Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 44 [The Five Shadows' Death Announcement] (Second Update! Please Read On!)

The middle-aged nobleman was named Bernard, and his father had once been a baron in the North.

When he was very young, his gambling father sold his baronial estate and the whole family moved to Icewind City.

This filled him with hostility toward his father, who was responsible for preventing him from becoming a noble fiefdom noble and forcing him to live with these lowly commoners in the crowded Icewind City.

Therefore, he worked hard to cultivate from childhood and successfully became a formal knight, mastering the ancestral breathing technique to its highest level and killing his gambling father.

In his youth, Bernard stumbled upon the faith of the Lord of Shadows and quickly became a follower. With his mid-level knight strength, he joined the Voice of the Deathly Phoenix and gradually became a silver-ranked assassin of the Voice of the Deathly Phoenix.

The assassin system in The Voice of the Dead is divided into bronze, silver, and gold medals, as well as the prestigious Shadow-level assassins.

The gold, silver, and bronze medals for assassins all require assessment and evaluation, similar to a professional title. Generally speaking, one needs to possess the strength of a low-ranking knight and have completed five successful assassination missions to become a bronze medal assassin; a silver medal requires the strength of a mid-ranking knight and fifteen successful assassinations; and a gold medal requires the strength of a high-ranking or even peak-ranking knight and more than thirty successful assassinations.

As for Shadow-level assassins, there are only five in the entire Voice of Death, known as the "Five Shadows of Death." They are the beings closest to the Lord of Shadows and are the Lord of Shadows' agents in the human world!

At the same time, they are also five genuine knights!

No one knows the true identities of the "Five Kage" because the members of the Deathbird's Voice organization and the Five Kage are always in one-way contact.

Their public identities might be those of incredibly wealthy merchants, counts, or even grand dukes; in short, they are shrouded in mystery.

"The Phantom Demon has been a bronze-level assassin for so long, yet he still failed. That Baron Levi is quite capable; we cannot underestimate him."

As night fell, the stars began to appear.

Bernard donned his night clothes, seemingly blending perfectly into the darkness, and stealthily made his way towards Levi's location based on the information provided by the broker.

Bernard's title within the organization is "Shadow Hunter," which is related to the breathing technique he practices. He doesn't practice the Siren Breathing Technique, but rather his family's ancestral bloodline breathing technique: Shadow Leopard Breathing Technique, a breathing technique that emphasizes agility and stealth.

In Sir Bernard's view, the Phantom Knight's failure was most likely due to carelessness and underestimation of his opponent. Otherwise, how could Baron Levi, who was only a teenager, possibly be a match for a formal knight skilled in assassination?

"Once this mission is completed, we can stop. I've saved up over three thousand gold coins, which should be enough to redeem the family's fiefdom."

Bernard murmured to himself, this was a moment he had waited for far too long.

……

Shining Tavern.

Li Wei bought a glass of "Nameless Wine" as a tribute to the Thousand-Faced Knight.

The proprietress, still listlessly resting her chin on her hand, sipped her wine.

The knights, swordsmen, and masked nobles coming and going chatted in twos and threes in this small tavern.

Not long after, a burly knight in armor entered; he was the same knight who had made the deal with Li Wei.

He is the Boar Knight that Sir Fred mentioned, the leader of the Boar Gang.

He's now a member of the Wilderness Brotherhood, and probably holds a fairly high position.

"Why was the supply a bit low recently?" The boar rider frowned as he approached Li Wei.

"I've been a bit busy lately," Li Wei said.

"I can sense that you seem to have become stronger than before," the boar rider said softly, looking at Geralt the White Wolf.

Li Wei didn't speak, but instead asked, "Did you bring the money?"

Seeing that Geralt the White Wolf had no intention of talking to him, the Boar Rider wasn't angry. He took out his money and showed it to Levi, the gold coins making a crisp clinking sound inside the bag.

Li Wei led the boar rider to the delivery point outside the city and handed over the goods.

Since it involved too much armor and weapons, it would be inconvenient to enter the city. So Li Wei later arranged with the boar rider to trade at a location Li Wei had chosen outside the city, meeting at the Shining Tavern.

With his current strength, he has no need to worry about being robbed by the boar rider.

The boar rider had the goods loaded onto the carts, and then said, "Your armor is of very good quality. It's clear that you are a very talented blacksmith. If you join my organization, we will give you more helpers and a stage for blacksmiths like you to showcase your talents. Perhaps you can become a legendary craftsman like Flamehammer."

Li Wei shook his head: "No need."

Seeing that his invitation was unsuccessful, the boar rider left dejectedly.

"You all go back to your territory first, I still have some things to do," Li Wei said to his soldiers.

"Yes, my lord."

……

Li Wei returned to the Shining Tavern. During his trade with the Boar Rider, Li Wei could clearly feel that the Boar Rider, who had once been so intimidating to him, was now completely at ease in his presence. If they were to actually fight, Li Wei was confident that he could kill him.

That's unnecessary. Even if the Hog Rider is your enemy, this enemy can currently bring you benefits. There are no eternal friends, only eternal benefits.

After spending a long time in the Shining Tavern, Li Wei still hadn't found the knight who sold ambergris. He planned to stay in Icewind City for a few days, and if the knight didn't come, Li Wei would have to find another way to get the ambergris.

Li Wei was unaware that he had been targeted by a silver-ranked assassin known as the Deathbird.

Bored, Li Wei decided to check the bounty board and see if he could obtain ambergris by posting bounty missions.

Not long after, he saw a quest related to ambergris. A nobleman was also buying ambergris, and the quest had been posted three months ago, but no one had completed it yet.

Seeing this, Li Wei's face turned ugly. It was probably hopeless to buy ambergris through the bounty commission method. These days, ambergris is getting harder and harder to obtain. It's all that damned White Horse Knight's fault. He only advanced to the legendary level, yet he has monopolized all the ambergris!

"If it still doesn't come in a couple of days, I might have to make a trip to the Tuva Empire."

Li Wei did not want to go to the Tuva Empire unless absolutely necessary, as unfamiliar environments always come with unknown risks.

Just when he was feeling disappointed, Li Wei spotted a task that caught his eye on a bounty board in the corner.

[Due to mission requirements, we are recruiting a full-fledged knight with exceptional archery skills.]

[Commission Fee: One bottle of ambergris (can be converted into gold coins of equivalent value)]

(PS: Just replying again, there will be a fusion of breathing techniques later in the book, but it hasn't been written yet, so please be patient. Also, please keep reading! The author has released three chapters today! Please! Tuesday's reading time is crucial!)

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