The God of Cataka
97
The appearance of monsters in the midst of society was a huge matter that the Knight Alliance could not ignore, especially within a radius of several thousand meters.
The response of the Alliance side would not be slower than an hour while Liu Hanzou could still control monsters along with some other brave residents with hunting skills and experience.
The situation should still be under control!
"Who would have thought that a number of Knights had suddenly attacked civilians and surrounded your father," Liu Tang's story was bitter. "While I have to fight monsters alone."
Shen Zhu was stunned with a grim countenance, listening with an expression no less bitter. Trying to imagine the situation.
"In other words...my father was not killed by monsters, but by the Knights?" Shen Zhu tried to make sure.
"Right," Liu Tang replied in a sour tone.
"It's obviously an ambush" Shen Zhu said. "The part I don't understand is.. How did they figure out Dad's plan?"
"Good question!" liu Tang's.
Shen Zhu let out a short sigh and bowed.
"Now that you know, your father's complicated methods can even be analyzed," Liu Tang murmured in frustration. "As long as I'm tied to the Knight Alliance, your father works alone. And we never talked about our plan except to rebuild the Pillar of the Catastrophic God. Never discussed tactics. Trying to understand each other by signal. But still get caught. Can you imagine how great the Knight Alliance is?"
"What does it mean to work alone?" asked Shen Zhu.
"Being a hitman as a side job is also a way to find god heirlooms in addition to auctioning heirlooms. Some of it is for the sake of money, but especially still for the Heirloom of the God of Catastrophe," Liu Tang said. "It is likely that one of the clients was disappointed and investigated an inheritance that was never obtained after killing the victim."
"Wait a minute" Shen Zhu said. "I mean Uncle... His last client went after Pusaka Dewa Petaka and hired a hitman but didn't get it?"
"Yes," Liu Tang replied. "Your father always gives the heirloom that the client wants after killing his victims except Pusaka Dewa Petaka. It is likely he reasoned that the heirloom the client wanted was not found. Clients will understand. But if it happened more than once, one would suspect that every deal with the Catastrophic God Heirloom, the hit man had always failed. Wasn't this more than enough to provoke the Alliance's suspicions. As soon as you talk about Pusaka Dewa Petaka, your father's name will appear first on the list of suspects."
"It would be different if it were done in groups," Shen Zhu muttered with a frown.
"You inherited your father's intelligence, it seems I can calm down now!" praise Liu Tang while sighing in relief. "This "talk about assassins with heaven-defying methods was already some kind of common secret among the nobles. And you know exactly most of the nobles are gossipers. Otherwise, how would they know how to deal with the most mysterious assassin with a special method?"
"In other words, the nobles are the pawns of the Knight Alliance," Shen Zhu concluded.
"More precisely the source of the information," Liu Tang chimed in. "So." he lifted his face and looked into Shen Zhu's eyes. "Do you still want to use the Sicarii method?"
"How did you start?" asked Shen Zhu.
"Of course from the same pawn," Liu Tang replied. "Spreading rumors among the nobility."
"Starting from the auction?" shen Zhu asked with a slanted smile.
"really right!" Liu Tang smirked back.
Selling fragrances at an auction was the first step Liu Hanzou started his career as an assassin, then spread by word of mouth as a common secret.
How ingenious! praise Shen Zhu in his heart. "However.." he was stunned for a moment before saying, "I don't have a smell as good as my father," he confessed.
"In other words, are you going to continue with the Sicarii method?" Liu Tang concluded.
"Yes," Shen Zhu replied. "Rather be your rival!"
"What—" Liu Tang stammered and looked up.
"Isn't that clear enough, even though my father was killed, Sicarii's methods continued?" asked Shen Zhu. "The "evidence of the God of Catastrophe in the Liu family home is undeniable, while the method of summoning Sicarii is still running. This only proves that the Liu clan is still searching for the Heirloom of the God of Catastrophe."
"It is only necessary to wait for the last heirloom of the doom god to appear and Sicarii will prove to be from the Liu clan" said Shen Zhu.
"I've prepared a plan with little risk," Liu Tang argued.
"Killing clients as an alibi?" shen Zhu Terka.
"Yes," Liu Tang replied in a grim tone.
"Even I can guess," Shen Zhu sneered. "You yourself told me what the Knight Alliance looks like!"
Liu Tang was instantly speechless.
"It's likely that they've set up a trap" Shen Zhu said.
"So what's your plan?" Liu Tang finally gave up.
"Become a new service bureau at a lower price, and you'll screw it up" whispered Shen Zhu as he leaned over to the other side of the table.
"I see," Liu Tang responded with a slanted smile.
What Shen Zhu meant was that if one day he dealt with a client with the target of the Catastrophic God Heirloom, Sicarii would seize him. That way, the attention of the Knight Alliance would remain focused on Sicarii and Shen Zhu could keep moving freely.
The next day…
Shen Zhu and his uncle return to the temple with the eleven-year-old boy who will become the Knight Guards Shen Zhu to perform the blood covenant ritual.
Call it. Jingwei.
The blood covenant ritual was performed above the altar in the middle of the magic formation circle created on the floor.
The Sword of the God of Cataka was plugged in the middle.
Jingwei knelt on the floor facing Shen Zhu with one hand clasping the handle of the sword after first being injured to the point of bleeding.
Shen Zhu stood down on the sword with both hands cupped at the end of the sword hilt as well with a cut on his palm. His blood seeped and spread to Jingwei's palms until their blood connected to each other.
A golden-coloured bright light burst forth from the pooling of their blood. Dark smoke gushed out from the wounds on their palms like tendrils that spread all over their bodies like vines wrapped around each other.
Jingwei's body started to tremble.
Shortly after, the crack in the floor where the sword was stuck exploded bursting out a light accompanied by thunderous thunderbolts that made the entire place shake.
Shen Zhu and Jingwei were thrown into the air with each body still wrapped in dark tendrils that were connected together. The dark tendrils started to glow red.
Jingwei shouted loudly as her body was stung by the heat channeled from the tendrils that had lit up. His tiny body seemed to explode to spread a blood-red flame.
His body stiffened and jerked as if he was dying. Then it drooped after his last long howling.
The blood covenant ritual is over. Shen Zhu had halved his strength to Jingwei.
The boy had now reached the First Level Heavenly Realm.
The youngest Guardian Knight in the world has been born!
The boy was unconscious for seven days. And spent the rest of his life as a Holy Monk in the Zainan Temple.
