Han Shuo left on his own after a bout of lovemaking with Emily, heading for the Gryphon Legion's weapons warehouse in the west of the city. Through the eyes and ears of the Dark Mantle, Han Shuo had a rough idea of the location of the weapons warehouse.
There was no trace of Han Shuo when he moved in the night. After using the "Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens" to sneak into the weapons warehouse, Han Shuo hid himself in a remote corner and calmly activated his magical yuan, using the demon infant to sense the location of the drop of blood essence.
Han Shuo felt the demon infant pulse as he did so, and with a single thought, he sensed the exact location of the drop of blood essence. After avoiding the patrolling Gryphon Legion soldiers, Han Shuo stopped not far from a low building. Using his bright eyes, Han Shuo discovered that the building was heavily guarded. Apart from the heavily guarded front door, the windowless room was completely sealed off.
After observing for a while, Han Shuo calmed his mind and sensed for a bit. He could clearly feel that the drop of blood essence was actually under the house. This meant that there must be a secret chamber in the basement of the house that was specifically used to store items.
It was a pity that the earth elite zombie hadn't been born yet. Otherwise, the earth elite zombie would be able to burrow into the ground and explore with the power of the earth element. Without the earth elite zombie, Han Shuo would have to take care of all the guards at the door if he wanted to go in and see what was going on.
Although the guards weren't weak, Han Shuo was still confident that he could take care of them without anyone noticing. However, doing so would definitely alert the enemy, and perhaps the siege equipment would be moved away again. Therefore, after thinking for a while, Han Shuo didn't act rashly and instead retreated back the way he'd come.
Within the Dark Mantle stronghold, Han Shuo and Emily met up. They took into account the various factions in Valen City, including Lawrence of the Calamity Church, and carefully assessed Bob Ascher's strength. The two furrowed their brows as they began to think of a strategy to deal with Bob Ascher.
Han Shuo learned from the Dark Mantle that there was a secret room hidden within Bob Ascher's mansion. The two of them discussed for a while and were certain that the records of Bob Ascher's purchase of siege equipment would be hidden in that secret room. There might also be some other incriminating evidence.
After some discussion, they finally decided to sneak into Bob Ascher's mansion when he held Clark's funeral the next night. They would make use of the important person in Lawrence's grasp to make the defenses even more lax. They would move away a portion of the people around Bob Ascher and use the Calamity Church to assassinate Bob Ascher. Han Shuo and Emily would take the opportunity to go to the secret room and see if they could find any useful information.
After the general action agenda was decided, Han Shuo and Emily carefully considered some of the problems that they might encounter and came up with countermeasures over and over again. When the two of them felt that it was about time, Han Shuo finally made his move. He went to see Belinda and Lawrence of the Calamity Church and carefully discussed the plan with both sides.
Although this matter had something to do with Phoebe, there was no need for Phoebe to help Han Shuo at all. However, when Emily learned from Han Shuo that Phoebe was a swordmaster, she included Phoebe in her plans based on the principle of not letting things go to waste. The reason was that Phoebe had already been implicated and this would be a good way to explain things to her in the future.
While Han Shuo was discussing things with Belinda and Lawrence, Emily had also made an appearance to find Phoebe and Candice. No one knew how she persuaded them, but both Phoebe and Candice readily agreed to Emily's invitation and joined the operation this time.
When Han Shuo returned to Elaine's hotel from Lawrence's place and was about to find Phoebe, he ran into the great druid Caspian along the way. Han Shuo didn't think much of it and nodded to Caspian, intending to pass him and leave.
"Wait a moment." Caspian suddenly called out at this moment.
Han Shuo was startled and turned to look at Caspian in confusion. He smiled, "Elder, is there something you need from me?"
Nodding with a smile, Caspian said in the hallway, "If you don't mind, can you come with me to my room? I have a favor to ask of you."
It was all thanks to Caspian's help last time at Elaine's hotel. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for Han Shuo to rescue Emily from Belinda's group of four, much less capture Belinda alive.
