doing impulsive things."

"He wanted that prince alive, and even sent me to negotiate with Grand Master Heisha for this."

Ricky frowned, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

"From the almost frantic assassination of members of the royal family eighteen years ago, to now we are doing our best to ensure the survival of that prince," Qianzi showed a mysterious expression: "The change in attitude before and after Teng only shows one thing."

He raised a finger, and his tone became serious:

"The existence of that prince must mean something."

Thales could feel his nails gripping the palm of his hand.

The mercenaries murmured.

No matter what, Qianzi just stared straight at the highest-ranking Ricky: "If I take him down, I will be able to find out Teng's secret, why he is so interested in the Canxing royal family, and find out the reason why his blood color is so strong." The behind-the-scenes truth of taking over the big business like crazy in the past year."

"How do you say? Do you want to discover this secret with us?"

The commotion of the mercenaries grew louder, and Thales could even hear Marina gritting her teeth behind her.

Northland swordsman Clay leaned over and said something in the masked man's ear, but the masked man just shook his head slightly.

Until Ricky raised a hand expressionlessly, quelling the whispers around him.

"Where's Teng?"

The leader of the mercenaries did not bother with the so-called secrets thrown by the other party, but asked softly:

"How is he now?"

Turning back to this topic, Qianzi's complexion seemed to be covered with a haze.

He and Ricky looked at each other quietly, but the latter's indifferent expression showed his attitude and focus.

The brazener could only sigh slightly.

"Life or death is uncertain."

The three leaders of the Sword of Disaster frowned at the same time.

"But I can tell you that his condition is not good, very bad," Qianzi put his hands together, and quickly took over the conversation, "Since then, for six full years, Teng has never shown up in the organization again, even I rarely receive orders from him anymore, even if there are..."

He said solemnly: "Including me, more than one person in the organization began to doubt the current situation of the actor."

After listening to Qianzi's words, Ricky took a light breath.

"So," "Krasu" of the Disaster Sword showed a strange look: "The Shadow Shield is now a headless poisonous snake."

The masked swordsman added unhappily: "It makes them even more dangerous: you never know where the venom is going to go. Flash Dance Fiction Network"

Clay snorted softly, and the brat could only smile awkwardly in return.

"Then what are you doing here?"

Ricky shook his head: "Discover his secrets, and continue his unfinished tasks?"

The brazener's smile slowly disappeared.

"Needless to say, after Teng's disappearance, the Shadow Shield is at a critical turning point."

Qianzi coughed: "As I said, taking down that prince is the key to solving the puzzle, and it is a summary of what Teng has done in the past ten years."

The masked man snorted lightly.

"It sounds like you're dissatisfied with your master?"

"dissatisfied?"

Qianzi had a subtle expression on his face at first, then shook his head decisively.

"No, I'm here to save the desperate Shadow Shield from desperation and distress."

"We can't go on like this. Shadow Shield needs to be inspired, needs to be revived, needs new stimulation..."

The masked man interrupted him again.

"Or the new leader I guess you mean?"

Qianzi's words suddenly choked in his mouth.

"It's been twenty years since Teng came to Westland." The masked man said coldly with a tone of knowing a lot: "Twenty years of 'Shadow Master', for the shield of the shadows, the leader rotates. In terms of a 'good tradition', his time in office is indeed too long."

Qianzi's face turned cold.

"You don't have to imply that."

"I'm disclosing these secrets to everyone, just to win trust," Qianzi said coldly, "To prove to you that Shadow Shield, at least the part I lead, is no longer Teng Zi. period, and we don’t deserve the treatment and stigma of that period.”

As soon as this remark came out, the masked man hummed and shook his head, while Clay giggled.

Unexpectedly, it was Marina who took the words of the brat.

"Ridiculous," said the woman in red with a resentful tone, "What kind of 'stigma' do you think we can give to a group of stinky rats in the gutter?"

