Luke teleported to the Boutu Square through the virtual anchor point and made his way to the Lighthouse Street by traversing the rooftops.
He found the Assassin's Tavern and jumped down.
Tai Si, the Evil Eye, acted quickly. The bodies of the Chik brothers had already been removed, and the signs of the fight on the ground had been hastily cleaned up.
Truly professional.
He knocked on the door of the tavern, and the small window on the door opened, revealing Tai Si's yellow eyes.
Without waiting for Luke to utter the password, the door opened.
"Miss Clear Sky, you've returned so quickly? The headquarters of the Axe Gang is not an easy castle to infiltrate. The Giant Log itself possesses great strength and is protected by so many subordinates.
You couldn't find an opportunity to strike, but there's no need to be discouraged.
Come in, have a drink. I can have Billy the Lizardman provide you with some information about the Axe Gang and the Giant Log, free of charge."
Luke walked past Tai Si and flicked his finger, producing a silver note.
"Tais, you sure do talk a lot!"
Tai Si extended his tentacles and quickly took the silver note.
"Thank you for your generous offering, Miss Clear Sky. I wish you a marvelous evening."
The elf entering the tavern once again drew the attention of all the customers. Someone even pulled out a pocket watch to check the time.
In such a short period, running to and from the headquarters of the Axe Gang is already quite impressive. Yet, you claim to have killed the Giant Log!
Could it be that he was standing at the entrance of the Axe Gang's headquarters, waiting for you to decapitate him?
The presence of the Giant Log's head caused a commotion in the tavern.
No one was willing to believe that an elf could kill the Giant Log in such a short time, but the head of the Giant Log sat right there, solid and real.
This place was filled with assassins and people associated with assassins, who knew how to identify the authenticity of a head.
It was indeed the Giant Log.
The bull-horned demon himself, who founded the Axe Gang.
Luke casually brushed aside the hair that covered his eyes, picked up the drink on the table, took a sip, and then opened the latch of the bag.
Inside were some money, practical tools, and weapons.
Without the things from the warehouse, these were all the things he urgently needed.
Luke closed the bag and said to Billy the Lizardman, "Is this the head of the Giant Log? You should be able to confirm. You can also send someone to investigate the Axe Gang's headquarters.
I'm only interested in the bounty."
Billy the Lizardman retrieved a wooden box from under the counter and placed the Giant Log's head inside. However, the horns of the Giant Log were too large, and no matter how Billy adjusted, he couldn't close the wooden box. So, he had to settle for temporarily storing the head like that.
Awkwardly, he said to Luke, "Miss Clear Sky, this is indeed the head of the Giant Log. You being able to kill him so quickly has left all of us in utter astonishment.
To be able to host such a powerful assassin like you is an honor for our Assassin's Tavern in the Cape Area.
As for the bounty on the Giant Log... it's a substantial amount, and the tavern doesn't have that much cash at the moment. If you're willing to wait until tomorrow, I can give you 5000 gold notes."
In the Epoch Game, completing a mission immediately resulted in receiving the reward.
However, the situation was different now, and 5000 gold notes were indeed a significant sum.
Even one gold note was considered substantial, equivalent to 5000 Imperial Marks.
"Sure, I can take the bounty tomorrow," Luke said. "Convert 2000 gold notes into silver notes for me, and 100 gold notes into Imperial Marks."
"No problem, Miss Clear Sky. I will convert a portion of the gold notes into small change that is easier to spend. Is there anything else I can assist you with?"
Luke took out several Imperial Marks and placed them on the table.
"I'd like to buy everyone in this tavern a drink."
Billy the Lizardman collected the money and said, "Thank you, Miss Clear Sky."
The people in the tavern raised their glasses and exclaimed, "Thank you, Miss Clear Sky. It's an honor to meet someone as powerful as you."
Luke finished the remaining drink in one gulp, picked up the bag, and headed towards the exit.
"I'll come back tomorrow evening to collect the money. Goodbye."
Billy performed a farewell gesture and said, "Goodbye!"
Luke left the Assassin's Tavern and teleported back to the clock tower near the Shelley residence.
He placed a sum of money in the corner of the tower and covered it with a stone.
Then, he looked at the window on the second floor of the Shelley residence.
What a peculiar night.
Log out, recharge...
Luke's figure disappeared from the clock tower, and in the room, Luke opened his eyes.
The phone in his consciousness entered the charging state.
Despite the back and forth running of Clear Sky in the Cape Area, he didn't feel any discomfort. In fact, he felt quite refreshed after taking a nap.
Now, the "Heart of the Red Dragon Neelkoln" was in Clear Sky's backpack. He checked the summoning procedure for the Red Dragon Neelkoln...
It required a wind lamp burning with Long Whiskered Whale oil.
A 120cm×120cm painting paper made of clover grass, oil paint made from lantern flower nectar and stone slide powder, and a formation art brush.
Five crystals, ten bloodstones, one kilogram of sulfur, and the corpse of an adult male Red Bat.
It wouldn't be easy to obtain these things in the Cape Area in a short amount of time.
However, in the mysterious store at the center of the Furious Waves City, it should be possible to gather all the materials needed to summon the Red Dragon Neelkoln.
Since he would be going to the Assassin's Tavern tomorrow to collect the bounty, it would be convenient to get the money and then head to the central city area.
Prepare the materials required for the secret ritual as well.
Now, sleep!
Luke fell back into a deep slumber, completely unaware of the chaos he had caused throughout the Cape Area.
A vicious murder occurred at the Dangfeng Alley Warehouse, resulting in the deaths of seventeen people, including the warehouse leader, Ron.
The Cape Area Security Bureau dispatched security officers to the scene immediately upon receiving the report, but the seventeen victims remained frozen in an icy state at the entrance of the storage area.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the culprit was a female elf who identified herself as Clear Sky. She said something about having something belonging to Ron, lured him out, and then swiftly killed him.
The crime scene at Dangfeng Alley had not been sealed off yet, and there was another intrusion incident at the headquarters of the Axe Gang.
Information leaked from insiders.
Including the Axe Gang's leader, the bull-horned demon, the Giant Log, and several core members of the Axe Gang, more than a hundred people had died.
The perpetrator was a female elf who possessed the ability to create large ice fields.
She called herself Clear Sky...
A Clear Sky
!
Another female elf named Clear Sky, another ice field.
The killer in both massacres was the same person.
First at the Dangfeng Alley Warehouse, and now at the Axe Gang, which holds considerable influence in the harbor.
What was her goal?
Moreover, with the death of the Giant Log and the severe blow to the Axe Gang, the vacuum of power left behind would undoubtedly spark a fierce struggle among various factions.
The already chaotic Cape Area would become even more turbulent from tomorrow onward.
The security officers of the Cape Area Security Bureau were left scratching their heads one after another.