Yoland, who had planned to attack Emily, felt his heart skip a beat when he heard that Han Shuo had revealed his secret. Just as he was about to turn around and return to the room to destroy the blueprint, a few crossbow bolts whizzed towards Yoland. Emily waved the magic staff in her hand, and a sharp Grim Reaper Scythe, shining with the light of death, slashed towards Yoland's body.
"Stop him! Don't let him get the blueprint!" Yoland's sharp voice rang out as he hurriedly raised his broadsword and slammed it towards the Grim Reaper Scythe.
The Angela Empire assassins who had been trying to break out of the encirclement all gave up on trying to break out of the encirclement when they heard Yoland's shout. They all turned around and charged towards Han Shuo.
Unfortunately, the difference in strength between them and Han Shuo was too great. Their speed was also incomparable. Han Shuo used the Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens to fly to the room like a bolt of lightning. He took out the blueprint from the hollowed out corner of the wall, and only then did the assassins run in front of him.
"Courting death!" Han Shuo shouted coldly. He lifted the Demonslayer Edge and landed on the ground, walking towards the Angela Empire assassins who were charging towards him in a frenzy.
As the Mystical Glacial Spellfire was unleashed, Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge burst out with a brilliant purple and red light. The purple and red light sparkled like a rainbow on the blade of the Demonslayer Edge, quickly forming thin and long flames. The purple and red flames flickered beautifully, jumping out of the Demonslayer Edge's blade and stretching into twisted lines of fire, entangling into two magic webs, one purple and one red.
The few assassins from the Angela Empire who were charging towards Han Shuo only had one thought in their minds: to destroy Han Shuo. Facing the magic webs of the scorching and freezing elements, each of them unleashed their strongest Fighting Qi to form swords, attempting to tear the two webs apart.
However, Han Shuo's strength had greatly improved, and his mastery of the Mystical Glacial Spellfire had reached a whole new level. The leaping magic webs twisted and swayed in the air, as if they were fishing in the ocean. The sword light pierced the magic webs, but they simply hit nothing but air, piercing through the beautiful lines of fire.
"Not good, retreat quickly!" Yoland, who had dodged the Death God's Scythe in the distance, charged towards Han Shuo as well. When he saw that his subordinate's sword rays were ineffective against the Weave, he immediately understood that this unknown web was not something that could be torn apart by sword rays. Thus, he could not help but shout a warning.
However, the strange swaying webs in the air were extremely fast. Before those people could react, two large webs had already been cast down and trapped them all.
The crimson net enveloped the three assassins. The bodies of the three assassins that were touched by the line of fire felt as if they were pressed down by a red-hot iron brand. Thick smoke suddenly rose from their bodies. Amidst the shrill screams, their flesh was charred black, and they slowly fell to the ground. The other four assassins who were covered by the purple Weave immediately froze up, their bodies shivering like ice sculptures as they maintained their positions of either dodging or attacking.
"I'll die with you!" Yoland finally arrived in front of Han Shuo. When he saw his brothers turn into charred ice sculptures under the cover of the Weave, he roared and raised his broadsword, charging towards Han Shuo without a care for his own safety.
"Heh heh! I'm afraid you won't have the chance! "Han Shuo raised the Demonslayer Edge, a calm smile on his face as he said these words and flew towards Yoland.
Yoland had a sinister expression on his face as he brandished his greatsword. He laughed wildly when he saw Han Shuo rapidly approaching, and was about to throw caution to the wind and fight to the death with Han Shuo when a pair of hands suddenly reached out from the ground beneath his feet and tightly grabbed onto his feet.
"Shoot him to death!" Han Shuo, who had been close to Yoland, suddenly froze in midair as he shouted at the dozen or so Northern Army knights with crossbows in their hands.
Yoland, who was unable to move, could only watch as Han Shuo stood five meters in front of him in the air. When he raised his broadsword and chopped down at the two large hands that were grabbing onto his legs, the two large hands retracted into the ground. He then felt an unforgettable pain from the bottom of his feet. Two bone spikes had pierced deep into his feet, sinking deep into his knees.
Amidst the screams of a pig being slaughtered, several crossbow bolts flew over and pierced through Yoland's body. Yoland's resentment and killing intent before his death transformed into an aura that was difficult to see with the naked eye and was absorbed by Han Shuo, who stood calmly in front of him.
Including Yoland, the group of twenty or so assassins from the Angela Empire had all lost their lives. None of the resentment and killing intent of the dead escaped Han Shuo's absorption. Instead, it made Han Shuo's magical yuan even more complete, and the feeling that he was about to break through became stronger and stronger.
