The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

"Of course, it's not like there's no way out."

Just as the three were about to leave, the person in charge spoke again, his face bearing a compassionate expression:

Isn't this just like accepting someone as a dog?

The three idle adventurers glared angrily at the person in charge, but unfortunately, the situation was beyond their control, and they had no choice but to bow their heads. With the constant threat of being attacked by the Bloodstained Society, it seemed that joining the Lauta family was the only way out for them.

They gritted their teeth, took the contract prepared by the person in charge, and their anger subsided slightly when they saw the generous benefits on it. They comforted themselves, thinking that they were just retiring early, and signed their names on the contract.

Having revoked the three's contract, the man who had turned hostile turned to Maginus, who had remained silent and motionless, and revealed a smile even more amiable than when he had faced the three:

"So, Miss Ilsis and Mr. Moni, what do you two think? If you are willing to join the Lauta family, the treatment will be more generous than that of the other three."

The girl didn't reply, turning to look at the detective beside her. Manny rubbed his chin, smiled when he noticed her gaze, and said to the man in question:

“I don’t need to. Miss Rosley Holly is a good friend of mine, and I plan to seek her protection. I will also come to carry out the commission as usual, so please rest assured.”

"Really, that's a shame."

Upon learning that Mani had contact with the eldest daughter of the Holly family, the person in charge couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise, a look of regret on his face. He immediately turned to look at Maginus:

"And what about you, Miss Ilsis? As far as I know, you've only been in Red Sparrow City for less than three months, haven't you?"

"I have my own ways of handling security issues, so the Lauta family doesn't need to worry about it."

Maginus also declined the man's invitation and turned to walk outside: "Just like before, call me if you need any help."

When the girl refused to join the Lauta family, the confident head of the household immediately panicked. After all, no one could replace Maginus's role so far.

If she really is dead, the subsequent investigation will likely be much more difficult.

"Miss Ilsis, the terms are negotiable, and the maximum employment period can be reduced!"

"No need."

Maginus left the theater without looking back. The person in charge initially thought she was playing hard to get and trying to get better treatment, but when she actually left, he realized that this adventurer was serious and had no worries about the Bloodstained Society's retaliation.

After visiting the dark alley and confirming that the general store was closed, Maginos was curious about where the people who ran the store would go and what they would do after the auction.

An adventure? Opening a shop in another city?

Back home, Neko was playing with the two curved swords she had looted from the enemy. She preferred the curved swords to the daggers, while Tail was still swinging the daggers.

"Have you finished reading the assassin's manual I gave you?"

"I've finished reading it, meow~ By the way, Master, why is the manual so thin?"

"I didn't learn everything. I paid an old thief to teach me a long time ago, so I only know the basics. You'll have to figure out the rest yourself."

"Learning just the basics is enough~, psionic powers are still more useful, and I'll focus on learning stealth as an assassin first~."

Neko still felt that progressing in combat through psychic energy training was much faster, and that it wouldn't be long before she had enough strength to deal with ordinary enemies.

"There will likely be battles every night from now on, so remember to be prepared."

"Okay~!"

He said lazily, and then, with his superb agility, he climbed up and down the house, occasionally throwing a dagger into the air, doing a somersault on the spot, and catching the dagger again, like a juggler.

She currently uses her psychic powers entirely at will, unlike Maginus who acts from both rational and instinctual perspectives. Neko acts entirely on her own desires and instincts.

The use of psionic energy was probably more whimsical than Maginus's at first. As long as one's imagination was strong enough and the quality of psionic energy was high enough, there was nothing that could not be done.

The two trained separately throughout the day, and soon it was midnight. Maginus went upstairs, where the candles in the mansion were extinguished by liquid life force, leaving only Neko standing in the center of the hall.

She quietly returned to her hiding place, crouched down, and waited for the enemy to arrive.

……

At midnight, three more assassins arrived outside the haunted house. Compared to the assassins from yesterday, they were much stronger, clearly because none of the people who went to kill Maginus last night had returned.

Be careful, those four died inside yesterday, and Ilsis might be very strong.

Don't worry, we've killed so many people already, we won't fail here. Didn't some adventurers who participated in the reconnaissance die at our hands before?

Yes, in the end, these so-called idle adventurers are nothing but trash.

The three of them used sign language to pull out the invisibility scrolls they had prepared from their chests and tore them open. They didn't seem to mind, as the organization would reimburse them.

