Barbara's mental waves came and went quickly. Very soon, they were gone. Liang Lidong knew that she had successfully contracted a magic pet.
Liang Lidong left the grand laboratory and went to the bedroom next door. It used to be Karl's residence, but the furniture and bedding were fresh and even had the smell of wood paint. He had to admit that Uther was quite well-prepared. He had used all the furniture and utensils in the room. Very soon, a rather good-looking maid came to knock on the door.
"Mr. Beta, the mayor asked me to serve you." The girl, who was wearing a linen maid uniform, lowered her head and dared not look at anybody. "Also, these are the gold coins that the mayor asked me to deliver."
The maid gave a bag full of gold coins to Liang Lidong, who stored them in his Backpack and said, "Okay, you can take a rest now. Call me when it's dinner time."
After heaving a sigh of relief, the maid quickly left. Liang Lidong could tell that the maid was scared of him. Standing on Liang Lidong's shoulder, Joan Of Arc clicked her tongue and said, "It seems that you're not very popular in Winterwind, master. It's normal for professionals to be scared of you, but it's not right if even ordinary people are scared of you. "
"I know. That's why I'm going to investigate." Liang Lidong looked at the sky outside the window. "There's still some time before dinner. Let's go out and see what's going on. Joan Of Arc, you fly to the sky first. Keep an eye on the surroundings for me later. If anyone is tailing me, give them a warning. "
"Got it!" Joan Of Arc jumped and flew out of the window.
Liang Lidong left the castle and set off for the center of the city. There were a few soldiers guarding the suspension bridge of the castle. Normally, no one was allowed to enter or leave, but when they saw Liang Lidong's red magic robe, they didn't dare to stop him. However, a quick-witted soldier trotted to the castle to report.
On the street, many passersby subconsciously stayed away from him when they saw his red robe.
According to his experience in the game, if he did not care about money, the first choice to obtain useful information was the Assassin Guild. This time, Liang Lidong once again found the blacksmith shop 'Black Iron Sharp Blade'. This time, the one who contacted him was still the beautiful woman with a frighteningly good figure. But this time, she did not play any mysterious tricks. After the guide brought Liang Lidong to the small house, she walked out directly. She did not close the door, nor did she wear a veil on her face.
"We meet again." Liang Lidong looked at him. "It seems that we are fated people. You don't mind telling me your name, right?"
The beautiful woman from the assassin guild opened her cherry lips and said, "Katerina! Sir Beta, I'm glad that you're willing to take care of our Assassin Guild's business again. May I know the purpose of your visit? "
Liang Lidong knew that this name might not be his real name, but having a name was always a good thing. It was convenient for communication. He said, "Ms. Katerina, I recently discovered that the ordinary people in Winterwind seem to be scared of me. That's not normal. So, I would like to ask your guild to help me find out what's going on. "
Katerina extended her hand. "Thank you. Fifty gold coins."
The price sounded appalling enough, but for professionals, especially players like Liang Lidong who used to be a lord, it was not an exaggeration. He took out a bag of gold coins from his Backpack and put them on the table.
Hearing the heavy sound of the money pouch landing on the table, Katerina slowly opened the pouch and counted out fifty gold coins. She put them into her clothes and said with a smile, "I can tell you about this commission right now. Two and a half months ago, the Guild of Mercenaries accepted the commission from Rex, the noble, to spread rumors about you in Winterwind and ruin your reputation. The content of the rumor is nothing more than that you are cruel, lustful, and that you like to kill young girls. "
Liang Lidong frowned. It was getting weirder and weirder. "Why did Rex do that?"
Katerina's eyebrows furrowed slightly. She said with some amusement, "Maybe he's just bored?"
Rex seemed to be particularly persistent in infuriating Liang Lidong. He had tried to provoke him multiple times in the castle. As for the rumors about him, it seemed to be an attempt to infuriate him too. What could have made Rex do such a weird thing? In terms of interests and psychology, infuriating Liang Lidong wouldn't do Rex any good. But the problem was that Rex did exactly that.
