"Let's go." The old servant Lambert reacted quickly, urging them onward.
The siblings Jenny and Keane were still dazed, completely pulled away by Lin Lei and Lambert. After all, killing someone on this main street, the city guards would arrive very soon.
Lin Lei wasn't afraid of those soldiers, but with Jenny and the others in tow, facing the city guards would be very troublesome.
It wasn't just Lin Lei's group fleeing; the surrounding panicked pedestrians also scattered as fast as they could.
This early evening hour was supposed to be the busiest time on Black Stone City's main thoroughfare, but now, in just a moment, the panicked crowd had vanished. No one remained within a hundred meters of the two corpses.
"Captain, what should we do?"
At a window of a private dining room in a tavern beside the street, two men were observing the scene below. One had bright red hair and a sharp, blade-like face, but his expression was currently very dark. His subordinate whispered to him.
"I didn't expect that pair of rustic siblings would have such a powerful expert with them," the red-haired man snorted coldly.
"Captain, that man also has a black panther with him. Panther-type magical beasts are definitely high-level... Just with us here, dealing with that expert would be very difficult," whispered the burly, tiger-backed man beside him.
The red-haired man also felt a bit irritated.
He had accepted the First Madam's order to kill the two rustic siblings. And according to the intelligence, the siblings only had one old servant with them, who had only a bit of martial ability. But that was just a sixth-level warrior. In the O'Brien Empire, where strong individuals were numerous, a sixth-level powerhouse was nothing.
In a small rural town, a sixth-level warrior might be impressive. But the small squad sent by the Prefecture City Lord's First Madam had a captain who was a seventh-level warrior.
"A black panther... I've never seen this type of panther beast before," the red-haired man furrowed his brows. As a seventh-level powerhouse, he knew quite a bit about magical beasts.
He was familiar with many panther-type beasts like the Golden Striped Panther and the Black Line Panther.
But this panther with its dense, dark patterns was something he had never seen before.
"Earlier, that brown-haired man was obviously that black panther's owner. That brown-haired man must be at least an eighth-level powerhouse," the red-haired man recalled the scene where Lin Lei instantly caught the two arrows, and his heart trembled even more.
Arrows were incredibly fast.
To react, instantly reach in front of the siblings Jenny and Keane, and then catch both arrows—that was something even an ordinary eighth-level powerhouse couldn't do.
"Captain?" The burly man called softly.
The red-haired man turned to look at him and said coldly, "Hmph, that brown-haired man is very strong. This mission isn't worth a direct confrontation. Here's what you'll do: arrange some men to secretly investigate for me. I don't believe that expert doesn't need to eat or sleep. He can't be with those siblings all the time."
"Once that brown-haired man separates from the siblings, send someone to shoot them dead," the red-haired man ordered.
"Yes, Captain." The burly man nodded and immediately left the private room.
The red-haired man turned back and continued watching through the window below. The two corpses with arrows piercing their throats were still on the side of the street, and now, city guard cavalrymen riding fine steeds were arriving.
In a private room on the second floor of an ordinary hotel in Black Stone City, Lin Lei, Jenny, Keane, and Lambert were all seated. Even Bei Bei had claimed a spot for itself. As for the Black-Striped Cloud Leopard 'Black Lu,' it was lying on the floor, squinting its eyes in relaxed rest.
Jenny and Keane's faces were still somewhat pale.
"Just... just now was so scary," Keane said, his eyes still showing lingering fear. Keane had grown up in a small rural town. The most violent things he usually saw were some local youths brawling over courage and bravado. He had never personally experienced a scene like this!
On their journey, although they had encountered bandits, the bandits fought with the mercenaries and hadn't harmed him. But this time, the opponent wanted both him and his sister dead.
Jenny also still had a trace of fear in her eyes.
"Jenny, Keane, don't be afraid," Lin Lei said with a smile, comforting them.
Such a small scene, for Lin Lei, couldn't even stir his emotions. In the Magic Beast Mountain Range, lurking beasts could leap out to ambush him at any moment. In the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Lin Lei had maintained a heart as calm as still water, let alone dealing with such a petty scuffle.
"Young Master, Miss," Lambert comforted, "It's safe now, don't worry. Luckily, Lord Lei was with us this time, or it would have been disastrous. Young Master, Miss, you should properly thank Lord Lei."
Jenny and Keane finally snapped out of their panic.
"Brother Lei, thank you so much really," Keane said excitedly. Then his eyes lit up, "Brother Lei, your moves just now were so cool! You just waved your hand and caught two sharp arrows, then waved again... and those two people were killed." Truly a child, he quickly forgot the earlier terror.
Jenny also looked at Lin Lei gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Lei."
Towards Lin Lei, Jenny felt heartfelt gratitude.
When she first saw Lin Lei, in Jenny's heart, he was a mysterious expert, an impressive figure who possessed a powerful magical beast.
When she talked with Lin Lei, she discovered he was a very approachable person.
Especially when she asked Lin Lei to protect them, Lin Lei only took a single gold coin. Although Lin Lei said that later, after Keane became a city lord, he would still collect 9999 gold coins, the eighteen-year-old Jenny understood some matters of the human world.
"What's there to thank? I promised to protect you, that's just my duty. Oh, right." Lin Lei furrowed his brow, "What's going on? You just entered Black Stone City, and someone already wants to shoot you dead? Who exactly have you offended?"
Keane looked completely bewildered.
Jenny was also somewhat confused: "I... we haven't offended anyone."
"Then who bears a grudge against you?" Lin Lei continued to ask.
Jenny pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm, if there's a grudge, I'm afraid it might only be from our First Madam." At this point, the old servant Lambert immediately interrupted their conversation, smiling as he said to Lin Lei, "There's no grudge holder. The First Madam's conflict with them is just a minor family matter. Lord Lei, there's no need to trouble yourself with such bothersome things. Thinking about it won't help. Let's eat."