Chapter 212: Failed Assassination

Hearing the golden-haired girl's words, the black-haired girl with a somewhat worried face raised her head, looking at her anxious sister, a trace of jealousy flashed in her eyes, but it was soon replaced by the sisterly affection between them.

"No, Anna, this is not a rumor."

"I have already heard that Father is discussing with his palace ministers. They will expel me in three days, expel me from Beauclair, expel me from Toussaint, and never let me return here."

"I clearly haven't done anything, I clearly am the victim, why do I have to bear such a crime and let me leave my hometown."

Saying such words, Syanna's heart was full of sadness, unlike her sister Anna Henrietta who had been loved by everyone since childhood.

She had borne the Curse of the Black Sun since birth and was considered an ominous person by many in the palace, suffering from all kinds of strange eyes since childhood.

Later, even her parents, who once loved her, were influenced by these rumors, their attitudes gradually changed, and they also regarded her as a disaster.

However, is this her fault? Can she decide on which day she was born? Can she decide whether she bears the curse? Wayne sat not far from the two girls, watching the two sisters hugging each other and crying to each other. Both of them were not yet of age. Even if they were born noble, they could not control their own destiny and could only silently accept their parents' arrangements.

However, knowing that Syanna would be expelled in three days is a good piece of intelligence. Like such a beautiful noble girl who has received higher education in the palace since childhood, since Toussaint doesn't need her, Wayne can reluctantly accept this tool person.

Judging from her performance in the future, she can grow from an expelled girl to gathering many thieves as subordinates, stirring up chaos in a country, and can even play a Higher Vampire around, which is quite capable compared to ordinary people.

Perhaps there is ambition and desire in her heart, but when she, such a girl, faces absolute power suppression, she can definitely be well-trained.

Thinking this way, Wayne rummaged through his space bracelet and found a low-level spell scroll.

This is a third-circle spell scroll from the Faerun world. Its function is to mark the target and then find the other party through the mark. The time is one month, and the distance is about one hundred kilometers. It is one of the gifts left by the legendary mage Tesla in the space bracelet, which happens to be useful now.

He hid in the invisibility cloak, picked up the scroll, put a mark on Syanna, and prepared to wait until three days later, after this Duke's daughter was sent out of the palace, to find her.

In his memory, this girl seems to have suffered a lot of torture from several escorting knights during the transportation. It will be just right to save her then, which should harvest a lot of favor, and take the opportunity to control her.

Thinking this way, Wayne turned his head and looked at the two Duke's daughters who were sisterly and hugging each other to tell their grievances. He sighed in his heart, left the backyard garden, and went to other places to continue searching for the residence of the palace mage Artorius.

However, the Beauclair palace is too big. After searching for a long time without finding it, he happened to see a servant who seemed to be drunk, sitting in a corner in a daze. He simply walked over and, through the invisibility cloak, cast the Axii Sign on him.

Things went very smoothly. In a drunken state, plus the hypnosis of the Axii Sign, Wayne soon obtained a lot of news from this servant, including the residence of the palace mage Artorius, and the place where the Sorceress Fringilla Vigo, who came to visit her uncle, is currently staying.

After using hypnosis to eliminate future troubles, he followed the route he inquired about and walked toward Artorius's residence.

Here, it must be mentioned that this illusion master who also belongs to the Vigo family has the ability.

As a male sorcerer, his own combat power is not very strong. What he is best at is research, magic knowledge, and manufacturing magic props.

He is the magic enlightenment teacher of the Sorceress Fringilla. One of the most famous things in the original work is that he once created a fairy tale world for the young Duke's daughters, Anna Henrietta and Syanna.

Relying only on the capacity of a book, he created a magical world as big as a city, in which various magical creatures lived, forming a complete ecosystem, which can be called a miracle.

However, such a magical world requires a lot of materials and time to maintain. In the current time period, because this fairy tale world magic book lacks maintenance, it seems to have begun to mutate.

But it must be said that just from this point, the magic of the Wizard World has its merits.

After obtaining the correct address, Wayne didn't spend too much time and found Artorius's residence.

However, for the residence of a strange mage, he would not enter rashly. No one knows what traps these spellcasters who are proficient in magic will set in their residence to protect their secrets.

