ALL NOVEL Chapter 106
Chapter 106 – New Commission
Seven days later, at the border of Lorran, Ponto City.
It was dawn when the two fast horses approached the city. They travel day and night, exhausted and exhausted, but have no time to rest. After several months, the atmosphere in Ponto City became extremely serious. A group of soldiers was following behind the knight commander, passing through the city gate in an orderly manner. It was their turn.
The two riders did not proceed, they only rode around the outskirts of the city, and then headed towards a nearby tavern. Usually the tavern is very popular, the stable boy should be dizzy because of the guests leading the horses, the early passengers should have filled the hall, urging the waiter to serve breakfast quickly, but now, the stable boy is sitting on the stump in front of the tavern, holding a Straw, looking at the door boredly, the tavern is empty, only one or two tables of dusty guests.
The rider dismounted at the door of the tavern. The stable boy showed a surprised expression when he saw the guests coming to the door.
“Do you two want to stay at the hotel?”
“right.”
The stable boy came up excitedly immediately. The younger rider threw him the reins and asked curiously, “What happened? What happened to those soldiers?”
“Don’t you know? There’s going to be a war!”
The older rider frowned. “What’s the meaning?”
“I heard that the King of Muchania declared war on the city-states of Yod. The current Viscount of Ponto City is a nobleman of Muchania. Of course, he will send troops to support the Lord.”
The two guests whispered to each other, tipped the stable boy a copper coin, and entered the tavern.
The tavern owner, who was in a hurry when he saw the guest coming, came forward rubbing his hands with joy, but when he saw the guest’s face, he immediately stumbled back.
“It’s you—!”
“Okay, shut up.”
En Zose gave the boss a gold coin: “Give us a room, prepare food and drinks, but don’t bring them up.”
The boss wanted to say something more, but the brilliant color of the gold coin finally made him swallow his unspoken words. “A room?” He looked at the two guests strangely.
“I told you to shut up.”
Giuliano shot him a displeased look. The boss shrank his neck, not daring to say another word.
He led the guest outside the door of an empty room, covered his mouth and ran away. Enzo pushed the door open and entered, while walking towards the window, he took out a soft mask from his arms and covered his face. Giuliano followed suit. He closed the door, put down the latch, climbed out of the window with Enzo, climbed up the balcony on the second floor, and came to the westernmost room. As they expected, the room was filled with smoke, and there were already people waiting.
“Long waiting, Reticents.”
The plain Mucanian client filled the pipe with tobacco while smiling, watching Giuliano and Enzo jump into the room from the balcony.
“Have you received the news?” Enzo said.
“Of course, on the night that Boniwell was assassinated, the news came to me on the wings of the wind. I have to say that the two of you are really neat and tidy in your work, which impresses me.”
“What about the reward?”
The client pointed to a corner of the room. There is a box there. Giuliano walked over, kicked the box open, and saw that it was full of gold bars of all colors. Giuliano closed the box and nodded to Enzo, indicating that the gold bars were fine.
The client lit the pipe, put it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and exhaled the smoke: “We have cooperated twice, and both times were so pleasant. Now is the time to talk about the next commission?”
“Of course, but we have to look at the price tag first.”
The client smiled slyly, “The price is guaranteed to satisfy you. But before I can be honest, I have a question, and I hope you can answer it honestly.”
“Of course, as long as I can answer it.”
The client leaned forward, raising his head like a poisonous snake preparing to attack its prey.
“Did you kill Malcolm?”
Giuliano was shocked. “How do you know Malcolm?!”
Enzo was calm, and I don’t know if he hid his emotions too well, or he had already guessed the answer.
“We didn’t do it ourselves, but we participated.”
The client seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. “I didn’t expect you to admit it so readily.”
“I am the silent one, and I never lie.”
Giuliano yelled: “What’s going on? What’s your relationship with Marco? Could it be that you… are the real master behind Marco?”
“Haha, how is that possible. I’m Malcolm’s boss at work, and we are all devoted to the same master.”
“Ah… so everything makes sense.” Enzo suddenly realized, “You sent Marco to be a spy next to Boniwell, and Boniwell sent him to be an undercover agent next to Fernando. Killing Boniwell would have been It should be Marco’s mission, but he was following Fernando at that time, so you need to find a new assassin.”
