Wood was a veteran spy. In the spy business, he had almost reached the pinnacle of ordinary people. Even though he had become a little slow over the years, his foundation and basic qualities were still there.
At this moment, in the midst of danger and pain, the slight sluggishness caused by these years of comfortable life was swept away like dust. He had once again become the top spy that everyone looked up to.
In just a moment, he roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter.
But he would rather be as slow as before, or even worse, unable to guess anything at all.
He even felt that perhaps the best ending would have been if he had died right away without realizing anything.
The situation was already very clear. The Federation probably thought that he had been bribed by the Republic of Northwest and was about to betray the Federation because the intelligence he sent back was getting less and less valuable. This time, Bei Feng was not here to help him. Instead, he was here to destroy him!
In fact, he had already sensed it a long time ago. Based on his situation in the past few years, even if the Federation wanted to increase manpower, they would only send a leader and demote him to an assistant. Why would they send an elite spy to help him?
If they wanted to send a helper, they could have sent one long ago. And there was no need to send a particularly powerful spy. As long as it could help him cover up, an ordinary spy would be enough.
The main reason the Federation sent Bei Feng over was probably that after he was executed, the intelligence station would still need her to manage.
As for the method she used to assassinate him, it was even more obvious — the almost unbearable pain in his body was not only the effect of magic, but also the effect of a powerful poison. And this poison could make him feel nothing when he ate it, and it was so powerful when it acted up. Obviously, it was specially designed, or even specially designed for him.
This really made him sigh … If they had the energy to design a poison specifically to kill him, why couldn't they send someone to help him?
If they had sent a helper earlier, would things have developed to this point?
The corner of his mouth curled up sarcastically. Although his heart ached, he could not help but want to laugh.
Researching such a poison must have taken a lot of manpower and resources. And with a high-level spy like Bei Feng … in order to kill him, they really put in a lot of capital!
Sigh! With so much time and manpower to waste, why not confirm it first?
He asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"
Bei Feng had wanted to commit suicide the moment he failed, lest his secret be exposed if he was caught. But seeing that Wood did not attack immediately, he immediately saw an opportunity — Wood's poison had most likely taken effect, and his combat power was limited. Therefore, he could only talk to stall for time and wait for reinforcements.
Thinking of this, she didn't answer at all. She dashed out of the bedroom, took out her usual crossbow from the hidden compartment under the bed, and rushed towards Wood.
Wood was indeed trying to stall for time. He was poisoned too deeply. Although he tried to use his qi to temporarily suppress the symptoms of poisoning, the effect was not obvious. He really needed a little more time to try to use magic to heal her.
Of course, he guessed that magic would not work. But it didn't matter. He had prepared weapons and medicine in many places in the house. Naturally, there was an antidote. Although it might not be the right treatment, it could at least alleviate his poisoning.
However, Bei Feng truly lived up to his reputation as an outstanding junior, as expected of the Federation's new generation of top spies. She was also able to judge the situation in an instant, and immediately adopted the correct response.
Wood could not help but sigh in his heart as he watched Bei Feng charging over with a crossbow in hand.
That crossbow was something he had carefully prepared. Although it was not big, its power was not weak at all.
Its only weakness was that it could only fire a single shot, unlike ordinary small crossbows that could fire multiple shots. But in terms of power, it was not inferior to a light military crossbow.
The name "light crossbow" did not sound powerful at first, but in fact, its power was very terrifying. Unless it was a powerhouse who specialized in defense, most adventurers who were not wearing armor would die if they were shot in the torso.
This kind of crossbow was not like a heavy crossbow, which could give the bolt a terrifying penetrative force. Therefore, special efforts were often put into the bolt, making it difficult to bandage and treat the wound. Sometimes, the crossbow would be coated with poison, or even curses, to ensure that it could be killed in one shot.
The bolt of Wood's crossbow was coated with poison. Moreover, it was an extremely powerful poison, the venom of a dangerous and highly venomous snake.
Every three days, he would have to maintain the crossbow and replenish the poison. The last time he had done so was yesterday. Today, the poison should still be sufficient. As long as the bolt grazed the skin, it would be more than enough to kill an ordinary man.
