Time flew by, the sun went to bed, and the moon yawned as it started its night shift.

At this moment, it was already close to 7:30 PM.

Many people had gathered in the open space, and no one was entering or exiting anymore.

Jonathan, realizing it was almost time, prepared to wake Liens, who was sleeping on the ground.

As he was about to pat Liens, a chilling cold instantly surged through him.

Jonathan immediately stopped his action and quickly pulled his hand back.

However, his previous action was enough to awaken Liens in the instance.

Liens, whose body had slightly moved due to his sword instinct, stopped his subsequent actions as his consciousness returned.

"Is it time? Big Brother Jonathan," Liens opened his eyes, looked at the dense crowd in front, and then confirmed with Jonathan.

"Yes, almost... Soon, someone from the Family should come to announce the mission details."

Jonathan looked at Liens with lingering fear and carefully replied.

"Thank you, Big Brother Jonathan, for waking me up."

Liens stood up and thanked Jonathan.

"Haha... You're welcome, it's what I should do, otherwise, I wouldn't be worthy of your calls of Big Brother."

Jonathan gave an awkward laugh.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Jonathan, Liens refocused his attention on the crowd in front.

After roughly counting, he found that there were already over seventy people gathered in the open space.

This was roughly a quarter of the total number of the Family's secret guards.

But with so many people crowded into this not-so-spacious open area, there was no noisy sound coming from them.

It was very quiet...

As if everyone had merged into the night, a silent and mysterious atmosphere naturally arose.

If it weren't for their varying hair colors, these secret guards, all dressed in black, standing there truly looked like a pile of stones in the open space.

...

It quickly reached 7:30 PM. How did Liens know?

Because a person dressed completely unlike a secret guard walked in.

Liens was familiar with that person.

He was one of the members on his "grudge notebook," the examiner who stood beside the instructor during the graduation assessment and was almost shot dead by him with a longsword in the instance.

Liens didn't expect to see him here.

He didn't know what position this guy held in the Glenbagen Family; he had searched the Family's stronghold for over half a month and hadn't encountered him.

On the other hand, the other four had already paid him their "fees" for watching the show. Among those four, only one was of Glenbagen Family blood, while the other three were servants handling affairs.

It seemed that fate was truly hard to sever... Even the heavens were afraid Liens would forget, so they specifically came to remind him.

"Everyone, from shortest to tallest, form four rows."

Cliff walked onto the steps and ordered all the secret guards in the open space.

As the command was given, everyone present instantly moved, and after a brief commotion, they quickly formed their lines.

Cliff counted the number of people in the lines, then nodded in satisfaction, "Hmm, 76 people, just right. Looks like no one is absent."

"First, let me introduce myself. I am Cliff Glenbagen, and I am the one leading you on this conscription mission."

"Those with experience should know what conscription is. Those who don't will know after one experience. I'm too lazy to explain further."

"Now, let's announce the details of this conscription mission and the rewards."

Cliff continued.

"What you need to do this time is to eradicate everyone in the Pello Family."

"Regardless of gender, age, noble or servant, as long as they are living people in that mansion, kill them all."

"One head, 200 contribution points. For any member of the Pello Family, it's 20 times that."

"In addition, if the mission is successful, each person will receive an additional 1000 contribution points; if the mission fails, a mandatory mission will be enforced."

Cliff announced with a cold, murderous expression.

Cliff didn't say what the Pello Family was, but Liens had learned in the instance that the Pello Family was a Viscount Family, and a relatively powerful one.

They were considered top-tier nobles in the vast Kara City.

It could even be said that, apart from the City Lord representing the Royal Family and the Glenbagen Family, the Pello Family was the first-tier noble family in Kara City.

Undoubtedly, such a family must have Extraordinary Ones.

Therefore, he felt it would be quite difficult for their less than eighty secret guards alone to exterminate another family.

However, if the Pello Family's Extraordinary Ones were of Adonis's level, he felt there was still a good chance, but if they were like the instructor, it would be troublesome.

Moreover, as nobles, the Pello Family should also have some private soldiers, right?

While Liens was pondering, Jonathan, after a brief thought, also revealed a grim expression.

As an old hand with relatively good information, he also understood the Pello Family.

He knew the Pello Family's status, so he understood even more the troublesome nature of this mission.

"It seems this mission is troublesome, isn't it, Big Brother Jonathan?"

Liens noticed Jonathan's expression and understood that he had probably seen through the purpose of this mission.

"It is troublesome... I wonder to what extent the Family intends to go before ending the mission?"

"I hope they don't bury all of us there."

Jonathan gave a bitter smile.

"As long as it's not all of us, we still have hope of coming back alive, don't we?"

Liens said faintly, but his eyes were filled with seriousness and earnestness.

If it really came down to it, he would kill Cliff, then run far away and gamble whether the distance could sever the constraint of the "contract."

"That's all. If there are no questions, let's depart now."

Cliff announced after waiting for everyone to process the information.

After speaking, without waiting for anyone to reply, he stepped out and walked towards the exit.

All the secret guards present remained silent, quietly following Cliff's footsteps.

The noisy footsteps, like scattered stones rolling into a lake, disturbed the inherent tranquility of the night.

...

Under the cover of night, seventy-six secret guards, along with Cliff, who had donned black clothes himself, arrived before a mansion with a wide and tall gate.

The Outer City had a curfew, but the Inner City did not.

However, they hadn't seen any signs of shops being open along their way.

The streets, which should have been brightly lit and bustling with people, now only had a few scattered pedestrians and the moonlight to greet them.

Moreover, even after reaching their destination, they hadn't seen any other powerful members of the Glenbagen Family.

Not only were there none, but when Liens explored the Glenbagen Family in the instance, he wasn't always just surrounded and killed.

Sometimes, he would also encounter the Family's Extraordinary Knights and mages.

Unfortunately, their spawn locations were quite random, so most of the time, he could only practice his sword with Adonis, who had fixed spawn points.

Seeing this, Liens became even more certain of his suspicions.

Both the anomalies along the way and their swaggering walk on the road indicated that this mission was not actually secretive.

On the contrary, it was likely that anyone with a bit of background and information channels knew about the Glenbagen Family's actions this time.

This made them seem less like they were performing a special extermination mission and more like they were putting on a performance.

"Sigh... Be careful later, kid. Don't rush too far ahead. While the rewards are tempting, only those who are alive can claim them."

Jonathan sighed.

The anomalies along the way had completely extinguished his last shred of hope.

This operation was probably just a warning from the Family to the Pello Family, a warning carried out with the lives of their secret guards.

Of course, the Family might also have had some intention of directly annihilating the Pello Family.

Otherwise, there would have been no need to dispatch so many secret guards.

Cliff patted the shoulder of a secret guard next to him, gesturing for him to go forward and push open the main gate.

The secret guard hesitated for a moment, but ultimately dared not defy Cliff. He walked hesitantly to the mansion's main gate and pushed it open with force.

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