Chapter 152 The Trap

Having discussed the secrets of the Black Tower, the topic returned to the current mission.

Qiantiao seemed a bit weary, closing her eyes as she said, "Suren, kid, be careful. Although Mr. Black's plans have never failed, in a battle of that scale, I can only try my best to survive. There's a good chance I won't be able to look after you. Be careful, don't die."

"Mm."

Suren chuckled upon hearing that.

Regardless of anything else, this gambling addict had always taken good care of him.

While still digesting the shocking information he'd heard tonight, something else suddenly occurred to him.

Now that the conversation had opened up, Suren didn't hold back and asked directly, "By the way, Sister Qiantiao, does that '§' symbol on your cloaks have any special meaning?"

As he spoke, he drew the two s-shaped curves of the symbol in the air with his finger.

If it were Mr. Black, Suren wouldn't ask even if he was curious.

But he didn't stand on ceremony with Qiantiao.

If she couldn't say, she would say "can't say" directly.

If she could, it meant the information wasn't too confidential.

Upon hearing the question, Qiantiao responded, "That symbol represents a talent - [s-003-Fate Controller]. This was the talent Sir Isaac awakened back then. A thousand years ago, it was also the symbol of a special organization in Dawn City. You probably guessed it; our organization does have some connection with Dawn City, but..."

She suddenly paused, changing her tone, "As for the rest, go ask the leader when the time comes."

"I see..."

Suren thought to himself upon hearing that, "As expected."

When he was in the [1911 Hotel] cursed space, he guessed that Mr. Black and his "Mirror Organization" had some connection with the special operations group of Dawn City when he saw the Magician Edward giving a half-kneeling knight's salute to the cloaked figure.

It didn't surprise him that the symbol represented a talent either.

When he saw that one of the five statues in Stormwind Manor bore this symbol, Suren guessed that it was some kind of S-rank talent.

But what was slightly surprising was that Sir Isaac, who was hailed as a "demigod," had awakened this talent that sounded rather strange.

[Fate Controller]?

Ranked one position higher than his [Death Harvester], what special abilities did it have...?

Suren was a little curious.

But the fact that the "Mirror Organization" used this symbol to identify themselves clearly had some special meaning.

Since Qiantiao didn't elaborate, he didn't ask further.

Speaking of which, Qiantiao seemed to remember something and suddenly smiled, "I heard you did well last time at the [1911 Hotel]. The leader even mentioned you to me specifically~"

Suren chuckled upon hearing that.

.......

The "Mirror Organization's" hidden identity was the biggest secret in Qiantiao's heart, and laying it all out tonight showed that she truly regarded Suren as one of her own.

As they chatted, they opened up to each other.

From the secrets of the Black Tower, to alchemy, and then to some personal topics.

The two talked until midnight, and their relationship instantly became much closer.

......

The next morning, Suren woke up on time from his meditation thanks to his biological clock.

Qiantiao was still fast asleep on the other half of the bed next door.

This gambling addict was truly defenseless against Suren. Her sleeping posture... was really unrestrained. Underneath her loose pajamas was just a simple white under-shorts, and it was all clearly visible with one flip.

Suren smiled, casually pulled the quilt over her, and didn't wake her up. He buried himself in his daily work.

Reading alchemy books, making grotesque dolls, researching mechanical gadgets...

He still needed to prepare for that assassination attempt.

Although he wasn't the main force, he had to think about how to escape if anything unexpected happened.

Suren had spent almost all of his time like this recently and didn't feel anything was wrong with staying in his room.

He was busy and fulfilled, and time passed quickly.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Sister Qiantiao finally stirred.

It seemed she had made up for the two days and nights of sleep deprivation.

She got out of bed groggily, rubbed her eyes, and grumbled, "Ugh... I was wondering why I kept hearing a sound like a mouse gnawing on something in my dream. Turns out it was you kid fiddling with these broken pieces of wood early in the morning..."

"It's afternoon already, Sister Qiantiao..."

Suren thought she was talking to him and looked back.

But he found that this gambling addict had no intention of looking at him at all. She floated past him as if sleepwalking.

Probably used to taking a shower in the morning, Qiantiao took off her bathrobe and threw it on the bed before going to the bathroom naked.

Suren looked at her, rubbed his forehead, and turned his gaze back to his puppet.

Then, he heard the sound of the shower.

.......

Before long, the sound of water stopped.

Suren heard someone walking out of the bathroom, but he didn't turn around, continuing to manipulate the Spider Spears to focus on making his grotesque doll.

