Chapter 128: Calm Return and Hidden Dangers

  The guards who were lying nearby saw the dwarf assassin take away a giant war puppet before leaving, and they were immediately stunned. They got up one after another, staring blankly at the ruins around them, unable to say anything for a while. Especially the Sword King Guard Captain, frowning, came to the front of the old bald head who was already dead and couldn't die again, looking at the remaining limbs and arms left by the old man, and finally let out a light sigh.

  The deputy city master's mansion had been infiltrated by assassins, and the commotion was so great that it naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding residents. This place is located in the north of the city, where the security is the best, and most of the residents here also have considerable power, so there are naturally many masters in the family.

  Not long after the situation occurred here, it had already attracted the attention of many masters. However, since this was the deputy city master's mansion, these idle people did not dare to enter and could only stand on the rooftops in the distance to observe. The thousands of patrolling soldiers had also surrounded the mansion, with archers, gunners, and shield-bearing soldiers all waiting in formation.

  After a few minutes, a stout middle-aged man arrived under the escort of many soldiers. He was the deputy lord of Linbo City and the head of a famous local family. At this moment, he was staring at the dead old man with an unpleasant expression, his fat hands clenched tightly, and various unclear colors flashing in his eyes.

  It wasn't until a while later that he turned back around, calmly asking the head guard about the situation at the time and some information about the assassin.

  The guard naturally didn't dare to conceal anything, who made himself the first one to arrive at that time, and also the only one who fought with the assassin. Moreover, not leaving behind the assassin was also his responsibility, it was really hard to shirk the blame. So he quickly reported in detail everything he saw, including the appearance of the assassin, the weapons used, etc.

  "That assassin was short in stature, wearing all black clothes and a face mask, so his appearance was not clear. However, the opponent's movements were agile, and their skills were indeed strong. They held a strange weapon that could shoot out bright yellow light, with tremendous power. The broken war puppet on the ground was destroyed by the opponent using this weapon. Moreover, the assassin possessed a strange secret technique, which allowed them to instantly disappear from sight. In the end, it was this technique that the assassin used to escape. We were unable to capture him, please punish us, sir!" The head guard finished speaking and bowed his head in apology towards the vice city lord, while the surrounding guards also quickly bowed their heads in apology.

  The deputy city lord furrowed his brow after hearing the report from the captain of the guard, a look of sudden understanding flashing across his face, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't say it out loud.

  Heaving a sigh, the deputy city master stretched out his hand to help up the prostrating guard captain and guards, saying: "This matter has indeed exceeded your capabilities. The city master also knows that you have all done your best, but due to your positions, failure cannot be unpunished. Alright, considering that all of you are old subordinates of mine, and it's a case of laborious achievement, the city master will waive three months' worth of silver pay for all of you, and take charge of night patrol duties for three months. Can you accept this?"

  "Thank you, sir, for not blaming us! We all admit defeat!" The guards said in unison, relieved that they only had to forfeit three months' worth of pay and do night patrol duty.

  "Now, pass on the order of the deputy city master, lock down the entire city! Close all the gates, no one is allowed to open them without my command. All the guards and city defense soldiers search for the assassin together, whoever captures him will be heavily rewarded by me, the city master!" The middle-aged man loudly said to the guards and surrounding soldiers.

  ……

  Wu Ye Yu was naturally not far away at this time. Not to mention that his teleportation distance was only 100 meters, and there was a cooldown period, he couldn't just keep teleporting back like that. Moreover, the incident had already attracted the attention of nearby experts, who could see it on the task map. At this moment, those people were still surrounding the Deputy City Master's mansion, with many people and momentum. Although Wu Ye Yu's movement skills were good, and he had the support of his innate realm, Wu Ye Yu naturally couldn't escape under the watchful eyes of everyone.

