Chapter 659: The Elves' First Experience Controling Flying Swords

"Lord Dulan, these assassins...?"

"Disregard them for now!" Saint Dulan snapped coldly.

The immediate priority was to ascertain the origins of the assassin who had dealt with Muye's projection, and what exactly was the matter with those hood-wearing intruders who dressed so elegantly and grandly.

It was glaringly obvious that these assassins were a completely different breed from the ones they had captured and imprisoned!

Judging by the intelligence sent back from Grey Eagle City, it was bad enough that they came and went as they pleased within the anti-aviation field, rendering magical traps, scouts, and outposts utterly useless; but even the soldiers bolstered by divine arts had been slaughtered. With assassins being so invincible, how was any other profession supposed to compete?!

"Furthermore..." Saint Dulan continued, "cease setting up any anti-magic fields."

The anti-aviation magic circles and magical traps could still be of some use. After all, the world did not consist solely of those white-robed, hooded assassins; the Underground Council still needed to be guarded against.

But in an anti-magic field, one could not best them even in close quarters, and when confronting those white-robed assassins, there was not even a place to run.

Therefore, it could be abolished entirely.

"Notify Caesar that the next step for those assassins will likely be to rescue the ones from the Kingdom of Stan. They must be guarded with the utmost strictness!"

"Moreover... redeploy a portion of our forces from the temple over there!"

At present, even he had no clever solution and could only resort to this clumsy method of utilizing sheer numbers to overwhelm them.

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Meanwhile, inside the new branch of the Origin Internet Club.

"Eh? Boss, what is going on with you guys?" Sensitive elves like Sera could clearly sense that the relationship between Boss Fang, Irina, and Ha Xin seemed to have suddenly grown much closer.

Now, the several of them had even run over to Boss Fang's side to eat instant noodles together, laughing and chatting merrily.

And they were actually treating Boss Fang to instant noodles?!

There was definitely something fishy going on! How did it feel as though she had missed out on some spectacular event? The elven maiden Sera eyed the group suspiciously.

"Hmm? Why are all of you sitting together today?" Commander Evan approached, leading a few knights and holding his own instant noodles as he sat down as well.

Could there be some new novelty today?

"I say... have you heard about the matter in Grey Eagle City?" Commander Evan, an oblivious bystander, spoke up while slurping his noodles. "It's said that... a few days ago, they were advertising it far and wide, talking about executing assassins, but now... oh, it's a miserable sight indeed."

"It's said... that rumors were spread defaming the temple for conspiring with the Earl of Grey Eagle, though I don't know if it's true..."

"I have a relative over there... and they say it might actually be true!"

"The commoners of Grey Eagle City are all spreading the word that it was these assassins who liberated the city... otherwise, who knows when all those matters of deceiving superiors and hiding things from inferiors would have been discovered."

"No... wasn't it said that many people died?" Helen frowned and asked, "They say Grey Eagle City was covered in corpses."

"They were all Count Seven's personal guards, as well as the knights and mages of the Judgment Temple. Not a single other person was touched," a knight beside her whispered.

"My goodness... since when did these assassins act with such clear distinction?"

First, do not harm the innocent. As the first tenet of the Brotherhood's creed, they all remembered it well.

Every profession had its own code of conduct, and "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" was by no means a license for them to act willfully. Altaïr had understood it and passed it down, and these assassins respected and executed it.

"However... I heard that most of these assassins seemed to be wearing white robes and hoods?" Merlin chimed in from the side.

"Wearing white robes...?" Several elves looked at one another.

"Wearing hoods?" A crowd of knights and mercenaries also...

Their faces twitched.

Could it be...

Which damn Brotherhood had gone out to cause trouble?!

However...

"No matter who did it, I just want to say one thing..." Commander Evan slapped his thigh. "Beautifully done!"

As a nation that believed in freedom of faith, if such things as forced belief occurred, what meaning would freedom of faith still hold?

At this moment, several assassins sitting right next to them exchanged a smile, concealing their achievements and fame.

"Slurp! Slurp!" Even eating instant noodles felt significantly more delicious.

...

"We can play 'Legend of Sword and Fairy 4' again today, right?" Commander Evan spoke up while eating his noodles.

Because of the "Mystic Realm Training Theory," Commander Evan had now greatly compressed his training time in reality, freeing it up exclusively for training within the mystic realm.

Today, he was going to continue playing this new game!

Along the way, he would gain some understanding of this strange "Eastern Continent."

Furthermore... what about the promised sword-riding?! How had they not seen it yet!

Yesterday morning, the assassins had gone to raid the execution ground, and by the time they returned here, it was already very late, so they had absolutely no idea what these elves had played yesterday.

Watching from behind again today, they appeared somewhat bewildered.

"Who is this? So beautiful!" A group of people watched from behind as a woman of exquisite beauty, dressed in jade belts and ethereal raiment, stood beside Yun Tianhe, and they cried out in surprise.

"This is Liu Mengli, the daughter of that 'Uncle Liu'." Clearly, these elves had already taken Liu Mengli and Han Lingsha yesterday to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, experiencing the wondrous spirits of the Female Snail Cave, the gloomy depth of the King of Huainan's Tomb, and only understanding the joys, sorrows, partings, long-lasting affections, and short-lived fates of the mortal world after experiencing the matter of Qin Ji.

From being strangers to knowing and understanding one another, they experienced the moving "scenery" hidden in every corner of the world together.

"Let me tell you, this game is exceptionally interesting," Sera said proudly while playing. "Yesterday, we witnessed so many people and events, and so many stories. Whew... I really don't know how that master created such a mystic realm; it feels just like traveling across the entire world."

"We're already teaming up to play, alright!" Helen spoke up from the side. "Is anyone looking to join?"

"Can you count me in?!" A knight nearby hastily raised his hand.

"Go play on the side! Isn't teaming up with Commander Evan perfectly fine?"

"...How do we team up with Commander Evan?" At this time, Murong Ziying had not yet made his appearance, so they looked entirely depressed. Clearly, Han Lingsha and Liu Mengli were characters they could not control, so they could not team up for sightseeing.

"Hey, hey! Look, we're all so familiar with each other, can't we link up or something?"

"Haha! No!" Helen laughed. "There are no spots left."

"Pfft—!" The assassins spectating from behind also burst out laughing.

"Hey! Over here!" The mercenary Cret shouted from over there. "Once Murong Ziying joins, two people can link up! Anyone want to join?"

"Ah... is that so? Wait for me!"

"Play quickly! Quickly!"

The entire gameplay of Legend of Sword and Fairy 4 was a journey of seeking immortality. They had come all the way from Qingluan Peak to Chenzhou, experiencing a great deal along the way, yet this point remained unchanged. Finally, in Chenzhou, they encountered Huai Shuo and Xuan Ji, who had previously followed behind Murong Ziying.

"Up in the blue vault of heaven, do not let your mind wander, otherwise watch out that you don't fall down!" On the screen, Xuan Ji could be heard giggling.

"Ah—!" Following a cry of surprise, "I'm flying!"

"I'm also stepping on a sword and flying!" several knights cheered.

Even though it was Huai Shuo utilizing the Sword Control Technique to command Yun Tianhe's Wangshu Sword.

"Is this fun?" The crowd of assassins behind them watched, their desires stirred.

"More than just fun!" Sera cried out. "It's too thrilling!"

"Ah—! So thrilling!" A group of knights hooted and shouted inside the shop.

"Too fast—!"

"So high—! Careful not to fall!" Standing on such a slender sword was clearly far more perilous than riding a mount, prompting those watching from behind to cry out in rapid succession.

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