In Knight Conan's opinion, this might just be a random decision made by the city lord because of the pain of losing his son. But when he was invited to the city lord's mansion, Knight Conan no longer thought so.
"What's this?"
Knight Conan was a little surprised to see the exquisite letter in front of him. He raised his head to look at the old man in front of him, then lowered his head to read the letter again.
"I found this in the pocket of my poor child."
The old man looked rather haggard, as if he had aged ten years overnight. Knight Conan reached out his hand, picked up the letter, and opened it. Then, he began to read the contents. But soon enough, Knight Conan's expression turned strange and strange, and there was even a hint of anger hidden in it. But even so, he forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart. After reading the letter, he looked at the old man again.
"Excuse me, what does this letter say …."
"… It should all be true."
The old man lowered his head deeply, showing a remorseful expression. Knight Conan's face turned red and white. He did not know what to say.
The contents of this letter were none other than the series of atrocities committed by the deceased son of the city lord. These included, but were not limited to, violence against women, beating and injuring civilians, and even raping a farmer's daughter for her beauty. After obtaining her, he felt bored and afraid that she would cause trouble, so he sent his men to kill her entire family, and even disguised it as a fire accident.
To be honest, Knight Conan had only returned to this place two days ago as a sheriff. He already knew about several of these incidents, but because he had just arrived, he did not have the time to investigate them. Now it seemed that … someone had already taken care of everything for him.
It was too easy for that bastard to fall to his death! If he was caught by the Holy Cathedral, it would at least be a public execution!
"What does this letter mean?"
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Knight Conan also looked at the old man. He did not believe that the city lord called him here to confess his son's crimes.
"Allow me to explain it to you."
At that moment, a man dressed like a butler, who was standing behind the old man, took over the conversation.
"This is' Death Verdict '."
"…. I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Knight Conan has just arrived here. Perhaps you don't know."
The butler bowed slightly to Knight Conan and said.
"In fact, recently, a mysterious assassin with the nickname 'Grim Reaper' has appeared in this area. No one knows who he is, and no one knows if he really exists. All they know is that every time he accepts a commission, the target will 'accidentally' die within a few days. And beside them, there will be letters recording the crimes of these people. It's as if they're being judged for their sins … so we call it the 'Death Verdict'. "
"So, this is really an assassination?"
Knight Conan felt that this was completely unbelievable.
"Is it because of some kind of magic? Or maybe we can find a prophet …. "
"It's no use. We've asked a prophet and even cast Time Reversal, but we couldn't find any clues … That's only natural. After all, we don't even know if the other party is a human or a ghost."
At this point, the butler revealed a self-deprecating smile.
"It's not magic, and you didn't do it yourself?"
Knight Conan felt even more incredulous.
"How can this be called an assassination?"
"But in fact, the other party accepts the commission every time, and after the target 'accidentally' dies, the commission will also appear to be completed. In other words, this is indeed an 'assassination'. "
"So what you're saying is …"
"I hope Knight Conan can ask the Holy Cathedral to intervene and find the assassin."
The old man raised his head and stared at Knight Conan.
"I know that my son has done something unforgivable. If he is caught by the Holy Cathedral because of this, or even beheaded, I can accept it. But I can't accept that my child was killed by a despicable assassin! I hope the Holy Cathedral can help me find the murderer and punish him! "
"This …"
Knight Conan did not know what to say for a while when he looked at the angry old man in front of him. For some reason, when he looked at the old man in front of him, he suddenly thought of Head Knight Brand … Perhaps this was the love parents had for their children? Knight Conan was not married yet, and it was impossible for him to have children, so he still could not understand. In fact, when he saw Head Knight Brand brandishing his sword and resisting for his daughter in the Holy Cathedral, Knight Conan already found it hard to understand his thoughts.
But now …
"I'm sorry, Lord Conan. I've retired now. I will convey what you said to the Holy Cathedral, but I can't be sure how the Holy Cathedral will react."
"Thank you, Knight Conan, but I won't let the murderer of my child go."
"…"
Knight Conan did not know what to say for a while. He could only stand up silently, salute the old man in front of him, and leave.
"… My Lord, are we really going to report this to the Holy Cathedral?"
After leaving the Lord's mansion, Conan's attendant hurried to his side and asked in a low voice. In the face of his attendant's question, Knight Conan was silent for a long time. Then, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the attendant beside him.
"Bart, I remember … you're married, aren't you?"
"Ah, yes, my Lord."
Hearing Knight Conan's sudden question, the attendant was stunned for a moment, but then he hurriedly nodded.
"Do you have children?"
"There's a … mischievous one. He doesn't like to learn swordsmanship all day long. All he wants is to go out on adventures. I really can't do anything to him … Sigh …"
"So, do you think what the Lord did was right or wrong?"
