There are many ruthless bosses living in my territory

Liszt nodded as he listened.

"Well, that's quite true, but there's still something missing."

At this time, Lister came to a wall and squatted down, picking up some hair on the ground.

Pri immediately came over and hugged Lister from behind, observing him carefully.

"This... isn't the fur of a gnoll, it looks more like a bear's!"

"Correct."

Liszt looked at the hair in his hand, and a different color flashed in his eyes.

"It looks like a bear from the Werebeast race. No wonder it's so big and could kill so many Jackals so easily."

The bear beastman race is recognized as one of the most powerful human races.

Reina and other guards are all bear-like orcs. They are naturally tall, muscular and have amazing strength.

The male bear orcs are even more exaggerated. They can compete with low-level blood knights with their physical strength alone, and after cultivating blood, they can directly crush humans of the same level.

Therefore, trade with male Ursine Orcs is prohibited in the United States, and most of them are under the direct jurisdiction of the Empire.

Now that we have found clues about the bear beastman species here, it means...

There may be a tribe of bear-like beastmen further north in the Winter Mountains!

The human empire once destroyed the empires of other races, but it probably didn't kill them all, otherwise there wouldn't be half-orcs and half-elves left.

It makes sense that these alien races fled to the polar regions.

So is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Liszt held the hair in his hand and shook his head.

"Pulley, it looks like we need to intensify our exploration of the Winter Mountains."

"Not only should we pay attention to the movements of the gnolls, but we must also be wary of these undiscovered beastman tribes."

"Leave the internal exploration to the newly trained Genin, and use your shadow clones to strengthen the external exploration."

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Puli nodded, the safety of Red Maple Territory is the most important.

"I'm going back. Remember to only use your shadow clone. I don't want to see you get hurt."

"Yes! Master!"

At this time, Muzan had already come over and grabbed Lister's shoulders, and the two of them instantly returned to the office in Hongfeng Territory.

Just as Liszt was about to say something, a white owl came out of the small window on the side of the room.

"Snowy Owl! Any news?!"

The snowy owl flew over to Liszt's desk and dropped the letter it was holding in its beak.

Liszt quickly picked up the letter and read it.

Wuzan sat back on the sofa a little impatiently.

The time of waiting and not being able to advance the progress bar is the most uncomfortable time for her.

She asked subconsciously when she saw Lister's frown.

"Is there something wrong with Baiyue City?"

"Do not……"

Liszt rubbed his brows.

"Do you remember what I told you about the Dark Court?"

"Before I left, I found someone from the Dark Court and wanted to find out what role the Dark Court played in the turmoil in the kingdom."

"I got the answer, and then used illusion to erase the memory of me questioning her from that person's mind."

"Although I concealed some of my information, our Ayler family won the Duchy War so smoothly. Didn't the top leaders of the Dark Court suspect me?"

"Why didn't you send anyone over in the past two months?!"

Liszt found that he seemed to have overestimated the top leaders of the Dark Court.

That incident revealed a lot of traces and details. I thought there would be trouble in the near future, but there wasn’t!

Muzan looked at his nails with blood-red red spider lilies printed on them and said indifferently.

"Isn't this great? It would be troublesome if the enemy discovered our hiding place."

Liszt shook his head.

"It depends on the situation. I can only rely on my family to get the general information about the Kingdom of Rennes. I am completely in the dark about other places."

"Although the Dark Court is weak, their influence is at least spread across many places in the United States. The shadow forces are also extremely suitable for intelligence investigations, and they must have some understanding of the United States."

"The person my sister sent to deliver the letter to the emperor of the empire has died on the way, which means my family has been noticed."

"I urgently need a reliable intelligence channel to understand the situation. There is no direct conflict between me and the Dark Court, so we should be able to cooperate."

What worries Lister most now is the situation in the United States.

His territory is on the border of the United States, and his family, including his father, mother, sister, and many uncles and aunts whom he has rarely met, all work for the United States.

Anything that happens in the Kingdom of Rennes will inevitably affect the family.

He stopped investigating at the beginning because continuing the investigation would only attract unnecessary attention, and Madara and Aizen would not help him easily. When his own strength is not enough, it is safer to know less.

But this doesn't mean that he doesn't need to pay attention to the situation in the kingdom.

Opportunities are always fleeting. If you don't seize the opportunity, you will miss a lot of things.

"Then why don't you send one of your maids over there?"

"Although White Moon City is far away, we can get there quickly if we use Flying Thunder God a few more times."