This gambling addict seemed to have woken up after taking a shower and began to casually get dressed in the room.

She watched Suren manipulate eight spider arms to make the puppet simultaneously, and became a little curious, saying, "Yo~ Your method is not bad. One person can do the work of seven or eight people..."

"I'm a puppeteer, after all."

Suren responded.

At the same time, he glanced up and saw Qiantiao wrapping her chest in the dressing mirror.

He glanced at it and then looked away, teasingly saying, "Sister Qiantiao, don't always wrap it up. From a medical point of view, it's not good for development."

"Tch~"

Qiantiao snorted dismissively, walked over, picked up a half-finished [Nightmare Doll] on the table, and looked at it carefully, saying, "Your rune skills are very good. You can draw Tier 2 runes so skillfully. In Old Lingdun, you'd be considered a first-class rune enchanter."

"I'm still far from it..."

Suren replied casually.

It wasn't really modesty. This level was indeed far from Mr. Black's.

The two were very close, their skin touching, and he could clearly feel Qiantiao's body temperature.

Although this gambling addict didn't use perfume, Suren still smelled a faint fragrance.

Hmm... the scent of soapberry shampoo.

Qiantiao only glanced at it and put it down, seemingly not interested in the puppet.

She walked to the dressing mirror and tied up her thick black hair with a red string.

She immediately looked heroic.

Qiantiao didn't wear makeup or dress up, so she was very efficient in getting ready to go out.

She put on her kimono sleeves, covering the tattoos on her back and arms, and waved her hand at Suren, "Let's go~ Suren, kid, let's go out."

"Okay."

Suren thought there was going to be some action, so he packed up his things and followed her out.

But he didn't expect that

Qiantiao took him straight to the gambling den,

and gambled heavily again.

Sure enough, a gambler with money in their pocket is always thinking about gambling.

But luckily, Qiantiao lost all of the more than nine million she had left over from last night not long after arriving.

That shut her up.

In the following days,

the two stayed in the hotel room honestly.

Suren didn't feel that much different with another person around. He still had a very regular life, doing what he was supposed to do.

He could even ask Qiantiao about knowledge in the top professional fields sometimes.

But this gambling addict was very bored. Without gambling, she kept saying "I have no joy" or just slept.

Hmm... and also, she was increasingly less like an outsider sharing the room.

......

Six days later, news came from Mr. Black.

Finally, the team of Princess Teresa from the Duke's Mansion had set off.

Suren and Qiantiao left the camp and headed to the planned ambush site.

It's worth mentioning that the Duke's Mansion's team didn't take the three routes that merchant groups usually took, but instead chose a secret passage.

It was the same secret passage that Suren had traveled through when he crossed over.

There had been no news about this secret passage, and Suren thought that only he knew about it.

But he didn't expect that not only did the people from the Duke's Mansion know about it, but Mr. Black and his team also knew about it clearly.

The map was very detailed.

Suren had the Eight-Armed Spider Spears, and Qiantiao was a top professional, so the two of them were very fast.

In a little more than half a day, they had already arrived at the planned ambush site.

It was a spacious stone cave.

It was large enough, and there were some passages that could be used to evacuate at any time.

.......

Suren looked at the environment and immediately found a place suitable for hiding and ambushing.

Qiantiao pointed to the huge stone cave and said, "Okay, you stay here and hide somewhere. Be careful not to be discovered. We'll lure people over later, and everything will be done according to plan."

This gambling addict was wearing combat leather armor today, and her face showed an unprecedented seriousness as she spoke.

Suren had sensed it when they set off earlier. She had been accumulating her blade aura.

The aura on her body had also become increasingly dangerous.

Even if she deliberately restrained it, Suren felt like he was standing on a sharp blade when he stood next to her, and his heart throbbed faintly.

The plan was already well-rehearsed, and there was nothing more to explain, so Suren nodded, "Mm."

"Be careful."

Qiantiao instructed, not saying much more, and her figure disappeared into the depths of the cave.

The first ambush site wasn't here. This stone cave was just the ambush site.

Suren looked at the stone cave, then released his gear and manipulated the Eight-Armed Spider Spears onto the rock wall.

He used silk threads to hang himself upside down on the rock wall, and the Invisible Ghoul was also hidden nearby.

There were no traps here.

The plan was also simple and crude. Someone would attack Princess Teresa's team, but the real target was a guard.

Lure people here and then kill them.

In Mr. Black's words, the simpler the plan, the less likely it was to be seen through.

The more complicated the trap, the more likely it was to go wrong.

.......

