When night fell, the whole town was asleep. Baiyi sat alone by the window of his room. The bright moonlight outside the window filled the whole room, gilding his body with a layer of faint silver light.
It was quiet all around, except for the soft chirping of insects. The temperature was neither too hot nor too cold. It was a perfect night for a sweet dream.
"The night is not bad." Baiyi dragged a chair over using his mana and sat down. He put his feet up on the windowsill and grabbed a kitty coin bank. With the help of the moonlight, he loosened the soil on the sunflowers inside the coin bank.
Not long after, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at the window on the other side of the room that was shrouded in shadow. He threw the kitty coin bank towards the dark window.
A muffled bang was heard in the darkness, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. The kitty coin bank seemed to have hit something as it leisurely spun twice in the air and bounced back to Baiyi's side. He reached out to catch the coin bank and wiped its surface. He muttered in a low voice, "What a noob..."
The sudden commotion in the quiet night was like some kind of command signal. Very soon, a series of thumping noises could be heard near Mia's house. Baiyi continued to sit calmly by the window, counting with great interest.
"One... Two... Three..."
By the time he counted to five, all the noises had disappeared, and the night had returned to its former tranquility. Only Baiyi was still muttering in dissatisfaction, "Only five? And all of them are at this level? Don't you think you're looking down on me?"
He leaped out of the window and circled around Mia's house. He had five prey for the night — five suspicious people dressed in black.
"Heh, a caravan with assassins? You almost fooled me, "Baiyi sneered. Baiyi sneered as he used his Mana to bind the five unlucky assassins and dragged them towards the field behind Mia's house.
Actually, after confirming that there was nothing unusual about the caravan, Baiyi and the other townspeople did not pay much attention to them. In the next few days, Baiyi would pay attention to them from time to time but he did not find anything strange. The merchants were doing business as usual, going to the villagers' houses to eat and flirting with the young girls in the village. Other than the guy who was suspected of selling military equipment, there was nothing wrong with them.
Until their leader took the initiative to come knocking on Mia's door, wanting to take advantage of her. But to be more precise, that guy came knocking on the door to leave that exquisite eavesdropping rune on the cup.
His method was very subtle and clever. The rune that he left behind was quite extraordinary as well. It allowed a person who did not have any magical fluctuation in his body to leave it on the cup without anyone noticing. It was completely invisible to the naked eye and the magical fluctuation was so subtle that even Baiyi could not detect it. At the same time, the range of the eavesdropping was also very large. Even if the cup was kept in the cupboard, he would still be able to hear every movement in the house clearly.
Just a rune alone had such an effect. This thing had completely surpassed the high-tech eavesdropping devices on Earth. It was even more advanced than the similar runes that the Voidwalkers had mastered. If it was not for the fact that Baiyi noticed the strange tattoo on the man's face, he would not have noticed it at all. It seemed like the real world was not only improving in the field of women's clothing design.
In fact, it was also because of his bad luck that Jimmy Jr. gave himself away at the last moment. The tattoo on his face was definitely invisible to the naked eye, including the Vision Spell that was enchanted on the Soul Armature. That tattoo was enough to fool 99% of the eyes. Unfortunately, Baiyi happened to belong to that 1%. His Psychic Energy was very strong. Usually, whenever he looked at or touched something, he would always scan it with his Psychic Energy. That was how he found out that there was a subtle magical fluctuation on the man's face. After casting a Vision Enhancement Spell, he saw the tattoo.
If it was not for the fact that he happened to bump into Baiyi, he would definitely not have exposed himself. After all, other than a lunatic or a psychopath, no one would waste their precious Psychic Energy wantonly like that.
Now, there were more questions. Why would this man go through so much trouble to hide an eavesdropping rune that was supposed to be in the palace or the Grand Duke's mansion in Mia's house? With the status and identity of Mia's dad, such an action was like using a forbidden spell to kill a chicken.
Then, who was he trying to eavesdrop on? Baiyi? That was not possible. It was not worth it to do so without knowing Baiyi's true identity. Besides, the main question was, what were they trying to do? And why did they attack Mia and the others? If it was not for the fact that Baiyi had deliberately set up magic traps at every entrance of Mia's house, he would not have been able to capture all of them without alerting them.
