Pale Emblem

Chapter 181 Must Die

Victor soaked in the hot water, his body and mind becoming relaxed and lazy.

Ever since he mastered the talent of wind, he could keep his body and hair clean without taking a bath, but taking a hot bath was a kind of relaxation in itself and a rare enjoyment, especially when there were two gentle and charming beauties by his side.

The ranger sisters took off their clothes and removed the disguises of the alchemical snake tentacles, restoring their stunning beauty that was comparable to that of the female warriors of the Hemer tribe. Then they slid into the big bathtub like two mermaids, holding their beloved male master one in front and one behind, and carefully served him to bathe.

A private slave girl needs the favor of her master, just like a fish cannot live without water. Moreover, the origin of the Ranger Path comes from Victor's extraordinary qualities. Ruth and Jessica still need to pass the companion secret ceremony to continue to explore the path after the sixth-level Ranger.

For this reason alone, Victor found it difficult to refuse the ranger sisters' sexy invitation.

Four hours later, it was already the middle of the night, and the noisy hotel finally quieted down a bit. Victor and his private slave girls finished the companion secret ceremony, dressed neatly, pushed the door open, and walked to the room opposite.

Herman, Harvey and others completed their respective tasks and came to the third floor one after another, resting and waiting in the room opposite. When they heard the noise, they opened the door immediately to welcome Victor in.

"How is your investigation going?" Victor had returned to his true handsome appearance. Although the Ranger sisters were charming and radiant at the moment, they were not so noticeable following behind Victor.

Herman bowed his head and said respectfully, "Sir, after hearing that the heirs of the Golden Sunflower Family and the Golden Claw Family were tracking down the Chimera, the liaison officer Clausen left the hotel with his guards overnight and rushed to Echo Town." Finally, the alchemist added, "Clausen took away at least 15 dragoons among the 10 guards. This is good news for us."

Victor nodded, his icy blue eyes turning to the gladiator Kent who had gone up to the fifth floor with Herman.

"Master, as you ordered, I have used the power of Mirror Heart to carefully sense the situation of the people upstairs." Kent began to report: "When I passed the fourth floor, I was sure that there was no one on that floor. There are 26 people living on the fifth floor, including 17 dragon veins. However, the liaison officer Clausen took away most of the dragon veins on the fifth floor. There are 28 people on the sixth floor, including 22 dragon veins, and a fifth-level swordsman, who should be Walker, the supreme commander of the Braun Town stronghold."

The Mirror Heart's telepathy can actively detect individuals with strong life energy within a certain range, that is, those dragoons and professionals who pose a certain threat to Kent. Therefore, Herman wanted to take Kent to the fifth floor, and the guards on the fifth floor could never have imagined that one of Herman's followers had already used extraordinary means to find out all their details.

Victor nodded again, expressing his appreciation for Kent.

Harvey knew it was his turn, so he coughed and took the initiative to say, "Victor, we lost 80 gold taels on the gambling table in the lobby on the first floor, and treated a few equally unlucky adventurers to three glasses of sour fruit wine, and finally got some useful information."

"The supreme commander of the stronghold, Walker, has a total of 100 elite private soldiers under his command, including 30 dragoons, and the rest are ordinary professionals. They occupied our hotel and opened a gambling table in the lobby on the first floor, specializing in defrauding adventurers of their money."

"Walker usually sends 50 private soldiers, divided into five teams, to patrol the base and supervise the work of the garrison and new recruits. He and the dragoons usually guard the hotel. Adventurers say that the gold and silver treasures given to Walker by General Clark are placed in a room on the 5th or 5th floor of the hotel."

“That’s a huge sum of money!”

Harvey licked his lips, but immediately received a warning from Ranger Ruth.

"Be careful to curb your greed... Ordinary dragoons are not sensitive to danger, but they generally have a natural instinct to protect treasures."

"The dragoons are capable of this? They won't have a good night's sleep then."

Harvey's eyes were full of suspicion. If the dragoons' intuition was only directed at treasure, then they would be frightened every moment.

Who would not be greedy for treasure?

Even if the adventurers in the hall downstairs didn't dare to act recklessly, it was inevitable that they would fantasize about robbing Commander Walker's treasure.

If potential thieves and robbers are everywhere and always there, then the dragoons' instinct to protect treasure is useless, because they can't tell who is real and who is fake.

