The Unemployed Demon Lord

Merlin started touching the corpse to see if there was any useful information.

However, when Merlin lifted the collar of the opponent's clothes, he suddenly found a strange tattoo—it was a blue tattoo, a bunch of hot blue flames, in the shape of a skull.

Merlin didn't know what this kind of thing was, so he had no choice but to turn around and ask Alice.

"This...Alice, come here."

"What's the matter?" Alice leaned forward, and Merlin found something.

"Does this tattoo have any meaning?" Merlin pointed to the tattoo on Oswald's body.

"Let me see..." Alice took a closer look, then widened her eyes, covered her mouth and said in a low voice, "Canglanyoupao!"

Chapter 58: Intercept

"Blue Flame?" Merlin was surprised, not quite understanding what it meant.

"Didn't I tell you? Canglan Youyan is one of the four most powerful dark guilds." Alice answered Merlin helplessly.

"Oh~, so that's how it is..." Merlin nodded, touched his chin and thought, "So... we have provoked the Dark Guild?"

"It should be?" Alice looked down at Oswald's body, and said quietly, "It turns out that the Dark Guild is also looking for the blood clan's treasure map. No wonder they are so hostile to us and want to kill us."

Merlin stood up and asked calmly, "We need the blood treasure map to find Dracula, so why does the Dark Guild want this thing?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing. Dark guilds often act to satisfy their own selfish desires." Alice recalled.

"Tsk!" Merlin was speechless, a little irritable in his heart, "It seems that we will not be peaceful in the future, and the conflict with the Dark Guild is inevitable."

"What should I do next?" Alice asked patiently.

"Let's take one step at a time. It's not good for us now." Merlin paused and continued to add, "But since we already know the identity of the opponent, we should be careful. This time we are frequently attacked by the opponent. Calculations are also because we think things too easily."

"But now we don't have a clue. Earl Austin has high expectations for us. Now we don't even have any clues about the blood race. How can we investigate Dracula?" Alice said her most worrying thing, Now that the only clue to the treasure map has been taken away by the Dark Guild, how to deal with it has become a very confusing thing.

"It's not that there are no clues at all, is it?" Merlin looked at Alice and said meaningfully, "Don't forget that there is also the butler of the Baron's Mansion, Mr. Steve..."

"What do you mean?" Alice seemed to guess what Merlin was going to do.

"Now that the treasure map has been lost, the most suspected butler will probably choose to flee overnight. Galway City has two roads out of the city. Let's go to ambush separately now, and there may be unexpected gains." Merlin's smile was full of meaning, and he planned to pry the butler away. Steve's mouth, get more useful information from it.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's divide into two groups now." Alice said eagerly.

Merlin nodded, and looked back at the javelin on the ground. He felt that this thing was very extraordinary, so he could find someone to identify it.

At this time, the javelin became completely black and looked very ordinary, but the power that erupted just now was vivid in his mind.

So Merlin picked up the javelin and took it away, ready to find out the origin of this thing...

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Galway City at night.

No one in the city sleeps tonight because of the huge explosion at Castle Cathy.

Many residents held torches and went to Cathy Castle to watch and see what was going on.

Even the father and son of the John family didn’t sleep, and came here to see what happened.

Those injured by the explosion were carried away and sent to priests for treatment.

All the guards in Galway City were dispatched to surround Cathy Castle and deal with the follow-up situation.

As for the news of the Lord Baron Barton's death, it has not been announced yet, otherwise more commotion would erupt.

This incident aroused heated discussions among the public. Some said it was the responsibility of the Rothschild family, while others said it was attacked by thieves.

Some people even say that it was caused by the falling of a meteorite, based on the fact that they saw a crimson meteor gliding across the sky at high speed in the middle of the night, which was very strange.

Almost everyone didn't know that just now, they experienced the transition from death to life. If it weren't for Merlin, this group of people would have died without realizing it in their sleep.

On a small road that was sparsely populated, Mr. Steve, the butler of the Baron's Mansion, as expected, fled with his luggage on his back.

Steve wanted to go out through the south gate of Galway City, and now there was an explosion in the city, which made it easier for him to leave.

His expression was a little nervous, his behavior was sneaky, and he turned his head to look behind him from time to time, worried that someone would follow him.

When Steve heard that Cathy Castle had exploded, he immediately knew that the plan had succeeded and Baron Barton would surely die.

It seems that in terms of killing, the Dark Guild is obviously more professional. Laurie and Oswald did not live up to expectations and fulfilled their long-cherished wishes.

Steve has mixed feelings in his heart, excitement and sadness are intertwined, and he doesn't know whether to laugh or cry now?

Excited that the hateful Baron Barton finally died, he avenged his subordinates at the beginning, and it can be regarded as solving the knot in his heart for so many years!

The sadness is because his subordinates died and could not be resurrected, and he couldn't see the scene of Baron Barton's death.

Although the success of revenge made Steve extremely happy, the emptiness that followed was hard to hide.

Revenge is revenge, but what's the use of it?Didn't his subordinates die tragically long ago...

When Baron Barton was an official in Edinburgh, he was bewitched and wanted to obtain treasures in the mountains.