Even if he bears the Elder Blood lineage and can cope with most difficulties, triggering the trap will definitely alert the enemy and cause unnecessary trouble.

It is a pity that the legendary mage Tesla's space bracelet has a rich collection, but this mage specializes in attack-type spells and does not have spell scrolls similar to surveillance or reconnaissance.

No way, Wayne could only adopt the most primitive countermeasure, which is to wait for the rabbit. According to Letho's speculation, excluding the time spent on intelligence gathering and target reconnaissance, the timing for that Cat School witcher to act should be these few days.

And Wayne also didn't know whether the assassination of the palace mage Artorius in the original history was successful. It was not recorded in the original work, nor did any aspect mention such news.

Just like this, Wayne waited outside Artorius's residence for a night and scouted several locations suitable for stepping on points, but didn't find any anomalies.

And while waiting, he saw that palace mage. He was an old man who looked like forty or fifty years old, with brown hair and beard, looking very spirited.

I believe that if he can dodge this assassination, he should be able to live for a long time.

Having not slept all night, Wayne returned to the Red Moon Inn after dawn, still disguised as a tobacco merchant, went to some high-end salons and gatherings, played a few rounds of Gwent with some wealthy people, gained Gwent experience, and by the way promoted his tobacco.

During the day, Letho and his companions didn't complete the contract and return. After all, the real world is different from the game. There is no fast travel, and the battle is not so refreshing. It requires a lot of preparation.

Often such a contract requires multiple intelligence gathering, and it is not something that can be completed in a day.

And Wayne plans that after dealing with the Cat School assassin and Syanna's matter in two days, he will go to the Valley of Nine, to search for the underwater ruins that have been submerged. There, there are clues and methods for the witcher's secondary mutation, waiting for him to obtain.

This matter is very helpful for improving the strength of all existing witchers and is a quite important matter.

Although in the original game, the protagonist Geralt completed a successful secondary mutation, that was the protagonist after all, and it was twenty years later.

Without seeing the actual data and intelligence, Wayne cannot be sure whether all witchers can meet the requirements for secondary mutation.

Perhaps it is also necessary to be like Geralt, with enough talent, enough strength, and completing the transplantation experiment of the three mutation mutagens to meet the conditions.

However, Wayne is not particularly worried about this, although there are some doubts. Even if there are some obstacles to secondary mutation, he has so many Sorceress friends who are close to him. As long as he wants, he can find them to help break through those difficulties.

Busy all day, in the evening, Wayne came to the side of the mage's residence again, wanting to wait for the figure of that Cat School witcher. Unfortunately, still nothing.

At this time, Wayne wished he had drawn a True Sight Ward from the League of Legends world and used that prop to do this boring work instead of himself.

On the third night, the night before Syanna was expelled, Wayne's waiting finally had results.

However, the result of the waiting made him somewhat disappointed.

He wore an invisibility cloak, hid in a hidden high place, and watched with his own eyes a figure that was thin and wearing black night clothes, flipping over the wall outside the palace with a very agile and light posture, and after easily bypassing a group of guards, ambushed on the only way the palace mage Artorius had to pass every day to go home.

With the cover of shadows, this Cat School witcher hid his figure very well, almost without seeing any flaws.

Unfortunately, this peer still underestimated an experienced sorcerer, and he was not equipped with Dimeritium that could weaken the sorcerer.

Although his action speed was very fast, and the sharp sword he swung almost stabbed Artorius before he could react.

But in an instant, Artorius's figure disappeared, leaving only a red amulet full of magic runes in place.

For this kind of ability that almost looks like a substitute doll, Wayne had seen it in the game. Syanna, wearing a red ribbon, could even dodge the surprise attack of a Higher Vampire. Clearly, as the inventor, Artorius himself was also equipped with such magic props.

And the palace mage who escaped a disaster immediately called for guards, and under the protection of the guards, brought various magic props and weapons to capture this assassin who wanted to assassinate him.

However, in just less than two or three minutes, when a group of them came to the location where the assassination occurred again, everything had already returned to calm.

That assassin in black had already disappeared without a trace.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 213 =====