"This …"
The attendant was also taken aback. After a while, he answered with a complicated expression.
"This … To be honest, my Lord, the son of the Lord of the City is indeed not a good person. Frankly speaking, I know it's a good thing he died. But … it's not that I can't completely understand the Lord of the City. After all, he's his only son … "
"Is that so …"
Knight Conan was silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"Report it according to the general procedure. At least that's our duty."
"Yes, my Lord."
While the entire Kerha City was in an uproar, the instigator of all this had already left far away from this troublesome place.
"It's not challenging, but at least the pay is good."
Counting the platinum coins in his purse, Fangzheng nodded in satisfaction.
That's right, the so-called "Grim Reaper Murders" in this area these days were all his handiwork.
What Fangzheng used was "Killer 47", one of the two bronze soul stones he had extracted before.
In fact, Fangzheng had always believed that compared to Assassin's Creed, Killer 47 was a real killer. Although many people liked to say things like "Life doesn't have that much time for you to sneak in. If you want to assassinate someone, do it without a match" and so on. But this could only be used in the world of Assassin's Creed. In the main world, Assassin's Creed was completely meaningless.
Without a match? There were magic traps and alarms everywhere in the noble mansions here. Without a match, you would be surrounded in 30 seconds. And even if you killed someone without a match, so what? Mages had plenty of ways to track you down. It would only be a matter of time before they chased you from all over the world. Unless you had some item or artifact that could conceal your identity, do you think it was that easy to assassinate someone?
Things like serial murders only had a market in detective novels. In reality, they could catch a DNA test and compare it. Who cared if you said it or not?
The reason why Fangzheng chose Killer 47 was naturally because of his two buff abilities [Ever-Changing] and [Making the Best Use].
[Ever-Changing] allowed Fangzheng to perfectly simulate everyone, just like how Killer 47 in the game could enter and exit with various identities after changing his clothes. The ability [Ever-Changing] allowed Fangzheng to perfectly disguise himself as various identities and then carry out sneak operations.
As for [Making the Best Use], it was Killer 47's unique assassination style. With this specialty, Fangzheng could quickly analyze the usage of all the props and equipment in front of him after entering the assassination site. Then, he could use this to create a trap and lure the enemy. Just like the previous assassination of the castellan's son, Fangzheng didn't do anything at all. He just disguised himself as a cleaner, mopped the place a little, and then quietly removed the pillars on the railings when no one was paying attention.
Did he kill someone? No. He only used his Futuristic Vision to confirm where the castellan's son would go next, so he mopped the floor. Is it illegal for me to mopp the floor?
As for the high-order magician, it was even easier for Fangzheng. Nimf's little angel could control all spells, so he didn't even need to do anything. All he needed to do was find the place and let Nimf's little angel invade the place while the opponent was casting the spell. Then, he would seize control of the spell and cause it to go berserk.
With these two abilities, as well as Futuristic Vision and the little angel's magic aid, Fangzheng was able to easily assassinate others in any situation as though there was no one around.
The reason was simple. He needed money.
Although Fangzheng still had the 5,000 gold coins that the Holy Cathedral rewarded him, it was far from enough for Fangzheng. Of course, if he were to eat and be a salted fish, the money in Fangzheng's hands would be enough for him to live a good life. However, to Fangzheng, his purpose in life was obviously not to be a salted fish.
Most importantly, the money in Fangzheng's hands couldn't be used to top up the system.
That was the main point.
No matter how much money Fangzheng earned in the Predator World or the main world, it was meaningless if he couldn't spend it in the system. Therefore, Fangzheng needed to convert the money into something that could be used to top up the system, which was spiritual crystals.
However, it wasn't an easy task.
Similar to the world that Fangzheng came from, although spiritual crystals weren't listed as a "strategic resource", they weren't something that could be bought by ordinary people. In particular, if one wanted to buy spiritual crystals in large quantities, they had to be examined and reported to the authorities. In the past, with Fangzheng's identity, he naturally wouldn't care about this little trouble. But now, he didn't want to be discovered by the Holy Cathedral, and he wanted to get a large number of spiritual crystals, so he had to think of another way.
According to the laws of the Country of Saints, only spellcasters and alchemists with official "licenses" were qualified to buy spiritual crystals, as well as legal organizations and individuals such as armor and weapon manufacturing departments. Although Fangzheng had already mastered level 5 spells, because Rex didn't report it to him, Fangzheng couldn't even be considered an apprentice. He naturally couldn't use his identity as a Holy Knight anymore … Otherwise, if the Holy Cathedral came looking for him, it would be troublesome.
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