Wood was much stronger than the average person. Under normal circumstances, if he was slightly poisoned, it would not be too fatal. But in the current situation, he was already poisoned, and it was unknown if he would be able to endure it. If the snake venom was added to the mix, he would definitely die!
If his body was in good condition, he might be able to challenge the difficult task of dodging the crossbow. But his body was currently in a very poor condition, and Bei Feng's shooting skills were also very good. If Bei Feng were to attack, there was basically no way he would be able to dodge or survive.
Thus, he only had one choice left.
A cold light flashed, and Bei Feng, who had raised the crossbow and was about to fire, suddenly jerked violently. He tried to raise the crossbow with all his might, but his body fell limply to the ground. Fresh blood flowed out from the two wounds on her chest and back, soaking her pajamas in an instant. The blood also spread out on the floor, forming a large patch of crimson.
This was Wood's flying dagger. With a single strike, the dagger had pierced through her body, destroying her heart.
A fatal dagger.
There was a wuxia novel on Earth. Although the main character was forced to the extreme, he was extremely skilled in throwing daggers. It was said that he would never miss a target. But when he faced a fat man with a body full of fat, his throwing daggers would lose their effectiveness.
If it was Wood, such a situation would definitely not happen. Not to mention a fat man without any protection, even if the fat man was wearing heavy military armor, his throwing dagger would still pierce through his heart with a single strike.
Bei Feng was not an expert who trained in "Horizontal Qigong", nor was he wearing a super strong armor. Being hit by this dagger, he would naturally die without a doubt.
After killing his beloved wife with a single flying dagger, Wood let out a deep sigh.
He only had time to sigh, and did not have any more time to lament.
He hurried back to his bedroom and took out a bottle of medicine from a secret compartment under his bed. After examining it carefully, he opened the bottle cap and drank it in one gulp.
The medicine was pale gold in color, and looked extremely beautiful. And its price was even more expensive than a bottle of golden sand.
This was a high-grade antidote, and one bottle cost two thousand gold coins!
Generally speaking, even adventurers would not keep such a precious medicine on hand. They would rather use a poison that slowed the effects of the poison, which cost around two hundred gold coins, or a poison that neutralized the effects of the poison, which cost around five hundred gold coins. High-grade antidotes like this were mostly used by rich people or high-ranking nobles.
Wood was not a rich man, but he used most of his income to prepare all kinds of things that might be useful. A famous artist's income was very high, and under the premise that he did not have to worry about his savings, he could still afford to use this kind of thing.
After drinking the bottle of antidote, he immediately felt the poison in his body weaken, and the unbearable pain in his five viscera and six bowels eased a little.
But that was the extent of the effect.
This kind of poison specially made by the Federation's intelligence department was not so easy to deal with!
Wood shook his head and drank the other antidotes he had prepared one by one. Unfortunately, the effects of those antidotes were far inferior to this bottle of high-grade antidote. After drinking all of them, he could still feel pain all over his body, especially his internal organs.
From the looks of it, the effect of the antidote was only slightly better than nothing.
Wood was not surprised by this result. If the poison was so easily neutralized, he would be the one who would be surprised.
Returning to the room where the battle had taken place, he looked at Bei Feng, who was still clutching the crossbow in his hand, unable to fire even a single arrow. He sighed deeply.
"Why … why did you do this?" He shook his head and said sorrowfully. "Why didn't you talk to me properly? I really didn't betray the Federation! "
He was a good actor, and if there was a need, he had a hundred ways to act out his' grief '.
But at this moment, his performance was abnormally weak and pale. It was as if his entire body's color had faded, and the person standing beside Bei Feng's corpse was just a black and white sketch.
After a long silence, Wood took out a special medicinal powder and sprinkled it on Bei Feng's corpse.
This medicinal powder could effectively remove the smell of blood and prevent people from noticing it.
Then, he cast a spell to get rid of the smell of blood in the room.
After doing this, he pondered what to do next.
Perhaps he could go to Grand Consul Felix and turn himself in. Based on their past friendship, if he turned himself in, he might be given a lighter sentence.
But as soon as this idea came up, it was ruthlessly extinguished by him.
Absolutely not! He was the ace spy of the Mifata Federation. Even if he died, he would die with this identity! He would never betray the Federation!
Since he did not consider turning himself in, he would have to escape now.
