What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

Connor can climb walls and fly over rooftops.

The walls are all cold gray stone slabs, and the incense burner is suspended on the dome more than 40 meters high. It is not a suitable place to release the hook, and the hard stone slabs and sharp hooks will make a loud noise.

Connor leaned on the edge of the dome opening, staring into the endless darkness below. A ray of light from below illuminated the position of the civil servant, who was sitting on a bench against the wall, wrapped in a bathrobe, with freshly-watered steam rising from his body, his skin reddened by the hot water.

There was no light beside the civil servant, but a candle. With the light of the candle, the civil servant opened the bag at hand. The bag was heavy, and as he shook his arm, it made a crisp sound of metal collision.

Connor knew that the bag contained money, and was also local specialties prepared by the civil servants for the banquet that Lord Aldap was about to attend.

Next, Connor looked around for the chain that tied the incense burner. The chain was placed in a place that could not be touched by normal means, considering that someone might sneak in from above.

Connor shifted his position and placed his legs on the edge of the hole, gripping the trigger of the 3D maneuvering device tightly with both hands. The chains looked solid and old, but they were much stronger than he thought.

He stared at the fixtures on the ceiling, and as he could see, the chains were fastened to solid stone.

Connor exerted a little force with both hands, and lowered the trigger. The hooks and thin iron chains flew out quickly on both sides of his legs, swinging him into the air. His body seemed to be suspended in the air, as if held up by the air, but it immediately began to fall.

Connor pulled the trigger again, launching the anchor toward the nearest chain, and then the hook of the 3D mobile device grabbed the chain and swung him toward another chain.

After sliding down several times, Connor's body swayed gently in the darkness. It was strangely quiet under the dome. The civil servants were sitting too low, too far, and too far away to see anything dangling in the air, but Connor could easily see the dim candlelight.

He landed smoothly to about half a meter above the ground, so close to the civil servant that he could see his shadow reflected on the purse and the gold coins glittering in the candlelight.

One could even hear the civil servant's mumblings and the lingering sighs he uttered while doing mental arithmetic.

Suddenly, a strange hissing sound came from above, and the anchor cable of the three-dimensional mobile device was quickly retracted between Connor's legs.

Just as Connor was about to land, he heard the civilian officer's surprised voice: "Who is it?"

At this time, the strange snake-like noise in the sky was still continuing, and it was particularly loud in the extremely close and quiet dark space.

Fortunately, the civil servant still had to count money, so after seeing everyone off, he stayed alone in the compartment, and no sound could be heard from inside.

Connor landed heavily on the civil servant and pressed his knee against his neck. The candle flame was blown out by the airflow he created, and the room was instantly dark.

Although the civil servant was still able to move, he was pinned to the ground by Connor.

"Who are you? Eris bless you!" the civil servant cried in horror.

He tried hard to free himself from the assassin's knees to see who dared to attack him, but the more he struggled, the more he found it difficult to breathe.

"Sorry, friend, I need to borrow your skin for a moment." Connor said, swinging out his hidden blade.

Feeling the coldness close to his neck, the civil servant immediately said hurriedly: "What? No! Don't do this! Take all the money, it's all yours, yours!"

"These are bribes given to me by others. I don't want them in the first place!"

Connor shifted his position slightly and pulled the civil servant closer—

"Rest in peace."

He retracted his hidden sword, changed his palm into a fist and hit the civil servant on the back of his head. The civil servant, who had just received the bribe and was about to bribe the lord, was knocked unconscious before he could even warm up his money bag.

Connor quickly stripped the civil servant of his bathrobe, put it on himself, put a scarf on his lower face, and put the civil servant's shower cap on his head at an angle and pulled it down to his eyebrows.

A bathrobe may not be particularly comfortable, but at least it won’t attract attention.

After putting the unconscious civil servant into a bag, Connor used his Eagle Vision to avoid the drowsy guests and bathhouse staff along the way, and came to the lounge specially prepared for the rich and noble guests.

After finding the room number and opening the door, Yunyun, Huihui, and Kazuma, who had confused the guard, were waiting inside.

"Where's Aqua?"

"...Go get some drinks." Kazuma held his forehead with his hand. Aqua was quiet for less than a minute after she came in. While Connor was doing something, she ran to get countless drinks, fruits and snacks.

If it weren't for Kazuma and the others stopping him, he would have probably been soaking in the pool by now.

"Hey, hey! I don't know what you like to drink, so I brought back a lot! Please just put it here..."

Connor didn't have to wait long. Just as the civil servant was about to wake up, Aqua came in.

The bathhouse attendant followed behind.

Connor: Is Aqua's skill in doing bad things so strong?

