People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

Compared to the luxurious palace outside, this meeting room seemed rather plain, and the gilded armrests of the chairs were somewhat awkward, making the ministers sitting on them look disdainful. But there was no other way; this room was built in secret, so it had to be kept low-key.

"I didn't expect that kid to succeed. I sent him back to the past just to see him die there, but I didn't expect that kid to actually have contact with the past emperor."

Minister Filin, who was sitting in the host seat, touched his chin, a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes.

"This time, let the Mantiko Assassination Team go and do their best to kill the Demon King and that Noah."

"Are you going to take complete action against him?"

Upon hearing the Minister of Beilin say such outrageous words, the fat-headed officials around him immediately backed off. Although this had been discussed before, it was only the last resort. Once it was carried out, it would be... regicide.

Although that boy hadn't ascended the throne yet due to the obstruction of himself and others, he was still the son of the previous emperor and had the right to inherit the empire. Regicide—that wasn't a nice title.

"Of course. Do you want him back? Don't forget he's Draco, your Majesty's heir. As long as he comes back, we'll always be outshined. Furthermore, his personality is so similar to your Majesty's, and he shares the same persistence. It's foreseeable that his future political views will mirror yours. Do you want to throw up what you've already swallowed?"

Minister Filin's words made the officials look grim, but when they thought of their own families, their own luxurious lives, and the beauties they hadn't even had time to favor...

"understood."

Soon, after a frank exchange of opinions on the most important issues, whispers mixed with sinister smiles filled the conference room. Not long after, after some shameful exchanges of interests were completely completed, everyone except Minister Filin, who was in the host seat, left.

And when he was the only one left here, Minister Filin immediately showed a sarcastic smile.

"Hmph, a bunch of guys who can't see the situation clearly, in the end they can only be the small cards in other people's hands. Forget sitting at the table, they don't even have the qualifications to be the joker."

His words were full of sarcasm, totally different from his previous behavior of flattering those fat-headed officials.

After making sure that he was the only one left in the room, Minister Filin took out a dark golden driving watch from his pocket. After confirming that he had connected with the other side, the disgusted look on his face immediately turned into flattery.

"Hey, it's me, it's me. I'm sorry to contact you at this time and disturb your lunch break. But I have something important to report to you. Yes, yes, everything will be carried out according to the will of His Majesty the Demon King. Don't worry, hahahaha, I am a staunch supporter of His Majesty the Demon King. No, no, no, you are joking. My loyalty is evident to all. Yes, yes, yes, yes, you are right. Everything is for the good of His Majesty the Demon King. Of course, of course, I won't bother you anymore, hahahaha."

This minister, who had never been so humble in the imperial court, now had cold sweat on his forehead, as if he had just done something extremely dangerous, and even lost his life if he was not careful.

"Hahaha, the ancient wisdom of Da Yan is that eggs won't be put in one basket."

After a few dry laughs, Minister Filin knocked on the armrest of his chair. The next moment, a blond Mantiko with a graceful figure appeared behind the minister.

"At your service, Your Excellency."

"Well--"

The minister grabbed the clothes on his chest and glared at the blonde Mantiko arrogantly. The other's rosy red eyes were staring at the minister in front of him who was frightened by him with great interest.

It's so inferior. Compared with the King of Kings that he once served, he is simply at the level of parquet.

But times have changed, and no matter how much I despise this guy, it cannot change the fact that I now obey him.

"Has my mission changed? Shouldn't I go back in time with the assassination team to kill the late emperor's only son and... that demon king?"

Mantiko was not very light, and her footsteps could not be heard at all as she walked around the meeting room. Only the tinkling sound of the accessories on her body could be heard.

"Humph, weren't you listening to my call the whole time? Stop playing dumb! You know what I want you to do."

Mantiko's eyes flickered with boredom as she stroked her golden hair. Not only timid, but also boring. All the powerful people in Victoria are like this. I miss the old Sargon, though those Pashas and Wangqiu aren't much better.

"The assassination of the late emperor... No, it was the past Tallulah Atrias, right?"

Disgust flashed in Mantiko's eyes. Traitors were never liked. To receive favors from others and then stab them in the back was truly disgusting.

