Phoebe and Han Shuo had arranged the room accordingly after a while.
"Why were you so miraculously able to find traces of the wind mage Ellis when he came here?" Phoebe wrinkled her forehead in confusion and looked at Han Shuo inquiringly as she inspected the inside of the room.
Han Shuo was crouched close to the floor at that moment, carefully collecting some sawdust from the wood scraps. He conscientiously stored it in his space ring and replied without lifting his head. "This is my business and has nothing to do with you!"
With a light snort, Phoebe closed her mouth, but after a while she couldn't help but watch Han Shuo's actions. She let out an involuntary cry of astonishment, "Were you a killer before? How is it that you are so calm and cautious now, and even possess such extraordinary perception?"
If this was Han Shuo's original personality, of course he would not face any matter with such a calm and cautious mentality, but his magical training forced him to constantly exist in a state of enduring inhuman pain, unconsciously creating Han Shuo's firm and indomitable personality.
After the trials of the Dark Forest and Claude's death, Han Shuo's careful caution and steadiness had been unconsciously and silently trained into being. Add to that his extraordinary perception - this truly gave Han Shuo the characteristics of a professional killer. No wonder Phoebe dared to ask.
"No, do you think I'm you? Tonight, I've been working under your watchful instructions from the moment we entered the guild until our preparations just now. I don't think you would have understood such methods without certain experiences. It looks like you were the one who was a killer before, otherwise why would you be so well practised?" Han Shuo finally cleared the sawdust from the bed panels and raised his head to rake his eyes over Phoebe.
"You're the one who was a killer before!" Phoebe coldly rolled her eyes at Han Shuo. She continued, "However, my honoured master has passed on knowledge of these matters to me. The details of assassination were also one of my compulsory subjects of study."
"Oh. Looks like your master was a very skilled killer!" Han Shuo said shyly.
"Shut up, don't you dare slander my honourable master. My honoured master is a true swordsman. He wouldn't do such a thing!" Phoebe's face grew even colder as she glared at Han Shuo.
At that moment, faint footsteps could be heard approaching from the distance. Han Shuo's brow furrowed as he carefully recognised them. He said to Phoebe, "They should be coming back, I can hear them!"
Phoebe also concentrated on her hearing and listened. It was only a few breaths after Han Shuo's warning that she heard the sound of footsteps approaching. She looked at him in shock and said in a low voice, " No matter how strong or weak your power is, you're already quite frightening just because of your foresight and extraordinary senses."
Han Shuo didn't react and moved according to Phoebe's earlier instructions. He crouched down, turned to the side and rolled under the bed. Seeing that Han Shuo was in position, Phoebe scanned the four corners of the room with her beautiful eyes and suddenly jumped up. She used the chandelier in the room to hide in the shadows of the rafters.
Holding his breath and concentrating, Han Shuo slowed his breathing frequency and heart rate until he appeared to be dead. His mind completely clear, Han Shuo searched his mind, going over the items they had set up in the room once again in his mind, and then focused all his concentration on the people arriving.
At that moment, footsteps sounded at a volume that even normal people could hear. The shy laughter of a man and woman flirting could be heard from far outside the door, accompanied by various sounds of them making out.
The room door creaked open as the two of them slowly walked in, slowly approaching the bed Han Shuo was hiding under.
"Darling, were you so itchy today that you had to be so wild at the banquet tonight? Who caught your eye now?" Darnell laughed softly as he teased Yuna.
"What's my business is mine, are you a beast that only knows how to think with your lower body? You only have that b*tch Phoebe in your heart now. If you hadn't wanted to do something last time, we would have completed Grover's mission and killed that b*tch. Her guards got there in time because of your mistake, we almost didn't get out in time. Yuna scolded Darnell. She had already sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Heh heh, her skin is as smooth as silk and her face seems to have been exquisitely sketched by a painter. They say she's never had a man. Wouldn't it be a pity for her if such a beauty didn't experience the manliness of my strength before she dies? Darnell leered.
At this moment, Han Shuo's concentration was at its peak. Although Darnell and Yuna couldn't see Phoebe waiting in ambush, Han Shuo could hear her heartbeat and breathing quicken. It looked like she was extremely angry. He gave an internal start of surprise and hid himself even more carefully, ready to act if Phoebe sprang the ambush earlier than planned.