Hearing this retort, Qianzi frowned and looked at Ricky, but found that the other party was not unhappy at all when the conversation was interrupted.

He could only sigh and turn to Marina.

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Facing Marina's hateful eyes, Qianzi said sadly: "Once upon a time, the Shadow Shield was not a mouse that everyone shouted and beat. In the past, we also had noble and respectable ideas."

The mercenaries looked at each other.

I saw Qianzi took a deep breath: "Thousands of years ago, the empire was finally restored, and the great powers were born. The powerful and high-ranking people set off countless wars, tyranny, slavery, and oppression. Another famine, death, pain and suffering."

"Thus, after being forced to a dead end, such a group of people came into being: they came from humble beginnings, had mean names and surnames, were lonely and lonely, but they stood up and wielded their swords. The simplest but also the most powerless and clumsy way is to assassinate the tyrant, resist tyranny, fight back against the power, stand in front of the ruler's innocence and the princes' violence, and speak out the voice of the suffering common people."

"It's rare." Ricky showed a hint of approval in his eyes: "Compared with those killers who acted blindly, at least you know the past of your organization."

Thales' eyebrows twitched: this was the first time he heard the Shadow Shield narrated from this angle.

Qianzi bowed his body, then let out a long sigh, his eyes wandering.

"Once upon a time, we were the last hope of the poor, the vanguard messengers of the rebels, and the non-returning warriors of the rebels. Through unimaginable means and costs, we threatened, reminded, and warned those tyrants who were in high positions but were fish and meat. : In the shadow cast by the rulers, there will always be such a restless existence, always turning into the most steadfast and thorny shield, guarding the people who are trampled under their feet and look like ants."

Ricky remained motionless, while Clay and the masked man responded with expressions: the former scorned, the latter groaned.

But Qianzi's words were interrupted again.

"How can you be so shameless and describe the despicable things as great?"

"Last hope? Bah," Marina gritted her teeth and said, "Scumbags, do you know how many thousands of innocent people died because of you during the Bloody Year?"

Qianzi looked back at Marina with some surprise.

He said with a complicated expression, "I can't say you're wrong, girl."

Qianzi lowered his head and sighed:

"The fact is that over the past thousand years, the Shadow Shield, who swore to the death in despair, has drifted with the tide and compromised day after day... degenerated into the mess it is today."

He clenched his fists, biting words out between his teeth, seemingly in displeasure:

"It's all about profit, it's a dog, it's disgusting, it's disgusting."

The air in the tavern was quiet for a moment.

"Wow, a noble, pure, phantom assassin who has escaped the vulgar tastes," Clay shook his head sarcastically, "It's really rare."

Qianzi still clenched his fists, as if he didn't see other people's eyes, nor did he hear Clay's sarcasm and Marina's snort.

"Especially after Teng's arrival, our situation got worse and worse."

His complexion tightened and his breathing quickened:

"Eighteen years ago, he bewitched us, contacted all parties, and launched an operation against the Canxing royal family, starting from the assassination that shocked the world."

Thales' heart beat faster and faster: My tavern gave him too much information tonight.

Qianzi raised his head sharply and gritted his teeth: "As the film master, he never disclosed the list of employers for that business to us, but he tried his best to trick us into ignoring the risks behind it."

"Teng said it very nicely: Shadow Shield has had enough of haunting the poor streets and alleys, accepting the stinking money of a few countrymen, finding rich or poor baron officials, and going to pay for those who were stolen and killed in the village. The livestock are asking for justice, such a trivial matter, and he also said that we have a great responsibility, and we will go straight to the root."

Qianzi looked around, with angry flames in his eyes, as if to find approval.

"He told us: Through an unprecedented business, the Kingdom of Stars will collapse from now on. This represents the opening of a new era, a great era rooted in chaos and confusion, the horsewhip will be cracked, blood will be spilled, and the fields will be Burning, fears will sprout, a world that makes us shine, turn from down to skyrocket, a world that wakes up from sleep just as our rise a thousand years ago will remember us again, and need us again."

