Marcus didn't reveal his murderous intent.

He stepped aside to make way for the view inside the house:"From now on, you'll have to stay here at night. There are only two chairs and one bed inside, but I don't think that'll be a problem for you."Besides the furniture, there are all the tools you'll need in the house. Usually, you don't have to leave the house when you have nothing to do. Just observe the situation outside from inside."

There were windows in every direction of this house.

The knight continued:"During the day, you can go back to your residence and leave briefly. In the past, they had to hurry back as soon as possible. But since there are two of you, then always leave one person here."And at night, neither of you is allowed to leave the cemetery, but you can patrol inside or get familiar with your work. Sometimes, some civilians will come here. If it's at night, you have to stop them from entering."That's basically what the job is about. Do you have any questions?"Helen replied with a look of respect all over her face:"No, Lord Knight."Marcus showed a look of contempt for her flattery:"I'm almost three hundred years old. Put away your tricks. If you want to win my approval, prove yourself. Any other flattery is meaningless."The old knight walked past them with a straight face.

Whether these mortals were qualified to live or not would be clear in three days.

He left the cemetery directly and didn't think about how the new graveyard keepers were doing anymore. He turned around and walked towards the center of the town.

There were a total of two hundred and thirty knights in the town. Among them, there were only more than twenty old knights like him. The others were all new knights who were conferred the title in Innocent Town.

They hadn't experienced the baptism of blood. He could easily deal with two or three of them by himself. Anyway, the number of these new knights was still too large, and they didn't show any respect for their predecessors. So the old knights would contact each other to ensure their status in front of the newcomers.

Marcus had the highest combat skills among the remaining knights. So even though he didn't often attend the knights' gatherings, no one had any objections to him. However, not showing up for too long wasn't a good thing either.

He walked around the town for a few times and came to a tavern. The owner of this tavern was his former colleague, so it was only open to these twenty or so real knights.

Marcus pushed the door open and entered."Old fellow, you're here. Long time no see," the tavern owner greeted him.Marcus slightly raised his hand as a greeting:"Two new graveyard keepers just came. Do you have any news?"The owner said:"Coincidentally, Maggie and Nathan are both here."Maggie used to be Lady Elizabeth's maid, so she was also the highest in status among these blood servants. And Nathan was under Jonas. Since his master was the town mayor, his prestige among the new and old knights was second only to Maggie's.

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However, when it came to combat strength, Nathan wasn't much stronger than the other old knights, and Maggie might not even be able to defeat those new knights. Their statuses completely depended on their masters.

None of them were his opponents.

Marcus hid his contempt for these colleagues very well. No one had noticed his true feelings yet. Perhaps it was also because he usually appeared very "withdrawn".

Maggie and Nathan had already sat down in the medium-sized compartment inside the tavern. There were also several other blood servants present, and they all had more or less some job positions in their hands.

Marcus walked in and sat down at a position not too close or too far from Maggie and Nathan.

The middle-aged knight Nathan said enthusiastically:"Marcus, you're here. Then we can start."All the blood servants looked at Maggie.

The former maid, who looked to be in her thirties, cleared her throat:"News has come from the castle. The 'Masquerade Ball' is coming soon. The lady asked us to take care of the 'actors' in our hands. I heard that a count and the children of a marquis will be coming this time. If anything goes wrong..."Nathan reminded:"Everyone should remember how Parker was executed, right?"The blood servants looked at each other for a few times and didn't say anything.

Maggie looked at Marcus:"The job of the graveyard keeper is rather dangerous. I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on it during this period."She looked at Marcus with an inquiring look in her eyes. So all the knights looked at him, waiting for the answer from this old knight."There will definitely be a living graveyard keeper present when the ball is held," he promised.

Although he hated the ball itself, Marcus knew that his own thoughts didn't matter in front of the nobles' needs. And if the ball was really going to be held.

He didn't need to worry about Ron and Helen tarnishing the honor either, because they probably wouldn't even survive until then.

Seeing that he agreed, both Maggie and Nathan breathed a sigh of relief. Although Marcus didn't have anyone backing him up, his excellent swordsmanship and past achievements still made them unable to ignore Marcus's opinion.

Nathan then said:"Have you heard?"All the blood servants looked at him.

He lowered his voice and said:"Three knights in the territory of Count Charles next door were attacked by werewolves. And the one leading the team was the rising star Hylam. Even he fell victim to these beasts. It seems that there are werewolves comparable to viscounts that have sneaked into that place."Marcus slightly raised his head to look at Nathan, a little surprised by this news. He had heard of this recently rising knight. His fighting style was very sharp, and he defeated one of his old friends during training.

Based on rumors and past experience, Marcus thought that he only had a seventy percent chance of winning against him. He thought this was already a high evaluation. Although his body was a bit tired as he got older, his skills had become even more superb and were much better than when he was young.

And if werewolves could kill him, dealing with himself definitely wouldn't be a problem either."They're just beasts without honor. Count Charles will surely be able to handle them. There's no need to worry," Marcus commented.Maggie also agreed:"Although these werewolves are annoying, Innocent Town is Lady Elizabeth's territory. They don't have the guts to sneak in. Since that's the case, we don't need to worry."Nathan reminded:"I heard that before transforming, these werewolves are no different from those commoners. They can't be distinguished by blood. We still need to pay more attention."Maggie interrupted:"Alright. Besides, your master is here. What could go wrong? We should focus on arranging the ball. Otherwise, if those big shots are even slightly dissatisfied, it'll be us servants who will die."Marcus sneered secretly in his heart, looking down on Nathan's cowardice:"If they come, we'll just pick up our weapons and fight them to the death."Nathan smiled a bit awkwardly:"What Marcus said is also reasonable. Then let's deal with the matters of the ball first. Everyone, please remember that this is not a personal matter but a major event related to the lady's face. Do you all understand?"He put away his smile and scanned each knight.