Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 496 Things are getting complicated.

"Now that you, sir, bear a heavy responsibility, you must not make any further mistakes. We are only acting under orders."

The Niru Ejen snorted coldly. "Look for yourself! There are sentries on the outside, patrols inside, and all of you are by my side every step of the way."

"In a place like this, let alone a few Nikans, even a stray dog would have been discovered long ago!"

As he spoke, his disdain was evident on his face: "Turgh and the others were killed because of their own carelessness. Their men were a bunch of useless trash; they couldn't even hold off a few Nikans."

"Could someone really have managed to take my head despite all this security?"

The guards dared not refute and remained silent.

Niru'ezhen cursed a few times, but no one responded, so he couldn't curse anymore, but his anger didn't dissipate much.

Looking at the guards standing around him, he felt increasingly irritated.

"Alright."

"Return the money."

"I'll just rest in my tent; just looking at you all annoys me!"

Ezhen entered the camp.

Without the slightest hesitation, several of the guards behind him followed him inside.

But no one noticed that the tent, once out of someone's hands, mysteriously floated for a few seconds before finally falling.

The rest of the people stayed outside the tent.

The Niru Ejen lifted the tent flap, heard the noise, turned around, and his face was as dark as Bao Zheng's.

It's just missing a crescent moon shape.

"What are you doing here?"

The head guard respectfully replied, "Sir, the Prince has ordered that we must not leave more than three steps away."

Niu Lu'e laughed angrily. "Fine, fine! Now, when I sleep, are you all going to stand by my bed and watch me too?"

The guards bowed their heads and did not answer.

But the meaning is obvious.

Niru'ezhen took a deep breath and felt a tightness in his chest.

Even if the assassin doesn't come, I'll still be annoyed by this!

"go out."

The Niru's commander, unable to contain himself any longer, pointed outside the tent and roared, "I need to rest! Are you really planning to stand here and watch me sleep?"

The guards looked at each other in bewilderment.

The head guard was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Sir, the Prince has given orders..."

"That's enough!"

The Niru Ejen slammed his fist on the table and shouted excitedly, "Your Highness! Your Highness! What else can you do besides use your title to intimidate me? I am a general leading troops into battle, not a prisoner under your guard!"

The tent fell silent.

Several guards stood there, their faces showing a hint of fear, but they showed no intention of leaving.

The Niru Ejen stared at them for a long time, but finally gave up.

"Fine, fine, whatever. Stand if you want."

He couldn't be bothered with these people anymore and turned to walk towards the bed.

He didn't even remove his armor; he only loosened a few straps before lying down.

He was already exhausted after a long day, and being surrounded by his personal guards made him even more agitated. At that moment, he felt a throbbing headache.

Niru'e was annoyed and had two lamps extinguished, leaving only one oil lamp on the table.

That's what I did.

"I've fought wars my whole life, and I've never felt this frustrated as I do today."

He muttered a curse under his breath, turned over, and ignored everyone in the tent.

Several guards stood still, silently watching over the spot.

"Once you're in, you're not leaving!"

"The one lying down is yours, Liu Er. Make your move in ten seconds."

"Dang Shousu, go and deal with the guards inside the tent, the first one on the left, in eight seconds."

"You, go and take care of the second one. Six seconds from now."

……

"Time's up, let's get started!"

Bai Li's voice fell.

Inside the tent, several ghostly figures moved simultaneously.

Niu Lu'ezhen, lying on the bed, only felt a blur before his eyes.

"Who... Waaah~"

He suddenly opened his eyes, and the words he uttered were cut short.

A cold hand covered his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain shot through his neck.

Niru's pupils suddenly contracted.

He struggled desperately, but all he saw was the small knife hovering against his neck. He tried to reach for the knife at his waist, but his body grew weaker and weaker.

Blood stained the shadow of a hand, trickling down between the fingers.

Seeing this moment, Niru'ezhen finally understood.

It wasn't that they weren't guarding strictly enough; the patrolling soldiers didn't cause any problems at all.

They've been wrong all along.

They are guarding against assassins.

But this enemy is not even close; they can't even see it.

It's not that they failed to hold it; it's that they simply couldn't hold it.

How can you guard something if you can't see it?

Damn it, Abatai ruined my life!

"turn out to be……"

Niru'ezhen coughed up blood and foam, his voice muffled.

"Not human..."

These were his last thoughts before he died.

Soon, his consciousness was completely plunged into darkness.

at the same time.

The guards inside the tent didn't even have a chance to draw their swords before they fell to the ground almost simultaneously.

Even if someone notices something is wrong behind them, before they can turn around, the light has already gone out.

In just a few breaths.

The tent then returned to silence.

Bai Li felt a surge of emotion.

"This invisibility ability is indeed a bit unreasonable."

Even an ordinary person with such abilities would render most of the world's defenses ineffective.

At least that's the case at this point in time.

"etc,"

However, Bai Li paused for a moment, then shrugged indifferently.

"The ones who are invisible are my people."

"That's alright then."

Outside the camp.

Several guards stood still.

A night breeze blew by, causing the tent walls to sway and the candlelight inside to flicker.

Through the thin curtain, several figures could be vaguely seen reflected on it.

However, those figures remained motionless.

A young guard yawned: "These adults are really something, making us guard them while they sleep soundly."

The veteran glanced at him and said, "Say no more. Who dares disobey the Prince's orders?"

The young guard curled his lip.

Time passed little by little.

The candlelight inside the tent dimmed, and the shadows shifted.

The guards outside saw it, but paid no attention.

I just thought I was tired of standing, so I sat down.

After a while, the soldiers changing shifts came over.

"Why is there still no movement? Is Niru'e really asleep?"

The guards outside shook their heads: "I don't know. There's been no sound from inside since just now."

The soldier changing shifts frowned: "Go in and ask."

But after several calls, not only did the Niru'ezhen not respond, but even the personal guards who went in didn't say a word.

The guards' expressions turned serious, and they exchanged glances.

The air grew quiet.

"wrong!"

The leader's expression changed, and he abruptly lifted the tent flap.

Everyone's expression changed.

Inside the tent.

The Niru Ejen lay on the couch, blood flowing all over the ground.

Several of his personal guards lay dead around him, their weapons still hanging at their waists, their throats slit.

"Enemy attack!"

A roar ripped through the night sky.

The soldiers were thrown into chaos.

"Someone has infiltrated!"

"Seal off the camp gates!"

Countless torches were lit, and the entire camp was in an uproar, but after searching everywhere, they found nothing.

Several guards responsible for guarding the main tent were urgently summoned before the generals.

"Tell me, how did they get in?"

Dozens of guards knelt on the ground, their foreheads covered in cold sweat.

"Your Excellency, this servant was unaware that after the Niru Ejen entered the tent, we have been guarding outside without ever leaving for even a moment."

"There's nothing unusual outside the tent; we don't see anyone at all!"

The general cursed, "Bullshit! If there's nothing wrong, how could someone just die out of thin air inside?"

The guard trembled, but dared not refute.

Because they themselves can't understand it.

If someone had infiltrated, why didn't they hear a single sound?

The entire camp had several hundred people.

They didn't even see a trace of the enemy.

"Could it be that it's not human?"

Someone whispered something, and the tent fell silent.

"A few days ago, those brothers were saying that after those Nikans killed people, no one saw how they went in or came out."

"This time is the same."

"Hundreds of eyes are watching; they can spot even a mouse running by."