Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 428 The Butler’s Trick

No, Celeritas would never tolerate that happening!
The humble butler rubbed his hands, then gave an equally humble smile, slowly walked behind Xie Nian and spoke.

"Oh, my powerful and cruel master..."

The evil thought whose fantasy was interrupted instantly pulled out the curved dagger at his waist and turned around to pierce Celeritas' head! Then he threw it into the blazing fireplace next to him like a rag.

This killing method is so neat and tidy! The evil thought of killing with one blow raised the dagger in his hand [Bloodthirst], and then stretched out his tongue to lick the blood and brains hanging on it. The exhilarating killing just now made him feel as refreshing as shooting X. As for the poor housekeeper...

"Nice move, Master. Your killing skills have made great progress. As your steward, I am truly delighted."

Almost the next second after Xie Nian killed the butler, Celeritas appeared in front of Xie Nian again with the same teleportation light as before. This kind of immortality of rapid resurrection is a unique ability of butlers like them.

Taking into account the moody nature of the Son of Slaughter, any butler may be suddenly killed by his master. In order to quickly convey Baal's will, these butlers who are suddenly killed by their masters can often rely on their own will and be resurrected to their master's side immediately in the next moment.

But the interesting thing is that if the butler died at the hands of other creatures, although the butler can still be resurrected, the speed of resurrection is far slower than being killed by his master himself.

"Celeritas, why are you still here?"

Xie Nian's tone was so calm, as if the person who had just killed Celerita was not him at all. However, the corpse still burning in the furnace was enough to prove that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"My master, humble Celeritas has something to tell you. Celeritas already knows who the guy who killed Orin is. Poor Kruno told me everything before he died. Celeritas thinks you should be interested in the guy who killed Orin."

Xie Nian exhaled a breath of blood. The butler was right. Although Olin was a fool and was far from his opponent, he was not someone who could be easily killed by just anyone. He was indeed interested in the guy who killed Olin.

"Go on, Celeritas, go on."

Xie Nian turned around and sat back in his chair, supporting his head with his hands and looking at his butler with his scarlet vertical pupils.

"In fact, you know him, Master. That hell bastard has spread his reputation throughout the North in recent times. The many good things that bastard has done have disrupted many of our plans. That person's name..."

"Ah, it's that guy."

Realizing who that person was, his evil thoughts finally came to his mind and he stopped being lazy because that guy was indeed not someone he could easily deal with.

"Yes, Master, yes, the one named Noshir Temariti, the legendary savior of Eltoril! The man of miracles who performed many miracles, oh! Just reading these things makes Celeritas feel sick! How could someone in this world do such a disgusting! Such a terrible thing! He deprived those beautiful, gorgeous deaths! Let those who should have died live like maggots! That hell bastard should die in the mud pit of the Nine Hells, let those devils use red-hot steel forks to poke 1000 holes in his body!"

Celeritas started to go crazy as he spoke. The philosophy of Baal's followers was completely contrary to the order camp. Every assassin under Baal was a standard of chaotic evil. Xie Nian did not interrupt Celeritas's curse, because in Xie Nian's heart, what Celeritas said was absolutely correct.

But for Xie Nian, rather than just expressing his satisfaction verbally, he wanted to do it himself and kill the guy who ruined their plans with a dagger one by one.

"Noshir Temariti, haha, he was just a nobody before, but he caused us so much trouble in such a short time. I remember that the Duke who cooperated with us was overthrown and arrested because of him. That poor guy didn't even know who exposed her before he died..."

Thinking of this, Xie Nian's expression finally became a little serious, but then he revealed an extreme excitement. "I remember I told Olin before she set out not to target that guy. I was very curious about that guy named Noshir, so I told Olin that as long as she could kill the Duke, she would complete the mission... Hehe, it seems that Olin didn't listen to my advice."

Noshir Temariti, three months ago, this guy was just a nobody. Except for some audiences who often watched his performances, no one in the whole North knew who that guy was.
In fact, if the incident with Eltoril had not happened, the cult under Evil Thought would not have paid any attention to him at all. But it was precisely because Eltoril returned to the main material plane that the Murder Cult began to deliberately collect information about Noshir. Once this information was integrated, they discovered that this guy had actually done so many big things.

The Murder Cult's first contact with him was just that he prevented an assassination plan against the Harpers, but that guy then directly overthrew the Duke of VanSample who was cooperating with them, and now he is pulling an entire city that has fallen into hell back to the main material plane.

"That guy is very interesting. When I recover from my injury, I will personally complete the task that idiot Olin failed to complete."

"Oh, oh, oh, if it was the great master who took action, that poor hell bastard would have absolutely no chance of survival. But my great master, after that abominable guy did so many things that hindered our plans, don't you think it would be too easy for him to just kill him like this?"

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"Capture him alive, Master! Use him as a tool to hone your skills! The fact that he was able to kill Olin shows that he has some skills. It will be very helpful for you to fight with such guys all the time, Master. I heard that he is a barbarian. Such big fools have strong vitality. You can definitely play with him for a long time, my Master."

Celeritas put forward this proposal with a sly grin. This was his plan to help Xie Nian improve his strength. He would keep a powerful warrior in captivity and then use this warrior to hone Xie Nian's fighting and killing skills.

Celeritas knew that this method was simple and plain for evil thoughts, but it was indeed very effective.

'You're preparing for a rainy day so soon, Celeritas.'

Xie Nian didn't say anything, but he realized the purpose of Celeritas's plan.

Celeritas wanted to help him adapt in advance to the things he needed to pay attention to when fighting with Shavlock, because Shavlock himself was not a traditional Baal assassin. On the contrary, he was a warrior who was good at using a two-handed greatsword.

Fighting head-on with an opponent who had a completely different fighting style was a rather novel experience for Xie Nian. He had faced such fighters in his daily work before, but he always played to his strengths as an assassin, that is, stealth, suddenness, and a fatal blow.

He had never fought this kind of warrior head-on, but there was no corner on Baal's altar for him to hide, so it was indeed necessary training to adapt to fighting with this type of warrior in advance.

"...Go away, Celeritas, I need to rest for a while."

"Ah! Of course! Master, of course,... Celeritas will never disturb the master's rest time."

The terrified Celeritas quickly took two steps back, then immediately snapped his fingers and quickly disappeared from the room. Except for the crackling sound of burning flesh in the stove, silence returned to this remote room.

...Until several hours later, Xie Nian, who had been leaning on the stone chair with his eyes closed, seemed to suddenly feel something. He suddenly opened his eyes and quickly took out a transparent crystal ball from a bag around his waist.

"Hello, my old friend. Are you enjoying your vacation at the Moonrise Tower?"

"...Enver Gotash."

(End of this chapter)