Lucas used a virtual teleport anchor to transport to Albian Square, then made his way across rooftops to Lighthouse Street.

  Finding the Assassin's Tavern, he jumped down.

  The One Eyed-Tess had already removed the bodies of the e brothers, and the signs of the fight had been quickly ed up.

  'Professional work indeed.'

  Lucas knocked oavern door, and the small window opened, revealing Tace's yellow eyes.

  Before Lucas could utter the password, the door opened.

  "Miss E, you're back so soon? The Mad Axe Gang's headquarters is a fortress, and Jumu himself is very powerful, protected by many subordinates. If you couldn't find an opportunity to strike, don't be disced. e in for a drink, and I get Billy the Lizardman to give you some free information on the Mad Axe Gang and Jumu."

  Lucas walked past Tess, flig a silver h his fingers.

  "Tess, you talk too much!"

  Tess's tentacle quickly caught the silver note.

  "Thank you for yenerosity, Miss E. Have a wonderful night."

  The elf's entrao the taverhe eyes of all the patrons again. Some couldn't help but check their pocket watches.

  In such a short time, it wasn't even enough to run to the Mad Axe Gang's headquarters and back at full speed.

  Billy the Lizardman pced a drink in front of Lucas. "You were able to kill the e brothers, which proves your strength, but Jumu is not as stupid as the e brothers. Otherwise, the Mad Axe Gang wouldn't have its current power. I've ahe e brothers' belongings for you... it's all here."

  Billy pulled a bag from uhe ter and pced it on the bar. Then he saw the elf pce a severed head in front of him.

  It was... Jumu's head, with its unmistakable ox horns.

  "You... you really killed Jumu?"

  How was this possible?

  In such a short time, just reag the Mad Axe Gang's headquarters aurning would have been impressive, but she killed Jumu!

  Did Jumu just stand at the gate of the Mad Axe Gang headquarters, waiting for you to chop his head off?

  Jumu's head caused a stir iavern.

  No one wao believe the elf had killed Jumu in such a short time, but Jumu's head was right there.

  Everyone here, either assassins or associated with assassins, knew how to verify the authenticity of the head.

  It was Jumu. The ox-horned demon who fouhe Mad Axe Gang.

  Lucas brushed hair away from his eyes, took a sip of the drink, and unzipped the bag oable.

  Inside were some money, practical tools, and ons. Without access to the warehouse, these were urgently needed.

  Lucas closed the bag and said to Billy the Lizardman, "Is this Jumu's head? You should be able to verify it, or send someoo the Mad Axe Gang headquarters to check. I'm only ied in the bounty."

  Billy retrieved a wooden box from uhe ter and pced Jumu's head in it. The horns were se that he struggled to close the box aually left it slightly open.

  With a slight embarrassment, he said to Lucas, "Miss E, this is indeed Jumu's head. The fact that you killed him so quickly astonishes everyone here.

  To host an assassin of your caliber is an honor for our Seawall District Assassin's Tavern.

  As for Jumu's bounty... the amount is substantial. We don't have that much cash on hand right now. If you wait until tomorrow, you take 5000 gold notes from me."

  In the game Epoch, pleting a mission immediately awarded the reward. But this wasly the game, and 5000 gold notes was a huge sum.

  Even 1 gold note was sidered a fortune, equivalent to 5000 Imperial marks.

  "Okay, I'll pick up the bounty tomorrow," Lucas said. "Exge 2000 gold notes for silver notes, and 100 gold notes for Imperial marks."

  "No problem, Miss E. I'll vert some of the gold notes into smaller denominations for easier spending.

  Is there anything else I do for you?"

  Lucas pulled out a few Imperial marks and pced them oable.

  "Drinks for everyone here, on me."

  Billy the Lizardman pocketed the money and said, "Thank you, Miss E."

  Everyone iavern raised their gsses and shouted, "Thank you, Miss E, it's an honor to know you."

  Lucas dowhe rest of his drink in one gulp, then picked up the bag and headed out.

  "I'll e for the moomorrow night. See you then."

  Billy bowed and said, "Goodbye!"

  Lucas left the Assassin's Tavern and used the virtual teleport anchor to return to the clock tower near Shelly's home.

  First, he took out some money and pced it in a er of the clock tower, weighing it down with a stone.

  Then he looked towards the window on the sed floor of Shelly's house.

  What a wonderful night. Logging off, charging...

  E's figure vanished from the clock tower, and Lucas, lying in his room, opened his eyes. The phone in his sciousness began to charge.

  Despite trolling E and running around Seawall District, he felt no disfort and was even in good spirits after his main body had slept.

  Now, the "Heart of the Red Dragon Niele" was in E's backpack. Cheg the summoning procedure...

  He needed a ntern burning long-whale oil.

  A 120cm x 120cm clover paper, paint made from ntern flower ar and rock flour, and an array brush.

  Five crystals, ten blood stones, one kilogram of sulfur, and an adult male red bat corpse.

  These items wouldn't be easy to gather in Seawall Distri a short time.

  However, the mysterious shop in the downtown area of Storm City should have all the materials o summon the red dragon Niele.

  Since he o go to the Assassin's Tavern for the bounty tomorrow, he could head to the downtown area afterward.

  Get the materials needed for the are ritual ready.

  For now, sleep!

  Lucas went back to sleep, pletely unaware of the chaos he had caused throughout Seawall District with his killing spree.

  At Windshield Alley dock warehouse, a heinous murder case had occurred, leavieen dead, including warehouse head Ron.

  Upon receiving the report, the Seawall District Security Bureau immediately dispatched officers to the se, where seventeen corpses remaianding as ice sculptures at the warehouse entrance.

  Witated that the perpetrator was a female elf who identified herself as E.

  She cimed Ron had something of hers and, after luring him out, struck with deadly force.

  The murder se at Windshield Alley was yet to be cordoned off when news broke of atack at the Mad Axe Gang headquarters.

  Internal sources reported that over a hundred people, including the gang leader, the ox-horned demon Jumu, and several key members, were dead.

  The perpetrator was a female elf capable of creating vast ice fields.

  She called herself E...

  Another case involving a female elf named E and the appearance of an ice field.

  The same person was responsible for both massacres.

  First at the Windshield Alley dock warehouse, then at the Mad Axe Gang with extensive doterests.

  What was her goal?

  With Jumu dead, the Mad Axe Gang was severely weakened, and their vacated is would iably spark a power struggle.

  The already chaotic Seawall District would bee even more tumultuous starting tomorrow.

  The security officers in Seawall District were more troubled than ever.

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