This young master truly has the ambition of a hero.

But what's most appalling is that the killer didn't actually go and kill Dick himself. Instead, he hid a bomb with a makeshift timer in a bread basket and tricked an innocent civilian girl into delivering it to Dick.

Fortunately, Xia, who was on duty as a guard, was alert enough to notice that the little girl was having some difficulty carrying the basket. She managed to stop the bomb in time and threw it into the nearby river before it exploded.

Apart from the fish and shrimp in the river, the attack did not cause any casualties.

Upon returning to the castle, Dick immediately summoned Tia.

Today's attack made him sense something unusual; the enemy's level was clearly not the same as those lowly thugs from before.

The key point is that this terrorist attack method is very "Earth-style"!

"This matter must be thoroughly investigated. I need to know who is behind it all."

"clear."

After leaving Dick's office, Tia returned to the intelligence department's office, where the little girl who had been tricked into delivering the bomb during the day was still being questioned.

Everyone knew that the child had been taken advantage of, so after bringing her back, they didn't make things difficult for her or use methods used on criminals. They simply asked her about the events leading up to the incident and what distinctive physical characteristics the person who gave her the basket had.

Seeing that her stomach was growling with hunger, Lily brought her some cookies.

The little girl channeled her fear and anxiety into her appetite, making her appear weak, pitiful, and helpless, yet she had a huge appetite!

"How did the questioning go?"

"There isn't much valuable information. All we can confirm is that the prisoner is a male of medium build with a rather thick beard, which is very likely a disguise."

As Lily spoke, she took out a sketch based on the little girl's description. It showed that most of the suspect's face was covered by hair, making it impossible to discern any facial features. This was clearly an attempt to conceal his true identity.

The village where Dick was attacked was located right next to the main road, so outsiders often stopped there to rest. The villagers were used to unfamiliar faces and didn't pay much attention to them.

For Tia, investigating this terrorist attack was very difficult. Her intelligence department had only been established for a short time, and the first batch of trainee agents she recruited were still in the training phase and had not yet built a usable intelligence network in the area.

Dick knew that the intelligence department was still in its early stages and not yet fully capable, so he allowed Tia to freely mobilize the resources of the governor's mansion, and even he, the governor, could be lent to her.

To put it bluntly, if you don't have enough clues, you can use a dart as bait to fish.

However, a second explosion occurred that very night at a small tavern on the north side of the town of Lagug. Because it was near a military camp, it was a frequent haunt of soldiers on leave.

When the explosion occurred, the tavern was almost full, with more than twenty soldiers present.

The bomb exploded in the center of the tavern's main hall, killing eight people instantly and injuring more than twenty.

Upon learning of the terrorist attack in the city, Dick, who was having dinner, suddenly lost his appetite and got up to go to the scene himself, but Rita stopped him, because it might play right into the enemy's hands.

"What's there to be afraid of? I have a bunch of life-saving amulets! And you're all here to protect me. Precisely because it's a time like this, as the governor, I shouldn't be hiding!"

Seeing Dick's insistence, Rita did not stop him. Instead, she summoned all the main combat forces in the castle and instructed Tia's intelligence department to conduct covert surveillance.

Aren't you lacking clues? Maybe you'll find some this time.

Soon after, Dick arrived at the scene of the bombing. The sheriff and the private army that had been dispatched had already sealed off the tavern. The townspeople, who had been startled by the explosion, surrounded the cordon in layers. Some were just enjoying the spectacle, while others were worried, especially the residents near the tavern, whose houses had also been affected by the blast, and several people had suffered minor injuries.

When Dick arrived at the scene, he immediately saw Shizuka Marikawa, who was treating the injured. The usually adorable and gentle blonde doctor was unusually focused and serious at this moment.

Upon seeing Shizuka Marikawa rescuing someone, Dick initially smiled knowingly, but then became alert.

Like the assassination earlier that day, the pub bombing was clearly a terrorist attack, and the possibility that terrorists may still be at the scene cannot be ruled out. If they still have bombs and happen to notice the medical personnel who are treating people at the scene, they might strike again.

Almost the instant Dick considered this possibility, a furtive figure flashed across a nearby rooftop and forcefully threw a smoking, spherical object toward Dick.

"careful!"

The first to spot the enemy attack was White Gunner, who had been following Dick within a step. She immediately drew her sword and threw it into the air, slicing the incoming explosive in two. The rupture of the container caused the gunpowder inside to be dispersed by Dick's instantaneous wind magic, greatly reducing the explosive's power. It turned into a firework in mid-air and did not harm the innocent people on the ground.

Seeing that the attack had failed, the shadowy figure turned and ran without hesitation. Dick raised his hand to signal the people around him not to chase after it, and to leave the rest to Tia's intelligence agency.

At this moment, the assassin was leaping and bounding across the town's rooftops with impressive skills, demonstrating physical abilities comparable to those of a mid-level warrior.

According to the operational rules set by the "instructors," these agents must not linger in combat. Regardless of whether the attack is successful or not, they must withdraw from the scene as quickly as possible. After repeatedly confirming that they are not being tracked, they must then disguise themselves and head to the safe house to reunite with their teammates.