Entering stealth mode, the three immediately climbed to the second floor, found Maginus's bedroom, opened the window, and jumped in, only to find it empty.

Where is she?

I don't know, let's go outside and take a look.

Carefully opening the door, the anticipated sudden attack did not occur. Three assassins quietly emerged, their eyes scanning the surroundings but finding nothing.

Just then, the sharp-eyed assassin glanced at Neko, who was crouching in the shadows, staring at the beastmen below. A question flashed through his mind, and he waved to his teammates to come and take a look.

How could there be beastmen here? Isn't this Ilsis's home?

They were probably her servants or guards. Why worry about them? Just kill her!

One of them fell directly from the second floor, stabbing Nei Ke in the back with a dagger. When he got to about two meters away, Nei Ke's pupils contracted slightly. Her animalistic instincts made her sense the danger, and she lunged forward and rolled.

But it was too late for her. Dealing with the previous assassins was manageable, but these new assassins had discovered her beforehand. Without help from others, she would have been doomed.

Despite his attempt to escape, the dagger continued its trajectory toward her abdomen. Before it could strike, a gush of liquid appeared out of nowhere and slapped onto the assassin, halting his advance.

squeak

The door to the room next to the other two assassins opened, and Maginus stepped out carrying a longsword.

Chapter 289 Layers of Outsourcing

Ordinary people are indeed different from divine beings.

Maginos ignored the two assassins beside her and stood on the second floor watching Neko, who had almost been killed by them. The catwoman, seeing the assassins blocked, breathed a sigh of relief and looked up, pouting sweetly:

"Master, I almost died just now! Why did you assign me such an enemy?!"

"This is essential for your growth. You can't just kill those weaker than yourself. You'll get a reward after you deal with the one below you."

Maginus responded calmly, slightly raising her finger. The liquid life force on the assassin on the first floor vanished instantly. At the same time, two assassins beside her approached with daggers, wanting to kill her quickly.

Looking back at the two assassins, Maginus saw them moving in slow motion, as fast as tortoises.

He raised his hand, drew his iron sword, aimed at the throat, and slashed casually. Blood gushed from the wounds, and the two assassins died with their eyes wide open, completely unaware of how they had died.

The assassin at the bottom of the building didn't look up, so he was unaware that his two teammates had died. At this moment, he was focused on exchanging blows with Nek.

With its master present, Nei Ke did not use its spiritual power to paralyze the enemy for a short time, but instead observed the assassin's combat movements to learn from them.

Unfortunately, combat skills are not so easy to learn. She tried to imitate others but was repeatedly defeated, leaving many scars on her body, and toxins were invading her body.

Insufficient physical constitution leads to poor endurance. He can sense that his physical strength is about to be exhausted, so he decisively activates his spiritual energy during the next weapon exchange.

The electric current paralyzed the assassin once again, just like with the previous victims. In the instant his muscles stiffened and he lost control, Neko suddenly sprang up, flicking out a dagger from his tail and piercing his heart.

After dealing with his enemies, Neko lay on the ground panting heavily, somewhat exhausted. Maginus fell from the second floor, picked up his cat, and ruffled its fur a few times.

Life force surged into her body to expel the toxins, and Neko asked with a smile, "How was my battle this time?"

"We still need to keep going."

With a lukewarm remark, Maginus was thinking of something else entirely.

Neko's rate of becoming stronger is a bit slow. If I could obtain another power of conquest or tyranny, perhaps I could enhance her.

It's a bit of a pity that there don't seem to be any other Divine Children in Red Sparrow City, so I can't get another big boost.

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"How come people come every day, and they're getting stronger and stronger?!"

It was another night. Five days had passed since the assassin first came. Every night for those five days, assassins had tried to kill him, and each day the assassins were stronger than the last.

Starting yesterday, Neko was basically useless, and could only stand aside and watch the battle, waiting for Maginus and their opponents to finish.

But it's less of a battle and more of a one-sided massacre. For example, right now, Neko is upstairs swinging her legs and complaining about how many assassins there are, while her master, Maginus, is downstairs fighting the enemy.

The girl blocked the assassin's attack with one hand. An assassin hidden in the darkness attacked from behind. The girl seemed to have eyes in the back of her head, dodging the attack by turning to the side and kicking the assassin in the stomach.

Bang!

A muffled thud was clearly audible to everyone inside the house; it was the sound coming from inside the assassin's body.

The assassin who was kicked flew out and crashed into the wall. After falling to the ground, his eyes were wide open, indicating that he was dead.