"Yes, the Demon King's messenger has promised me that if I go back in time and kill Drake, I will be alive when the Demon King's army breaks through Victoria's gate in the future. I will even become a meritorious official."

Foolishness. The previous emperor had already been killed by the Demon King. What good would it do to go back in time and kill the past Tallulah? What kind of achievement would that be? It would be nothing more than the desperate struggle of a pig, its brain driven by the desire to survive and greed, grasping at straws.

Mantiko mocked the minister in her heart, but now she was no longer the messenger of the King of Kings, but just an assassin under the command of this pig. She had to obey his orders.

The haze of the future is spreading to the past, but the past already knows it.

"So, you're saying that just now, you dealt with another group from the future who wanted your help to assassinate Amiya? But after that, you received a communication from the future Victoria Empire, condemning your "negligence of duty"... no, should I say "malfeasance of duty", and then asked you to cooperate in the next assassination?"

Fang Zhou looked at Noah, who was sitting opposite him, with a complicated look. Noah looked a little exhausted because he had rushed here in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to tidy up his clothes that were wrinkled by the battle.

Ever since he found out that the child was actually his own, he still couldn't figure out what kind of mentality he should have towards the child. Perhaps facing him with a mentality that he had no idea about before was the safest way. After all, Noah obviously had no intention of recognizing him now, or it was obvious that he, as a father, was hated by the child, so the previous method was the most stable one no matter what, but... Fang Zhou didn't want to.

Knowing that the other person is his own son but being unable to recognize him is a very tormenting thing for any father, even if the birth of this son has not yet become a fait accompli for him.

Fang Zhou suppressed his thoughts and looked at Noah with a look that contained some emotion that made the latter feel goosebumps all over his body, making him feel at a loss.

"Yes, yes. That's it."

What's going on? What's going on? I haven't seen him for just one day, and he's acting so strangely. What's that look in his eyes? Why is he looking at me like that? Damn it! I shouldn't have come here.

Noah felt at a loss, and Fang Zhou also felt itchy in his heart.

"I see."

"Well, huh? And then?"

After Ark finished his last words, Noah nodded. However, after waiting for a while, he found that Ark had not said anything else, so he immediately looked up at the opposite side.

"No, buddy... No, calling me buddy is a bit too much, but you can't just know. Can you come up with a solution? Otherwise, why would I look for you?"

"Put your mind at ease. Do you know the timing of their assassination?"

"I... don't know. They don't intend to tell me the details right now. I guess they'll contact me after they arrive, and then we can assassinate the Demon King together."

Fang Zhou nodded, his eyes glancing at the thought.

"So the current situation is that we only know there's an assassination attempt happening, and we know the target, but we don't know the exact deployment of the assassination team or where they're planning to carry it out. Well, that last request is a bit excessive, but even the first two aren't. So, aside from beefing up security around Amiya, there's very little we can do."

"I still know the configuration of the assassination team."

"Ok?"

"It was just an attack before, not an assassination. If it really was an assassination..."

There was a flash of caution in Noah's eyes.

"I know they have an assassination squad composed entirely of Mantikos, who do both assassination and espionage. They were active for a while during the war with the Demon King's army, but since assassinations couldn't harm the officers of the Demon King's army, they were abandoned. But if it's a mission like this..."

"Mantiko's assassination squad, I see."

After Fang Zhou finished speaking, he stood up and took his tablet.

"Operator Scorpion, please come to the Strategic Command Office after you finish your work."

Chapter 280 Lion Scorpion

Ding Dong!

"Operator Scorpion, please come to the Strategic Command Office after you finish your current work."

The news of the special attention made the two pairs of small bat wings above the ears of the lion scorpion, who was watering the violets he was carefully caring for, flutter. He immediately put down the kettle in his hand and picked up the mobile phone to look at the flashing avatar of the Doctor among the people from the special attention.

"It's Doctor, is there... a mission?"

A hint of joy lingered in her voice, her beautiful violet eyes flickering, the bat wings fluttering excitedly. Due to her abilities and the unique nature of her work, she rarely worked. In her time on Rhodes Island, she had only been deployed twice, and those were only for intelligence reconnaissance, for which her special Originium skills were well suited.