The client spread his hands helplessly: “That’s right, I was afraid that Malcolm would not be able to kill Boniwell in time, so I had to pay for the Reticent. I didn’t expect you to get involved with Malcolm again. To be honest, when Malcolm When I wrote to tell me about you, I was also taken aback. There is such a wonderful coincidence in the world, it must be the result of the operation of an unknown force in the dark! But now it is you two who come to see me here, not Malcolm… that means he is dead. What a pity, he was a fine man who should have done more.”
“He’s done all the tricks and done all kinds of bad things, and he deserves this kind of fate.” Giuliano said coldly.
“It’s really a warning to the world, and I will deeply remember it.” The client sarcastically said, “It’s a pity that Marco passed away, otherwise he would be of great help in the next mission. Now…you have to rely on yourselves.”
“We naturally have our own way. Let’s talk about the mission first.”
The client took a puff of the pipe leisurely, and asked as if chatting with them: “Have you heard of the ‘Black Crane Boat’?”
Enzo frowned even more tightly. “I’ve heard it, but what does it have to do with the ‘Black Crane Boat’?”
“As we speak, the assassination target is on his way to the location of the ‘Black Crane Boat’. I will give you a map to mark its location. You must rush there, board the ‘Black Crane Boat’, and kill dead target.”
Enzo and Giuliano looked at each other. Although they had even seen the elves and knew about Malcol’s search for the “Black Crane Ship”, the client actually let them board the ship… they were still surprised. Malcol didn’t know that Orasha was still alive, so the client probably didn’t know either. Enzo and Giuliano had to pretend to be ignorant.
“Isn’t the ‘Black Crane Boat’ a flying ship in a fairy tale?” Giuliano asked (he felt that he looked so knowingly, so stupid), “Let’s not talk about whether it really exists, just as if it exists Alright… how do we get on a flying ship?”
“It can’t fly yet,” replied the client. “For thousands of years, it has been sleeping in a cave somewhere near Xanodia. Enough energy for flight. And that special celestial phenomenon will appear on the second day of Fengyue, when the ‘Black Crane Boat’ will take off again. You just need to get on board before then.”
“If I remember correctly, the ‘Black Crane Boat’ is a flying boat sent by the gods to welcome the ancient people, so you want us to kill an ancient person?”
“Of course not!” The client laughed, “Since you two have come to Ponto City, you probably have heard the news of the war between Muchania and Yod. I can’t say too much, I will only tell you what is necessary. , don’t ask too much. The ‘Black Crane Boat’ has unparalleled power, and once you get it, it will be easy for Muchania to conquer the city-states of Yod.”
“I know you are a Muchanian, and I can guess that your master is a Muchanian nobleman. What do you mean you can’t let the ‘Black Crane Boat’ fall into the hands of the Yoder city-states?”
“I guessed wrong again. On the contrary, we must not let it fall into the hands of the Muchanians.”
“I don’t understand. I thought you must be loyal to your country, but it turns out you aren’t?”
“I am only loyal to my master. The master does not want ‘someone’ to get the ‘Black Crane Boat’, does not want ‘someone’ to have too much power, and does not want ‘someone’ to hinder his great cause. Your task It is to get rid of this “someone” who is in the way. However, this “someone” is high and powerful, and he cannot die so casually. You must wait for the “Black Crane Boat” to take off before killing him, so that you can… um,” The client thought for a while, “Let him die a heroic death. When people mention him, they will say in reverence, ‘It is the lord who used to control the flying black ship to fight against the Jord army. He died with honor’, This will be more beneficial to the master.”
“So who are we going to kill?”
“King Clement IV of Muchania,” said the client, “kill him. Remember, let him die a hero.”
The author has something to say:
It feels like writing a game script.
1. (Persuasion) Ask Patty for help against Malcolm. [Charm > 10 valid]
2. Leave Patty alone.
After the persuasion is successful, Patty will turn against him after the banquet, and lead Marco into the trap, so that Oraxia and Barzano, who are in ambush, will kill Marco. Trigger the Aurasha line.
If the persuasion fails or Patty is left alone, Malcolm will survive, triggering the Malcolm line.
No matter which line is triggered, the protagonist will receive the task of “Killer Assassin”. Depending on the choice, Orrasha or Malcolm will appear to help the protagonist during the mission.