"Damned lecher, you'll die under a woman's crotch one day!"
"Heh heh, I'll let you die under my crotch first!"
The shifting sounds of clothes being removed slowly spread throughout the room, mixed with Darnell's depraved laughter and Yuna's light panting sounds.
Sucking and kissing sounds followed as Darnell's depraved laughter and Yuna's moans grew louder. The wooden bed above Han Shuo's head became a small boat in the middle of big waves as it rocked endlessly. A wailing moan, like someone crying, suddenly came from Yuna's mouth, followed by the sounds of repeated smacking sounds and heavy trousers filling the ears, mixed with Yuna's uncontrollable wailing in between.
Beneath the bed, Han Shuo could hear the sounds from above and could feel the bed swaying. He knew, without needing to see, that the depraved couple above him had begun their battle. His blood boiling, Han Shuo couldn't help but imagine the scene above him, and he desperately wanted to climb out and have a closer look. His body had long since risen uncontrollably in a certain masculine manner.
An extremely light breathing sound came within earshot of Han Shuo. He started and immediately realised that the sound was coming from Phoebe, who was still up in the rafters. He wondered if she was angry or similarly affected.
Han Shuo could only hear the sounds from underneath the bed, while Phoebe had to keep an eye on them all the time. She had probably seen their every move. Since even the slightest break in concentration was not allowed during an assassination attempt, Phoebe couldn't even take her eyes off them. According to Darnell, Phoebe was still a virgin. This kind of stimulus was probably more effective for her than for Han Shuo, who was stuck under the bed and could not see anything.
After a while, just as Han Shuo could hear Phoebe's breathing getting heavier and heavier and feared that she would not be able to hide any longer, the movements of the depraved couple above him became more and more intense. Enormous sounds of panting and moaning grew louder as the movement of the bed frame increased. Things had obviously reached a climax.
At that moment, a faint sound pierced the air. Han Shuo's entire body tensed at the sound, immediately knowing that Phoebe had already made her move. He focused all his concentration into his body.
"Ow!" Yuna cried out in pain and abruptly shouted, "Assassin!"
Before Yuna had even finished saying the word "assassin", the dagger in Han Shuo's hand was already aimed at a hole that had been drilled through the bed frame earlier, and he stabbed it violently through the hole.
A horrible wail, ten times more desperate than Yuna's, suddenly came from Darnell's mouth, like a pig being slaughtered. Their minds were quickly cleared of the original heights they had almost reached. They screamed continuously as they jumped from the bed and made their way to the room outside, the cries of agony never ceasing from their mouths.
Han Shuo had already rolled out from under the bed after his stabbing. He lifted his head to see that Phoebe's body was shrouded in the black nightwalker cloak and that a ball of milky-white aura emanated from the longsword in her hand. The ball of aura shone brightly in the dimness of the room. It shone so brightly that it was hard to keep one's eyes open, and closed in on Darnell and Yuna as they tried to escape.
Han Shuo lifted the crossbow in his hand and realised that they were both completely naked as he aimed and fired at Darnell. A crossbow bolt was already lodged in Yuna's snow-white left thigh and she clenched her teeth in pain as she moved, her body obviously not as agile as before. Darnell was worse off, the lower half of his body a mess of blood and flesh. He wore a devastated expression of tragedy and howled incessantly like a wolf.
Who would have thought that this dagger would have gone straight into Darnell's private parts. No wonder his cries were so much more desperate than Yuna's, Han Shuo thought with gleeful malice.
The crossbow bolt flew out like lightning and shot at Darnell's back. Darnell was actually able to see the danger from behind him, even though he was in the throes of horror and terror. Dark green light flickered from the longsword he had long been wielding and destroyed Han Shuo's crossbow bolt with an abrupt turn.
With a hastily muttered incantation, a wall of water suddenly appeared. The dark blue wall of water enveloped both of their heads, transforming Phoebe's milky white fighting aura into a sky full of rain that soaked both of their bodies.