Because of the abnormality of Originium skills caused by Ore Disease, Scorpio usually appears invisible to other people. Even if she stands in one place for two hours, almost no one will notice the girl waiting to be spoken to. Coupled with her poor social skills, Scorpio has almost no friends on Rhodes Island.

She herself said that no one would be willing to be friends with someone with a low sense of existence.

As for his daily life, apart from taking care of the violet flowers that he had specifically asked Dr. Kal'tsit for, Scorpio had no social activities at all. He just trained, received treatment, and sat in his room in a daze, or wandered around Rhodes Island.

This time, he suddenly received news from the Doctor, who had always been highly respected by many veteran operators. The sudden communication made Scorpio's heart, which had been craving for attention, jump with joy as if a long-awaited rain had finally come.

"Hurry up."

The lion scorpion said this, then touched his little flowers apologetically, put on his coat and ran towards Fang Zhou's office.

"Lion Manticore? Who is it?"

Noah pondered as he watched the message input by Ark's voice being sent to a specially marked Rhodes Island operator.

In his time, because the Great War had broken out, Rhodes Island only operated within the territory of Kazdel, and due to the change in the policy insisted by Oma Zi-O, some of Rhodes Island's operators also left the deteriorating Rhodes Island. The members of Rhodes Island he knew were only the very famous ones, such as Filin, codenamed Rosemary, who destroyed the walls of Old Londinium single-handedly, and the Sarkaz, codenamed Vishdel, who single-handedly eliminated the Ursus high-speed fleet. The latter is now the W who follows Ark around all day to learn black magic.

But this lion scorpion... Noah had never heard of this code name.

"Lion Scorpion, also a Mantiko, is a special operator from Rhodes Island. Due to being infected with Ore Disease, he possesses a special Originium invisibility technique, which allows him to cover himself with a layer of optical camouflage while minimizing his presence. Spotting a Lion Scorpion by sight alone is extremely difficult. Don't look at me like that, and neither should you."

"Who said that? Optical camouflage alone can't block my eyes at all."

Noah spoke with immense confidence. Due to his bloodline, his physique and Originium skills were far superior to those of a normal Drake. With his naked eyesight, he could see through most optical camouflage Originium skills. Wasn't the Originium skill of the Lion Scorpion operator Fang Ark mentioned also optical camouflage? He could definitely see it. As for reducing his presence... how much could a living being of that size possibly reduce it? There were so many flaws to detect, from breathing, footsteps, and the surrounding atmosphere, that Noah didn't even bother to list them all.

However, after he said this, he saw Fang Zhou in front of him with an expression that said, "I want to laugh, but I have to consider the face of this child in front of me, so I absolutely cannot laugh."

"Hey, what does that expression mean?"

After Noah said this, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Could it be that...

Almost instantly, Noah began to search inside the room, but he didn't notice anything wrong. The surroundings looked exactly the same as when he came in, without any changes. He even didn't feel that the door of this office had been opened.

"Scorpion Lion, say something."

"Yeah! Ok...ok, sir...um, I'm here."

Suddenly, a cowardly voice was heard at the same time, which made Noah's hair stand on end. A chill arose from his heart and quickly spread throughout his body. Flames appeared in his hands in an instant, but Fang Zhou grabbed his wrist in the blink of an eye, and the flames were directly extinguished by Fang Zhou.

"It seems you really didn't notice the lion mantis. In fact, she was already standing behind you when I was halfway through introducing her."

"what?"

Halfway through the introduction, this girl was already standing behind him? Noah looked at the timid Mantiko girl in front of him with a look of disbelief.

It's not like he hadn't seen Manticore before. He didn't deny that this race was naturally skilled at assassination. Whether it was their uniquely poisonous tail or their silent footsteps, they had become the most feared assassins in Sargon, but...

He looked at the lion scorpion, who rubbed the corner of her clothes a little uneasily because of Noah's gaze. Suddenly, Noah felt that the girl in front of him disappeared in an instant, right in front of his eyes, without a trace. He immediately began to look for the lion scorpion all over the room, but there was no sign of her.