Qianzi's words were vivid, Thales could even imagine Teng's tone at that time.

but……

list of employers.

Thales noticed the word.

In the year of blood, who exactly wanted to see the Canxing royal family destroyed?

Qianzi exhaled, his expression and tone dimmed at the same time.

"It has to be said that he is very eloquent, superb in means, and has the power of a new leader... Some people were bewitched, and some people had to obey him for their lives."

Clay showed his disdain: "I guess you're going to say you're one of those 'have to'?"

The brazener shook his head.

"That's not important anymore. What's important is the consequences of this matter."

"Let's see what Teng and his crazy plan have brought us."

Qianzi spread his hands flat, his face drooping:

"Chaos? Of course, the war in the Bloody Year is a mess. Not only civilians suffer, but also killer assassins like us, and even mercenaries like you. What do you want a killer to do? In the days when wars are raging, if we can't even find a flat and quiet piece of land to rest and repair, then what's the point of buying and assassinating?"

"And that chaos didn't last long, at least not until our golden age came to an end."

Qianzi's expression struggled, as if he was going through hell:

"For eighteen years, Teng has made enemies for us on all sides: Not only do the shadows hide in the stars, they have nowhere to go, even in the world outside the stars, they have to face the secret department or their allies who are chasing and killing them all. You can't imagine how we got by in the old days, everything sucked."

Qianzi's eyes were cold: "That's a business with no winners."

Thales' heart trembled.

"After the catastrophe, the Kingdom of Stars did not fail completely, and did not usher in the golden age of assassins and shadows. On the contrary, they climbed up from the ruins. The new king's methods were even more ruthless than before, and the power of the throne was unprecedented. We used to wholeheartedly Opportunities to hope and rely on for a living: the endless grievances of the nobles and the melee of the princes disappeared slowly under the iron fist of the new king, and there is nowhere to be found. The chaotic future promised by the fall of the Star Kingdom has not come, but instead It's ridiculous to say that we're drifting away, but sometimes our subordinates even wonder: Could it be that Teng who initiated the assassination was the spy of Star Kingdom?"

In the last narration, Qianzi almost said it in a bitter tone of crying and laughing.

It made people frown.

Ricky exchanged glances with the others.

"You just asked, I'm 'dissatisfied' with Teng?"

Qianzi shook his head violently, with resentment flashing in his eyes: "No, the word you chose is too simple to describe how we feel about Teng."

"In twenty years, Teng brought it to the Shadow Shield."

"It's a disaster."

The tavern was quiet again.

Only Thales was still immersed in his own thinking.

Teng.

What kind of person is this?

"You said, six years ago, Teng appeared in an adventure in Dragon Clouds City, was ambushed, and was dying?"

Ricky's voice sounded, pulling Thales back to reality.

The brazener nodded politely:

"yes?"

Ricky touched his chin, smiled lightly and said:

"It doesn't matter whether your words are credible or not."

"Be careful with someone like Teng, how did someone discover his whereabouts in Longxiao City, which you have been running for a long time?"

Qianzi's face froze.

"So, either you're talking nonsense, brat, or..."

Ricky's smile cooled.

"Now, the person we are dealing with is a person who is unwilling to let others down, and kills the master in anger..."

Ricky's eyes showed a deadly cold color:

"traitor."

A suffocating and terrifying silence returned to the tavern.

Everyone looked at Qianzi with strange eyes.

Damn.

Qianzi wiped the sweat from his palms.

This so-called Crassus...

Ricky didn't move an inch, waiting for the brat's response.

Whole seconds passed.

The latter took a deep breath.

"Actually," finally, at this moment, Qianzi no longer gathered a smile, but had a cold face and a ruthless look in his eyes:

"If you've never been loyal to someone or something..."

"What about betrayal?"

As soon as this remark came out, whether it was Clay or the masked man, they looked at Qianzi even more sharply.