Kazuma's ability to adapt to changing circumstances was developed through Aqua's torture, and he immediately took off his pants and tried to drive the waiter out.

Unexpectedly, the waiter looked at the three beautiful girls and one who could barely be considered a boy in the room and nodded, saying to Connor:

"Sir, there are three kinds of lubricants in the cabinet on the left side of the bed. They are rose flavor, cabbage flavor..."

121. You two, please don't fight.

"Then the plan is this. Use the identity of a civil servant to contact the lord's son Bart, test Bart to see if he knows about the lord's collusion with the devil and collect evidence. Then, get the evidence to report to the church and inform Darkness's father to ruin the blind date."

Kazuma concluded as he took a sip of his drink.

“Youyou and Huihui stay here. You can see the lord’s mansion from here. If you fail, use magic to disrupt the view.” Connor added that one should always leave a way out for oneself.

The two beautiful girls from the Crimson Demon Clan nodded together.

Huihui was very satisfied that she was entrusted with a "crucial" mission, while Youyou was a little worried that releasing high-level magic in the city would cause trouble, but in the end she felt that she was doing it for her friends and friends of her friends, so she just closed her eyes and followed suit.

"Then I'll cheer for you all. When you come back, this place will be filled with delicious food and tasty drinks..." Aqua shook the fan and sat steadily on the sofa.

"What do you mean by you? It's us!"

Kazuma said a little madly, it was clearly stated in the plan that Connor would pretend to be a civil servant, he would pretend to be the civil servant's attendant, and Aqua would pretend to be a maid to sneak in together.

If there really is a Duke of Hell who can distort cognition in the lord's mansion, then Aqua's holy purification power will be a crucial part, even more crucial than Huihui's retreat.

"Me? I don't need to..."

"You can kidnap that guy called Barbuda as well, just like you did with this civil servant!" Aqua curled up on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.

"It's Bart, Aqua." Connor sorted out the information he had extracted from the civil servant. There was another reason for leaving Youyou and Huihui here, which was to keep an eye on the civil servant and not let him appear outside this box to avoid his identity being leaked.

If Aqua stayed here, Connor would have no choice but to suspect that not long after he sneaked into the banquet, the civil servant whose identity was replaced would also appear at the banquet.

Normally, he should be killed with one blow, but... this civil servant has not done anything so far. People also heard that he was a kingdom official who came to conduct a financial audit after Axel defeated the Mobile Fortress Destroyer. As for the issue of accepting bribes... let's leave it to the kingdom inspector Sena.

After experiencing the Seryu incident, he found it very interesting to let an inspector with a strong sense of "justice" investigate his superior, or even his superior's superior.

"If the goddess hadn't stepped in, Kazuma and I would probably have had our perceptions distorted by the Duke of Hell when we went in." Connor wasn't exaggerating; he was just stating the worst-case scenario.

The civil servant had just arrived from the capital and had never been to Axel before, but Connor learned from him what the capital thought of Axel - it was a blemish-free town for novice adventurers, and although the lord had some aristocratic habits, he still fulfilled his duties as a lord.

There are almost no negative reviews of Axel in the capital. Either Lord Alderp has made arrangements and bribed every official from the capital who came to inspect him, or it is the influence of the Duke of Hell.

Seeing that Connor and Kazuma both insisted on going to the lord's mansion to attend the banquet in person, Aqua had no choice but to... be dragged by Kazuma to the locker room.

When he reappeared, Connor had already retrieved his stored items with the civil servant's card, including a metal box, account books, an abacus, and a leather bag.

Through observation and interrogation, he had gained a general understanding of the civil servant's way of speaking, and if nothing unexpected happened, he was able to roughly imitate the general ideas of this civil servant who had never been to Axel.

Regardless, it's worth a try.

Kazuma had already changed into a servant's outfit, which was custom-made by Wiz, the owner of the magic item shop. When Aqua came out, she was already wearing a maid outfit.

Clothes make the man. I didn't expect that Aqua looks so good in the innocent maid costume. It would be better if she just stopped talking.

"Aqua, it suits you very well. Now you really look like a first-class errand boy!" Kazuma looked Aqua up and down as if he had never seen her before.

"Kazuma is it, look at you, just like an apprentice butler showing off, a complete lackey! I feel like you will be bullied by a bad-hearted senior first, and then you will hide behind the mansion and cry, which is quite good!" Aqua remembered the ambiguous words said by the bathhouse attendant before he left, and laughed out loud.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the mission, I would have taught you a lesson long ago!" Kazuma was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and was ready to fight with Aqua.

Connor said quickly, "You two, please speak slowly if you have anything to say. Please don't start a fight!"

Youyou: "Don't listen to other people's instigation!"

Huihui: “Don’t hurt the other person’s life!”

