Lord Hunter needs a commission

"And then?" Charlotte pointed to the sky with a smear of blood, turned around and asked her, "Is this the decisive evidence you need, or have been waiting for?"

"Although it is a bit unexpected, yes, it is indeed absolute evidence."

"You bastards."

Charlotte gritted her teeth and cursed.

At this time, Charlotte couldn't imagine that he had been kept in the dark from the beginning to the end.Edmund had a problem, and what happened to him in Novigrad was probably related to him.The girl who came to him quietly in front of him also had problems. It seemed that she had been following him since he came to Novigrad, and he himself had been in trouble for no reason.

"It's not good to swear at someone, especially for a lady." Black Lizard Star said, "Besides, is it okay to just chat with me here?"

"Although the guidelines of the Hunter Guild do not restrict hunters much, I remember that there is another one that reads: 'When the city is in danger, hunters need to cooperate with the government to evacuate and protect civilians. Hunter's identity'."

"...You also know this principle?" Xia Nuo roared, "Then why did you come to me now after you knew it? Also, why did you wait to inform me of all this after the train left the station?"

"Because I need evidence... After all, I am different from you. As a hunter, you are a scavenger, a mercenary, and an adventurer. And I am..."

"Hyena." Before she could say it, Charlotte interrupted her next words in disgust.

"...That's right, Hyena, so what's your decision?"

"I want to ask, does Miss Heidi have anything to do with this matter? What will you do with her?"

"Not so good?" Black Lizard star replied, "In our investigation, she should know nothing about it, and Edmond Dantès seems to have no intention of letting her know about those things, and even let her Leaving the city, she is obviously not a key person."

"So, you can rest assured that I won't touch her, and our business doesn't have the extra energy to focus on a worthless target... She will reach another city safely."

"Well, remember your words, hyena of the dove."

After finishing speaking, Charlotte turned around to look at the ominous blood-red light in the distant sky, ignored the girl who called herself Black Lizard Star, and jumped out of the train directly.

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Go back in time a little bit.

After sending Charlotte and Heidi to the train, Edmond walked alone through the dense crowd and walked out of the station alone.

"Master." The carriage driver who had been waiting outside the station for a long time jumped out of his seat and opened the door of the carriage after seeing Edmund's figure.

"Thank you." Edmund nodded and stepped on the carriage. "Go straight back to the manor." After speaking, he had already sat in the carriage and closed the door. "Yes." The coachman climbed back to his seat, and the carriage drove out of the street in a short while, heading all the way to the estate of the Count of Monte Cristo.

But on the way, the carriage stopped for a while in a remote corner, and a middle-aged man with blond hair and a short beard got off the carriage, walked to another section of the alley and boarded another car. The carriage was already waiting there.

Afterwards, the two carriages drove in different directions.

And the second carriage, after driving through several streets, turned directly into another hidden alley and drove a short distance before stopping in front of a black door.

Then Thomson got off the carriage, walked to the door and pushed it open, walking into the dark corridor very naturally.

……

"You are late, Mr. Thomson." In the same room, the person named Alexander was the first to speak to Thomson who had just arrived, "Did something happen?"

"Ah! Your Excellencies, something has indeed happened, and it is a very good thing for us."

"Good thing?"

"How does this start?"

All the people gathered here cast their curious eyes on Thomson.

"That's right, a good thing." Thomson said leisurely, "I just received a report that Edmond Dantès seemed to be worried about the comfort of his little assistant, so he sent her away from the city, accompanied by The meddling hunter."

"If there is no accident, they have already left the city on the latest train at this time."

"That is to say, we won't encounter obstacles any more?"

"Of course, Mr. Villefort." Thomson nodded. "The local hunters in the city have all quit over the years, and Edmond has no credibility and ability to command them. The only foreign aid that can command action." , was sent away by him again, which means that the lucky lady Tymora is on our side."

"This is indeed good news." Alexander said, "But is our plan too hasty?"

"No, no, sir, Alexander, you have to know that this matter is out of control. If we don't act quickly, I'm afraid the reinforcements from the Hunter's Guild will arrive." Thomson said. If the plan has been achieved and all traces have been erased, we can naturally place the blame on the irresponsibility of the local hunter guild, and the facts will not be up to us at that time, what do you say, Your Excellency Villefort."

