On the 8th, just after eight o'clock in the evening.
High-end carriages almost lined up and took turns driving into the parking square of Earl Levitt's house.
This may be the last banquet hosted by Count Levitt during this social season, so there are more guests than usual.
Guests with noble status or celebrities got off the carriage one by one and walked through the red carpet on the ground to the door of the villa. The middle-aged Earl Levitt, who was stout and had a slightly droopy mouth corner, cordially entertained the guests at the door. One by one, they introduced the main banquet hall that had been arranged.
Count Levitt's wife died of illness early in her life, and her only son is now serving in the Kingdom's navy. Therefore, the only host of this banquet is the Count himself.
As for Qili, who sneaked in in advance, she could only be regarded as a mistress. She was able to live in the villa thanks to the death of the countess, let alone greet the guests at the door with the count.
At the beginning of the banquet, Qili was wearing a gorgeous dress and staying in a bedroom on the third floor.
Of course, she did not complain like other mistresses and care about status and treatment. After all, the reason why she was here was not really to get close to Earl Levitt, but was ordered to steal an important sealed item.
A sealed item said to be the Levitt family's trump card - the "Devil in the Mirror".
A genuine "1" level sealed object.
Precisely because this sealed artifact was so important, Earl Levitt did not fully follow the previous order of His Majesty King George III and sent it to MI9 for inspection.
The information Qi Li received was that because this sealed object was bound by the contract left by the demigod, Admiral Amyrius, it had little negative effect when not in use, and it only needed to be soaked in blood to seal it.
Based on this, she deduced that in addition to the treasury in the Earl's Mansion, this sealed object might also exist somewhere in the underground ice cellar under the kitchen.
The search required a break, a period of unmonitored activity.
At this time, the Beyonder guards at the Earl's Mansion should be disguised as guests and stay in the hall, and there may be someone who is responsible for patrolling outside. She needs to wait for the opportunity.
Thinking of this, Qili couldn't help but feel worried.
Her power was too weak and she only arranged for two people to create opportunities. Among them, the one she trusted more was unable to receive complete intelligence support due to unexpected circumstances.
If they failed to create an opportunity, she would have to take action forcefully, in which case the success rate of the mission would be very low and the risk would skyrocket.
She thought about contacting Varina several times, but finally chose to give up.
The risk was too high. If exposed, she would even lose the chance to take action forcefully.
This is not worth it.
Qili glanced at the clock on the wall and realized that the time was approaching nine o'clock.
She knew that Earl Levitt would come over soon, so she had to put her mind down and deal with the middle-aged man first.
…
Outside the villa, when the sky had just darkened, Warina came nearby, lying on the canopy of the street landscape tree far away, quietly observing the movements of the Earl's Palace.
Of course, this time he concealed his appearance and body features.
He raised his heels and shoulders, and put on an exaggerated clown mask... After all, someone like him who is forced to be a stepping stone for others is not a pure clown.
Until eight o'clock, Varina's plan was to sneak into the servants' room and try to cause a gas explosion to cause a commotion among the servants.
This plan is very unreliable because there are too many variables in it. Moreover, if the servants were calmer, it would be difficult to cause a significant enough disturbance.
If it really gets to that point, he will be in a dilemma now that his whereabouts have been exposed.
Fortunately, Earl Levitt provided him with a better opportunity——
He's throwing a party tonight!
Warina was secretly annoyed when he saw carriages driving towards the Earl's Mansion.
Qili should have told him such news as soon as possible!
If he had known the news beforehand, he would have been better prepared.
Wariner grew angrier as he thought about it.
This guy actually wasted such precious call time, asked two boring questions, and delayed the real business!
After a while, he saw the carriages parked in the square and came up with a better idea.
…
Zhali is a recent valet recruited by Earl Levitt's Mansion.
After the banquet started, he kept wandering in the servants' passage not far from the hall. From time to time, he would take out a pocket watch that did not match his identity and take a look at it to confirm the specific time.
He wanted to seize the opportunity mentioned by the beautiful lady and kill his enemy in one fell swoop.
As the time slowly approached ten o'clock at night, his emotions began to overflow.
Scenes of warm life in the past emerged from his heart, rising bit by bit from his chest, all the way to the corners of his mouth, and finally turned into a bitter smile.
He once had such a beautiful family and relatives, but in the end they were destroyed by that damn Baron Bradley.
The greedy nobles used despicable means to seize his ancestral land, separated his wife and children, and transformed him from a self-reliant farmer to a male servant today.
He originally thought that everything would just sink like this, and that he would be an ordinary servant for the rest of his life, with no hope of revenge.
But he never expected that the beautiful lady who almost made him lose his soul would give him a new choice.
Not only does he have the opportunity to kill his enemies with his own hands, he may also go one step further and master those magical and extraordinary abilities.
It's even possible...
Even if he just thought about it in his mind, he felt his blood surge up and his whole body was shaking with excitement.
He must seize this opportunity, absolutely!
…
Ten o'clock.
Suddenly gunshots were heard outside the villa, a very intensive six-shot burst.
Although the guests were frightened, several of the Beyonder guards among the guests separated themselves out and quickly went out to pick up their companions who were patrolling alone and check the situation.
It has become a mess outside.
The horses were frightened, and in a chain reaction, almost all the carriages in the parking square became confused and ran wildly in the open space. Some carriages had already rushed into the garden next to them.
One of the "Rageful People" among the punishers rushed directly into the chaotic carriage formation without saying a word, punching one by one to "pacify" the frightened and crazy horses and panicked coachmen.
Corvo, the "reasoning student" of the Punisher Team, relied on his excellent observation, memory and logical thinking skills to determine almost instantly that someone was shooting at the horses to deliberately cause chaos.
Immediately afterwards, his eyes rested on the best shooting position he deduced - an Intis sycamore tree not far outside the fence.
"call!"
A huge flame suddenly rose near the servant's room, and the lighting in the villa also dimmed a lot with the light of the fire.
That was a fire caused by a damaged gas pipe!
Corvo's eyes turned instantly, but with his eyesight, he could only see an extremely blurry black shadow fleetingly.
"ah!!!"
At this moment, another woman's scream came from the hall.