……

When everything was ready, it was almost dusk.

The Lord's Mansion had been receiving gifts for a day, and it was finally time to invite those people who were qualified and eligible to attend the banquet.

Connor weighed the box and called the waiter at the bathhouse: "It's too heavy. Find two people to carry it. This is a gift for the lord. If there is any problem, you can ask for help."

"it is good."

Soon, the waiters brought two strong men. The bathhouse was well prepared for this request.

Accompanied by his servant Kazuma, maid Aqua, and two servants carrying boxes, Connor walked towards the lord's mansion.

"If you ask me, this is simply nonsense. The official who came from the capital is too poor. It would be better for me to go back instead of wasting time here. I should have a rest after working for a whole day..." A servant who fell behind said to another servant.

"That's right. I'm almost starving. The lord's banquet... Hey, with this weight, I'll probably only get the last seat..." another servant complained, "And they're asking us to take a detour... They're just arguing about safety. It's only a few steps north from here..."

Connor breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the two servants whispering.

I just disliked the poor quality of his "local specialties", but... I couldn't tell that they were fake!

"That's enough," Connor said decisively, "Let's just go straight through here."

Since he is an official from the capital...who is Axel's security protecting? Even if the lord has an affair with the Duke of Hell, he still has to show some respect to the people from the capital.

The guards and police along the way saw Connor's posture and didn't even try to stop him. Instead, they stopped another group of people who came forward to ask if they could take a shortcut.

The two servants stopped complaining immediately. It was not known whether they could have taken a shorter detour or were frightened by the official airs of the “official”, but they said nothing more along the way.

We walked with big strides all the way and soon arrived at a wide road.

A tall marble building stood in front of us, with a pointed arch that was bright and magnificent. Different guards were standing guard on both sides of the entrance and the road.

122. No venture, no gain.

"Send it to the lord!" a guard shouted.

Facing the guard, Connor signaled the two servants to hand over the box, and soon someone easily carried the box to the back corridor.

No matter what, the lord received so many gifts that the front hall was blocked from traffic. Even if Lord Alderp was greedy for money, he had to maintain the dignity of a noble.

At least on the surface.

With the local specialties leading the way, Kang An successfully led Kazuma and Aqua into the crowd of people dressed in their best clothes, some of whom also had entourages like him.

During such a banquet, if there is a need to exchange information, it is better to let a trusted person pass the note.

As soon as the three men entered the door, three girls immediately surrounded them. Their clothes were slightly less fashionable than the others, but their chests and backs were exposed, which aroused people's imagination.

Connor and Kazuma were shocked. Could it be that the lord thought this was his base and didn't even bother to hide it?

"Leave this to me." Aqua, who was wearing a maid outfit, said, and immediately stepped forward and stood in front of the two men, looking at the three girls provocatively.

The three girls couldn't bear Aqua's gaze, so they had to disperse and look for customers who needed their service, and soon they found people to serve.

"Hmph, a piece of cake!" Aqua wiped her nose in an ungraceful manner, as if she had won some important duel.

Connor didn't respond, but just looked at the backs of the three girls in cool clothes with a silent look.

“What’s wrong? Are you really tempted? I, an Axis believer, don’t…”

“No, I think the three of them look familiar.” Connor shook his head and picked up a glass of wine from the tray of a passing waiter.

"Looks familiar? You're not saying I've seen this sister before, are you?" Aqua said suspiciously, "The kind that swindled all of Youyou's money and spent it on those people?"

At that moment, Connor felt that if the world was destroyed, Aqua would have contributed not just 90%, but at least 99%.

“Aqua, stop messing around.” Kazuma also imitated Connor and lowered his voice and slowed down his speech, “I think he looks familiar to me too…”

“Eh? Even you, Kazuma, have been to a place like that?”

Aqua cried out in surprise, wasn't his money used to pay off her debt to Wiz?

"Darkness."

Without letting Aqua guess, Connor grasped where the familiar feeling in his mind corresponded to.

“Darkness…?”

“These three girls look very similar to Darkness,” Connor repeated.

The three girls were all blonde, tall and plump, and looked somewhat similar, but they did not have the cool and ladylike temperament that Darkness had when she was silent, nor did they have the abdominal muscles that Darkness had trained.

Instead, there is a kind of evil and decadent feeling of having been played and ruined and giving up all dignity.

He was able to recognize it because he remembered that Lord Alderp had a special possessive desire for Darkness, and he made the association immediately.

也和他研究【机密】信息2天9小时4分钟，发现20条情报才9个重点有关。

“Right! I was wondering why they are both alike and different!” Kazuma clasped his fists and suddenly realized, “These people don’t have the hopeless perversion of Darkness’ nature at all!”