Chapter 1136: 351. It can be true_2
But where is it now?
Noland Lee took a deep breath and called up the deconstruction results of the Sea Monster Emissary in his mind.
The bad news was that the Sea Monster Emissary was not currently in town.
It always arrived on the kingdom’s “underwater express” — a single-horned marine spirit whale — and then met with the informants from the Undead Cult within Revival City.
The good news was that there was only one person from the Undead Cult responsible for receiving the Sea Monster Emissary, and it had never changed.
This person was now in town, located in the basement of a certain bar.
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Noland Lee felt certain and had a strategy in mind, but he also felt extremely troubled.
How was he to communicate all this to the Assassin Angel?
Sometimes, having a big shot following you around could be both empowering and restrictive.
The Assassin Angel did not know what Noland Lee was thinking.
From Its own perspective, It offered an idea:
“There should be only one route from Revival City to the Underground River where Lophi is located. Let’s just wait for them halfway. I will control the Undead Acolytes on the bone boat, and you can take care of that emissary, then disguise yourself as it. With the experience from your first disguise, I think you will perform even better this time.”
Noland Lee nodded silently. That was the only arrangement possible.
In the following one or two hours, the Mechanos used to lead the Light Wizards away gradually retreated, leaving the chasing range of the other party.
Nearing midnight, the Light Wizards returned to their temporary residence with magic images and field reports for Jay Spade to examine.
This scene, with the help of the extraordinary abilities of the Assassin Angel, was presented in Noland Lee’s mind.
From the conversations of the other party and the deconstruction results, nobody had discovered the true nature of the “sea monsters”, and no one had detected that the “sea monsters” were disguised by Mechanos.
Thus, the task of distracting the Light Wizards was successfully completed.
Noland Lee spent the night in meditation.
The next day, he got up early and began hastily making a magic contract book to fool the Undead Cult.
Since he had to disguise himself as the Sea Monster Emissary, he had to carry a magic contract book for appearances’ sake.
As for the content and seal on the magic contract book, Noland Lee relied on his imagination, trying to lean as close as possible to the style of Sea Monsters.
At noon that day, after reminding Denise Green to be careful in town, he left the house alone and entered the deserted alleyways.
Here, he used “Death Flight” to enter a manhole and deftly made his way through the sewers to arrive near the Underground River.
Traveling west along the river, Noland Lee reached a junction that the Sea Monster Emissary would inevitably pass through.
In secret, Noland Lee commanded Nolin to send out invisible Mechanos to monitor the movements of that bar.
At 11:30 am that same day, a sneaky figure entered the bar through the back door, catching Noland Lee’s attention.
Noland Lee threw a Deconstruction spell towards the figure, his heart settling!
It was the Sea Monster Emissary!
It was neither late nor absent.
It had arrived in Revival City as planned.
Noland Lee patiently waited at the junction of the Underground River.
About 40 minutes later, the bone boat carrying the Sea Monster Emissary arrived as expected.
However, this time, the boat not only had the Undead Acolytes responsible for piloting, but also a neatly dressed and somewhat capable cult entourage.
“After the fuss I caused last time, the Undead Cult seems to think highly of this Sea Monster Emissary.”
Noland Lee watched the bone boat approaching slowly from afar and smiled to himself.
There were a total of seven people in the sect’s protective entourage on the boat, all of them mid-tier Servant Monks, here specifically to receive and protect the Sea Monster Emissary.
The Sea Monster Emissary was completely baffled by this display and had no idea why he was suddenly so well-regarded by the Undead Cult…
Fortunately for Lee, the sect’s entourage was not talkative and did not engage in conversation with the Sea Monster Emissary, otherwise, Noland’s deeds might have been exposed already.
Noland Lee crouched on the shore in Invisibility Status.
He raised his left arm, lining up the ring of the Assassin Angel with the bone boat.
Invisible energy fluctuations were released, enveloping the entire boat.
All of a sudden, the whole boat turned semi-transparent, hovering over the surface of the river water as if it had been forcibly stuffed into another dimension.
Everyone on the boat was frozen, not moving a muscle, maintaining their standing or sitting positions.
“You have five minutes, act quickly.”
The Assassin Angel said.
With a whoosh, Noland Lee turned into a shadow, flew onto the boat, and became the only moving living entity on the entire bone boat.
He reached out to grasp the neck of the Sea Monster Emissary, and with one squeeze, he snapped it.
The Sea Monster Emissary died instantly.
