Exactly the same, he thought, right down to being cautious about his own safety. If this is the common denominator among the nobles of the kingdom, then the truly special noble is Danlfion Lancost. This girl is an outlier even among her peers, only a little better than the careless Roma. DeWitt Hearn is a qualified noble lord who reminds his apprentice of Gavin Wiggins. They looked completely different and had completely different personalities, but Uriel could still see the shadow of the son of Duke Yotsuba in the Earl of the Bay.
At the end of the conversation, he couldn't help but use his "spiritual vision" to ask in his dream. Unexpectedly, the Bay Lord immediately became furious.
"I know your past, Lord Messenger. You come from Four Leaf Territory, which is my aunt's territory. But please remember, this is Knight's Bay, and its lord is named DeWitt Hearn, not Gavin Wei. Kings. Your acquaintance in the Southland has nothing to do with me! This is the territory I deserve. Eastman is indeed a subordinate of the tower, but you have no right to interfere with its government affairs and laws."
He must have endured it for a long time. Uriel's problems were undoubtedly fueled by the discovery that the Earl of the Bay was oddly defensive towards the Four-Leaf Duke Tracey. No wonder Earl is so similar to Gavin Wiggins, maybe they are facing the same situation. Uriel immediately ended the dream and returned to reality.
After the conversation came to an end, Uriel was arranged to stay temporarily in the attic of the Senate Tower. This is also the request of the Lord of the Bay. He cannot allow himself to escape the protection of the mysterious creature. After learning that Uriel had entered the High Circle, he even hinted that the apprentice would stay at Eastman. Uriel was, as he said, an Eastman. In reality, DeWitt was not as angry as in the dream. He took the initiative to bring up his relationship with Tracy Wiggins, the four-leaf Duke. She managed mortals and mysterious creatures separately from the local residents. If Uriel hadn't been just an apprentice in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I'm afraid he would have been persuaded by the Earl of the Bay to change the garrison's garrison to the bay - it seems that all the Eastmans believed that the White Envoy's apprentice Eventually he would return to Eastman's garrison state. Well, of course he thought so himself.
In order to maintain the stability of Beacon Town and ensure the safety of Earl DeWitt Hearn is the sincerity Uriel must show. But at the same time, he also became curious about the assassin. The Night Elves of the High Circle, as well as the White Night Knight and Confessions, could the rumors be more than just rumors? Historians call this Gulf turmoil the "White Nights War" and they are absolutely right.
He listened to the wizards' movements and exchanges outside the door, walked to the window and looked down. The wizard's evacuation couldn't have been silent, but at least it wasn't done with much fanfare. One or two seagulls flapped their wings and flew away, rushing into the vast waves of the night. I'm afraid that the Lord of the Bay will pass the news to every town and port in Knight's Bay as soon as possible. I will do the same, which means that the assassin will probably not come again.
Not only for DeWitt Hearne, the Silent School's withdrawal from the bay was enough to greatly reduce the possibility of the demon society provoking disputes, and the tower also benefited greatly. The Oath Keepers Alliance was beaten to a bloody head in the Sea of Singing but could not affect the land. Now as long as Joey finds Aiken and Romar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be free to stabilize Eastman's turbulent situation. To be honest, Uriel was more concerned about the situation of the Gorge River floods than the Gulf War.
The collapse of the dyke made Six Finger Fort a thing of the past, and the riverside villages and towns, large and small, turned into hell. The "Steel Fork" the apprentices met in the redwood forest, his son Brace, and even the stowaway Kramer were hard to see again. The lucky ones survived, but they lost their homes forever.
In comparison, the monastery transaction that prompted Uriel to return to Eastman seemed unimportant. The Red Prophecy flooded the city, along with the good and bad people, adults and children inside. Demons, he thought, and the Nameless Ones and the Strigoi. If I had focused on them instead of focusing solely on the church, could the disaster have been prevented in advance? After all, he knows more and more clearly about the future than prophecies...
...At this time Uriel saw a dark figure emerging from the trees in the garden. Next to him was the tall stone wall that surrounded the garden. Raspan, the apprentice recognized. Unexpectedly, after being frightened by him, the old thief still did not give up his plan to sneak into the meeting tower. what happened? Uriel thought to himself, is he going to die?
And they seem to have succeeded. Raspan slipped into the bush and stood in the shadow of the trees. Perrin Grayship followed, but the apprentice failed to see the new thief on the beach. If you don't specially explore, it would be difficult to find that there is someone hiding there. Uriel always adds magic to penetrate the night, but most people don't do this. They don't have the scroll of oath to restore the magic power.
He kind of understood why these thieves were so bold. Lynde Punabag knew that the assassin was a high-level night elf, and he was also the main person the count feared, but there was not necessarily only one assassin who was eyeing the lord. The arrogant wizard leader does not believe that mortals have the ability to sneak into the meeting tower, and the count's guards are not necessarily reliable - Dewitt Hearne is also a newly appointed lord, similar to Danlfion. However, "Berti's Norn" is supported by Grand Duke Yotsuba and the adventurers of the Knox Mercenary Group, while DeWitt's position is not so secure. He is the queen's son, but not a prince.
