Mystery: The Stars Returner

For the thirtieth birthday party of the Grand Duke of Southwell's son, all the famous nobles in the neighborhood came with carefully selected expensive gifts.

In the study on the third floor, the bloated body of Archduke Southwell was leaning slightly against a brown sofa that was obviously almost overwhelmed.

He opened his eyes that were almost covered with lids, glanced at the two people standing opposite him, and said solemnly: "I don't want any accidents to happen this time!"

"Grand Duke, please rest assured. This time we specially invited a powerful Beyonder. He will definitely be able to complete the Grand Duke's mission."

The two people opposite explained one after another, and cold sweat began to break out on their foreheads.

"Oh, if you disappoint me again, you two can just jump into the sea and feed the sharks. Of course, you can also wait for someone to chop you into pieces and scatter them evenly on the sea."

The Archduke of Southwell snorted coldly, thinking that every little trick he made in secret was easily resolved by Count Hastur Campbell, and he even wanted to eat people alive.

Those eight ports are the eight golden mountains. They were originally his, but now they have become the private property of others.

The people he sent secretly either fell ill and were hospitalized for no apparent reason, or they suddenly lost their minds and jumped into the sea to commit suicide.

Some secret lines that have successfully gained a foothold always send back some innocuous news, with nothing that can be exploited.

Also, the pair of sisters he sent out at the beginning have remained in the castle, making it extremely difficult to even deliver the message once. And the young earl has been staying in Puning Port during this period.

The two of them have played basically zero role since they were sent out.

The kingdom has recently declared a full-scale war on the Feysac Empire, which means that the southern continent will not be a threat for the time being, otherwise the king will not start a large-scale war. He can just take this opportunity today to deal with the Earl from Backlund.

After the two people left the room, Archduke Southwell glanced at the bookshelf in the corner and said, "Follow the people they found and bring the sealed artifacts sent by my father from Backlund to ensure that tonight's operation is foolproof. "

When he said the word father, a faint sarcasm unconsciously appeared on his lips.

After giving these instructions, Archduke Southwell leaned on the sofa and squinted for a while. It was not until the butler outside the room reported that the banquet had begun that he opened his eyes, stood up on the sofa, and left the room.

As soon as he left the room, he had a kind smile on his face and greeted every guest he met.

Today was his son's birthday party, and he didn't need to socialize too much.

When he went downstairs and caught a glimpse of the young earl who was obviously different from the older nobles around him, he asked someone to bring him two wine glasses and walked in that direction.

"Earl Campbell, your arrival has made the entire banquet tonight even more glorious." The Archduke of Southwell had a smile on his face and took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray nearby. "I heard that you came from Backlund." You've been acclimated since you came back, how is your recovery now?"

"Thank you, Grand Duke, for your concern. I'm much better now. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to attend tonight's banquet." Hasta smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand to touch it with the wine glass in the Grand Duke of Southwell's hand.

The two of them stood and exchanged a few words, attracting the attention of many nobles. At this time, the Grand Duke of Southwell looked around at the nobles here and introduced warmly: "Everyone, some of you may not know me standing here. This outstanding young man next to me is Lord Hastur Campbell. He helped us in South Wales solve the scourge of pirates along the coast. Why don't you come and toast him?"

Because of the introduction by the Archduke of Southwell, Hasta drank more than ten glasses of wine. After the banquet, he was already drunk.

Archduke Southwell quickly asked someone to help Hastur back to the room that had been prepared to rest.

Hastur, who was lying on the bed, lifted a corner of the quilt, looked at the dark room, and sighed.

Really, can’t the Archduke of Southwell do something new?

It was always such a crappy operation that it really made it difficult for him to cooperate well.

You also need to deliberately pretend to be drunk to give them a chance to act.

I don't know who he will send to plot against him this time.

It should be some extraordinary person who thinks he is powerful.

Hastur was not too worried. He recruited four people from the Yellow Monk members, two of whom were Sequence 4 demigods.

Caius' previous lack of confidence was necessary. Since he came to the Yellow Monk organization, some Beyonders who had been trapped in Sequence 5 for several years have been successfully promoted one after another, as if blessed by some kind of good luck.

In addition to Mrs. Lisa being promoted to Sequence 2, there is also a member who was promoted from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3.

In the eyes of Lady Lisa and other members of the Yellow Monks, this is a gift from the gods.

