After killing the two guards, the two assassins also went deep into the palace.
These two assassins are the elites of the Brotherhood. Although they are also people lying on the street, they are also the few people Arthur has praised.
There was nothing superfluous about their movements, they were clean and neat, and even their killing intent was very low.
They are two brothers, the elder brother is called Ebony and the younger brother is named Ivory.
Their family used to be very devout believers, but later encountered something and chose to join the Brotherhood and pursue the ideals of the Brotherhood - Heilang once introduced them to Arthur this way.
Arthur didn't ask anything. For a person of his age, he had seen too much suffering in the world.
No matter how tragic the story is, it seems to him like a cliché.
The reason why the Brotherhood's activities have gone underground in recent years is partly because of the attack by the Nightmare Order, and partly because of the failure of the revolutions initiated by the Brotherhood in other larger countries.
During these years of silence, Hei Lang had been thinking, and he soon figured out the reason for their failure.
This is actually the same reason he worried in the past. Although he successfully brought Arthur's thoughts to the Brotherhood, as long as the core creed of "all things are false and all things are allowed" remains unchanged, the essence of the Brotherhood cannot be changed. ——An anarchist violent organization that is outside the law.
You can't change the world just by killing people.
However, Heilang does not want to change the essence of the Brotherhood. This era still needs the existence of this organization.
Therefore, they chose to retreat behind the scenes and began to fund people who could truly change the world.
If there are people with similar abilities in the Brotherhood, Heilang will also let them temporarily forget their identity as assassins and join their group.
And this last moment is the meaning of the assassin's existence in this world.
Before the unrest began, the Tsar mobilized an elite force into the Winter Palace.
Part of the armored force was outside to prevent the people from entering the Winter Palace and guarding the Tsar.
The other part of the combat troops was stationed inside the Winter Palace.
It is very likely that these troops have just come off the battlefield with Beichen and have experienced the baptism of blood and fire.
But even so, these elite troops are still no match for the assassins.
What they learned was how to use weapons and how to win the war.
What these assassins learned was how to kill people neatly and neatly.
They silently advanced into the palace, and all the guards who saw them entered Hades almost immediately.
The entire Winter Palace was eerily quiet. There was no sound of gunfire. Only the shouts of the crowd outside came faintly through the corridors.
The God of Death harvests lives one after another in this silence.
"There is no presence of this emperor in the bedroom or the meeting hall." Ivory walked in the gallery inside the Winter Palace, stepping on the precious Persian carpet.
On both sides are various famous paintings that were once collected by Catherine II inside the Winter Palace. Judging from the current value of these paintings, this gallery alone is enough to buy several warships.
These paintings no longer only belong to a royal family or a country, but are treasures of the entire human history and culture.
In fact, it would be the best choice if they could capture the Tsar. Otherwise, when people from outside attack, there is no guarantee that these paintings will not be destroyed.
Cultural treasures should be protected when life is rich, but many people today do not have this awareness.
The original Britannian Revolution destroyed a lot of things.
Ivory continued, "Where do you think he will be?"
Ebony's face was hidden under his hood, and the dawn sunlight shone in through the stained glass windows above, illuminating the exhibition hall with a cathedral-like splendor.
He looked around and said, "It is normal for a royal palace like this to have one or two secret passages and secret rooms."
He walked forward slowly and stopped at the end of the corridor.
Following the red short-haired high-end carpet at your feet and walking up two stairs, you can see a portrait framed by an exquisite frame.
The portrait shows a woman wearing a long skirt. She is beautiful and confident, especially her blue eyes that look like the shores of Lake Baikal. They are full of ambition, as if they contain thousands of troops.
There is no doubt that this one is undoubtedly the only female emperor of this country - Catherine II.
"What a beautiful woman." Ivory looked at the painting and said with emotion, "I don't know why Peter III doesn't like his queen."
"If he had been in his right mind, he would not have lost his throne and his life," Ebony said.
Ebony looked around, then slowly stepped forward and knocked on the wall behind the picture frame with his arm. What came back was a very crisp sound - which indicated that there was space behind the wall.
He thought for a moment, pushed the portrait away, and soon found a keyhole behind the portrait.
Without hesitation, he raised his right hand. The nail on the little finger of his right hand was very long, but the rest of the nails were normal, as if they were left on purpose.
He inserted the nail of his little finger into the keyhole, and with a crisp sound, a door slowly opened toward the inside.
He and Ivory looked at each other and continued walking inside.
The corridor was dark, but not long. They had barely gone far before they saw a faint blue light appear at the end of the corridor.
They walked out, and there were two guards standing on both sides of the exit. They seemed to have noticed the existence of the two assassins, but they just wanted to speak.