Liszt coughed.

Mainly, he didn't want any of the maids to leave him, so he never sent them far away.

But it looks like we have to consider it.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

On the vast snowfield, there were two figures, one tall and one short, wearing cloaks and all in black, marching forward in the heavy snow.

"Hey! Are you sure there's something wrong with that Red Maple Baron?"

"Don't yell 'hey hey hey', I have a name!"

The shorter figure pulled down his hood to reveal two large white-haired mouse ears. It was the female rat-like orc that Lister had threatened before.

"You also heard the leader's order."

"If the leader hadn't helped me remove the influence of the forgetfulness magic, we wouldn't have known that Lister was so evil."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The tall cloaked man was clearly impatient.

"When will this damn snow end?"

"Where exactly is that guy's territory?!"

Liszt had never thought that the Dark Court had been sent to scout his territory more than a month ago, but...

Both were lost.

Chapter 54 Isn’t this just a small town?

"Finally found!"

Two cloaked men, one tall and one short, breathed a sigh of relief as they looked at the more than 200-meter-long earthen wall in the distance and the huge fortress in the center.

Once again, I walked from day to night and finally found the territory of the guy named Lister.

It was hidden in such a deep place. If I hadn't been lucky enough to pass through the woods in front, I might not have been able to find it.

"Achille, let's sneak in first to see the situation and then go find Lister."

The tall Archer snorted disdainfully.

"Why bother?"

"Isn't this just a small town? Apart from Lister, what powerful guy could there be?"

"Besides, it's already dark now. This is our assassins' home turf. Are you still afraid of being discovered?"

The shorter one retorted.

"You underestimated Liszt. Even though it was daytime, he could easily suppress me..."

"Pauline, that's because you're too weak!"

Archer interrupted the other person and looked at the short Pauline with his dark face hidden by the hood.

"You are too weak, so Lister's magic obscured your memory."

"And I am the captain of the Dark Court. You can't compare to me in terms of strength."

"You can only listen to me!"

Tsk!

Pauline gritted her teeth in extreme displeasure.

The Dark Court stipulates that only the most capable will be in power, and the weak can only listen to the strong, so she had no way to refute.

"Those disgusting nobles all live in the highest places. They are too conspicuous."

"Rest for a while and then take action."

"Of course you don't have to come along. You'll just be in the way."

As soon as he finished speaking, Archer took a step forward, as if he had walked into the shadows, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Tsk!

There was both envy and resentment in Pauline's eyes.

Because of the Dark Court's belief that "everything is false and everything is permitted", most of its members pursue freedom, believing that people should not be bound by rules and that only power is eternal.

Therefore, most of the people in the Dark Court are like a lone boat on the sea, surviving on the principle of survival of the fittest. Only the leader can command the members by relying on his own strength, charm and the shadow power cultivation method in his hands.

In addition, the Dark Court's several bases are far apart, and there is no leader who can convince all the Dark Court members, so there are many leaders of the Dark Court...

Although the organization's personnel were of mixed quality, the Dark Court still provided a home for many people who had nowhere else to go.

"Tsk! I won't accompany you if you want to die!"

Until now, Pauline still remembers that Liszt once easily suppressed her at an extremely fast speed.

Even though she had the ability to sneak into shadows and move quickly in cracks, she still couldn't get rid of Lister, which was enough to show how abnormal the other party's speed and perception were.

Since we're talking about acting separately, that's perfect!

She went to see what was in this town, and how desperate a village would be if it was governed by such a terrifying guy.

……

The night in Red Maple Town is very quiet.

Because the circuit pipelines were still under construction, and Lister took into account that the subjects might not accept the use of electricity so quickly, the subjects did not know about electrical appliances and were all using oil lamps.

Achilles ran through the fields as if he was riding the wind.

Silently, the only thing in his body that was bright was his eyes.

At this moment, he was in the gap between the real space and the shadow space. His magic power would hardly leak out, and his body was completely transparent. In addition, the people in the Dark Court had to learn the silent movement technique, so no one could detect him.

As the captain, Achilles can only stay in the shadow space for ten minutes each time. If he stays in the shadow space for more than ten minutes, he will be at risk of being assimilated by the shadow power and his temperament will become indifferent.

Don't worry too much. The cooling time for entering and exiting the shadow space is only three seconds. There is no need for him to take the risk of staying in the shadow space for a long time.

Relying on this ability alone, those who claim to be assassins of the Dark Court are not afraid of being hunted down.

No one can easily catch someone who practices shadow energy.