"There is no need to discuss the treasure!" Victor made the final decision. He did not unconditionally believe in the knowledge that the ranger sisters learned in the academy, but he knew that the field of spiritual intuition had unique logic and specific triggering conditions, which were completely beyond the cognitive scope of ordinary people and did not make sense at all.

There is no need to delve into the intuition that the dragoons are guarding the treasure at this point. We can just take the attitude of believing it is true rather than not believing it.

Victor continued to ask: "Have you figured out how many private soldiers are downstairs?"

Harvey replied, "There are 15 private soldiers, all of whom are second- and third-level professionals, and the bartender of the dragon vein. They are responsible for maintaining order in the hotel. There are also 30 or so new recruits serving as cooks and waiters... I can be sure that these new recruits will never work for Walker."

Victor thought for a moment, then looked up and asked Herman, "We must get rid of Walker and his deputy tonight... Do you have a plan?"

Level 100 Swordsman Walker, a servant of the famous Silver Plate Horn family, is one of General Clark's most trusted confidants. Currently, he leads elite private soldiers in the Braun Town stronghold as the supreme commander.

Walker nominally governs all personnel in the Braun Town stronghold, but the real combat command belongs to the Wildfire Adventure Group. Walker's actual authority is the commander-in-chief, and he has the power to punish and execute garrison soldiers and recruits who violate military discipline, disobey orders, or escape.

On the other hand, he is also responsible for providing attendance fees, mission bounties, and casualty compensation to adventure groups of all sizes.

After Vice President Berg was captured by Christine, he revealed to Victor and the others that General Clark of the Silver Plate Horn family took out treasures worth 12 gold tals and gave them to Walker for safekeeping as military expenses for the adventurers.

Undoubtedly, this is a huge sum of money. However, General Clark has not yet deployed the family's elite main force to the wilderness battlefield, resulting in the adventurers' fighting intensity continuing to increase, and the mission rewards have also risen. The military expenditure of 12 gold tals will soon be exhausted.

So, Walker opened a gambling game in the hotel and provided various services to the adventurers in order to earn the gold in their pockets and then provide military expenses to the Wildfire Adventure Group.

In Victor's opinion, Walker is trying to keep the Braun Town outpost running, so he must die!

There is a simple logic here. Walker and his supervisors don't care about the lives of the recruits and garrisons. When the Braun Town stronghold encounters a catastrophe, they can ride on antelopes to escape in the chaos, while the weakest recruits and garrisons will become the promotion food for the Orc invaders. The promotion of hard laborers to fighters, and fighters to butchers or shamans will strengthen the overall strength of the Rock Split Clan. Victor doesn't want the Rock Split Orcs to increase their strength at all. He just wants to see these enemies suffer heavy losses in the war.

On the other hand, Victor planned to create a chance for the more than 2000 recruits and garrison soldiers here to escape. As long as they fled in all directions before the orcs and barbarians launched a general attack, it would be possible.

Chieftain Quellngra of Rocksplitting had to capture Echo Town before the reinforcements from Fallen Leaf City arrived. He did not have enough time to disperse his men and hunt down the half-elf deserters running around.

Victor and his followers repeatedly reviewed and adjusted the plan to rescue the hybrids. They were fully certain that Walker, the nominal commander of the stronghold and the actual warlord, was a stumbling block that had to be removed.

Time was running out before dawn, but Herman was in a dilemma: "Sir, Walker and his deputy are on the 5th or 6th floor, with more than dragoons. We don't know which room they are staying in, so I plan to climb up from the outer wall and use the window of the guest room to find Walker and his deputy, and then I can quietly poison them."

They planned to eliminate Commander Walker and his deputy, but also had to consider the issue of how to escape safely, so assassination was almost the only option.

The shadow poison mastered by the alchemist Herman can kill most half-elf professionals silently. He is the best candidate to carry out assassination missions.

The reality is that they have too little time. If they want to complete the assassination without alerting anyone and exposing their identity, they need to be more fully prepared and have more detailed intelligence. Otherwise, Hermann will be able to detect the situation inside the room window by window, and there is a high probability that he will be discovered by the other party, resulting in the failure of the assassination.

Everyone knew the difficulties Herman was facing. Female Ranger Jessica said bluntly: "Climb the outer wall and look for Walker and his deputy through the window? If anyone outside the hotel suddenly looks up at the moon, you will definitely be exposed."