In terms of their own strength, their instructor was just an Earthling who couldn't practice martial arts, but when it came to assassination and sabotage, he had quite a few vicious tricks up his sleeve.

For example, in this assassination attempt, after the daytime attack failed, they immediately adjusted their strategy and instead bombed a tavern to create panic in the local area.

It's a pity that the short governor had many skilled men around him, otherwise that bomb would have definitely succeeded.

After circling around and changing clothes twice, the assassins successfully escaped the town along the pre-planned escape route and hid in a mill on the outskirts of town. This was their "action team's" temporary base after infiltrating Lagug.

Upon entering the mill, the assassin leaped onto the roof beam and nimbly entered the rooftop attic. The moment his feet touched the ground, a dagger emerged from the shadows to the side and silently pressed against his throat.

"Password."

"Big brother, it's me."

"Say the password!"

The man, who was mostly hidden in the shadows, spoke in a cold tone, revealing a hint of displeasure. The assassin knew that he had violated the instructor's rules and displeased his elder brother, who always respected the instructor, so he quickly added the password.

Life has a price.

Upon hearing the assassin's command, the man in the darkness sheathed his dagger. Then, a dim lamp lit up the pitch-black mill attic, illuminating the figures of two other people nearby, who were holding powerful crossbows.

"If you don't give the password when you come back next time, you can expect to be nailed to the wall!"

After giving the other party a fierce warning, the man, who was the leader of the action team, asked the assassin to report the situation. After learning that he had blown up the tavern, the assassin did not leave the scene immediately, but hid on a nearby rooftop, thinking of throwing another bomb to kill the doctor who came to the rescue. The leader's brows furrowed.

"Idiot! Who gave you permission to change the battle plan without authorization? I told you to leave after you planted the bombs, but you insisted on doing something unnecessary. What if we get targeted?"

"Boss, I'm doing this to earn credit for our group. You weren't there, so you didn't see it, but the female doctor who came to the rescue was an Earthling. She's super beautiful and has huge breasts! Her aura is undeniable. I was thinking of blowing her up too, but then that short governor showed up. Such a great assassination opportunity, I couldn't let it slip by!"

"So, did you succeed?"

"Almost."

The team leader glared angrily at his subordinate who had acted on his own initiative, but he couldn't deny that the opportunity the other party described was indeed very good.

Unfortunately, the other side has skilled assassins by their side, and their assassination attempts have been thwarted twice.

Four teams of agents infiltrated Lagug, each with their own mission. Their team was specifically tasked with assassinations. According to the instructions given to them by their instructors before their departure, if the assassination of high-ranking officials failed on the first attempt, they would then target the lower-ranking officials and civilians.

An explosion in a densely populated area is the best way to create panic.

This wasn't the first time they'd done a similar task; they were very experienced and had never made a mistake.

However, the previous missions were all against small lords who didn't have any decent experts around them, because they were playing against weak opponents, so they could move around as if no one was there.

This time, however, the situation was clearly different. The governor had capable people protecting him, but his subordinates acted on their own and ended up making a mess of things.

This made the team leader increasingly worried, a sense of foreboding creeping over him. After much deliberation, he decided that caution was paramount and planned to abandon the base and relocate immediately!

But just as he was about to tell his men to pack up, the team leader suddenly became alert, because the sentries outside the stronghold seemed to have stopped moving...

The author says:

Author's note: I've given up on things like sleep schedules and will just let nature take its course.

Chapter 062: The Governor-General Rewards the Army

There are two sentries on the outpost, one visible and one hidden. The visible sentry is actually a decoy, while the hidden sentry reports the current situation every half hour by imitating the call of an owl.

Therefore, when the team leader realized that the time was up but he hadn't heard the hooting of owls outside, he already knew that something was seriously wrong.

The speed of their opponent's reaction far exceeded their expectations.

"You idiot, you chased after..."

Before the team leader could finish speaking, several metal canisters spewing thick smoke flew in through the ventilation vents in the mill's attic. An agent who was too close to the vent couldn't dodge in time, inadvertently inhaled a mouthful of smoke, and immediately collapsed to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.

Upon seeing this, the team leader was greatly alarmed!

These agents were not only trained in martial arts and tactical drills by Earthlings, but their bodies had also undergone special enhancements and modifications. Through long-term use of alchemical potions, they had acquired poison resistance far exceeding that of ordinary people, rendering common toxins completely ineffective against them. However, the poisonous smoke used by their opponents could paralyze them instantly, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary substance.

Without thinking twice, the team leader immediately drew his sword and roared at his remaining subordinates.

"Break down the wall! Fight your way out!"

Upon hearing their boss's order, several agents broke through the mill's roof and jumped outside. The moment they stepped outside, they heard a whooshing sound as a volley of crossbow bolts flew towards them.

Two unlucky souls who happened to run right into the line of fire were riddled with arrows and turned into pincushions before their feet even touched the ground.

Even the most skilled mid-level warrior is still just a mortal, and his kidneys can't withstand the impact of armor-piercing arrows.