But unexpectedly, Ricky smiled.

"You must be terrified of him, aren't you?"

The leader of the Disaster Sword said plainly: "Afraid Teng."

The figure of Qianzi trembled.

"Whether it's your subconscious imitation of his speech and behavior, or your deliberate expression of resentment and dissatisfaction, it can't cover up your inadvertent fear."

Ricky seems to have grasped the opponent's weakness:

"To you, he is like an impassable mountain, a shadow without boundaries, isn't it?"

"The reason why you want to master his secrets so much is because you can't wait to surpass him and Teng."

Qianzi swallowed lightly.

His lips trembled, but he didn't make a sound, as if he was struggling.

It seemed that all his previous eloquence had lost its due color at this moment.

Finally, Ricky looked at him and shook his head.

"Come on," Ricky didn't ask, but leaned on the backrest and snapped his fingers:

"It's time to talk about our cooperation."

Qianzi was startled for a moment, as if he didn't expect the other party to return to the topic he wanted so easily.

"So……"

I saw Ricky clenched his hands, with a cold look in his eyes:

"For possible cooperation, why don't you tell me something about the prince?"

Listening to Thales' body froze, he tried his best to behave naturally.

"How did you find him?"

A few seconds later, Qianzi took a deep breath and smiled.

After a while, a plainly dressed man was led into the tavern.

The newcomer was dressed in light clothes, travel-stained, and his face was tired after traveling, but even in the face of the swordsmen with unkind expressions in the room, he still maintained his demeanor and even walked all the way with arrogance. , and immediately found the person in the room who kept his word.

The brazener smiled all over his face: "Let me introduce, this is Baron Russell Veda."

Following his words, the new guest bowed slightly.

Thales moved slightly, he subconsciously felt that he had seen this man before.

but……

Ricky frowned slightly: "Baron?"

Clay's face showed doubts, and he said softly: "Vida, I remember the noble surname of this northerner. It seems to be a small vassal with a fief. It can't be any smaller."

The new guest raised his body, revealing a vicissitudes but serious face.

"Remove the honorific title," Russell nodded, "My fief has already been taken back, and my title has also been deprived."

He said with a straight face: "Now, I'm just Russell Veda."

"You are too modest." On the other side, Qianzi raised his hand and added cheerfully: "Currently, you are our most reliable source of intelligence and cooperation partner, including our retreat..."

Ricky's face showed suspicion: cooperation?

But the newcomer Russell didn't have any intention of exchanging greetings, and directly interrupted the brat.

"I've had enough of diplomatic rhetoric," Russell shook his head, and said straight:

"So I'm going straight to the point."

"A few days ago, we received a piece of news," he said with a solemn face and a low voice, which made others listen unconsciously: "An informant secretly discovered the traces of the star Thales in the desert."

Taylor's heart skipped a beat!

Even the fast rope stopped moving.

"The informant has already marked the target, but because he is short of manpower and in the enemy's territory, he has to ask us for help and arrange their evacuation afterwards."

Russell frowned and said, "The deadline for evacuation was last night. According to the plan, our informant will come to us with his prince captive."

Ricky listened to the other party's narration, and the suspicion on his face never disappeared.

Thales stared straight at the ground, motionless.

"But it was early morning, and the informant has not responded."

Russell let out a breath and said sternly: "For this reason, we have reason to believe that he failed."

"That's why I'm here today, breaking the convention, and urgently asking for help from both of you."

Russell looked at the smiling brats, and then at Ricky with a humble expression.

The new guest gritted his teeth and said: "It is very likely that Thales Canxing has escaped our control and obtained the official protection of the camp, and we have to catch up with a thunderbolt before the army returns to help. The time is urgent, the sooner the better." good."

Ricky and his companions exchanged glances.

"Any clues?"

Russell nodded.

"Our informant, he's a mercenary." Russell looked around with a serious face: "The name he uses in the desert is..."

"Big Dean."