Hermann could only frown and remain silent. As an agile archer with the fire of his soul ignited, climbing walls and windows were easy for him. However, he also knew that if his actions were delayed, it would be difficult to hide from the enemy's eyes and ears.

This does not meet the requirements of a covert assassination at all.

Victor suddenly took out a charcoal pencil from his bag and casually drew a floor plan of the Adventurer's Inn on the table. He introduced: "This is the layout of the house on the fifth floor. There are 19 rooms facing each other in the corridor. This is Room 4 on the fifth floor. There are a number of weapons and armors placed in it. The workmanship and materials are good. They are excellent equipment for private soldiers and dragoons."

"This is Room 6 on the 2th floor. Walker's deputy lives in it."

"Room 6 on the 11th floor, Walker's room!"

"Room 6 on the 19th floor. There are boxes of gold and silver coins and some blue diamonds in it, with a total value of about 9 gold towers." Victor pointed to a room on the floor plan and said with a smile, "Seven boxes of gold and silver coins have not been opened yet. It seems that they are the second batch of military funds that Clark recently sent to Walker."

Victor had taken a nap after completing the companion secret ceremony. He checked all the rooms and belongings in the hotel through the dream arena, and even the blue diamond hidden in the interlayer of the box by Walker was turned out.

Even though the Alchemist Demons didn't know Victor's secret, they didn't doubt their master's words. In fact, when the Alchemist Demons and their followers were reconstructing their souls, the Demigod Victor had already set up the secret of the Dream Arena in their minds, making them believe in their master's secret abilities, but without knowing, being curious, or asking.

Herman immediately stood up and said, "Okay, as long as we find their room, I promise to make them die quietly in their bed tonight!"

The specific method still requires him to climb the outer wall. Fortunately, the target location is clear and he does not need to waste time checking every window, which can greatly reduce the risk of exposure.

As long as Walker and his deputies were not alerted, Hermann was confident that he could paralyze and kill them with shadow poison.

Victor raised the corner of his mouth into a cold arc and asked everyone: "Why are we afraid of being exposed?!"

Harvey suddenly noticed the flickering candlelight reflected in Victor's ice-blue eyes, as if a rage that could burn the enemy's flesh, blood and soul was about to erupt.

"Victor, what do you mean?" Harvey tried to ask cautiously.

"We charge in as quickly as possible and kill all the commanders, deputy commanders, private guards, and dragoons on the fifth and sixth floors."

Victor's plan was simple and direct, which was to attack head-on with all his might and kill them all!

The ranger sisters looked at each other, and the elder sister Ruth said, "If this happens, the noise will be too loud, and the private soldiers and adventurers downstairs may rush up to support Walker."

Victor shook his head and said, "I'm familiar with the Adventurer's Inn. The corridors here can barely accommodate four people walking side by side, and the stairs are even narrower, so the other side doesn't have much advantage even if they have more people." As he spoke, his eyes turned to the huge Mowgli and the smelly Livdel.

"Livdel, you are responsible for guarding the staircase at the fifth floor, killing the private soldiers who come up, and stopping the adventurers. Mockley, you first kill all the enemies on the fifth floor with Sister Ruth, Jessica, and Harvey, and then help Livdel at the staircase to block the enemies who come up for support."

"Ruth, Jessica, Harvey, after you finish dealing with the enemies on the fifth floor, immediately go to the sixth floor to eliminate the remaining enemies."

"Herman, Dalina, Kent, follow me and rush to the sixth floor... You must act quickly and kill Walker and his deputies before they jump off the building to escape!"

"Do you all understand your mission? Does anyone have any questions?" Finally, Victor looked around at the followers present and asked in a deep voice.

"understood."

"no problem!"

Victor nodded and said to Ruth and Jessica, "Let Kent and I use your swords first."

The Ranger sisters immediately took off their fine gold and silver swords and handed them to Victor and gladiator Kent respectively. They could go to Room 4 on the fifth floor to get the enemy's weapons and equipment, but the four alchemists didn't need weapons at all.

Herman, Delina, Livdel and Mokley took off their cotton armor, trousers and boots one after another, then filed out and activated the demon skin in the dark corridor. The half-elf's body expanded and deformed rapidly, and in a blink of an eye they turned into four 2.3-meter-tall red-eyed demons with horns on their heads, claws on their hands, tough shells covering their bodies and mysterious patterns.