Even the Voidwalkers could not answer these questions so it was better to ask the captives directly. Baiyi immediately cast a Soundproof Enchantment at the side of the wheat field, preparing to wake them up. But before that, he used his Psychic Energy to carefully search their bodies. Four men and one woman. Other than a storage pouch and a weapon, there was nothing else on them.
"They don't even have a suicide poison? Isn't this a little too unprofessional? " Baiyi said in the Void. Turning to the female Assassin, he mocked, "You Umbra Assassins have actually fallen to such a low level?"
"How could they be Umbra Assassins? No matter how weak the organization is, it is impossible for them to cultivate these kind of rookies who can't even avoid magic traps! "The Assassin said indignantly.
But the problem was that it was not a normal magic trap. It was a trap that Baiyi had set up himself! As an old cunning b * stard who had lived for thousands of years, it was not too much for him to trick a few Umbra Assassins, right?
"Their concealment technique isn't complete. Just like the Magi-breaker from last time, they're only half-baked. They're definitely not trained by the organization. Someone must've stolen our secret technique and trained them elsewhere," the assassin continued to explain.
There is actually someone who dares to steal your things? Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable! Baiyi sighed inwardly. He did not continue the discussion with the Assassin. It was not the right time to talk about such things.
Five streams of water were poured on the faces of the five people who had been knocked out in various fancy ways. When they woke up, they saw a gray armor standing in front of them. Their bodies were also tightly bound by Mana and they were lined up in a row. They could not even move their little fingers, let alone look at each other.
"I'll ask and you'll answer." Baiyi said as he stretched out his hand and broke one of the female Assassin's little fingers. A burst of shrill screams immediately rushed into their eardrums. The ear-piercing sound waves reverberated in the Soundproof Enchantment, making the impact even stronger.
The rest of the men were stunned. You haven't even asked a question yet, have you? Why did you just attack her? More importantly, they could not see what Baiyi had done. That unwittingly put a heavy pressure on them.
Baiyi still did not ask a question and continued to torture the female Assassin. Since this woman wanted to attack Mia just now, of course, Baiyi would not show any mercy.
By the time the female Assassin's screams made the men's heads buzz, their backs were already completely soaked in cold sweat. The heavy pressure had completely destroyed the hearts of the group of lousy assassins. Finally, one of them could not help but blurt out, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! I'll tell you everything! "
"Tsk? So soon? I still have a lot of tricks that I haven't tried yet. " Baiyi let go of the dying female Assassin and walked towards the man, "Alright then. Tell me first, who are you people?"
"We are the followers of the Godsfall cult!" The assassin quickly replied. Without waiting for Baiyi to ask any more questions, he quickly spilled out everything he knew.
The name of the Godsfall cult was obviously a cult that had existed for a very long time but no one knew exactly how long it had existed. The Voidwalkers had never heard of this name before either. It seemed to be a new and mysterious cult.
There were very few cults in the real world because whether it was the Church of God's Grace in Isythre, the Dragon Knights in Gouve or even the complicated organizations like Marr, none of them had spared any effort to crack down on cults. At least, that was what Baiyi had thought before.
However, after listening to the man's confession, he realized that the strength of the Godsfall cult was far beyond his imagination. Not only did they have a large number of members, but they were also well-organized and well-funded. Not only that, there were also a lot of powerful people among them. Their sphere of influence was also very wide. Other than the barbarians in the Northern Wasteland, be it the Southern Land or the Northern Land, all of them were under their control. Even their shadows could be seen in other big realms.
The eavesdropping runes that caught Baiyi's attention earlier were the handiwork of the high-ranking members of the cult. From this alone, one could tell that the quality of the cult's members was definitely not a bunch of nobodies. Even the few assassins that Baiyi thought were lousy were definitely above average in the big picture.
More importantly, this was just the information that the low-ranking members could gather and it was already so horrifying. Then, just how powerful were they exactly? And how did they manage to develop to such an extent under the pressure of the Church of God's Grace? This was completely against common sense. An organization that had developed to such an extent would definitely not be able to hide from everyone's eyes and ears. No matter how secretive they were, there would still be traces left behind. Yet, the Church did not take any action at all. Could it be that all the paladins under the True God had collectively changed their profession and become Gentlemen?
Or could it be that their strength was so strong that even the Church could not do anything to them?
It was obvious that the assassin could not answer this question. With a face full of pride, he said to Baiyi, "We do not believe in any God. The only purpose of our struggle is to overthrow that high and mighty false God and return us a blue and pure world!"
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