But the appearance of this wall of water was timely, buying them a few seconds of time. The two of them screamed and ran out of the room, but halfway through the room the hanging chandelier suddenly crashed down, forcing Darnell to stop his steps again and knock the chandelier to the side.
Phoebe had already descended from the rafters and Han Shuo had just fired his crossbow. Like cheetahs, they charged at the two at the same time. Phoebe had planned to finish off Darnell, but showed a trace of panic and disgust when she saw his naked body. She shifted her sights and her longsword to Yuna.
The crossbow in Han Shuo's hand fired once more and was knocked aside. Just as Darnell had destroyed the crossbow bolt, Han Shuo's dagger was already rushing to greet him. Darnell had already gone into a mad frenzy, and due to the pain and heartbreak of losing his manhood, he raised his combat aura to the maximum and collided with Han Shuo's dagger.
Pffsht.
A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out as Darnell's savage combat aura rushed into Han Shuo's body. Even though he had the restraint of the magical yuan, it still wasn't enough to fully defend against it. Han Shuo stumbled backwards a few steps after this clash.
Seeing Han Shuo's hasty retreat after clashing with that sword, Darnell was about to go after Han Shuo like a madman, but he suddenly discovered that the long sword in his hand was boiling hot, and the skin on his right hand that held the sword was in extreme burning pain. He immediately threw the longsword away in shock.
"Hurry and run!" Yuna shouted at that moment.
A water snake had appeared and surrounded Phoebe, attacking fiercely . Except that every time Phoebe swung her sword, part of her body was cut off and turned into watery mist before it even hit the ground.
Darnell glared viciously at Han Shuo, but did not pursue him any further. He covered his lower body with his left hand and continued to rush out the door.
At that moment, Han Shuo's ears caught the sound of faint footsteps coming from afar. Agitated inwardly, he rushed towards them once more. Phoebe had also destroyed the water snake by now and was chasing after them with a speed that was on par with Han Shuo's.
Han Shuo and Phoebe both understood that if they didn't kill them now, they wouldn't have a chance once they left the room. Therefore, they tried their best to keep them in the room.
At this moment, one of the props they had prepared was strangely effective. Han Shuo had made some modifications to the legs of a round table in front of the door. In their unprecedented haste, instead of circling around the round table, the two of them actually jumped up to it, intending to use it as a lever to get out of the room quickly.
The unexpected happened. Both of their bodies landed on the table, and the table legs broke with a sharp crack, unable to support the weight of the two bodies that had suddenly landed on them.
The two of them had already used all their strength to begin with, planning to use the table as a stepping stone to push themselves off, but the table's collapse caused their bodies to lose their balance. With the sudden lack of support, their bodies followed the table in a wobbly fall.
Han Shuo and Phoebe had both arrived at that moment. Phoebe's sword thrust out, her aura already surrounding them.
The two had just regained their balance when they saw that they were completely surrounded by Phoebe's combat aura. Darnell suddenly pulled Yuna to him and, under her terrified and panicked eyes, pushed her right into Phoebe's attack. He didn't even turn back to look at Yuna as he hurried out of the room without thinking about anything else.
However, the poison powder Han Shuo had applied to the dagger finally took effect. Darnell's footsteps suddenly became as heavy as a thousand tonnes after he took two steps. Han Shuo quickly closed the distance before he had time to react and waved the dagger again, taking his life.
After killing Darnell, Han Shuo's eyes fell on the space ring on Darnell's fingers. He reached out for it, but felt that it took a bit of effort to do so.
Time was of the essence and Han Shuo ended up chopping off Darnell's middle finger with a slash of the dagger. He put the finger with the space ring away and turned his head to see that a bloody hole had opened in Yuna's chest. Phoebe seemed to have killed her.
"Let's go!" Han Shuo called softly as he rushed to Phoebe's side. A faint scent suddenly emanated from Yuna and Phoebe's direction. Han Shuo took a deep breath, but paid no attention to it. He only saw that the look in Phoebe's eyes was a bit strange and lunged at the girl as she stared into space.
Using the same method, he broke off the ring finger on Yuna's left hand and took her space ring as well. Picking up the discarded crossbows with a smooth motion, he grabbed Phoebe and with a mighty leap, using a hole that had opened in the roof earlier, they made their escape along the roof