Who is to blame

In the game, those who had night vision were mostly players. Also, more than half of them were Warlocks or other special classes. There were about a hundred thousand of them. It seemed a lot at first, but there were five billion NPCs in the game. On average, it was about one in fifty thousand, which meant that only one in fifty thousand people had special vision. That was when players were involved. Few NPCs had special bloodlines. Only one in two hundred thousand people had special bloodlines.

However, three people in the tiny Winterwind had been discovered who had special bloodlines. They were Liang Lidong himself, Kail, and the mayor's wife.

Special bloodlines could provide a better starting point for the bearer. Liang Lidong's bloodline magic, for example, was quite impressive. Although he didn't know which race's bloodline the mayor's wife had inherited, it must've been the reason why she was stronger than her husband.

Looking at Liang Lidong's eyes that were as bright as sapphires in the sunlight, the mayor's wife was lost for a moment. Then, the door of the basement was slightly opened. She immediately narrowed her eyes, because the purple brilliance reflected in her eyes was very obvious in the darkness. It wouldn't have been eye-catching if it were only a narrow gap in the darkness.

Liang Lidong didn't know that his eyes could reflect light, so he kept his eyes wide open. However, he crouched on the right side of the door, which was a blind spot. If the enemy came in, they wouldn't be able to see him for a couple of seconds.

The door was slowly opened, but nobody came in. Liang Lidong held his breath, and the mayor's wife was even more quiet. A moment later, two translucent, human-shaped things snuck into the room without a sound. Their shadows were so faint that they were barely visible. This was Shadow Blending. Unlike the Magi's Gradual Concealment, this kind of invisibility was more like a supernatural ability. It could be used as long as there were shadows and dark places.

However, Liang Lidong could see through all illusions with his Cloud Dragon Blue Eyes. In his eyes, the two middle-aged men had been looking around the moment they came in. At this moment, Liang Lidong moved. Like a hunting leopard, he turned into a red shadow in the darkness, and the blue reflections in his eyes left two bright blue lights in the darkness.

The middle-aged man closest to him had barely realized what was going on when his waist was pierced by a longsword. Before he had the chance to scream, he was pushed by Liang Lidong to another companion.

Liang Lidong's attack was too sudden, and the timing was too perfect. This was the instinct of fear that he had honed after thousands of battles. The other Hitman, who was invisible, took two steps back from the impact. His face turned pale with fright. Most Hitmen possessed the Blind Fight specialty. Just as he was about to pull out his weapon and fight back, he felt a sharp gust of air coming from behind him. He quickly dodged to the side, but his back was only scratched, and the injury was not too serious.

After being attacked, the assassin knew that he had been exposed. He ignored his companion and ran out. The mayor's wife stood still and didn't give chase. The man only ran a few steps before he fell to the ground, struggling helplessly.

Poison, deadly poison! Liang Lidong shook off the enemy on his sword. His heart and lungs had been pierced, and he wouldn't live much longer. He moved his eyes to the poisoned assassin and found that his face had turned red, and his lips had turned purple. He was so beautiful that he looked like a woman. The assassin twitched on the ground. He was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream. In less than two minutes, he lost his breath.

Liang Lidong had seen this poison before. It was called Phantom. Those who were poisoned by this poison would look like this assassin when they died, hence the name. The main ingredient of this poison was the blood of a succubus, a creature from the Realm of Devils. Succubi's eyes were also purple. When these characteristics were connected, Liang Lidong easily guessed the origin of the mayor's wife's bloodline. No wonder the mayor's wife wasn't beautiful, but she was very charming, and her words were so provocative!

Liang Lidong returned to the table and relit the candle on the table. Because of the light, the strange light in their eyes gradually dissipated. The basement was filled with the smell of blood, and there was also a slightly sweet fragrance, a little like the smell of green apples. The more poisonous something was, the more beautiful its smell.

The mayor's wife put the light blue dagger back into her skirt, then she looked at Liang Lidong and asked, "How did you know …"

"Instead of wasting your time with me here, I think you might as well go out and check on the captives." Liang Lidong pointed outside. "Since the two assassins snuck in, it means that more assassins are wandering outside. That Robin outside seems to be a big shot. Should he die here … Hehe, you should know what will happen to the relationship between Winterwind and the royal family."

