After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

As soon as he arrived at his residence, he immediately arranged for all his subordinates to go out and inquire about the news from all sides.

He curled up on the sofa, waiting anxiously for the development of the situation.

During this time, I almost pulled all my hair out.

"Report!!!"

The door of the room was hurriedly pushed open, and another of his men who had been sent out to gather information came back.

Boris stood up in a hurry, but unfortunately his legs were numb from sitting for too long.

Before he could stand firmly, he swayed twice and fell back awkwardly, his fat body sinking directly into the sofa.

But he no longer cared about his awkward posture, and raised his head impatiently, asking:

"What's going on? Have you heard anything?"

The subordinate who was trying to find out the news looked nervous.

After looking around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, he leaned over to Boris's ear and whispered:

"A friend of mine told me that not long ago, the Regent and other guild leaders held an emergency secret meeting."

Boris frowned immediately:

"I know that. Others have already reported it. The problem is that I'm also a high-ranking member of the guild. Why didn't they contact me?"

The subordinates who came to report earlier have brought back some scattered news.

For example, Regent Arthur arrived suddenly and seemed to have held a meeting with some senior officials.

But there is absolutely no further news.

In response, the subordinates also shook their heads:

"I'm not sure about the specific content of the meeting, but I heard it seemed to be related to the Brave Aize, and it seems that all the other senior executives except you were present."

"Of course it's related to him... Wait, you mean, even His Royal Highness the Regent is here? And I'm the only one not there!?"

"correct."

Boris's face suddenly turned pale.

What the subordinates were talking about was the plan to assassinate Aize.

For this kind of thing, we only need to find a few people to be responsible for the execution. Of course, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Naturally, it will not be the turn of Boris, a marginal figure, to participate.

This in itself is nothing strange.

But now that the seeds of distrust have been planted and have taken root, such a situation seems somewhat unacceptable to him.

Because it represents a possibility.

In other words, is there a possibility that there is a traitor within the guild who wants to kill me?

Rather, the entire guild was in cahoots, and seeing that the Hero Aize was difficult to deal with, they wanted to use me, a relatively marginal figure, as a scapegoat! ?

Probably.

Otherwise, why didn't this group of people bring me to the meeting?

But if this is the case, what will happen next?

I know too many of the guild's little secrets, and they will never allow me to fall easily into the hands of others.

Then, there is a high probability that he will commit suicide after being charged with all the crimes, and he will be completely cleared of all charges.

The guild has done similar things before, and some of them were even carried out under its own leadership.

If that's the case...

Boom, boom, boom! ! ! !

He didn't have time to think at all, as heavy knocks came from the entrance where his subordinates had just entered.

Boris, who was worried, was frightened so much that he almost fell to the ground again.

Boom, boom, boom! ! ! !

There was a second knock on the door, and whoever was outside seemed to be losing patience quickly.

Generally speaking, the guild's assassins wouldn't do something as polite as knocking on the door.

Unless it's to be disguised as suicide.

After all, the door was smashed, there were signs of fighting everywhere in the house, and there were more than 30 stab wounds in the back, and then you told people it was suicide or something...

Not quite right.

Therefore, this situation naturally further deepened Boris's fear and suspicion.

These insects really want to harm me.

But what to do?

With my big body, fat head and ears, who never exercises and gets out of breath after running a few steps, any low-level adventurer can subdue me.

How to do?

What should I do?

While hesitating, the knocks on the door became more and more urgent.

If this continues, it is not impossible for them to break in directly.

Since the door was blocked, he would go through the window. Boris didn't care about anything else. He left his subordinates who were still in a daze and turned around and rushed towards the window of the room.

Snapped! ! !

Under the impact of his huge external force, the window shattered instantly and turned into countless fragments flying in the dark night.

His huge body also rushed out and slammed heavily from the second floor to the street below.

“Aaaaaaaaa——”

Due to his poor landing posture, his legs were instantly broken and bent into a strange shape. His heart-wrenching screams, like a pig being slaughtered, instantly echoed in the street.

It also caused countless confused and sleepy refugees to look at him with doubtful eyes.

“Ouch…it hurts…it hurts so much…”

Boris, who had grown up rich and had never suffered such a hardship, was about to cry.

But the situation did not give him any breathing space.

Snapped--

With a crisp sound, another black shadow flew out from the window where he jumped out and landed beside him.

Looking closely, he saw that it was the subordinate who had just delivered the message to him.

At this moment, he had been pierced through the chest by a sword, and was dead with his eyes rolled back.

Now, Boris was even more frightened.

Dragging his broken leg that could no longer walk, he crawled on the street like some fat strange creature, under the puzzled gazes of the refugees.

Wanting to get as far away from the impending death as possible.

However, such efforts were of no avail.

Another dark shadow flew out of the window and landed directly in front of Boris.

He was dressed in black, with his face covered and a hidden blade, so his facial features could not be seen clearly.

"For the sake of the guild, die!!!"

Without even giving him a chance to beg for mercy, he raised his hand and stabbed at his throat.

Boris, who had no other options left, closed his eyes in fear.

Ding! ! !

The expected pain did not come, but instead a crisp collision sound was heard nearby.

Boris opened his eyes tremblingly and found that the hidden blade that was stabbing at him was blocked by a broad two-handed knight's sword.

The sword's owner was a knight wearing armor, a hood, gray hair, and an expressionless face.

"Tsk——"

The assassin made an unhappy sound, took a few steps back, turned around and rushed into the dark alley beside the street, trying to escape.

The knights chased in at a faster speed. Where Boris couldn't see, he could only hear the fierce clashing sounds of weapons, as if they were fighting.

“…What… happened?”

Boris was completely confused.

Just at this moment, several more knights appeared and helped him up from the ground.

The broken leg was tortured like this, and he instantly grimaced in pain.

"It hurts, ahh ...

"We are knights under Lord Aize, sent by Lord Aize to protect the witness, yours."

A knight replied.

"Protect? Me?"

Boris looked incredulous.

It was at this moment that, with a crisp sound, the invisible battle in the alley seemed to have come to an end.

The gray-haired hooded knight, dragging a corpse, came to Boris and asked expressionlessly:

"Do you know this guy?"

The corpse was exactly the same as the assassin, with the same clothes and weapons.

At this moment, he had been pierced through the chest and died. His mask was naturally removed, and his facial features were exposed to Boris.

And the moment he saw his face, Boris closed his eyes painfully and nodded:

"I... I know him. His name is Anderson. He's... a high-ranking adventurer directly under the president..."

If there were any doubts until just now, then the moment this face appeared in front of him, the matter was completely confirmed.

The guild leader wanted to kill him.

To this end, he also sent out his most elite adventurers.

If you continue to stay with the guild, you will die.

so what should I do now?

What else can I do?

The answer is obvious.

Boris grabbed the arm of the gray-haired hooded knight, Constantine, and said in an almost pleading tone:

"You are Lord Aize's subordinates, right? Take me to see him!"

A moment later, in the palace's study—

"So, Boris has already taken the initiative to ask for cooperation with us?"

"Yes."

"Beautifully done."

After listening to Constantine and Alicia's reports, Aize nodded with satisfaction.

"Where is he now?"

"He's outside the study. He can be brought in for questioning at any time."

Constantine remained expressionless, while Alicia, standing beside him, had a look of confusion on her face.