Murphy waved her hand gently while twitching her cheek.

Filia's words themselves were actually disturbing, but her tone was so steady, which showed that everything she had just done was premeditated.

But to be honest, she didn't seem to be taking Murphy's shoulder seriously.

But...even though he wasn't taking it seriously, it still made his bones creak.

"Can't you adjust your strength to the standard of a normal human?"

"How many times do you think I've broken bones in the past because of this kind of thing?"

When he thought of this, the most disgusting memories deep in Murphy's heart revived.

"Come to think of it...it seems she can't beat me right now, right?"

Thinking of this, Murphy slowly placed his hands on Filia's.

As he moved, his silver-pink pupils dilated slightly, and a hint of uneasiness and panic appeared on his face.

But then, a slightly angry smile appeared on her face again, and she slowly stood up in the car.

And her expression seemed to say: You want to fight? Then let's fight again.

Murphy didn't care about her thoughts, he just pulled the hands towards him.

Looking at Filia who rushed towards him because she didn't react when her hands were suddenly pulled, Murphy's mouth curled up slightly.

If you can't maintain your balance, your lower body will become unstable, which is undoubtedly fatal in a shaking carriage.

Sure enough, after a "bang", Filia lost her fulcrum and fell into the carriage.

Murphy turned over lightly and pressed Filia under him, while his hands were still tightly holding Filia's hands.

"Well, you pinched me a little bit just now, so."

————Click!

"ah------!"

Hearing Filia's heartfelt scream, Murphy couldn't help but laugh out loud.

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Before they knew it, Murphy and Filia had spent another day in the carriage.

Finally, we arrived at Wilfrid Castle, the main castle of Earl Reinhard.

Wilfrid Castle is a fortress made of stone and clay, which was awarded to the legendary first sword master by Leighton IV many years ago.

Although so many years have passed, the entire fortress does not look dilapidated, perhaps because it is often repaired. Instead, it has a heaviness that only belongs to time.

There is a small city surrounding Wilfred Castle.

It was built slowly by the residents of the territory.

At first, they just spontaneously built a gathering place around the fortress, but after so many years of development, the gathering place has gradually become a small city.

Murphy got off the carriage and looked at the gate not far away.

He had specifically told Bray not to go in directly because he had some things to deal with for the time being.

There was some movement from the carriage again, and Murphy gently shook her shoulder, which was in pain due to someone's pain.

"Could this guy be some troll in human form?"

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the silver hair fluttering beside him: "I'll just take you here."

"Won't you come in with me?"

Murphy shook his head at Filia: "I don't want to attract too much attention. You go in first."

This is the castle of the Reinhard family. As the daughter of the current earl, the people of the territory are naturally very familiar with Filia's appearance.

Apart from anything else, her dazzling and beautiful silver hair would be noticed at a glance even in a crowd.

So if you follow her in, you will inevitably be watched by others.

"Not going to look for Rayleigh?"

I don’t know if it was because of stage fright or some other reason, but Filia seemed to want to persuade Murphy.

But Murphy didn't notice her thoughts and just shook his head again.

"I'll go by myself then."

Filia seemed a little disappointed. She lowered her eyelids slightly, not knowing what to say.

After a while, she murmured softly.

"I hope by then... I won't be gone yet."

Then, Filia stopped talking and raised her head and walked towards the gate of Wilfred Castle.

Murphy stared at her back without saying a word, responding to her murmurs with silence.

...Unfortunately, what I am waiting for is the moment when you leave.

After the figure completely disappeared from sight, Murphy said to Bray, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, "Take me to see the middleman that Master mentioned."

"Okay, Master Murphy."

Murphy re-entered the elevator.

Soon after, the carriage began to vibrate and move slowly.

Chapter 71 Only One Chance

After Bray left, Murphy stayed in the outer city of Wilfrid Castle for another five days.

However, he did not do nothing during these five days. On the contrary, he made a lot of preparations.

Murphy rented a carriage large enough for one person early and parked it somewhere outside the city.

Because he spent a lot of money, the driver had no complaints even though he asked him to wait for his arrival there rain or shine.

In addition, he would wander around Wilfred Castle every day, observing the geographical conditions near the fortress and looking for the most suitable places to invade and escape.

Although it is possible to enter the fortress directly as Rayleigh's guest, there is nothing wrong in looking for an invasion route while searching for an escape route.

And now, he already has a preliminary idea.

After that, he would spend almost every night in the tavern closest to Wilfrid Castle, which was the favorite tavern of the servants of the Reinhard family.

Because of his generosity (treating people to drink) and his good drinking capacity (drinking competition with dwarves), Murphy easily won the favor of the servants.

Of course, in the name of "Merlin".

