A flame burned in his heart, but his face remained icy cold. Raven half-closed his eyes and gazed at the thiefs expression as if he were looking at a dead man. "Hmph! You really have the Shadow Pearl? And your teacher didnt take it for himself?"

  "Im telling you! There are many Shadow Steel Golems wandering around the Treasure Pearl! At least two groups of eleven. My teacher is only at the White Silver Initial Stage, and we cant even find anyone to deal with those golems."

  The Shadowguard is a golem made of a metal that is mined and forged entirely in the Plane of Shadow, making it a silent but formidable guardian. Liches, vampires, and other undead creatures often use these planar golems to guard their underground lairs against intruders like paladins or clerics who are unlikely to be held off by undead minions.

  Shadowsteel Golems can easily be mistaken for undead creatures, as they have a dark appearance and move quietly like a ghost. Unlike other constructs, Shadowsteel Golems are adept at hiding themselves and can freely blend into any vague shadow.

  "Are you kidding me? The Shadow Steel Golem is at least a Silver-tier. Your teacher, a mere Silver novice, was lucky to make it back alive?" Ravens expression turned ferocious.

  "No, no, no...... Those Shadow Steel Golems seem to have not replenished their energy for a long time and are already half-ruined. Their strength is at most only at the peak of Bronze Rank."

  The thief said so, Raven actually believed it a bit.

  "Are there no other monsters?"

  "I swear on the name of Mersk, the god of thieves, that there might be some margin for error, but I really didnt find any other monsters."

  Lei Wens face turned cold: "Are you kidding me? Im just a small assassin from the Black Iron Clan, how can I possibly deal with so many Shadow Steel Illusions?"

  The thief glanced at the motionless, waiting Strangling Demon Statue and said with a bitter face: "Sir, dont joke around. Youre obviously a master of magic, and just this Strangling Demon Statue alone can wipe out all the Shadow Steel Statues inside."

  In theory, a Strangling Demon Statue with a challenge rating as high as 52 should be able to take down a Shadow Steel Statue with a challenge rating of only 44.

  In reality, its not always the case that high-level beats low-level. There are too many unexpected situations, just like now, a bronze-ranked thief cant even handle Raven, a black iron-ranked assassin. Not to mention Shadow Steel Dolls, the most troublesome type of assassin doll.

  If this news is true, the Shadow Pearl would be worth at least 500,000 to several million Continental Gold Coins. For an Assassins profession, its value cannot be measured by money.

  However, the thief did not realize that this secret could not save his life.

  Five minutes is almost up.

  "May I be the one to personally execute this traitor and retrieve what he has stolen?"

  The hangmans noose twisted out his answer: "Yes."

  Ravens short sword was inserted into the chest of the god thief, and the splashing blood sprayed Ravens face.

  "You...". The thiefs face was filled with incredulity. He widened his eyes, refusing to believe that in this world there were still assassins who dared to risk being cursed by Shirek, breaking their vows and killing him.

  "Let me tell you a little secret, Shrek will never have the chance to verify my former oath because I never intended to advance to the high-ranking assassin profession under his command. One of my greatest wishes in this life is to beat that son of a bitch Shrek!"

  "Bastard... youre actually a blasphemer!"

  "Blasphemer? No! I will be the regicide! I only keep the vows made in my name." Raven smiled and replied: "Besides, I never let go of anyone who wants my life! From the moment you ambushed me, I had no intention of letting you go."

  "You... are... ruthless..." With a sudden bulge in his eyes, the thief finally suffocated.

  The thief is dead. Unless he was a high-ranking priest or divine servant who had thoroughly devoted his life and soul to the gods, any believer would only be thrown into the arms of the death god after death.

  The pleasant system prompt sound came again: "Extracting target soul energy, gaining 2100 points of killing experience."

  Its true that even if its just a finishing blow, the experience brought by a Bronze Rank professional is still considerable!

  Levins mood was pleasant, and he added the experience of killing to his Assassin profession, making him a 9th-level Assassin. The 9th-level Assassin strengthened his stealth skills, but in reality, the upgrade wasnt that high.

  Levin is looking forward to the arrival of level 10, which will be a small leap for the novice period.

  Apart from gaining a lot of killing experience and returning Black Onyx Stinger to its rightful owner, Raven also gained a pretty good dagger.

  Item Name: Blackened Dragons Tooth [+1]

  Type: Dagger

  Weight: 0.5 kg

  Item Grade: 【Bronze Tier Excellent Equipment】

  Damage: 2-6 points

  Item Description: This is a dagger made from black dragons tooth fragments, tempered by its previous owners long-term venomous liquid soaking, sharp and highly toxic, with a hint of corrosiveness.