It was the creed of nobles to not do anything without benefits. Liang Lidong didn't believe that Rex was purely trying to infuriate him, nor did he believe that the guy was merely looking for something to relieve his boredom. He believed that there must be a reason that he didn't know.
"I'll ask your guild to help me find out the reason." Liang Lidong pushed the remaining half bag of gold coins to the beauty. "This is the down payment. If the job is done, I'll pay you another fifty gold coins as compensation."
"How generous!" Katerina put away the bag of coins and smiled like a cat that had stolen a fish. "The Assassin Guild will take care of it. Rex is a strange man. He's established himself in Winterwind after coming from the capital for no more than five years. Also, he has an unknown source of funds. In fact, we've been investigating him. Although we've found a lot of things, we always feel that he's hiding something critical. Perhaps it has something to do with the rumors about you that he spread. "
The Assassin Guild had the best intelligence investigation on the continent. Liang Lidong didn't doubt that they couldn't find anything. "How much time do you need?"
"Very soon. Our men have already infiltrated the core of the Rex family. We'll have news in ten days, or at most a month." Katerina stood up and looked at Liang Lidong with a smile. "If Mr. Beta is willing to work for us, the mission will be free. We know that you have a special mist spell that can move silently and is hard to disperse … You're born to be an assassin. You have the qualities. "
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After leaving the Black Steel Edge blacksmith shop, Liang Lidong walked through the alleys of the slums. He rejected Katerina's invitation as it was a natural thing to do. He had a lot of things to do, such as leveling up. He didn't have time to play assassin games. Moreover, he didn't want to be ordered and controlled by others. This was the nature of most players.
There was dirty yellow water on both sides of the street, and there was a huge field of rice on the road. Liang Lidong covered his nose and wanted to leave the place as soon as possible. The physique of professionals was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but their sense of smell was also much stronger than that of ordinary people. In many cases, the slightest odor could make a professional feel uncomfortable. Liang Lidong could tolerate environments that were much worse than this, but it didn't mean that he liked such places.
He was about to leave the slums, when Joan Of Arc's voice echoed in the mental channel. "Master, two people are following you. I've been paying attention to them for a while."
"Someone is following me?" Liang Lidong asked. "When did it start?"
"It hasn't been long since you left the assassin's guild."
Liang Lidong took a few steps forward and then sped up into an alley. Two people hurriedly trotted forward and followed him into the alley, but they soon found that the alley was actually a dead end. The two looked around for a while and were surprised to find that there was no one here. Their target was gone.
While the two stalkers were surprised, they heard light footsteps behind them. They looked back and found that the target was actually behind them. Then the two were instantly punched. One fainted, and the other rolled on the ground with his nose in his hands.
Liang Lidong walked over, grabbed the collar of the unconscious man with one hand, and then pressed him heavily against the wall. The huge force almost made the stalker faint. In order to catch these two stalkers, Liang Lidong even wasted a Phase Shift magic scroll. He was quite distressed. The money was not a big deal, but the success rate of this magic scroll was not high. It was a bit troublesome.
"Speak. Who asked you to follow me?" Liang Lidong stared at him coldly.
The stalker coughed violently a few times. When he finally caught his breath, he said, "Sir, please don't kill me. I just wanted to steal some money from you. I had no intention of following you, and no one ordered me to do so."
"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Liang Lidong pointed at the red magic robe he was wearing. "Everyone will know that I'm a spellcaster when they see this robe. You thieves wouldn't dare to follow me if you didn't have a huge reward … It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I'm a spellcaster and I can search your soul. I can find out after I kill you, but it'll be more troublesome."
Liang Lidong smiled sinisterly and grabbed a mass of black magical elements in his hand. In fact, he was not capable of such an advanced spell as Soul Search at all, but he was a spellcaster. Ordinary people were naturally scared of spellcasters and would believe whatever he said first.
This man immediately collapsed. He was so scared that tears and snot ran out together: "I'll tell you, don't play with my soul... it's the city lord who asked us to track you. He promised us a reward of one gold coin, spellcaster, let us go, we'll give you all the money..."