After hanging on the web, Suren was like a spider patiently waiting for its prey, not making any noise.

During this time, he even saw two waves of three assassins rushing past.

He knew that these were the professional assassins in charge of reconnaissance in the princess's team.

They were there to check the road for safety, eliminate traps, and ensure the safety of the team.

Suren didn't dare to be careless and listened intently to the movements in the cave with all his senses.

Finally, after waiting for nearly a whole day, a landslide-like sound came from the depths of the cave.

"Here they come!"

Hearing the movement, Suren instantly perked up.

The sound of fighting came from the cave, starting almost imperceptibly, but then sounding like rolling thunder, making his scalp tingle.

"Hiss~ That sound is too exaggerated."

Suren gasped.

Although he had been mentally prepared, he felt a pang of fear when he sensed the violent elemental fluctuations in the air.

He hadn't even seen them face-to-face, but the sound had already stimulated him so much that his hair stood on end, so one could imagine how terrifying the battle was.

In Qiantiao's words, ordinary Tier 3 professionals wouldn't even have a chance to escape in the hands of that "target"!

He slowly took a breath, and then suppressed the sound of his existence to the lowest level.

He suppressed his emotions, and all that was left in his eyes was a nearly numb calmness.

.......

Just a few breaths after the sound of fighting came, several figures窜了出来。

Before the people arrived, Suren immediately guessed that the person was the Super Mechanical Warrior - Number Nineteen!

Suren didn't dare to look directly at him, but looked away. Next to Number Nineteen was a burly red giant.

"A Tier 2 Awakened [Red Demon]?"

Suren looked at that person and immediately saw his talent.

But this Red Demon was much stronger than the [Red Demon] Goron he had seen in the Knights Templar before!

Not only was this person's skin fiery red and his muscles knotted, but his whole body was covered in a layer of molten armor, with flames overflowing by a foot. The whole person felt like a molten giant walking out of a volcano. It looked like the kind of super-strong defense that was difficult to damage with guns and cannons.

Suren even thought that "Quadruple Shot" would...

There was also a cloaked figure beside these two.

At this moment, a phantom of a six-armed Rakshasa woman with fiery vertical hair was floating behind her. Even though her face was covered by a cloak, Suren knew that this was Qiantiao.

At this moment, Qiantiao showed her six-sword, six-armed state that she had never shown in front of people, and her aura had been raised to the extreme.

But even with these three top powerhouses joining forces, they were being chased away in a panic!

Whether it was the Tier 2 [Red Demon] or Number Nineteen, they were almost no match for their opponent.

As soon as they touched him, they would fly out and smash into a pile of rubble.

The sound of explosions in the cave was the sound of the three of them being knocked away from time to time.

The three of them joined forces, cooperated with each other, and covered each other, barely managing to avoid being killed!

Behind them, a rolling golden light surged.

Suren didn't dare to look directly at the "target," but just the power of that golden light was like a mountain collapsing, causing a primal fear of seeing great terror.

If Suren couldn't control his emotions, ordinary Tier 2 professionals would probably be so frightened that they would expose themselves in an instant.

"What a domineering aura, is this the power of a Tier 5 powerhouse..."

Suren murmured in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, the few of them had already arrived at the stone cave.

When the target arrived at the ambush site, a layer of purple light suddenly appeared around the space.

"A spatial barrier?"

Suren looked at it and felt very familiar with it.

What surprised him even more was that at this moment, two more cloaked figures walked out of the darkness not far away.

Yes, they walked out of the darkness!

He didn't know what means they used, but they walked directly out of the shadow of a stone. It was like a space door, but he didn't feel any spatial fluctuations at all.

Suren had been hiding for a day, but he hadn't discovered that there were two people hiding dozens of meters away!

One of them started with the super-tier spell [Thorn Entanglement].

Looking at the familiarity of the attack, it was likely Mr. Black!

And as soon as the other cloaked figure appeared from the shadows, his whole body虚化变成了紫色幽光, and then he disappeared. It was a top assassin!

......

Suren looked at the shadows on the ground and saw a rough outline. The golden light seemed to be a golden giant more than two meters tall.

Mr. Black's [Thorn Entanglement] took root and sprouted at the feet of the golden target, instantly trapping him tightly.

But after only a moment, the golden giant tore off the entangled thorns.

He looked at the surrounding cursed space and said in a muffled voice, "So your target is me..."

As he spoke, his arrogance as a Tier 5 professional made him look down on the people in front of him. He snorted coldly, "I didn't expect that after not cleaning up for a few years, the rats in the gutter have become so fat..."

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