Raspan and his companions were not mysterious beings. They actually let them collude with the guards to break into the meeting tower and successfully stole it. Didn't the wizard notice? Or was he so busy evacuating that he was negligent? Uriel watched their every move closely and was not worried about the target sensing them. Although he needed to protect the earl and was unable to pursue them, he felt it was necessary to keep track of their movements.
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Raspan scratched an itch as he waited. A bug fluttered above his head, and Perrin Grayship stared at it. Why hasn't Kelu come yet? Could it be that he was scared away? This situation was not surprising to Raspan. Colu was only responsible for the dispensable "Wharf Street Watch" during the entire theft operation. All he had to do was count on his fingers how many times the patrol came. What Raspan and Perrin wanted to sneak into was the Parliament Tower at the other end of the street. There was a secret passage left by the craftsmen, so there was no need to bother climbing over the wall.
They weren't going to steal anything from the lord Earl's room. This secret passage connected three exits, one in the stable behind the kitchen, and the other two on both sides of the wall in front of him. Raspan and Perrin crawled out from behind the straw in the stable first and passed the kitchen, covered in stench. Fortunately, the smell there was not much better than theirs, and the leftovers were piled up in two large buckets, covered by flies eagerly. He just walked where there were wizards. These people were easy to distinguish - they wore black robes and didn't behave like normal people. Few servants would pay attention to these two strangers in front of the wizards, and the wizards even disdained the locals to take a closer look.
This time, there was no fish tank and no glass. Raspan passed his target just as easily and skillfully as he usually does when he picks up a sheep on the street. A truly clever thief does not need to deliberately bump into people or make false pretense. As long as Raspan passes by him, the gadgets in the other party's pockets or clothes will quietly fall into the hands of the thief. Before covering Raspan's return to the secret passage, Perrin also fabricated to a maid his life experience as a squire following the wizard at the school's headquarters. Although Raspan believed that he should not talk nonsense in front of the wizards of the school, he also knew that Perrin would not reveal anything about the theft. The exception is the encounter with that weird mysterious creature.
It was colder in the garden than in the secret passage, and he wasn't sure why. Raspan was a little frightened at the thought of returning to the pier to feel the biting sea breeze. This year's Frost Moon came earlier than usual, and he was a little worried that the chain would break under the severe cold.
Fortunately, his worries did not come to pass. There was a faint vibration under Raspan's feet, and a dead branch fell from the tree. He shook the handle hidden in the tree trunk hard, feeling that his fingers were terribly stiff.
The rope pulls up the portcullis. In the dead of night, every slight sound seemed to reach Raspan's ears as if it could reach the spire of the Senate Tower. He glanced around uneasily, despising his own timidity. It is true that he has no experience of successfully infiltrating, but after all, he is an old thief who has been on the streets for more than ten years, so this little movement does not scare him. Except for that damn fish tank...
"Uncle!" Kelu's pitiful cry came from his feet, his voice as thin as a girl's. The boy hung on the ladder with a look of panic on his face. Raspan thought the vibration was because he was knocking on the door, but in fact it was a protruding iron nail wrapped around his belt that moved the ladder with him during his struggle.
Perrin Grayship laughed secretly: "He is swinging. It seems that we don't have to worry about his mentality." Rookies who steal for the first time will be more or less timid. This is an instinct that thieves must overcome.
But that's not the problem Colu is having now. Little idiot. Raspan was not even in the mood to scold him. He and Perrin went down to the secret passage one after another. When passing by Kelu, Gray Ship kicked him in the chest, freeing the child from the nail.
"How many times?" Raspan asked hesitantly. Maybe this would make Kelu feel more important.
Kelu climbed to his feet. "Three...three times."
He really didn't lie to me. Raspan flexed his fingers. They infiltrated the Senate Tower long enough for patrols to pass by five times, and after the outbreak of the Gulf War, nighttime sentries became more frequent. Wizards and crusaders even patrol the town themselves to make sure there are no nightingales roaming the streets. Tonight was unusual. "They probably won't care about a mortal like you." The employer said frankly, "I don't have any other good people available. This half is not difficult at all, right? You have to be careful when you get to the dock."
That's right, Raspan thought. But that's not the answer he said: "No matter how difficult it is, if I miss it, it will be worse than death. As gentle and kind as the priest's sermon is, the whip in the dungeon will be so painful. I know this." Needless to say, his employer knew it well.
But regardless of whether it hurts or not, I didn’t miss it anyway. Raspan felt the jingle of keys in his pocket. The leader of the thieves directed Keru to climb up the ladder first, eyes fixed on his back. He wandered far and wide.
