Chapter 421
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The wagon left Herl City and when it reached the outskirts of the city, the carriage started to shake uncontrollably.
Even though the wagoner tried his best to control the speed of the carriage, the effect wasn't obvious. Lander had to reach out and hold the handrail to maintain his balance.
Still, Lander's eyes were glued to Kieran.
Lander had too many questions that he wanted to ask Kieran.
As a matter of fact, Lander did the same.
However, Kieran's persistence had far exceeded Lander's expectations.
If it wasn't for the conversation he had with Kieran before, Lander would have thought that Kieran was deaf or mute.
"As your collaborator and employer, I am at ease because your mouth is much more secure than any safe that I know of!"
Lander commented on Kieran, not knowing if it was out of mockery or helplessness.
"Thank you."
Kieran replied with a smile.
Lander's face showed helplessness.
Kieran could tell that Lander had temporarily given up on his questions.
It made him heave a breath of relief from the bottom of his heart.
He wasn't good at lying or acting, especially in front of an anxious father.
If he really knew Harold's whereabouts, perhaps he had already told her the real answer after the many questions from the other party.
After a short moment of silence, Lander spoke again.
"Although I don't know much about Sir Herbert, why did you ask me to send my men to the inn?
Are you trying to incite a war between the bounty hunters, mercenaries and Herl City's higher ranks?
That's just wishful thinking!
Those bastards who chased after Herbert like hounds for the bounty would be tamed like hounds if they ran into the higher ranks of Herl City! "
La Te said bluntly.
Kieran wouldn't refute Lander's point.
Because what Lander said was the truth.
"They are not hounds, more accurately, vultures or hyenas."
Kieran simply corrected Lander.
"Are we supposed to be arguing over a metaphor here?"
Lander retorted angrily.
"Of course not!
Because we are here! "
Kieran prolonged his tone.
Before Lander could say anything, he pushed the door open and jumped off the wagon.
Lat followed closely behind.
Moreover, the moment he alighted from the carriage, he immediately asked.
"What about Harold? Where is my son? "
"This is … Sir Herbert's residence?"
"I've sent people to search this place carefully, but they didn't find anything!"
"2567, please don't tell me that everything that has happened is a joke!
"Otherwise …"
Lander looked around and when he realized the place was Herbert's residence that had been destroyed by a fire a few months ago, his voice couldn't help but rise.
Moreover, it contained uncontrollable anger.
Lander thought that he had been fooled by Kieran.
However, at the next moment, Lander's words came to an abrupt halt.
Kieran grabbed Lander's collar and pulled him away from the spot.
It was not that Kieran flew into a rage out of embarrassment.
Instead …
Whoosh!
An arrow pierced through the spot where Lander was standing after he was evacuated and stuck into the mud further away.
Lander's face turned pale.
His relatively good eyesight and brain clearly told him that if he was still standing there, that arrow would definitely have pierced through his chest.
"Thank … Thank you!"
Lander forced himself to calm down and thanked Kieran after escaping from the brink of death.
"No need to thank me!
"Your danger comes from me. Everything is as it should be!"
But from now on, you better stay in the middle of your bodyguards and be careful of that one with the beard! "
Kieran lowered his voice at the last sentence so that only the two of them could hear him.
Then, Kieran turned his attention to the darkness further away.
There, the enemies that he had been waiting for had appeared.
It was just as he had expected.
Using Herbert as bait, he had lured out the enemies with ill intentions!
But …
The number of enemies was not right!
It wasn't that much more than he had expected.
There were too few of them!
With Kieran's sight and hearing, he could clearly sense that there were around 30 men in the darkness further away.
Doubts appeared on Kieran's face.
"If it's the Night race, the monsters that I've fought before should know what I'm capable of. This number is just suicide!
Unless it's not the Night race, or … "
"There's another way!"
Kieran was alarmed when the thought popped up in his mind.
According to his assumption, if the mastermind behind the eavesdropper was the Night race, they should have mobilized a large number of troops and sent a few of the Night race to infiltrate their ranks. It shouldn't have been just a small group of them.
There must be something fishy when things were out of the ordinary.
Kieran, who had always been vigilant, held the box with [Arrogant Word] in his left hand, allowing his right hand to draw the dark red two-handed sword at any time.
At the same time, his mind was spinning non-stop.
This was because the abnormal scene in front of him made him realize that he seemed to have overlooked something important.
Dak Dak Dak!
The footsteps in the darkness became clearer and clearer.
The assailant didn't intend to hide himself after his failed arrow. He openly walked out from the darkness, and he even used …
His true appearance!
One after another, "men" with burnt faces walked out from the darkness. They were all wearing black robes and holding all kinds of weapons in their hands. Pairs of big eyeballs in their eye sockets were exceptionally terrifying.
The moment Lander and the others saw the horrifying faces of the Night race, they were frightened and backed off.
The bodyguards even raised their flintlock rifles without a second thought, pointing them at the monsters.
However, the Night race did not care about Lander and his bodyguards.
They placed all their attention on Kieran. Their terrifying eyes were filled with unparalleled hatred.
“2567！”
A sharp shout came from the leader of the Night race. It was holding a long sword and pointed it at Kieran.
Immediately, a box that was hidden behind them was carried out by a couple of Night race members.
The box was two meters long, one and a half meters wide and one and a half meters tall.
It was a coffin!
Although it wasn't a well-proportioned coffin, Kieran was sure that it was a coffin at first glance.
Kieran's gaze was captivated by the strange and unusual coffin.
Because he could clearly hear the sound of breathing coming from inside.
It was intermittent.
Kieran was sure that there was a living being inside the coffin.
Then …
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.
The wooden coffin gave out a tooth-numbing screech and shook non-stop until the coffin lid was lifted up. A black hand with some skin and flesh on it reached out from the coffin.
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