Seeing his teammates die and be paralyzed in an instant, and all the sentries, both visible and invisible, eliminated, leaving only himself and that idiot who unknowingly led the enemy in the entire action team, the team leader wished he could strike before the enemy did and cleave this teammate-killing moron in two with a single sword stroke.

"Boss!"

"Run! Run in different directions!"

Without a second thought, the team leader had lost all will to fight. He was the only high-ranking warrior in the team and the one with the best chance of escaping, so he turned and ran without hesitation. But he had only run a few steps when he was blocked by two female knights, one in black and one in white.

Seeing this, the team leader tried to force his way in, but unexpectedly, he was easily defeated by the black-armored female knight with a single move, leaving him tumbling and crawling in a very sorry state.

"Trying to run? You're dreaming!"

Pointing the gun tip at the bewildered man, Black Gunner's lips curled into a mocking smile.

To capture these terrorists, they deployed a truly formidable force. Tia, as the operation's commander, while having Kasumi and Ayane track the targets, immediately borrowed troops from the private army, gathering a full two hundred men to surround the mill where the terrorists were located.

Kasumi and Ayane silently eliminated the visible and invisible sentries on the perimeter, then threw the incapacitating gas bombs that Lily had prepared into the mill's attic through the ventilation shaft, forcing the terrorists to flee in disarray.

It was only then that the team leader finally realized just how serious an empirical error they had made in terms of intelligence!

To the average person, Dick was nothing more than an unloved illegitimate son of the Duke, banished to this desolate land for committing a disgraceful act in the capital. He was lucky to have one or two high-ranking retainers; he couldn't possibly build a decent team.

According to the intelligence they had gathered, this kid relied on his strategic brilliance to defeat former Governor David and later in the bandit suppression campaign.

This at most indicates that he has capable strategists around him, presumably summoned human slaves. This is similar to Count Hoffman, who also had a think tank composed of human beings, with special agent instructor Yzak being one of its members.

However, while Earthlings excel in intelligence, they are quite weak in individual combat.

However, the local strongmen in this world, whether magicians or martial artists, are far from being so numerous as to be commonplace.

Lower and middle-class nobles can usually only hire lower and middle-class people. Occasionally, a lucky person might be favored by someone of higher or higher rank, and they would be treated as an honored guest, treated like an ancestor in the family.

It was precisely because of these "common sense" beliefs, coupled with Dick's intention to have those around him conceal their true strength, that the opponent made a serious misjudgment.

The team leader was eager to send out the intelligence, but when he saw the female knight blocking his way and the three "masked female assassins" who had appeared behind him, he knew that he was doomed this time.

However, he did not intend to surrender easily, but rather to fight to the bitter end. He did this out of loyalty to the Earl, and also for the sake of his family.

"My lord, my mission... I can't complete it!"

Back at the castle, Dick was scolding Shizuka Marikawa when he received news that the operation had gone smoothly.

When the bombing occurred in the evening, Dr. Natasha was not at the clinic. Shizuka disregarded her personal safety and left the guarded clinic to rush to the scene to rescue the injured.

From a medical professional's perspective, this approach is indeed justifiable. After all, some seriously injured individuals do require appropriate on-site first aid before being safely transferred to a hospital.

But this blonde, big-breasted woman clearly disregarded her own safety. If Dick hadn't arrived at the scene with his men in time, she would have been in serious trouble!

After ensuring all the wounded were safely transported to the clinic and given the necessary first aid, Dick dragged Shizuka Marikawa back to the castle, poked her forehead, and gave her a good scolding.

Shizuka Marikawa, who had just been scolded, looked aggrieved, but she knew that Dick was concerned about her safety, so she pitifully pleaded with Dick.

"I know I was wrong, so why don't you punish me, Dick? I'll do whatever you want."

"..."

Shizuka looked at Dick with her big, watery eyes, her gaze filled with both grievance and a hint of barely concealed anticipation. She was clearly looking forward to being "punished" (taught) by Dick.

Dick was speechless. Ever since this woman had personally experienced that kind of pleasure, it seemed as if she had awakened some special fetishes, and her whole personality had become masochistic.

Saying you're willing to accept punishment is clearly just a plea for a reward!

Seeing Dick looking so angry that his liver hurt, Shizuka, who had been forced to kneel on the ground as punishment, crawled up to Dick like a docile golden retriever and rubbed her face against the inside of his thigh.

Dick glanced at the female doctor who was trying to get away with her by being cute, and touched her face as he spoke.

"This is a one-time exception!"

"Hehe, I know Dick is doing it for my own good."

As Shizuka Marikawa spoke, she reached out and unzipped Dick's pants, demonstrating with her actions how sincere her apology was.

Chapter 108's chest measurement was only slightly smaller than Lucoa's 120.

Considering that Shizuka had saved so many wounded, and since she had already been reprimanded for her reckless actions, she deserved a reward for her merits.

Seeing that Shizuka's coat was stained with the blood of the wounded and her hair at her temples was a little messy, Dick helped the female doctor, who was bowing between his legs, to gather her golden hair and then said softly.

"Let's go to the bathroom and take a shower together."

"it is good!"