Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys-Chapter 780 - 296: Job Change and Intelligence (Two-in-One Chapter)
"This... I suspect it’s going to be quite difficult, after all, Knight defeated Grant with just three moves; clearly a formidable adversary,"
"Maybe for you and me, but not for our captain," the seductive Scorpion Woman complimented Captain Asimov subtly.
Asimov smiled and said, "Scorpion Woman, Iron Man is right, our opponent has consecutively killed both Grant and Elihu, their strength is not to be underestimated."
"Additionally, is this all the information that the branch has gathered? Just about the opponent before they joined the Sword Bearers and the situation during the battle with Grant?" Asimov turned his head toward Drac, his expression carrying a slight displeasure.
"Is there any intelligence on the fight between Elihu and this Rein?"
Drac didn’t know how to respond to this question, so he called for Viscount Fabien.
"This... the intelligence capabilities of the Mingster branch are limited, and moreover, the battle involving Elihu took place in Meister. It was said to have happened in a room, with only Rein and Elihu present,"
"So.... we have no way of knowing the specifics of the combat," Viscount Fabien said, shaking his head.
"Does this Rein have any family? Is coercion of any use? He looks very young; his experience in handling affairs should be insufficient," Scorpion Woman asked.
"Not a good idea. Even if he has family, would you give in easily if you were in his shoes?" the towering, muscular man known as Iron Man retorted.
"That’s not necessarily true; what if the other party is someone who values family?" Scorpion Woman, seeing Iron Man refute her, was not angry but instead looked delighted and giggled.
"Then the opponent will even more likely keep themselves useful for seeking vengeance against us later on," Iron Man said, his face suddenly stern as if he had recalled something, and subtly straightened his posture.
A somber aura began to pervade the area.
"Boring, tsk!" Scorpion Woman’s expression changed as she realized she had unwittingly touched upon some painful memory of Iron Man’s; he was starting to get serious.
Continuing the conversation would likely lead to a confrontation, so she chose to remain silent. freёnovelkiss.com
"The opponent has been staying at the Sword Bearers Branch in Mingster for a long time; we can’t possibly strike there,"
"Which means we can only start from his mansion,"
"The problem is, the patrols on the streets of Mingster are currently very frequent. Right, Viscount Fabien, how long is the state of heightened alert expected to last?"
"It’s estimated to continue for at least another week," Fabien recalled his understanding of the situation and replied.
"A week? We don’t have that much time to waste here, I still need to go back to the Imperial City to get my nails done," Scorpion Woman raised her tone involuntarily as she elegantly flicked her beautifully patterned nails and spoke discontentedly.
Iron Man carefully examined the map, calculating the distance between Rein’s mansion and the Sword Bearers Branch, and said in a deep voice:
"If we directly attack his mansion, we will have at most three minutes before we need to retreat, and that’s considering we take out two patrol parties on the streets."
"The opponent is clever, the location of his residence, its linear distance from the Sword Bearers Branch is roughly eight hundred and fifty meters, with a path distance of about one thousand two hundred meters,"
"No, we don’t have three minutes, don’t forget, this is the provincial capital after all, there are Griffin Knights patrolling the sky," Asimov shook his head and said.
"If it’s a strong assault, we’ll have to retreat within two minutes,"
"If it’s two minutes, then the chances of capturing him alive are not great. We can only hope that he’s a bit stronger, so he doesn’t die too quickly under the ’Lava Fist’ of the captain, giggle," Scorpion Woman seemed amused by some thought and laughed again.
"Then it’s settled, Scorpion Woman you assign someone to tail and investigate, once he returns to his mansion from the Sword Bearers Branch, we will make our move," Asimov said, checking the intelligence in his hands again before coming to a decision.
"So... we won’t wait for the information from the Sword Bearers? I’ve already contacted someone to help investigate," Drac hesitated for a moment but still asked.
Because he had met Rein.
He always felt that overly young man gave off an inscrutable feeling, with eyes as calm as a deep pool.
Without any reliance, ordinary people wouldn’t be so composed upon seeing him.
"Giggle, Lord Drac, with the captain personally involved, does it make a difference whether the opponent is a Silver-ranked Sword Bearer or a Gold-ranked one?" Scorpion Woman was clearly disdainful of Drac’s suggestion.
However, knowing that the other party was the brother of Marquis Orenz, her tone was not so obvious.
"We’ll wait one day, if there’s no news by tomorrow, we might act at any moment. Lord Drac, we’ll also trouble you to book us a return airship for the three of us,"
Asimov said with a smile.
...
Meanwhile.
That very night, with Viery’s cooperation, Rein upgraded the witchcraft ’Metal Barrier’ to lv3, and reduced the casting time to 2 seconds.
Since it was late, Rein instructed his guard to send a message home, and then settled down to rest in his new residence.
The following morning, while Rein was eating his breakfast, suddenly, two system notifications arrived unannounced:
[Congratulations! Your Constitution Attribute has increased!]
[Congratulations! Your Agility Attribute has increased!]
"Eh?"
"It seems the effects of previously integrating the breathing technique have started to gradually manifest,"
Rein glanced at his attribute panel:
...
Constitution: 46
Strength: 46
Agility: 46
Spirit: 55
Will (hidden attribute): 3
...
"Strength, Constitution, Agility all at 46 now, huh? But still far short of the requirements for Annihilation Field,"
