"One item isn't enough for you?" Zhan Ning glared.

Despite his words, he took out a second item.

It was a longsword.

Its entire body was slender and shone with a faint white moonlight, shimmering brightly.

Han Zhan reached out to grip the hilt and attempted a few swings. He found the sword light and especially handy, producing a sharp sound as it cut through the air.

"This is an artifact provided by Yu Lian. Compared to an ordinary Knight's Demon-breaking Greatsword, this Moonlight Longsword doesn't have much of a knightly characteristic."

"Is this Yu Lian's personal sword?" Han Zhan asked, a bit surprised.

"Yes." Zhan Ning nodded.

"He just gave me his personal sword like that?!"

Han Zhan leaned back tactically, somewhat incredulous.

Zhan Ning gave him a complicated look.

"He still wants to have the opportunity to test, you know, with the disassembler. To see if there's any 'special' effect."

"If it works, he might just give all of her to you."

Han Zhan's face froze. Seeing Zhan Ning's playful expression, he forced out a smile. "Next time, for sure."

But talk is talk; this Moonlight Longsword still needed to be accepted.

After all, who knows when he'll return to Sun Never Sets Port, if he ever returns at all.

Might as well take advantage while it's there.

Han Zhan, wearing the Demon Crossing Cloak now, looked entirely like a Goblin Slayer, holding the Moonlight Longsword, exuding a full sense of class.

He raised his armored left hand and motioned to Zhan Ning.

Zhan Ning twitched his mouth slightly but straightforwardly placed a third item in his hand.

"This is a one-time use artifact."

"It contains 49 types of Knight's Auras recorded in the Knight's Code, each equivalent to Tier Eight blessing."

"Activate it when facing a mortal crisis, and during the aura's duration, you should be safe."

As Zhan Ning spoke, he placed in Han Zhan's hand an ordinary-looking seal with intricate patterns engraved on its lowest part.

Han Zhan had seen similar patterns on the armor of the Fallen Knight.

That should be a unique knight's mark.

"In case of danger, just crush it."

"Can it be used on others?" Han Zhan asked while putting away the seal.

"Yes, crushing it and applying it to yourself applies it to you, and crushing it and sprinkling it on others applies it to them."

Han Zhan knowingly nodded, then reached out to Zhan Ning again.

Zhan Ning: "?"

"Don't push it too far, you're asking for too much!"

"There are only so many artifacts, and there are no more to give."

Seeing Zhan Ning glaring at him like guarding against a thief, Han Zhan put away the Moonlight Longsword and Demon Crossing Cloak, returning to his original appearance.

"Don't worry, I just wanted to ask for the one thousand gold coins you promised me earlier."

Zhan Ning helplessly tossed another pouch over.

Han Zhan put away the pouch and nodded.

"When do we start?"

"Just wait."

Leaving a sentence behind, Zhan Ning gracefully turned away from Han Zhan.

He's definitely getting back at me.

Han Zhan shrugged. He made a lot on this run, so it didn't matter.

In the following days, Han Zhan stayed at Sun Never Sets Port, collecting a daily salary, strolling the streets, and enjoying the local delicacies.

Life was as leisurely as paid vacation.

In these days, the Sun Never Sets Knight Order was secretly surging.

As a rival force, even the Anti-Xia Alliance felt its unease.

A storm is brewing.

"Have you figured it out?" Sun Yun asked, looking at the reports handed to him by his subordinates.

"We have a general understanding of the situation."

"The problem lies with that Tier Six core knight, Bob, who just joined the Sun Never Sets Knight Order."

"That day, when the lord ordered us to assassinate Zhan Ning, he was the one beside him."

Hearing this, Sun Yun remembered.

If it weren't for that person dispelling his drunken fog and bringing Zhan Ning out of an intoxicated state, they should have completed the assassination mission and safely withdrawn.

"What about him?"

"It's said, he should be a Spirit Contract Master."

"Hmm?" Sun Yun raised his head suddenly, intrigued. "Tell me more?"

"It's said, the young man was exiled to the City of Extreme Evil. He boarded the ferry intending to go to Anti-Summer Port but was mistakenly sent to Sun Never Sets Port due to a mistake by the shipmaster."

"Regarding this, we inquired with the shipmaster, but he adamantly denied it. However, we noticed that two lines had been erased in his recorded files."

Sun Yun lightly tapped the table. "That does sound like something the shipmaster would do."

"It's said, the night you attacked the Nightingale Inn was also the first day he arrived at Sun Never Sets Port."

"Which means he was a scapegoat for Zhan Ning."

Sun Yun, thinking swiftly, quickly recalled some details from that time and drew a conclusion.

"That's correct." His subordinate nodded.

"It's said, because of his unique talent, he took part in the mission of investigating the Mechanical Sect Mine with the Sun Never Sets Knight Order, learning quite a few secrets about them."

"So?" Sun Yun straightened, thoroughly intrigued.

"One who is not of my kin must harbor different intentions. Zhan Ning doesn't trust him and is already planning to assassinate him."

Sun Yun glanced at his subordinate, "You're always saying 'it's said', who says that?"

"The owner of 'Youjian' Bun Shop, Zhang Chunhua. Your wife."

In the past, when speaking of Sun Yun's wife, he would ask which wife. Ever since Zhan Ning came by and raided his home, Sun Yun was left with only this one wife.

Zhang Chunhua superficially ran a bun shop, but in reality, she was also engaged in intelligence trading; Sun Yun knew this.

They hadn't seen each other for some time due to Sun Yun's insistence on marrying a concubine.

Hearing this news now, Sun Yun's mind started working again.

A while ago, Gongyang Jin took him to explore the mine, but they gained very little.

If there's an opportunity, this young man could be won over from the Sun Never Sets Knight Order, getting him into the Anti-Xia Alliance would be a win-win and one fell swoop.

"But the credibility of this information needs further confirmation; a single word cannot be fully trusted."

Sun Yun cautiously instructed his subordinate.

...

That night, at the Nightingale Inn.

Link is a traveling merchant who recently saved some money and came here to relax.

The last time he was at the Nightingale Inn, he experienced two explosion attacks in one night, scaring his brother into a funk that didn't recover, and he had to leave disappointed.

Today he was determined to regain his spirit and clear his name!

Link lined up a row of gold coins on the table. As a regular customer, he was familiar with the place, quickly selecting a suitable option and entering the room.

Just as he was about to engage in a fierce battle to let the other know what brutality was.

With a loud bang.

Link was so scared he shivered all over, feeling like crying but without tears.

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