Inside the Assassin's Tavern, people were speculating about the identity of the elf.
Luke stood at the peak of the eastern tower of an old castle, with the flag of the Crazy Axe Gang fluttering on a flagpole beside him.
Below, a high wall surrounded the central castle, and there were Crazy Axe Gang sentries and patrols everywhere.
This castle used to belong to a nobleman long ago, and the Cape District was once the core district of Fury City. However, as the city expanded, the nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants moved to more comfortable new districts, leaving the Cape District to become a forgotten place.
The Cape District gathered the lowest stratum of Fury City's population. To survive, they formed gangs... Only the ruthless could establish a foothold here.
The Crazy Axe Gang was a powerful gang in the Cape District. Under the leadership of the Minotaur Demon Offspring, Bullhorn, they controlled several berths at Cape Harbor.
They colluded with pirates, engaged in smuggling, human trafficking, and fencing stolen goods—whatever business made money, they did it.
According to the guide records, the heart of the Red Dragon, Neercol, was in the safe of the Bullhorn's bedroom.
Luke had already found information about Bullhorn, the Minotaur Demon Offspring.
Demon Offsprings were the descendants of demonic creatures that invaded the surface world from hell. Although Demon Offsprings already closely resembled humans in appearance, they still retained the characteristic demonic horns.
The demonic horns were the source of their power.
Based on the shape of the horns, Demon Offsprings were divided into Bullhorn Offsprings and Ramhorn Offsprings. When the two kinds of Offsprings met and discussed whose horns represented the purest demonic bloodline, they could fight at any moment.
But Luke wasn't interested in whose demonic bloodline was the purest.
Bullhorn, the Minotaur Demon Offspring, was a four-star hero.
He stood at a height of 2.1 meters and weighed 150 kilograms.
He was a power-type with the fire attribute and possessed explosive strength.
His main attack skills were Fireball Shot, Fire Breath, Exploding Flames, Fire Enchantment, Swift Heavy Strike, and Frenzy.
His defensive martial skill was a flame shield that surrounded him within a one-meter radius. Its defense was average, but its offensive effect was good.
His weapon was a double-bladed battle axe, one side of which could be thrown out unexpectedly, leading to an ambush.
As the headquarters of the Crazy Axe Gang, this old castle not only housed Bullhorn, the four-star boss, but also had a fair number of one-star lackeys, two-star elites, and three-star sub-bosses.
Luke was currently on the rooftop of the tower, the closest point she could reach to Bullhorn's bedroom without alerting the Crazy Axe Gang lackeys. To go further, she would need some stealth skills and items, and also patience.
But Luke didn't have time to waste; she decided to force her way in.
She adjusted Clear Sky's level to 80. She could use the Wings of Time, which would greatly improve her efficiency in clearing the dungeon.
Clear Sky's remaining existence time was 58 minutes...
Luke jumped down from the rooftop, triggering the magical sentries set up inside the tower.
A burst of alchemical fireworks shot up, illuminating Luke's figure in mid-air.
The alarm blew outside, and the Crazy Axe Gang lackeys immediately sounded the alarm. However, the intruder disappeared from their sight in an instant.
All the lights that could be turned on in and around the castle were lit up.
More and more Crazy Axe Gang lackeys grabbed their weapons and searched for the intruder's traces.
Meanwhile, Luke used spatial movement to shift horizontally during her descent, and she slipped in through a window on the third floor of the castle.
She performed a somersault before landing, emitting a burst of white light that rapidly spread.
This was one of the dormitories of the Crazy Axe Gang lackeys. The four lackeys who were awakened by the outside alarm reached for their weapons without getting out of bed.
Then, a cracking sound of ice echoed in the small room. Frost formed first on their hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, followed by white frostbite appearing on their skin. Frost and frostbite quickly spread throughout their bodies. The only thing still able to move was their eyes, which displayed a terrified expression.
And even their eyes were frozen within seconds.
Luke stood up.
She had prepared an Ice Magic Barrier in case she encountered an attack when she rushed in. Looking at the current scene, it seemed like overkill.
The four Crazy Axe Gang lackeys had been frozen into statues, and the walls and floor of the room were covered in ice.
Luke drew her dual blades and walked to the door of the room. She kicked it, and the wooden door shattered into pieces, flying out.
Outside was a corridor.
As Luke stepped out of the room, a voice came from her left.
Luke didn't even bother looking but swung her blade in the direction of the voice. The crescent-shaped blade emitted a blade energy that condensed the moisture in the air into ice during its flight.
The ice blade was extremely thin and quickly extended.
"Over here..."
As soon as one of the Crazy Axe Gang lackeys shouted, he was struck by the flying ice blade. The impact propelled him backward, and he fell to the ground, tumbling continuously.
He rolled toward the feet of three Crazy Axe Gang lackeys who had come to support him upon hearing the shout.
The three simultaneously looked in the direction of the attacking blade.
An elf!
A beautiful and seemingly strong female elf.
She held two short knives in her hands, and white mist emanated from her feet, spreading across the walls and floor, forming a layer of ice.
A slender Crazy Axe Gang lackey drew a hand axe from behind, and his hand extended, turned green, and transformed into a vine that wrapped around the hand axe.
Simultaneously, his feet transformed into tree roots that burrowed into the floor.
The other two Crazy Axe Gang lackeys drew their axes and charged at the invading elf. Underneath their feet, the roots extended from the tree person Chad's roots pierced into their spines.
Chad, the Treant, was a three-star hero.
Originally a pirate captain, he was swallowed by a strange tree during an adventure in a tropical rainforest. After his companions rescued him, his body underwent extensive wooden transformation.
Later, Chad was sent to the Crazy Axe Gang, and Bullhorn, the Minotaur Demon Offspring, revived him through connections and relationships.
Chad's ability was to turn his own body into wood.
His roots could secrete neurotoxins that not only paralyzed people but also controlled the movements of the target when the roots pierced their spines.
Chad, grateful for Bullhorn's life-saving grace, left the pirate gang and joined the Crazy Axe Gang, showing extreme loyalty to Bullhorn.
The two Crazy Axe Gang lackeys had roots piercing their spines, and the reduced neurotoxins wouldn't kill them but greatly enhanced their physical abilities.
They forgot their fear of danger and death and charged at the intruder under Chad's control.
Meanwhile, beneath the floor, Chad's roots extended discreetly
.
This was his true killer move.
While the two puppets attracted the enemy's attention with their fearless charge, his roots would burst out behind the enemy.
As long as they were pricked even a little...