  Equipment requirements: None

  Equipment Effect: Sharp Property, +1 Sharpness, +2 Armor Piercing.

  Weapon Property: 【Toxic】, this weapon, after piercing the opponents body and coming into contact with blood, forces the opponent to make a Constitution saving throw. If the saving throw fails, it deals 5-8 points of damage per minute for half an hour.

  This dagger is actually decent, slightly inferior to Frostdance, but Raven plans to use this dagger as a temporary equipment and give Frostdance to Karin.

  The poisonous dagger is indiscriminate and doesnt distinguish between friend or foe. There was once an unlucky guy who got cut by his own poisonous dagger, couldnt find the antidote in time, and ended up dying from poisoning. Its better to let professional assassins with high toxin resistance use this thing.

  In addition, a piece of leather armor was also obtained. This is a chest armor made from the corner material of the dragon skin of a double-footed flying dragon, which only provides +4 armor value, but its light and better than nothing, at least its better than this coarse linen robe on my body that has no defensive power.

  Levin directly put on the double-foot flying dragons chest armor.

  Just as Raven put away his dagger, he was shocked to find the Strangler standing in front of him, seemingly out of nowhere.

  Whats going on?!

  Lei Wen was shocked and uncertain, he quickly reviewed his conversation with the demon image, he should not have made any mistakes.

  Something beyond Ravens imagination happened unexpectedly.

  The Strangling Demon Statue twisted out a sentence with the rope: "Rope One, mission failed again. A demon statue that fails its mission has no value in existence, but Rope One hopes you can give me another chance."

  Give me another chance! ?

  Levins heart began to beat irregularly with excitement, he knew that it was the thrill of joy.

  The systems prompt tone also objectively proved Ravens guess.

  "The Hangmans Noose is bewildered because it has lost its master. It hopes to acknowledge you as its new master. You can choose to refuse, in which case the Hangmans Noose will become a permanent neutral creature in half an hour, carrying out the guarding task given by its previous master until the soul flame goes out or it is destroyed."

  "You can also choose to accept. Tsuna will conduct a composite test of your bloodline and knowledge. After passing the test, you will become the master of Tsuna. If the test fails, it will be considered as cheating on Tsuna and will be pursued by Tsuna relentlessly."

  Raven, who had accepted countless quests in the game, was never as hesitant as he was now. He understood all the systems prompts, but he wasnt confident.

  Majin Buu has absolute mastery over magic and knowledge.

  What troubled him was his bloodline. Currently, the medium to high-level magic dolls circulating on the continent of Azeroth were mostly masterpieces of the already extinct Nefarian Empires engineers.

  As one of the eleven basic occupations with the highest wealth and bloodline requirements, mages are extremely rare in todays world. After all, most mages have already disappeared into the river of time. In the past, players who could successfully become mages in the game were also extremely rare, being treated as national treasures by the major guilds.

  Levin opened the attribute panel again and stared at the question mark behind his half-elf race.

  He sighed.

  This is absolutely a chain gamble.

  First, he had to bet on whether or not he had a bloodline of theurgy. If he didnt, he would immediately be pursued by the Executioners Image.

  Secondly, if one really has a bloodline of a certain technique, then they have to gamble on whether or not they are an organ technique. If they are not an organ technique, taking the Strangling Demon Image would be too much of a loss. For example, if one is a Dragon Bloodline Technique user, relying on the dragon tribes bloodline, suddenly taking in a constructed demon image would occupy their own summoning quota. Although the Strangling Demon Image can still level up to Golden Rank, once they enter the Legendary realm, it will become a useless thing among useless things.

  Finally, even if one really has a bloodline of a powerful mage, it is impossible to confirm whether the bloodline is thin or not. If the bloodline is thin, recklessly taking in a white silver stage demon at the black iron stage will deal a devastating blow to the already thin bloodline, making it very likely that one will be unable to make a mage their secondary or part-time job for their entire life.

  In short, the risk is too great.

  High risk comes with high return.

  A white-silver stage Executioner can get through the most dangerous novice period safely. By the time you reach the white-silver stage, your means of survival will be several times better than they are now.

  What should I do now?

  Leiwens head had grown bigger, after careful consideration, he decided to refuse. Unlike activating the Shadow Energy which was a must-do task, the Strangling Demon Image wasnt his necessary item. Taking such a huge risk for an un-upgradeable legendary demon image just wasnt worth it.

  "Levin said in a tone imitating the Mechanics, We value equivalent exchange. I havent undergone Bloodline Awakening yet. Taking you in now would have a significant impact on my bloodline. So my answer is no."

  Having said that, Raven turned around and walked out of the house without looking back.

  He didnt dare turn his head back, he was afraid that if he couldnt resist the temptation, he would really agree.