Chapter 1451: Chapter 154: Encountering Mang Siu
"Boom——" In his fury, Ah Dai smashed a table into pieces in the original Assassin’s Guild stronghold, "These bastards, have they become cowards? How could they all run away without a trace."
Mie Feng watched Ah Dai’s anger coldly from the side and said indifferently, "Actually, it’s quite normal. When we left Tai Ang City, I had already thought about it, I just worried you wouldn’t believe me, so I didn’t say anything earlier."
Ah Dai was stunned and asked in amazement, "What do you mean?"
Mie Feng said, "The people of the Assassin’s Guild aren’t fools. With so many masters killed by you, why would they stay at the stronghold? Waiting for you to wipe them out one by one?"
Ah Dai said anxiously, "Then where will they go? Could they have disbanded? No, they certainly wouldn’t disband so easily. Those despicable guys must be hiding somewhere, let’s go to the next stronghold and see. Maybe we’ll gain something."
Mie Feng shook his head and said, "I think it’s unnecessary. All the Assassin’s Guild strongholds are probably the same as these few, those assassins have long since evacuated. We should go directly to Sunset City. The Assassin’s Guild headquarters is there. If I’m not wrong, the Guild Master must have recalled all the assassins to the headquarters. The Assassin’s Guild doesn’t consist of many people, definitely not more than four hundred, and most of the masters have been killed by you. They must be gathering their forces, hiding in the headquarters waiting for you to fall into their trap. That will be another trap set specifically for you."
Ah Dai said hatefully, "I don’t care, even if it’s a trap, I must go, I have to avenge Uncle Owen. Take me, take me to the Assassin’s Guild headquarters, I will kill all the remaining assassins."
Mie Feng nodded and said, "I can take you, but once we’re there, you must not act on impulse. Don’t forget that incident when you were unconscious for three months."
Ah Dai glanced at Mie Feng and caught a trace of concern in her eyes, nodding and saying, "Don’t worry, I won’t be impulsive. It’s all the better if they’re cowering together, saves me the trouble of searching everywhere. When the time comes, I’ll clear out the ordinary assassins on their periphery first, and finally take the life of the Guild Master. I want them to know what it’s like to be visited by the Grim Reaper."
Ah Dai and Mie Feng embarked on the road to the capital of the Empire, Sunset City. Along the way, almost every city displayed posters from the church seeking dark alien races. The high rewards promised had stirred up quite the commotion among the Empire’s common people, who were roaming everywhere in search of dark forces. Even the Empire’s once most prosperous gambling business had dimmed considerably due to this influence.
A dozen days later, Ah Dai and Mie Feng had entered the central area of the Sun Cold Province in the Empire. The Sun Cold Province bordered Luzi Province to the south and was adjacent to Sunset City to the west. Once through here, they would reach their destination. Walking on the main road, Ah Dai suddenly sensed a familiar aura ahead, startling him, causing him to stop and look towards a path where the aura was coming from.
"What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly stop?" Mie Feng asked in confusion. Ah Dai squinted and pointed to the path, "There seems to be a very familiar scent over there, it seems like a Sacred Aura." At the thought of a Sacred Aura, Ah Dai’s heart began to beat quickly, he could clearly feel the strength of this Sacred Aura. He thought to himself, if this aura was emitted by Yue Yue, what should he do? Leave immediately? Or secretly see her for a moment?
While he was lost in thought, the aura was gradually approaching. Ah Dai’s feelings were exceedingly complex at the moment, his fists clenched tightly, his body trembling slightly, his face turning red and white. Rationality told him he should leave immediately, but that deeply buried feeling in his heart told him not to leave, he had to see the person coming.
Mie Feng looked at Ah Dai in surprise. Since the two had reached an agreement to travel together, she had never seen Ah Dai show this expression. She couldn’t help but wonder, thinking that the familiar aura he mentioned must be closely related to him. Who could evoke such a strong reaction from him? Just then, her thief’s keen hearing sensed a dense array of footsteps approaching from the path far away. Those approaching must be the ones Ah Dai was interested in. Her eyes couldn’t help but linger at the path’s end, waiting to see who could attract Ah Dai’s attention.
Ah Dai’s hearing naturally wasn’t inferior to Mie Feng’s; whatever Mie Feng could hear, he could hear as well. His eyesight was no less than that of the Elf Clan, having consumed a crystal of the Giant Spirit Snake Eyes, increasing his vision significantly. He could see much farther than Mie Feng. He saw dozens of figures approaching in his direction, with a red figure at the forefront, and that Sacred Aura was emanating from this red figure. As the crowd drew nearer, Ah Dai finally saw clearly. Although he felt a wave of relief inside, his face couldn’t help but show a trace of disappointment. Among these dozens of people, there was not the figure he longed for in his heart. The leading Red-cloaked Person was an elderly man he had never seen before, wearing the red robes of the church—the Red Bishop’s Robes. Behind him were dozens of people, ten of whom were dressed as high priests, the rest in Judge’s attire. These people were evidently from the church, and the one at the forefront must be one of the four Red Robe Priests.
