Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 33 Silver Medal

Nephthys sensed the confidence in Cohen's tone and said carefully:
"I heard that the high-ranking official his uncle is associated with seems to have entered the cabinet and is a favorite of the Prime Minister."

Cohen was slightly surprised and asked:
"Do you know who it is?"

Nephthys replied:

"It seems to be the Lord Chancellor."

Cohen's mind immediately emerged the scene of his first imperial meeting after he recovered his memories of his previous life.

At that time, Snape spoke out against the Prime Minister's decision to postpone the date of the King's personal rule, and the first person to jump out and fight for the Prime Minister seemed to be the Chief Justice.

I remember now, it was the new Lord Chancellor, Baron Gore Philip.

Cohen patted Nephthys' head, signaling him not to worry:

"I'm just a judge. Don't worry, I will make you proud and take back what belongs to you from the DuPont family!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Nephthys' eyes showed tenderness and gratitude, and Cohen's vanity was aroused by her moving expression.

"Okay, stop being so affectionate and come out and take a look. Something's going on!"

A deep, middle-aged voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the two.

Nephthys was shocked and his face changed drastically.

But Cohen made a gentle gesture to her, indicating that she didn't need to worry.

Cohen recognized the voice as that of Uncle Hauge.

Cohen was not surprised that Uncle Wang was following him.

He had offended many people in the arena these past two days, so Uncle Wang certainly wouldn't feel comfortable letting him go out alone.

Cohen took Nephthys out of the living room and came to the grove outside the manor.

The strange scene before him made the latter exclaim softly.

I saw a middle-aged man standing there leisurely, and not far away from him lay a man in black with a silver mask.

Nephthys stared at the middle-aged man for a long time and found that she could not see his face clearly.

She was slightly shocked. As a senior and ancient warlock family, she understood that this was a visual distortion caused by powerful strength.

This person deliberately concealed his appearance.

Seeing the black-robed man lying on the ground, Cohen let out a sigh and asked:

"Who is this?"

Prince Hauge said:

"He showed up outside twenty minutes after you entered the manor. He looks like the killer from Black Tomb."

"Black Tomb? What's the strength of this killer?"

"Level 4."

After a pause, Hauge added:
"He was at level four before, but now he should be considered useless."

Cohen's eyes moved slightly:

"As long as you're not dead!"

He took off the mask of the man in black, revealing the face of an ordinary middle-aged man.

Cohen looked closely at the silver mask and saw three numbers in a hidden place in the lower left corner of the mask - 207.

Cohen murmured softly, "Silver medal two-hundred-seven."

Hauge asked:

"what?"

Cohen came back to his senses and explained to the two of them:
"The killer's code name is 'Silver 207'.

In the 'Black Tomb', assassins below the legendary level are divided into three types of tokens: gold, silver, and bronze.

Each Gold Medal Assassin leads several Silver Medal Assassins, and each Silver Medal Assassin leads several Bronze Medal Assassins. Communication between superiors and subordinates is a single line. Only Gold Medal Assassins and above can communicate with each other within the same rank. Others are prohibited from any communication during non-mission periods.

Cohen continued to search the killer's body and soon found a magic scroll and a diamond-shaped stone.

He handed the scroll to Prince Hauge, signaling him to isolate the scroll with magic, and then held the stone to explain to the two of them:
"This is a communication stone used exclusively within the Black Tomb, and it also symbolizes their identity.

A silver medal killer like this can already take orders from the 'salesman' on his own."

Nephthys suddenly interrupted and asked:

"Wait, the 'business' in 'salesman' doesn't mean killing people, right? Then what does 'accepting orders' mean?"

Cohen nodded and explained:
"This is the jargon used within the Black Tomb.

The 'salesman' is responsible for accepting clients' commissions and determining the commission for each operation based on the target's strength and background, as well as assigning the task to the appropriate killer.

When a killer accepts a task from a salesperson, it is called taking an order.

The internal management of the Black Tomb is extremely strict. Only assassins with code names above Silver Medal are qualified to accept orders from salesmen. The rest can only follow Silver Medal assassins. "

Prince Hauge said:
"Does that mean we can use this killer to follow the clues and find the salesperson, and then find out who commissioned this mission?"

Cohen shook his head:
"The 'Salesman' holds a very high status, and assassins below the Legendary rank are not even qualified to see him.

And there's no need to go through so much trouble. After the customer places an order with the salesperson, the salesperson will give the customer a temporary communication stone to communicate with the action killer."

Prince Hauge immediately said, "Then we just need to control the killer and lure the client out."

Cohen chuckled and said:
"I have a better idea."

Prince Hauge was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted:

"Are you trying to impersonate this 'Silver Medal 207'?"

Cohen tossed the communication stone in his hand and said:
"Why not? Such a good opportunity to lurk in the Black Tomb cannot be wasted.

According to the organizational principles of the Black Tomb, very few people inside actually know the identity of the Silver Killer, so we have a great chance of sneaking in."

Prince Hauge shook his head:
"It's too risky. The Black Tomb is a very well-organized organization. There have been organizations that have tried to infiltrate it in the past, but they have all failed without exception.

I believe they have other, more secretive ways of verifying their identities besides the communication stone."

Cohen nodded:
“Of course they do.

Before joining the organization, assassins of silver rank and below will integrate their own aura into the communication stone of the assassin of the previous level. The aura will then be transmitted layer by layer and finally reach the hands of a legendary elder.

When the killer dies, his aura will disappear, thus reminding his superiors to recruit a new subordinate."

Prince Hauge reacted quickly:

"What if this legendary elder also died?"

Cohen continued:
"There's a semi-artifact at the Black Tomb headquarters. The communication stones used by the assassins are all derived from this semi-artifact. It can be said that this semi-artifact controls all the communication stones.

Once the semi-artifact detects the death of a Legendary Elder, it will automatically collect all the aura on the Elder's Communication Stone and regenerate a new Communication Stone."

Cohen looked at Prince Hauge, who seemed lost in thought, and added:

"Of course, collecting the aura takes a process, about two hours."

Prince Hauge fully understood what Cohen meant and said:

"In other words, we only need to kill the superior of the Silver 207 Gold Medal Assassin and the Legendary Elder who manages their assassin team.

If we can change the aura on the communication stone within two hours, we can fish in troubled waters and successfully hide?"

Cohen nodded and said:
"That's what I meant."

Prince Hauge frowned slightly:

"It's very difficult. His gold medal superior is easy to deal with, but from what I know, the legendary elders usually stay in the headquarters of each division, so it's difficult to take action against them."

Cohen showed a mysterious smile on his face:

"Before, it would have been very difficult. But in a few days, they will all take the initiative and gather in Florence!"

(End of this chapter)