A cold light flashed in the air, and the hidden sword pierced their heads directly from the chin.
There is also a reason for stabbing here. Although piercing the heart can also kill someone with one blow, there is no guarantee that the other person will not be able to speak. Stabbing the chin can make the person unable to make a sound.
In order to prevent the smell of blood from being discovered by nearby people, the two of them dragged the body a certain distance into the corridor.
Then stand at the exit again.
This is an open corridor. Looking down from the fence of the corridor, you can see an oval hall with Roman columns, marble floors, and dark blue curtains hanging on the windows around the hall.
There seems to be a window outside, and the sunlight shines through the window on the curtains, reflecting the space into a faint blue.
The Tsar Nicholas II, whom hundreds of thousands of people outside wanted to see, was sitting on the office chair behind the desk in the living room.
In addition, there were other people standing, such as some soldiers with firearms, and two well-dressed middle-aged men. Two of them, Ebony, had seen photos in the intelligence and were important ministers of this country. .
Some are the wives and children of Nicholas II, who are all hiding here.
The other people standing beside him made Ebony narrow his eyes slightly. They were covered in divine robes and their appearance was also shrouded in hoods.
According to some rumors in the empire, the Tsar did indeed place great trust in a priest with magical powers.
The priest was hated both inside and outside the country.
Queen Alexandra of this country believes in mysticism and likes to entertain "divine monks", "holy boys", "prophets", "seers", "saviors" and the like, and often holds seance ceremonies.
What makes this couple sad is that their son Alexei often faces terrible situations because of hemophilia. Whenever Alexei becomes ill, almost everyone is helpless. Just then, the priest appeared.
In 1907, Crown Prince Alexei fell ill again. The anxious empress persuaded Nicholas II to give the priest a try and summon the priest into the palace to see if he could save his beloved son.
Surprisingly, even the palace doctors were unable to do anything for the seriously ill Crown Prince. But after the priest came in, he only gave the crown prince a small packet of medicinal powder, then prayed some more, and then sat next to the crown prince and told him some stories.
Then, a miracle happened. After a few days of rest, the crown prince actually recovered!
In this way, the future destiny of the entire empire seemed to be in the hands of this priest, and the reason was that he was inseparable from the health of the crown prince.
In fact, as long as the priest remained in the palace, the crown prince was healthy and lively; in his absence, the crown prince grew thinner.
In 1915, the priest had a bad relationship with the Tsar and was driven out of the palace. As a result, the prince suddenly suffered a nosebleed. When the queen asked the priest for help, he deliberately delayed it for two days. Unexpectedly, the prince's condition worsened.
But as soon as the priest appeared, the prince miraculously recovered. From then on, his incredible power made Tsar Nicholas II completely surrender, and he would give him three points in everything.
For the empire, disaster began.
Due to the palace title of "Lamp Holder of the Tsar's Magic Lamp", the priest had free access to the inner palace and often exerted influence on the Tsar and his wife.
So the priest used his special status to seek benefits for himself, and even openly interfered in government affairs.
Especially this year, the Tsar left St. Petersburg on his own expedition. The power of the country has since fallen into the hands of the empress, but in fact it is in the hands of this priest.
As a result, during this period, Tsarist Russia's internal affairs were disrupted by this priest.
In just one year, there were four chairmanships of the Tsarist Council of Ministers, six ministers of interior affairs, four ministers of war, three ministers of foreign affairs, and four ministers of justice. It is said that the priest appointed officials without principles and based them all on whim.
He made Golomykin, who was nearly eighty years old, chairman of the Council of Ministers, even just because he liked to eat potatoes cooked by his wife. In addition, many officials and nobles were dismissed for offending the priest.
In front of the royal family, he showed the face of a humble elder. When the queen looked at him, she couldn't help but believe that he was possessed by God.
But in front of the people, he showed his ferocious side - a complete drunken bald ass, and many young girls were murdered by him.
The people were very angry when they saw that the Tsar had admitted such a person in the palace, but the palace officials were puzzled and felt hurt.
In this way, the messenger of death came between the ruler and the people...
And since neither side fully understood the man's duality, neither side could understand the other, and the Tsar and the people simultaneously pushed each other to the edge of the abyss.
Of course, this is just a glimpse of the chaos in this country.
This "demon monk" is one of the reasons for the turmoil outside.
But the emperor who believed in this monster monk was the root of all this.
The Brotherhood is naturally aware of the existence of this monster monk, and even before coming, Hei Lang told them to be careful about this existence.
He comes from the Order of Nightmare, an organization the Brotherhood has fought against in the past.
(End of chapter)