Han Shuo nodded straightforwardly and said with a smile, "No problem."
Han Shuo followed Caspian to the room he was staying in after speaking. There wasn't anything special about this room, but when Han Shuo walked in, he could feel that some of the decorations in the room blossomed with vigorous vitality.
"Eh? Big scoundrel, why are you here?" The little elf, Angelica, seemed to be meditating on a bed in the room. She opened her bright eyes when she heard the door open and couldn't help but cry out when she saw Han Shuo.
"Don't be so rude, Angelica. You need to know how to respect others, or others won't respect you." The druid Caspian glared sternly at Angelica and lectured.
"Got it, grandpa!" Angelica stuck out her tongue and made a face at Caspian's scolding, speaking a bit timidly.
When they arrived, Han Shuo sat down on a chair in the living room at Caspian's instructions. Angelica didn't continue meditating at this time. She hopped down from the bed and walked into the living room, her bright eyes looking at Han Shuo with great interest.
"Elder, do you have any instructions?" Han Shuo sat down and looked at Caspian with a slight smile.
"You're too courteous, it's not instructions. I just want to ask you for a favor, but I don't know if it'll be too much trouble for you." Caspian had a benevolent smile on his face as he looked at Han Shuo.
Tomorrow night, Han Shuo planned on moving out with Emily and the others. If Caspian wanted to affect Han Shuo's movements, then Han Shuo wouldn't be able to agree. Therefore, Han Shuo said honestly, "Please tell me first. If I can help you, I definitely won't refuse. However, I also have matters to attend to this time and hope that the elder will forgive me if I can't leave."
Caspian nodded understandingly when he heard Han Shuo's words. He then mused for a moment and pointed at Angelica, "I'm going out today and will be back by tomorrow at the latest. However, I can't bring Angelica with me. I hope that you can help me take care of Angelica between today and tomorrow and ensure that her safety won't be threatened."
Han Shuo wouldn't be moving out until tomorrow night. Han Shuo had already arranged many things. Han Shuo really didn't have anything particularly important to do between today and tomorrow. Even if there were some urgent matters, there were still Emily, Phoebe, and the others who could use them. Therefore, Han Shuo only thought for a moment after Caspian's words and readily agreed. He smiled, "No problem, I really don't have anything important to do at this time. Valen City has been very chaotic recently, so you must be careful if you head out."
With Caspian's strength, he must be doing something very dangerous if he insisted on leaving the hotel at this time and couldn't bring Angelica with him. He must be afraid of endangering Angelica's life, which was why he didn't bring her with him. This was why Han Shuo had kindly reminded him.
"Grandpa, you must be going to find that enemy for a duel. Take me with you. I've practiced magic for so long, I can help you deal with him!" Angelica obviously knew a bit about Caspian. Her little face immediately changed when she heard these words and she reached out to grab Caspian's arm, begging anxiously.
"No, you can't go. A duel is a matter between two people. If I take you with me, it'll be against the rules." Caspian loved Angelica dearly, but he obviously wouldn't budge on this matter. He firmly refused her suggestion.
In actuality, Han Shuo understood from Caspian's words and tone that Caspian didn't want to take Angelica with him. That was because he didn't want Angelica to take the risk with him. Saying that it was against the rules was just an excuse for Angelica.
"But, the enemy might not follow the rules!" Angelica cried out anxiously and then looked at Han Shuo. She suddenly said, "Although this person is bad, his strength isn't bad. Why don't you let him help you? I'll protect myself."
"No matter what the other does, grandpa will never break the rules. Are you not even going to listen to grandpa's words?" Caspian's brow furrowed as he glared at Angelica.
Angelica and Caspian looked at each other stubbornly for a while and finally gave in. She said with an abnormally worried and tearful face, "Then, you must be careful!"
"I will." Caspian answered Angelica and then said to Han Shuo, "Then I'll be troubling you!"
Caspian nodded gratefully at Han Shuo after saying these words and walked towards the door, pushing it open and leaving.
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