Monster Minotaur

The castle in the city is currently commandeered by the legion commander sent by Santa Fe. The castle, which was originally public property, had been modified beyond recognition by the coup d'etat in the few months from the beginning of the rebellion to the capture by the Santa Fe Legion. Not only were a large number of luxurious decorative items added, but the portraits of previous city lords in the corridor were also replaced by those of one person.

Some parts of the carpet in the stone corridor had some blood stains, which allowed people to guess what kind of hateful things happened in this castle. The coupists who seized power by force did not have many supporters in the city. So they used violent means to maintain their rule, and anyone who objected would be tortured.

And now in the castle, the legion commander commanding this expedition is looking at the map in his room, thinking about how to attack next. Once you capture this place, there won't be any hard bones to crack around here. According to the early reconnaissance of the two surrounding cities, not only the city walls are low, but also there are not many soldiers guarding them.

This made the commander of the newly victorious army consider whether to divide his troops into two places to capture two cities at the same time, and then regroup in a river valley to move towards the next important goal. It can be seen from the recent two battles that most of the rebel soldiers have low morale and no desire to fight.

Now Santa Fe has just won a victory and their morale is high. And according to the situation in the nearby villages, even if the troops are divided, many soldiers from the villages will join along the way to strengthen the Santa Fe Expeditionary Corps, which can shorten a lot of the expedition time. But the legion commander was a little worried. If something happened when the troops were divided, it might not be that simple to assemble the two scattered teams.

Although it is expected that the Parliament City will not have the strength to support them, no one knows whether the Parliament City will send reinforcements. For the current situation, maybe Azera will think of a way to crack it. If that is really the case, then dividing the troops will be an extremely wrong choice.

The legion commander carefully observed the map again, and finally gave up the idea of ​​dividing his troops. Although it would take longer to advance slowly, capturing cities one by one was the safest way. If this expedition fails due to greed for speed, then even if he can return to Santa Fe City alive, he will have no future.

Thinking of this, the legion commander looked at the night outside the window, blew out the candles on the table and returned to bed. When he leaves tomorrow, he will make a report to the temporary council formed in the city, so it is better to go to bed early.

At this time, there were Salt warriors guarding every high place and lookout in the castle. These soldiers were responsible for the security of the castle, so they did not get drunk on the night of victory like other soldiers. After all, they are the most important person protecting the entire legion, the legion commander who can be said to be the brains of the legion.

A group of Salt warriors holding torches walked through a section of the outer wall of the castle. After they left, several iron claws tied to the rope were thrown onto the city wall. The shadow assassins guarded the blind spot in the watchtower and quickly climbed up the castle wall through the rope.

After a momentary pause, these shadow assassins sneaked towards the castle in an extremely familiar manner. They have been sneaking into Elam for several months and have already obtained the castle maps of various cities. Although they don't know the specific location of the target now, there are only a few rooms in the castle that are well decorated.

In normal times, they want to assassinate someone. They would investigate for several days in advance and only take action after getting most of the information, but the current situation did not allow them to do so. The Santa Fe Legion, which had just captured a city, was now at its weakest defensive strength.

Moreover, the task they received was to assassinate the commander of the Santa Fe Legion and delay the Santa Fe Legion's attack when the city was captured. If we had to wait until all the necessary information was obtained, the Santa Fe Legion might have already captured several cities, and the purpose of delaying would have failed.

The shadow assassins wandered in the darkness, trying to avoid places with bright lights and numerous guards. They have been specially trained and know how to sneak into the guarded castle and find the target they are looking for. But they didn't know that a group of trained assassins of the same origin were following behind them.

After searching several rooms, the leading man stopped at a corner, glanced at the door guarded by two guards not far away, and confirmed that it was the room where the Santa Fe Legion was. He turned around and faced a group of people posted on the wall. Bian's subordinates made gestures to explain, but he was stunned after just a few gestures. When the original twelve men arrived in front of the target room, only seven were still behind him, and five of them had disappeared unknowingly.

And he knew that well-trained subordinates were not the kind of people who would get lost, and as he was familiar with the environment here, he would not take the wrong route and let the subordinates following him get lost. Then the answer is obvious, there is an equally well-trained counterpart hunting them. Perhaps they were targeted by those people the moment they entered the castle.

People at the end of the road were being killed secretly, but they themselves were not aware of it. Some cold sweat appeared on the man's face and slid down his face in the mask. He had never encountered such a troop that could carry out such a silent assassination. In his impression, there was no dark troop from the Central Plains country that could accomplish such a feat.

The night assassins who followed the man noticed something strange about the man. They all looked back at their team, feeling secretly shocked in their hearts. Good training allowed them to make no sound even in this situation. In their hearts, just like men, they are looking for a kingdom in the Central Plains that can do this.

It has been learned that someone has discovered their captain, who is on guard all around while thinking about whether to continue completing the mission. The person who assassinated was assassinated by others, which made them feel tremendous pressure. The feeling as if there was an eye staring at them in the dark made them feel the feeling of those they assassinated.

In the end, the captain of the Shadow Assassin decided to complete the mission. Because the assassins, like them, hide their figures from the guards. This also shows that these people are not scouts or soldiers of the Santa Fe Legion. Because if the scouts discovered them, they would definitely notify the guards and use the power of the legion to deal with them.

The captain of the Shadow Assassin made up his mind and ordered the three Shadow Assassins to be alert with gestures. The enemy singing in the darkness, together with the other four people, took out small crossbows and aimed at the two guards not far away.

Four special crossbow arrows hit the throats and hearts of the guards at the door respectively, making them unable to make any sound and fell down powerlessly. The crossbow arrows were smeared with poison.

The moment the guards were about to fall to the ground, the Shadow Assassins rushed up to support their bodies, pulled out the crossbows, and took out special brackets to fix the guards' legs, making them lean against the wall as if they were napping. . This can hide some inattentive patrols, so that they will only think that the guards are being lazy.

After dealing with the guards at the door, the Shadow Assassin Captain looked inside the house through the crack in the door below. The legion commander, who had already rested, had extinguished all the candles in the room and was snoring. Although now is not the best time to assassinate, the mission can be completed as long as you are careful.

But when the captain finished all this and planned to call his men who were on guard around him, he found that the three shadow assassins had also disappeared. Now there were only four shadow assassins left. The torches in the corridor that never went out made the dark corridor look like a man-eating monster.

The captain looked at the door in front of him, and then looked at the dark corridor. Finally, he gently opened the door and walked in. The moment he entered, three crossbow arrows were accurately inserted into the throats of the three men outside the door, leaving them like the guards they had just killed. He collapsed weakly to the ground.

Ten people wearing black cloth, equipped with simple black leather armor, and wearing hawk-beak hoods walked out of the darkness. The shadows of their hoods covered their faces, making it impossible to tell what they looked like. The straight short swords they carry on their waists have never appeared on the mainland.

The three men carried the body of the fallen Shadow Assassin into the darkness. The three men bent down and wiped away the blood that dripped on the ground. The remaining people walked to the door of the legion commander's bedroom and looked at the captain of the shadow assassin standing in front of the legion commander's bed, with the crossbow arrow in his hand pointing at his vitals.

The captain of the Shadow Assassin looked at the four people in front of the door, and then at the legion commander who was lying on the bed unaware. He sighed silently and bit down the pill in the mask.

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