Chapter 127

The four assassins looked ahead at Imina, who was staring at them with a cold, indifferent expression, then glanced behind her at Tang Zheng, whose figure was obscured by a black robe.

The air grew somewhat stagnant at that moment.

Bang! Bang!

The four assassins, who had previously been spread out, moved simultaneously; two charged toward Imina, and two toward Tang Zheng.

"What a joke."

"Treating us as prey? Who do you two idiots think we are?"

As the two assassins ran, their footsteps remained extremely light and soft, their agile movements overlapping so perfectly that the two of them, one behind the other, seemed to become a single person.

Swish!

The lead assassin suddenly leaped from the ground into mid-air, a flash of silver light appearing at their cuff—a small hand crossbow strapped to their arm.

Twang—

With a faint sound, a silver point of light shot from the crossbow, emitting a piercing noise in the air so weak it was almost imperceptible.

Beyond that, what was most surprising was that the other assassin, who had been following behind, had actually vanished.

"That is not how a technique like Stealth is used."

Tang Zheng spoke indifferently, his feet shifting as he left his original spot, easily dodging the thin bolt fired from the assassin's arm.

He lifted his left foot.

He delivered a kick into a patch of shadow to his front left.

"Ah!"

A scream of intense agony instantly tore through the night sky.

The vanished assassin retreated from the shadows, body hunched, coughing up mouthfuls of blood, their chest completely caved in.

"This kind of assassination technique is only effective for sneak attacks; to use it out in the open is absurd." Tang Zheng lowered his left foot and tilted his head to look at the other assassin, who was falling from the air with a look of shock.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

At the same time, the two assassins charging toward Imina let out screams in quick succession.

"Should we leave one alive?" Imina stepped over the two corpses, her voice cold and sharp.

This made the only surviving assassin tremble all over.

Gulp!

The assassin swallowed hard, their forehead covered in cold sweat, yet their tone remained tough as they spoke in a trembling, shrill voice: "You have no idea who you have offended!"

"Come with me, and you two might survive. Otherwise, you will all die here; no one can save you!"

Whoosh!

An arrow shot from behind, piercing the assassin's thigh.

"Ah!" the assassin let out a miserable shriek.

"What a load of nonsense."

Imina strode over, kicked the assassin onto their back, and raised her brown leather boot, stomping hard onto the wound on the assassin's thigh.

A shrill scream rang out once more.

Yet, even with such a commotion, no one in the surroundings noticed anything unusual.

"Sorry to trouble you, but find out where their base is."

Tang Zheng put away the "Silence" wand in his hand and spoke.

The previously exhausted magic charges had been refilled by the caster who mastered the spell; besides this "Silence" wand, he had purchased two more: one for "Poison Cure" and one for "Disease Cure."

Both belonged to the support category of magic.

Just like magic scrolls, the wands that could be manufactured in this Other World only contained magic at the First or Second Rank level.

The two wands plus the replenishment magic had cost him 600 gold coins; fortunately, the number of gold coins he currently held had reached around 9,000.

Following a burst of screams.

Imina dragged the unconscious assassin over to Tang Zheng, her slender eyebrows arching: "I've gotten it out of him. This guy is one of the assassination members trained by the Six Arms of the Eight Fingers."

"Their base is currently at a manor outside the Royal Capital."

A look of surprise appeared on Tang Zheng's face.

"The Thousand Kills? I originally thought I had lured out people from the Eight Fingers' Slave Department; I didn't expect it to be the subordinates of the Security Department's Six Arms. What a big fish I've caught." Tang Zheng was pleasantly surprised.

"Are you really sure you want to look for trouble with them?" Imina's tone carried a hint of worry. Before coming to the Kingdom, she indeed knew little about the Eight Fingers, but now, just from the simple intelligence she had gathered, Imina could feel just how massive a force the Eight Fingers was.

And for a force of this level to have existed in the Kingdom for so long, it inherently meant they had intricate ties with the nobles of the Kingdom.

"Leave the rest to me."

"Don't worry."

Tang Zheng reached out to take the unconscious assassin and looked up at Imina: "There might even be a surprise tomorrow."

Having said that.

Tang Zheng's figure vanished into the dark night.

"This guy." Imina bit her lip, her eyes filled with deep concern.

Through Reynas's attitude toward Tang Zheng, she vaguely guessed that Tang Zheng's strength was likely not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

But no matter how one looked at it, breaking into the enemy's lair alone was not a wise choice.

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Brambus Manor.

It was one of the few large manors outside the Royal Capital, famous for brewing a rich, heavy-bodied wine called "Blood Red."

The price of a single bottle alone was over 15 silver coins, and it was said there were bottles of "Blood Red" worth dozens of gold coins. In short, in the eyes of most people, it was a fine wine they could absolutely never afford.

Yet, in reality.

This manor was the base for the Eight Fingers' Security Department, and the so-called "Blood Red" wine did not just represent a fine wine.

Inside the vast manor.

Tang Zheng, wrapped entirely in a black robe, stood on a rock, gazing at the brightly lit mansion in the center of the manor.

"As a security department, I didn't expect the security forces to be this poor. Consider this a greeting gift." Tang Zheng waved his hand.

Behind him.

Black figures swayed as they passed in front of Tang Zheng, approaching the central mansion.

These people were the corpses Tang Zheng had killed along the way, controlled via the "Undead Control" spell.

The people of the Eight Fingers perhaps never imagined that anyone would dare to invade their base, especially the Security Department, which was the strongest among the eight major departments, resulting in security forces that were unimaginably lax.

Being able to directly find the lair of the Eight Fingers' Security Department.

For Tang Zheng, it was indeed a surprise.

His purpose in coming to the Royal Capital was not just to lay out plans in advance. There were two other classes that interested him.

One was naturally the High Rank class "Ninja," held by the Ninja sisters of 【Blue Rose】.

And the other class was the "Shaman Master" held by the Eight Fingers' Security Department head, "Fighting Demon" Zero.

In the animation, there were two people who left a deep impression on Tang Zheng.

One was "Nail Clipper" Brian, and the other was "Fighting Demon" Zero.

These two were the only representatives who, with low-level strength, could unleash attacks far exceeding their own level's intensity, though "Nail Clipper" Brian relied on his own innate talent.

While "Fighting Demon" Zero relied on his own class abilities!

At this moment.

Inside the manor, the rich aroma of wine permeated the air.

The soft light emitted by the crystal chandelier illuminated the entire hall, and the rectangular dining table was filled with various delicacies and exquisite tableware.

But there were only six people in the entire hall.

"Thousand Kills" Mamwist.

"Undead King" Divanock.

"Illusion Demon" Sahulont.

"Blood Moon Scimitar" Edestelien.

"Space Slash" Peshilian.

"Fighting Demon" Zero.

These six were known as the "Six Arms," the strongest in the entire Security Department and even the Eight Fingers; each possessed the strength of an Adamantite-ranked adventurer.

(End of Chapter)