Slinging the messenger bag over his shoulder, Lin Gui called out to Elvia, who still looked unsatisfied at the gambling table, and prepared to leave.
Under the gaze of countless eyes in the casino, he led the two ladies out.
They walked out of the noisy core area of "Dice and Blood."
They stepped into the darker, damper passage leading to the surface.
However, not long after entering the passage, around the front corner.
Several silent and stern figures blocked their path.
The leader, with a hideous scar on his face and eyes as sharp as a hawk's, was none other than the rebel leader Caesar.
Behind him followed four assassins with powerful auras and cold gazes.
They were clearly the core members prepared to execute the "Saintess Assassination Plan."
At this moment, the expressions on the faces of Caesar and the assassins behind him were identical: shock and disbelief.
Their bodies tensed subconsciously, like cheetahs ready to strike.
Their gazes were locked tightly on the girl in the cloak behind Lin Gui.
Seeing Caesar, the corner of Elvia's mouth twitched imperceptibly.
But the Holy Saintess, Eve, the focus of so many murderous gazes, seemed completely oblivious.
A very light, somewhat playful chuckle even drifted out from beneath her hood.
Lin Gui, meanwhile, was as calm as ever.
It was as if the murderous rebel elites in front of him were merely stones on the side of the road.
An assassin with keen perception behind Caesar leaned into Caesar's ear and whispered urgently in a voice that was almost inaudible.
"Leader... it has to be... although her face is covered, that aura, that feeling of being both holy and detached..."
"I saw her once from a distance, I could never be mistaken! It's her! The Holy Saintess! Why... why is she here?!"
His voice carried a sense of suppressed trembling and absurdity.
"Should... should we act?"
another assassin whispered for instructions.
Their hands were already resting on the weapons at their waists.
The target was within reach, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Caesar's brows were knitted tightly together, his eyes flickering wildly; a battle was clearly raging in his mind.
The other party's behavior was completely outside the norm.
This bizarre act of directly bringing the assassination target into their nest made him instinctively feel extremely uneasy.
Was there... some kind of massive trap behind this?
In the moment of his indecision, Lin Gui had already walked up to them and stopped.
He lifted his eyelids to give the group blocking the way a faint glance, his tone calm.
"Can you let us through? I have things to attend to."
The assassins looked at Caesar with strange expressions, waiting for his command.
Caesar stared intently into Lin Gui's eyes, which were as calm as still water.
He also glanced at the Saintess, who looked completely composed behind him.
The muscles in his jaw tightened and then relaxed.
After repeatedly weighing the scalp-numbing sense of bizarreness and the possible risks.
He finally squeezed a word out from between his teeth:
"...Move."
He stepped aside to clear the passage.
The assassins behind him, though full of confusion and frustration, could only step aside as well.
Lin Gui nodded and led the Saintess and Elvia through the middle of the murderous group of assassins.
When Elvia and Caesar crossed paths.
She finally couldn't help herself and, in a very low voice with a hint of "disappointment in one's incompetence," muttered at Caesar:
"I gave you the chance, and yet you're so useless!"
Caesar: "???"
He stood there with a look of bewilderment and confusion, completely failing to understand what the Seventh Princess meant.
Once the figures of Lin Gui's trio disappeared at the other end of the passage.
Caesar gestured with a grim face.
Immediately, two assassins skilled in tracking followed them silently.
Meanwhile, full of doubts, he hurried back to the casino and found Muze in the corner.
"That man... that Lin Gui, he brought the Saintess here. What on earth did he do?" Caesar asked in a deep voice.
Muze's expression still held a trace of shock; he swallowed and gave a dry answer.
"He... he came to deliver letters."
Caesar: "...Deliver letters???"
He felt like he had heard the most absurd joke of the year.
...
On the other side, Lin Gui's trio had already left the filthy and foul-smelling underground sewers and returned to the surface.
The cool evening wind blew over, dispelling some of the foul air from below.
Elvia took a deep breath of the relatively fresh air and couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, where are we going to deliver letters now?"
Lin Gui identified the direction and answered, "Outside the city."
In his mind, the image of that abandoned mine where Theia was temporarily hiding appeared.
It was located in a barren range of hills outside the Royal Capital.
The entrance was hidden, and the mine tunnels were deep, with the internal space being very vast and complex.
At this time, Lin Gui turned his gaze to the Saintess beside him, Eve, and began his "interrogation."
"Miss Saintess," he began in a flat tone.
"Your guard detail for this trip should be quite luxurious, shouldn't it?"
The Saintess gave a shallow smile, seemingly not at all surprised by his question, and answered frankly.
"Two Mid-tier Legendary Disciplinary Knights, one Low-tier Legendary Holy Church Priest, and forty-five High-tier Transcendent Temple Warriors accompanying me for protection."
Lin Gui raised an eyebrow. "Even a lineup like that couldn't protect you?"
The Saintess nodded, her purple eyes "looking" toward Lin Gui, her tone carrying a strange certainty.
"Correct. In the Carter Royal Capital, only by your side can I remain safe and sound through the unknown calamity to come."
"Why me?" Lin Gui pressed.
"What specific images or information did you actually see in the prophecy?"
Miss Saintess only maintained that faint and mysterious smile, lightly shaking her head.
"A prophecy, you see, loses its efficacy if spoken. Therefore, it must be kept secret."
Faced with this standard "riddler" mode.
Lin Gui was far too familiar with it; that fellow back in the Magic City often did the same.
Since the Saintess refused to reveal the source of the matter.
Then Lin Gui didn't need to be polite either.
He wasted no more words and directly bent over.
He casually picked up a brick from the side of the road and weighed it in his hand.
Then, he turned and very seriously asked the Saintess.
"By the way, Miss Saintess, what level is your actual combat strength?"
Eve was momentarily stunned by his sudden action and question, but she still answered truthfully.
"...Low-tier Transcendent."
Lin Gui nodded thoughtfully and assessed.
"Low-tier Transcendent... Well, at least you're not a warrior."
Lin Gui weighed the brick, deep in thought.
"Still, I estimate I'll have to bash you for quite a while to ensure a blackout. It's a bit of a hassle."
Eve: "???"
Her pure purple eyes widened slightly, a rare sight.
She looked at the plain brick in Lin Gui's hand.
Then she looked at his deadpan expression.
For a moment, she didn't even know how to respond.
Subconsciously, she took half a step back.
Then, she bumped into a soft body.
Elvia grabbed the Saintess's jade-like shoulders and laughed gleefully.
"Don't worry, Saintess Highness. By the time you wake up, it will all be over."
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