Bei Feng was also a public figure, and her death could not be covered up for long.
But … where could he escape to?
Wood was a little lost.
He remembered the maps of most of the Main Plane, but at this moment, when he looked back at these maps, he felt that there was no place in this vast world where he could live safely.
Escape? Where could he escape to?
The Federation would not let him go. When Bei Feng's corpse was found, the Republic of Northwest would also know his true identity. At that time, they would probably send people to hunt him down.
Being hunted by two great countries of the Main Plane, one in the South and the other in the North, he could not escape even if he fled to the ends of the earth. Even if he escaped from the Main Plane to some other plane or to the vast universe, he might not be able to escape.
Moreover, he really could not find a way to leave the Main Plane at the moment.
But he had to escape, and he had to escape immediately.
Unless he wanted to die, this was the only choice.
Wood was not afraid of death, but he did not want to die either.
He still had many things he wanted to do. For example, he wanted to open a bookstore in a small town near the Highest Tower of the Federation after his retirement; for example, he wanted to return to his hometown, the famous Cloud Pagoda City, and eat the most authentic hometown dishes; for example, he wanted to marry an ordinary wife who had nothing to do with politics or espionage, have a few ordinary children, and live a stable life …
Most importantly, he wanted to understand why his superiors so easily judged that he had betrayed them and needed to be eliminated.
This did not make sense!
Thinking of this, he regained strength in his body.
Yes, he could not die yet. He still had very important things to do!
Perhaps Bei Feng had misunderstood the order, or perhaps there was a mistake when issuing the task. Anything was possible!
If he did not rush back to the Federation, ask his superiors personally, and hear their answer with his own ears, he would not give up no matter what!
So before that, he could not die!
So Wood hurriedly took action. He temporarily froze Bei Feng's corpse with magic and hid it in a secret chamber in the basement that was specially used to hide corpses. He sealed the secret chamber completely before coming back to carefully clean up the traces of fighting in the house to ensure that no one would know what had happened here.
When all this was done, almost half of the night had passed.
Fortunately, the nights in the North were longer. Otherwise, it would really be a little embarrassing if it was daybreak now!
After confirming that even if someone entered the house, unless it was a careful search and a professional expert like him, no one would be able to find Bei Feng's corpse, he began to pack up all the valuables in the house, as well as his long-distance luggage.
It was not a lot, just a small bag.
After everything was packed up, he changed into his travel clothes, found a wooden board, and wrote, "There is an urgent matter, the husband and wife are temporarily going out. The time is not set. All work will continue when they return. "
When he left the house, he hung this wooden board at the door.
He believed that this could buy him some time. Perhaps three to five days, or ten days, or even longer.
By the time everything was exposed, he would most likely have reached the Highest Tower.
From here to Void City, if he did not care about his physical strength, he would be able to reach there in four to five days. But his current state was not good, and it was impossible for him to run like that, so it would take even longer.
After thinking for a while, he went to a carriage near the city gate and bought a carriage.
It was a good carriage, light and sturdy. The horse that pulled the carriage had a little demonic beast bloodline. As long as it was fed with some special food every night, it would not be a problem to pull the carriage for more than ten days.
Of course, he also bought some of that special food. At least, it was enough for the journey.
As for the passengers' own food and water, of course, the carriage also sold them, so he bought them together.
Pretending that his wife was still in the carriage, he drove the carriage out of the city gate and headed for Void City under the cover of the night.
At this time, he could not help but thank Consul Asner of Pyroxene City. At that time, it was she who stood up against the majority and decided not to close the city gate at night. Otherwise, he would have to wait at the city gate until dawn.
In that case, the fact that Bei Feng was not in the carriage would probably be exposed.
Now he drove the carriage all the way. Although it was a little tiring, at least it was enough to cover up the secret.
The night was very dark. Even with the glimmer vision ability that could see through the night, Wood felt that his surroundings were drowsy.
Perhaps … it was not the surrounding scenery that was drowsy, but his heart.
Above Wood's head, Sui Xiong was silent and looked at him with pity.
Bei Feng's soul had been intercepted by Sui Xiong, and he had fully understood the cause and effect of the matter. The outcome of Wood's trip was not very optimistic.
He would follow Wood until this matter was completely over.
At that time, it was time for him to show up.
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