Noland Lee took the chance to activate passive deconstruction, but there was no time to examine it at the moment.
He shoved the system message to the back of his mind, stripped off the clothes of the Sea Monster Emissary, put them on himself, and then picked up the emissary’s corpse and stuffed it into the magic pouch he had prepared beforehand.
After finishing the entire process, Noland Lee looked around to ensure that he hadn’t left any oversights and then took the position of the Sea Monster Emissary, entering into his impersonation.
Five minutes passed, and the bone boat and its passengers changed from translucent to solid, continuing to move westward with the river water.
A circle of somber sect guards surrounded Noland Lee, and the Undead Acolytes fiddled with lanterns at the prow, steering the bone boat.
All parties failed to realize that their distinguished guest had been completely replaced.
Mission Accomplished.
The extraordinary abilities of the Assassin Angel were indeed imba, offering not only powerful control but also leaving no trace. It was remarkably impressive.
Unfortunately, it seemed that maintaining such extraordinary abilities took a considerable toll on the Assassin Angel.
Given the portion of their power that had entered the Inner Cosmos, sustaining it for five minutes was likely nearing his limit.
Noland Lee let out a silent sigh of relief but did not allow himself any slack.
He maintained the half-formed persona of the Sea Monster Emissary, reaching into the pocket of his robe to check the items carried by the Sea Monster Emissary on his magical robe.
At the same time, he opened the deconstruction results in his mind to quickly become intimately familiar with the role he was now playing.
[System Message:]
[You have successfully killed “Sea Monster Emissary”.]
[Passive deconstruction activated!]
[You have obtained the following Harmless Deconstruction Results:]
[1. Energy Value Reward of 80,000 points.]
[2. Panel Information of “Sea Monster Emissary”.]
Energy Value Rewards and Panel Information were hardly worth examining.
After a brief glance at the Sea Monster Emissary’s features and skills, Noland Lee set aside the Panel Information.
The deep-sea magic mastered by the Sea Monster Emissary was fairly common; Noland Lee knew all of it, and his power was far greater, eliminating any possibility of being exposed.
Noland Lee was more concerned with the emissary’s Memory Fragments.
[Memory Fragment One: “The Process of the Sea Monster Emissary Meeting with the Undead Cult’s Informant”, Completeness 100%]
[Memory Fragment Two: “The Process of the Sea Monster Emissary Arriving at Alchemist Island on a Single-horned Marine Spirit Whale”, Completeness 70%]
[Memory Fragment Three: “Before Appearing, the Sea Monster Emissary Received a Secret Command and Contract from the Queen”, Completeness 40%]
[Memory Fragment Four: “The Sea Monster Emissary Withdrew 10 Pieces of Soul Gems from the Queen’s Treasury, Prepared for a Trade with the Undead Cult”, Completeness 10%]
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The lower the number of the Memory Fragment, the closer the memory to the current point in time.
Starting with the smallest number and reviewing them in ascending order, Noland Lee felt a stir in his heart and clicked on “Memory Fragment Three”.
Upon seeing it, Noland Lee’s expression froze.
Reaching further into the pocket of his robe, he clasped a Magic Contract Book encased in a metal box; Noland Lee almost messed up in front of the cult guards…
This was too much of a coincidence!
The secret command the Queen gave to the Sea Monster Emissary was to offer the Undead Cult one last chance to forge an alliance. noveldrama
If the Undead Cult were willing to ally, they would sign the statement of intent to ally carried by the Sea Monster Emissary on the spot, and the rest would be handled by a more specialized team of emissaries who would come to negotiate.
If the Undead Cult did not wish to ally, then all talks were off, and from then on, each would go their separate ways; the Queen no longer wanted to be strung along by the Undead Cult.
Succeed or not, it was all or nothing!
That was the attitude of the Sea Monster Queen and the consequence of the Undead Cult’s repeated rejections of the alliance proposals.
Noland Lee’s right hand trembled slightly as it held the Magic Contract Book deep within the pocket of his robe.
It had to be said, this contract book really solved a big problem.
The Magic Contract Book forged by Noland Lee, no matter how much he strived for authenticity, would certainly be far from the one signed personally by the Sea Monster Queen.
Now that issue was gone.
On the Magic Contract Book obtained by the Sea Monster Emissary, not only was there the personal signature of the Sea Monster Queen, but also the clauses she had written out.
It was a genuine article from the Queen herself.
With this, even as a fake Sea Monster Emissary, Noland Lee could be considered the real deal.