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nChapter 63: Land of Rust Lake and Giant Iron Crocodile

nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nLevi sat at the side and ate his roasted meat as he spoke indifferently, “Believe me, if killing you can make Fred better, I will kill you ten thousand times.”

nThe burly man cursed, “You sure have big words. You despicable scoundrel who used poison.”

n“Didn’t I learn this from you, scum?” Levi said.

n“I swear on the Heavenly Father that I, Iron Mountain, have been an assassin for many years, but I’ve never used poison. Although I’m an assassin, I’m also a knight, and I yearn for a fair battle, unlike you,” cursed Iron Mountain.

nLevi mocked, “You’re already an assassin, don’t pretend to be a noble here. No proper knight will be an assassin? Judging from your breathing technique, it should be of excellent quality. Could you be the illegitimate son of some earl?” He did not know his simple words would hit Iron Mountain’s sore spot.

n“You’re the illegitimate child. Your entire family is illegitimate. So what if I’m an illegitimate child? I’m still the most outstanding genius of the younger generation of the d*mn Arion family.”

nLevi’s expression changed slightly.

nThe Arion family was an earl family famous for producing iron ore. Their territory was located north of Rust Lake. Their clan emblem was the Giant Iron Crocodile.

nIn the legends, the Giant Iron Crocodile was a terrifying beast that had occupied Rust Lake in ancient times. Its entire body was covered in scales that seemed to be made of steel.

nThis was a powerful family because their leader was the Iron Knight, one of the Northern Seven Flying Cavalry. Like Levi’s father, Iron Knight was also a grand knight.

nNo wonder Iron Mountain was so strong. He looked only 30 years old, but he was already at least a high-level knight. He could also master such a powerful breathing technique.

nIron Mountain was dissatisfied with the Arion family because of his identity as an illegitimate child. Levi guessed that it was most likely related to power.

nAfter all, illegitimate children could not inherit the family’s title, and Iron Mountain thought he was their family’s youngest genius. Ostracized, he joined the Bird of Death’s Voice and became an assassin.

nHowever, Levi did not care about these words at all. He only wanted Iron Mountain to tell him the name of the significant client behind him. However, no matter how he tortured him, he kept crying in pain and claimed he knew nothing.

nIn the end, Levi gave up. He now understood that Sir Bernard was not lying.

nOnly the higher-ups of their organization knew about the identity of the big client.

nThough Iron Mountain claimed to be an excellent Gold Assassin with immense power, he was still not a high-ranking organization member.

nAccording to Iron Mountain, only five higher-ups were in the organization.

nThat was the Shadow Assassin.

nIt was also the Five Shadows of Death.

nThe one in charge of commanding Iron Mountain was “Pale Shadow,” whom Iron Mountain had only heard of but had never seen before.

nA mysterious grand knight whose true identity was unknown.

nApart from that, Iron Mountain knew nothing.

n“Damn it, I’m still too weak.”

nLevi muttered, “Why don’t I kill all the assassins and cut off all possible dangerous factors?”

nIn prison, Iron Mountain was panting heavily. Sweat poured down his body like rain, and his face was pale.

n“Kill me, give me a quick death.”

nIron Mountain’s eyes were lifeless. Levi had already tormented him to the point of insanity.

nLevi knew that he would not be able to get anything out of Iron Mountain. He ended his sinful life and burned his body to keep the incident a secret.

nIn the fire, Levi again saw the shadow of a ferocious crocodile that had disappeared in a flash.

nHis expression was gloomy until the man turned into ashes.

nA few days later, a serf found a starving and emaciated Alpine Warhorse in one of the territories and offered it to Levi.

nIt was an armed warhorse. Levi checked the warhorse and found that besides malnourishment, there was nothing wrong with it.

nThis warhorse belonged to Iron Mountain.

nHe even found a small cloth bag under the harness.

nThere were a few hundred gold coins, some dry food, and water.

nIn addition, there was also a book, “The Tribute of Shadows,” and a Bird of Death Mask, which were the same as the ones Levi had obtained before. Iron Mountain seemed to also believe in the Shadow Lord.

nBehind it was the Siren Breathing Technique that Levi had already learned. Unfortunately, it did not have Iron Mountain’s breathing technique that Levi wanted.

nThat was a defensive breathing technique comparable to the Black Snake Breathing Technique.

n“What is this?”

nLevi found a piece of parchment and opened it.

nIt was a map.

n“A map of the northern part of the Emerald Kingdom? He had such a precious item?”

nLevi was delighted. This was a surprise.

nAlthough Levi was very doubtful about the accuracy of this map given the technology level of this world, the fact that Iron Mountain could find the Black Water Valley based on this map showed that it was accurate.

nMore importantly, Levi saw some information he needed on the map.

nLevi muttered as he looked at the map, “There’s a stronghold for the Bird of Death. Oh, there’s one in Icewind City. There are three official knights stationed there. They act as training instructors for apprentices and teaching assassination techniques, and at the same time, they’re responsible for contacting the assassins in Icewind City.”

nHe felt it was time for this d*mned organization to pay the price for trying to kill him thrice!

nBut before that, he had to cultivate the Black Snake Breathing Technique to the fifth level.

nAt the same time, he was also worried that if the Pale Shadow had known that the assassination attempt this time failed, he would personally kill him. “Yikes! I must cultivate my breathing techniques.”

n“At the same time, the territory has to be prepared for war and attacks to prevent the Iron Mountain situation from happening again.”

nThe most troublesome part about the Bird of Death’s Voice was that many of its members had cultivated the Siren Breathing Technique. They could change their body shape and sneak in through disguises. He might be able to notice some abnormalities, but it would be difficult for ordinary soldiers and civilians to discover them.

nHowever, Levi could not think of a good solution.

nHe could only try to increase his cultivation before the enemy arrived.

nThe year 1007 of the Holy Brilliance Calendar is the Month of Wheatfield, the golden wheat season.

nThe serfs in the territory began to work on the autumn harvest.

nThe forging industry was still developing like a raging fire. However, many iron pieces that could be used to forge armor have been collected in the warehouse.

nThis was because the lord responsible for forging the armor had been elusive recently and rarely showed his face in public.

nLevi naturally could not care less about forging now. After successfully concocting Man-Faced Spider Tears and Man-Faced Spider Kiss, he no longer wasted time on homing his forging and pharmacy skills.

nThere was nothing more crucial to him than cultivating his breathing techniques now..

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