Han Shuo walked in front of the four Angela assassins who were like ice sculptures and shot out four beams of black light that landed on the four assassins. Four crunching sounds rang out one after another, and the originally frozen assassins fell limply to the ground. Han Shuo said to the knight leader of the Northern Army, "These four aren't dead yet. Guard them closely and don't let them commit suicide. This will be an explanation to His Majesty."
"Don't worry, Sir Brian, we know what to do!" The leader readily agreed and ordered the few soldiers behind him, "You guys, tie up these four assassins and cover their mouths with cloth. Don't let them have the chance to bite their tongues and commit suicide!"
Under the leader's orders, the dozen or so soldiers quickly came over and took out special tools to tie people up from their leather bags. From their well-practiced movements and rich equipment, Han Shuo was sure that these four assassins would have a hard time even if they wanted to commit suicide.
Once they were brought to the Northern Army's detention center and given an anesthetic, they would be so weak that they wouldn't even have the strength to bite their tongues. Under torture, they might actually be able to get some information out of them.
Without looking at the four assassins, Han Shuo walked to Emily's side and handed the blueprint to Emily, "Take it. This mission is considered complete. It doesn't matter if I give the blueprint to the Northern Army. If you take the blueprint, the Northern Army will be able to answer to His Majesty!"
Emily and Han Shuo naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony. Since Emily couldn't reveal her identity, she didn't say anything to Han Shuo. She nodded and turned around, landing on the carriage that Chester was driving. She entered the carriage and left with Chester, quickly disappearing.
"Sir Brian, it's all thanks to you that we were able to successfully capture the assassins from the Angela Empire and find their hidden blueprint. If Count Boris puts in a few good words for you in front of His Majesty, Sir Brian's contribution will be enough for you to be made a noble." Thunder archmage Kiriya walked in front of Han Shuo and sincerely congratulated him. He appeared to be even happier than Han Shuo.
"Heh heh, the credit belongs to everyone. Without everyone's cooperation, I wouldn't have been able to capture them by myself. Mm, you guys go back and report. I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving for a while. "Han Shuo glanced at Kiriya and said with a smile.
"Alright, Sir Brian, please leave first. We'll take care of the aftermath!" Kiriya said with a respectful expression.
Nodding, Han Shuo didn't continue to stay here. He left in another direction and quickly disappeared from the dirty and chaotic slums of the western part of the city.
In the dead of night, Han Shuo silently appeared in the Boozt Merchant Guild and walked towards Phoebe's room with great familiarity.
"There's no need to think about it. I believe that Brian will definitely win. Perhaps our Guild's crisis can be turned around with this gamble. Take out all the funds we can and fiercely fight against Cameron and the others!" In Phoebe's living room, the capable and astute Phoebe said resolutely.
"Little Phoebe, do you want to reconsider this matter? I know your relationship with Brian. Although his strength isn't bad, Leah Cain has been famous for many years and is even stronger. Everyone agrees that Leah Cain has a higher chance of winning. This gamble is no small matter. If we lose, I'm afraid that the Boozt Merchant Guild will directly collapse!" Boozt Merchant Guild's elder Andrew said with some worry as he leaned on his walking stick.
Andrew was an elder of the Boozt Merchant Guild. Before Phoebe had taken control, he had taken care of Phoebe. Therefore, Phoebe still cared a lot about Andrew's opinion. However, after becoming the master of the Boozt Merchant Guild, Phoebe had truly taken control of the Guild. During this period of time, the Boozt Merchant Guild had indeed made great progress in Phoebe's hands. Andrew had also seen this and understood that Phoebe wasn't an emotional person. If it wasn't for Leah Cain's fame, perhaps he wouldn't be so worried.
"Grandpa Andrew, Brian's strength is even more powerful than you can imagine. In addition, we've already been forced into such a state by Cameron. Right now, Cameron's Merchant Guild is doing everything they can to suppress us. Our Guild is having a hard time moving forward. Even without this competition, our Boozt Merchant Guild will still be slowly weakened by their bullying. But if we win this time, then we can reverse the situation. Those Merchant Guilds that originally cooperated with Cameron will shed all pretenses of cordiality because of the huge losses. At that time, we, who have a large amount of capital, will be able to truly control the situation. "Phoebe calmly analyzed and explained to Andrew.
"Ai, since you've said so, then let's do it. I hope that Brian won't disappoint us, otherwise the Boozt Merchant Guild will really be finished!" Andrew thought for a while and finally nodded in agreement with Phoebe's suggestion. This also meant that the crisis that the Boozt Merchant Guild was facing was extremely great. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken this kind of gamble to save the Guild.
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