The malicious intent was like a sharp blade on his back.
Kieran tapped the ground with the tip of his foot and quickly retreated.
In the next moment, a puff of black smoke spewed out from the shadows on the side of the door. A pungent stench instantly filled the surroundings. The attendant who led the way and the surrounding bodyguards all staggered and fell to the ground in the stench.
Kieran quickly covered his nose and mouth and moved further away from the smoke.
[Poison: Constitution authentication passed, no abnormal effects occurred …]
...
Battlelog notifications kept popping up in Kieran's vision.
Kieran's eyes were glued to the shadow beside the door.
Souuu!
Under Kieran's gaze, a short figure with an even more pungent stench dashed out with extreme speed. It was squeaking when it reached Kieran and swung its sharp claws at Kieran's throat.
Kieran tilted his head and took a step back, easily dodging the incoming attack.
Then, he kicked out.
Bang!
The powerful kick blasted the 'attacker' like a cannonball, sending it crashing into the wall beside the door.
The 'attacker' twitched a few times before losing all signs of life.
However, with Kieran purposely controlling his strength, the 'attacker''s body remained in perfect condition.
It was a monkey-like monster.
It had the appearance of a monkey but it had no fur. Its flesh was covered by a layer of translucent yet turbid membrane. Its teeth and claws were sharp and black.
A distinct stench came from above.
"What is this?"
Lander ran out of the house and the first thing he saw was the "attacker" by the wall. When the stench entered his nose, Lander instinctively took two steps back.
However, his body was still wobbling.
"Go get the doctor! Get some peppermint oil and water!"
Kieran grabbed the unconscious Lander and brought him away from the 'attacker''s body. He then turned around and shouted at the butler who was running towards him.
The doctor who stayed at Lander's house appeared in front of Kieran two minutes later.
After a quick examination of Lander, he first washed him with clean water, then applied peppermint oil and fed him some kind of medicinal solution.
Kieran did not comment on the doctor's actions.
The other party was undoubtedly a professional.
Unlike Kieran, who only relied on his Musou level [Medical and Medicinal Knowledge], [Poison Mastery], to identify the components of the stench and come up with the corresponding countermeasures.
Three to five minutes later, Lander woke up.
"What's that?"
Lander who quickly regained his consciousness looked at the body of the attacker under the wall with a doubtful expression.
"A type of monster!"
Kieran answered vaguely.
It was not that Kieran did not want to tell Lander in detail, but Kieran did not know what this monster was.
"The massacre at the gold diggers' camp was caused by it?"
Lander, on the other hand, seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and looked at Kieran with bright eyes.
"No."
"It's another type of monster!"
Ignoring the pressure in Lander's eyes, Kieran shrugged and replied.
"Which means … Harold is facing these monsters all the time?"
Lander took a deep breath and tried to calm down his words.
However, Kieran easily picked up the nervousness and anxiety in his words.
"If you don't mind, we can continue our discussion in your study room, as for here …"
"Leave it to this doctor, he is much more professional than you and me!"
Kieran said.
At the same time, he returned a smile to the busy doctor.
However, from the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the eavesdropper who was still unconscious.
The eavesdropper was also knocked out by the poisonous smoke the moment the attacker appeared and had yet to wake up.
Kieran was sure that the eavesdropper wasn't in disguise.
The astonishment on the eavesdropper's face was too obvious.
Besides, during the chaos, Kieran purposely stepped on the eavesdropper's finger with the tip of his foot.
The eavesdropper didn't wake up.
He didn't transform into a Night monster either.
The eavesdropper wasn't a Night monster and didn't know about the ambush!
Kieran was sure of that.
However, because of that, Kieran had doubts in his mind.
Why would that monkey-like monster attack him?
That's right.
From the very beginning, the attacker's target was Kieran.
Kieran was confident that his sensitivity towards malicious intent and killer intent wouldn't go wrong.
"From the time I appeared in the inn to when Lander found me, were there any other people or forces that had their eyes on me? When they confirmed that I was coming to Lander's house, they quickly sent out their assassins to ambush me here, in order to … "
"To prevent me from telling Lander, Herbert and the others' whereabouts!"
"No, that's not right!
It shouldn't be Lander, it should be the one behind the eavesdropper or the Night monster! "
Kieran was following behind Lander, analyzing the reason behind the appearance of the "attacker".
And this was not too difficult a task.
From the dungeon world [Ancient City Unusual Object] to the current dungeon world [Primordial Invasion], Kieran had thought through all the people or Night monsters that had anything to do with him and wanted him dead. After making sure that none of them would do such a thing, he naturally locked his attention on the fact that the attacker knew Herbert's whereabouts.
"The attacker didn't know that I was lying because they haven't found Herbert and the others yet. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent out their assassins! But unlike the eavesdropper, they had quite the confidence to locate Herbert and the others, all they needed was time … "
"Hold on!
The attacker might not have the confidence to locate Herbert and the others, he was just trying to delay the eavesdropper! "
"Is the relationship between the attacker and the eavesdropper a competitor? Or an enemy? "
Kieran wondered.
As for why the attacker was delaying the eavesdropper?
Kieran was sure the attacker was plotting something but he had no idea what it was.
It wasn't as simple as guessing why Herbert was wanted in the first place.
Someone had to be responsible for the massacre at the gold digger camp.
Coincidentally, Herbert had appeared there and he had a grudge against the Night Race.
Everything was as it should be.
"I need to hurry up!"
Kieran said in his heart.
He had no idea what the attacker was plotting.
He was sure of one thing though.
It was definitely not something good.
Besides, there was a high chance that Herbert would be involved in this.
So, when Lander opened the study room door for him, Kieran strode in with big steps.
"When can you gather the food and medicine I need?"
Kieran asked directly.
"Right away!
"However, I need to know what happened. Why did such a monster appear?"
Don't worry, my study room is specially made, it's absolutely safe! "
Lander asked eagerly after he closed the door.
Kieran shook his head at the question.
Kieran denied Lander's claim of safety.
At least, according to Kieran's estimation, the special treatment couldn't really prevent the Night Race from eavesdropping, but it was what he needed.
"I promised Herbert to keep everything a secret for the time being!
So, when you see Harold, you can ask him yourself! "
Kieran said.
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