Lucas stood at the edge of the bedroom floor's fracture, looking down through the rge hole smashed by Jumu.

  Below Jumu's bedroom was the castle hall. His body y buried under a pile of rubble, with a cracked luxurious bed on top.

  At this moment, the remaining time for Level 100 Erion was 3 minutes and 41 seds.

  Luckily, using time reversal pulled Jumu back. If he had escaped to the first floor and been held up by the Mad Axe Gang members, it might have been impossible to kill him withiime limit.

  Using time reversal es an enormous amount of energy and is almost iive against enemies above one's level.

  The higher the enemy's level, the greater the energy ption.

  Jumu was a four-star hero, parable to a level 80 pyer, requiring much more energy than the e brothers and Berhe gnome.

  Additionally, this time it wasn't just pulling back the already fallen Jumu but also reverting the altered enviroo the previous time point.

  If not for E's elemental fusioor providing instant energy bursts, Lucas might not have been able to successfully kill Jumu.

  For precious photery power, Lucas preferred to e Erion's energy.

  Deactivating the Holy Guardian state, he adjusted Erion's level to 80.

  Lucas sheathed his ons and jumped to the other side of the hole, lifting the painting hanging on the wall to reveal a hidden safe within.

  Following the passwiven irategy guide, he turhe dial. The safe door opened easily.

  Inside was a square metal box, a cloth bag of unknown tents, several bundles of gold and silver notes, and Imperial marks.

  Jackpot! Lucas swept the gold and silver notes into his space backpack, then picked up the metal box.

  Oal box was a set of movable puzzle pieces.

  The puzzle blocks were inscribed with different magical symbols. Aligning the correct symbols in the right positions would initiate the summoning of the red dragon Niele.

  Of course, the ritual required other materials. However, with mohese could be acquired through certain els.

  Lucas stored the "Heart of the Red Dragon Niele" in his space backpad opehe small velvet pouch.

  It was filled with blue crystal pearls!

  Lucas pulled out a pearl, about a timeter in diameter, which gleamed like clear seawater in the light.

  Excellent quality!

  There were over a hundred such blue crystal pearls in the pouch, with many rger ones as well.

  This was truly a windfall.

  Blue crystal pearls, due to their signifit water element energy, were highly prized alchemical materials.

  But their true value y elsewhere.

  As the world's nations in the Era gradually repced metal currencies with paper money aricted the circution of metal currencies, blue crystal pearls, due to their rarity, value retention, and portability, had bee hard currency among pirates.

  As metal currency usage decreased, blue crystal pearls, used in underground transas, would flow from coastal areas to innd, increasing demand.

  The rarity of blue crystal pearls made their value soar.

  At this time, a single blue crystal pearl could exge for at least 100 gold notes. In six months, as the Argent Empire further restricted metal currency use, their value would increase twentyfold.

  It was an ued fortune!

  Lucas quickly stowed the bag of blue crystal pearls.

  Just then, chaotioises came from downstairs, indig the castle hall was filled with Mad Axe Gang members.

  Remembering that Jumu's head was still below, Lucas, to plete the Assassin's Tavern mission, jumped down through the flap.

  The castle's first-floor hall acked with members of the Mad Axe Gang.

  They stood with ons in hand, surrounding the pile of rubble, all staring at Jumu's half-buried body.

  And the dust-covered head rolling off to the side. The mighty Jumu was dead!

  Ses of Jumu leading them in turf wars against angs fshed through their minds.

  Their boss, wielding a battle axe and surrounded by fmes, charging first into the fray, sughtering enemies.

  He was an invincible war god to them. Who could possibly kill him? And not just kill him, but do sh yers of prote!

  When Lucas jumped down, the gang members stepped ba shock, their faces filled with fusion at the sight of this elf who had just leaped from their boss's bedroom.

  She was too beautiful.

  No one could associate such a beautiful elf with the assassin who killed Jumu.

  But... she had just jumped down from the boss's bedroom.

  A man with earrings and a n stepped forward and asked, "Who are you? Who killed our boss?"

  Lucas walked over to Jumu's head, grabbed it by the horns, and lifted it.

  "Lambert... Jumu was killed by me. I also killed Chad, Bernie, Gabiru, and Brenda, and many others whose names I don't know. I've killed enough people tonight, And I'm tired. Are you going to stop me, or let me go?"

  Lucas's voice was not loud, but the tent made the bustling castle hall fall silent.

  Everyoared at the elf in the ter.

  She stood there, holding Jumu's head, one hand on her sword hilt. Dust and blood specks g to her clothes, face, and hair, yet her dazzling presence couldn't be cealed, making it hard to believe she was an assassin.

  Su elf should be a product prepared for the rich district by the boss.

  Lambert looked at the seemingly fragile elf before him.

  Then he g Jumu's body and the head in the elf's hand, and theepped aside.

  "The Mad Axe Gang has faced a signifit upheaval today. It's not veo eais any longer. If you wish to leave, feel free... I have matters to attend to, so I won't be seeing you out."

  Lambert waved his hand, and the gang members cleared a path to the castle door.

  "Thank you!"

  Luodded to Lambert in gratitude, then walked forward, carrying Jumu's head.

  As she was about to walk out the castle door, Lambert called out, "Miss, what is your name? After we've settled things here, we will visit you."

  Lucas tossed Jumu's head up, opened her space backpack, and stored it inside.

  "My name is E..." Lucas turned, looking at Lambert with a sidelong gnd a smile, "If you want revenge, live well and don't try to do the impossible. It's best not to even think about it."

  Lucas stepped out of the castle door.

  Lambert walked to the entrance, watg the elf nimbly vault over the outer wall and disappear.

  "Close all exits from headquarters, and no one is to leave without my orders. Call back everyone we have outside. Send someoo Fishbone Isnd and inform Lady Tasya of Jumu's death."

  Someone beside Lambert asked, "Should we call back the people from the docks too?"

  "Everyone back! The boss is dead, we probably 't hold the docks, so preserve our strength and wait for support from Fishbone Isnd. And you... go to the intelligence agen Seawall Distrid have them send people to iigate. We pay them enough each month; it's time they worked for us."

  "Yes, Master Lambert."

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