The Transmigrated Novelist

Alma already knew all the functions of the protective artifact that the scrawny Vice Master was carrying, and at the same time, she also had all the information on the scrawny Vice Masters's abilities.

After all, she had started to look for clues on her mother's death for quite some time now, and she hadn't left anyone out of the list of suspects, including her father.

She had already performed all the possible checks she could on all the members of the merchant guild, and people of interest. She had even included that bastard, Earl Clark, on the search.

Formation about him was actually guarded by quite a few layers, and she had only been able to scratch the surface a bit, as there was much more she didn't know yet.

Still, she had a gut feeling that in some way that bastard was involved. That was just her gut feeling though, and she had told no one about it, with the exception of Roy.

she hadn't told him because she trusted him, but because they had the same target. Amelia had already told her the short version of her story as the two of them were actually close friends.

In fact, it would be better to say that they treated each other like sisters, from the moment they had to meet with each other they had been almost inseparable.

Furthermore, since both of them had their own circumstances, they became each other island of peace and calm, someone they could talk to without problems and difficulties.

Not only that, but Amelia's father, Gorg was the two beauties sword Master, and that was also the reason why Alma had the confidence to face those two Earth Spears with her sword and didn't need a protective artifact.

As for the way that she managed to land a hit on the scrawny Vice Master, that was even simpler, her true ability wasn't controlling just 4 Ice Spears, but 5 of them.

It was just that she was able to actually form the 5th Ice Spear behind the 4th one and cover its existence as an extension of the 4th Ice Spear.

Like that, while the Vice Master defended himself against the four Ice Spears, the 5th actually managed to pierce through his defenses and then enter his chest.

Still, the beauty made sure that the 5th Ice Spear would cause heavy damage to the target, but not take his life, as she still needed to extract information from him.

Roy saw all this happen with the look of an unrelated spectator that couldn't be bothered with what happened, still, he didn't lower his guard even for a moment.

Considering the cargo they had, it wasn't weird that the opponents were actually putting the last stand to take away the cargo, but that it was just too weak.

After failing so many times on the way, just what made these guys think that they had a shot against him, and the caravan?

This meant that most probably this was just a distraction, and whoever was hiding in the dark had already taken into consideration the death or the information leak from the scrawny Vice Master.

The biggest reason why he hadn't acted until now was that he was keeping his guard towards the enemy in the shadows, which was much more dangerous and fearsome than this clown.

After all, this guy didn't seem to have any intention to act even though he was watching his own die like dogs, and his helper get pierced in his chest. He was certainly an experienced fighter.

With those thoughts in his mind, Roy increased his awareness and search of the surroundings even more. It was a situation where he couldn't allow even the slightest slip-up.

Meanwhile, Alma walked forwards towards the scrawny Vice Master, with each step the temperature around her fell by at least one or two degrees.

There was anger and hate on her face, but the more she walked the colder her face became. The poor scrawny Vice Master seemed to be terrified by her approaching steps and presence.

"Tell me, what do you know about my mother's death?"

The scrawny Vice Master was certainly terrified and didn't want to die, but it seemed like he feared the guys in hiding even more, as he said,

"Kill me, you pathetic little bi*tch! Kill me now and let us get over with it!"

"You think I don't dare to kill you!?"

As she said that Alma was quite close to sending another Ice Spear towards his chest, but at that moment Roy approached her closer, and advised her to change her aim slightly.

The scrawny Vice Master didn't hear what he whispered in her ear, but he could feel that it was nothing good, as a cold chill run down his spine.

"AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH~! You bi*tch~!"

And his premonition turned to be true, as Alma's Ice Spear fell upon the worst place possible for a man, his family jewels.

The pain was just overwhelming, and if that wasn't enough the cold permeating his lower region after his family jewels had been disconnected, was unexplainable torture.

At that moment, Roy approached him as well, as he said,

"I advise you to give us an answer honored Vice Master, otherwise this will be the least of your worries, and you will experience hell on earth!

By the way, this isn't a response to what you said to my wifey, but just a pre-example of what awaits you, if you don't answer that is!"

"Arrrgghhhh~! I'll talk! I will talk!"

"Very well, then start doing so, I don't have much time to waste on you!"

With that, the scrawny Vice Master started saying everything he knew. Apparently, he didn't know much, he only knew that Alma's mother had touched upon a few bigshots tails.

Or to be more exact she had attracted their attention, by discovering some shady deals that they were doing against the Earl's back.

No one knew who those people actually were, as she hadn't even been able to give the news to her husband before she was found dead.

The only clue she had left behind was a message that she had sent to her husband, where she warned him to be careful by the snakes around him.

The clue was known by the higher-ups of the merchant guild because it had been opened by the Guild Master in the presence of everyone.

With that little clue, the Guild Master had tried all he could to find clues, but he had found nothing. So he had thought of actually using his daughter as bait to capture the culprit, but there was no movement yet.

The story seemed a bit unrealistic, but the scrawny Vice Master didn't seem like he was lying. Most probably the rest of the merchant guild's members would back up his story.

Well, these words weren't exactly a big secret, and even less a big enough secret for the poor guy to lose his life, but he had actually used the wrong words at the wrong time.

Roy could testify that this guy suffered and was going to die just because he chose the worst possible timing.

But his questioning hadn't finished, as at that moment, Roy asked a question that managed to awaken even the angry blue-haired beauty,

"Very well, now tell me who is hiding in the shadows ready to act against us?"

"What…"

"Oh come on you don't expect us to believe that you are the only one they send to take care of us when you aren't even capable of dealing with my wifey?

So, tell me who else is out here? Or should I make him bleed a bit before he acts?"

The poor scrawny Vice Master had a look of watching some kind of monster, or alien at that moment, as his partner was a Master in disguise.

He was a Rank 5 Shadow Mage that had trained even his body. He was a kind of fighter Mage, one of those rare ones that were able to overpower most of those of the same Rank as him.

That guy was thought to be one of the best assassins out there and was even part of the mysterious Dark Blood Assassin Guild that would make the biggest part of the planet shake in fear.

Yet such a Master was actually discovered by someone that he deemed even weaker than his own transport beast.

How could he not be shocked by something like that? Imagine how he would have felt and acted if he knew that this was just Roy trying his bluff luck.

The truth was that Roy could logically determine the presence of a stronger Master hiding in the shadows, but he had no idea where it could be, and that was even more fearful to him.

They were in the open while their enemy was in the dark, once they show the slightest weak spot in their defense they would be in grave danger.

With these words, he was trying to force that hiding Master to act and add some pressure upon him.

But even after his words, the hiding Master didn't seem to act. His words and efforts weren't useless though as the scrawny Vice Master's face change was enough of a confirming factor.

"How do you…"

But before the scrawny Vice Master could even blurt his question towards Roy, he felt some sudden lightness on his shoulders, as his head had been cut off.

The hiding Master had definitely acted right now, as he had killed the liability, and Roy who had been on attention all the time found the traces of his location, as he threw two knives in his direction…