The mayor's wife's face changed greatly. She immediately ran out of the pit. Liang Lidong tidied up the blueprints on the table and went out of the basement. Seeing the middle-aged housekeeper standing outside in surprise, Liang Lidong said, "There are two enemy corpses in the basement. Clean them up. Also, make sure that the laborers don't go out of the mine. Stay in the pit and wait for our news."

"Are there enemies?" The middle-aged steward was shocked.

"Do you really need to ask?"

After saying that, Liang Lidong quickly ran out of the pit too. When he came out of the pit, he saw the mayor's wife's rigid body and a surprising scene.

Under the moonlight, all the soldiers outside the mine were lying on the ground, snoring. Liang Lidong walked to the nearest soldier and gave him a hard slap. His nose was bleeding, but the guy was still sleeping, and he was sleeping soundly.

"A massive sleep spell!" Liang Lidong gasped. "But the range is too large, and it's very powerful. Who in Winterwind is capable of that? "

The mayor's wife's face was pale. "I don't know."

Liang Lidong thought for a moment and called Joan Of Arc through the mental channel. However, Joan Of Arc didn't respond. There was nothing but her sleep-talking in the mental channel … Joan Of Arc was flying hundreds of meters in the sky, and even she had fallen asleep. There was no telling where she was … It was highly unlikely. Hypnosis within a range of hundreds of meters could only be done by a Mage who specialized in psionic power and was at least level-15, which meant that only a Legendary spellcaster could do it. That was because Legendary Mages could grasp the talent of Specialization in Magic, which could greatly increase the power and range of magic.

However, if the enemy was level-15, there was no need to cast a hypnosis spell on them at all. They could simply fly and bombard the enemy like a bomber. Nobody in Winterwind could stop them.

At this moment, a breeze blew by. Liang Lidong sniffed and smelled fresh blood. His face changed greatly. "Let's go to the woods. Something is wrong."

They hurried to the place. Then, Liang Lidong saw that the golden-haired young man named Robin Clement had fallen asleep with his throat cut. Not just him, all the royal infantrymen had their throats cut. Their blood flowed to the ground, and the stink spread in the woods.

The mayor's wife's face turned pale. She shouted, "Who did this?"

Liang Lidong also felt a chill down his spine. He flicked his finger and activated Mist Manipulation. In just a few seconds, the thick fog had shrouded the space within a few hundred meters. The castellan's wife made a defensive gesture in the thick fog. Then, when Liang Lidong categorized her as an ally in the system, she seemed to be relieved. "This is your bloodline magic, isn't it? It's amazing indeed."

Liang Lidong observed for a while and canceled Mist Manipulation. "There are no enemies around."

"It seems that we're going to be the scapegoats." The castellan's wife looked at Robin, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She said hatefully, "Although we, the Longman family, are not afraid of the Clement family, it's not nice to make an enemy out of nothing. The Church of Life is definitely behind this, but I don't understand why we were not affected by the magic in the mines. "

Liang Lidong explained, "Gold is a very good magic repellent material. Since we are in the mine, most of the magic elements are isolated from the outside. Of course, we won't be affected inside."

The mayor's wife looked gloomy. She looked at the crescent moon in the sky and said, "I'm curious why such a powerful Mage retreated instead of chasing and killing us. Look … Our soldiers were all hypnotized by him. He could've killed us if he came with dozens of men, but he didn't. Why? "

Indeed, why? Liang Lidong had the same question. However, he was more concerned about the safety of Joan Of Arc, because the telepathic channel could sense each other's location. He moved four hundred meters to the right and finally found Joan Of Arc, who was sleeping soundly on a big tree. He picked her up and brought her back to the mines.

At this time, some of the soldiers started to wake up. Liang Lidong went to ask them if they noticed anything strange, but all the soldiers who woke up said in unison that they did not find anything abnormal, and they themselves also did not know why they suddenly fell asleep.