Hastur thought for a while, then covered himself with the quilt again, folded his hands behind his head, and waited for the hunter tonight.

It wasn't until about two o'clock in the night, when Hastur almost fell asleep, that there began to be different movements in the room.

A shadow flowed in like a pool of black liquid along the crack of the window, and then gathered at the corner, returning to its human form again.

The extraordinary ability of the shadow, did the Archduke of Southwell really invite an assassin?

Hastur, who was lying on the bed, watched the scene in front of him. When the assassin was about to take action, he yelled, "Chaos!"

The figure just stood there, seemingly unable to move at all.

Hastur lifted the quilt and stood up, and shouted again: "Corruption!"

The corrupted black aura began to rise from the ground and began to spread along the soles of the figure's feet.

At this moment, the black figure, who should have been unable to move due to the confusion, pounced like a dexterous cat. The dagger in his right hand shone in the dark with a sharp enough edge to cut his throat.

Her speed was very fast, and it was obvious that she was not affected by the chaos in the first place, and she deliberately wanted to let her guard down so that she could kill her with one blow.

Hastur uttered the word "imprisonment" without haste, and two chains of stars flew out from his body. He tied her up before the person could react, and fell heavily to the ground from mid-air, knocking her over to the side of the tea table. The chair made a crisp sound of wood splintering.

After the trouble was solved, Hastur had time to think about what had just happened.

It is impossible for a normal person to be immune to the influence of chaos, so she is not a human, but a puppet, or a marionette.

There is a secret puppet master hiding in the darkness tonight!

The Grand Duke of Southwell was really generous, he actually invited a marionette master.

And he is very cautious, using his own marionette to explore the path first, while hiding in the dark. This is a very standard way of fighting for a marionette master.

Not to mention, just knowing this skill is much better than Master Luo.

He didn't mean to insult Luo, but told the truth.

After a while, the man bound by the chains of stars suddenly stopped struggling. His eyes were as hollow as if he had lost his soul.

Hastur guessed that the secret puppet master hiding in the dark should have been caught.

The marionette master can control his marionette with the spiritual thread, but there is a certain distance limit. This alone is enough for the yellow monks to easily find his foothold.

Hastur turned his attention to the marionette in front of him. This turned out to be a Sequence 6 pleasure witch.

Making a pleasure witch into a secret puppet, this secret puppet master is really amazing.

However, if such a Marionette of the Pleasure Witch is used for assassination, does it need to sneak in through the window gap like this?

Shouldn't she appear in her room as a maid in an upright manner?

While you are seduced by the charm of the Happy Witch, and then wait for the opportunity to assassinate, wouldn't the success rate be much higher?

Could this be another Master Luo?

Maybe it’s really Wolong and Fengxia.

While Hastur was thinking, there was a knock on the door. Hastur said, "Come in." The yellow monks who were responsible for guarding the outside brought a man and a head that had just been cut off and was still steaming.

Two people were assassinated tonight?

Hastur asked someone to light up the lights in the room, and then looked at the captured middle-aged man.

He is about in his early forties, has a shaggy beard, and looks a bit handsome. He must have fascinated many girls when he was young.

When Hastur was observing him, his eyes were fixed on the Pleasure Witch marionette tied to the ground. After confirming that she was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes were filled with disgust and disgust. .

What a complicated look.

Intuition told Hastur that there must be some interesting story between the secret puppet master and the pleasure witch.

Hastur sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the head held by a member of the yellow monks and asked: "Is this also the assassin tonight?"

"Yes, our people saw him come out of Archduke Southwell's study with our own eyes, and then came nearby tonight, but before he had time to take action, we preemptively captured him."

"He is a Sequence 4 fallen count. During the fight, we were unable to capture him alive, so we could only cut off his head and bring it back with his Beyonder characteristics and the sealed artifact he held. This delayed us a little bit. "

"It was because we made a mistake in our work that we allowed a marionette to approach your room. Please punish me."

The member of the monks in yellow explained seriously and fearfully.

"..."

Hastur thought they had deliberately let a marionette in to practice with him, but it turned out to be a work error.

A fallen Earl of Sequence 4 died here like this. His luck was too good, right?

But if you think about it carefully, there are four winners of the destiny path standing in this room. In my own words, they are five darlings of destiny who are loved by destiny.

With such a high luck value, it is indeed possible for someone to be given a pillow for sleepiness.

All I can say is thank you to the Archduke of Southwell for the birthday gift.