After learning that he was a swordsman invited by Rayleigh as a guest, the servants showed him even more respect.

There were even a few people who had a bad drinking habit and after drinking with him, they told him the not-so-secret secret that there was a large-scale personnel reshuffle going on in the fortress recently.

But these are not really important.

The tavern was mentioned specifically because Murphy met an unexpected person here - an orc blacksmith, who was Bronco's roommate.

He was also a guy who had a bad drinking habit. After being drunk by Murphy and after a few simple words, he told everything that happened between him and Bronco.

Including the fact that he moved out of the dormitory and lived alone outside because he couldn't stand Bronco's bad habits.

As a reward for telling her this, Murphy treated him to the best wine in the store.

These were some of the preparations Murphy had made during these five days, and he had finally waited for the day he had been waiting for.

It was the night of the fifth day after Bray left. As usual, Murphy ended his inspection outside Wilfred Castle and prepared to go to the tavern to collect intelligence.

But before he left, the suddenly opened fortress gate made him stop.

Coming out of the fortress was a team of "ordinary people". There weren't many of them. Murphy made a quick count and found that there were about fifty of them.

Some of them were dressed in shabby civilian clothes, some were dressed like wealthy businessmen, and some were dressed like guards.

In addition, there was a group of people who looked like coachmen driving several carriages.

In short, this group of people with different identities and status walked out of Wilfred Castle at the same time.

However, Murphy immediately recognized their identities from their well-trained movements - elite soldiers of the Reinhardt family.

"Is Filia leaving?"

Murphy hid in the darkness, secretly looking at the team.

Filia might be in one of the carriages, and she is now heading to the royal capital with this team.

In fact, according to the original world line, Filia would be selected by the visiting brave man before today and join the brave team, and then lead the brave man to wander around the earldom.

It may be because of Murphy's intervention that the world line changed. In this life, the hero left Lars early, which also made her visit to Wilfred Castle much earlier.

So in this life, Filia has never actually seen a hero, let alone been selected to join the team of heroes.

However, Murphy actually did not have any psychological pressure. After all, the only person he directly affected was Ella.

To be honest, it's a bit shameless, but he really doesn't have any psychological pressure.

Looking at this team ready to go, Murphy is now lost in thought.

He was thinking about whether he should take action directly tonight or enter the fortress early tomorrow morning as Rayleigh's guest and then wait for the opportunity to strike.

Finally, after careful consideration, he chose the non-existent third option: to wait a few nights before taking action.

He did not choose the first option because he guessed that Wilfred Castle would be under the tightest defense tonight.

After all, they had just sent so many elite soldiers to escort Filia to the royal capital, so the remaining guards would definitely be on high alert, which would undoubtedly bring considerable trouble to their infiltration.

The second option was also unsafe. If he was the only one who entered the fortress as a guest recently, then even if he did not kill Blanco, he would be highly suspicious in the eyes of the guards.

Therefore, Murphy abandoned the first two options and directly chose the third one.

Even if the guards are extremely alert, human energy is limited after all.

As the saying goes, once you make great progress, you will be exhausted again and again.

The guards will definitely not be able to maintain this super-concentrated state for long. Only then will be the real opportunity that Murphy has been waiting for.

Although there was no need to watch any further, Murphy still kept watching the team secretly in the dark.

Only after they left did he return to his hiding place in Wilfrid Castle.

I don’t know whether he was looking at the team itself or someone hiding in the team.

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Late at night, tiny stars shine in the sky, while patches of dark clouds block the moon's radiance.

Under the shadow of the dark clouds, a black figure walked over the high walls of the fortress.

"As expected, the defense has become quite lax."

Murphy, dressed in black, squatted in the shadows, looking at the guard who was yawning and holding his sword not far away.

This was the third night after the team left. Sensing that the time had come, Murphy finally began his own action.

Although the moon was mostly covered by dark clouds tonight, his eyes were exceptionally bright.

For him, this is the best environment.

Although for others, it is impossible to see anything at all at this kind of night.

But for Murphy, long-term night watches have already trained him to have a pair of eyes that can see through the darkness.

He did not stay where he was, but continued to climb over the high walls of the fortress.

His target was clear: Room 207, where Bronco was.

He spent a lot of time in the tavern these days, and almost learned the entire internal layout of the fortress from the servants.

So now he knows very well where he wants to go and what he wants to do.

Take out Bronco and leave the fort.

And there is only one chance.

Chapter 72 Bronco

When Bronco was awakened, he found that he could not move at all.

When he looked down at his body, he found that he had been tied to a chair with a rag stuffed in his mouth.

No one knew where this rag came from, but it emitted a familiar stench, and it seemed to be his socks.

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