"continue."

Raising her longsword at the two men, Maginus was unharmed. The remaining two assassins who entered the room were filled with rage, but a hint of fear lurked in their hearts.

They hadn't expected "Ilsis" to be so strong, and now it was playing with them like a cat toying with a mouse.

Of course, she would never commit meaningless acts of torture, even though it might feel good, but Maginus is not that kind of person.

The reason for fighting the assassins for so long was mainly to allow Nekko to observe the techniques they used.

Stealth, stealth, dual-wielding combat...

Despite her complaints, Neko was actually studying diligently. In addition, following Maginus's advice, she tried to spread her psychic energy outward to create a static electric field, using the sensation of static electricity to detect if anything was approaching her.

However, Neko doesn't yet possess the vast psychic energy of Maginus. Even if she could create an electrostatic field, it wouldn't be able to cover hundreds of meters like the girl's; it would only extend to within three or four meters of her.

"Master, I've learned it, I think?"

The cat on the second floor waved its paw, and Maginus put his hand on his sword. The two assassins exchanged a glance, ready to fight to the death.

Before their gazes could return to Maginus, a flash of sword light appeared, and blood spurted from the remaining necks of both men.

"There are still people outside. I'll go take care of them. Be careful."

After reminding Neko, the girl disappeared from the cat's sight, returning about three or four minutes later with a clean weapon, pointing the blade at Neko.

"Come on, let me see what you've learned today."

……

"They're all dead again. Not a single one has come back. You don't even know what happened inside!?"

A middle-ranking member of the Bloodstained Society was loudly berating his subordinates in a luxurious mansion. Judging from his clothes, he was a wealthy businessman, and his lean body looked as if he would collapse if the wind blew on him.

The lower-level manager, kneeling before him, was sweating profusely and swallowing hard as he said:

"My lord, that woman named Ilsis is really strange. The one I sent today is my strongest man..."

"Then go by yourself! Go by yourself!"

The wealthy businessman threw books off the table, hitting a lower-level manager on the head. Enraged, he shouted at the manager, whose forehead was bruised. The manager immediately lowered his head and said he would kill Ilsis the next day.

He told him to get out of the room. The wealthy businessman slumped into his chair, wiping away sweat. He picked up some collected intelligence from the corner of the table and opened it. Looking at the progress of the investigation into the Lauta family, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Using the memories of the scum they found previously, they successfully destroyed several of the Bloodstained Society's strongholds in Red Sparrow City.

Because the Bloodstained Society's structure was relatively decentralized, the captured scoundrels were unaware of the locations of other strongholds, which allowed him, as a mid-level member, to barely avoid being held accountable by the higher-ups managing the Red Sparrow City region.

What reassured the wealthy businessman was that the assassin who had killed the young master of the Lauta family was also in the stronghold. The Lauta family, having found the real culprit, would probably not spend a lot of money to further pressure the Bloodstained Society, at least not openly.

Unfortunately, this was not the end. They still had several missions to complete, including assassinating the young master of the Fryn family and the young lady of the Holly family.

The problem now is that Ilsis is not dead. If she is still alive, she will likely be called away by other families to help them, and they will follow the clues to find the entire structure of Bloodstained City.

Chapter 290 Pretending not to know

"Oh, you've already caught them? I thought I'd be on a mission later."

The next morning, Maginus learned from the Lauta servant who had come to deliver the news that the murderer had been caught. After a sigh, he asked:

"Where is my payment? Will I go with you to the Lauta family's headquarters to collect it?"

"Yes, please follow me."

The servant led the way, and Maginus followed him to an extremely large manor. They entered the manor through a side gate and walked for a long time before finally seeing the house.

Upon entering the house, Mani and a group of professionals who had worked on the case were already waiting for Maginus.

They showed surprise on the girl's face, even the person in charge. They must have thought she was already dead, and the servants were simply preparing to collect her body.

A leader is a leader indeed. The Lauta family head in charge of this matter coughed and said, "It seems everyone is here. Let's get down to business. First of all, thank you all for your help all this time..."

While speaking nonsense on stage, Maginus turned to look at Mani, who was sitting next to her: "I wanted to ask you last time, do you know Miss Holly?"

"Yes, we are friends. Your strength is quite impressive, Miss Ilsis."

Mani made no attempt to conceal his relationship with Miss Holly. When Maginus asked him a question, he answered it and then asked another.

"We're lucky; the people who came weren't very strong."