The Death List Novel - Chapter 669
Chapter 669 Assassination
“Hey, Angelo, I just met an old friend. Are you leaving now?” Qin Lun raised his glass and shouted at the mage who had been wearing the hood.
Qin Lun’s shouts sounded very abrupt in the chaotic banquet hall. Some of the guests beside him even glared at him angrily. However, it was clear that the hood mage who was about to leave the banquet hall had also become the focus of everyone’s attention.
The hooded mage suddenly turned around. From Qin Lun’s point of view, his face was the same as Angelo’s. The only difference between Angelo and him was that his pupils were as black as ink as obsidian.
He looked deeply at Qin Lun, as if he wanted to engrave Silver-haired elf’s face in his mind, but he did not pause, and even quickened his pace and ran out of the banquet hall.
At this moment, Elaszo, who was squatting beside the victim, had already heard Qin Lun’s shout. Her beautiful eyes were like lightning as she stared at the hood mage who was about to leave, and her charming face revealed a trace of malevolence.
Although the Silvermoon City Lord wanted to catch a turtle in a jar and capture all the Santalin assassins in the future, so he didn’t reveal the truth to most of the guests and silver guards, but he wasn’t as ruthless as Hill had imagined. He wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the city lord who opposed him.
In fact, she had arranged powerful guards for both Elward and Lord Quilva, who had opposed her more than four months ago. However, at this moment, the legendary expert beside Lord Quilva had disappeared. He did not know if he had been lured away by the enemy or if he had already been killed.
“Capture him!” There were too many people in the banquet hall, and they were all surrounding the victims. Elaszo wanted to stay here to appease the guests who did not know the truth, so he could only point at the assassin who ran out of the hall and shout.
Following Elaszo’s shout, three people jumped up from every corner of the banquet hall and quickly chased after the assassin disguised as Angelo.
The faces of these three people were covered with veils, and they didn’t seem to want to reveal their identities in front of others just now. The leader was the strongest. His body seemed to be wrapped in the power of a storm. Wherever he passed, it was like a typhoon passing through, almost blowing the lord and their guards to the ground along the way.
Among the remaining two, the one on the left had already turned into a vigorous ape as he leapt up. He grabbed the hanging flower fruit vine above his head and swung it past the crowd. As it was about to land on the ground, its body underwent another drastic change. It transformed from an ape into a leopard, elegantly stepping on the floor, and abruptly rushed out of the banquet hall. Its speed was only inferior to that of the leader who was like a storm.
This person had actually completed two transformations in just the time it took to rise and fall, causing the guests in the hall who were also druids to stare blankly. Many legendary druids were unable to do so.
The last person on the right was the slowest, but his movements were also the most exaggerated. This person was very short, almost to the waist and abdomen of a normal human. However, he had a sturdy body and was growing horizontally. It was obvious that he was a Dwarves.
He didn’t chase out of the banquet hall after jumping up, but directly smashed into the window of the banquet hall. Like a huge rock, the window framed with oak and mirrored with amethyst was smashed into pieces, falling down like a giant shot put.
“Really? This is the greeting hall?!” The guests and waiters beside Dwarves were dumbfounded and didn’t know how to react.
Supreme palace was a castle-style palace, very similar to most castles. The closer the building was to the inside, the higher the height would be. Starting with the unicorn gate at the very front, the Silver Staircase climbed up until the present greeting hall for banquets, followed by the lofty hall, and finally the end of the staircase, the Silver Throne.
Although the greeting hall was only on the second floor, the palace was magnificent. The staircase corridor between the second floor and the window was at least thirty meters tall, which was more than ten stories tall. This Dwarves expert probably knew that speed was not his strong point, so he jumped out and attacked the assassin with both of them.
“It was the Storm Queen and Grandmaster Garranold who chased after him!”
“Isn’t the Storm Queen in Agoralong? Why are you back …”
“Since Grandmaster Garanold has already attacked, that assassin definitely won’t be able to escape …”
The guests in the banquet hall slowly reacted in shock. Some people quickly guessed the two experts who were the first to chase out of the banquet hall. Although no one knew about the expert from Dwarves who jumped out of the window for the time being, the person who could turn a blind eye to a height of more than thirty meters was probably not a weak person.
“Storm Queen Elaslan Silver Hand, Lord of Agoralong, one of Elaszo’s six sisters!” Mastasia’s eyes lit up as she muttered to herself, “It seems that although Silvermoon City Lord didn’t have many people prepared, they were all very strong.”
“Looks like we have nothing else to do. If three Legendary experts or above are eyeing us, the assassin from the Santalin Society will definitely not be able to escape!” Great Sage Lenny patted her chest in satisfaction. “As long as this matter is known, I believe that Santalin’s plot will go bankrupt.”
“No, it’s too easy! How could a successful assassination not have a companion to repair the knife and assist? Or could it be another time … diverting the tiger away from the mountain?” Qin Lun felt a little uneasy. He suddenly turned to Lorraine and asked, “Lorraine, how long has it been since Emily returned to Silvermoon City?”
