adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 106 I will die after dawn.

"Speak, tell me everything you know about Hiren. I bet you've had contact with him."

Ruan looked down at Nora and the other two: "I'll give you three more seconds. If you haven't made up your minds yet, then you're next."

He raised his dagger and pointed it at Nora.

Clearly, the barrage of bullets had displeased Ruan.

Nora stared intently at Ruan, about to say something, when she suddenly caught sight of something out of the corner of her eye.

The anger in the girl's eyes dissipated, and her tone became more composed: "To tell you the truth, I did see Hilen, and I even know the whereabouts of the Hero's Codex—but only we know that."

"Mr. Luan, please be more polite to us. If you can come up with 10,000 gold coins to buy the Hero's Manual, we can discuss it."

"You know, the value of a Hero's Tome is far greater than this price. It's a good deal. I think the two princesses behind you and that viscount can afford this amount of money."

Upon hearing this, Lu An's expression hardened, and he became more focused.

"You really know the whereabouts of the Hero's Codex? Where is it?!"

Nora didn't answer the question, but instead said to herself, "Speaking of which, Louis and I found the Hero's Codex from a guy named Ethan and the flesh slime that ate him."

"Did you know that the core of that flesh-and-blood slime is actually an eyeball that fell out of the hero's body?"

"After studying this eyeball for a while, I determined that it was the hero's corpse, so I went to look for it. I happened to run into Louis, who had already located the hero's corpse by following the movement traces of the flesh slime."

"Neither of us trusted the other at the time, and we were wary of each other. We divided the spoils among ourselves."

"Oh right, I remember you were recently looking for strange monsters that existed in the sewers, right? I blew those things up long ago, of course you couldn't find them."

Nora deliberately omitted the fact that Hiron had transformed into an undead creature and personally told them who their enemy was, but the content of her words alone was enough to make Ruan's breathing quicken.

Because these words are highly credible.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would believe that the flesh and blood of a hero after his death would become a breeding ground for monsters?

This evidence alone is enough to prove that Nora did indeed see Hillon's corpse and the Hero's Codex.

"Hand them over!"

Because he was so excited, Lu An's tone became rough.

Nora said calmly, "Didn't I already say? Pay with money, ten thousand gold coins, not a penny less."

Lu An fell silent.

After a few seconds, he slowly said, "I cannot accept this condition."

Why?

Nora raised an eyebrow.

Although it's just a temporary measure to buy time, logically speaking, it wouldn't be a problem to agree to something that involves giving away other people's money, right?

Lu An calmly replied, "I don't want Your Highness to think I'm incompetent."

"When Alwin gave me the mission to assassinate the Fourth Hero, he promised me that I would be his teammate—even if I fail to complete the mission, as long as I can find the Hero's Codex as soon as possible, this promise will still be valid."

"But if I ask them for 10,000 gold coins to do this, I will never have the chance to join the team."

This answer truly surprised Nora and Dina.

They couldn't help but recall Griffin's description of this man, who had said that this man named Ruan was an extremely arrogant person.

Unexpectedly, he has such high aspirations, attempting to become a member of the hero's team as an ordinary professional.

Although there are quite a few members of ordinary classes in the hero teams throughout the generations, I still feel like Alwin is lying.

Princess Erisil doesn't even know you exist.

But clearly, even if you tell Ruan about this, he won't believe you.

He coldly replied, "Knowing that the Hero's Codex is on you is enough."

"If I capture you and use every torture method I know on you, you will obediently reveal the whereabouts of the secret manual, without spending a single copper coin."

"And if you're lucky, the Hero's Codex might even be in the magic pocket you're carrying."

After saying that, he walked silently through the darkness toward Nora.

Nora hurriedly ordered the undead soldiers to reload, but it seemed there was no time left.

In the blink of an eye, Ruan was already standing on Nora's head.

He had no lust for women, only a desire for the Hero's Manual.

The poisoned blade, like the fangs of a viper, seemed poised to pierce Nora's body at any moment.

However, at that moment, from the darkness behind Lu An, a silent longsword suddenly pierced out, and when Lu An realized something was wrong, he felt a sharp pain in his back.

*Pfft*

The longsword pierced his back and emerged from his chest, penetrating his heart squarely!

The one who drew the sword was naturally Louis. He had somehow already nimbly stepped on the head of a corpse soldier, reaching the same height as Ruan.

His face slowly emerged from the darkness, and he said calmly, "You might not believe it, but I'm also a semi-assassin."

"Louis! You—"

Lu An's body stiffened, and he turned his head in astonishment, looking at the face behind him in disbelief, as if he were meeting him for the first time.

"The power of that sword strike, that superhuman agility—you're no ordinary shield guard!"

The Shield Guardian's secondary attributes do not include Dexterity, and the maximum is only 10 points.

And it is clear that Louis's dexterity value is far beyond 10 points.

Not to mention that after activating "Physical Barrier", Louis's strength also reached 17 points, which is also not a value that a Shield Guard should have.

It was precisely because of this skill that Louis dared to withstand an enemy's attack and feign death while lying on the ground.

After Ruan's attention was drawn away by Nora, he immediately activated the skill.

Relying on the effect of the "physical barrier," Louis not only cleared the toxins from his body, but the wound on his shoulder also healed in just half a minute.

He then used Shadow Sword Technique to launch a sneak attack, which led to the current victory.

Those who drown are usually good swimmers. Because Lu An is an assassin, he is less guarded against similar methods.

Not to mention that Louis's previous disguise was so perfect that Ruan always thought he was just an ordinary shield guard.

A big, clumsy, and burly shield guard going to do assassinations? Nobody would believe it if you told them.

However, he did not explain anything. He simply twisted the longsword hard at Lu An's heart, completely shattering the already pierced heart.

"Well----"

Lu An let out a roar he couldn't suppress.

To Louis's astonishment, even though his heart had suffered a fatal injury, Ruan's body was still able to move.

He stomped heavily into the void of darkness ahead, forcibly pulling his body away from Louis's sword. Immediately afterward, the surrounding darkness transformed into countless jet-black threads, which relentlessly filled the wound in Ruan's heart.

His festering wound stopped bleeding quickly, and his breathing became much more stable.

Louis frowned as he watched this scene.

He was very careful, aiming specifically for the heart.

He himself was a Level 1 professional, and he knew very well that even after becoming a professional, the heart was still a fatal weakness; being pierced through it would be certain death.

As a result, Lu An, who was only level 1, actually mastered the skill of surviving being pierced through the heart.

This made Louis even more wary of this level one, four-star assassin, and also—covetous.

He really wanted that amazing life-saving skill.

Ruan clutched his chest, staring at Louis in shock: "You're not a Shield Guardian, but there's no record of you purchasing a rare class-specific tome. Could it be that you've inherited that Hero's Tome from Hiron?"

Louis remained silent, instead activating "Super Speed ​​Thinking," which doubled his normal thought process speed.

He wanted to kill Lu An by force.

But Ruan didn't seem to want to give Louis that chance.

He retreated step by step, muttering to himself, "My talent can only be used in the dark—I will die after dawn."

"But before that, I must at least deliver this information to Princess Erisil. Perhaps I will be treated and survive, but even if I die, I will have done something that a hero will remember."

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