"This is too outrageous."

Outrageous, that was the only adjective Noah could think of.

"No, sorry, I scared you."

The lion scorpion spoke somewhat awkwardly, and Noah noticed that she had been standing there. However, if she hadn't spoken or made any particularly conspicuous movements, his brain would have automatically ignored the girl. He might not even have noticed the lion scorpion's presence until she put her tail against his throat.

Horrible. This is Noah's second evaluation of the lion scorpion after outrageous.

"No need to apologize, Operator Scorpion. This guy has never seen the world before. He was frightened by the invisibility ability."

Fang Zhou smiled pointedly at Noah, who immediately blushed. Just moments earlier, he'd been claiming the other party's Originium technique was just optical camouflage, something he'd definitely be able to spot. The next second, he was slapped in the face. The other party was standing right behind him, yet he'd completely failed to notice for nearly two minutes, even continuing to boast. The girl, codenamed "Lion Scorpion," must have been internally mocking him for his boasts. In an instant, Noah's entire body paled.

"Doctor, is this gentleman... really alright?"

The lion scorpion asked tentatively in a disjointed manner.

"It's okay. He just feels that he got slapped in the face for speaking out in front of the real person. He's probably going to be laughed at or something. He's probably a little withdrawn. Don't worry about him."

"I...I won't laugh at you, sir."

Pfft!

"Ah, this is feeling pitied."

Invisibly, a blow shattered the opponent's self-esteem, causing him to fall into a deeper negative state. Ah, this is Sargon's killer, he is so powerful!

"Lion Scorpion."

"Yes."

There was no time to feel sad for the negative Noah. When the lion scorpion heard Fang Zhou's call, he immediately got into the state. Although he still looked timid, his whole aura had changed, and even the atmosphere around him had changed, which made Noah, who was still negative just now, wake up immediately.

"I've called you here to ask a question and assign you a mission. This mission is extremely difficult. Currently, only you, Ascalon, and Logos can quietly resolve it in Rhodes Island. As for whether or not you'd like to take it...you don't have to make a quick decision. I'll explain the situation to you first, and then give you the power to choose."

"Okay...Okay, Doctor."

Miss Scorpio, who was eager for attention, couldn't stand this. Her eyes instantly brightened by 5000 candelas.

"So, just now, we learned that a group is planning to assassinate Amiya. But at this point, apart from knowing that the attack will take place within the next few days, we only know that the opposing assassination team is composed entirely of Mantikos. Lion Scorpion, you understand what I mean. Facing an assassination team composed entirely of Mantikos, do you think there is any solution?"

The lion scorpion was stunned for a moment, his brain quickly thinking about what Fang Zhou had just said.

They were all Manticore assassination teams. Could it be that they were from Sargon? After all, the Manticore race was only clearly distributed in Sargon, and it was rare to see large numbers of Manticore gathered together in the outside world.

Moreover, Manticore's status in Sargon is not low. Only Sargon's chiefs and pashas have the capital to form an assassination team of Manticore, right?

But, what can I do...

"I'm sorry, Doctor. Even if we know the opposing team's configuration, without their roster or action plan, it's difficult for us to come up with a targeted solution other than close protection. For this kind of protection mission, we usually stay with the protected person and provide close support. At most, we can set up some traps in some passages that can be used for infiltration, but this is of little use to a professional assassination team... I'm sorry."

The lion scorpion seemed a little disappointed, as if she felt she couldn't complete the mission assigned to her by Ark. However, Ark couldn't blame her for this. What the lion scorpion said was right. Now they knew nothing except that the killers on the other side were all Mantikos. How could they target them? They couldn't just conduct a daily tail check on every breathless person on Rhodes Island, could they? It was even a question of whether they could even find them to check.

"Don't despair. You're absolutely right, Scorpion. In this situation, it's impossible to provide targeted protection. The only methods we can use are the ones you mentioned. So this is just a problem, not your task."

Fang Ark said this, then looked at Noah, who had already woken up and understood what Fang Ark meant from the look in his eyes.

"As soon as I have any news, I will definitely tell you the first time."

"it is good."