“Oh?” Prince Dwarves was slightly stunned and quickly replied, “It’s been more than two months, but less than three months. Ferrar, why are you asking this?”
The last time Qin Lun left Toril World at Bird’s Gate was four months ago, but it took Emily more than a month to return to Silvermoon City from Bird’s Gate, so she hadn’t been in Silvermoon City for four months.
‘”In other words, Angelo only stayed in Silvermoon City for more than two months. Adding on the fact that mages don’t like to socialize, even if someone found out about his existence, it would probably be less than two months. The plot of the Santalin Society started more than four months ago. At that time, they should have already sent people to search for the Dead Soul Flower …”
Qin Lun raised his head and whispered to himself, “So their original plan didn’t target Angelo …”
Seeing Qin Lun’s absent-minded appearance, everyone was confused. Only Masta Xia, Hill, and Rand’s expressions changed slightly, as if they had realized something.
“If the Santalin Society did not initially want to use Angelo’s identity to alienate the Silvermoon Alliance’s City Lord, then our guess would be wrong.” Rand’s face darkened as he said solemnly, “There may be several alternatives to their plan!”
‘”That’s right. Judging from what happened tonight, if you only want to poison one or two City Lords who oppose Elaszo, there seems to be no need to be so troublesome …” Hill’s expression suddenly changed. He turned around and asked, “Mastasia, recount the effects of the Death Soul Flower Potion again!”
“The Death Soul Flower Potion has the effect of polluting the souls of living beings. Poisoned people may not die, but they will become living dead without intelligence! This kind of vicious potion is usually only made and used by Necromancer and the Lich.”
Mastasia frowned and repeated, “You mean …”
“Necromancer and the living dead!” Qin Lun lowered his head and his eyes lit up. He grinned, revealing his white teeth. “Isn’t that obvious? The opposition that assassinated Elaszo can break off the Silvermoon Alliance, but it’s not perfect. The most perfect plan is …”
Before Qin Lun could finish speaking, everyone understood, “Not good, Elas is very dangerous …”
“Ella … be careful!” Great Sage Lenny, who had the best relationship with the Silvermoon City Lord, turned around and shouted at Elaszo, who was still crouching beside the victim, trying to save the Centaur Lord.
“City Lord!” Anacelia, who had been following Qin Lun like a small tail, also came to her senses from the discussion. She immediately jumped up and pounced towards the Silvermoon City Lord.
Right at this moment, the Centaur Lord, who had been lying on the ground with his hooves twitching, suddenly calmed down. His pale pupils glowed with a wisp of blood. He raised his upper body with his hind hooves and his right hand pulled out a sharp dagger from beneath his robe, piercing towards Elaszo, who was very close to him.
As for the guards who had originally surrounded the centaur lord and followed him to the banquet, the two closest to him suddenly turned around and sandwiched Elaszo in the middle, pulling out a dagger from each of their arms and stabbing it into the back of her head like lightning.
A large organization like the Santalin Society that could contend against a country had been plotting for four months. Even if its plan was aimed at the Church of God, it would have some chances of succeeding.
Qin Lun and the others rescued Old Butler Mason from the Giant Demon’s Claw and obtained a secret letter from the Santalin Society. They could only understand this conspiracy one-sidedly. Although they knew that it was aimed at the Silvermoon Alliance, they did not know the details.
The plot was only partially revealed when they saw Angelo’s body on the farm. However, no matter how intelligent Qin Lun and the others were and how meticulous their thinking was, they could only guess part of the plot.
It was indeed part of his plan to use Angelo’s identity to assassinate the Silvermoon City Lord’s opponent. However, this part of the content was too simple. It wasn’t that there weren’t no smart people in the Silvermoon Alliance. There would always be people who would contact the Santalin Alliance about this matter.
Moreover, as long as the spiritual leader of the Silvermoon Alliance, Elaszo, was still alive, this trick might not work. The prestige that Silvermoon City Mistress had accumulated over the past few decades could not be completely neutralized by one or two assassinations.
Santalin had been hostile to the Silvermoon Alliance for such a long time, so he had a deep understanding of this. Qin Lun didn’t understand this, so he misjudged the situation.
Therefore, the focus of this plan was not on planting spoils, but on letting the city lord who had been turned into a living dead by the Death Soul Flower Poison be controlled by Necromancer to assassinate Elaszo. Only such an unexpected attack could harm the powerful Silvermoon City Lord.
When Elaszo and the opposition died together, the Silvermoon Alliance would lose their spiritual leaders and suspect each other. They would truly fall into civil strife, and the nation-building plan would naturally come to an end.
Time seemed to have completely stopped at this moment. Attacks from three different directions were like three poisonous snakes cooperating with each other, completely blocking the Silvermoon City Lord’s path of retreat.
Judging from the unusual luster on the surface of the dagger and dagger, they should have been smeared with inexplicable alchemy. This time, it was probably no longer the Death Soul Flower Poison, but a poison that could kill a legendary expert like the Silvermoon City Lord.