When going deep into the mountain, Steve's team was chosen as the guard. However, except for Steve, the other team members were all killed by the cold-blooded Baron Barton.

That's right, apart from Baron Barton, the two survivors who got the blood clan treasure map back then and walked out of the mountains were the butler Mr. Steve.

Most of the guards who died in the line of duty were young and inexperienced. They were soldiers brought out by Steve himself, and they had deep feelings.

If you have to say it, it is an emotion close to that of a father and a teacher, and it is very precious in the army.

But more than a dozen fresh lives died in the deep mountains because of Baron Barton's cowardice and selfish decision.

Afterwards, in order to cover up his abusing of power to hunt for treasure, the few soldiers who died in battle were labeled as deserters, and they didn't even have normal titles!

This made Steve very unbalanced in his heart, and he felt a strong hatred. He wanted to kill Baron Barton, but he was afraid of the great power of the opponent, so he had to endure it for several years.

Now that the vengeance has been avenged, Steve no longer has any important concerns, and his secret tricks may be found out, so it is safer to escape here early and return to his hometown.

After all, there are still wives and children at home. Steve has not been back for several years, and he only wrote to say that he is still serving in Edinburgh, so that his family should not worry.

Steve raised his head and saw the south gate of Galway City wide open, as if he saw freedom, but

"Where are you going?"

"Uh!"

The sudden sound made Steve's heart skip a beat, but he turned around suddenly but was restrained by someone's neck, unable to move.

Merlin grabbed Steve by the neck and pushed him hard against the wall, showing bursts of smug smiles

"You're playing tricks on us behind our backs..."

"Think you can run away easily?"

Chapter 59: Steve

Merlin and Alice had a clear division of labor, and each ambush at the south gate and north gate of Galway City to prevent Steve from escaping overnight.

If Steve walked through the north gate, and Alice was ambushing there, if he earns sympathy with his poor tears, it seems that there is a chance of life.

However, Steve was unlucky, and ran straight to the south gate to escape, but he hit the iron plate of Merlin, and the probability of escape was almost zero.

Merlin paid Steve and forced him against the wall with a mocking smile on his face, as if telling the other party that he had expected his actions.

Steve tried to struggle, but it didn't work at all, his neck seemed to be clamped by iron clamps, and he couldn't move.

He was secretly surprised, he was also a mid-level warrior, and even a trained soldier.

And at this time, even a black iron adventurer can't get rid of it, isn't that unreasonable?

Steve was blocked, showing an expression of accepting his own fate, and gave up struggling, because he realized that the other party was hiding his strength, even if he was a black iron adventurer, his strength was higher than his own.

What's more, Merlin is choking Steve's neck, which is life-threatening, all resistance is useless, it is better to save some strength.

"I didn't expect that... Steve raised his head and smiled miserably, "I was caught by you in the end, it's okay, I know I'm not as skilled as others, so it's a good choice to be killed by you, let's do it.

"Tsk!"

Merlin frowned, speechless with dissatisfaction, thinking that he didn't ask anything, and the other party just wanted to die? !

what's going on?Do you know that your collusion with the Dark Guild is a serious crime?Or is it completely looking down on me, thinking that I dare not do anything?

So Merlin touched the back of his waist, slowly pulled out his Taidao, and slashed at Steve's neck.

Steve closed his eyes, without any resistance at all, and put on a state of waiting to die.

Are you really not afraid of death?

Merlin's knife stopped on Steve's neck, and instead of cutting off his head, it cut off the pendant around his neck.

There was almost no gap between the blade and the skin on Steve's neck, and with a little force from Merlin, the guy was decapitated.

Merlin was deeply puzzled by Steve's natural death-seeking, he didn't look like an evil person.

The pendant fell to the ground and was immediately shaken open. Inside was a circular photo of a family of 0, and the background seemed to be a simple country tavern.

Merlin lowered his head and glanced curiously, then his expression became weird, and he couldn't look at Steve in the right way.

In the photo, the man is naturally Steve, but he is not so old. As for the woman and child Merlin is familiar with, they are the mother and son who worked hard to manage the tavern in the suburban village, Martha and Little Henry.

No matter how you look at them, their relationship is like a family. Could it be that the Steve in front of him is the father of Little Henry, the man who left his wife at home alone for many years.

Merlin recalled that Martha's husband was serving in the military in Edinburgh and had no time to go home, but Steve in front of him looked like Martha's husband.

If all this is true, then why does Martha's husband, who is serving in the military, work as a housekeeper in the Baron's Mansion in Galway? !

Merlin couldn't figure it out, so he pushed Steve away calmly and picked up the pendant on the ground, but the knife was still pointed at him.

"What does the person above have to do with you?

"My wife and son, is there a problem, Your Excellency?" Steve slowly opened his eyes, seeing Merlin holding his own things, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.

Merlin didn't say anything, but was a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was Martha's husband, but he was obviously serving in the military. Why did he appear as a housekeeper in Galway City?

Because the other party had tricked him, Merlin didn't intend to ask directly, revealing that he knew Martha and Little Henry, but just started asking around.

"Why do you want to have trouble with us? Do we have any grudges?"

"No, but I want revenge. You guys can't help me at all, and will become resistance." Steve held the mentality of a dying person, and didn't hide anything.