Chapter 251: Hidden Agent

"This... you saw it too, he ran into my gun barrel himself?"

Klein simply followed his own Spirituality intuition to fire; after all, he was also startled by someone suddenly falling from the sky.

And it just so happened that Klein's abnormal Spirituality intuition allowed him to sense a familiar malice, so he fired, sending all the bullets into the head of the "Apostle of Desire" while the latter was still dazed.

"Coincidence! Too much of a coincidence! Which ghost wrote this third-rate story!" Klein's Adam's apple bobbed as he feigned composure.

"..." Leonard, standing beside Klein, had a somewhat distorted expression, nodding subconsciously as he looked at the demon who was dead beyond any doubt.

The demon had now reverted to a human state, but those iconic demon horns and demon patterns remained; one look and it was clear he was no good person.

Moreover, it was not as if they hadn't heard the screams and sounds of fighting in the ballroom.

"So that's that, then?" Klein put away the revolver in his hand.

"What else can be done since you've already shot him dead?" Leonard retorted.

Before he had even reacted, Klein had already emptied the magazine; it truly was an instinctual Spirituality intuition.

"You killed the assassin?!" Duke Negan's bodyguards all chased out, seeing the assassin whose head was about to explode.

They looked at Klein and Leonard in astonishment.

No one understood the strength of this assassin better than they did; that was a Sequence 5 capable of repelling several of their Beyonders!

"It was me." Klein controlled his facial expression and nodded indifferently; he was already quite skilled at the act of playing the expert.

"Very well," said the "Wind-Blessed" bodyguard, "we are taking his corpse; you have no objections, do you?"

Klein and Leonard glanced at this bodyguard and confirmed his hair color; he was from the Storm Church, no wonder his tone was so aggressive.

So they didn't bother arguing with this person.

"Thank you both gentlemen for your assistance!" another bodyguard bowed and thanked them instead, "We need to take this assassin away; would that be convenient?"

"Rest assured, Duke Negan will pay you sufficient remuneration!"

"That's fine!" Klein knew what they wanted to do—nothing more than that routine of spirit mediumship to obtain intelligence—so he didn't refuse.

"Thank you!" Soon, a Beyonder proficient in divination and spirit mediumship arrived to conduct spirit mediumship on the spot to inquire for information.

"This is... the trend of the era!" The faint, eerie murmurs sounded as if they came from hell.

Klein had already been politely asked to leave and only managed to hear this half-sentence.

However, what he had to face was not this, but those nobles.

Naturally, it was impossible for no one to know about such a major incident at the banquet.

The balcony on the second floor of the ballroom was already packed with nobles, all of whom were focused on this place.

The focus among them was naturally this "hero" who had killed the assassin.

"That is the gentleman who killed the assassin attempting to assassinate Duke Negan!"

All the nobles were eyeing the smiling Klein with fervent gazes.

Such a powerhouse was worth the attention and solicitation of all nobles!

Leonard sensed something amiss, stepped back slightly, and lowered his head, hiding in Klein's shadow.

"It's that gentleman who follows Bishop Chumen; he really is a powerful Beyonder!" Audrey Hall was also watching from here, her eyes sparkling like stars.

"To hell with it, aren't we supposed to be acting as Hidden Agents? Why has it developed to this point?"

Klein said in a voice only he and Leonard could hear, sounding quite gritted-teeth.

Since when are Hidden Agents surrounded and watched so openly?!

"Who says those standing in the light aren't 'Hidden Agents'?" Chumen appeared beside Klein and Leonard at some unknown time and gently patted Klein on the shoulder, letting him relax.

"But, how will our work proceed later?" Klein was unable to refute the theory of "Hidden Agents in the light."

"Hiss!" Klein soon realized one point, "Was this killed by Bishop Chumen?"

How could a powerful Beyonder who dared to assassinate a Duke run into his gun barrel to die? It must have been done by this Bishop Chumen!

In Klein's understanding, Chumen had always been a high-Sequence Beyonder!

"Today you are the hero, and there is no need to worry; they will not remember your face, this is 'Hidden'."

Chumen chuckled and led Klein and Leonard into the hall, facing the gazes of the onlookers.

"Thank you, sir, for killing the assassin!" Duke Negan had now barely recovered, carrying a sense of joy from surviving a disaster.

"And thank you to the Evernight Church for your assistance this time!" Duke Negan bowed solemnly to thank Chumen.

He also knew who had saved him when he was on the verge of death.

At that time, he truly felt the Grim Reaper beckoning to him, and the Lord of Storms could not protect him.

And in the banquet hall, only this Archbishop had such ability; inviting this new Archbishop to the banquet on a whim at that time was definitely the wisest decision he had made in his life!

"Mm." Chumen nodded lightly.

"To express my gratitude, I am willing to donate a manor worth twenty thousand pounds to the Evernight Church."

This was the best way to thank them, because Duke Negan believed in the Lord of Storms, not the Evernight Goddess.

He could not get too close to the Evernight Church.

Hmm... it was said to be a donation to the Evernight Church, but under Duke Negan's handling, it would likely end up in Chumen's hands.

Chumen nodded calmly.

"This gentleman, to express my gratitude, I will offer a reward of 3,000 gold pounds."

"Huh?!" Klein couldn't hold it together; his facial expression lost control for the first time.

But Duke Negan had no time to talk more with Klein and soon took his leave, leaving behind a stunned Klein.

"Gulp!" Klein was knocked dizzy by the sky-high reward.

"... Bishop, I only fired six shots." Klein knew that his ability to kill that assassin was entirely due to Bishop Chumen's power.

This money... he couldn't take it!

"Use it as your operational funds." Chumen waved his hand indifferently.

"Oh, right, seeing that Beyonder of the 'Demon' Pathway reminded me that your mission might need to include one more target."

"'Demon' Pathway Beyonder?" Klein blinked and asked.

"No, it's the Blood Sect and the Demon Family."

Both Klein and Leonard felt their hearts skip a beat involuntarily; why did it feel like each of their investigation targets was more terrifying than the last!

The Witch Sect, plus the Blood Sect and the Demon Family—these were the two largest evil sects.

Naturally, the banquet could not continue after the assassination incident, and the two, Klein and Leonard, were sent back to the detached villa by carriage.

Both of them stared blankly at a check on the table, which had a "huge" amount written on it.

"Is this our operational funding?" Leonard asked.

Klein nodded woodenly; he had never been on such a wealthy mission in his entire life!