  Actually, when Wu Yeru came, he had already thought of a way to retreat. After receiving the war puppet, he instantly moved into a nearby small courtyard's well. Due to his mastery of water-based abilities at an intermediate level, hiding in the well water was naturally silent and even the water surface on the well mouth didn't ripple. Those guards saw Wu Yeru disappear before their eyes, thinking he had left at that time, without considering continuing to check around, let alone discovering him.

  Wu Ye Yu was currently strolling through the underground river, checking his task map while swiftly heading towards South City. Coincidentally, this underground river also led to the south of the city, with a wide and rapid water flow, buried over 100 meters beneath the ground. Wu Ye Yu had initially thought to hide in the well and wait for an opportunity to escape, but suddenly had an epiphany - since there was well water, there must be an underground river below, and he became excited, using the system to dig out a tunnel.

  According to Wu Yeyu's inference, this underground river should lead directly to the large lake not far from Qing Shui Town and flow through the large swamp directly towards the sea. The water in this underground river is full of hidden currents, if it weren't for his mission map, he would have taken a wrong turn long ago. There are also many fish swimming here, along the way Wu Yeyu even discovered many fish that were bigger than himself, but at this time he had no interest in catching fish to eat, and was single-mindedly rushing back.

  The stout and wide-bodied Vice City Master had not led the army to search the city, nor had he returned to his room to sleep. Instead, under the escort of two trusted men, he directly arrived at the Linbo City Prison.

  The city master was naturally Liu Jing Tang's father, who had come to find trouble with Wu Ye Yu at the slave market last time. However, due to Old Yu's intervention and the personal order of Lin Bo City's true city master, Liu Shao and the heavily injured old man were imprisoned in the great prison. The vice-city master was also constrained by the Wen family's prestige, so he planned to let the matter subside for a while, wait for the storm to pass, and then rescue his own son. Additionally, he wanted to give Liu Jing Tang an opportunity to reflect on his actions and calm down.

  However, Vice City Master Liu came to the prison this time, not mainly to see his own son, but to find that sword king old man. Because of last time's events, Vice City Master Liu also personally interrogated the old man about what happened, vaguely remembering that at the time the old man reported that he had a fight with an opponent's young boy, which coincidentally was similar to this time's assassin's moves, but because the matter involved the Wen family, so Vice City Master Liu still needed to confirm again, in case he remembered incorrectly.

  Wu Yeyu, who had already mastered the intermediate level of water manipulation, swam through the water with a speed that was much faster than before. With each movement of his body, he shot out a considerable distance in the wide river channel, and his speed was even slightly faster than on land. In less than half an hour, Wu Yeyu had already arrived at the underground area over 100 meters beneath the Baifang Inn, which was truly astonishing.

  Looking at the map, Wu Yeru found his direction and jumped out of the well in his rented courtyard a few minutes later, without splashing a single drop of water or making any noise. Wu Yeru had already changed into his night clothes in the underground river passage, leaving only thin undergarments on him. He also took the opportunity to relieve himself at the exit point and then returned to his room to sleep soundly with his quilt.

  Wu Ye Yu thought that everything he did at night was a secret, and since no one caught him on the spot, no one would think it was his doing. After all, he himself was just a child, but he didn't know that his identity had already been discovered by someone.

  Not long after Wu Ye Yu returned to the inn and fell asleep, Liu, the deputy city master, also walked out of Linbo City Prison with a gloomy face. His expression was very unsightly, his stout body panting constantly, it was unclear whether it was due to rapid walking or some other reason. The expression on his face kept changing between sunny and cloudy. Behind him, two trusted guards followed closely, their faces calm but slightly suspicious, apparently also unaware of why their master was so angry.

  Just as he was walking, Liu, the deputy city master, suddenly stopped and turned to a trusted aide beside him: "You go and tell those guards and search soldiers to come back." En, no, don't come back, let them continue searching. However, after dawn, the gates of Linbo City will open as usual, and people entering and leaving won't need to be searched. After finishing speaking, he turned around and continued walking towards his own home.