Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 161 Throwing Dirty Water

"What do you want me to do?" Robin's voice was hoarse, with a hint of fatigue and vigilance.

He really doesn't have any time to rest!

After returning from the North, he was first drawn into the vortex of his family's secrets, and now he is caught up in a deeper mystery in the Black Snake Guildhall. It seems that fate is always pushing him forward, not even giving him the time to stop, take a breath, and sort out his thoughts.

"My master wants to kill Duke Hawke." The old butler bowed slightly, his tone respectful but unquestionable.

His white hair shone coldly in the dim light, and his silver-gray pupils were unfathomable, as if hiding countless unknown secrets.

A flash of joy flashed across Leia's eyes, but it was gone in a flash, but Robin still caught it.

She was obviously eager for this news. The flame of revenge burned in her heart. She wanted to cut Duke Hawk into pieces immediately to avenge her father.

Only Robin looked solemn.

He knew very well that Duke Hawke was no ordinary man. As a powerful nobleman, he had a complex network of forces behind him, a large number of masters, and a complicated network of personal connections and interests.

How easy is it to take his life?
Moreover, the owner of the Black Snake Club would not just make such a request verbally. There would definitely be a series of dangerous plans and actions to follow. If he is not careful, not only would he fail, but he would also put himself and those around him in an irretrievable situation.

More importantly, he had to consider whether there was a bigger conspiracy behind this, what the real purpose of the owner of the Black Snake Club was, and whether he would turn his attention to himself and the Wilk family after getting rid of Duke Hawke.

Robin asked, "What if I say no?"

The old butler smiled and said, "Then please ask Baron Allen to stay here and wait for news of the Wilk family's demise!"

Robin's face turned cold: "You are threatening me!"

The old butler shook his head and placed the tray on the table next to him. "No, I was just suggesting it. How could I possibly threaten a baron, a legendary knight at that?"

Robin's fingers unconsciously rubbed the hilt of the Sword of Conviction, the metal carvings rubbing against his palm. He watched the old butler gently place the silver tray on the ebony table. The gilded pocket watch on the tray clicked, the gears on the dial mirroring the mechanical patterns on the dome of the Black Snake Guildhall.

"Since you were able to set up such a trap in the heart of the capital," he suddenly approached, his eyes flashing with a dangerous light, "you must also know the price of killing me."

A cold light suddenly flashed between the old butler's drooping white hair, and three poisoned silver needles were nailed into the wall next to Robin's ears, etching out green smoke on the bricks and stones.

"Your Excellency the Baron has misunderstood." He raised his hand and waved lightly, and an entire wall of bookshelves flipped over, revealing a densely packed intelligence file behind it. Half of the wall was covered with the Wilk family crest. "Wilk territory's grain tax records, secret letters between the Viscount and the Chamber of Commerce, and..." He pulled out a yellowed parchment scroll, "A map of your adoptive father's carriage on the night Leah's father was murdered three years ago."

Leah rushed forward, and the hem of her scarlet skirt swept the pocket watch off the table.

The moment the metal casing shattered, Robin's pupils shrank suddenly - the inside of the dial was engraved with the Duke of Hawke's iris emblem.

"The Black Snake Guild never trades at a loss." The old butler bent down to pick up the remains of his pocket watch, his fingertips tracing the dark red blood clotted between the gears. "Duke Hawke wants to use the mechanical sentinels to destroy the Wilk family, and we..." He suddenly coughed violently, black blood seeping from his silver-gray pupils. "We need someone to tear off this hypocritical mask."

Suddenly, a dull tremor echoed from the ground, and in the distance, the distinctive whirring of gears from a mechanical sentry could be heard. Robin pulled out the intelligence file and found a coordinate on the "Cangyan Valley Ore Vein Distribution Map" circled three times in red, with the words "Sacrificial Site" scrawled next to it.

Leah's voice trembled. "That's the 'Death Altar' mentioned in my father's last letter, deep in the mine."

The old butler suddenly grabbed Robin's wrist, his palm burning like an iron. "Go there, and you'll see the real manipulator." His body began to disintegrate into silver-gray powder. "Remember, in the game of thrones, there are no hunters."

Before he could finish his words, he turned into white powder, and the scattered gears were engraved with the same sentence: We are all chess pieces.

Leah squatted down, gently pinched a handful of white powder, and dug her nails deep into her palms: "Your Excellency Baron, these powders and the vampires..." Her words were interrupted by the sudden sound of the alarm. Outside the window, twelve mechanical sentinels were marching towards the direction of Wilk's territory with thunderous steps. Inlaid on their chests was the Wilk family's emblem.

Robin's mouth was twisted with anger, but he did not evacuate immediately. Instead, he rushed to the mechanical sentry and shouted loudly to attract the attention of the people around him.

Since they wanted to throw dirty water, he was not afraid of it and just walked into the dirty water. Since he was the mechanical sentry of their Wilk family, there was no reason for him to attack even the only one in their Wilk family.

Robin's boot heels crushed the silver-gray powder on the ground and he strode towards the center of the street.

The alloy soles of the twelve mechanical sentinels crushed the stone slabs, and the Wilk clan emblems on their chests shone coldly in the moonlight.

He stretched out his arms to block the terrified civilians, letting the sentry's crimson scanning beam roam across his face. His voice drowned out the shrieking of metal rubbing against metal: "This is a mechanical creation of the Wilk family. This sewage is truly filthy."

The nearest sentry suddenly stopped, and the energy core in its chest burst into a blinding blue light.

Robin knew that was a sign of the self-destruct sequence being activated, and he pounced on the children in the crowd.

When the gust of wind blew him away, he caught a glimpse of a purple-patterned cloak flashing in the shadows of the street corner. It was Duke Hawke's personal guard.

He returned the child to his parents with a cold glint in his eyes.

"Quickly evacuate the crowd." Robin shouted: "My Imperial Baron, Alan Wilk, where are the city guards?"

Leia hurriedly pulled him into the pile of wine barrels. A blue energy ball blew a big hole in the place where he was originally.

She ignored the mechanical sentinels and raised her hand. The white powder on her fingertips suddenly ignited with a blue flame. "This is the medium for the vampire transformation ritual! The steward of the Black Snake Guildhall..."

"Now is not the time to talk about this!" Robin tore off his noble dress, revealing the Wilk family crest embroidered on the lining. "You go and distract the three sentinels on the west side, and I..." Before he could finish his words, the entire building collapsed under the sentinels' heavy punches.

He instinctively deployed the barrier of order, but found that the golden chains penetrated the sentinel's armor and directly crushed the energy core.

The civilians watching cried out in surprise, and someone suddenly fell to their knees. "It's the Lord Knight of the Kingdom! He's purifying the evil!"

(End of this chapter)