"Yes, I can guarantee that the judicial system in the city will definitely be on our side."

Chapter 44 Edmond or Thomson

To what extent can human desires expand?

To an unimaginable degree, nothing can guess the limit of human desires. It seems that since birth, the original sin of desire has been deeply engraved in the blood of human beings, pushing human beings to move forward without stopping. .

The so-called demons and demons, their so-called evil, if you really compare them with human desires, you will find that they can only be regarded as good babies in front of human beings who are constantly refreshing the lower limit.

Otherwise, in the myths recorded in the past, there would not be some outstanding human beings who directly became demon lords and devil princes after falling.

Thomson is sure that his soul and those of these people have been completely blackened by desire. If the abyss and hell still exist, then they must be very eager to devour his and these people's souls.

Because what they want to do is definitely something that the craziest and most insidious devils can do.

Blood sacrifice the citizens of a city in an attempt to gain eternal life.

Even Thomson could not accurately predict that Villefort, Caderousse, Tanglar and Alexander, etc., fear of death and insist on living, so that he did not need to spend too much eloquence to speak able to pass his plan.

"Okay, let's get started."

"Let the untouchables of the city contribute to our immortality."

Ignoring the law and ignoring life, the five people just made a decision. As for how many people will die in this city due to this decision, no one cares.

In their eyes, human life may really be nothing more than numbers.

"Then, gentlemen, the magic circle has been set up, and you have also invited the mages you enshrined to complete the pre-set spells." Thomson said, "If that's the case, what are you waiting for? Let's start."

……

A corner of Novigrad city, here is the residential villa of the banker Tanglar.

But at this moment, in this villa, blood is flowing all over the corpses.

The private armed forces loyal to the banker Tanglar ruthlessly massacred all the servants in this residential villa, and then dragged the corpses of hundreds of servants to a basement in the residence, and threw them all over the entire basement. within the bright red circular circle.

Hundreds of corpses were piled up like rubbish, and their blood flowed into the magic circle, lighting up the blood-red light in the dark basement.

And this scene is not only happening here.

In Justice Villefort's house, the same private guards slaughtered the many relatives whom Villefort had summoned expressionlessly, and used the flesh and blood of these relatives to activate an identical bright red circular magic circle.

There are also great merchants Caderousse and Alexandre Dumas, in their respective houses, the same scene is playing out.

Soon, in the city of Novigrad, five bright red circular circles located in different positions all shone with ominous light after accepting sacrifices.And if you look at it from above, you can find that these five positions are linked together to form a pentagram.

……

In that room, the few people who were waiting quietly received the summons from their subordinates.

"The prelude to the ceremony is complete, and everything is going well." Thomson stood up first. "Next, we will receive the life of this city to rejuvenate and obtain eternal life."

Immortality, a vocabulary that any human being in power longs for, especially those who are old and frail but still unwilling to fight back.For those of them who have worked hard all their lives to climb up, if possible, no one will easily adopt the influence of their wealth and power to their heirs.

And now, the opportunity has come.

There was a bright smile on Thomson's face, but there was no joy in his eyes, only thick sarcasm and cold contempt.

He glanced at the others, then bowed and saluted, and said in a very excited tone, "Everyone, then I will take my leave first."

"Can't wait, Thomson."

"Of course, Lord Alexander." Thomson smiled kindly. "This will be a memorable moment."

"Yes, then I'm leaving too."

"Well, get together and celebrate after success."

"To our immortality, a toast."

"Hahaha."

……

Yes, immortality, hope you guys like what it turns out to be.

Thomson thought secretly in his heart, then turned around and walked into his own passage.The same goes for the other people, all of them turned and left impatiently, to meet what they thought was eternal life.

Walking out of the tunnel, pulling off his wig and beard, he pushed the door open.

The carriage didn't move, it was still parked in front, but the driver of this carriage, after seeing him coming out, had no intention of coming down to open the door for him, instead he raised his lowered head, showing a pale face mask.

"Employer? It seems that your stage play is about to be staged!" The driver of the carriage said to him in a low voice. "How, do you still have tickets?"

"Wrong, Jhin... My stage play, all the actors have already started to perform." He tidied up his clothes and opened the door of the carriage carriage by himself. It's free."

"Hehehehahahahahaha." The coachman laughed nervously, "Okay, okay, I'm looking forward to your performance, and I'm also looking forward to the moment when you end the curtain."

"Thank you."

He stepped into the carriage, and was about to close the door with his backhand, but suddenly stopped, turned to the driver and said, "Don't forget, you are also one of the actors."

"Of course, my dear director." The coachman said enthusiastically, "I will personally shoot the last bullet in [Whispers] at the last moment. Believe me, the moment the stage play ends will be very exciting."

"Accept your good words, let's go... Take me back to the manor."

"Yes, dear employer, dear director, dear count, dear—Mr. Edmond Dantès."

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Boom~Boom~Boom~

The muffled thunder reverberated above the gray sky, as if even the sky couldn't bear to face what was about to happen, warning the residents of the city with the sound of thunder.

However, no one cares. People in this city have long been used to it, but the thunder is a prelude to rain rather than a harbinger.

Suddenly, blood-red lightning shot up into the sky from five corners of the city, linking the clouds and the earth.Immediately, red lines lit up in the city, connecting the five corners, depicting a blood-red pentagram.

At this time, the citizens of Novigrad rioted.

The chaos quickly spread to the entire city, but it didn't take long for them to be in chaos. The sudden fatigue, dizziness, and weakness knocked down the residents living in the city one by one.

Not only the civilians, but also the city government administrative agencies located in the ruling class also fainted at this moment.

But outside the city.

In the barracks of the garrison, the quietly prepared troops were slowly heading towards Novigrad.

Chapter 45 The Vanishing Heidi

'Absurd, absurd, absurd, do you know the consequences of your order?The special envoy from the capital, Miss. '

In the communication channel, the commander of the garrison in Novigrad, a federal major shouted in an angry tone.

'If you don't know what it means to race against time, then please take a good look at the direction of the city, and look at the rainbow light dyed red with soot. '

"Follow the order, Major." Standing on the top of the last carriage of the train, Black Lizard star pressed the communicator to his ear while looking at the direction Charlotte was leaving. "Do as I said, slow down the advancing speed of the garrison, and try to reach the outskirts of the city after an hour."

'What are you kidding. '

The roar in the communication channel became louder and louder. ' Arriving in an hour?Are you asking more than 1000 people in this district under my command to collect corpses for the entire city? '

"This is advice, Major... If you don't want to join a 1000-man garrison and go to a court-martial." Black Lizard Star said quietly, "Believe me, the high-level federation knows more than you. You'll know that my decision was the right one."

'Damn it, bastard, the officer who commanded blindly. '

Obviously, on the other side of the communication channel, the garrison officer was furious at Black Lizard Star's actions. 'Do you know what the consequences will be? '

"I know, Major... All possibilities are guessed in the White Dove's Intelligence Bureau. As I said, the high level of the Federation knows more than you know, and I do the same." Black Lizard star said indifferently There was an ultimatum to "execute the order."

'You, well, bloody bureaucrat, bastard. '

Amidst the sound of cursing, the communication channel was hung up by the other party, and Black Lizard Star calmly took off the communication device, then turned and returned to the carriage.

About two or three minutes later, the re-dressed Black Lizard came to the box where Charlotte and Heidi were.

At this time, she had already changed into a set of waiter's clothes, pushed a trolley filled with 'additional' food to the door, and knocked gently on the door. "Hi guest, the ordered meal has been delivered, please open the door, thank you."

After waiting for a while, but did not receive a response, Black Lizard Star frowned, and then decisively reached out and pulled away the people in the box.

Huhu~

Oncoming was a gust of wind blowing through the open car window.

In the box, Heidi, who should stay here theoretically, disappeared.

Black Lizard Xing quickly came to the window. "Open the car window... and jumped out, how is this possible?" Hei Lizard star noticed the friction marks on the window sill, with an incredulous expression on his face.

An ordinary girl who jumped off a high-speed train?